Behind These Walls: The Untold Stories of Life Inside Prison offers a powerful, unflinching exploration into the often-hidden realities of life behind bars. Through a series of deeply personal narratives and insightful analyses, this book uncovers the complex human experiences of prisoners as they navigate the brutal, dehumanizing systems of incarceration. From the trauma of arrest and the shocking first days in prison to the harrowing struggles of survival, this book paints a vivid portra...

This accessible and authoritative book provides the first systematic overview of the global children’s rights movement. It introduces both beginners and experts to child and youth rights in all their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, the book examines key controversies about globalization, cultural relativism, social justice, power, economics, politics, freedom, ageism, and more. Combining vivid examples with cutting-edge scholarship, C...

Wall Street Uncovered: Secrets, Scandals, and the Evolution of American Finance is an insightful and comprehensive exploration of the tumultuous and transformative journey of America's financial capital. From its humble beginnings in the 18th century as a modest trading post, Wall Street has evolved into the epicenter of global finance, shaping the economic landscape of the United States and the world.This book takes readers on a riveting historical journey, unraveling the key mome...

Kentucky dairy farmer John Anders finds himself in the middle of a living nightmare the sole survivor, his family slaughtered by marauders. Alone in a world destroyed by famine and the collapse of civilization, desperately seeking escape from his mental anguish he embarks on a one-way flight in his single engine Cessna to Florida and the start of an adventure he could never have envisioned. John Anders is a ordinary man caught up in extraordinary circumstances thrown together with Air Forc...

Throughout history, the right to vote has been extended to landowning men, the poor, minorities, women, and young adults. In each case, the meaning of democracy itself has been transformed. The one major group still denied suffrage is the third of humanity who are under 18 years of age. However, children are becoming increasingly active in political movements for climate regulation, labor rights, gun control, transexual identity, and racial justice. And these have led to a growing global m...

None But Christ by the Puritan John Wall is 33 chapters on Paul's statement, "I determined to know nothing among you save Christ and Him crucified." In typical Puritan fashion Wall exhausts his subject, that nothing but Christ matters, and why that is so. It is a God-honoring, Christ-exalting book that will help you fall more deeply in love with the Savior.

The true story of Raymond Loewy, whose designs are still celebrated for their unerring ability to advance American consumer taste.Born in Paris in 1893 and trained as an engineer, Raymond Loewy revolutionized twentieth-century American industrial design. Combining salesmanship and media savvy, he created bright, smooth, and colorful logos for major corporations that included Greyhound, Exxon, and Nabisco. His designs for Studebaker automobiles, Sears Coldspot refri...

In Moral Creativity, John Wall argues that moral life and thought are inherently and radically creative. Human beings are called by their own primordially created depths to exceed historical evil and tragedy through the ongoing creative transformation of their world. This thesis challenges ancient Greek and biblical separations of ethics and poetic image-making, as well as contemporary conceptions of moral life as grounded in abstract principles or preconstituted traditions. Takin...

Shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize"Thrilling…A topical and deftly satirical novel." —Anna Mundow, Wall Street JournalIn this taut, dystopian tale, an island nation ravaged by the Change has built an enormous concrete barrier around its coastline—the Wall. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls trapped amid the rising seas outside. A blend of the most compelling issues...

John Wall's NBA dream came true when he was chosen by the Washington Wizards as the first overall pick in the 2010 draft. Coming in, John knew the Wizards had a losing record. Despite John's best efforts, they still struggled to win games for a few years. But by 2014-2015, the Wizards were finally a winning team, and John had become one of the best point guards in the game. Read about John's journey from his childhood in North Carolina to NBA stardom.

John Wall's NBA dream came true when he was chosen by the Washington Wizards as the first overall pick in the 2010 draft. Coming in, John knew the Wizards had a losing record. Despite John's best efforts, they still struggled to win games for a few years. But by 2014-2015, the Wizards were finally a winning team, and John had become one of the best point guards in the game. Read about John's journey from his childhood in North Carolina to NBA stardom.

* A Financial Times and Evening Standard Book of the Year ** LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2020 *'Masterly . . . A signal achievement . . . Remarkable.' Guardian'A 1984 for our times.' Daily ExpressKavanagh begins his time patrolling the Wall.If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he o...