In 2019, Mary Klinger's vibrant eighteen-year-old son, Owen, went missing from his Portland, Oregon, college dorm and was later found dead in a local river. In that moment, Mary thought her own life was over too. How does a mom, who thought she was doing everything "right," continue to live and care for her family after experiencing the traumatic death of a beloved child?MORE OWEN chronicles Mary's journey to explore who Owen was as she knew him, to learn more about his young adult...

This book explores teaching, learning, and leadership in higher education following the Covid-19 pandemic. It examines opportunities that currently exist within higher education as they relate to innovative teaching and learning strategies, from instructional modalities to new models of transformative learning to meet students “where they are” in terms of career development and lifelong learning. Emphasis is placed on educational leadership and management skills, faculty and teaching acume...

Tensions between the US and China have escalated as both powers seek to draw countries into their respective political and economic orbits by financing and constructing infrastructure.Wide-ranging and even-handed, this book offers a fresh interpretation of the territorial logic of US–China rivalry, and explores what it means for countries across Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America. The chapters demonstrate that many countries navigate the global infrastructure boom by articulating n...

In 1797 an extraordinary visionary died, leaving behind a grieving husband, a two-year-old daughter, and a newborn. The woman was Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughter Fanny Imlay, and her baby Mary Godwin, who, through many trials and tribulations, grew up to become the remarkable Mary Shelley, creator of one of the most important books in literature: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus. While many books have examined both women's lives, their remarkable similarities, their passi...

This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish together? How does supporting educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in schools? What characteristics, qualities and strategies support the wellbeing of the whole school commun...

**NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, DIRECTED BY GUILLERMO DEL TORO — WINNER OF THREE ACADEMY AWARDS!Two centuries after its original publication, Mary Shelley’s classic tale of gothic horror comes to vivid life in "what may very well be the best presentation of the novel" to date (Guillermo del Toro).**"Remarkably, a nineteen-year-old, writing her first novel, penned a tale that combines tragedy, morality, social commentary, and a thoughtful examination of the very nature of ...

Fancy a trip to Pluto? Or how about a fearful drive along a stretch of country road, or a long, hot, dusty walk to Nairobi? Unless you prefer to go to church with a strange woman in green tights, her hair alive with electricity. Here you have 34 stories, each one a journey, whether planned or unexpected, funny or frightening, real or figurative, shared or dreadfully alone. ‘They had a long journey ahead of them’ was the prompt: the writers here, from award-winning authors to exciting new t...

Le volume Textes au corps se veut entièrement tourné vers une littérature aimée avant tout pour elle-même, dans sa densité vivante, et vers l’empoignade qui en résulte avec les mots, les lieux, les hommes de la Renaissance et leur existence concrète. Composé à l'initiative d'élèves, d'amis et d'admirateurs de Marie Madeleine Fontaine, il vise à illustrer, souligner et célébrer une recherche et un enseignement qui se sont très tôt attachés aux traces les plus humaines et contingentes des en...

In Zeiten von Klimawandel, Pandemien und weltweiter Ungleichheit polarisieren Reisen und Tourismus stark - während deren wirtschaftliche Bedeutung weiter steigt. Dieser Dienstleistungszweig kommt daher nicht umhin, sich an veränderte Bedürfnisse sowie ökologische Ziele adäquat anzupassen, damit er als "Agent of Change" mit nachhaltigen Lebensentwürfen beispielhaft vorangehen kann. Daraus folgende, mitunter schmerzhafte Konsequenzen sind evident, denn langfristiger Nutzen im Sinne von Nachh...