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NEW EDITION FOR 2024, keyed to the current Study Guide's page numbers: Questions and answers in four separate tests-plus detailed explanations for each right and wrong answer, referencing the latest official state Study Guide-help coach students for the difficult exam. This independent resource at last takes notary prep to the next level by revealing the tricks of questions and formats, tactics for the test, and the law behind it. More generally, it serves as a master class in answering multiple choice questions and tackling tricky exams.Louisiana civil law notaries have unmatched functions, responsibilities, and opportunities-but the exam averages a 20% pass rate. Candidates need all the help they can get. The best prep classes and study groups recommend multiple practice questions to understand the format, content, and coverage of the actual exams the Secretary of State administers each year. Yet even the best workbooks and study aids are costly but barebones in the answers they provide. Their questions help, but students are left matching answers to page numbers. There's no guidance on why they're right-and even less about why other good options aren't "best."This book fills that void with 130 questions and detailed clarifications, plus tactics illustrated by specific formats and options. Explanations are keyed in detail to the 2024 Fundamentals (state study guide). Dr. Childress, author of a best-selling supplemental book decoding the state study guide and teacher of Tulane's undergraduate course in notary law, explains every twist he can think of that the examiners may try. Whether as a recommended supplement to a prep class, as spelled-out lagniappe to other available workbooks, or as a new tool for self-study, this workbook should become standard fare for anyone contemplating becoming a commissioned notary.An affordable addition to the Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books.

NEW EDITION FOR 2024! Updates and expands the previous edition, and is keyed to the current state study guide (2024). The Louisiana Notary Public exam is based on a 722-page study guide, Fundamentals of Louisiana Notarial Law and Practice. But the official book is famously difficult to read and organized in a complex way. Readers often need help - including classes and Facebook groups - just to unwind it. This book is, at last, directly aimed at simplifying and outlining the study guide itself. Such a resource offers a better chance of passing the notoriously challenging notary exam.Law school classes and bar exam prep have long given law students the advantage of complete outlines, nutshells, and bar review materials authored by experts in their subjects. It's time for this concept to be used for notary prep as well. Applying the tried-and-true outlining format successfully employed for bar review, experienced lawyer-notary Michele Childress offers this resource for aspiring Louisiana notaries - whether they're prepping by self-study or as part of organized coursework. A new addition - now in its third trade paperback edition - to the Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books, this book joins the Sidepiece and Sample Questions texts as affordable guidance in the journey to becoming a commissioned notary in our state.Attorney and notary public for the state of Louisiana, Michele Childress is a graduate of Loyola University-New Orleans and its law school. She also co-teaches internet seminars on passing the challenging Louisiana notary exam.

The epic poem of the fall of Troy, the heroic journey, battles and loves of Aeneas, and the founding of Rome, by the great Latin poet Virgil -- as translated, condensed, and explained to modern readers by a professor who uses rhyme and a lively presentation to honor the spirit and true intent of Virgil -- without the customary literalism of previous translations. Epic in every way, this is one of the greatest and most entertaining adventure stories ever told. Millions have read and enjoyed it since Virgil first wrote it in the First Century B.C. But The Aeneid has never been presented like this before. It is now condensed to its essential and best parts, with short bridge notes to explain the third or so of the original that is omitted. Explanatory sidenotes and chapter guides place the work and its famous author in historical, thematic, and political context. Most of all, Professor David Crump has translated The Aeneid for the modern ear, complete with the rhythms and rhymes associated with poetry today. Avoiding the stodgy literalism of previous translations, he incorporates the true meaning of each turn and phrase -- using the words most accurately registering today for Virgil's work, all to bring the epic to life for a new generation. It will be enjoyed by readers who aren't necessarily Latin scholars. This book is simply fun to read, and at long last easy to understand and feel the sheer power of Aeneas's epic journey and destiny. Fate has decreed it.

