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Author: Martin R. Tripole
Publisher: Loyola Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780829412925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpeaking candidly, twenty-seven noteworthy Jesuits from major areas of Jesuit higher education have contributed essays that discuss how the recent 34th General Congregation has had an impact on their scholarship and role as teachers and administrators.
Author: Mitzi Pool Bridges
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Published: 2014-10-15
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1628305487
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDetective Darin Callahan needs to find his partner's killer. His new partner Detective Gina Carlson is only too willing to help out, as she needs to get closer to the cop IA has sent her to investigate. Did the tall, green-eyed Texan kill his partner, or is he the hard-working, honest family-values man he seems to be? Going undercover as man and wife seems to be the best way to find out—until Gina’s past catches up with her. Can she put her night terrors aside and take down the biggest drug lord in Houston? Can Darin help her overcome the traumatic memories of her childhood? Or will their undercover operation be blown and their fledgling faith and trust in each other destroyed when Darin finds out Gina has been sent to investigate him?
Author: Theodore R. Johnson
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2021-05-04
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0802157874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA “persuasive . . . heartfelt and vividly written” call to counter systemic racism and build national solidarity in America (Publishers Weekly). The American Promise enshrined in our Constitution states that all men and women are inherently equal. And yet racism continues to corrode our society. If we cannot overcome it, Theodore Johnson argues, the promise that made America unique on Earth will have died. In When the Stars Begin to Fall, Johnson presents a compelling blueprint for the kind of national solidarity necessary to mitigate racism. Weaving together history, personal memories, and his family’s multi-generational experiences with racism, Johnson posits that solutions can be found in the exceptional citizenship long practiced in Black America. Understanding that racism is a structural crime of the state, he argues that overcoming it requires us to recognize that a color-conscious society—not a color-blind one—is the true fulfillment of the American Promise. Fueled by Johnson’s ultimate faith in the American project, grounded in his family’s longstanding optimism and his own military service, When the Stars Begin to Fall is an urgent call to undertake the process of overcoming what has long seemed intractable.
Author: Phillip Brown
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-09-24
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0190644338
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHuman capital theory, or the notion that there is a direct relationship between educational investment and individual and national prosperity, has dominated public policy on education and labor for the past fifty years. In The Death of Human Capital?, Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and Sin Yi Cheung argue that the human capital story is one of false promise: investing in learning isn't the road to higher earnings and national prosperity. Rather than abandoning human capital theory, however, the authors redefine human capital in an age of smart machines. They present a new human capital theory that rejects the view that automation and AI will result in the end of waged work, but see the fundamental problem as a lack of quality jobs offering interesting, worthwhile, and rewarding opportunities. A controversial challenge to the reigning ideology, The Death of Human Capital? connects with a growing sense that capitalism is in crisis, felt by students and the wider workforce, shows what's at stake in the new human capital while offering hope for the future.
Author: Obama for Change
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2008-09-08
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0307460460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt this defining moment in our history, Americans are hungry for change. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of leader–one who can bring people together, be honest about the challenges we face, and move this nation forward. Change We Can Believe In outlines his vision for America. In these pages you will find bold and specific ideas about how to fix our ailing economy and strengthen the middle class, make health care affordable for all, achieve energy independence, and keep America safe in a dangerous world. Change We Can Believe In asks you not just to believe in Barack Obama’s ability to bring change to Washington, it asks you to believe in yours.
Author: Julius Fondong
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2022-09-12
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1942876963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKn this very riveting and well-researched essay, Julius Fondong ruminates on the continued relevance of the promises and principles that underpinned the creation of the post-colonial Cameroon nation-state, sixty years after unification in 1961. Renewing the Promise: A Treatise on the Refoundation of the Cameroon Nation chronicles Cameroon's experiment in statehood; an experiment, which according to the author, sprung out of a desire and a promise to forge a new nation through the fusion of two territories with contrasting historical experiences and colonial legacies. Writing from the vantage position of a policy analyst, a governance expert, and a conflict management practitioner, Fondong contends that a combination of policy inconsistencies, imperial arrogance, institution capture, leadership deficiencies and the brazen travesties of the nation's foundational principles and promises has led to violent internal dissent, decreased state capacity for public service delivery and a development gridlock. So, what can be done to re-align the nation to its founding promises and save it from possible disintegration? Fondong proposes an overarching, governance-based praxis for the re-engineering of the Cameroon nation from the bottom up. His proposed remedy is predicated on the principles of decentralized governance, the redistribution of power in a manner that addresses the right to self-determination of Anglophone Cameroonians, enhanced public service delivery and a strategic shift from a transactional to a transformational leadership paradigm. Renewing the Promise is a thought-provoking and captivating political essay, written with exhilarating passion and prototypical clarity. It can serve as a blueprint for a much-needed reform of Cameroon's governance architecture.
