Discover the inspiring journey of Plano East Senior High, a school that has been shaping students, athletes, and communities for over four decades. From its opening in 1981 with just 560 juniors to becoming a nationally recognized institution, Plano East has consistently excelled in academics, arts, and athletics.Readers will explore the leadership of five dedicated principals, the remarkable achievements of students in International Baccalaureate programs, state competitions, and ...

"There's insight and inspiration on every page. A really useful book for any software leader in a hurry to make a difference."—Seth Godin, author, This is MarketingGreg Thomas has seen (and done) it all—writing code, leading projects, breaking builds and developing and launching products—all while amassing an impressive wealth of experience as a team leader.In Code Your Way Up, Greg asks and answers the important questions facing leaders in the software industry that don't get asked enough...

No Doubting Thomas "Hawg Whisperer" My Arkansas Memoirs is the American Writing Awards finalist for Sports Book of the year 2022. It is my recollection of three years as the first starting African American (black) quarterback at the University of Arkansas, under legendary Athletic Director Frank Broyles and Head Football Coach Ken Hatfield. As a starter, from 1985-1987 in the defunct Southwest Conference, the Razorbacks appeared in consecutive Bowl Games (The Holiday, The Orange, and The L...

Written by scholars and past community college presidents, this book provides unique perspectives and tools for facing some of the most vexing problems for community college leaders. Structured for both current and aspiring presidents, the book introduces the 'challenge framework' and is structured the same way including the process for collecting information for the challenge, the approach to analyzing that information, a glimpse into how to structure potential initiatives to address the ...

The strangest rescue mission of all time.Harry Bonneville is a private detective who suffers from recurring dreams. He has no idea that he is being summoned by the ancient goddess Astarte, imprisoned 2000 years in the past.When he’s drawn into the plans of the mysterious, ultra-secretive Foundation, they project him, together with his friend the infrasound-mapping pioneer, Professor Rowan Forrest and the brilliant Dr Rosa Almeida, back in time to rescue a missing American A...

This book presents a metacritique of racial formation theory. The essays within this volume explore the fault lines of the racial formation concept, identify the power relations to which it inheres, and resolve the ethical coordinates for alternative ways of conceiving of racism and its correlations with sexism, homophobia, heteronormativity, gender politics, empire, economic exploitation, and other valences of bodily construction, performance, and control in the twenty-first century. Coll...

The first book-length study of the writings, work, and life of Renaissance man and Alabama native Albert MurrayThis collection consists of essays written by prominent African American literature, jazz, and Albert Murray scholars, reminiscences from Murray protégés and associates, and interviews with Murray himself. It illustrates Murray’s place as a central figure in African American arts and letters and as an American cul...

The year 2016 will mark the centennial of the birth of Albert Murray (1916–2013), who in thirteen books was by turns a lyrical novelist, a keen and iconoclastic social critic, and a formidable interpreter of jazz and blues. Not only did his prizewinning study Stomping the Blues (1976) influence musicians far and wide, it was also a foundational text for Jazz at Lincoln Center, which he cofounded with Wynton Marsalis and others in 1987. Murray Talks Music brings together, ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Are you constantly putting others' needs before your own? Do you find yourself feeling responsible for the emotions and happiness of those around you? This book guides you on a transformative journey from the constraints of codependency to the liberating embrace of self-care and personal growth. You'll explore the intricacies of codependent relationships, gaining a deep understanding of their origins, patterns, and impact on your well-b...

This is AUDIO THEATER! You experience distinct character voices, original music scores, and enthralling sound effects!Using Fossil Gene Redemption (FGR), geneticist Kevin G. Harrigan experiments with genes from a frozen "Ice Man". His work prompts Iraqi leader, Ismail Mon, to provide resources for exciting new research that enables Harrigan's team to regenerate extinct "cryptids" and human sub-species from the Ice Ages. But FGR can be the basis for gene...

In 1971, in the wake of George Jackson's killing by San Quentin prison guards, a poem entitled "Enemy of the Sun" was found among ninety-nine books in the revolutionary's cell. The handwritten poem came to be circulated in Black Panther newspapers under Jackson's name, assumed to be a vestige of his more than a decade long incarceration. But Jackson never wrote the poem; it was authored by the Palestinian poet Sameeh Al-Qassem and had been included in an anthology of the same title a year ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. Now an original series on HBO Max. Over one million copies sold!One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyKirste...