Cooperatives in the Global Economy presents a unique collection of research-based chapters contributed by leading social and economic thinkers that provide critical insights into how the cooperative business model meets the challenges of the complex global problems in today’s competitive economy. Apart from theoretical arguments in favor of the value-based cooperative business model, this book presents the performance indicators of various forms of cooperatives, their potentialities, and c...

Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American ethnic group. In its original English, the book proved a perfect package, comprehensible to junior-high and high-school students, while appealing to and informing adult readers seeking a one-volume exploration of these remarkable people and their predecessors. It is now available for the first time translated into French.The narrative follows the Caju...

All of the animals are afraid of the Selfish Crocodile - he never let's them into his river, and he's always so snappy!And so when the Selfish Crocodile finds himself in terrible pain, no-one wants to help him - after all, what if he gobbles them up? But, to everyone's surprise, there is one animal in the forest who is willing to help . . .A brilliant tale of friendship, The Selfish Crocodile has become a picture book classic.

Research has revealed ineffectiveness among university graduates in Africa. Some possible causes include a lack of transformative teaching and learning methods. Most of the learning methods used in Africa today were installed by colonial educational systems, often reducing the learner to an empty container waiting to be filled with lecture after lecture. As a result, there is a cry throughout Africa for an education that can empower the learner to think critically, to love both God and oth...

Transformation Through the Different Other is the story of Faustin Ntamushobora's transformation through encounters with people of different races, tribes, worldviews, and experiences, and how God has used these experiences to transform his life into the image of Christ. The root cause of racial and tribal problems is not really the difference in color, but the human heart. However, differences in race, tribe, and worldview could widen the gap in people's hearts and cause more separation a...

Money doesn't lie, but it can hide secrets between partners. Part of Sending It Home, Faustine Bellamy'sinsightful book explores the anxiety that arises when dual incomes operate in isolation.The manuscript reveals how financial decisions made separately can lead to unexpected debts and undisclosedgoals, undermining trust and partnership. Two Paychecks, One Plan is not a budgeting guide, a tax strategy, or aformula for success. Instead, it unpacks real-life ...

The assumption that having a child will simply require "adjusting" your lifestyle ignores the fundamentalreshuffling of priorities-and finances-that parenthood demands. Part of The Two Ledgers series, FaustineSorrel's insightful book explores the often-unacknowledged financial anxieties surrounding childcare and howto proactively address them.When childcare shifts from a theoretical future expense to an immediate budgetary reality, it stops being asi...

There was a season when she forgot who she is and she forgot how to live. But now, she came back; springing life to her words and breathing prose and poetry.She was brave to overcome her monsters. She was daring enough to embrace life despite of its cruelty. She was courageous to fill her heart with love and kindness. She was generous enough to share her life and love. She was wonderful when she held the glimmer of light in her darkness.When She Was Sixteen is a young girl'...

Over the past thirty years, in common with a number of other Sub-Saharan African countries, Tanzania has experienced a period of painful adjustment followed by relatively rapid and stable economic growth. However the extent of progress on poverty reduction and the sustainability of the development process are both open to question. In this book, prominent international observers provide a range of different perspectives on the process of development over time and the issues facing a rapidl...

This story of Whomus in the Garden of Uter is a parody of the fetal life before birth. From the moment of the fortuitous encounter of Spex and Oy and their fusion in one of two back alleys leading to the Garden of Uter, the life of the resulting Whomus in the Garden of Uter unfolds from a unicellular being to the more complex multi-organ individual preparing his/her exit to the outer world after a journey averaging two hundred and eighty days. This is essentially a novel about life before ...

A credit score can mean the difference between a home and an apartment. Part of Sending It Home, FaustineMerrick's insightful book explores how immigrants navigate America's complex financial systems with nohistory or social security number.Building Credit From Zero is not a quick fix, a magic formula, or a one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, it revealsthe specific challenges faced by individuals like Amelia Martinez and Maria Rodriguez as they attempt to

This second and illustrated edition of the "Perillous Journey of Whomus in the Garden of Uter, The Dawn of Life, completes the first as it adds a visual component to help the reader place the story in its proper context. It also provides the interested mind an extended opportunity for a dialogue on the reality of life before birth as the author engages with readers of the first edition who shared their opinions on the subject of Whomus' journey. This can serve as a catalyst to meetings amo...