Underestimated: Growing in Leadership Despite the Opinions of Self and Others contains seven (7) key insights designed to empower you on your leadership journey. Gleaned from the experiences of Veronique N. Walker, Ed.D., the goal of the shared insights is to demonstrate that if she transcended obstacles involving underestimation on her career journey, then no one is exempt from the possibility to excel in life. This book is for you whether you have felt empowered or overlooked, s...

Making Black Girls Count in Math Education explores the experiences of Black girls and women in mathematics from preschool to graduate school, deftly probing race and gender inequity in STEM fields.Nicole M. Joseph investigates factors that contribute to the glaring underrepresentation of Black female students in the mathematics pipeline. Joseph’s unflinching account calls attention to educational structures and practices that contribute to race- and gender-based stratific...

In the year 410 AD the last Roman Governor of Britannia, Lucius, sailed away from the port of Londinium, never to return. Bishop Guithelin's hopes of a smooth transition in authority to tribal chief Mandubracius leads only to disappointment. Guided by visions from God, Guithelin undertakes a hazardous journey to a neighbouring country to seek assistance from a noble and Christian ruler.Abandoned is the starting point for an adventure that sees Briton nobles taking up arms ...

This book demonstrates that the United States, whether we like it or not, is a theolegal nation - a democracy that simultaneously guarantees citizens the right to free expression of belief while preventing the establishment of a state religion.

A comparative history of public and private sector unions from the Wagner Act of 1935 until todayThe 2011 battle in Wisconsin over public sector employees' collective bargaining rights occasioned the largest protests in the state since the Vietnam War. Protestors occupied the state capitol building for days and staged massive rallies in downtown Madison, receiving international news coverage. Despite an unprecedented effort to oppose Governor Scott Walker's bill, A...

A comparative history of public and private sector unions from the Wagner Act of 1935 until todayThe 2011 battle in Wisconsin over public sector employees' collective bargaining rights occasioned the largest protests in the state since the Vietnam War. Protestors occupied the state capitol building for days and staged massive rallies in downtown Madison, receiving international news coverage. Despite an unprecedented effort to oppose Governor Scott Walker's bill, A...

As the rails near completion, Fancy sells her mobile saloon to employees and moves to Virginia City, Nevada. With the wealth from her railroad years, she becomes an important citizen and talks her banker friend Bob Gentry into moving there and joining her in opening a bank.Falling in love and marrying, she and Gentry leave Virginia City and move to the new town of Seattle, where they quickly join its most prominent citizens. While they are in San Francisco, a fire breaks out in the...

An in-depth look at the lives, experiences, and professional careers of Black mathematicians in the United States.Erica N. Walker presents a compelling story of Black mathematical excellence in the United States. Much of the research and discussion about Blacks and mathematics focuses on underachievement; by documenting in detail the experiences of Black mathematicians, this book broadens significantly the knowledge base about mathematically successful African Amer...

From the ruins of post-Roman Britain, a warrior arises to unite a troubled landArthur Dux Bellorum is the first part in the author's imagining of the King Arthur story - part two to follow in 2020.Britain in the late Fifth Century is a troubled place – riven with tribal infighting and beset by invaders in search of plunder and settlement. King Uther is dead, and his daughter, Morgana, seizes the crown for her infant son, Mordred. Merlyn's attempt to present...

Britannia lies open to barbarian invaders following the end of Roman rule and cruel Vortigern has seized control. He has chosen to employ Saxons in his mercenary army - but who is the master and who the puppet?Enter Ambrosius Aurelianus, a Roman tribune on a secret mission to Britannia. He is returning to the land where, as a child, he witnessed the murder of his noble father and grew up under the watchful eyes of an adoptive family in the town of Calleva Atrebatum. He is thrown in...

Late fifth century Britannia recoils in shock at the murder of charismatic High King, Ambrosius Aurelianus, and looks to his brother and successor, Uther, to continue his work in leading the resistance to barbarian invaders.Uther's destiny as a warrior king seems set until his world is turned on its head when his burning desire to possess the beautiful Ygerne leads to conflict. Could the fate of his kingdom hang in the balance as a consequence?Court healer and schemer, Merl...

The soil is one of the great unsung disappearing resources, with over 100m tonnes being destroyed every year. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThe soil is the work place of farmers and gardeners, but it is also a fascinating environment inhabited by insects that can leap into the air to a record height, multilegged scavengers that are vital to the decomposition of plant matter and the long, thin, entwining strands of thousands of species of fungi.Although soil...