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The Blind Bystander
In the year 2055, mass murders have become a global plague. For decades society watched as the number of killing events increased from monthly to daily to hourly. The governments of the world have exhausted all their technologies and strategies to reduce the killings, but nothing has been effective. Public gatherings have become almost nonexistent. Fear has driven people to stay in their homes and use their virtual iPatch to attend sporting events, church, school, parties, and more. As a last-ditch attempt, the North American Security Department agrees to try a radically different approach. They bring in Sara Vogel, an astronaut who has covertly, quietly returned from a 23-year spaceflight. Oddly, Sara has not aged while in space. And oddly, she possesses a mysterious intuition on how to end the killings. As the mass killings continue to rise, there is one killer who stands out from the others, scheming to massacre thousands. But Sara knows that battling only one super-tech murderer won’t stop the global bloodshed. With the help of a few friends, she has a plan to stop all mass murderers everywhere.
Highlands-A-Go-Go
Atlanta's Virginia-Highland neighborhood: depending on who you talk to, it's a historic suburb; or, a stylish entertainment district; or, a left-wing, political powerhouse; or a state-of-mind. It's also where Donovan Ford, an über-hip New York columnist who's unmotivated, under-employed and suddenly un-married, finds himself riding out his existential crisis. After years of writing about all that's trendy and new, he's begun to wonder what he has missed in life. That's until his octogenarian Aunt DeLaine loads him into her biodiesel Rolls-Royce with a thermos of Manhattans. Over the course of a year, she takes him on a ride of discovery, introducing him to local customs, southern flora, and society fauna (aka, Atlanta's Grande Dames) ...not to mention himself.
Kara in Black
"Kara in Black takes place January through March of 2003, beginning prior to the invasion of Iraq and finishing three days after the invasion. Eighteen-year-old Kara's older sister, Della, is leaving to join her Army unit and travel to Kuwait to prepare for the possible invasion of Iraq. While Della is proud to serve and proud to be a woman in the Army, is ready to prove herself, and believes in the policies of the administration, Kara, after thinking about such things for the first time in her life, begins to oppose her sister going, and the impending war itself. Their dialog begins as Della is preparing to depart to join her unit and continues by phone up to the night before the invasion. ...
Constructing Private Governance
Recent decades have witnessed the rise of social and environmental certification programs that are intended to promote responsible business practices. Consumers now encounter organic or fair-trade labels on a variety of products, implying such desirable benefits as improved environmental conditions or more equitable market transactions. But what do we know about the origins and development of the organizations behind these labels? This book examines forest, coffee, and fishery certification programs to reveal how the early decisions of programs on governance and standards affect the path along which individual programs evolve and the variety and number of programs across sectors.
Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Known for their stunning displays of artistry and technique, Italian illuminated manuscripts have long been coveted by collectors around the world. The J. Paul Getty Museum holds the most recently formed institutional collection of its kind in the United States, yet it spans more than eight centuries and reflects many of the extraordinary achievements of the Italian tradition. Made up of whole manuscripts as well as leaves and cuttings, the Getty collection of Italian illumination contains nearly sixty works and includes the Montecassino Breviary, the Ferrarese Gualenghi-d’Este Hours, and the Roman gradual illuminated by Antonio da Monza for Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Other important acquisi...
Governing Through Markets
In this important book, Lawrence Sager, a leading constitutional theorist, offers a lucid understanding and compelling defence of American constitutional practice. Sager treats judges as active partners in the enterprise of securing the fundamentals of political justice, and sees the process of constitutional adjudication as a promising and distinctly democratic addition to that enterprise. But his embrace of the constitutional judiciary is not unqualified. Judges in Sager's view should and do stop short of enforcing the whole of the Constitution; and the Supreme Court should welcome rather than condemn the efforts of Congress to pick up the slack. Among the surprising fruit of this justice-seeking account of American constitutional practice are a persuasive case for the constitutional right to secure a materially decent life and sympathy for the obduracy of the Constitution to amendment. No book can end debate in this conceptually tumultuous area; but Justice in Plainclothes is likely to help shape the ongoing debate for years to come.
Sustainability of Temperate Forests
RFF's Roger Sedjo and his colleagues discuss initiatives designed to promote and enhance sustainable forestry in temperate countries. While concerns about tropical deforestation are considerable, temperate forests account for the vast majority of the world's roundwood production and most global trade in wood and paper. Improving forest sustainability in such regions is imperative, economically and environmentally. This book illustrates how far nations have progressed, and how far they still need to go, in that effort. The authors describe how temperate nations address forest sustainability, discussing recent developments affecting forestry and trade. Their compilation of international data o...
