Whether you're a novice or an experienced gardener, this book provides step-by-step instructions, creative ideas, and real-life examples to guide you through every aspect of urban homesteading.Sustainability is at the core of this guide. From eco-friendly gardening practices to sustainable preservation methods, the book emphasizes mindful consumption, ethical living, and even integrating technology for smart urban homesteading. It's a blueprint for cultivat...

It is a commonplace today that Paul was a Jew of the Hellenistic Diaspora, but how does that observation help us to understand his thinking, his self-identification, and his practice? Ronald Charles applies the insights of contemporary diaspora studies to address much-debated questions about Paul’s identity as a diaspora Jew, his complicated relationship with a highly symbolized “homeland,” the motives of his daily work, and the ambivalence of his rhetoric. Charles argues for understanding...

The Silencing of Slaves in Early Jewish and Christian Texts analyzes a large corpus of early Christian texts and Pseudepigraphic materials to understand how the authors of these texts used, abused and silenced enslaved characters to articulate their own social, political, and theological visions.The focus is on excavating the texts "from below" or "against the grain" in order to notice the slaves, and in so doing, to problematize and (re)imagine the narratives. No...

Bitter the Chastening Rod follows in the footsteps of the first collection of African American biblical interpretation, Stony the Road We Trod (1991). Nineteen Africana biblical scholars contribute cutting-edge essays reading Jesus, criminalization, the enslaved, and whitened interpretations of the enslaved. They present pedagogical strategies for teaching, hermeneutics, and bible translation that center Black Lives Matter and black culture. Biblical narratives, news medi...

What is it like to live much of your own life in the full shadow of the world's greatest ever athlete; a behemoth of such nature and kind that he totally dominates the worlds of basketball, football, and boxing simultaneously? And accordingly, in this shadow, become extremely rich and extremely powerful; powerful beyond all manner or belief. To ride the tail of the dragon and, yet, still not be your own man? Ask Benjamin Gold. He knows the answer to this question.

This highly accessible book takes a step-by-step approach to the legal theory and practical realities of organizing, negotiating, managing, and protecting an International Joint Venture. It covers every aspect of the subject with numerous examples and problem-solving tips, including dealing with cultural misunderstandings, property rights issues, legal liability, as well as contract advice.

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Ronald Reagan•Reagans Inaugural Addresses, all of his State of the Union Addresses, and his Farewell Address“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnt pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where m...

A collection of 67 original recordings of speeches significant in United States and world history. Hear presidents, politicians, activists, sports figures and more in their own words as they talk about some of the most important events in the 20th century.

A comprehensive update of the leading algorithms text, with new material on matchings in bipartite graphs, online algorithms, machine learning, and other topics.Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness. It covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their design and analysis accessible to all levels of readers, wi...

Giunto alla sua quarta edizione, il volume costituisce un punto di riferimento per intraprendere lo studio degli algoritmi grazie alla completezza e all'autorevolezza che lo contraddistinguono. Rivolto ai corsi di laurea in Ingegneria e Informatica, per l'ampia copertura degli argomenti trattati e l'analisi degli aspetti ingegneristici di progettazione degli algoritmi, si presta al tempo stesso a essere utilizzato anche da un pubblico di professionisti. Infatti, la ricchezza di temi da un ...

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures for Ideas: Brilliant Thinker Speak Their Minds. Featuring some the best thinkers from North America and around the world that have appeared on the program since its beginnings in 1965, Ideas: Bri...

Originally intending to produce the first comprehensive scholarly reference guide to the antecedents, practices, and theory of oral history, the editors have gone even further, creating a highly readable and useful tool for scholars, students, and the general public. Covering the vast scope of this increasingly popular field, the eminent contributors discuss almost every aspect of a field that once was the province of historians but now has become increasingly democratized and available ac...