Author: Heather M. Dixon
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2020-09-01
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 1791006183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLessons from Naomi in the Book of Ruth. Few things make us feel as helpless as living with a story we don’t like. Maybe one that involves the loss of a loved one, an unwanted transition, a difficult diagnosis, or a dream that fell through. At one time or another, we all deal with disappointments and feelings that life is unfair or that we are being punished. In Renewed, a four-week study of the Book of Ruth, women glean wisdom from Naomi’s perspective, a woman who lived a story she didn’t choose or like. Forced to chart a new path as she mourned the loss of her husband and two sons, Naomi learned that the journey from bitterness to renewed hope and joy was rooted in God’s promise of redemption. With insight from her own journey of living with a story that is not easy, Heather teaches women to flourish even as they live hard stories through a willingness to trust that God can transform them and trade their heartache for hope. They will learn to rely on God’s movement in the details of their story, even when it can’t be seen, gain confidence to act in the part of their stories that they can change, and watch expectantly for God to redeem the parts they can’t. Components for this four-week Bible study, available separately, include a Participant Workbook with Leader Helps and a DVD with four 20 to 25-minute segments (with closed captioning).
Author: Anthony C. Thiselton
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2020-11-12
Total Pages: 91
ISBN-13: 1725253623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Bible, promise and prayer are essential and connected components of the inter-personal relationship between God and his people. And both promise and prayer are kinds of action undertaken by means of speaking, utterances philosophers refer to as speech acts. In the case of promises this is clear: they constitute firm commitments to act in certain ways under appropriate conditions. This book considers biblical examples of divine promise, from both Old and New Testaments. All speech acts depend upon institutional facts, and Thiselton argues that in the biblical writings Divine promises are based on the prior institution of God's covenant. That same covenant forms the institutional context of prayer. Thiselton shows how different kinds of prayer--blessing, thanksgiving and praise, petition and intercession--count as speech acts in different ways and to different degrees.
Author: Bill W.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-09-04
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0698176936
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.
Author: Tim Kennedy
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2024-10-17
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe world is a scary place. Many people live day-to-day in fear. Anxiety may originate from several different sources. Financial worries, job insecurity, rejection, marital problems, crime, illness, loneliness, loss of a loved one, often lead to discouragement and hopelessness. Just tuning in to the day’s news is enough to drive anyone to despair. While we may face such dreadful experiences, our Creator does not want us to live this way. The pages of the Bible are rich in God’s promises along with the faithful fulfillment of each one of those promises. Study His promises to Abraham and the Hebrew slaves in Egypt. Learn about the promises to the children of Israel He made through His prophets. God sent the promised Messiah through Jesus Christ to pay for the sins of all mankind. Throughout the New Testament, the promises of God were fulfilled and promises yet to come assured. God’s faithfulness is confirmed as He delivers hope for the promises yet to come. Poems of Promise is a daily devotional based on God’s Word. The messages from His Word are sure, positive promises for a troubled and weary world. Each day’s devotion is intended to be a reprieve from the troubles of this world by focusing on hope through inspiration. Read a devotion each day knowing that God is above all things, that He only wants the best for you, and that He loves you very much. I pray that this devotional serves you well. The simplistic poetic form is designed to stimulate emotion, while offering a somewhat different and creative presentation from other devotionals. My sincere wish is that this book offers inspiration and peace of mind as you draw closer to our Lord and Savior.
