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Tells the story behind Brompton Bicycle, one of the world's most unusual and popular folding bikes. This title details how you can modify and convert your Brompton for such uses as child carrying and tackling hilly country. It offers coverage of early folding bikes in the US and detail on military use of folding bikes.

No television, no internet, no twitter. 150 years ago public opinion was shaped, not by 30-second sound bytes, banner ads, or 140-character messages. It was shaped by people climbing upon the stage and speaking persuasively to audiences large and small. One speech, carefully constructed, passionately given, and widely circulated, could and did turn obscure politicians into national figures. Civil War Speeches is a collection of passionate words spoken by the people most intimately involved in the great debates of their time. There is an unmistakable truth that one man's traitorous zealot is another man's passionate patriot. The difference is geography. To Southerners, Frederick Douglass and William Garrison, proponents of the abolition of slavery, were extremists threatening a cherished way of life. To Northerners, firebrands like William Loundes Yancy and Robert Barnwell Rhett were fanatics seeking to destroy the union of the states. Their war of words soon devolved into the bloodiest war in American history. These volumes chronicle the drama that was played out over the 15-year period (1850-1865) leading up to and comprising the Civil War. Read chronologically, these speeches show the evolution of public sentiment, molded by the speakers that placed great masses on a collision course. There are no glorious, death-defying bayonet charges to be found in these volumes. The weapons used by the speakers were simple appeals to patriotism and the defense of home and hearth; it was a question of whose flag was to fly over whose country. Civil War Speeches is designed to be every reader's speech reference and every librarian's resource. The editors have made every effort to either obtain the original text, or to reconcile differing texts, to provide the reader the authentic words of the speakers. The only change we have made to the text is to carefully edit the essential sections presented into modern spelling and grammar. Civil War Speeches presents 37 important speeches (20 in the North's volume, 17 in the South's volume) each placed in its correct historic context by a biographical sketch of the speaker, a history of the speech, and a thorough bibliography. Edited for readers, writers, and researchers at all levels, Civil War Speeches provides the user with a right-at-the fingertips, easy-to-access speech reference. A century and a half after the guns have fallen silent, and long after the speakers have gone to their graves, their words still have power to stir the American soul, North and South.

No television, no internet, no twitter. 150 years ago public opinion was shaped, not by 30-second sound bytes, banner ads, or 140-character messages. It was shaped by people climbing upon the stage and speaking persuasively to audiences large and small. One speech, carefully constructed, passionately given, and widely circulated, could and did turn obscure politicians into national figures. Civil War Speeches is a collection of passionate words spoken by the people most intimately involved in the great debates of their time. There is an unmistakable truth that one man's traitorous zealot is another man's passionate patriot. The difference is geography. To Southerners, Frederick Douglass and William Garrison, proponents of the abolition of slavery, were extremists threatening a cherished way of life. To Northerners, firebrands like William Loundes Yancy and Robert Barnwell Rhett were fanatics seeking to destroy the union of the states. Their war of words soon devolved into the bloodiest war in American history. These volumes chronicle the drama that was played out over the 15-year period (1850-1865) leading up to and comprising the Civil War. Read chronologically, these speeches show the evolution of public sentiment, molded by the speakers that placed great masses on a collision course. There are no glorious, death-defying bayonet charges to be found in these volumes. The weapons used by the speakers were simple appeals to patriotism and the defense of home and hearth; it was a question of whose flag was to fly over whose country. Civil War Speeches is designed to be every reader's speech reference and every librarian's resource. The editors have made every effort to either obtain the original text, or to reconcile differing texts, to provide the reader the authentic words of the speakers. The only change we have made to the text is to carefully edit the essential sections presented into modern spelling and grammar. Civil War Speeches presents 37 important speeches (20 in the North's volume, 17 in the South's volume) each placed in its correct historic context by a biographical sketch of the speaker, a history of the speech, and a thorough bibliography. Edited for readers, writers, and researchers at all levels, Civil War Speeches provides the user with a right-at-the fingertips, easy-to-access speech reference. A century and a half after the guns have fallen silent, and long after the speakers have gone to their graves, their words still have power to stir the American soul, North and South.

