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"Searching for common threads in these five presidencies, Landy and Milkis enable us to better understand both the possibilities and the limitations of the office."--BOOK JACKET.
In fourteen essays, supplemented by relevant sections of and amendments to the Constitution and five Federalist essays by Hamilton--provides the reader with the essential historical and political analyses of who and what shaped the presidency.
Six hundred-year-old Anna is trying to be a good warden of Earth, but a brain eating parasite is on the loose and it’s all her fault. Unless her partner, Anthony, is working with the Inter-dimensional mafia knows as the Bankers. Before Anna can unravel the chaos, her ghosts return and churn up feelings she thought long put to rest. And her companion, Marcus, comes under fire. And she finds a dragon egg. It’s going to be one tough week for Anna to restore order. If you love ghosts, dragons, and fast-paced action, jump into this amazing science-fiction, fantasy adventure. The third instalment of The Timeless Julieanna Scott is full of paranormal mayhem as well as colourful cursing.
This omnibus collection contains the full text of the Timeless Julieanna Scott : Book One - Out of Time, Book Two - Out of Step, and Book Three - Out of Control. Six hundred-year-old Julieanna thought she was immortal. She was wrong. With God like power and no idea how to use it, she must fight the demons of her past or her present found-family will perish. However her best efforts may not be enough to stop the inter-dimensional mafia, protect Earth, or save herself. When the world isn't what she thought she knew, the space between particles becomes the key to success. If you love ghosts, dragons, fast-paced action, found families, loyalty, unruly hounds, fierce women, dark wit, and thrilling combat, leap into Cherie’s mind-bending science-fiction, fantasy adventure series. It's a wild ride.
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ABSTRACT This dissertation assesses the design and incentive structures that link the presidency to constitutional maintenance and renewal when extraordinary times occur, and posits that institutional power and historical context were priced into the presidency since its creation. This finding has robust implications for understanding the presidency's role in constitutional change, and in particular, the construction of constitutional regimes. Presidents are naturally drawn to the lure of constructing a constitutional regime by the nature of the office, as presidents want to constitutionalize their priorities from rival political interests in order to secure their legacy. Some fortunate pres...
Because screenwriter Robert Riskin spent most of his career collaborating with legendary Hollywood director Frank Capra, Riskin's own unique contributions to film have been largely overshadowed. With five Academy Award nominations to his credit for the monumental films Lady for a Day, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Here Comes the Groom, and It Happened One Night (for which he won the Oscar), Riskin is often imitated but rarely equaled. In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin is the first detailed critical examination of the Hollywood pioneer's life and work. In addition to being one of the great screenwriters of the classic Hollywood era, Ris...
Because screenwriter Robert Riskin (1897–1955) spent most of his career collaborating with legendary Hollywood director Frank Capra, his own unique contributions to film have been largely overshadowed. With five Academy Award nominations to his credit for the monumental films Lady for a Day, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Here Comes the Groom, and It Happened One Night (for which he won an Oscar), Riskin is often imitated but rarely equaled. Robert Riskin: The Life and Times of a Hollywood Screenwriter is the first detailed critical examination of the Hollywood pioneer's life and work. In addition to being one of the great screenwriters of the classic Hollywood era, Ri...