NEW 2024 EDITION of the best-selling notary prep guide to the challenging Louisiana exam. The Louisiana Notary Exam averages a 20% pass rate. The Notary Exam has an official Study Guide you use during the exam. But the Study Guide has no index, no big picture, no study strategies, no exam-day tips, not enough cross-references . . . and few of the forms notaries use that they test. It's notoriously hard to follow. It doesn't explain most-tested subjects, past exams, or recent changes. It's got the law and notary rules, but it's missing essentials for any such textbook.The Sidepiece has all that-and much more that anyone contemplating the exam should read. It even includes crucial information about notary practice for the newbie notary, and is useful to experienced notaries for its expanded cross-references, complete index, and summary lists. Basically it's the rest of the official Study Guide they somehow omitted. Why would they leave out the index, of all things? Reminder: a 20% pass rate.Previous editions of this resource earned 200 5-star ratings and comments that it's "essential" and "invaluable" to passing the exam, whether or not you take a prep class too. Read the reviews to get the scope, coverage, and necessity of adding this book into your study program. "The author's tips on what to expect on test day were worth the cost of the book alone. Get. This. Book." As a senior law teacher and member of two state bars, Prof. Childress still needed to pass the Louisiana Notary Exam to practice as one. It's a challenging exam for everyone, yet he found in the 'Study Guide' lots of trees but little forest-and even less real guidance. Determined that current test-takers can do better with more real help, he wrote this book and geared the page numbers-including an index, cross-references, lists, and illustrated explanation of successions, community property, and authentic acts-to the latest edition of the state's official text, Fundamentals of Louisiana Notarial Law and Practice.

This unabridged and complete new edition of The Water-Witch is unlike any reproduction of a vintage printing available (as is apparent in Previewing other offerings). It is unlike both the new formats which use small print to pack the story into half the pages (or sell half the book), and typical vintage republications, whose distracting stray marks and printer artifacts mar the reading experience. Instead, the Quid Pro edition is in the quality collection of Digitally Remastered Books(TM), a process that keeps the nostalgia and font size of earlier printings while substantially reducing stray marks, broken letters, missing words, and blotched print. It offers a more pleasing reading experience while being true to its vintage, legible printing. Both "volumes" are included. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was one of the most popular and creative American writers of the early nineteenth century. His novels painted vivid pictures of frontier life, the American Indian, Revolutionary history, and seafaring ways, and his themes were often romantic in several senses of the word. He also wrote several works of nonfiction, including essays on politics and naval history. Before he took up writing, he attended Yale (where he was expelled for an explosive prank), sailed in commercial shipping, and served in the U.S. Navy. Later, as an established author, Cooper spent seven years in Europe, writing books that included The Water-Witch. It drew on backdrops he had developed successfully in earlier works, including the thrilling life and mystique of sailing and navigation, as well as pre-Revolution themes of resisting corrupt British taxes. But it is also a romance. Its impulsive and unconventional heroine, Alida de Barbérie, hears tales of sailing and smuggling from a mysterious stranger. Intrigued, she digs deeper, but may discover he is more dangerous than she imagined. A true classic of literary fiction from Quid Pro Books.

The new Quid Pro edition of this classic and fun read is a Digitally Remastered Book(TM)-a correct reproduction of the classic 1914 memoirs, unlike any new version of this book available today (as easily seen by Previewing other publishers' facsimile versions). This process removes underlines, stray marks, smudges and printer errors typically found in such reprints, and completes missing letters and words. It provides a cleaner, complete, and more professional presentation-a pleasant reading experience with no distracting artifacts. This kind of popular prose and social observation deserves such a quality remastering. The New York Times, April 5, 1914: "HOW I ROBBED TRAINS: BY A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR; Al Jennings, Reformed Outlaw and Ex-Convict, Who Expects to be Chief Executive of Oklahoma, Tells the Story of His Exploits as Head of 'The Jennings Gang.' AL JENNINGS has written his autobiography. Or, to be exact, he has dictated it to a stenographer, and Will Irwin has edited it. So Mr. Irwin says, by way of preface and explanation; and he adds (Irwin does) that the stenographer alternately chuckled and sobbed as she made her hen-tracks." Alphonso J. Jennings (1863-1961) was a prosecuting attorney in Oklahoma Territory who-after his family's law practice was decimated by a shootout with a rival attorney-became an outlaw and train robber. After capture and serving time in Ohio and Leavenworth (sharing prison time, in fact, with O. Henry), Jennings returned to law practice, turned to politics, became a celebrity with the publication of these memoirs, and even became a silent film actor. With Will Irwin, Jennings produced a magazine series on his wild exploits, hard time in prison, and rehabilitation-spinning an unlikely arc of a life, to be sure-which later became the very entertaining and successful book BEATING BACK.

Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich (1880-1949) was a German professor of philosophy and an expert on the philosophy and psychology of religion. He taught as a professor at Tübingen University. He is considered to be one of the first modern German scientists to declare his belief in psychic phenomena. Although his views on parapsychology evolved over the years, ranging from an outspoken skepticism to an acceptance of the paranormal, he continued to conduct scientific research and publish in academic journals. His 1921 book on psychic possession and obsession later influenced the author of The Exorcist. And in his OCCULTISM AND MODERN SCIENCE, also first published in German in 1921 (then translated to English in 1923), Oesterreich presented case studies of psychic phenomena and studied with scientific methods the possibility of such a reality-or surreality. The new Quid Pro edition of this work is a Digitally Remastered Book(TM)-a correct reproduction of the classic 1921 volume. This process removes distracting underlines, stray marks, and printer artifacts typically found in such reprints (and immediately seen in Preview of other publishers' photocopied editions), and fills in missing letters and parts of words. It provides a complete, cleaner, and more professional presentation. Classic works such as this one deserve such respect.

"You play games to win, not lose. And you fight wars to win. That's spelled W-I-N! And every good player in a game and every good commander in a war ... has to have some son of a bitch in him. If he doesn't, he isn't a good player or commander.... It's as simple as that. No son of a bitch, no commander." Lt. Gen. L. K. Truscott, Jr. was a hard-driving U.S. colonel and general in World War II, a leader and victor in North Africa, Italy, and Southern France. He did not abide incompetence, even when it came from his superiors. He always spoke truth to power. And in this timeless classic, which he first published in 1954, Truscott tells the unvarnished truth about all sorts of key decisions, events, and battles-and all sorts of generals and soldiers-while giving insight into the crucial military and political moments of the time. Now republished by Quid Pro in the History and Heroes Series, it is a Digitally Remastered Book(TM). The Quid Pro edition removes distracting underlines, stray marks, library markings, and print artifacts so often found in modern reprints. It restores missing pages and maps, as well as completing chunks of text omitted from other publishers' editions (or online excerpts). This makes it the most usable version of this important book-and one ideal for a more enjoyable reading experience and classroom assignment. This fascinating account deserved to be restored to its glory-and finally is. Note: Although this description may appear under other publishers' reprinted copies of the original, only the Quid Pro edition offers the features noted above.

Mitchell Smith's comprehensive guide to creating caricatures and cartoons is a classic book that today's artists, both beginning and experienced, still read and consult to learn techniques, rules of thumb, and themes. The new Quid Pro Books edition is a Digitally Remastered Book(TM)-like no other publisher's reproduction. The process eliminates underlines, stray marks, printer artifacts, and other distracting errors found in other modern reprints. While other versions are copies of a used library book, Quid Pro's edition is a cleaner and more professional presentation. [NOTE: although this description may appear under other publisher's versions, only the Quid Pro edition offers the features noted above. Look for the yellow and red cover, and the publisher name listed in ISBN data below.] This foundational book is fully illustrated but does not stop there-its text walks the reader through all aspects of this art, and includes specific guidance on: pen lines and materials, expressions, exaggeration, animals, comic figures, action, walking and running, shading and shadows, technique, and lettering. Exercises and subject suggestions follow in the last chapter. The book has been consulted for years for the fundamentals of this entertaining art.

The true, captivating, and intensely personal account of an extraordinary American woman who lived, with her medical missionary husband and son, through more than two decades of transition in China. Eventually forced to leave the Communist country, she provided an intimate portrait of a country peaceful and exotic, steeped in history-then fearful and suspicious of foreign influence. The book reads like a novel, with the intimacy and suspense of a story that spans the breadth of China. Originally published in 1962, this classic book is re-presented in a clean and correct reproduction by Quid Pro Books, part of the Journeys and Memoirs Series.

The "thought process" laid bare. One of America's greatest philosophers and educators examines the nature and process of human reasoning, intellect, and emotion. John Dewey took a common sense approach to the subject, using examples and explanations that resonate today. His pragmatism has influenced much modern philosophy and the social sciences-and in the effort he produced a timeless, captivating, and universally accessible study of the subject of human thought and logical decision-making. John Dewey (1859-1952) was a U.S. philosopher, education reformer, and psychologist, and an influential professor at the University of Michigan, University of Chicago, and Columbia University. His belief in an empirically based theory of knowledge informed much of his work on logic and philosophy, including HOW WE THINK. Dewey also explored political theory, psychology, and education in his many acclaimed books and academic articles. Part of the Classics of the Social Sciences Series from QUID PRO BOOKS. Presented in a digitally remastered form, this new edition corrects the missing letters, underlines, and distracting stray marks typically found in such republications. It is ideal for general reading and classroom adoption. [Note that this description may appear under other publishers' editions, but only the Quid Pro edition offers the features above.]