"The Speeches of Abraham Lincoln" is an anthology of twenty memorable speeches and two famous letters from the life of Abraham Lincoln. The history of the country's most turbulent time is brought to us in the stirring words of our sixteenth president. An easy-to-use authoritative collection of President Lincoln's most memorable speeches, edited down to their essential elements, "The Speeches of Abraham Lincoln" includes: "A House Divided Against Itself," "The Cooper Institute Address," "The Emancipation Proclamation," "The Gettysburg Address," "A Day Of Thanksgiving," "The Second Inaugural Address," and "The Last Speech."

A representative selection of thirty speeches by President John F. Kennedy, looking back on his life and times, not in the words of others, but in his own. In John F. Kennedy: Word for Word you will find the Acceptance Speech, the Presidential Debates, the Inaugural Address, the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the Cuban Missile Crisis. In addition, read Kennedy's words on the State of the Union, the United Nations, Berlin, Cuba, Vietnam, civil rights, and nuclear war. Finally, read the Ungiven Speech scheduled in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

"The Speeches Of Ronald Reagan" chronicles his thirty-year-long public conversation with the American people. Included are thirty-five speeches that cover what Reagan had to say about freedom, terrorism, the Beirut bombing, the Iran-Contra controversy, the "Evil Empire", the "Star Wars" initiative, the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the Challenger disaster, and drug abuse. Also included is his touching "Long Goodbye" to the American people.

Volume VI of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on the Aaron Burr conspiracy, Dartmouth College, women's work, the right to bear arms, the "sick chicken" case, the law of war, un-American activities, "one person, one vote," the Presidential line item veto, and the right to die.

"Criminal Justice Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" contains the actual text of thirteen major United States Supreme Court Criminal Justice Decisions edited into plain non-legal English. Topics include the right to remain silent, preventive detention, protecting children in court, illegal search and seizure, the right to counsel, double jeopardy, the fruit of the poisonous tree, coerced confessions, the fundamental right to a fair trial, indigent defendants, the right to confront your accuser, victim impact statements, and ineffective counsel.

Volume VIII of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases decided from 2006-2010 on physician-assisted suicide, execution by lethal injection, the al Queda detainee, partial birth abortion, crack cocaine, age discrimination, reverse discrimination, campaign finance reform, sexually dangerous persons, and the right to keep and bear arms.

Volume V of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on the slave ships, religious liberty, treason, military justice, marijuana, birth control, baseball, equal pay for equal work, child abuse, and the "Son of Sam" law.

Volume IV of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on federal supremacy, the Trail of Tears, Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, separate but equal, trust busting, child labor, the atomic spies, libel, conscientious objection, and hate crimes.

Volume VII of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers fourteen cases decided from 2000-2005 on violence against women, the contested Presidential election; partial-birth abortion, the gay Boy Scout leader, executing the mentally retarded, internet pornography, affirmative action, sodomy, the Al Qaeda cases, medical marijuana, private property rights, and the Ten Commandments cases.

Volume III of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on executive privilege, clear and present danger, forced sterilization, mob justice, the Pledge of Allegiance, illegal search and seizure, interracial marriage, monkey trials, sexual harassment, and separation of church and state.

Volume II of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on slavery, women's suffrage, Japanese-American concentration camps, bible reading in the public schools, the book banned in Boston, rights of the accused, the death penalty, homosexuality, offensive speech, and the right to die.

Volume I of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on school desegregation, obscenity, school prayer, fair trials, sexual privacy, censorship, abortion, affirmative action, book banning, and flag burning.

An entirely new guide to the Trans Pennine Trail. The hugely popular 370 miles (595km) of trail across the north of England is a big favourite with walkers and cyclists. The trail is suitable for users of all ages and abilities due to its easy gradients and traffic free conditions.

A guide to the UK's premier long distance cycle route - around 140 miles of superb scenery, from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, taking in the Lake District and the Northern Pennines on the way. It includes detailed 1:50,000 maps of all route options, directions, what to see and do, accommodation, places to eat and more.

A guidebook to Devon, one of the most popular long distance cycling routes in the UK. It features: full-colour mapping; accommodation listed and mapped; eating spots and places of interest; bike shops, tourist information and more; and, full colour photos.