The four new essays in Lincoln's Legacy describe major ethical problems that the sixteenth president navigated what can be learned from how he did so. The distinguished and award-winning Lincoln scholars William Miller, Mark E. Neely Jr., Phillip Shaw Paludan, and Mark Summers describe Lincoln’s attitudes and actions during encounters with questions of politics, law, constitutionalism, patronage, and democracy. The remarkably focused essays include an assessment of Lincoln's virtu...

Covering the diagnosis and treatment of hundreds of dermatologic conditions, Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology, 7th Edition is today's leading reference on dermatology for dogs, cats, and pocket pets. Topics include clinical signs, etiology, and pathogenesis of dermatologic conditions including fungal, parasitic, metabolic, nutritional, environmental, and psychogenic. This edition includes full updates of all 21 chapters, and more than 1,300 full-color clinical, microscopic, and h...

First published in 1998. The GARF Assessment Sourcebook is a comprehensive guide to the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning (GARF) scale for family assessment. This comprehensive guide to the GARF is an essential tool for practicing professionals as well as students in training programs. It provides a thorough description of each element of the GARF, a comprehensive review of the GARF in relation to other marriage and family assessment tools, summaries of GARF research, and a compr...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories: More Than 27 Hours of Classic Science Fiction is an extraordinary collection of timeless adventures from the Golden Age of science fiction. Featuring fifty unforgettable stories by many of the genre’s greatest authors, this epic audiobook delivers more than 27 hours of imagination, exploration, mystery, and wonder.Inside you’ll discover classic tales by Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Damon Knight, Winston Marks, Mack Reynolds...

The 2012 Republican nomination process went on longer than most pundits predicted early on. While Mitt Romney began the season as the prohibitive favorite, he was tested repeatedly by what was seemingly the Republican flavor of the week (including Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum). The sheer number of candidates who were viewed as legitimate contenders demonstrate the fundamental concern facing Republicans moving forward: a fractured party. The pr...

This book is a collection of proceedings of a symposium organized by the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society on the preparations, properties, and processing of high-temperature superconducting materials. The proceedings include papers of new results presented at the symposium.

The 2012 congressional elections played an equally vital role in determining the future course of America as the presidential race that topped the electoral ticket. Readers of this book will gain insights about the formative aspects of the 2012 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. Exclusive to this volume are three chapters that look at important processes which impacted the campaign cycle: voter suppression laws passed in nearly every state, the role of ...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 256 thru 260 brings together five wonderfully imaginative stories from Clifford D. Simak, George R. Hahn, William Oberfield, Robert Sheckley, and Charles E. Fritch. From unlikely adventures and bizarre discoveries to sharp twists and situations that spiral completely out of control, this collection showcases the playful and unpredictable side of vintage science fiction.Mr. Meek Plays Polo by Clifford D. Simak brings back the mild-...

The 2014 midterm congressional elections provided a view of the attitude of American voters in the sixth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. This book provides insight about the formative aspects of the 2014 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. The first section has four chapters that cover the substance of topics that impacted this campaign cycle: the popularity and productivity of the 113th Congress, voter suppression laws passed in many states, the role...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 291 thru 295 brings together five unforgettable adventures from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, where every story takes readers somewhere unexpected. Whether it’s a desperate mission, a strange new world, a bizarre scientific breakthrough, or a reality that refuses to follow the rules, these tales capture the imagination that made classic sci-fi timeless.James Blish opens the collection with One-Shot, a tense story where a sing...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 251 thru 260 - Ten Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sMr. Meek–Musketeer by Clifford D. SimakSlave of Eternity by Roger D. AycockThe Spy in the Elevator by Donald E. WestlakeA Hitch in Time by Frederik PohlThe Abandoned of Yan by Donald F. DaleyMr. Meek Plays Polo by Clifford D. SimakGangway for Homer by George R. HahnThe Enormous Word by William Oberfield

Lost Sci-Fi Books 161 thru 165 brings together five unforgettable stories from Theodore Sturgeon, Edmond Hamilton, Isaac Asimov, William F. Nolan, and Evelyn E. Smith. Alien ships fill the skies, a man is born with wings, mysterious experiments raise troubling questions, and humanity faces futures no one could have predicted.The Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon begins with Gordon Kent on trial for murder. The evidence may point toward one...