Have you ever gone camping? Yes? No? Maybe?We aren't talking about those endless trips you took as a child where you slept in the back seat of your parents car from destination to destination with your brothers smelly feet digging into your shoulder.We are talking about real camping. Sleeping outdoors or in a tent, cooking your food over a campfire or cook stove while listening to a stream bubbling along nearby.Nothing compares with waking in the morning to the fres...

At their twenty-year class reunion, former classmates Robyn Chapman and David Clark have an awkward encounter. After a rocky start, their relationship starts slowly and develops into a hot and steamy romance. However, both are hiding deep and dark secrets and their love affair is on a collision course with disaster. Their lives will never be the same and, in the end, somebody is going to die.

At the weekly management meeting, Division Director, Ryan Robinson is struggling to keep his eyes open. Falling asleep would be a poor example for the other employees. Ryan had been leading a great life with a high-paying job, huge house, luxury cars and a gorgeous girlfriend, Jennifer Yamamoto. But that life came crashing down one night when a simple misunderstanding exploded into a huge argument ending when Jennifer stormed out of the house promising never to return. Since then, Ryan has...

The Old Testament offers a rich palette of ideas, images, and narratives that help us unpack some of the more compact and opaque theological ideas of the New Testament. In conversation with both Christian and Jewish interpreters, prominent scholar Gary Anderson explores the exegetical background of key Christian doctrines. Through a deeper reading of our two-Testament Bible, he illustrates that Christian doctrines have an organic connection to biblical texts and that doctrine can clarify m...

Former classmates David Clark and Robyn Chapman are on a dangerous collision course. Once their paths cross, their lives will never be the same. Their chance meeting will not only change their lives forever but will create deadly, tragic consequences. Little did they know, their lives are heading for disaster. For the small town of Granada, Colorado, there is excitement in the air; the atmosphere is abuzz with anticipation. The twenty-year High School reunion for John Hancock High School h...

People covered by public pensions are often the subject of 'pension envy:' that is, their benefits might seem more generous and their contributions lower than those offered by the private sector. Yet this book points out that such judgments are often inaccurate, since civil servants hold jobs with few counterparts in private industry, such as firefighters, police, judges, and teachers. Often these are riskier, dirtier, and demand more loyalty and discretion than would be required of a more...

The first edition of this book was a first-of-its-kind reference, distilling the authors’ decades of action research experience into a handy guide for graduate students. The Second Edition continues to provide an accessible roadmap that honors the complexity of action research, while providing an overview of how action research is defined, its traditions and history, and the rationale for using it. The authors demonstrate that action research is not only appropriate for a ...

This book dives into the seven virtues of bushido—rectitude, courage, compassion, respect, honesty, honor, and loyalty—and explores how they remain relevant in today’s fast-paced, ethically complex world. From insights into legendary samurai to practical applications in business, education, and daily life, this guide empowers readers to adopt the spirit of bushido to lead a balanced, purposeful existence. Through engaging narratives, philosophical analysis, and actionable practices, this b...

Mention “ethnic cleansing” and most Americans are likely to think of “sectarian” or “tribal” conflict in some far-off locale plagued by unstable or corrupt government. According to historian Gary Clayton Anderson, however, the United States has its own legacy of ethnic cleansing, and it involves American Indians.In Ethnic Cleansing and the Indian, Anderson uses ethnic cleansing as an analytical tool to challenge the alluring idea that Anglo-American colonialism in the New ...

This book is a vehicle for passing on the history and legacy of the Studio GWA architectural firm to future employees and other architects. It chronicles the impact of the firm's projects on the city of Rockford, Illinois and beyond, with a market focused on revitalization, restoration and renovation. A highlight of the books is the history of the people who imagined, commissioned, funded and used each building, along with the architectural detail, style and craftsmanship.

In this timely and important new book, Gary Anderson provides a devastating critique of why a managerial role for educational leaders is counterproductive, especially for improving opportunities for low-income students and students of color, and instead proposes ways of re-theorizing educational leadership to emphasize its advocacy role. Advocacy Leadership lays out a post-reform agenda that moves beyond the neo-liberal, competition framework to define a new accountabilit...

Government officials and missionaries wanted all Sioux men to become self-sufficient farmers, wear pants, and cut their hair. The Indians, confronted by a land-hungry white population and a loss of hunting grounds, sought to exchange title to their homeland for annuities of cash and food, schools and teachers, and farms and agricultural knowledge. By 1862 the Sioux realized that their extensive kinship network and religion were in jeopardy and that the government would not fulfill its prom...