A classic work of history, ethnography, and botany, and an examination of the life and environs of the 18th-century southWilliam Bartram was a naturalist, artist, and author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the ExtensiveTerritories of the Muscogulees, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws. The book, based on his journey across the South, reflects a remarkable coming ...

She'd seen one dead body too many…Mia Alcott was in a whole crap load of trouble. The only witness to a horrific crime, she's on the run, trying to figure out who she can trust and who is out to get her.In come the Malones. They're loud. They're violent. They're rude. And right now, they're her only shot at survival.Of course, she has to survive living with them. She also has to resist her attraction to Alec Malone. It should be easy, considering he's an arrogant, b...

Leadership in Small Churches inspires and equips men and women who are called to serve in churches of less than 100 people, which are the majority of churches in the United States. Small churches in the United States suffer from a lack of leadership. On the one hand, there is a shortage of leaders. On the other hand, leaders who serve faithfully sometimes feel ill-equipped to carry out their calling due to inadequate training, especially a lack of training specific to small churches. This ...

The Broadcast Journalism Handbook has everything you ever wanted to know about working in the television news business but were afraid to ask! College courses teach the theory of how a television newsroom works; here, working journalists show the reality of the business. Learn the ropes-and how to head off amateur errors-from the authors' vast experiences and dozens of interviews with news professionals. The economic recession and new advances in technology are making this exciting career ...

The leading introductory textbook on geriatrics – completely updated and revisedA Doody’s Core Title for 2021, 2024 & 2026!Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics is an engagingly written, up-to-date introductory guide to the core topics in geriatric medicine. Since 1984, its goal has remained unchanged: to help clinicians do a better job of caring for their older patients. You will find thorough and authoritative coverage of al...

Harvard Business Review är världens mest inflytelserika tidskrift inom management. Den vänder sig till beslutsfattare över hela världen och ges ut av Harvard University i Boston.I den här boken har de samlat de tio mest betydelsefulla artiklarna om ledarskap, skrivna av ledande och hyllade experter och forskare som Daniel Goleman, John P. Kotter, Peter F. Drucker, Jim Collins och Peter M. Senge.OM LEDARSKAP ger chefer kunskap och inspiration att reflektera över och förfina ...

Edited by founder and chairman of the National Fatherhood Initiative Don Eberly, The Faith Factor in Fatherhood addresses the key role that religious institutions can play in reviving what Eberly calls the "sacred vocation of fatherhood." In response to the wider debate regarding the increased expectations that are being placed by policy makers on faith-based institutions to serve important public purposes, contributors to this volume guide denominations, places of worship, and re...

A complete guide to solving lateral load path problems—fully updated for current practices and regulationsThis thoroughly revised guide explains how to calculate the lateral forces to be transferred across multiple diaphragm and shear wall discontinuities. You will get step-by-step examples that offer progressive coverage—from very basic to very advanced illustrations of load paths in complicated structures.Written by a team of seasoned structural engineers...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful initiative that breaks the traditional mold of instructional delivery and time-honored school organization. Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization guides readers thr...

Discover the Real, Accurate Stories of MLB GOATs and What Mainstream Media May be Missing!Are you a fan of the MLB?Would you like to learn more about some of the best players of all time, like Jackie Robinson, Aaron Judge, Babe Ruth, Ken Griffey Jr., and many others?What about some unknown facts you’ll not find in mainstream media or on google?This book is for every MLB fan who is excited to learn ...

Celeste flieht vor Mobbing und Diskriminierung nach London. Doch selbst in der Millionenmetropole geht alles schief. Nicht etwa, weil sie blind und curvy ist, sondern plötzlich wieder Auren sehen kann. Und das bleibt nicht ihre einzige außergewöhnliche Fähigkeit. Als sie im Gaming-Café »V R Awesome« mitten hinein in ein Spiel katapultiert wird, ist es ausgerechnet der Hacktivist Blaze, der sie rettet. Ein Aktivist, der mit seinem magischen Talent eine neue Form des Hackings entwickelt hat:...