Heartwarming Stories andEncouraging Research on VolunteerismExperience the Spirit of Joyful ServiceCapture the zeal for altruistic endeavors through lively, inspiring, true accounts and sound bites from over 60 highly-experienced, short-term, trip volunteers interviewed for an encouraging, doctoral study. Discover the documented outpouring of benefits and the overcoming of detractors obtained from humanitarian travel. Fascinating anecdotes illustrate the holistic ou...

In On the Way to the Sky: Remembering Bob Brookmeyer, author Michael Stephans has created a rich, multifaceted paean to jazz icon Bob Brookmeyer, the much beloved musical genius who passed away in 2011, four days short of his 82nd birthday. On the Way to the Sky is a hybrid book in that it’s part memoir, part biography, with over a dozen essays by such luminaries as Maria Schneider, Jim McNeely, John Mosca, Darcy James Argue, Dave Rivello, John Hollenbeck, and the late Terry Teachout, as w...

If you have anxiety or suffer from panic attacks, little things like driving, being at a party where you don’t know anyone, or even going to the grocery store can seem overwhelming. But these little things are a part of everyday life, and if you try to avoid them, you may end up feeling alienated, lonely, and unfulfilled. Furthermore, simply avoiding anxiety-causing situations will not help you to conquer your anxiety. If anything, it can make it worse! So how can you take control of your ...

This Element reviews the first 120 years of organization theory, examining its development from the sociology of organizations and management theory. It is initially organized around two streams of thought. The first is found in political economy and the sociology of organizations, with an emphasis on understanding the new organizations that arose in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The second derives from practitioner–scholars, whose aim was to provide theories and appro...

The Ramones' music has influenced nearly every power pop, punk, alternative, and metal band. Monte A. Melnick served as The Ramones tour manager from their early New York club days in the '70s to their farewell gigs in 1996. He was the fifth Ramone and was there through the arrests, the ODs the fights, the break-ups, the make-ups, the girlfriends, the hotels and the binges.Filled with memorabilia including photographs and interviews collected along the way, this is his view of life...

Uncover the Depths of God's Word with EaseThe Bible is full of misunderstood terms and concepts. Many Christians struggle to understand the deeper meaning behind the scriptures they know and learn. What is God’s plan for mankind? Are you living fully in Jesus’s redemption? Do you understand the Church’s true purpose and God’s perfect timing?Finding these answers can be simple! You can unearth the profound treasures of your redemption, awaken to the glory of...

This book is a collection of editorials from Competitor magazine and Triathlete magazine. The stories bring out the human side of running, cycling and triathlon in a unique way. Through humor and inspiration, this book will become a must have for all endurance athletes who have made these sports not just their hobbies, but an integral part of their lives.

In 1987, Bob Babbitt co-founded Competitor Magazine. One of the features of the publication was his editorial that ran at the front of the publication. This book is a collection of his favorite editorials from both Competitor Magazine and Triathlete Magazine. His stories bring out the human side of running, cycling and triathlon in a way that no one else ever has. Through humor and inspiration, this book will become a must-have for the hundreds of thousands of endurance athletes who have m...

Daily Strength, a year-long devotional, walks Christian men through Scripture passages that speak to their most pressing issues. Featuring content from the ESV Men's Devotional Bible, each daily devotion features a short summary of a Bible passage with a thought-provoking message from from one of more than forty contributors. Arranged canonically from Genesis to Revelation with short introductions to each Bible book, Daily Strength encourages and enlightens men t...

Gathers the best work of flourishing but often-neglected avant-garde southern poetsAnother South is an anthology of poetry from contemporary southern writers who are working in forms that are radical, innovative, and visionary. Highly experimental and challenging in nature, the poetry in this volume, with its syntactical disjunctions, formal revolutions, and typographic playfulness, represents the direction of a new breed of southern writing that is at onc...

Drohend schwebte der Geist, in einen grünlichen Nebel eingehüllt, auf Jack Callum zu. "Sei verflucht, Irdischer!", gellte es in den Ohren des Reporters. "Schauen sollst du die Welt der Geister, ertrinken wirst du im Grauen! Ohnmächtig wirst du unserem Wirken zusehen, ohne die Macht, etwas gegen uns zu unternehmen! Du wirst dir den Tod wünschen, aber die Erlösung von der Sehergabe, die ich dir verleihe, kann nur ich dir bringen! So lautet der Fluch des Geistes!" Jack wirbelte herum, doch de...

Vor der schottischen Küste pumpten die Bohrinseln das schwarze Gold aus dem Meeresboden. Erdöl. Neue Straßen durchzogen das düstere Land. Schwere Lastwagen rollten an alten Schlössern vorbei. Die moderne Zeit schien endgültig ihren Einzug gehalten zu haben. Die Menschen vergaßen die Legenden von Geistern und Dämonen. Sie dachten an Öl, Geld und schnellen Verdienst. Doch als niemand mehr damit rechnete, schlug das Grauen zu. Die blutige Vergangenheit dieses Landes holte seine modernen Bewoh...