Jenny served her country. Served as law enforcement. Believed in law and order. From the outside looking in, she is the picture perfect mother, employee, Navy veteran, and girlfriend. Until she's on the hook of a true-crime novelist who thought he's seen, heard, and written all there was on the subject of crime. But Jenny was different. Her map of murders leads all the way back to her childhood, yet she was never caught. As her story is being composed by the ghost writer, her past misdeeds come full circle. Investigations are back in full swing. Her children's suspicions rival her own paranoia. She crosses lines drawn by herself. Breaks rules she put in place to protect herself and her family. An affair ignites, then burns on like wildfire. She's five steps ahead, and ready to bury herself alive before she's taken in. Strong, subtle, confident, and deadly, she knows only one law to follow, hers. And she'll not bend nor break that law for anybody. Anyone who attempts to get in her way, threatens her or her family, tarnishes her pristine reputation are sure to come face to face with the judge, jury, and executioner. This story will have readers on the edge of their seats cringing and eager to turn the page. Places and events appear so real some may have to suppress the urge to investigate. A warning to all who may feel the need to dig: go too deep and you just might lead Jenny straight to your front door.

'Tort Law' offers a stimulating introduction to the subject. Jenny Steele provides a sound analysis of the key principles before exploring a wide range of critical perspectives through an extensive selection of cases and materials.

In these pages you’ll meet a community of rape and sexual violence survivors who have been shaped, but refuse to be defined, by their histories of violence. They are brave, and they are outspoken—but, mostly, they are hopeful. From its insistently resolute opening essay to its final, deeply moving story, Lived Through This is a book that defies conventional wisdom about life in the wake of sexual violence, while putting names and faces on an issue that too often leaves its victims silent and invisible. Part personal history of Anne Ream’s own experience rebuilding her life after violence, part memoir of a multi-country, multi-year journey spent listening to survivors, Lived Through This is at once deeply personal and resolutely political. In these pages we are introduced to, among others, the women of Atenco, Mexico, victims of rape and political torture who are speaking out about gender-based violence in Latin America; Beth Adubato, a woman who was raped by a popular athlete and then denied justice when her college failed to fully investigate the attack; and Jenny and Steve Bush, a rape survivor and her father who are working together to share Jenny’s testimony of surviving rape at the hands of a veteran in order to alter the US military’s response to sexual violence committed by those in its ranks. Writing with compassion, candor, and, at times, even much-needed humor, Ream brings us a series of stories and essays that are as insistent as they are incisive. Considered individually, her profiles are profoundly moving, and even inspiring. Considered collectively, they are a window into a world where sexual violence is more commonplace than most of us imagine. The accomplished and courageous women and men profiled in Lived Through This are, in the words of the author, “living reminders of all that remains possible in the wake of the terrible.”

Concise and readable, the student-friendly text; Learning About the Law, Third Edition is designed to give students an understandable introduction to the legal system. Proven strengths include: readable and easily understood text that introduces students to all the basic concepts of the law designed to make concepts clear and accessible, piquing studentsand’ interest without confusing them with overwhelming vocabulary uses helpful examples and analogies to make the law come to life shorter book that can be used in a less comprehensive introductory course or be combined with other materials the first half of the book discusses the American Legal System and the basics of briefing cases, legal writing, legal research, and litigation while the second half of the book introduces students to the building blocks of the law: contracts, torts, and criminal law with the final two chapters include helpful information on ethics and careers in the law each chapter includes charts, illustrations, and photos, as well as key terms, review questions, and exercises New to the Third Edition: critical thinking questions added at the end of each chapter. These more in-depth questions challenge students to think about what they have learned more exercises added to Contracts and Torts chapters new section on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Chapter 5 section on Sources of American Law added to Chapter 1 new Supreme Court cases added to the Court Cases appendix Learning About the Law, Third Edition gives students a broad-brush overview of the legal system that is readable and easily understood. The book affords them a basic introduction without overwhelming them at this early stage. Through the use of Scaros's text students will develop a firm foundation of in the basics of the law.

Learning about Law has never been so much fun! The U.S. Supreme Court Coloring and Activity Book is perfect for the children of lawyers and judges or for teachers looking for a new resource for legal education. The book also includes Supreme Court related activities and puzzles such as, matching, word-search, and connect-the-dots games for slightly older children. Suitable for all ages, this book makes a great gift, too!

Thirty-five humorous essays exploring middle age, motherhood, marriage, divorce, cancer, and other potholes along the road of life. Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor In Would Everybody Please Stop?, Jenny Allen asks the tough questions: Why do people say “It is what it is”? What’s the point of fat-free half-and-half? Why don’t the women detectives on TV carry purses, and where are we supposed to think they keep all their stuff? And haven’t we heard enough about memes? Reporting from the potholes midway through life’s journey, Allen addresses these and other more serious matters, like the rude awakenings of being single after twenty-five years, of mothering a teenager, and of living with a serious illness. She also discusses life’s everyday trials, like the horrors of attempting a crafts project, the anxieties of being a houseguest, and the ever-changing rules of recycling. Allen is a performer at heart—her one-woman show I Got Sick Then I Got Better premiered in 2009, and she regularly acts in other plays—and she brings that same spirit to these thirty-five short essays, which read like the work of a female Dave Barry. Writing on places both real (like a swag den for celebrities at Sundance and the parking lot at L.L.Bean’s flagship store) and imaginary (a Buddhist retreat attended by Martha Stewart, Elmer Fudd’s psychotherapy appointment), Allen’s wit and compassion give a fresh slant on life’s ups and downs.

In the concluding novel to the Apple Creek Dreams series, Jonathan and Jenny Hershberger are happily settled in Paradise, Pennsylvania on the farm Jenny inherited from her grandfather. But when a tragic accident takes Jonathan’s life, Jenny and her young daughter, Rachel, return home to Apple Creek, Ohio to live with her adoptive parents, Reuben and Jerusha Springer. As Jenny works through her grief and despair, she discovers she has a gift for writing. A handsome young publisher discovers her work and, after the publication of her first book, Jenny is on the verge of worldly success and possible romance. But when a conflict arises with the elders of her church, Jenny must ask herself how far she’s willing to go to pursue her dreams. A touching story of devotion and triumph over adversity. Book 3 in the Apple Creek Dreams series

Abigail and Dwayne Shoppa (pictured here) Austin, Texas Ages 29 and 33 Married nine months Abigail: I never met men through my job (I’m a real estate investor). So instead I had the bad habit of reigniting old relationships, seeing if I could make them work

This book aims to provide a self-contained but critical account of the manner in which cases are tried in England and Wales.