Research and analysis of the post-Soviet Russian experience of political, economic and social change have generally focused attention on the complications and influences of the Soviet legacy on the transition process with most early main stream studies emphasizing the difficulties of the adoption of the institutions of democracy and a free market economy to the centralized command and control legacy structures carried over from that adjacent system to the more recent analyses that have attempted to explain why the Putinist hybrid authoritarian democracy emerged to take control of the Russian state. The complex nature of the Russian experience of political, social and economic change had yet to be explained as a long-term legacy analysis until now with the linkages presented in this study of the legacies and structures that have defied attempts at reform by the Bolsheviks, the Soviets and the modern Republicans. The political geography of Russia represents a districting system that defines the people and places and represents an influential legacy structure that has had a long reach from the Russia of Imperialism to the Russia of Putinism and the twenty first century. A clearer understanding of the influences the Imperial legacy brings to the Russian transformation enables the student of post-Soviet Russian transition an opportunity to contextualize the strong linkages of historical governance structures with the one hundred years of Bolshevik and Soviet system capture and the struggles of transformation faced by the government and people of Russia today.

Murder Mystery/Thriller / Characters: 2m, 1f / Interior Nominated for a 2008 Edgar Award Camille Dargus has fought her way up from humble beginnings to a glittering Manhattan lifestyle. She has beauty, brains, wealth, and a successful career as a jewelry designer for the leading lights of New York society. She also has a penchant for attractive young men. One night at a society gala she meets Billy, a handsome young waiter, and brings him back to her Soho apartment. But there's more to Billy than meets the eye, and Camille finds herself held hostage at gunpoint by a man who seems frighteningly familiar with the past Camille has struggled to forget. Over the course of one explosive night, Camille must use all her wits and cunning to save her life--and to prevent the dark secrets of her past from destroying everything she's worked for. Full of twists and turns, bluffs and double bluffs, this brilliantly intricate thriller will be one step ahead of you all the way! "A nerve shredding, intricately plotted thriller, full of twists, turns and double crosses...[a] refreshingly modern thriller." -Worthing Herald "Witty and macabre." -This Is Gloucestershire "Masterly...thrilling!" -Eastbourne Herald "Crackling tension." -Kronenzeitung

Every year the ant colony of a tiny island are forced to hand over their midsummer grain to a marauding band of grasshoppers, led by the evil Hopper (voiced by Kevin Spacey). Worker ant Flik (Dave Foley) sets off to get help from the big city, where he mistakes a troupe of circus bugs for fierce warriors. After being fired by their ringmaster, P.T. Flea (John Ratzenberger), the bugs accompany Flik back to his home, thinking that he is a talent scout. When all becomes clear, they are less than happy at the prospect of fighting off Hopper and his gang!

All the action within James Joyce's Ulysses takes place on a single day (June 16th, 1904) and in the same city, Dublin. The Bloomsday Trams is a book about the extensive tram system in the city on that day. It is 22,000 words long and contains 33 historical photos some of which have never been published before. Chapters include: 1.Tram references within Ulysses Those tramway references that need explanation and in some cases correction from Joyce 2. Dublin's tramway history up to 1904 3. The DUTC electrification process Dublin Corporation resistance Clontarf power station Last horse tram Ringsend power station 4. The routes and timetables Renaming of streets Route symbols (Dublin trams carried symbols instead of numbers from 1903 to 1922) Routes 5. Technical details 6.Tram Models 7.The men and the fleet of 1904 8.Peripheral connecting tramways Dublin & Blessington Tramway Company Dublin & Lucan Tramway Company Clontarf & Hill of Howth Tramway Company

Award winning Canadian TV comedy series from 1988. 'The Kids In The Hall' was the collective name for a troupe of comedians who performed a sketch show featuring an increasingly bizarre range of characters. Often highlighting the mundanities and absurdities of suburbia, the group would then develop them, stretching out the comic possibilities to the extreme.

American schools have attempted to become more student-driven through the use of formative and summative assessment data. Teachers are being asked to become skillful diagnosticians as vast amounts of data are being collected and distributed with few instructions as to how to use the data; however, student achievement does not improve simply by collecting and distributing data, but rather by using it to make important instructional decisions. Data from frequent formative assessments can assist teachers in providing meaningful instruction based upon the strengths and weaknesses of each student. Using a structured plan for school wide data analysis, leadership capacity among teachers will grow as they uncover meaningful methods of instruction through researched-based strategies and dialogue with colleagues. In the process of acquiring data, school administrators are developing methods to encourage collaboration among staff members while supporting the use of research-based instructional strategies. This book outlines strategies for addressing student needs and transforming school culture through the use of data.

Cressida Among the Greeks takes place during the last days of the Trojan War. The story of the doomed lovers is woven together with the foibles of the Trojan royal family as they try to stave off impending disaster. Cressida among the Greeks takes off from Shakespeare and Chaucer, revisting Trolius and Cressida, the classsic tale of love and betrayal amid the chaos of war, with romantic passion and acerbic humor.

Three plays about America's troubled relationship with God. In "Suffering the Witch", a young woman returns to the small Pentecostal town she ran away from, with tragic results. "Mother Caldwell" tells the story of a right-wing candidate for governor whose campaign is undermined by a chance acquaintance of her gay son. "The Last Days..." finds America's most famous atheist holed up on an island, waiting for embezzled funds to arrive, as she confronts ghosts from her past and the thorny nature of belief and disbelief.