Advancing Critical Criminology constitutes a timely addition to the growing body of knowledge on critical criminology scholarship. DeKeseredy and Perry have assembled a volume that provides scholars with an in-depth review of the extant literature on several major branches of criminology as well as examples of how critical criminologists apply their theoretical perspectives to substantive topics, such as drugs, interpersonal violence, and rural crime. Accordingly, this work is div...

Falling In Love With Everything, chronicles a conversation between Jobe, a lay speaker in the Unitarian Universalist Church, and a fictional second-degree black belt in Karate and Unitarian Minister, who challenges the need or good sense that might be found in falling in love with everything.

This is The Planter. Yes, there are gazillions of other gray, terracotta planters, but the one you hold in your hand is the one this story is about. Several folks who read the manuscript said, I wish I could go to Brown Mountain Road and look at that planter, but, in some ways, reading the book and hearing the story are as close as you get. But it may be close enough. Maybe if you like this planter, you can feel yourself capable of far more good than you have done so far, far more that you...

The Love of Clouds is a collection of cloud photographs, paintings, verses, and short reflections inspired by the art and wonder of the sky. Created by Regina Burchett and Pat Jobe, the book offers a quiet delight to anyone who cherishes clouds and finds joy in thumbing through its 58 pages. In many ways, it reflects the life's work of both authors. Jobe has been published or anthologized in nine other books, including The Best of Radio Free Bubba, The Return of Radio...