This latest edition has been updated with new and revised definitions to keep it current and at the forefront of essential information for those seeking a timely legal resource. It includes recent modifications in federal and state law, making it a quick-reference guide for law students, legal professionals, and interested laypersons. The author defines more than 5,000 legal terms, using nontechnical language that remains legally accurate. Terms are documented with citations and apply to civil procedure, commercial and contract law, constitutional law, criminal law, property law, and torts. This title is also available in a larger trim-size trade edition with bigger type.
Biondolillo's inspirational poems range in subject from the magic of city playgrounds and realities of elite athletics to heartbreaking current events and transcendent ancient and biblical conflicts. Praise for his work: "...the messages are universal and the poems world class "-Jack Falvey, MakingTheNumbers.com. "Steven's rare combination of sensitivity, intelligence, compassion and confidence immediately connects him with his audience..."-Nancy Silver, Royal Palms Resort and Spa. "Your message that 'anything is possible' is an important reminder in an age when people too often follow the beaten path..."-James McDonald, UBS Financial Services. "It is evident that you have been given a wonderful gift, and those who hear it with their hearts will profit from it."-Pat Hughes, Fallon Community Health Plan. "Power, distinctiveness and self-containment; clarity and emotion; suffering, conflict, drama and meaning-spirit and beat in the blood of the street. This is what I offer you " -Steven H. Biondolillo.
Provides a careful, thorough, and rigorous introduction to linear algebra. The book adopts a conceptual point of view, focusing on the notions of vector spaces and linear transformations, and it takes pains to provide proofs that bring out the essential ideas of the subject.
Follows centuries of New York activism to reveal the city as a globally influential machine for social change Activist New York surveys New York City's long history of social activism from the 1650's to the 2010's. Bringing these passionate histories alive, Activist New York is a visual exploration of these movements, serving as a companion book to the highly-praised Museum of the City of New York exhibition of the same name. New York's primacy as a metropolis of commerce, finance, industry, media, and ethnic diversity has given it a unique and powerfully influential role in the history of American and global activism. Steven H. Jaffe explores how New York's evolving identities as an incubator and battleground for activists have made it a "machine for change." In responding to the city as a site of slavery, immigrant entry, labor conflicts, and wealth disparity, New Yorkers have repeatedly challenged the status quo. Activist New York brings to life the characters who make up these vibrant histories, including David Ruggles, an African American shopkeeper who helped enslaved fugitives on the city's Underground Railroad during the 1830s; Clara Lemlich, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who helped spark the 1909 "Uprising of 20,000" that forever changed labor relations in the city's booming garment industry; and Craig Rodwell, Karla Jay, and others who forged a Gay Liberation movement both before and after the Stonewall Riot of June 1969. The city's inhabitants have been at the forefront of social change on issues ranging from religious tolerance and minority civil rights to sexual orientation and economic justice. Across 16 lavishly illustrated chronological chapters focusing on specific historical episodes, Jaffe explores how New York and New Yorkers have changed the way Americans think, feel, and act.
