![]() Having carefully reviewed the state court and district court records, we conclude that, given the strong evidence of Garner’s guilt, he has not shown that his defense was constitutionally prejudiced by trial counsel’s conduct. ![]() Respondent Appellant William Lee appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Chen, J.) granting Petitioner Appellee Blair Garner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of counsel. WILLIAM LEE, as Superintendent of Greenhaven Correctional Facility, Respondent Appellant. Lee UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term 2017 (Argued: JanuDecided: November 15, 2018) No. ![]()
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![]() Book Synopsis Alfredito and his family are getting ready to return to their old home in El Salvador for Christmas, their first time back since they left as refugees. ![]() Jorge Arguetas tender, clever prose is perfectly complemented by Luis Garays rich, authentic illustrations. This extraordinary book celebrates an experience familiar to the many who have left their original country to find a new life. But this time theyre flying! Excitement mounts as Alfredito and his family soar over the Earth and finally arrive at their beloved home to reunite with family and friends. It will be their first visit back since they left as refugees and made their way to California on foot. About the Book Alfredito and his family are getting ready to return to El Salvador for Christmas. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All comic books come bagged and boarded.Our comic books are in near mint condition and first printings unless otherwise stated.We post the comics in very secure packaging.If purchasing several items please add all items to your basket before paying as it help us keep our costs down, thanks. Please add all items to your basket before paying. ![]() (W) Nick Spencer (A) Steve Lieber (CA) Marcos Martin It's a new sleeper-hit series starring some of Spidey's deadliest baddies! Boomerang and his fellow villains prove that with terrible powers come terrible responsibilities, and Spider-Man will soon learn that with superior villains come superior problems! Out on bail and aiming to stay out of jail, Boomerang must get his cronies on target - but does Frank Castle, the one-man army known as the Punisher, have them targeted already? The Foes have a plan and the means to pull it off, but they're about to learn the hard way that you can't steal the head of Silvermane without severe repercussions! Rising star Nick Spencer teams with Eisner Award-winning sensation Steve Lieber for a walk on the Spider-Verse's evil side! Collecting SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN #1-6. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two beautiful books by the amazing and underrated Czech author Karel apek. Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism, fascism, journalism, militarism, even Hollywood. Recommendations of the day for my pets: War with the newts and Rossums Universal Robots. War with the Newts by Karel Capek, Lewis Gannett (Introduction) 4.3 (3) Paperback 9.95 Hardcover 20.99 Paperback 9.95 eBook 1. ![]() Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that the newts gain skills and arms enough to challenge man's place at the top of the animal kingdom. At its heart, this joyously funny satire is a plea for decency and tolerance towards others, as relevant now as when it was first written in the 1930s.Įnsemble. When humanity encounters another race of intelligent bipeds sharing the Earth, what choice is there but to exploit it? When the existence of a group of speaking newts comes to the attention of the ruthless GH Bondy and his Salamander Syndicate, they find themselves turned into a commodity as the nations fight over them. The newts are discovered living in the ocean, are exploited by the human race but then rebel, threatening the future of Earth. A satire that marries science fiction with political comment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mda’s novel concludes with Camagu siding with the Believers’ argument and in fact falls in love with the chief Believer’s daughter. The Unbelievers, on the one hand, promote economic growth, modernisation and westernisation through the development of a casino holiday resort while, opposed to this, the Believers fear such ‘developments’ will destroy the local culture and the natural habitat of the region. This is achieved through the experience of an Americanised Southern African scholar, Camagu, and his interactions between two competing sects within a rural village. ![]() Within the context of Post-Apartheid South Africa, Mda’s novel traces the diverging arguments related to the future of the nation’s ‘development’ path. ‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lensīuilding upon the emerging critique of the Post-World War II ‘Development Project’ advanced by several post-developmental theorists, specifically – but not limited to -Arturo Escobar (1995), Wolfgang Sachs (1992) and Gustavo Esteva (1992), this essay will argue that Zakes Mda’s novel, Heart of Redness, provides a strikingly complementary stance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The more we moved around, the harder it became to answer the question of where I came from,” she says. “The Kontrabida,” the story of a New York-based pharmacist who smuggles drugs to his bedridden father in Manila, is one of the nine globe-trotting stories in the collection that gives voice to the men and women of the Filipino diaspora, following them to their new lives in the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere.