Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857. Excerpt: ... discoursing volubly with the oyster-women about the mysteries of their profession. He was pleased, interes..
So when I retired, I finally had time to write about biomedical topics, about some of the weird phenomena of physics, about the minds of suicide bombers, and about less serious subjects such as the condominium swimming pool. My original intention was to ha..
The Constitution of the United States begins with the words: “We the People.” But from the earliest days of the American republic, there have been two competing notions of “the People,” which lead to two very different visions of the Constitution. ..
The 1904-1907 seasons at London's Royal Court Theatre were a particularly galvanizing force, with 11 plays by Bernard Shaw--along with works by Granville Barker, John Galsworthy and Elizabeth Robins--that starred activist performers and challenged social c..
Develop the mindset and skills to recover when your career “boat” capsizes--because, in today’s whitewater economy, chances are it will! At 36, Kathleen Flinn was laid off from Microsoft. Her boyfriend urged her to go to Paris to pursue her lif..
