This is a fascinating and intelligent exploration of some of America's most noteworthy and important capital punishment cases. In 1969, America's Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment was unconstitutional. But the Court's resolve soon began to falter. Why? What were the consequences for the ru[...]
Legal Pluralism in Conflict offers a new theoretical perspective for conceptualising and analysing the relationship between ethnic minority laws and the official legal order. Examining the limits of liberal legal thought in light of a contemporary plurality of ethnic identifications and religious be[...]
Sixteen-year-old high-school drop-out Bobby moves to Dallas to join his big brother Jim in the jewellery trade. Jim's glamorous girlfriend Lisa is the best saleswoman in the business and from the moment Bobby meets her he falls under her spell. Bobby discovers a new world - glitzy, trashy and hedoni[...]
Focusing on the issues of the individual in the business environment, this text explores moral choices within the business environment, and considers current business policy issues.[...]
Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated Readings, Tenth Edition is a thorough introduction to the core problems of philosophy, including explanations and background by the authors along with generous excerpts from the philosophers under discussion. Organized topically, the chapters present al[...]
A provocative and unsettling look at the nature of love and deception
Is it possible to love well without lying? At least since Socrates's discourse on love in Plato's "Symposium," philosophers have argued that love can lead us to the truth--about ourselves and the ones we love. But in the pract[...]
A new strain of mass destruction... The most dangerous man of this century has employed the most dangerous weapon yet. Criminal mastermind Harlan DeVane has developed %151; and spread %151; a deadly, genetically engineered "superbug" resistant to all known cures. A microscopic time bomb, it will lie[...]
When an anonymous e-mail alerts UpLink International's operatives to suspicious activity on an exclusive island resort, Pete Nimec goes undercover to investigate. What Nimec discovers is a plot to drain oil from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserves and sell it to outlaw nations. Original.[...]
Is it possible to love well without lying? Love should lead us to the truth, about ourselves and about those we love, shouldn't it? But in the real world we find that love and lies often work hand in hand, and that it may be difficult to sustain love without illusions or even deception. Ranging wide[...]
Året er 1999. Russlands president dør plutselig, og landet kastes ut i løvløse og kaotiske tilstander. Tre politikere deler makten inntil det kan holdes valg. Dette utløser et bombeattentat som ryster USA. Det ser ut til at det russiske parlamentet står bak. Den amerikanske kommandostyrken Swo[...]