America's interstate highway system is deteriorating, and traffic congestion in most urban centers is worsening. Because of the many strong and conflicting interests, policy discussions about the road system are also in gridlock. The only consensus that seems to have emerged is that public spending must be increased.Improving our highway system and its financing will not be easy. Road Work proposes a comprehensive highway pricing and investment policy to meet the goals of e...

The Man in the Dog Park offers the reader a rare window into homeless life.Spurred by a personal relationship with a homeless man who became her co-author, Cathy A. Small takes a compelling look at what it means and what it takes to be homeless. Interviews and encounters with dozens of homeless people lead us into a world that most have never seen. We travel as an intimate observer into the places that many homeless frequent, including a c...

Kim L. Smalls was born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smalls as a baby boomer. She was educated by the public school system when prayer was a part of their protocol. She was baptized at the tender age of seven. Kim later received her Bachelor of Science degree at New York Institute of Technology in 1979 and majored in Sociology. She was a Case Manager by profession, lived the life of parties, drugs, tobacco and alcohol which included the riotous living of men. At the age of twenty, she...

A Nation could not survive without laws. The First Biblical Man, Adam, had laws. But New York City, The Foreign Immigrant Melting Pot, proved challenging. Police Departments Nation - Wide provided a vital service. They represented The Civil Authority of: The Ruling Government. Special Selected Civilian Citizens, who were Credibly Sworn, took: The Oath of Office. But they upheld laws that systematically: Disenfranchised and marginali...

Alix Leclaire has a plan: graduate high school and land her dream job as a feather artist at Mille et une Plume, where her creations will help define high fashion. Her best friend Jeanne will get a record contract and they’ll take over the Paris art scene together.But then Jeanne dies.Alix is lost, until the day she feels Jeanne pushing her to the feather boutique.Soon, Alix is living a life she hardly recognizes—pursuing a passionate affair with an alluring artist,...

Connor lives in a house overlooking the beach in Southern Ireland. He sees a woman run across the beach one day with her dog, and from that first meeting, it makes for a very romantic and thrilling story that will keep you enthralled and captured throughout. With twists along the way for them both concerning their pasts, love finds a way of fighting its way by creating a romantic setting in the coastal region of Southern Ireland. It will delight you, for its beauty and magical moments will...

Serena and Justins special bond develops with their children becoming young adults. Along the way the changes and challenges change and enhance their lives that transforms the special bond that holds them together. Binding Bloods is a vampire romance thriller that will change their lives and bring tears of joy and sadness that enables them to discover the meaning of the special bond that will bring change and more intense discoveries that will lead to an exciting and thrilling adventure. A...

This book addresses religion and secularism as critical and contested elements of college student diversity. It both examines why and how this topic has become an integral aspect of the field of student affairs, and considers how scholars and practitioners should engage in the discussion, as well as the extent to which they should be involved in students’ crises of faith, spiritual struggles, and questions of life purpose.Part history of the field, part prognostication for the future, the ...

This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice focuses on Therapeutics, with topics including: Metabolic scaling and other methods used to extrapolate drug dosages for exotics; Update on antiviral therapies in birds; Multiresistant bacteria in exotic animal medicine: fact or faux?; Emergency drugs and fluid therapy in exotics; Guidelines for treatment of toxicities in exotic animals; Nutraceuticals in exotic animal medicine; Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics model...

Dermatologic and Cosmetic Procedures in Office Practice, by Drs. Richard Usatine, John Pfenninger, Daniel Stulberg, and Rebecca Small, provides you with the clear, step-by-step guidance you need to provide these options to your patients. Full-color photographs and drawings in combination with high-definition narrated videos clearly demonstrate key procedures, including skin biopsies, cryosurgery, electrosurgery, botulinum toxin injections, and more. Access to the full text, and a downloada...

There are two kinds of traps in the Old West. One is the kind that Preacher and his buddy, Charlie, use to catch a mountain-load of fur pelts. The other is the kind that Charlie steps into—a trap set by a low-life gambler and his seductive partner in crime to swindle Charlie out of his fur money.Preacher hates to see a good friend get robbed. So he sets off after the grifters—on a riverboat bound for New Orleans. First, he infiltrates the criminal underworld of the French Quarter. ...

Scotsman-turned-cowboy Duff MacCallister traveled far and worked hard to start a new life in America. And anyone who tries to mess with his dream is in for some serious Highland justice.The cattle town of Chugwater may not look like much to outsiders. But for Duff MacCallister and the determined settlers who’ve staked their futures here, it’s a land of opportunity. That’s why the whole town is fired up by the latest news. Young railroad developer Jacob Poindexter wants to run a rai...