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Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, it’s the start of a new life. For Nell, it’s the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist’s office. Because she can’t go into this without dealing with the truth: that she has been a mother before, and now she can hardly bring herself to speak to her own mother, let alone return home to Ireland. Nell is running out of places to hide from her past. But to Ireland and the past is where she must go, and that is where The Amendments takes us.

Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, it’s the start of a new life. For Nell, it’s the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist’s office. Because she can’t go into this without dealing with the truth: that she has been a mother before, and now she can hardly bring herself to speak to her own mother, let alone return home to Ireland. Nell is running out of places to hide from her past. But to Ireland and the past is where she must go, and that is where The Amendments takes us.

Richard VanRyan has it all. A loving wife, a beautiful family, great friends, and a career he excels at. He is riding high on the crest of life. What happens when the ride stops? When the unthinkable becomes reality and life may never again be the same? The Contract has changed. Can Richard and Katy overcome The Amendment?

When Lavinia Starkhurst’s husband is killed in a freak accident, she takes to the open road and meets a number of strangers, all with struggles of their own. Through these unexpected and occasionally hilarious encounters, Lavinia reflects on her past deeds, both good and bad, explores her two marriages and her roles as caregiver and wife, hoping all the while for self-acceptance and something to give her new life meaning.

Stealing Second takes a look into future America, an unarmed America, where unmanned drones rule the skies and UN troops police the population. Across the country, detention camps spring up like weeds. Americans are given two weeks to turn in their firearms. But those who believe Americans will easily give up their arms have another thing coming. Washington only succeeds in angering the American People and the country plunges into a second revolutionary war.

When a cell of Islamic terrorists targets the Phoenix area for a week of violent jihad, armed citizens stand and fight. Alan Clevenger heads the FBI counter-terrorism team, but his intel has gone soft. As each event occurs throughout the week, with the terrorists always one step ahead of law enforcement, armed, law-abiding citizens demonstrate the power of the Second Amendment. Clevenger and his team keep trying to identify the cell and figure out where they will strike next to stop them before the next attack, but to no avail.

Attorney Lauren Atkinson has spent her career defending death-row criminals. When a murder hits close to home and clues tie her to an old forgotten case, Lauren must stop at nothing to find the killer.

Kim Norwell was a poor, struggling college student. Her dream was to finish college and become a Marine like her uncle Len, but she ended up a hit woman. It was her dream job until the day she met a woman by the name of Lester.

The year is 2076. A fictional summary of historical news bulletins ( 1st Amendment Broadcast News) detailing events leading up to the splintering of the United States of America into six separate governing bodies: The Democratic Republic of Islamic American States, The Republic of Texas , Ohr Chadish Tzion, Ardhi Yangu, California Grande, Singula LIbertas. Additionally, a large portion of the Pacific Northwest (US and Canada), Alaska, and Hawaii have fallen under the control of the new super power, a united Korea. Support Our Podcast - Find 1st Amendment News T-Shirts and Travel Mugs at:https:...

The First Amendment is one of America's greatest blessings, thus this book's poems praise and honor this great amendment.

Let's Ascend to First Amendment Heaven leverages Texas obscenity trials, spanning from 1974 to 2009, to enlighten, energize, and empower you to excel in law, liberty, and life. This work compiles the insights from the obscenity law podcast Long Live the First Amendment and Free Speech developed to motivate and move you to action. May you use this booklet's obscenity trial wisdom to earn a place in First Amendment Heaven.

In collaboration with the ACLU, authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have curated an anthology of essays about landmark cases in the organization’s 100-year history. Fight of the Century takes you inside the trials and the stories that have shaped modern life. Some of the most prominent cases that the ACLU has been involved in - Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona - need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now.

Abby Kelley Foster arrived in Springfield, Illinois, with the fate of the nation on her mind. Her fame as an abolitionist speaker had spread west, and she knew that her first speech in the city would make headlines. One of the residents reading those headlines would be none other than the likely next president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln, lawyer and presidential candidate, knew his chances of winning were good. All he had to do was stay above the fray of the slavery debate and appear the voice of reason until the people cast their votes.