John Torrey Morse's classic biography of Benjamin Franklin, originally published in 1889 in the American Statesmen Series, is now presented as a high-quality new paperback. Quid Pro's Digitally Remastered(TM) edition removes underlines, missing parts of words, and distracting stray marks - and is presented with enhanced, clearer text. Most republications of this important and entertaining book omit pages, including even page 1 (as is obvious from a preview), and are pocked with stray handwriting. They are simply photocopies of a very used library copy, unlike the new Quid Pro version. [Although this description may appear under other publishers' books, only those with the publisher name Quid Pro, LLC (in the publisher information below) actually offer these enhanced features.] Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was America's original Renaissance Man. Most known as one of the country's Founding Fathers, the first Postmaster General, and a statesman, he was also an accomplished writer, printer, scientist, inventor, and musician. He was quite simply "The First American." Part of the new History and Heroes Series, this much-loved book is finally available new in a legible, complete, and pleasant format.

Novelist Sybille Bedford watched courts closely-and with remarkable insight-in England, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Austria. There, she found stories of human frailty and impulsive action, among both the defendants facing judgment in court and the judges and juries deciding their fates. Their tales are fascinating and resonate today. Not only are the social and political differences apparent in these countries and in their machinery of crime and justice, but also their historic perceptions of fairness and order are laid bare. In the process, Bedford recounts the compelling saga of a father on trial in Germany for killing the man who repeatedly exposed himself to the defendant's young daughter, the immigrant in Switzerland who swiped a watch to impress a chambermaid, the Algerians in France who shot up a series of Parisian cafes, and the English woman sentenced for forgetting to pay for her butter while she was distracted by sudden news that her father was dying. Scores of other gripping stories are shared, across several cultures and systems. Although this book has long been recognized as an outstanding account of comparative legal systems and courtroom procedure, it does not read at all like a dry legal study. Bedford focuses on the real people involved, and writes with depth and feeling, leading to the wide acclaim this classic book has enjoyed over the years. It is accessible and interesting to a general audience, students, and those interested in how courts work and judges act-at the most basic level.

A vivid and fascinating first-person account of Maryland at the beginning of the Civil War, its Southern sympathizers and support for slavery, the attempted assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the 1861 riots that tore Baltimore apart and brought the Union and martial law to the border state that fringed the nation's capital. Presented in an enhanced form by Quid Pro Books, this new but vintage edition of this important historical account avoids the pitfalls common to facsimile reproductions. It is painstakingly corrected by a process that virtually eliminates underlines, stray marks, and printer artifacts typically found in such reprints. Broken and missing words are restored. It is a Digitally Remastered Book.(TM) A book of this import and interest deserves such a careful reprinting. George William Brown was the mayor of Baltimore at the time of the crisis, and later wrote these memoirs-after his own imprisonment during the Civil War, and his restoration to public standing as a judge and trustee of Johns Hopkins University. Part of the History and Heroes Series from Quid Pro Books.

The football game is tied. It's in sudden death overtime. And that's when three Islamic extremists trigger an explosion that kills over 100 innocent spectators. The men who did it are promptly caught and charged with capital murder, but everyone knows that there are more guilty people behind the act. There are banks, or foundations, or governments who fronted this terrorism. Terrorists need money. Families of the victims ask attorney Robert Herrick-the "Lawyer for the Little Guy"-to bring the financiers to justice. It's a tough claim, and he declines . . . but eventually he's persuaded to take the case. Nothing about this lawsuit is easy, from preparing the court papers, to discovering who did it and how, to presenting enough proof at trial. Herrick will have to use all of his skills to have a fighting chance at making his claim, and-once the terrorists target him too-he'll have to scramble to save his own life. ". . . A fascinating international legal thriller . . . penetrating the world of a foreign legal system and fashioning a tale that only a legal expert could tell." - Gary Taylor, Pulitzer Prize Nominee Journalist; Author of true-crime bestseller Luggage by Kroger "Sudden Death Overtime . . . demonstrates that a great lawyer is a skilled storyteller. Crump makes it real, through lessons learned in the school of hard knocks-which may be the best law school in the country." - Lynne Liberato, Past President, State Bar of Texas "David Crump . . . knows his courtroom procedure and trial tactics. I like reading his legal fiction, which has the authentic ring of truth, but [in his job as a law professor] he would scare the hell out of me in class." - Michael A. Olivas, Professor of Law and Former President, American Association of Law Schools

A compelling new study of conflicts in Genoa surrounding the 12th century. This book takes on the established orthodoxy about the extent, nature and effects of family conflicts and other civil disputes in medieval Genoa. As Emanuele Ferragina writes in the Foreword, Inguscio "brings history and its complexity back in, and he does so in a clear and empirically informed way. For this reason, Inguscio's analysis sheds a light on the study of conflict and violence in medieval Europe" and does so without assuming "a de-contextualised theory." Because the monograph embraces context and does not hinge on previously accepted theory, Ferragina writes, "the interest in Agostino Inguscio's account of civil conflict in medieval Genoa goes beyond the study of a medieval town in the 11th and 12th century." The work enriches our understanding of this time of crucial transition in Europe and the use of history and economic methods to explain it. It is accessible to scholars - and to the general reader interested in a new look at an older time of family violence and political change. An insightful new addition to the History & Heroes Series from Quid Pro Books. Also available in a hardbound print edition and in leading digital formats.

Few books have changed human history as did Theodor Herzl's 1896 tract advocating the founding-even the inevitability-of a Jewish state. The new edition from Quid Pro Books adds a 2014 Foreword by Jerold S. Auerbach, Professor Emeritus of History at Wellesley College and recognized as a leading scholar in the U.S. on Judaism in America and Israeli history. Auerbach's extensive introduction brings home the importance and complexities of this historic work, of this visionary man. Founder of the World Zionist Organization and an Austrian intellectual, Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) recognized that Jews would never be truly assimilated in any country they settled in, even over the course of centuries, and could only find a home in their own nation. More than that, creating a new Jewish state would provide the opportunity to evolve it under advanced Western democratic ideals and structures. "The earth resounds with outcries against the Jews," Herzl wrote, "and these outcries have awakened the slumbering idea." The idea was a "very old one: the restoration of the Jewish State." But it was given a new voice and Utopian contours by Herzl. Translated to English in this 1904 version (from the 1896 original, "Der Judenstaat") and supplemented further with notes and a preface by Jacob De Haas in 1917, this version recounts steps that Herzl and others had taken after 1896 toward persuading world leaders of the necessity of creating a Jewish homeland in what is present-day Israel. Adding the 2014 introductory essay by Professor Auerbach, the Quid Pro Books edition is a modern, professional presentation with accurate republication of an early and accepted translation of this historic work. This version features proper formatting and close proofreading from the original text, unlike many such reprint editions available today. It is library quality, as well as very readable to the modern reader. Part of the History & Heroes Series from Quid Pro Books.

Set in 14th Century London during the time of the Great Pestilence, The Rat-Taker is about an obsessive love and a tragic event coiled into one mystery. Simon the Rat-Taker, or, as he came to called, Simon Ratiker, is a man obsessed by a terrible event that he cannot wholly remember. Driven by the question, "What did happen?" Simon attempts to recall the truth by dictating to his scribe the events of the day that became the cross point of his life: "the day the rats began to die." In the course of his duties, Simon's scribe, Jonathan Purchell, senses something evil, something threatening, in the House of Ratiker. He vows to uncover it and begins a second narrative in his journal to explore his suspicions. As both men pursue a different truth, time twists and events bend until the two narratives conclude in one horrific event that brings enlightenment - and death. New and original fiction from QP Books, an imprint of Quid Pro Books. Also available in quality digital editions.

Frank May is back and more hesitant than ever to get involved. But a mystery finds him anyway, too bizarre for him to ignore. Many people believe in life after death, but how many believe in murder after death? Or at least the revelation of a murder from a dead mother? Frank's rich client Morris Gross firmly believes he had an out-of-body experience and went to heaven, where he met his dead mother. She makes the startling statement that somebody killed her-that she didn't die a natural death as everyone assumed. Morris freely shares his story with a polite but skeptical Frank May. If that isn't strange enough, Morris soon joins his mother-thanks to the bullet from a murderer's pistol. Now Frank has to deal with the estate of a murder victim, who may have been killed by someone who also dispatched his late mother. He also has to deal with the sometimes greedy, and always eccentric, heirs to Morris's fortune. Led by the free-living nephew Sebastian, the family confounds Frank and tests his patience, all while he strives to uncover the truth about the mother's death . . . so he can solve the mystery of her son's murder. It may be just one loose thread too many for the lawyer-turned-reluctant-detective to spin together into a fabric that makes sense. Part of the series The Frank May Chronicles, new from QP Books.

