One story that isn't often told in the social studies curriculum is that history is replete with powerful women. Other than a passing reference to Joan of Arc and the intellectual wisdom of Elizabeth I during wartime, history tends to ignore its powerful women. Recent archeological digs have revealed that the mythological Amazons may have been calvaries of pant-wearing, spear-throwing Scythian warriors, and they were not alone. From Boudicca the Celtic royal who led a rebellion against the...

When George Tyler, captain of the slave ship Charlotte, is becalmed in the middle of the Atlantic, time is not on his side. In the cargo hold are hundreds of thirsty slaves, and water supplies are low. Running out of options Tyler orders the crew to do the unthinkable and throw many of the slaves overboard to drown. As Tyler sails back into Bristol, the story of the Charlotte ignites a debate about the future of slavery. On one side are the abolitionists, determined to force the government...

Global James Bond: (Re) Imagining and Transplanting a Popular Culture Icon focuses on the ambivalent yet fascinating interplay between the global and the local in the longest running film franchise in history. It explores how James Bond established itself as a global standard for action-spy film making and even as a minor global cinema (i.e. imagining), and hot the franchise subsequently inspired a series of genre bending, blending, and breaking in local visual and some literary c...

Peace education is now well recognized within international legal instruments and within critical educational literature as an important aspect of education. Despite this, little attention has been given in the critical literature to the philosophical foundations for peace education and the rationale for peace education thus remains substantially an assumed one. This investigation explores some possible ethico-philosophical foundations for peace education, through an examination of five sp...

This mission/movement is laid out some in the book . This is a spiritual journey that seek empowerment for the people . The have nots can have alot . Apples For All - is the slogan that is like occupy wall street and other cause that want equeal life for all , not 1% over 99% . Please be apart of this movement to up lift people . We seek to come up without knocking others down . Apples for all , rise and be wise , devil desprise and love is the prize . This movement will move mountains and...

James Page shares an intimate look at his ownership of several small manufacturing companies in this guide for employees, managers, and aspiring entrepreneurs.He takes a candid look at how he entered various businesses, the product lines he produced, and the ultimate dispensation of those product lines.The book is a compilation of why this and why now thought processes and an explanation of how he navigated serving different industries over several decades.His initi...