Florida Almanac 2012

Author : Bernie McGovern
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-23
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781455615537

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Florida Almanac, 2012 by Bernie McGovern Pdf

An amazing atlas, directory, tourist guide, reference manual, and history book all in one—for natives, visitors, and new residents in the Sunshine State! From basic history and tourist information to obscure facts—such as the size of the largest squash grown—this book has it all. After reading the list of derivatives for the name of each Florida county, the Lake City Reporter called a previous edition of this book “indispensable” and described it as containing “just about everything you ever wanted to know about Florida—and a good deal of information you probably never really thought about.” In addition to listings of national memorials, monuments, and landmarks, this volume contains road maps of each county, charts of rivers and waterways, and facts about Florida’s geography and climate. For those who are visiting the state, there are sections on major attractions, annual festivals, state parks, and lodging as well as regulations for boating, fishing, and hunting. The chapters on education, crime, residency, taxes, and utilities will be invaluable to people who are considering moving to Florida. Anyone interested in the history and settlement of the Sunshine State will appreciate the facts about Native American cultures and the chronology of major events in Florida’s past. Also included are various statistics and a hurricane survival guide. Packed with information and including a detailed index, it’s a useful, comprehensive reference—and a fascinating resource for geography lovers.

Author : Harvard Law Review
Publisher : Quid Pro Books
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781610279321

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Harvard Law Review: Volume 125, Number 8 - June 2012 by Harvard Law Review Pdf

The June 2012 issue features the Harvard Law Review's annual and extensive DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW section; this year's subject is Presidential Authority. The issue also includes an article by Nicholas Stephanopoulos, "Spatial Diversity," and a Book Review by Michael Dorf, "The Undead Constitution," which explores originalism and constitutional interpretation in light of recent books by David Strauss and Jack Balkin. The issue begins with a series of In Memoriam contributions celebrating Bernard Wolfman. In its Developments survey on executive authority, the authors analyze the subjects of: * The President’s Role in the Legislative Process * Presidential Power and the Office of Legal Counsel * Presidential Involvement in Defending Congressional Statutes * Executive Appointments In addition, student contributions on Recent Cases explore such topics as patentable subject matter, sentencing guidelines, economic spying, the death penalty and mental retardation, Guantánamo hearings and intelligence reports, and organ donor compensation. The issue includes Recent Publications and the Index for volume 125. The Harvard Law Review is offered in a digital edition, featuring active Table of Contents, linked footnotes and cross-references, legible tables, and proper ebook formatting. This current issue of the Review is June 2012, the eighth issue of academic year 2011-2012 (Volume 125).

Author : Indiana Robinson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387129348

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National Pride - Places (Volume 2) by Indiana Robinson Pdf

Places (Volume 2) Jamaican vary from our beautiful and treasured landscapes, from our rivers, our mountain ranges, our beaches, our birds, our creepy crawlies, our neighbourhoods, our highways, lanes, and gullies; our schools, our hotels, our sugar plantations, our banks, our bars, restaurants, and cold supper shops; our churches, our funeral parlours, our prisons, and much more. Naturally, our multi-talented brothers and sisters are saluted including those still here and those who have since departed to the great beyond. So dear readers, enjoy the mind "triggers" and heart-wrenching "diggers" you will find in this book honouring the 55th year of celebrating Jamaica's independence and the tantalizing trip down memory lane with this unofficial reference/resource guide by your side.

Author : Indiana Robinson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387129300

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National Pride - Things (Volume 3) by Indiana Robinson Pdf

Jamaica, 55th Anniversary of Independence, Jamaican Things, History, Recollection

Author : Frank P. Jozsa
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780810892460

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Baseball beyond Borders by Frank P. Jozsa Pdf

In 1973, Roberto Clemente was honored as the first baseball player born outside the continental U.S. to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the former Pittsburgh Pirate amassed 3,000 career hits and 240 home runs. Since then, eight more international players of Major League Baseball have been voted into the Hall of Fame, including recent inductees Roberto Alomar (Puerto Rico) and Bert Blyleven (Netherlands). These Hall of Famers are but a few of the many non-native players who have contributed significantly to Major League Baseball, dating all the way back to 1876 and up to the present. Baseball beyond Borders: From Distant Lands to the Major Leagues not only examines the careers of foreign-born and Puerto Rican baseball players, but also goes beyond the players to look at managers, executives, coaches, and officials of Major League Baseball, as well. This book explores the impact and performances of these individuals on MLB and the minor leagues, and their contributions to the expansion and popularity of American baseball in the U.S. and around the world. Baseball beyond Borders offers a historical perspective of when, why, and how emigrants came to play professional baseball in the U.S. and also provides background information on baseball in foreign countries, baseball leagues outside the U.S., and the academies run by MLB on foreign soil. Featuring photographs, statistics, and bios, this unique book presents a comprehensive look at the impact players and staff born outside the U.S. have had on baseball—both in the U.S. and beyond. Baseball fans and sports historians will enjoy reading Baseball beyond Borders, as will anyone wishing to learn more about the influence of foreigners on America’s national pastime.

Author : Indiana Robinson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387129331

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National Pride - People (Volume 1) by Indiana Robinson Pdf

People (Volume 1) Jamaican topics covered in the book include our slave fore-fathers, our national heroes, our political and religious leaders, our educators, our youths, our nurses and doctors, our lawyers, our journalists and authors, our beauty queens, our talented athletes, our vendors, and our Jamericans and JAGlobians. Naturally, our multi-talented brothers and sisters are saluted including those still here and those who have since departed to the great beyond. So dear readers, enjoy the mind "triggers" and heart-wrenching "diggers" you will find in this book honouring the 55th year of celebrating Jamaica's independence and the tantalizing trip down memory lane with this unofficial reference/resource guide by your side.