"... It's the most entertaining book I've read this year." - Steve Chapman, Columnist and Editorial Writer, The Chicago Tribune There are no pretentious pronouncements about public policy or dry conclusions from social science in these pages ... because it is a report from what Frank Zimring calls "my second career, and everybody else's second career, the hard work of becoming an adult in the modern world." Why is a piranha swimming in your pool a better illustration of how people get over-committed than a giant man eating shark? (Consult chapter 3.) What should you say when your eight-year-old asks whether you would save him or his sister if the lifeboat only had room for one? (See chapter 5.) Why are professors who hate to teach at their home campus positively lustful when invited to lecture somewhere else? (Chapter 11 explains.) When you finally succeed in giving up cigarettes, how should you feel about those who still smoke? (See chapter 2.) Why do so many of the people lined up to visit world famous landmarks look so unhappy to be there? (Chapter 20 reveals the secret.) "Frank Zimring has gained renown as a penetrating thinker and a tireless scholar, but Memos from Midlife reveals what his friends have always known: He is also a charming and thought-provoking companion with a devilish sense of humor. Addressing a range of unconventional topics, from 'the arrogance of nostalgia' to Portnoy's real complaint, he provides both illumination and fun, as well as guidance on living wisely and well. It's the most entertaining book I've read this year." - Steve Chapman Columnist and Editorial Writer The Chicago Tribune A new collection of compelling and humorous essays, in the Journeys & Memoirs Series from Quid Pro Books.

A recognized, fascinating, and often-cited classic of judicial biography and Supreme Court insight is now available in a new paperback edition. Felix Frankfurter was perhaps the most influential jurist of the 20th century-and one of the most complex men ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Mysteries and apparent contradictions abound. A vibrant and charming friend to many, why are his diaries so full of vitriol against judicial colleagues, especially Douglas and Black? An active Zionist, why did he so zealously enjoy the company of Boston Brahmins, whose snobbery he detested? Most puzzling of all: why did someone known before his appointment to the Court as a civil libertarian-even a radical-become our most famous and persistent advocate for austere judicial restraint? In answering these and other questions, this pathbreaking biography of Frankfurter explores the personality of the man as a key to understanding the Justice. Hirsch sees in Frankfurter's fascinating and complex persona a clue to the biggest mystery of all: the contrast between the brilliant and ambitious young immigrant rising by his intellect and charm to leadership in U.S. academic and political life; and the judge, equally brilliant, but increasingly isolated, embittered, and ineffective. "Hirsch's well-written book ... dispels the contradictory image that has long mystified students of Felix Frankfurter. His portrait is unvarnished, yet scrupulously fair. Revealed is a consummate manipulator of public men and policy. No future biographer can safely ignore the brilliant biographical work." - Alpheus Thomas Mason Princeton University "Hirsch's carefully constructed and supported psychological analysis of Justice Frankfurter gives us an exciting look at the inner workings of the Supreme Court." - Martin Shapiro University of California, Berkeley A new addition to the Legal History & Biography Series from Quid Pro Books.

Supporters of the 21st-century Tea Party movement claim the Boston Tea Party of 1773 as their inspiration, while scholars dismiss the connection. Neither camp pays much attention to the intervening years, and both overlook one of the great populist movements in American history. As David Gold demonstrates in The Great Tea Party in the Old Northwest, 19th-century Americans who were fed up with reckless government spending, high taxes, and crony capitalism launched a campaign for smaller, more accountable, more transparent government. The movement culminated in state constitutional conventions in all the states of the Old Northwest, and other parts of the country as well, that rewrote the nation's fundamental law. Citizens and scholars will continue to debate the merits of the Tea Party platform, but with the publication of this book they can no longer ignore the longstanding and continuing significance of Tea Party thought in American history. "David Gold's The Great Tea Party in the Old Northwest tells the story of the mid-19th-century state constitutional debates, which included fundamental issues that are still discussed today. Gold clearly chronicles this often neglected period in our history and the reforms it generated." - Andrew T. Fede Author of Roadblocks to Freedom and People Without Rights "David Gold's The Great Tea Party in the Old Northwest is an incisive, scholarly examination of state constitutional conventions which were held in the five states of the original Northwest Territory-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin-between 1847 and 1851. Closing the gap between the Boston Tea Party of 1773 and the modern-day Tea Party movement, he outlines a pattern of public mistrust of government, whether the government be the British Parliament in the late 18th century, American state legislatures in the mid-19th century, or the federal government in the early 21st century. Gold recounts in great detail the efforts of Tea Partiers of the mid-19th century to curb the power of government with such measures as putting severe limitations on internal improvements, imposing debt ceilings, limiting banking laws and special acts of incorporation, mandating popular election of public officials, and limiting the legislature to biennial rather than annual sessions, to name a few. This book is a must for those interested in the forerunners of the modern Tea Party who fought to streamline state governments in an earlier era of American history."- Herbert James Lewis Author of Clearing the Thickets and The Lost Capitals of Alabama

