Many scholars of language have accepted a view of grammar as a clearly delineated and internally coherent structure which is best understood as a self-contained system. The contributors to this volume propose a very different way of approaching and understanding grammar, taking it as part of a broad[...]

Three respected Scottish doctors - psychiatrist Steve Hartford, paediatric surgeon Grey Lochran and cosmetic surgeon Robert Forrest - have been close friends since their Edinburgh boyhoods, and now live handsomely in suburban London. But for each, midlife has brought certain discontents.[...]

This book is structured around a number of important themes which run across the revolutionary decade, most notably the themes of political and social change. Alan Forrest's book offers an interpretation of the historiography of the subject and reviews the copious literature resulting from the recen[...]

Amid the aristocratic ranks of the Confederate cavalry, Nathan Bedford Forrest was untutored, all but unlettered, and regarded as no more than a guerrilla. His tactic was the headlong charge, mounted with such swiftness and ferocity that General Sherman called him a "devil" who should "be hunted dow[...]

How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases? Do they follow their policy preferences? Or are they constrained by the law and by other political actors? "The Constrained Court" combines new theoretical insights and extensive data analysis to show that law and politics together shape the behavior[...]

At 15, Ruby left home, got herself an agent and became a film star. Now 20, she is destructive and charming, and she cuts herself as a hobby. She has left the man who loves her, been fired by her agent, and is starring in a film opposite the delectable Asian. It is quite possibly her last chance.[...]

One fateful day in 1996, upon discovering that five freight cars' worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his family's farm. What ensues--through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters--is a cra[...]

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This hit movie is a capsule of America's pop culture, and its soundtrack paints the picture of the times. Matching folio with 32 classic rock hits, including: Against the Wind * California Dreamin' * For What It's Worth * Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In * Mrs. Robinson * [...]

The battlefield reputation of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, long recognized as a formidable warrior, has been shaped by one infamous wartime incident. At Fort Pillow in 1864, the attack by Confederate forces under Forrest's command left many of the Tennessee Unionists and black soldier[...]

"We must reduce our volume to the simple evangelists, select, even from them, the very words only of Jesus. There will be remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man."--Thomas Jefferson
Featuring an introduction by Forrest Church, this reissue of "[...]