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Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense
Caroline E Light · Beacon Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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A history of America's Stand Your Ground gun laws, from Reconstruction to Trayvon MartinIn the aftermath of the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, conservative legislators and school administrators shocked some observers when they proposed armed "public school patrols"... |
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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017: Special Anniversary Edition
Old Farmer's Almanac · Old Farmer's Almanac
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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What is 225 years old yet always of the moment? The Old Farmer's Almanac! America's oldest continuously published periodical, beloved by generations for being "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," celebrates its unique history with a special edition and more readers... |
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More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing
Diane Ravitch · Haymarket Books
Format: Book
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For too long so-called education reformers, mostly billionaires, politicians, and others with little or no background in teaching, have gotten away with using standardized testing to punish our nations youth and educators. Now, across the country, students are walking out, parents are opting... |
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Estate Planning Basics
DENNIS CLIFFORD · NOLO
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
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This book provides concise, straightforward, and easy-to-read information about the major components of estate planning - without going into endless detail about arcane options that apply only to the wealthy. Topics include: choosing beneficiaries estate planning by parents with minor... |
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I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
MATT TAIBBI · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The Divide "[A] searing exposé . . . What emerges from the author's superb reporting and vivid writing... |
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The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust
Mary Randolph · NOLO; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Book
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The step-by-step guide to serving as an executor. If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed - especially when you're grieving. But you can do it, and this book will show you how. A roadmap to follow. The Executor's Guide will lead... |
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Barron's Firefighter Candidate Exams, 8th Edition
James J. Murtagh · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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This revised and updated manual presents practice exams similar to those given to firefighter candidates in cities and communities across America. The book opens with a description of the firefighter's role, the important terminology he must understand, and the physical, medical, and written... |
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2015 International Fire Code
International Code Council · ICC
Format: Book
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Featuring the very latest industry standards in material design, the 2015 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE SOFT COVER version offers up-to-date, comprehensive insight into the regulations surrounding the design and installation of building systems. It provides valuable structural, fire-, and life-... |
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Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption
BENJAMIN RACHLIN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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During the last two decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic of those cases and provides the clearest picture yet of the national scourge of wrongful conviction and of the opportunity for meaningful... |
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3D Printing: Build Your Own 3D Printer and Print Your Own 3D Objects
James F Kelly · Que
Pages: 182
Format: Paperback
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Want something? Print it-with your own 3D printer! Right now, you can print practically any 3D object you can imagine-from toys to gadgets to replacement parts, and beyond! All you need is a 3D printer ... and they're simpler and cheaper than you ever imagined. This full-color,... |
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Raspberry Pi Cookbook
Simon Monk · O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA
Pages: 393
Format: Paperback
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The world of Raspberry Pi is evolving quickly, with many new interface boards and software libraries becoming available all the time. In this cookbook, prolific hacker and author Simon Monk provides more than 200 practical recipes for running this tiny low-cost computer with Linux, programming... |
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Form Your Own Limited Liability Company
ANTHONY MANCUSO · NOLO
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Make your business an LLCS Structuring your business as an LLC can bring important advantages: It lets you limit your personal liability for business debts and simplify your taxes. Here, you'll find the key legal forms you need to create an LLC in your state, including: LLC articles... |
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