There are twenty-five World Heritage Sites scattered across the United States. World Heritage Sites are the most important natural and cultural areas around the world; these are the places that the United Nations, and the 167 countries it represents, have recognized as the most important contributions to the heritage of humanity. World Heritage Sites are premier visitor destinations, yet most people are not familiar with the World Heritage...

There are fifty-five National Heritage Areas scattered across the US and they continue to grow in number and diversity. Though they’re not officially national parks, their conservation, education, and recreation related objectives echo those of the national parks: to conserve nationally significant natural and cultural landscapes and to make them available to the public for purposes of education, recreation, and sustainable tourism-related economic development. But the methods of achieving...

"Mindful Body Calisthenics" is your ultimate guide to achieving holistic well-being through the fusion of mindfulness and bodyweight exercises. Dive into the transformative power of mindful movement as you embark on a journey toward enhanced physical strength, mental clarity, and inner balance.· Mindfulness meets Movement: Discover how mindfulness practices amplify the benefits of calisthenics, allowing you to cultivate deeper body awareness, focus, and presence du...

The grainy black-and-white television ad shows a young girl in a flower-filled meadow, holding a daisy and plucking its petals, which she counts one by one. As the camera slowly zooms in on her eye, a man's solemn countdown replaces hers. At zero the little girl's eye is engulfed by an atomic mushroom cloud. As the inferno roils in the background, President Lyndon B. Johnson's voice intones, "These are the stakes -- to make a world in which all of God's children can live, or to go into the...

When Freedom Would Triumph recalls the most significant and inspiring legislative battle of the twentieth century -- the two decades of struggle in the halls of Congress that resulted in civil rights for the descendants of American slaves. Robert Mann's comprehensive analysis shows how political leaders in Washington -- Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, and others -- transformed the ardent passion for freedom -- the protests, marches, and creative nonviolence of the civil r...

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How Public Policy Impacts Racial Inequality, edited by Josh Grimm and Jaime Loke, brings together scholars of political science, sociology, and mass communication to provide an in-depth analysis of race in the United States through the lens of public policy. This vital collection outlines how issues such as profiling, wealth inequality, and housing segregation relate to race and policy decisions at both the local and national levels. Each chapter explores the inherent conflict between poli...

How much can we use the environment without spoiling what we find so valuable about it? Determining the carrying capacity of parks and related areas is a perennial question whose urgency grows each year as the number of visits continues to increase. Parks and Carrying Capacity represents a comprehensive assessment of the issue, as it:offers a historical and conceptual treatment of carrying capacitydescribes and illustrates research approaches for assessing carrying capacity, ...

In the 1960s transitioning from acting to politics was rare. Ronald Reagan was not the first to do it, but he was the first to jump from the screen to the stump and on to credibility as a presidential contender. Reagan’s transformation from struggling liberal actor to influential conservative spokesman in five years—and then to the California governorship six years later—is a remarkable and compelling story.In Becoming Ronald Reagan Robert Mann explores Reagan’s early life...

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These humorous stories should deepen your appreciation of God and your concern for the world's environment. Two brothers attempt to help a mother polar bear and her cub; a preacher takes his congregation on a tour to heaven; a father takes his children on a cruise to the North Pole to prove to them that there really is a Santa Claus; a spaceship lands in a Nebraska cornfield; a boy grows wings; a father and son go camping in the woods of Oregon... Enjoy these stories.

State history, behind-the-scenes stories, funny anecdotes, and life lessons come together to form Robert Mann's indelible memoir about his life and career alongside some of the most powerful lawmakers in the South. Offering an in-depth, personal perspective of working in government, Mann shares the lives of major politicians and how they affected his own beliefs, eventually shifting his ideological views. Mann has known every Louisiana governor--aside from Uncle Earl--since 1944. He has in...