Preston: 857 books

While freedom of speech is a defining characteristic of the United States, the First Amendment right is often regulated within certain environments. For years, schools have attempted to monitor and regulate student communication both within the educational environment and in student use of social media...

An exploration of the recent financial crisis which argues that the hitherto dominant intellectual and policy paradigm of neo-liberalism has been fatally weakened and will in due course be replaced. The implications of the crisis for politico-cultural identities and our sense of ourselves as members of an ordered society are explored.

This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: How To Apply For A Scholarship: College Freshman's Recipe Chapter 2: The 4 W's In Looking For The Right College Cheerleading Scholarship Chapter 3: College Scholarship: Guide To Parents On Getting Financial Aid For Their Children Chapter...

Online Education: A Guide To Getting Your Degree Online This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: Is an online degree right for you Chapter 2: Getting An Online education and the importance of time management Chapter 3: Brightening horizons studying abroad online Chapter...

As Christians, we know our lives should be different from the way that we were and different from the world. We know we are to be Christlike, and yet we might wonder, “I am still the same me, in the same body, with the same thoughts, wants, and flaws. How can I be genuinely Christlike? WHAT am I...

Build effective solutions for real-world business scenarios—using out-of-the-box tools in Microsoft SharePoint Server, SharePoint Foundation, and Office 365. Each chapter in this hands-on book focuses on a single business project, using a standard approach to guide you through the solution-building...

Herein are 11 tales taken from the time when the earth was young. In those days, indeed, the grown folk all loved wonder tales as well as children love them now and were not worse because of it. Sometimes these wonder tales were told by magic chairs or chests; sometimes by birds or beasts that were...

Third Place winner in the keenly contested Write Whatever You Want Contest at Bookrix.com! High school buddies embark on a road trip to Jasper National Park where they have an unexpected encounter with the local Mounties. You won't want to miss the world's slowest car chase, or the harrowing interrogation that follows. Lots of laughs and a bit of a surprise ending.

Beryl Kyte, a letter carrier who lives in the Winnipeg neighbourhood of Norwood Flats, goes out for a hike one beautiful spring Sunday and literally trips over a body in the woods of the St. Vital Park. It's a dead woman with mushrooms sprouting in her mouth. In a panic Beryl struggles out to the...

In the spring of 1964, troubled teenager Cookie Blue is found dead in the Red River. Blue Vengeance follows her younger brother Danny and Cookie's friend Janine through a lazy Winnipeg summer, as they plot to kill the despised teacher they blame for Cookie's death. Danny's father is long gone, and...

Inspector Frank Foote's quiet Winnipeg neighbourhood is greening into summer when a dead baby is discovered in his neighbour's rain barrel. The tiny body has evidently been in the rain barrel for some time, and there are no obvious leads in the case. Frank is a cop, and he's seen a lot of crime scenes,...

After leaving the Winnipeg Police force, former Inspector Frank Foote has gone into home renovations. Tearing down a wall on a Norwood Flats job one day, he and his partner come across the skeleton of a small female who has been imprisoned there. They alert the police, who confiscate their tools and...

Après une mauvaise rencontre dans les marais d'Exmouth, Massachusetts, l'agent spécial du FBI Aloysius Pendergast est porté disparu... Bouleversée par la perte de son protecteur, Constance Greene se retire dans les souterrains du manoir de Pendergast, au 891 Riverside Drive, à New York, où une...

La quatrième mission de Gideon Crew Cinq ans plus tôt, Eli Glinn, qui dirige à présent une officine travaillant en sous-main pour le gouvernement américain, avait participé à une expédition pour convoyer une météorite géante tombée sur un îlot du Cap Horn. Mais le navire qui la transportait...