Assesses Congress's historical role in interpreting the Constitution & protecting the individual rights of citizens, challenging conventional wisdom that courts, not legislatures, are best suited for this role. This work examines three historical eras: Reconstruction, the New Deal era, & Civil Rights era of the 1960s. ...

Engage! was the last word Matt Hampson heard before dislocating his neck while in rugby training with other young England hopefuls. On a cold, grey, overcast day in 2005, the cream of young English rugby gathered at a Northampton training ground. Matt Hampson, ' Hambo' to his mates, was one of them. He had dreamt of playing rugby for England ever since he had picked up a rugby ball at school. His skill, conviction & dedication had brought him to the cusp of realising that dream, in an England U21 team that included Olly Morgan, Toby Flood, Ben Foden & James Haskell. But as the two sets of forwards engaged for a scrum on the training field, the scrum collapsed & Matt, who played tight-head prop, took the full force of two opposing sides. In that moment his life changed forever. Paul Kimmage went to visit Matt as he recuperated, & wrote a piece for the Sunday Times which won him his third successive SJA sports interviewer of the year award. They struck up a friendship & here, Paul tells Matt's whole story, in all its intimate detail. From the build-up to the dreadful day, to Matt's recuperation, to his struggle to adjust to normal life again, to his family & friends, to other tragic incidents on the rugby field, to the response of the RFU, this is a story of terrible sadness yet unadorned triumph & joy, of anger yet of reconciliation & peace.. .of a boy who became a man. ...

Engage!' was the last word Matt Hampson heard before dislocating his neck while in rugby training with other young England hopefuls. On a cold, grey, overcast day in 2005, the cream of young English rugby gathered at a Northampton training ground. Matt Hampson, ' Hambo' to his mates, was one of them. He had dreamt of playing rugby for England ever since he had picked up a rugby ball at school. His skill, conviction & dedication had brought him to the cusp of realising that dream, in an England U21 team that included Olly Morgan, Toby Flood, Ben Foden & James Haskell. But as the two sets of forwards engaged for a scrum on the training field, the scrum collapsed & Matt, who played tight-head prop, took the full force of two opposing sides. In that moment his life changed forever. Paul Kimmage went to visit Matt as he recuperated, & wrote a piece for the Sunday Times which won him his third successive SJA sports interviewer of the year award. They struck up a friendship & here, Paul tells Matt's whole story, in all its intimate detail. From the build-up to the dreadful day, to Matt's recuperation, to his struggle to adjust to normal life again, to his family & friends, to other tragic incidents on the rugby field, to the response of the RFU, this is a story of terrible sadness yet unadorned triumph & joy, of anger yet of reconciliation & peace.. .of a boy who became a man. ...

A Will & a Way. Headstrong Pandora Mc Vie was always going to find it hard to share her beloved uncle's former home with Michael Donohue, her co-beneficiary of his will. They haven't got along since childhood but as they spend Winter together, they discover they have more in common than they'd ever known. Boundary Lines. Feisty Jillian Baron & irresistibly arrogant Aaron Murdock are determined to carry on the feud that has raged between their neighbouring families for years. But can old legacies compete with their overwhelming desire for each other? ...

Details: " We have rascals & robbers & cheaters & pinchers & fibbers & squealers & rotters & stinkers. But out of them
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The explosive final volume in Ken Mac Leod's far-future trilogy. Nova Babylonia is in decline. The expected alien invaders never came & the Regime has fallen. Into this corrupt city arrives an outsider whose purpose is ambiguous. But businessman or spy, he is not the only visitor. ...

Focusing on the impact of engineering on society & the world, this book details the development of the discipline, explains what makes an engineering mind, & shows how various aspects of our lives has been engineered: from gadgets to our national infrastructure. ...

Throughout history some of mankind's proudest moments have come at the hands of its engineers. In the ancient world the Colossus at Rhodes, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China & modern triumphs like the Hoover Dam, the Space Shuttle & the Golden Gate Bridge, all have the power to make us feel proud to be human. But error is inevitable in all human endeavours & when the undertakings are engineering feats of enormous proportions, the smallest mistakes can have devastating consequences. An engineering disaster involving a passenger jet can jeopardise the lives of hundreds of innocent people. & if a nuclear or chemical plant is involved, it can mean death for thousands. For the first time in history, engineers now have the power to wipe out entire cities, by mistake. In 12 thrilling episodes, HISTORY TM investigates some of the world's most notorious engineering failures from the collapse of No. 7 World Trade Centre Building & the devastating effects of a runaway freighter ship to the sinking of an off-shore oilrig. Using a combination of real-life footage & state-of-the-art special effects, this series examines not only what went wrong, but what can be learnt from these spectacular disasters. ...

Calling all England fans!

The Official England FA Annual 2019 means that you can catch up on all the facts of your favourite

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Stay organised in 2013 with this great England themed 30cm x 30cm calendar & A5 week to view diary set with plenty of space to write down birthdays, anniversaries & other important dates as well as selected public holidays & religious celebrations. ...