Captain Ernesto Aguilar is not having a great day. His airline lays him off, and then he arrives home just in time to see his garage explode. Strangely, the blast doesn't damage the building. Instead, it opens access to a spaceship from the future. Seeing a serendipitous opportunity to generate income to support his family, he secretly attempts to operate the new vehicle. He's an ex-military pilot, so how hard could it be?It isn't long before he finds out his secret isn't as hidden...

In Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition, James Rushing Daniel argues that capitalism is eminently responsible for the entangled catastrophes of the twenty-first century—precarity, economic and racial inequality, the decline of democratic culture, and climate change—and that it must accordingly become a central focus in the teaching of writing. Delving into pedagogy, research, and institutional work, he calls for an ambitious reimagining of composition as a discipline opposed to c...

Every community has its internal conflicts. Faithville has suffered decades of division over denominational differences. A suspicious couple present an opportunity for church growth that causes unrest and financial angst among church leaders. Through the collaboration and determination of the church leadership, hearts and lives are changed. Faithville becomes a place that God greatly blesses.

As the nation becomes increasingly divided by economic inequality, racial injustice, xenophobic violence, and authoritarian governance, scholars in writing studies have strived to develop responsive theories and practices to engage students, teachers, administrators, and citizens in the crisis of division and to begin the complicated work of radically transforming our inequitable institutions and society. Writing Across Difference is one of the first collections to gather scholars...

Walking Together on the Way is the first agreed statement of the third phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, and the first ARCIC agreed statement since 2005.The language of 'walking together' is used by both Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis to describe our ecclesial life and the ecumenical journey. Both have also, in different ways, endorsed the approach of receptive ecumenism: that we have much to learn and much to receive from eac...

It’s not love. It’s something far more dangerous—It’s a ruinous obsession.Ayla Kennedy has always known she’s different. Beneath her poised exterior, there is a hunger that’s untamed and unfulfilled. That is, until she meets him.The Beast.He’s no ordinary man. Feared for his brutal touch and unapologetic dominance, The Beast has left a trail of broken hearts and trembling bodies in his wake. No woman has ever been able to match his intensity...until...

How the cult of capitalism reshaped the American university—and hollowed it out from within.Over the past several decades, American universities have been remade as engines of entrepreneurial ambition. Technology transfer offices, business incubators, pitch competitions, innovation hubs, and leadership centers now sit at the heart of campus life, radically altering how institutions describe their purpose, structure curricula, and imagine student success. The St...

The eleven countries of Southeast Asia are diverse in every way, from the ethnicities and religions of their residents to their political systems and levels of prosperity. These nations--Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, and East Timor--are each undeniably unique, yet the vestiges of their shared traditions mean that each country is also characteristically Southeast Asian. In Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction

Every community has its internal conflicts. Faithville has suffered decades of division over denominational differences. A suspicious couple present an opportunity for church growth that causes unrest and financial angst among church leaders. Through the collaboration and determination of the church leadership, hearts and lives are changed. Faithville becomes a place that God greatly blesses.

Hardly more than a decade old, the twenty-first century has already been dubbed the Asian Century in recognition of China and India’s increasing importance in world affairs. Yet discussions of Asia seem fixated on economic indicators—gross national product, per capita income, share of global trade. Makers of Modern Asia reorients our understanding of contemporary Asia by highlighting the political leaders, not billionaire businessmen, who helped launch the Asian Century.Th...

With a growing number of scientists and engineers using JMP software for design of experiments, there is a need for an example-driven book that supports the most widely used textbook on the subject, Design and Analysis of Experiments by Douglas C. Montgomery. Design and Analysis of Experiments by Douglas Montgomery: A Supplement for Using JMP meets this need and demonstrates all of the examples from the Montgomery text using JMP. In addition to scientists and engineers, undergraduate and g...

I call myself a Nehruvian Indian [and] I like to think that the term "Nehruvian Indian" captures more than my own c.v.', says Ramachandra Guha in his Introduction to this sparkling collection of essays. His book is a meditation on how a large area of contemporary India's cultural and intellectual life has in fact been fashioned by exceptional individuals who have, in diverse ways, imbibed the spirit of liberalism, secularism, personal integrity and social commitment—values which Guha assoc...