Alongside the various people moving into and through the nineteenth-century Texas frontier was a group of European intellectuals bent on establishing a socialist utopia near the hamlet of Dallas. Their inspiration, French philosopher Charles Fourier, envisioned a society in which basic human ambitions would be expressed and cultivated, tied together by the bonds of emotion. Fourier’s self-appointed disciple Victor Considerant led the establishment of La Réunion in 1855, organized under a Paris stock company. James Pratt weaves together the dramatic story of this utopia: the complex tale of a diverse group of Europeans who sought a new society but were forced to face the realities of life in nineteenth-century Texas. Considerant’s followers endured a long ocean voyage with Spanish gunboats following in their Caribbean wake. They brushed blooming magnolias through Buffalo Bayou between Galveston Bay and Houston—so narrow a channel that two ships could not pass simultaneously. They walked for three weeks across barren country, came into conflict with the Texas legislature over land, and had to buy their stolen horses back from Chief Ned, a famous Delaware Indian living in Texas. They were buffeted in the rising political winds of abolition, and droughts ruined their crops. In the end, however, it was their flamboyant leader Victor Considerant who sabotaged their dream.

Recalling his growing-up years in Los Angeles following World War II, author James Pratt describes twelve lessons he learned from observing his father, an unpretentious and uneducated man who acquired little of this world's wealth but who lived an honorable life.

The bestselling author of "The Lighthouse Keeper" delivers a story of love, loss, heartache, and family ties that weaves together World War II and the present day. Twin brothers Lucien and Norman never expected one woman to come between them, but both fall in love with the same girl and Lucien marries her. Soon the war takes them to the Pacific where, as prisoners of war, their bond breaks: one of them dies and the other makes an agonizing decision that will change his life forever.

19 year old Brandon Michaels worked for his father as a small engine mechanic. After a deadly encounter with a terrorist, Brandon becomes the only link to the neuclear weapons. He finds himself dodging the bullets of a hired assassin sent to kill him and recover the stolen merchandise. Brandon is also dodging arrest by gov't agents who think that he is the terrorist. Both sides are relentless. If the terrorist find the weapons an attack on the United States will be IMMINNENT.

The text emphasizes those areas of taxation generally accepted as essential to the education of those pursuing careers in taxation or tax-related fields and is intended for advanced topics in Federal taxation undergraduate or graduate accounting, business, or law students.

Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope and diverse interests that, when taken together, seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, and all the variety of epiphenomena they manifest. As a social science it aims to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases

When Donald Macleod, a scion of the mobile phone industry, suspects that subliminal messages transmitted over a German mobile phone network are impacting local by-elections in favour of the Neo-Nazi candidates, he sets out to find proof. To do so, he must confront Heinrich Von Scheer, owner of the German network. But before he can, Donald's plane crashes in the Swiss Alps and he is missing, presumed killed. His son, Jack, suspects Von Scheer, and determines to expose him. But Jack soon finds himself the subject of a Europe-wide manhunt, pursued by the Neo-Nazis as well as the authorities. Desperate and on the run, Jack seeks the help of his friend, Harry Donovan, and Fabiana Santini, an Interpol inspector who risks everything for this case - and for love. As the murder mystery deepens, Jack enlists more assistance in the form of a Swedish professor, a reformed Dutch smuggler, an embittered French telecommunications executive and a mysterious protector. Before he is hunted down, Jack must reach England - and the one man on earth who can help them...