Based on deep consultation of seldom-examined primary sources, this third volume in Richard Lawrence Miller’s massive Lincoln biography follows Lincoln’s long effort to win a seat in Congress, his activity there, and his return to Illinois, chastened by his Washington experience.
The polygraph, or lie detector, was created and refined by academics in university settings with support from a few early police agencies. This work is a history of the polygraph - from the experimental work of the late 1800s that led directly to its creation - until the present.
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Though he was haunted by the shadow of his legendary father and devastated by alcoholism, Lon Chaney, Jr., carved out a successful film career as Universal's... Læs mere
Features titles that are primarily from fiction (including, along with... Læs mere
Describes literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors... Læs mere