For more than a century, the United States had experienced constant change as technological advances united the country by communication, transportation, currency, and power. As the forward-thinking members of society continued to reinvent the lives of their fellow citizens with their products and devices, it seemed as if change was everywhere. In the last decade of the 19th century, America continued to define its identity through industrial progress, domestic reform, an expansionist foreign policy, and the millions of new immigrants arriving at its shores. .
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Married By Mistake
Do not adjust your set. That really was Casey Greene being jilted by her fiancé on live TV! And that really was Memphis’s most eligible bachelor who stepped in to marry her instead. Millionaire businessman Adam Carmichael wanted only to help Casey save face. He isn’t prepared for the news that their "fake" wedding is legal and binding. While they secretly wait for an annulment, media and family scrutiny forces them to put on their best loving-couple act. Except by now, neither one is quite sure who’s acting….
Dallas, a New York police lieutenant, is a hard-bitten warrior cop who buries the pain and anger of her early childhood by excelling on the job. In her latest adventure, all the usual suspects are back: Eve's charismatic husband, Roarke; her plucky assistant, Peabody; and hipster techno-geek McNab. For this round, their objective is to take down a woman Eve arrested 10 years ago, a poisoner named Julianna Dunne. Julianna's out on parole, and now rich old men are dying sudden deaths.
Supplement XVI centers on writers from various genres and traditions who have had little sustained attention from critics, although most are well known. As ever, our purpose in these presenting these articles is to bring readers back to the texts under discussion, to help them in their reading by explaining the contours of a particular writer's career, by providing context.
Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia (2 Volumes)
From their drafting of the Declaration of Independence to their current prominent role in U.S. politics, America's lawyers have always been preeminent in our national life. Whether loved or loathed, such characters as John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, F. Lee Bailey, Johnnie Cochran, Kenneth Starr, and many others have captured our attention through their victories, follies, and the cases that made them great.
