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When it comes to Britain, most Americans don't know (Union) Jack. Fortunately, now an Anglo-American husband-and-wife team are here to help with a smart, funny, and handy guide that minds the gap between fact and fiction. From Whigs and Windsors to wankers and Wales, this spit-spot-on reference covers all manner of British history, society, culture, language, and everyday life, including
- the class system, title envy, and a thumbnail sketch of British dynasties
- highlights of the social season (yes, they have a social season)
- Parliament, prime ministers, and a wild variety of...

Governor William F. Winter has enriched the political and cultural life of Mississippi and the United States for six decades--as an infantryman in World War II, as a Mississippi House representative (1947-1959), as governor of Mississippi (1980-1984), as a member of President Bill Clinton's Advisory Board on Race (1997-1998), and as an advocate for education and racial reconciliation.

Unlike most public figures, Winter wrote all of his own speeches. The Measure of Our Days: Writings of William F. Winter presents a collection of the governor's most thoughtful writings on his...

Jefferson Ripley is a man of many talents, who has been a soldier, loyal friend, and now his life has brought him firmly into the field of contract killing. He is however, a man that lives by a code of honor instilled in him during his youth. Many years of military service have made this man who he is today. When confronted with his next job, he must walk a thin line between keeping to the code and just being another mercenary. An estranged wife has contacted him claiming her husband, whom she has not seen in five years, is an evil man whose life must be ended for the good of society. The...