This book poses the question of whether identifiable individual-level attributes (e.g., values, interests, knowledge, demographic characteristics) lead to support for or opposition to the development and implementation of alternative energy technologies. In recent years, attempts to site alternative energy technologies (e.g., wind, solar, wave) have been met by intense opposition from a variety of sources, including many environmentalists from whom one might expect support for non-carbon b...

Thomas S. Foley, a Democratic representative from the traditionally Republican region of eastern Washington, served in Congress from 1964 to 1994. In 1989 he became the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives from a district west of Texas. His thirty years of experience as a Democrat representing a Republican-leaning district contributed to his strong commitment to bipartisanship and institution building. His speakership came to an end when the Newt Gingrich-led “Republican Revolu...

The book examines contemporary immigration policy and immigrant assimilation with a focus on the adoption of sanctuary ordinances in US local governments in connection with Latino in-migration. It also investigates the adoption of anti-immigrant settlement local ordinances in many local governments with particular focus on local law enforcement positions taken on enforcement of federal immigration laws. The book investigates a wide range of county-level characteristics of 3,000+ U.S. count...

In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays analyze the continuities and changes in the conduct of war over the past three centuries. In this comple...

Unshakable Confidence can change your life. Transform Fear into Fuel. Turn Pressure into Power. Build the Confidence That Changes Everything.Are you tired of watching opportunities slip by because of self-doubt? Ready to break free from office politics and the paralysis of perfectionism? Unshakable Confidence isn't just another business book; it's your battle-tested roadmap to thriving in corporate America's most challenging environments.Dr...

No one on the planet can deny the Physical Signs of the Era in which we live. We see them every day on television, the internet or in newspapers. But, the Real Signs are "unseen and are Spiritual in nature. In the King James Bible, Deception is not only mentioned four times in Matthew chapter twenty-four, but Jesus mentions it first among the signs of the end. Certainly it must be among the most significant and perhaps the most powerful sign before His return. We will discover this is grea...

Some people spend their lives dreaming of being somewhere else. Sylvia Haskins is certain that fulfillment exists beyond the limits of her marriage, her home, and the small college town where she lives. When an unexpected opportunity allows her to break free from the routines she despises, she embraces a new existence filled with endless possibilities.At first, the world seems larger than she ever imagined. She can go anywhere, see anyone, and slip unnoticed into places she once on...

"Uncommonly good...the most satisfying discussion to be found." — Scientific American.Behind the familiar surfaces of the telephone, radio, and television lies a sophisticated and intriguing body of knowledge known as information theory. This is the theory that has permitted the rapid development of all sorts of communication, from color television to the clear transmission of photographs from the vicinity of Jupiter. Even more revolutionary progress is expected in the futu...

Drink and dine with recipes inspired by the best-selling novelist of all time.Poisons, knives, and bullets riddle the stories of Agatha Christie, but so does food, which she uses to invoke settings, to develop characters, and, of course, to commit murder. This to-die-for cookbook offers recipes written by the author for one accessible, easy-to-follow dish or drink for each of Christie’s 66 mysteries. Recipes include Fish and Chips at the Seven Dials Club, Literary ...

According to the Psalms, God is enthroned on the praises of His people--and it is from that throne that He governs the heavens and the earth. If this picture of God's rule, found throughout the Scriptures, is accurate, shouldn't the Body of Christ seek to praise the King of heaven and earth in ways that release His kingdom government into specific circumstances? John A. Dickson and Chuck D. Pierce, coauthors of Worship As It Is in Heaven, offer the church a fresh look at heaven's ...

The Yosemite Books of John Muir gathers the writings in which America's foremost nature essayist transforms the Sierra Nevada into both a physical landscape and a field of moral and spiritual inquiry. Combining travel narrative, natural history, lyrical description, autobiographical recollection, and polemic, the volume presents Yosemite's cliffs, waterfalls, forests, glaciers, and wildlife with close scientific attention and poetic intensity. Muir's celebrated prose moves between minute o...

John Milton's *Paradise Lost* is a twelve-book biblical epic that recounts the rebellion of Satan, the creation of the world, and humanity's fall through Adam and Eve, while ambitiously seeking to "justify the ways of God to men." Written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, its elevated blank verse adapts the conventions of Homeric and Virgilian epic to Christian narrative. The poem's grand similes, theological debates, and shifting perspectives place it within both the classical epic tradition...