The acclaimed novel of the early years after the Resurrection, and the power of a Gospel, a Church, and a new World, is available again as a new paperback. Walter F. Murphy, author of the bestselling THE VICAR OF CHRIST, engages the epic grandeur of the Resurrection and the heroic struggle of Simon Peter to spread the good word that the kingdom of God is at hand. His journey is harrowing: he flees from Jerusalem to Galilee and, after further fascinating travels, finally arrives in Nero's Rome. The story unfolds in epic scope filtered through the skeptical but insightful Greek scholar Quintus, who follows Simon Peter in his journeys. In UPON THIS ROCK, Murphy humanizes the disciples as never before: they are filled with love for the Master, but like every man they are at times petty, selfish, vain. Simon Peter himself is a man of spacious moods, resenting Jesus' love for John and envying the spiritual power Mary of Magdala's vision of the risen Master brings. And Peter can be crude, angry, and self-pitying, for he is an uneducated man with a tragic past that fuels his nagging spiritual doubt. His faith wavers, even fails, but ultimately triumphs - conquering even the brutal torture of the disciples by Nero's Romans. Upon this rock a Church was built. Just as the Master envisioned. A novel previously published by Macmillan and Ballantine, this work is now available from Quid Pro Books in this authorized paperback, with the original maps retained from the hardcover edition.

The acclaimed novel of spies, code-breaking, and intrigue in World War II Italy, THE ROMAN ENIGMA is now presented in a new paperback edition. Italy: 1943. The Target: Enigma, the German's bafflingly complex enciphering machine. Its code was unbreakable until ULTRA put the key to winning the war in Allied hands. The Plan: A devious double-cross to convince the Germans that their cipher is still secure. Making full use of powerful Vatican connections, it entails sending an agent into Nazi-occupied Rome ... and making sure he is caught. The Agent: Roberto Rovere, a young Italian-American OSS agent. The Allies have cold-bloodedly plotted every detail of his capture and death except one: the Germans want him to escape - alive. "What raises this novel above many another World War II yarn is the way Murphy combines political realism and religious idealism to question the deepest ideology of them all, a blind nationalism that justifies all excess in the name of the greater good." - The Washington Post "Fascinating and important." - Andrew M. Greeley, author of The Cardinal Sins

The name Alabama comes from the Choctaw word meaning "clearers of the thickets," inspiring the title of this fascinating new book. The volume's purpose is to examine Alabama's early history beginning with the era of European colonization and culminating with the state's controversial secession from the Union-after just 41 years as a state (recognizing, of course, that the actual history began long before this emigration, with Native American civilizations). In so doing, the author traces how Alabama emerged from a raw frontier of European settlement into a fully functioning state that provided much-needed order to its new citizens. The book begins by exploring the colonial period during which three European powers-Spain, France, and Great Britain-continually vied for control of what was to become part of Alabama. Each culture, along with the Native American communities that lived throughout most of the region, contributed to the development of the emerging territory and left its enduring stamp. Later chapters examine Alabama's territorial period, the Creek War of 1813-1814, the Constitutional Convention of 1819 and statehood, the first years of state government in Cahaba, removal of the capital to Tuscaloosa, King Cotton and the ignominy of slavery, further relocation of the capital to Montgomery as secession loomed, and social and economic advances during the antebellum period that were interrupted and stunted by the tragedy of secession and war. "Clearing the Thickets is narrative history in the grand old style-a spirited effort to make sense of the ideas, human beings, and events that came together to shape Alabama's first tumultuous decades. ... Anyone interested in antebellum Alabama will be grateful for what Lewis has accomplished." - Paul Pruitt, Jr., B.A., M.L.S., Ph.D. Special Collection Librarian, Bounds Law Library, University of Alabama Author of Taming Alabama: Lawyers and Reformers, 1804-1929 (2010) "Lewis has carefully crafted a thoughtful, deliberate, and well-balanced history of antebellum Alabama. Perhaps not coincidentally, we are now in the decade of Alabama's bicentennial. In days such as these, his book should be on the shelf of anyone interested in Alabama's early history." - James L. Noles, Jr., B.S., J.D.Chairman, Alabama Humanities Foundation

