War and Border Crossings brings together renowned scholars to address some of the most pressing problems in public policy, international affairs, and the intercultural issues of our day. Contributors from widely varying disciplines discuss cross-cultural ethical issues and international topics ranging from American international policy and the invasion and occupation of Iraq to domestic topics such as immigration, the war on drugs, cross-cultural bioethics and ethical issues invol...

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe moving body—pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events—holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves—as it performs, sweats, runs, and jumps—it sets in motion an intricate web of scientific rationalities, spatial arrangements, corporate imperatives, and identity politics (i.e. politics of gender,...

On Vereld, a dark god rises from the grave to plunge the world into chaos and ruin. Named Redeemers by an autistic savant’s prophecy, Anili, Jon and Orrin soon discover that – apart from an ancient mage and a five year-old girl – they are all that stands between the world’s continued existence and ultimate destruction. On Earth, a cabal of powerful men have discovered a link to Vereld in secret Nazi archives. Now, they are preparing to take over a whole new world and suck it dry. But worse...

Everybody’s on the run: Laurin the dwarf, sent on an improbable errand by a dead king, ends up with an assassin on his tail. Bryn of Bailon, heir to a dark and troubling secret, discovers there’s no escaping the impossible burden that’s about to be placed on his shoulders. And Rhea Redbreast, apprentice Headhunter, makes it onto her own guild’s hit-list when she seeks justice for her parents’ killers. But the real trouble is just beginning: shipwrecked on the frozen shores of the Ice Waste...

Since time immemorial, the Indigenous Peoples of Canada have been stewards of the land.And yet, they experience the highest levels of poverty in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, 44 percent of Indigenous Peoples lived in poverty in 2020. How is this disparate level of poverty possible? To answer that, author Christopher Joseph Great-Sky (McLeod) says we must start with the Canadian constitution.Section 125: Tax-Exemption of Indians and Indian Bands is a critical exami...

Incredible Intervention is about ordinary life intercepted by an extraordinary God. It's about getting caught off guard in a moment of supernatural show-off from a God who loves us deeply and most intentionally. You will find stories of healing, rocks disappearing, angelic visitation, dreams from God, and much more. Prepare to be captivated by the impossible and catapulted into an invitation to greater dimensions of intimacy with God. At the end of Incredible Intervention, the aut...

Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully participate in their classroom and community. You’ll learn about readily available technologies you can use right now—from apps to video modeling—and explore next-wave innovations that will help ...

A house is more than just a place to lay your head at night.Sometimes, the walls remember.Gathering ten modern masters of the strange and unsettling, Unquiet Guests sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up.From dreamlike visions of an abandoned future mansion to a sentient building grown tired of its owners, these rooms echo with whispers of the disenfranchised and the lost.