Imagine discovering that the municipal trucks hired to spray oil on your town's unpaved roads to keep the summer dust down were actually spraying one of the most toxic, cancer-causing chemicals on the planet. This is the horrifying true story of Times Beach, Missouri, a town that was literally wiped off the map by corporate negligence. In the early 1970s, to solve a severe dust problem, the town hired a local waste hauler to spray waste oil on the streets. Unbeknownst to the residents, the...

In the world of terrorism, knowledge is a critical asset. Recent studies have revealed that, among international terrorists, there is a global sharing of ideas, tactics, strategies, and lessons learned. Teaching Terror examines this sharing of information in the terrorist world, shaping our understanding of, and response to, the global threat of terrorism. Chapters cover various aspects of individual and organizational learning, some using a general level of analysis and others pr...

Arthur Pendragon, the Once and Future King, has pursued his political career all the way to the White House. Then tragedy strikes, in the form of an assassination attempt that leaves his wife Gwen at death's door. To save her, Arthur must once again seek the Holy Grail, the Cup whose magical powers can heal her body and soul...And as Arthur knows from experience, grail-hunting can be a very dangerous occupation.

Pulled from a frozen sea, pierced by arrows and close to death, Knot has no memory of who he was. But his dreams are dark, filled with violence and unknown faces. Winter, a tiellan woman whose people have long been oppressed by humans, is married to and abandoned by Knot on the same day. In her search for him, she will discover her control of magic, but risk losing herself utterly. And Cinzia, priestess and true believer, returns home to discover her family at the heart of a heretical rebe...

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating natural effects of a hurricane by exposing the continuing significance of race relations and racial stereotyping in U.S. society.Racing the Storm serves to highlight the race-based perceptions of and responses to Katrina survivors by governmental entities, volunteers, the media, and the general public. Sc...

Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are pushing forward the reparations movement for people of African descent. The distinguished editors of this volume have gathered works that chronicle the historical movement for reparations both in the United States and around the world.Sharing a focus on reparations as an issue of justice, the contributors provide a historical primer of the movement; introduce the philosophical, political, economic, legal and ethical iss...

From 1965 to 1980 Rhodesia was involved in a bitter struggle against communist-backed forces intent on overthrowing the country. "C" Squadron Rhodesia Special Air Service played a leading role in the conflict. Four-man SAS call signs operated far and wide in both Mozambique and Zambia taking on the enemy in his own backyard.Long hours of gruelling patrolling and waiting for signs of the enemy, followed by seconds of fierce fighting, epitomised the elements of this saga: Hot and Col...

You're about to discover some of the best accelerated learning techniques that exist! If you have been struggling with your education, and have feeling experiencing difficulty learning at an acceptable rate, then i have the perfect solution for you! Regardless of your age, gender or even your educational level this book has some of the greatest methods and strategies for accelerated learning.The truth is most people fail to ever improve their learning abilities bec...

The Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide is an introductory course designed to equip new church leaders and renew current leaders in The United Methodist Church. It can be used with adults and youth and is the foundational course for other leadership training courses. This course covers the 3 three core categories of Lay Servant Ministries: Leading, Caring, and Communicating; it also emphasizes ministry in daily life and sharing faith stories. The plans in thi...

When first published this book had a significant influence on the campaign for comprehensive schools and it spoke to generations of working-class students who were either deterred by the class barriers erected by selective schools and elite universities, or, having broken through them to gain university entry, found themselves at sea. The authors admit at the end of the book they have raised and failed to answer many questions, and in spite of the disappearance of the majority of grammar s...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You're about to discover some of the best accelerated learning techniques that exist! If you have been struggling with your education, and have feeling experiencing difficulty learning at an acceptable rate, then i have the perfect solution for you! Regardless of your age, gender or even your educational level this book has some of the greatest methods and strategies for accelerated learning.The truth is most pe...

First published in 1998. This is Volume XXI, the final of the twenty-one in the Race, Class and Social Structure series and takes as its subject the general notions raised by a series of studies of working class communities in Yorkshire in Northern England. This book is an attempt to exemplify why these voices matter, why we should hear them. They are all working-class voices. Following their leads, the author seeks a dozen ways to define the qualities, good or bad, of working-class life: ...