The 7 RINGS: A Journey to a Balanced Life of Peace, Passion, and Purpose combines the business and leadership acumen of a successful, global CEO with the inspiration and passionate motivation of a friend. Simply put, it’s an inspiring field guide for making life balance a reality, from someone who has had their share of struggles and disappointments. Bridging both the corporate and non-profit worlds, this book challenges readers to discover their life’s purpose and encourages them to live ...

Go along with the Colonel on this nostalgic trip back to the 1950's and life growing up in the Midwest. Follow him on his solo trek across Europe and the year that made him a man in the Aviation Cadet Program. Next it's many a day in Vietnam over the course of the war and the hardships faced by the aviators and their families on a daily basis. Life in the "fast lane" or five years in the Pentagon gives the reader a close look at the many challenges faced by the Staff Officer in the "buildi...

In 1882, Kano opened his Kodokan dojo in Tokyo, where he taught jujutsu to his first class of nine students. His choice of the name Kodokan symbolizes precocity in one so young and is highly significant, for it means the institute where one is guided along the road to follow in life, that is to say, a road that one travels as a means of self-cultivation, which Kano regarded as the optimum way to live ones life. This cultivation, however, can only be attained following long years of trainin...

The smell of burning rubber and singed wood still clings to my memory...From the charged chaos of the fireground to the humdrum aisles of a grocery store, this powerful memoir traces a life lived between two worlds that couldn't seem more different - yet are bound by the same heartbeat of purpose, perseverance, and humanity.In Between Flames and Fluorescents, invites readers into the dual realities that shaped their life: the adrenaline-fu...

Be the most effective CIO you can be—by learning from the best in the businessToday's Chief Information Officers must be an entirely new breed of technology leader. With ever-changing demands from the business, and in an increasingly technology-centric business environment, CIOs must find game-changing innovations and process improvements that make a real impact on the bottom line. Business executives need their CIOs to be real partners—speaking the language of the...

The book will include separate chapters focused on CIO "case studies"-careful, detailed examinations of "All Star" IT leaders and their decision-making, with solid background on the business problem they were trying to solve and how they arrived at their decisions. The book will include candid personal reflections on those decision-making processes, and then provide analysis from a third party lens. It will be written in a narrative form to create a mystery-within-a-case-study feel and flo...

Representing Kink raises awareness about non-normative texts and non-normative erotic practices and desires. It defines “kink” broadly, encompassing a range of “inappropriate” texts and understanding it in frequent reference to non-normative erotic fantasies and experiences. Kink is treated as both a set of practices as well as a category of texts at the nexus of subject and form. In addition to canonical texts that take up erotic and marginalized themes, the collection also studies forms ...

The late 19th century saw a dynamic growth of contacts between Western countries and the Far East. Along with the increase in travel came a wave of educational opportunities for Americans and Europeans to gain first-hand experience of living in countries such as China, India, and Japan. Likewise, adventurous individuals from the Orient made their way to the West.      Scholars, politicians, and business people became experts in their adapted culture. Some learned the native language...

The Ratchwood Prophecy: Book One is the first in a series of graphic novel installments that will be collated into a volume entitled Next Testament, which will represent the final part in the Bible Trilogy. The prophecy foretells the coming of a messiah, whose role is to unite all world religions with secular culture in the shadow of realization that God has bestowed the titular Ratchwood with the power of time travel.

Ratchwood's continuing adventures chronicle a realisation of his place in destiny. The extent of the prophecy is revealed to encapsulate time and space; foreboding an uneasy outcome for the reluctant messiah and the universe he came to save. Will he soon be faced with a bigger choice?

The second volume of Next Testament chronicles the development of a feud between Ratchwood and his disciple Wicklow. The origins of this feud lie in their lack of faith in Ratchwoods powers and a desire to probe the heart of darkness for infernal abilitiescompetencies which will bind Wicklow to Vygotsky and the Swarm.

Using Physical Activity and Sport to Teach Personal and Social Responsibility shows you how to implement a character education program in your school or community organization. Authors Watson and Clocksin offer an ideal companion text to Don Hellison's classic Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Through Physical Activity. In this text, Watson and Clocksin provide the practical tools for applying Hellison’s Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model t...