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When Cathryn Ashe was 17, she ran away to the anonymity of the city after a romantic encounter with Rule Jackson, the manager of her father's ranch. Now, eight years later, her father has passed away, leaving her the ranch, and Cathryn returns to claim what's hers...and to challenge Rule like never before.

In Against the Rules, journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis explores the figures in American life who rely on the public's trust, whether in sports, in business, in the courtroom, or on TV. What happens when that trust erodes and we can no longer agree on what's fair and what's not? With wry humor, Lewis reveals the fascinating humans behind the public roles: the judge, the arbitrator, the scientist, the coach, the referee, and many more. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

One night of fun turns into a morning of regret when I wake up hungover, fully clothed, and next to muscle-bound wide receiver Ty Matthews… and a phone full of evidence of our Elvis-ordained nuptials. Talk about bad choices: I can be kicked off the team for talking to a football player, much less marrying one. After a night of spilling my darkest secrets, even playboy Ty knows exactly how to persuade me to stay married to him—he promises to fund my small business dreams if I convince his parents we're together. Our so-called agreement is already off to a crazy start.

It is the height of summer, and Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxurious inn not far from the village of Three Pines. But they're not alone. The Finney family - rich, cultured, and respectable - has also arrived for a celebration of their own. The beautiful Manoir Bellechasse might be surrounded by nature, but there is something unnatural looming.

As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice “Footsie” Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive every award for valor in a single war. Michael Daly was a West Point dropout who risked his neck over and over to keep his men alive. Keith Ware would one day become the first and only draftee in history to attain the rank of general before serving in Vietnam. In WWII, Ware owed his life to the finest soldier he ever commanded, a baby-faced Texan named Audie Murphy.

It's the height of summer, and the wealthy Finney family have gathered at the Manoir Bellechasse to pay tribute to their late father. But as the temperature rises, old secrets and bitter rivalries begin to surface. When the heat wave boils over into a mighty storm, a dead body is left in its wake. Chief Inspector Gamache, a guest at the Bellechasse, finds himself with a building full of suspects. With the hotel locked down, the murderer is trapped. But a cornered predator is always the most dangerous of all...

A deeply nuanced look at the criminal justice system in America and the unequal treatment of women offenders within it. Justine Morgan had made some bad decisions in her young life but by far the worst of those was to fall in love with a charming man who would ultimately lead her into a world of trouble and crime. A law student at university, Justine was heading toward her desired goal of becoming a lawyer when Carl sat down beside her one day in her statistics class. Love and naiveté allowed Justine to meekly surrender her dreams, drop out, and blindly follow Carl wherever he commanded. ...

Harness your outrage, rev up your suspicions, and throw out what you thought you knew about 21st-century political unrest. Are you ready for Emory's story? A cult classic in the making. A gritty mystery of the Great Recession that gets under the fingernails of American outrage today. A foreshadowing of the unrest of the post-2016 election world. Discontents: The Disappearance of a Young Radical is the first book in the gripping mystery of the 2011 disappearance of Emory Walden, the notorious graffiti artist and evasive dissident who was famously hunted by authorities. "Witty and unsettling,...

A Rule 11 motion is a request for sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which requires that filings in federal court must be well-grounded in fact, warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for changing the law, and not filed for any improper purpose such as to harass or cause unnecessary delay.When a Rule 11 motion is denied, it means that the court has determined the following:The challenged filing was not frivolous: The court found that the filing in question had a factual and legal basis.The filing had a legitimate purpose: The court concluded that the ...

When two parties meet in court, the outcome is rarely preordained. Judges must figure out who wins and who loses by analyzing the facts of the case before them and applying the legal principles of cases that have come before. How Would You Rule? brings that experience alive by presenting you with the critical facts and rules in 31 of the law's most interesting cases and inviting you to test your legal wits and sharpen your legal judgment by figuring out how these challenging cases should be decided.

Meet Cartside. Your friendly neighborhood cart-pushers, the epitome of fine young men. But wait. There's something you don't know about these smiling, happy-go-lucky grocery store grunts. They've got a plan. After 5 years of dealing with the same mind-numbing bogus, catering to incompetent managers and snobby-nosed customers - things are about to change. From the haze of bong-smoke and brilliance, comes the greatest idea since the McDonald's small fry: Well, uh.. sorta...

Der Angriff der Hamas vom 7. Oktober 2023 markiert einen tiefen Einschnitt in der Geschichte Israels. Joseph Croitoru erklärt konzise, wie die Hamas seit 2007 ihre islamistische Herrschaft im Gazastreifen etabliert hat und welche Organisationen und Staaten ihren Terror gegen Israel unterstützen. Sein Augen öffnendes Buch, das auf langjähriger Beobachtung der Hamas basiert, lässt den neuen, schrecklichen Krieg in Israel und Palästina besser verstehen.

Across the West, there is a rising tide of people who feel excluded, alienated from mainstream politics and increasingly hostile towards minorities, immigrants and neoliberal economics. Many of these voters are turning to national populist movements, which have begun to change the face of Western liberal democracy, from the United States to France, Austria to the UK. This radical turn, we are told, is a last howl of rage from an aging electorate on the verge of extinction.

In 1984, at the age of 24, Clarence Louie was elected Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band in the Okanagan Valley. Nineteen elections later, Chief Louie has led his community for nearly four decades. The story of how the Osoyoos Indian Band - “The Miracle in the Desert” - transformed from a Rez that once struggled with poverty into an economically independent people is well-known. Guided by his years growing up on the Rez, Chief Louie believes that economic and business independence are key to self-sufficiency, reconciliation, and justice for First Nations people.

Advocates are calling for a legal defence for unimpaired drivers prescribed medicinal cannabis who test positive at roadside drug tests in Victoria. Medical Cannabis has been legal in Australia since 2016, yet under Victorian law, as in many other jurisdictions except Tasmania, having cannabis in your system is prohibited. Despite relying on medicinal cannabis to ease pain and suffering caused by a chronic illness, people like Alice and Will could face legal consequences for breaking the state's laws.

In A Constitutional Culture, Adrian Chastain Weimer uncovers the story of how more than a hundred years before the American Revolution, colonists pledged their lives and livelihoods to the defense of local political institutions against arbitrary rule.

Rowan war schon immer strebsam und fleißig. Doch ihr Traum vom Stipendium für die Uni verpufft, als sie bei der Abschlussprüfung mit einem Spickzettel erwischt wird. Der Zettel stammt jedoch vom Footballspieler Carey, der auf ein Sportstipendium hofft und die Angelegenheit nie aufklärt. Jahre später begegnen sie sich am College wieder. Rowan muss sich mit drei Jobs über Wasser halten und alles selbst bezahlen. Carey ist der Star des Footballteams, der Nachhilfe bei einem Uniprojekt braucht und dabei auf Rowan trifft.

A Rule 11 motion is a request for sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which requires that filings in federal court must be well-grounded in fact, warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for changing the law, and not filed for any improper purpose such as to harass or cause unnecessary delay.When a Rule 11 motion is denied, it means that the court has determined the following:The challenged filing was not frivolous: The court found that the filing in question had a factual and legal basis.The filing had a legitimate purpose: The court concluded that the ...

Mike Harmon and Rich Ohrnberger have the details on two NFL teams who can’t promote practices or allow fans to attend. The guys debate if it was necessary for John Harbaugh to say Lamar Jackson will be the GOAT QB. And we debunk an Olympic myth!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.