Quality paperback edition of this foundational work. The classic study by Harvard's Talcott Parsons on social systems and the "theory of action," as theorized and applied in a variety of settings, including the medical profession, kinships and role-socialization, psychological relationships, and religious organization. This foundational work is available from Quid Pro Books (with red cover) in a high-quality, introduced, and modern format-but nonetheless features embedded page numbers from the original, to make it easy to cite, reference, or assign to classes. This feature also provides continuity with the eBook and hardcover editions from Quid Pro (both of which also embed standard pagination). Now the book may be assigned and referenced with confidence, and read without the formatting anachronisms of previous offerings. Note, for example, that "classic reprint" editions from other presses are merely photocopies of a used, marked-up, and thoroughly underlined copy. This foundational work deserves better than such a poor reproduction, and their eBook versions are not produced accurately, as reviewers note.This Classics of the Social Sciences edition from Quid Pro also includes a substantive, analytical new Foreword by Neil J. Smelser, the renowned senior professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. In his 2012 introduction, Dr. Smelser places the original work in its historical and critical context and examines the themes and legacy of this great book.[Publisher's note: Although this description may appear under editions or used copies offered by other publishers or sellers, only the Quid Pro edition (with red cover and new introduction) features the modern rendition of text and embedded pagination from the original print edition, as well as the analytical Foreword by Dr. Smelser.]

Robert Herrick is the lawyer for the little guy in Houston, Texas. His courtroom experiences have been realistically recounted in David Crump's previous novels CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE HOLDING COMPANY, AND MURDER IN SUGAR LAND. Now Herrick faces an international enemy of unbridled arrogance and ruthlessness: the drug kingpin El Jefe, whose petty grudge against a local reporter was expressed in a family bloodbath. Can a civil lawsuit against El Jefe's American bank bring some measure of justice? A mass murder wipes out three generations of a family, all hacked with machetes. It's a horrific crime, and obviously drug-related. But it's not possible that the perpetrators all live south of the border, because a drug enterprise needs partners in the United States for money laundering, financing, and transport. The survivors want justice. Robert Herrick is their choice to get it. He tells them No, because lawyers aren't trained to locate defendants who come and go like shadows-or to try lawsuits against drug lords in foreign countries. But circumstances and sympathies get the best of Herrick. He finds himself, quickly-and against the protests of his family-handling the strangest case of his life, drawn into a web of international intrigue that entangles him with the National Security Agency, the Mexican Army, the courts of two nations, and hired assassins. All the while, he's attempting to focus on the usual parts of the legal process: pretrial papers, deposition questioning, jury selection, and trial. The mundane gears of law don't seem up to the task of bringing to justice drug kingpins and their enabling American banks. Just when Herrick thinks the stakes can't get any higher, they do-and he realizes that he will have to fight with primitive energy if he wants to win this case . . . or if he wants to save his family from . . . THE TARGET DEFENDANT.

New from the author of CONFLICT OF INTEREST and THE HOLDING COMPANY: Law professor David Crump's latest courtroom drama features Houston trial lawyer Robert Herrick, in a case that hits close to home. When his paralegal Brianna Edwards gets arrested for hiring a hit man, Herrick has to work the law and reality of murder for hire in the Lone Star State-in the toney city of Sugar Land, no less. Pitted against the toughest prosecutor around, who has marching orders to stamp out any threat of violent crime in the affluent community, Herrick will have to use all his courtroom wits and experience to make legal sense of the tangled law that Brianna faces. "Absolutely superb! David Crump describes the reality of a trial better than anyone. After 30 years as a trial lawyer and 14 years as a trial judge, I have had the same experiences. And Crump nails it. This is a book you simply cannot put down." - Judge R. Terence Ney Past President, State Bar of Virginia "David Crump knows his material and characters well! He has written yet another excellent legal thriller." - David Beck Past President, State Bar of Texas "Crump steers his readers through our judicial system as only a practitioner and professor of law is able to do! This is a fascinating story crafted with characters who are so vivid and real that you are faced with the terrible conflict of not wanting to put it down, while realizing it will end too soon if you don't."- Bill Balleza News Anchor, NBC-TV Channel 2 "Each of David Crump's novels leaves me looking forward to the next. His characters are each so unusual, they are almost Faulkner-esque. I highly recommend this one!" - T. Gerald Treece Legal Commentator, CBS-TV Channel 11 "The story takes you behind the scenes and behind the bench. It's a fun courtroom drama in classic Crump style...." - D. Hull Youngblood Past Chair, Board of Directors, State Bar of Texas "This is the most realistic courtroom novel you'll find today, so grab your seat at the defense table and watch the legal chess match unfold!" - Gary Taylor Pulitzer Prize Nominee Journalist; Author of true-crime bestseller Luggage by Kroger