īorn in Manila, Alvar and her family moved to Bahrain when she was six years old, staying there for four years before relocating once more to New York, where they eventually settled. The inspiration for the very first story in Mia Alvar’s book In the Country came from her last visit to the Philippines 16 years ago. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "These are patients who are often previously healthy, young members of our community, who are stricken quite literally overnight, and who without good treatment and care for this condition can be left permanently disabled or, worse, can die," says Stacey L. The research, supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), seeks to evaluate the safety of a new drug treatment, measure its effectiveness in improving quality of life, and identify clinical indicators called biomarkers that could help doctors predict how well patients will recover from NMDA receptor encephalitis. 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Arsinoe is lost, the responsibility of stopping the ravaging mist heavy on her shoulders. Mirabella has returned to the capital, seemingly under a banner of truce.Katharine maintains her rule over Fennbirn – for now – but at huge personal cost. ![]() The Young Queens is the story of the three queens when they were born, before they were separated - it gives a short glimpse of the time when they all lived together, loved each other and protected one another. Katharine, the poisoner queen, has been crowned and is trying to ignore the whispers that call her illegitimate, undead, cursed. The battle has been fought, blood has been spilt and a queen has been crowned, but not all are happy with the outcome. Arsinoe, after discovering the truth about her powers, must figure out how to make her secret talent work in her favour without anyone finding out. Katharine, once the weak and feeble sister, is stronger than ever before. With the unforgettable events of the Quickening behind them and the Ascension Year underway, all bets are off. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. ![]() ![]() ![]() And when his beautiful rebel finds an unconventional cause, Lockwood has to decide if he’s willing to sacrifice everything to keep her. Their secret affair turns scorching, far more than either expected. Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book. This uptight duke is far more than he lets on, and she can’t resist him. The Duke Gets Even by Joanna Shupe, 9780063045071. The last thing he needs is another scandal.Įxcept Nellie sees through Lockwood’s charade, straight to the real man underneath. While in New York he’s the perfect gentleman, and no one knows he’s suppressing his darkest desires. To save his estate, the proper Duke of Lockwood must marry the perfect bride-wealthy, with an unblemished reputation. ![]() Now she dedicates herself to hedonistic pleasures only, like kissing a handsome stranger in the ocean under the moonlight. To escape the shackles of marriage, Nellie Young purposely ruined her reputation a long time ago. By beloved USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe, the fourth installment in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series about a secret affair between a free-spirited heiress and an uptight duke which turns more passionate than either could have imagined. ![]() ![]() ![]() As for Khethila, she was almost old enough, but she was quiet and thoughtful. With some fortune, since Father would really have preferred that I follow him as a factor but had acknowledged that I had little interest, I'd be out of the house before Culthyn was old enough to leave the nursery and eat with us. Younger brothers were worse than vermin, because one could squash vermin and then bathe, something one could not do with younger brothers. Two weeks ago, Rousel couldn't even have pronounced "pedant," but he'd heard Master Sesiphus use it, and now he applied it to me as often as he could. Stop being such a pedant, Rhenn." The heels of his shoes clattered on the back stairs leading down to the pantry off the dining chamber. " 'Starved' means great physical deprivation and lack of nourishment. You're merely hungry," I pointed out, carefully placing a paperweight over the work on my table desk. Rousel leapt up from his table desk in the sitting room that adjoined our bedchambers, disarraying the stack of papers that represented a composition doubtless due in the morning. The bell announcing dinner rang twice, just twice, and no more, for it never did. Commerce weighs value, yet such weight is but an image, and, as such, is an illusion. ![]() |