Author : T. D. Allman
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802193735

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Finding Florida by T. D. Allman Pdf

A National Book Award Nominee and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors, “God’s waiting room,” and a place to start over. Depopulated after the extermination of its original native population, today it’s home to nineteen million. The site of vicious racial violence, including massacres, slavery, and the roll-back of Reconstruction, Florida is now one of our most diverse states, a dynamic multicultural place with an essential role in twenty-first-century America. In Finding Florida, T. D. Allman reclaims the remarkable history of Florida from the state’s mythologizers, apologists, and boosters. Allman traces the discovery, exploration, and settlement of Florida, its transformation from a swamp to “paradise.” Palm Beach, Key West, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando boomed, fortunes were won and lost, land was stolen and flipped, and millions arrived. The product of a decade of research and writing, Finding Florida is the first modern comprehensive history of this fascinating place. “A take-no-prisoners account . . . Extremely timely and relevant.” —The New York Times Book Review “The Seminole Wars, the Civil War, various massacres, Reconstruction, a second Reconstruction, Disney World, the Marielitos, voter suppression—it’s all here, and even Carl Hiaasen couldn’t make it up.” —Booklist, starred review

Author : Kelly Knauer,Editors of Time Magazine
Publisher : Time Almanac
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1603202064

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Time Almanac 2012 by Kelly Knauer,Editors of Time Magazine Pdf

From global trends to national events...outer space to cyberspace...the past to the present...the TIME Almanac 2012 contains all the comprehensive up-to-the-minute facts, statistics, dates and information you'll ever need or want. Highlights include world statistics and countries, astronomy and space, calendar and holidays, health and nutrition, sports results, business, economy, personal finance, the Internet, web-site guide and so much more! Turn to The TIME Almanac 2012-Powered by Encyclopaedia Britannica-for more than 1 million answers.

Author : Kay Ann Cassell,Uma Hiremath
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781555708597

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Reference and Information Services by Kay Ann Cassell,Uma Hiremath Pdf

Search skills of today bear little resemblance to searches through print publications. Reference service has become much more complex than in the past, and is in a constant state of flux. Learning the skill sets of a worthy reference librarian can be challenging, unending, rewarding, and-- yes, fun.

Author : K. Stollznow
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137404862

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Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic by K. Stollznow Pdf

Can a bump on the head cause someone to speak with a different accent? Can animals, aliens, and objects talk? Can we communicate with gods, demons, and the dead? Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic is a curio shop full of colourful superstitions, folklore, and legends about language.

Author : Phil Philcox,Beverly Boe
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1561641782

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Sunshine State Almanac and Book of Florida-related Stuff by Phil Philcox,Beverly Boe Pdf

Chock-full of statistics, recipes, photos, and helpful, fascinating stuff of, from, and about Florida.

Author : Allan Bluman
Publisher : McGraw Hill
Page : 907 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780077170486

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Elementary Statistics: A step by step approach 9e by Allan Bluman Pdf

Elementary Statistics: A step by step approach 9e

Author : Sean D. Foreman,Robert Dewhirst
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739181393

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The Roads to Congress 2012 by Sean D. Foreman,Robert Dewhirst Pdf

The 2012 congressional elections played an equally vital role in determining the future course of America as the presidential race that topped the electoral ticket. Readers of this book will gain insights about the formative aspects of the 2012 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. Exclusive to this volume are three chapters that look at important processes which impacted the campaign cycle: voter suppression laws passed in nearly every state, the role of Super PACs and independent expenditures in the wake of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, and the results of redistricting and partisan gerrymandering throughout the country. Then the case studies follow the path of seven House and six Senate races from inception to election postmortem. The chapters are both narrative and provide analysis of an array of interesting and diverse contests from throughout the country. Each entry was written by one or more experts living in the state or region of the race. The authors provide succinct and highly readable chapters meant to illustrate the distinctive nature of the campaigns they are examining. Readers will see individual campaigns and elections “up close” and be able to compare and contrast one from another because of the common format employed throughout the book. Taken together, the chapters reveal that the roads to Congress, while similar in so many ways, each follow a unique route to Capitol Hill.

Author : James M. Curry,Frances E. Lee
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226716497

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The Limits of Party by James M. Curry,Frances E. Lee Pdf

To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum, winner-take-all approach to congressional politics has replaced the bipartisan comity of past eras. If the parties cannot get everything they want in national policymaking, then they prefer gridlock and stalemate to compromise. Or, at least, that is the conventional wisdom. In The Limits of Party, James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee challenge this conventional wisdom. By constructing legislative histories of congressional majority parties’ attempts to enact their policy agendas in every congress since the 1980s and by drawing on interviews with Washington insiders, the authors analyze the successes and failures of congressional parties to enact their legislative agendas. ? Their conclusions will surprise many congressional observers: Even in our time of intense party polarization, bipartisanship remains the key to legislative success on Capitol Hill. Congressional majority parties today are neither more nor less successful at enacting their partisan agendas. They are not more likely to ram though partisan laws or become mired in stalemate. Rather, the parties continue to build bipartisan coalitions for their legislative priorities and typically compromise on their original visions for legislation in order to achieve legislative success.

Author : Old Farmer's Almanac,Old Farmer's Almanac Staff
Publisher : Old Farmer's Almanac
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1571985468

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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012 by Old Farmer's Almanac,Old Farmer's Almanac Staff Pdf