Perilous Times presents a nightmarish vision of a post-Christian America. In part 1, Defendant of the Faith, protagonist Allie McAllister is arrested and tried for proselytizing the Christian faith. In part 2, Allie and her husband Jack are put on trial for ‘child abuse’, and for teaching their daughter, Josephine, information contrary to her public school education.

Working with key concepts from theorist and human geographer Gillian Hart, this book argues for an ethnographic and geographic approach to critically engage contemporary political-economic processes in the context of real world struggles.

In the neon-drenched streets of Las Vegas in 2000, two detectives battle a crossbow-wielding serial killer obsessed with the supposedly cursed novel The Yellow Crown, racing to uncover why he hunts only those sharing a specific surname.Detective Emile Sauveterre loves three things in his life: working homicide in the LVMPD, his alter ego as an aspiring stand-up comic, and ignoring his older sister for the past ten years thanks to the family trauma she caused.But hi...

Following the end of apartheid in 1994, the ANC government placed education at the centre of its plans to build a nonracial and more equitable society. Yet, by the 2010s a wave of student protests voiced demands for decolonised and affordable education. By following families and schools in Durban for nearly a decade, Mark Hunter sheds new light on South Africa's political transition and the global phenomenon of education marketisation. He rejects simple descriptions of the country's move f...

For salespeople feeling stressed and disappointed that their customers don’t want to hear from them, this guide is the key to developing the mindset and habits required to reach a new level of sales success.The world of sales can be tough, so it’s easy to get discouraged when the rejections start piling up and your customers stop answering the phone. This allows the wrong thought patterns to start developing, soon you aren’t making quotas and then you begin looking...

This book explains the natural mechanisms behind unexplained events like spiritual beings, other dimensions, miracles in the Bible-and even UFOs. Are these phenomena real? Are they scientifically sound? Do they obey the laws of physics-like anything else we see, hear or feel on this Earth? The surprising answer is "Yes!" These phenomena are not magic or miraculous. They are real-and supported by science!This compelling book, based on extensively footnoted research ranging from scie...

A SPIRITUALLY ORIENTED JUSTIFICATION FOR A BELIEF IN CHRISTIANITYFor decades, Christians have had difficulties providing tangible evidence to support what they believe in faith. In response to that challenge, this book lays out a justification for the existence of Christianity, showing how it and other world religions promote humanity’s spiritual development. It does this without the use of religious doctrine, basing it instead on spirituality. This book shows how:• The purp...

The dazzling variation in plant chemistry is a primary mediator of trophic interactions, including herbivory, predation, parasitism, and disease. At the same time, such interactions feed back to influence spatial and temporal variation in the chemistry of plants. In this book, Mark Hunter provides a novel approach to linking the trophic interactions of organisms with the cycling of nutrients in ecosystems.Hunter introduces the concept of the "phytochemical landscape"—the shifting s...

There are few one-size-fits-all solutions in sales. Context matters. Complex sales are different from one-call closes. B2B is different than B2C. Prospects, territories, products, industries, companies, and sales processes are all different. There is little black and white in the sales profession.Except for objections. There is democracy in objections. Every salesperson must endure many NOs in order to get to YES. Objections don't care or consider: who you are, what you se...

Beginning in the 1870s, thousands of Bohemians flocked to Cedar Rapids in search of a better life. Czech immigrants courageously overcame the difficult conditions of the local packinghouse and the challenge of creating a new home. They maintained a strong cultural identity with Czech music, literature and an undying dedication to family. In the wake of a devastating flood in 2008, the people of Czech Village and New Bohemia re-imagined traditional principles to forge a remarkable resurgenc...

Aimed primarily at advanced graduate students and professional biologists, this book explores the degree to which animal*b1plant interactions are determined by plant and animal variability. Many of the patterns seen in natural communities appear to result from cascading effects up as well as down the trophic system. Variability among primary producers can influence animal and plant population quality and dynamics, community structure, and the evolution of animal*b1plant interations.

Best-selling author Travis Hunter delivers another edgy, yet genuine story of family secrets and missteps. In this story of two brothers and their sister, the people they love aren't always who they appear to be. Beloved teacher and widower Dallas Dupree spends most of his time with his daughter Aja. But the new woman in Dallas' life is hiding a nasty secret that could cost him his career, reputation and family. His sister Carmen's new husband harbors destructive secrets of his own. Big br...