Are you the sort of person who runs out of money on the 25th of every month, has no savings account, and wonders how you'll ever find the money to get your daughter's teeth straightened? Then meet James Hester.He and his wife had $70 and a four-year-old Studebaker when they were married in 1955. By 1968 they had a better car, more than their fair share of personal belongings, and $14,000. Then their net worth increased to $300,000. The increase was more than his total salary. They d...

Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find his way into these conversations, there is uncertainty about where his thinking fits. While utilitarianism has become the default position for teaching James’s pragmatism and radical empiricism, this default ...

Contemporary Issues in Global Criminal Justice provides a holistic analysis of modern criminal justice issues, encompassing the pre-trial, investigative, and post-conviction stages of criminal justice in legal settings across the world. The contributors acknowledge and examine the vast array of challenges in global criminal justice, from the role of the International Criminal Court to policing, the integration of technology, and how marginalized groups, such as sex workers and those with a...

Neil Young and Philosophy, edited by Douglas L. Berger, explores the meanings, importance, and philosophical dimensions of the music, career, and life of this prolific singer/songwriter over the past five decades. Neil Young’s music has touched on a broad range of cultural, political and personal issues, all of which have enormous ongoing relevance for our own times. In order to accommodate Young’s artistic breadth, contributions of scholars from a wide variety of fields-- American philoso...

New perspectives on digital scholarship that speak to today's computational realitiesScholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in how these fields analyze digital technologies, but many of its key examples do not sp...

New York Times Bestseller: "Everything you need to get clean and lean is right here."— Woman's WorldDetox diets are a quick, easy way to shed pounds, boost your energy, and get yourself on a wellness track. One of the key advocates of the health benefits of cleansing detoxes is naturopathic doctor Roni DeLuz. In 21 Pounds in 21 Days, DeLuz offers three different detox programs, focusing on detoxification through tak...

Are We Treating Mental Patients with Dignity?Finally Being Heard is an extraordinary compelling story of one mans journey through mental illness and his ultimate triumph.The reader will be moved to tears.

Crazy About Sports is a collection of sports stories about many colorful players, famous teams and special events during the early and mid stages of sports development in this country ranging from the late 1800s to late 1900s.If you like sports, you are sure to enjoy reading this unique collection of stories authored by James Earl Hester, Jr., and compiled and edited by William Clark Davis.

This book appears at a time when the crisis rhetoric about schools, teaching, and learning to read is extremely high. There is a rising call within the profession for a balanced perspective on reading. Balancing Principles for Teaching Elementary Reading aspires to help set the agenda for improving the quality of literacy instruction in the United States--by recentering the debate from "What's better, 'whole language' or 'phonics'?" to "What can we do in reading instruction to pre...

Crazy About Sports is a collection of sports stories about many colorful players, famous teams ad special events during the early and mid stages of sports development in this country ranging from the late 1800s tolate 1900s. If you like sports, you are sure to enjoy reading this unique collectiono of stories by James Earl Hester, Jr.

Greater Things Than These is a lyrical fever dream—a cry from someonelaying in the dark on the chapel floor. In this incandescent debut collection,Clayton James Hester writes with the hunger of a mystic and the heartbreakof a lover unmoored. These poems are not polite. They weep, ache, yearn,praise, and burn. They trace the sacred and profane in the aftermath of love,the marrow-deep ache of desire, the ghost of God, and the body as bothaltar ...

Celebrate the great American tradition of food, family, and football with recipes straight from the kitchens of beloved sports personality Terry Bradshaw and crew!Nothing brings together America’s first family of football like a home-cooked meal. Whether it’s game day, a holiday, or an everyday gathering of the clan, when the Bradshaws get together it’s always a party, and no one leaves hungry. As Terry and son-in-law Noah work the grill and smoker, you’ll find wif...