In this volume Robert Morrissey explores a millenium's worth of history and myth surrounding Charlemagne (768-814). Charlemagne's persona - derived from a blending of myth, history and poetry - assumes a constitutional value in France, where for more than ten centuries it was deemed useful to trace national privileges and undertakings back to Charlemagne. His plasticity, Morrissey argues, endows Charlemagne with both legitimizing power and subversive potential. Part one of the book explores a fundamental cycle in the history of Charlemagne's representation, beginning shortly after the great...

Police calls that will make you laugh
Police work is ongoing stress. It includes tense association with people who commit theft, mayhem and murder. It also includes the human duties of telling someone their loved ones have been maimed, killed, or arrested. Punctuating this bitterness are those precious humorous moments which make the job acceptable and keep an officer's sanity.
This book is a compilation of humorous situations which helped me cope. I believe one should judge his life on how many times he laughs. I hope my book, will make you laugh...and help you cope.

The Adventures of Spike the Cat is an unusual story of a cat who speaks to his owner and has wondrous adventures, such as flying an airplane and appearing as the star of a concert. He is faster than the police at solving a crime. He will win your heart with his yeow meow

The Adventures of Spike the Cat is an unusual story of a cat who speaks to his owner and has wondrous adventures, such as flying an airplane and appearing as the star of a concert. He is faster than the police at solving a crime. He will win your heart with his yeow meow