He broke his knee in the sixty-third minute. He broke everything else in the parking lot.OllieI heard it before I felt it. A wet, deep sound, like a rope snapping under a boat.Nine months. That's what they gave me. Nine months of six a.m. sessions in a room that smells like cold cement, with a man who won't let me skip a single rep.Andre Kessler has one rule for me and he never bends it. Hands on the knee. Door propped open. Nothing personal.So why d...

Mapping Diversity in Latin America offers ample critical coverage of recent approaches to the historical study of race and ethnicity in Latin America since the arrival of Spanish and Portuguese colonizers to the present. Bringing together the work of leading scholars, this volume presents readers with a thorough and updated examination of the formation and evolution of ideas surrounding race and ethnicity, social movements, and political processes in Latin America that provides mu...

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah is the location of one of the best-known terrestrial records for the late Cretaceous. A major effort in the new century has documented over 2,000 new vertebrate fossil sites, provided new radiometric dates, and identified five new genera of ceratopsids, two new species of hadrosaur, a probable new genus of hypsilophodontid, new pachycephalosaurs and ankylosaurs, several kinds of theropods (including a new genus of oviraptor and a new ...

J.B. Hunt Transport hit the national business scene as a trucking company led by a dynamic founder known for his boundless optimism, untamed vision, and salesmanship. The company has since transformed into a multi-billion-dollar business by balancing business savvy and execution with an enduring entrepreneurial spirit—a rare feat in any industry.J.B. Hunt’s triumphs and struggles provide a fascinating case study of how business theory, leadership, culture, and organizational best-p...

An illuminating exploration of the meaning of abstract art by acclaimed art historian Kirk Varnedoe"What is abstract art good for? What's the use—for us as individuals, or for any society—of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves?" In this invigorating account of abstract art since Jackson Pollock, eminent art historian Kirk Varnedoe, the former chief curator of painting and sculptu...

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, African-American, Latino, and Muslim communities in the United States, the two volumes in this se...

At the turn of the 20th Century, the Church was delivered a much fought for revelation on the authority of the believer from China Inland Missions director John A. MacMillan's private prayer journals. Built upon a great heritage, Dr. DuBois takes us on a deeper journey into divine authority for this century of believers. - Joseph R. Castillo, D.D., All Nations International Fellowship.Dr. Kirk DuBois' "In My Name" is one of the first books that guides believers through the heights a...

KARMA IS CONTROLLING YOUR LIFE!When everything you know in life is taken away from you, how do you survive? Author Kirk Johnson uses the example of his own intense life trials to reveal the universal laws that are the underpinning of reality. He shows how taking responsibility for your actions is the catalyst to awakening to self-realization and living a life in tune with divine will.By Roasting Karma, you will:· Recognize that your present life is the sum ...

In the distant future, not much has changed.The government is still run by assholes, your boss is still a prick, and out there somewhere is a guy whose job is to take simple tasks and transform them into bureaucratic mounds of tangled-up dog vomit.Unfortunately, humanity has managed to take all its bad habits and shamelessly drag them across the stars. The garbage rings of Earth and Mars, while still disgustingly impressive, are no longer unique to Sol. Entire forest moons,...

The frontier can be a dangerous place.Its worlds are remote and yet uncounted—an entirely new region of space to explore, lending curiosity to those seeking both fortune and adventure.But it’s no place for soft hands or kind words. The frontier is home to both the desperate and the accused. Its planets are half-settled and often devoid of any governance or law.And that’s exactly why Tucker Mass is headed there.However Tucker isn’t quite the man he once was. ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing what it means to be human. Given our increasing merger with machines, we have therefore entered uncharted territory and an era of unprecedented change. For pastoral and spiritual care providers, religious faith communities, clinical practitioners, and educators, immediate theological reflection is needed, focusing on the potential existential threat and opportunity, and what will constitute human personhood in an age of technological enhancement. Pr...

The Landscape of Historical Memory explores the place of museums and memorial culture in the contestation over historical memory in postmartial law Taiwan. The book is particularly oriented toward the role of politics—especially political parties—in the establishment, administration, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums. It is framed around the wrangling between the “blue camp” (the Nationalist Party, or KMT, and its supporters) and the “green camp” (Democrat...