Books with author Robert E. Smith

The computer tale is not the story, however. The technician got me to thinking about our rock collection. My wife was as much culprit as me. Where did the sculpture, paintings, oil, watercolor, and charcoal begin? Where had the seed of an interest in art, and collecting been planted? I was startled at first because I could remember nothing in my childhood, school, or even junior college that might have infected me with a desire to collect rocks and other objects of art. Hell, I did not even collect marbles like every other boy. My best guess was World War II.

How did the ideology that inspired the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution translate into foreign policy? John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton each struggled with this question as they encountered foreign powers. The French Revolution, the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, and the illegal seizures of U.S. ships and sailors on the high seas all brought diplomatic challenges. In the process of developing foreign policy, the founding generation refined the meaning of republicanism. In Keeping the Republic, Robert W. Smith identifies three contending brands of republicanism—classical, whig, and yeoman—that shaped the founders' thinking. Jefferson and Madison pursued a yeoman republicanism with its faith in economic sanctions rather than military might as a means of diplomacy. Nations dependent upon American agricultural exports, they thought, would bow to American interests. Both Adams and Hamilton, originally admirers of classical republicanism and its belief in public virtue, came to adopt a whig republicanism that applied the balance-of-power principle, exemplified by the three branches of the federal government, to the international community. In this view, nations should have equal naval power. Ideology had real consequences: Jefferson's insistence on imposing a trade embargo rather than considering alternative solutions resulted in the War of 1812. This process of translating ideology into foreign policy, so ably described in Keeping the Republic, continues to shape American international relations in the twenty-first century.

Will ‘Ash’ Johnson is an unemployed guy in his 20s. Deeply in debt and chased by the creditors, he spends most of his time online, surfing net, trolling twitter and 4chan, watching anime and playing videogames. He has a dream of one day make it big and become as rich as Donald Trump and then spend his time riding his huge super yacht and sexy Asian maids.Ash's live changed when Armageddon Games released new and advanced MMORPG with unparalleled level of realism and entertainment. To encourage more people to subscribe and play they offered a reward of $1 000 000 to a player or a group of players who will first manage to defeat Emperor Sardugor. One million is just what he needed. So Ash of course joined Argallor Online and started levelling like crazy in preparation for the battle of his lifetime. Will he manage to win. The reward lured many veteran players from other titles. All trying to master this new game as fast as they can in order to win $1 000 000. To win one has to be both fast and skilled. And there can be only one winner.

When cat detective Gatsby is called out to the Blue Moon horse farm to investigate a possible murder attempt on an ex-racehorse, he finds that the farm is a hotbed of new rivalries and old grudges. With no help from his housebound partner Yoshi, Gatsby finds himself out of his element and in the line of fire. For the first time in Petectives history, Gatsby can’t rely on Yoshi to unravel a deadly mystery. Or can he?

When a new friend tells him that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease," Mark Baker realizes that unless he finds the courage to confront his life, things will probably get worse.Mark's world has been turned upside down by the split between his parents. He' s been forced to leave his old neighborhood and his old friends. Now he's living with his mother in a new apartment in a new town. Mark still longs to be back in his old school, once again to ride his bike, to go on living in the house where he grew up.But it's the loss of his father that worries Mark most of all. The man he depended on seeing every day is disappearing from his life.Does Mark have any rights at all? And how can he find a road past feuding parents so he can get on with his life? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

When a new friend tells him that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease," Mark Baker realizes that unless he finds the courage to confront his life, things will probably get worse.Mark's world has been tumed upside down by the split between his parents. He' s been forced to leave his old neighborhood and his old friends. Now he's living with his mother in a new apartment in a new town. Mark still longs to be back in his old school, once again to ride his bike, to go on living in the house where he grew up.But it's the loss of his father that worries Mark most of all. The man he depended on seeing every day is disappearing from his life.Does Mark have any rights at all? And how can he find a road past feuding parents so he can get on with his life?From the Trade Paperback edition.