Kenneth: 4007 books

This book offers a close look at the development of legal thought during the era of prohibition and documents the impact of prohibition on law as an intellectual discipline. Kenneth M. Murchison examines changes in federal criminal law doctrines from 1918 to 1933 in light of recent historical scholarship...

Can geometry be exciting?It can for those who can appreciate the beauty of numbers and their relationships.This eBook contains a meticulous geometric investigation of the 5 Platonic Solids and 5 other important polyhedra, as well as reference charts for each solid.Poly (many) hedron...

Il senso comune ci dice che la materia non svanisce nel nulla, che una particella e un’onda sono entità molto diverse e che una conoscenza sufficientemente accurata conduce a buone predizioni. Eppure, quando usciamo dall’ambito dell’esperienza quotidiana, per addentrarci nel mondo della fisica...

How “innovative” finance schemes skim public wealth while hijacking public governance Charter school expansion. Vouchers. Scholarship tax credit programs. The Swindle of Innovative Educational Finance offers a new social theory to explain why these and other privatization policies and programs...

The story of the Edison Schools is a gripping tale of money, kids, and greed. What began in the 1980s as an enterprise to transform public schools quickly became a troubled business battling falling test scores and dismal stock prices. How did the most ambitious for-profit education company in U.S....

“The United States does not do nation building,” claimed Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld three years ago. Yet what are we to make of the American military bases in Korea? Why do American warships patrol the Somali coastline? And perhaps most significantly, why are fourteen “enduring bases”...

American Jews have built a political culture based on the principle of equal citizenship in a secular state. This durable worldview has guided their political behavior from the founding to the present day. In The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism, Kenneth D. Wald traces the development of...

What are Lung Diseases? Lung diseases are diseases that affect the lungs or cause the lungs to not able to function properly. Lung diseases are of a few types: Airway diseases Asthma and Bronchitis: These diseases involve the tubes or airways that carry oxygen in and out of...

The Posture and Disease Diagnosis The backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bone discs called vertebrae. It consists of: 7 cervical or neck vertebrae 12 thoracic or chest vertebrae 5 lumbar or lower back vertebrae 1 sacrum (triangular-shaped bone at the bottom of the spine). 1 coccyx or...

Sighing is considered as an involuntary respiratory inhalation which is twice as deep as the person’s average inhalation.Sighing produces relief physically to the body as well as mentally.Sighing also assists the body and mind reset, willing to try again.It is a respiratory inhalation that is 2...

Gallstones are stones which are found in the gallbladder which is a sac that store bile from the liver. They are made from cholesterol calcium and other substances in the bile. How are Gallstones formed? Gallstones are formed when cholesterol and other...

The eyelids protect the eye, but they also can be prone to problems. Because the eyelids protect the eye they are in the first line of defense of the eye Bacterial and viral infections Eyelids can breed bacterial and viral activity particularly where there is sweat, rubbing or poor hygiene. Examples...

This book describes Adhesive Capsulitis, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases Adhesive Capsulitis is also known as Frozen Shoulder Syndrome (FSS), a disorder of the shoulder featured by the slow onset of pain and restricted shoulder movement. Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder produces pain...

Ascites is the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, causing abdominal swelling.Edema is a symptom defined as excess of fluid in extracellular spaces.Diseases and conditions that may cause edema include:1. Congestive heart failure - the main causeWhen one or both of the heart's lower...