Largely a travelogue written from an Alaskan perspective, highlighting the things to see, do and how best to get there...

Si la scène de San Francisco des années soixante est bien documentée, force est de constater que la scène texane de cette même période l’est beaucoup moins. Ce livre a pour but de relater une des histoires les plus remarquables du rock’n’roll, celle des 13th Floor Elevators. Ce groupe, unique en son genre, est à l’origine du rock psychédélique, précurseur du punk et l’on peut certainement créditer Roky Erickson comme étant également à l’origine de l’horror rock avec sa carrière solo. Le group...

What if the divine stood trial for complicity?In Prosecuting God, Paul Landrum Drummond invites readers into a daring courtroom of conscience, where scripture, history, and lived experience converge to interrogate the sacred. This is not a book of easy answers. It is a summons to wrestle with the paradoxes of scripture, faith, justice, and divine silence, if he existed, in the face of suffering. Yet this is no mere indictment. Through poetic argument, symbolic ritual, and communal ...

How will we regather the church after pandemic?The Covid-19 pandemic is an inflection point for the church everywhere—and certainly for the Episcopal Church. The sudden flowering of creativity, connection, and collaboration is an expression of the Holy Spirit’s relentless presence within the church; yet ongoing distancing creates difficulties to be overcome on the other side of the present crisis.How will we change habits of isolation and regather the churc...

In recent years, philosophical issues in nursing and health care have become more evident in the academic literature. The Philosophy of Nurse Education covers a variety of philosophical perspectives and enhances ideas of learning, teaching and curriculum design.

Since their early beginning in Africa as foragers, hunters and gatherers, humans have been on the move. In modern times, their movements have been compelled by geographical, economic, political, cultural, social and personal reasons. However, beginning in the second-half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century their reasons for and pattern of migration have been largely influenced by globalization. Globalization, by its very nature, cuts across virtually every aspect of ...

Decision making in health care involves consideration of a complex set of diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic uncertainties. Medical therapies have side effects, surgical interventions may lead to complications, and diagnostic tests can produce misleading results. Furthermore, patient values and service costs must be considered. Decisions in clinical and health policy require careful weighing of risks and benefits and are commonly a trade-off of competing objectives: maximizing quality ...

**THE BOOK FOR EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW****THE SUNDAY TIMES STYLE: BOOKS OF 2025**THEY'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. OR SO THEY SAY...⭐ 'Brilliant: so funny, so sad, so scary' Jacqueline Wilson⭐⭐ 'It will resonate for all women, and it's so much fun' Marian Keyes ⭐⭐ 'Part whodunnit, part dark take-down of motherhood' Gillian McAllister⭐⭐ 'Compelling, though...

Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. Whilst this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach their pupils how to learn.This book makes a major contribution to the creation of such a professional knowledge base for teachers by building on previous work associated with ‘formative assessment’ or ‘assessment for learning’ which has a strong evidence base, and is now being promoted ...

Bestselling author, professor, and pundit Mallory Factor illuminates the conservative tradition in American politics with essays from leading figures in the conservative movement.Ambitious in its breadth and depth, Big Tent provides a fresh and surprising treatment of the conservative movement as told by the leaders themselves. In this unique collection, which is based on Factor's star-studded course at The Citadel, conservative leaders explain how the movement developed a...

Paul Johnson’s History of the American People has been this always stimulating author’s most widely read book to date. Now Johnson gives us his concise portrait of the great founding American, George Washington, in a brilliant, sharply etched portrait that is full of surprising insights. Washington is seen as one of the most important authors of the Constitution, in addition to his pivotal leadership of the Revolutionary War and a magisterial executive in the formative years of the new Uni...

Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese history.What is distinctive about China in comparison with other civilizations? What have been the major changes and continuities in Chinese life over the past four millennia?