Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" (Smithsonian).Cliff S...

Maria is not called the Christmas mouse for nothing. She has been handing out nuts to people for three years now. The other mice have laughed at her several times, because no other mouse would have thought of going near humans. Maria has also avoided direct contact so far, usually placing the nuts unnoticed and grabbing a piece of cheese or a grape for the Christmas buffet in return. During this year's distribution campaign, she has an extraordinary idea: she no longer wants to avoid conta...

"A vibrant, nuanced novel about marriage . . . and the moment when we realize that the shimmer of fantasy pales next to the tumultuous reality of . . . happiness." — Carolyn Parkhurst, national bestselling author of The Dogs of BabelWhat sane woman would consider becoming any man's ninth wife? Bess Gray is a thirty-five-year-old folklorist and amateur martial artist living in Washington, DC. Just as she's about to give up...

** New 10th Anniversary Edition of the best-selling travel memoir.** 2018 Indie Book Award for Memoir (Personal Struggle).** Re-live Falling Uphill with a new afterword that paints the journey in a light that only time can tell.** New bonus chapters.** Over one hundred photographs (color photos in e-book only)!In one week, Scott Stoll lost his job, his best friend, his girlfriend and his confidence. Disillusioned with society, full of an...

A major history of early Americans' ideas about conservationFifty years after the American Revolution, the yeoman farmers who made up a large part of the new country's voters faced a crisis. The very soil of American farms seemed to be failing, and agricultural prosperity, upon which the Republic was founded, was threatened. Steven Stoll's passionate and brilliantly argued book explores the tempestuous debates that erupted between "improvers," who believed in practi...

A sweeping meditation on the historical relationship between humans and land that challenges us to rethink common beliefsLand is the natural environment that humans have defined, shaped, and endlessly reinvented. In this lyrical narrative, Steven Stoll explores ways of thinking about land through social, cultural, political, economic, and ecological lenses.Stoll tells the stories of the first Sumerian farmers, the medieval commons, the origins of private pr...

Precise quantification of muscle strength using a simple hand-held pull gaugeMeasuring outcomes is easy, quick, and economical—a most timely method in this age of managed carePhysical and occupational therapists will value the complete range of normal muscle-strength values (in the form of percentile curves)

This book will help any one to grow in there faith and hold on to it. But most of all how to release your faith and see god move in a mighty way.

How the United States underdeveloped AppalachiaAppalachia—among the most storied and yet least understood regions in America—has long been associated with poverty and backwardness. But how did this image arise and what exactly does it mean? In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll launches an original investigation into the history of Appalachia and its place in U.S. history, with a special emphasis on how generations of its inhabitants lived, worked, survived, and dep...

Transformation of public education requires the reawakening of the sleeping giant in the room: the learners. Students, teachers, and principals develop a system of personalized mastery that challenges the current system. Re-Awakening the Learner, Second Edition guides to just such a learning environment. Continua and tools describe and assist in the journey of teachers, teacher leaders, and principals in partnering with learners.Stakeholders identify a common moral purpose, create ...

In contemporary life, the marketplace has emerged as an important arena for the practice of politics. Concerns about personal and family well-being as well as ethical or political assessment of favorable and unfavorable business and government practices become part and parcel of the marketplace of politics. This volume describes this phenomenon as political consumerism, reflecting an understanding of politics as a product embedded in a complex social and normative context. Politics, Pr...

Bugs are all over Dot and Jabber's meadow. Then—poof!—they're gone! Bugs can't just disappear, can they?The mouse detectives know a big bug mystery when they see one. Join them as they search for clues to prove that there's more to this vanishing act than meets the eye.An afterword provides clear and fascinating information about how insects and animals use camouflage.Can your little detective solve the mystery before Dot and Jabber do?A Fun Sc...