Federal Laws on Short-Term Disability at Work. Short-term disability coverage can help replace lost income. John Rowley/Photodisc/Getty Images. Federal statutes do not provide for replacement income for employees who are unable to work due to short-term disability or medical conditions. They do, however, protect an employee's position and benefits during disability leave.
While performing in The Frozen Deep, Dickens was given a play to read called The Dead Heart by Watts Phillips which had the historical setting, the basic storyline, and the climax that Dickens used in A Tale of Two Cities. For other uses, see A Tale of Two Cities (disambiguation). A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
The same thing is true of the books. A Game of Thrones, when it initially came out in 1996, didnât hit any best-seller list. None at all. A Clash of Kings, the second book, when it came out in 1999, that hit, I think it was the Wall Street Journal list at #13 for a week and then was gone.