In this eBook, I challenge the dominant Western narrative on what's happening in Gaza during the genocide, but this is not advocacy for Hamas. I took a phrase commonly said about Hamas when I try to advocate for a ceasefire or more aid to Gazans, and I challenge the narrative surrounding and dispel some myths with facts. Everything I include was either research from respected organizations and individuals, or testimony straight from Israelis' mouths. My pe...

“Care work is climate work.” Jennifer Case first encountered this message during the pandemic, while monitoring her daughter’s attempts at virtual learning and trying to keep her toddler from running naked into faculty Zoom meetings. The phrase appeared online beside photos of backyard gardens and essential workers in masks, offering an unexpected validation: caring for others—whether children, the ill, or the earth—is vital work. Intrigued, Case began exploring the connections between per...

Franz Wohlfahrt (1833 – 1884), a violin teacher in Leipzig Germany, wrote several series of etudes including 60 Studies for Violin, Opus 45 from which this book of mandolin studies was derived. Originally composed for his own teaching purposes, over the past 100 years Wohlfahrt’s etudes have become standard works for beginning violin study the world over.Adapted for mandolin in standard notation and tablature, some violin techniques had to be altered to make these studies accessibl...

When Jennifer Case became pregnant unexpectedly with her second child, she was overwhelmed at the prospect of caring for another child in a society with high expectations and low support for mothers. She sought to reclaim control over, if not her changing body, then at least her rapidly declining mental health. Immersing herself in research, Case learned that the United States has one of the highest maternal death rates among developed countries. One in every five women de...

Many contemporary concerns in higher education focus on the student experience of learning.With a larger and much more diverse intake than ever before, linked with a declining unit of resource, questions are being asked afresh around the purposes of higher education. Although much of the debate is currently focused on issues of student access and success, a simple input-output model of higher education is insufficient.This book turns this conversation on its head, by inserting a fu...

Research on higher education has yielded many insights that have improved our theoretical and practical understanding but there are still many themes that continue to appear on research agendas, provoking renewed focus on these complex questions and problems. Researching Higher Education explores these issues, examining topics such as equity in access and participation, the relationship between higher education and society, how and what students learn and the professional developm...

Facing the Challenges of Starting SchoolStarting school can be a daunting experience, not only for students but also for their parents. The anticipation and uncertainty surrounding this milestone often bring about feelings of anxiety and excitement for everyone involved. Filbert, the central character in this story, shares these emotions and serves as a relatable figure for young readers embarking on their own educational journeys.A Creative Perspec...

What happens when the nightmares have whiskers? This anthology is all about the monsters.Stories byJennifer ElliottJ. Milton Case IIDr. Raz T. SlasherRay AylesRonald W Gillespie JrSerena MossgravesSergio PalumboArt and poetry byPatricia HarrisRuan Bradford WrightSophie ElliottJennifer ElliottTish MacWebber

Self-transformation requires social transformation.Social transformation requires self-transformation.The newest title in the Emergent Strategy Series, Liberated to the Bone addresses the intersections between healing our physical bodies and healing our relationship within systems and structures that are shaped by violence. The book illuminates three different approaches to healing: ending violence, the significance of bei...

Rate your pain on a scale of one to ten. What about on a scale of spicy to citrus? Is it more like a lava lamp or a mosaic? Pain, though a universal element of human experience, is dimly understood and sometimes barely managed. Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System is a collection of literary and experimental essays about living with chronic pain. Sonya Huber moves away from a linear narrative to step through the doorway into pain itself, into that str...

Is the crisis in the Middle East hurtling toward the point of no return?Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, tells the U.N. that Iran could have nukes by spring.Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has called for the end of the United States and Israel.Chaos is erupting throughout the region.Rumors abound of an impending Israeli first strike against Iran's nuclear program.Is war imminent?New York Times be...

Discover how to wake up and reclaim your wild & precious life in this radical spiritual guidebook from a New York Times –bestselling author—As seen in USA Today 's hottest releases and The Washington Post 's ten New Books Spotlight."Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She has taken her pain and grief about our ...