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It's the late 1800's and Noel Gaston has traveled from her hometown of Palmero, Italy to Sicily to take over her deceased grandfather's estate. She arrives to find the once beautiful mansion in a dilapidated state, badly in need of repairs. She is overwhelmed, but quickly finds help in the form of two "would be" suitors; one a friend from the past, and the other a handsome stranger with whom she seems to share an instant connection. The story takes hidden twists and turns as Noel uncovers pieces of a puzzle her grandfather left behind. With a greedy politician after her house, two suitors vying for her affections, and the elusive map on her mind, Noel soon discovers what it takes to uncover the mystery surrounding DeMarco's map!
The last two decades have witnessed a substantial change in the media environment, growing polarization of the two dominant parties, and increasing inequality of wealth and income. These profound changes necessitate updating our understanding of political accountability. Accountability Reconsidered examines how political accountability functions in the US today given the dramatic changes in voting behavior, media, congressional dynamics, and relations between branches. With particular attention to policymaking, this volume uses original research to analyze micro-foundations of voter behavior, examining its implications for incentives and offering insight into the accountability relationships among voters, interest groups, legislators, and government bureaucracy. Combining contributions from leading experts who write about the political system synoptically with those who focus on specific elements, Accountability Reconsidered brings together distinct perspectives to focus on the effect of the informational environment on government officials, bridging up-to-date knowledge about accountability mechanisms with our overall understanding of political accountability.
Storming the State House provides a revealing, behind-the-scenes look into the campaign that elected Alabama’s first Republican legislature in modern history and liberated the state from 136 years of Democrat Party rule. Written by Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, it is a battlefield account by the architect of the Republican takeover, whose vision and partisan vigor directly led to the GOP tsunami that hit Alabama in November 2010.
(formerly published as Babe in the Woods) Angelo Chiari, is a fifty-something-year old news reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is sent to the C.T. Merriman Institute to do a week-long Open Door course and see if any of it is for real. He is skeptical of the assignment, figuring that of course it isn't for real, and somewhat dreading the prospect of spending a week among ungrounded New Age crazies. But although he doesn't suspect it, such an attitude of skepticism is actually a pretty good attitude to bring to the experience… It isn't long before Mr. Chiari begins to experience, first-hand, some of the things he has always assumed to be impossible. As anew perceptions and intuitions...
How did you like them apples? A big cliffhanger. In fact, two. It seems that history repeats itself within family lineages. Look back at the DeMolay and Treborn families. Both families were from France fleeing to Italy to escape death and changing names, like DeMolay to DeMarco. Compare the future happenings in Paris along the Boulevard in 1921 as opposed to the battlefield outside of town in 1307. And Paul DeMarco returned from Italy to Paris after some reconstruction in Italy after a war. Look for more stories from my Grandfather Matlin and my Grand Uncle Michael in volume eight of their series, Twin Memoirs. They will revisit the Watchers and we will later find out how much of the series ...
Do you know your ancestry; your parents, grandparents, great grandparents and great-great grandparents? Have you taken the time to document your life since the day of your birth? I do and I did. In Volume 1, I'll take you back to the old countries of France and Italy where my story begins with my great-great grandparents. Their off-spring came to America, the first generation of Americans. I'll guide you through the second generation who gave birth to our parents, the third gene