The first African-American to serve on the United States Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall was the only justice who experienced segregation in the back of the bus.From his early life in Baltimore at the turn of the century to his retirement in June 1991 after twenty-four years of service on the Court, Marshall was a feisty curmudgeon with a passion and fury, a pioneering lawyer who became America's most prominent civil rights attorney, winning twenty-nine of the thirty-two civil righ...

The date was May 17, 1954. One Supreme Court justice called it “a day that will live in glory.” Another hailed it as “a great day for America and the Court.” It was the day the nine justices handed Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel for the plaintiffs, a unanimous victory in Brown v. Board of Education, the historic ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools, and set America on track to fulfill the promise engraved above the entrance to the Supreme Court building: “Equal...

The date was May 17, 1954. One Supreme Court justice called it “a day that will live in glory.” Another hailed it as “a great day for America and the Court.” It was the day the nine justices handed Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel for the plaintiffs, a unanimous victory in Brown v. Board of Education, the historic ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools, and set America on track to fulfill the promise engraved above the entrance to the Supreme Court building: “Equal...

The first African-American to serve on the United States Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall was the only justice who experienced segregation in the back of the bus.From his early life in Baltimore at the turn of the century to his retirement in June 1991 after twenty-four years of service on the Court, Marshall was a feisty curmudgeon with a passion and fury, a pioneering lawyer who became America's most prominent civil rights attorney, winning twenty-nine of the thirty-two civil righ...

This book shows how the first institution of global governance was conceived and operated. It provides a new assessment of its architect, Eric Drummond, the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, appointed a century ago. The authors conclude that he stands in the front rank of the 12 men who have occupied the post of Secretary-General of the League or its successor, the UN. Part 1 describes his character and leadership. His influence in shaping the International Civil Service, t...

“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.” –Suzanne J. Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds”Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new tales share the pages of this collection of fairy stories. Within these tales you’ll find fairy music and food, contracts (making and breaking them), changelings, circles and curses–these stories deliver all the things you ...

**Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide a detailed, “**fact-based account of what precipitated some of this administration’s more brazen assaults on immigration” (The Washington Post) filled with never-before-told stories of this key issue of Donald Trump’s presidency.No issue matters more to Donald Trump and his administration than restricting immigration.Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear have covered the Trump ad...

A leader's job is to unleash the unlimited store of potential in people."The vast majority of the workforce in any organization possesses far more talent, intelligence, capability, and creativity than their present jobs require or even allow.” - Dr. Stephen R. CoveyThat’s what Talent Unleashed is about—unleashing that unlimited store of potential in people. That’s a leader’s job.And how does a leader do that job? Through 3 Leadership Conversations—not just ...

"The vast majority of the workforce in any organization possesses far more talent, intelligence, capability, and creativity than their present jobs require or even allow.” - Dr. Stephen R. CoveyThat’s what Talent Unleashed is about—unleashing that unlimited store of potential in people. That’s a leader’s job.And how does a leader do that job? Through 3 Leadership Conversations—not just individual events, but ongoing discussions designed to help people give the best they can...

The Endangered Species Act at Thirty is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of issues surrounding the Endangered Species Act, with a specific focus on the act's actual implementation record over the past thirty years. The result of a unique, multi-year collaboration among stakeholder groups from across the political spectrum, the two volumes offer a dispassionate consideration of a highly polarized topic.Renewing the Conservation Promise, Volume 1, puts the reader in a better...

Even ghosts need help from a Cunning Man.Hiram and his son Michael are dowsing a well in Eastern Utah when they hear a cry of help from the ghost of a small boy, torn to pieces by wild animals. Before they can even begin to look into that tragedy, however, a prosperous local rancher is murdered right before their eyes.In an attempt to both help the ghost and find the killer, Hiram and Michael must navigate an eccentric cast of characters that includes faile...

A new novel in the Cunning Man series from Dragon Award–winning author D. J. Butler and Aaron Michael Ritchey.Cunning man Hiram Woolley and his son Michael carry an itinerant preacher across the border into Mexico. Hiram is haunted by the specter of a bloody-faced man that stalks him in his dreams, but also by doubts about what lies ahead in the Mormon colonies around Nuevo Casas Grandes—this is the country Hiram's father fled to when he abandoned young Hiram and h...