What is the future of the monarchy in Canada?A strong republican movement in Canada stresses that the monarchy is archaic and anti-democratic, an embarrassing vestige of our colonial past. An equally vibrant monarchist movement, however, defends its loyalty to royalty, asserting that the Queen is a living link to a political and constitutional tradition dating back over a thousand years. But is the monarchy worth keeping?Battle Royal answers this q...

This is the story of a man who measures money with respect to the amount of money he makes while neglecting his family.

Viki, a Gold Star lesbian, never gave much thought about where the roads of her crack cocaine addiction would lead - until she met a sadistic Hip Hop street performer who took her there.

Virginians dominate the early history of the United States, with Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Patrick Henry, George Mason, George Wythe, and John Marshall figuring prominently in that narrative. Fellow Virginian Spencer Roane (1762–1822), an influential jurist and political thinker, was in many ways their equal. Roane is nonetheless mostly absent in accounts of early America. The lack of interest in Roane is remarkable since he was the philosophical leader of the Jeffersonians, ...

Eight years after losing her closest friend, Tucker struggles to keep her rebellious, self-destructive granddaughter under control. When April accidentally kills her boyfriend while defending herself from his attack, Judge Jack helps Tucker ferry her granddaughter away to Spirit Lake, a remote treatment facility in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. There, April creates a false identity, painting herself as a young socialite, and blocks Tucker’s attempts at communication.Tucker’s ...

This book is intended to address both the quantitative and qualitative issues of programmable controllers for factory automation. It is helpful for both the newcomer to the field and the experienced control engineer requiring a fresh perspective.

The Gospel According to John is a book of divinely inspired writing, a record by one who had direct experience with Jesus. John had the gifts of both a remarkably deep understanding and a mystical experience of Jesus' spirituality. The gospel tells what a committed following of these teachings did for John and can do for each of us.

Nagi’s story describes his journey from pound imprisonmentto life with an extremely dysfunctional, yet animal-loving, couple.Forced to become a mental health co-therapist, Nagi seeks solacein his relationships with two neighbor dogs, Tina Weiner and SugarBear, and an overly chatty beetle of questionable lineage, Rex. Hebecomes Nagi’s mentor, quick to offer up unsolicited advice, alongwith far-fetched life experiences, so far-fetched, in fact, that ...

IntroductionSweden which is officially referred to as the Kingdom of Sweden is part of the Scandinavian group of countries, which are situated in the Northern part of Europe. It derived its name from an old English word "Sweopeod" which meant 'people of the Swedes. Sweden is known to be a country based on culture, history, and geography. This country shares a border with Norway on the west and Denmark in the southwest. With 450,295 square kilometer land space, the country boasts of...

Where most relationship coaching books focus on how to love others better, Fresh Eyes Solve Problems Easier: The Self-Love Relationship Project starts at the crux of all relationship problems: how to love yourself well.

Quaker spirituality is at its core a contemplative practice which is based on the path taught and lived by Jesus. The traditional Quaker experience is that the Spirit of God communicates directly to each and every person, especially when we spend time in silence, and is experienced mainly as an Inward Light in the conscience. Further, as this Inward Light is followed, we are granted more light and greater purity of heart or holiness, and we become reborn inwardly as the Spirit of God (Chri...

The information context of the modern organization is rapidly evolving in the face of intense global competition. Information technologies, including databases, new telecommunications systems, and software for synthesizing information, make a vast array of information available to an ever expanding number of organizational members. Management's exclusive control over knowledge is steadily declining, in part because of the downsizing of organizations and the decline of the number of layers ...