The year is 2117, Global super powers are vying for superiority and everything is privatised from Governments to Warfare. Politicians are openly sponsored like sports stars, whilst sport stars and soldiers are grown in a Lab.It is an era of DNA gene splicing and neural interfacing with 90% of the world’s population hooked into the ‘cloud’, downloading directly into their brain.Tyr, a genetically engineered mercenary, and gun for hire is drawn into a web of lies and deceit w...

The Complete Works of Daniel WebsterThis Complete Collection includes the following titles:--------1 - The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster2 - The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 13 - Daniel Webster for Young Americans4 - Select Speeches of Daniel Webster

With this famous speech, Daniel Webster joined the nineteenth-century debate over slavery in the US. While personally opposed to the practice, Webster argued that allowing the South to continue using slave labor was essential to maintaining unity of the states. This middle-ground opinion won him support of some Southerner moderates but also lost him the respect of some Northerners. Though it became the subject of much controversy, “The Constitution and the Union” showcases Webster’s unmatc...

On June 17, 1825, Congressman Daniel Webster spoke at a ceremony honoring the new Bunker Hill Monument. Past, present, and future came together in this stirring historic speech. He first honored the sacrifice of their ancestors, then moved on to show gratitude to their current veterans, including the forty survivors of the Battle of Bunker Hill who were present at the ceremony. Lastly, he gave an optimistic prediction for the future of democracy in America, saying, “The principle of free g...

Select speeches of Daniel Webster 1817-1845 presents a powerful collection of public addresses that highlight the enduring strength of persuasive language in civic life. The work brings together speeches delivered in formal legal settings, legislative chambers, and public forums, revealing a consistent dedication to constitutional order, national unity, and ethical leadership. Throughout the collection, attention is drawn to the careful balance between reason and emotion, showing how struc...

"Ninth Cavalry: One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers" by Daniel Webster Comstock is a compelling historical account that delves into the experiences of the 121st Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. Comstock, who served as a soldier in this regiment, provides a firsthand narrative that captures the trials, tribulations, and camaraderie of the soldiers. His vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes bring to life the harsh realities of war, the strategic maneuvers, an...

Amid a growing consensus that the staggering toll of gun violence in the United States is an urgent public health issue, the Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health has convened experts on gun policy and violence from the United States and selected other countries to summarize relevant research and its implications for policymakers and concerned citizens. Legal scholars weigh in on the constitutionality of recommended policies, and researchers present new data on publi...

Nestled along the picturesque Carson River in the state of Nevada were the quartz mills that crushed and extracted the values from the Comstock ore. These mills were built starting in 1859, when gold and silver were discovered on the Comstock, with the last mill being demolished around the 1920s. Mills were huge plants, in many cases crushing tons of ore a day, sometimes seven days a week. To support these mills, the towns of Empire and Dayton were established to house workers and provide ...

This book describes the personal and professional wreckage through which people are victims of the so-called mobbing, or psycho-terror at work, which destroys the working capacity and psychological resistance of those who suffer it.You have in your hands a practical self-help guide to recognizing the problem and learning to identify it in time, responding to it proactively rather than reactively.The ways that bullying involves are described, as well as the typical character...

This fully revised and updated third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides up-to-date, pragmatic advice on the management of common conditions and emergencies. An essential resource for all those involved in the care of patients with gastroenterological and hepatological disease, both for specialists and trainees in gastroenterology and hepatology, and also clinicians from other specialties. The handbook includes a problems-based approach, a un...

The OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for examination in 2017-2019, giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription to be read in English for A Level. The texts covered are:ASThucydides, Histories, Book IV: 11–14, 21–23, 26–28Plato, Apology, 18a7 to 24b2Homer, Odyssey X: 144–399Sophocles,

American politician Daniel Webster delivered this speech in 1820 on the 200th anniversary of the landing on Plymouth Rock. In it, he honors the memory of the men and women who laid the groundwork for American civilization. He also challenges the crowd to consider how current political issues, such as slavery, will affect their legacy two-hundred years in the future. “Let [slavery] cease to be of New England,” he urges them in this historic speech, “and let civilized man henceforth have no ...