Even today, thirty years after the legal battles to save the endangered snail darter, the little fish that blocked completion of a TVA dam is still invoked as an icon of leftist extremism and governmental foolishness. In this eye-opening book, the lawyer who with his students fought and won the Supreme Court case—known officially as Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill—tells the hidden story behind one of the nation's most significant environmental law battles.The realities of the dar...

The Romney Marsh / Dungeness Foreland depositional complex comprises an extensive tract of marshland and associated sand and gravel barrier deposits, located in the eastern English Channel. This monograph presents the results of a programme of palaeoenvironmental investigation aimed at improving our understanding of this internationally-significant coastal landform. The focus is on the evidence for landscape change during the late Holocene, from c. 3000 BC onwards, and on identifying the l...

Intercession is an essential element of both public and private prayer. Using the Book of Common Prayer and the major elements of the Prayers of the People, Plater explains the construction of everyday litanies, collects, and petitionary prayers, as well as the composition of intercessions for church seasons, holy days, and special occasions.Plater begins by looking at the roots of intercession in the Bible, history, and ancient belief and practice, and goes on to offer pr...

In this newly updated and revised introduction to the permanent diaconate, Plater includes a history of deacons in the early church, a survey of deacons from the Reformation to the present, stories of modern diaconal ministries, including first-hand accounts, and a discussion of the formation, training, and deployment of deacons. This book is a basic, essential text for discernment committees and commissions on ministry, and a comprehensive look at a vital ministry in the church today.

In the Anglican churches of North America, and sometimes elsewhere, there are two complaints about deacons in the liturgy: Bishops and priests complain that deacons don’t know how to do liturgy. Deacons complain that bishops and priests won’t let them do liturgy.The solution lies in liturgical formation, both theological and practical. This book is designed to help provide that formation for bishops, priests, deacons, and indeed for all the people of God. The introduction provides ...

It’s Special Guest Friday in Mrs. Prazer’s class at a Christian academy. Her students are always excited for this day because they don’t have classwork or homework for the weekend. On this Friday, their special guest is Mrs. Bibel.As soon as the students settle into their listening positions, Mrs. Bibel begins teaching them about the first five books of the Bible. While creatively guiding the children through each book, Mrs. Bibel tells engaging stories and leads them through fun e...

In 1833, Edward G. W. and Frances Parke Butler moved to their newly constructed plantation house, Dunboyne, on the banks of the Mississippi River near the village of Bayou Goula. Their experiences at Dunboyne over the next forty years demonstrated the transformations that many land-owning southerners faced in the nineteenth century, from the evolution of agricultural practices and commerce, to the destruction wrought by the Civil War and the transition from slave to free labor, and finally...

Meet Mila James—a ten-year-old girl with a brilliant mind, a brave heart, and a way of seeing the world that is entirely her own.Mila is neurodivergent, but she is not disabled. She is other-abled—a child whose unique wiring gives her gifts that many people overlook. Where others see ordinary moments, Mila finds patterns, puzzles, colors, connections, and quiet magic woven into everyday life.Mila the Marvelous is the first book in a new series that follows Mila as she uses ...

Essays from the Plantation: The Burgess HouseThis book—the first in a series—uses short stories to draw parallels between our historical past and present-day realities. It does so by blending real-life corporate experiences with fictionalized narratives rooted in the lives of enslaved individuals on plantations dating back to 1619.The stories unfold in a fictional medical facility known as the Burgess House. While the names have been changed and the setting...

The essential handbook for ending suburban sprawl and automobile-based settlement patternsFor a decade, Suburban Nation has given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century's automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of the movement, and even their...

A comprehensive blueprint for fixing America’s cities and towns, updated and expanded“This book should be required reading in schools of urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture, and an understanding of it should be part of the licensing requirements for civil, traffic, and transportation engineers.”—ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, DPZ coDESIGN, former Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Miami“I am delighte...

The institution of tenure—once a cornerstone of American colleges and universities—is rapidly eroding. Today, the majority of faculty positions are part-time or limited-term appointments, a radical change that has resulted more from circumstance than from thoughtful planning. As colleges and universities evolve to meet the changing demands of society, how might their leaders design viable alternative faculty models for the future?Envisioning the Faculty for the Twenty-First Cen...