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The Things That Cross My Mind is a collection of poetic thoughts and expressions intended to build people from the inside out by exploring four facets of relationship: About God and me, about relationship, about being single, and about life. Its poetry and psalms are designed to inspire, enrich, and help others approach life with confidence and assurance that they are important to God and significant to this world. Your gifts are needed, He ga...

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Revised and updated, this second edition features information on 89 breweries and brewpubs across the Empire State.

The Secrets of the Cask Many factors contribute to the distinctive flavors and aromas of whiskey -- charred oak casks, the mother grain, local distilling traditions, the intricacies of blending, maybe an infusion of peat. If you're fascinated by whiskey and all its subtleties and variations, travel with Lew Bryson through the great whiskey-producing regions, exploring the unique characteristics of each spirit. Along the way, you'll refine your...

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There is a lot of chatter in the media about whether the pride that Americans have felt towards their citizenship and the connection they've felt towards their democratic values, can ever be restored. This book brings together a set of stellar scholars and practitioners to discuss and advance the cross-cutting themes and methods of engagement in sections 1) citizens and democracy, 2) institutional design, 3) cross-sector collaboration, and 4) ...

Although the problem of ratio decidendi concerns the essence of law and justice, very little comparative work between the Continental and Anglo-American legal systems has been done on the topic. Legal literature often repeats that it is one of the sharpest points of contrast between the two legal cultures. Within the English speaking legal system, multiple opinions, both concurring and dissenting, prevail where dissent among Continental judges...

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In 2008, the University of the Free State was thrust into the international spotlight when the racist Reitz video became public. Have South Africans changed in any significant way since 1994, or are black and white still constrained by racial stereotypes? This is the question American-born Donna Bryson asks herself as she goes to investigate the tensions on the UFS campus. On the UFS campus, black and white have had to learn to live tog...

This book, Reflections of Life, depicts a variety of life's situations that cause us to reflect. We do reflect on life one day at a time, because as the years go by, there are so many events of the past and hopes for the future. There are so many beautiful places such as the hills, mountains, rivers, lakes, flowers, trees, and shrubs. There is also the meeting of people of different cultures and the bonding of friendships. And as we reflect o...

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Issues around work-life balance are high on the political agenda, reflecting a general concern that 'time poverty' may be damaging to individuals, society, and the economy. Women's increased role in the labor market has combined with concerns about the damaging effects of long working hours to push time-related issues up the policy agenda in many Western nations. Wide-ranging and accessible, this book assesses policy alternatives in the light ...

So, Megan O'Malley gave in to drunken temptation and pinched a cute guy's ass at her cousin's wedding. Who'd have thought a perfectly normal guy-okay, a bit short-was a leprechaun or that he'd have such a bad attitude about giving away his money?! Now that she's captured him, Megan may be five million dollars richer, but she's also got an angry leprechaun camped out on her sofa, doing his best to prevent her from becoming the business mogul of...

Drawing on a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, this book produces the first interdisciplinary review of the triad of knowledge, space, and economy on entering the twenty-first century.

Are women still oppressed? Is paid employment the key to liberation? Should pornography be banned? Do women have an absolute right to abortion? Can women in government really make a difference?In this comprehensive study, Valerie Bryson draws on a wide range of theoretical, empirical and comparative material to provide a lucid account of feminist debates and the ways in which political disagreements stem from underlying theoretical assumptions...

In contrast to nature poets of the past who tended more toward the bucolic and pastoral, many contemporary nature poets are taking up radical environmental and ecological themes. In the last few years, interesting and evocative work that examines this poetry has begun to lay the foundation for studies in ecopoetics. Informed in general by current thinking in environmental theory and specifically by the work of cultural geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, T...

Examines a series of major foundation programs directed at producing and disseminating knowledge on child rearing and education. The programs attempted to elaborate a "preventive politics" that would alleviate social conflict and disorder by fostering sociable, cooperative, and "friendly" personalities.

With the narrative punch of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action and the commitment to environmental truth-telling of Erin Brockovich, The Fluoride Deception documents a powerful connection between big corporations, the U.S. military, and the historic reassurances of fluoride safety provided by the nation's public health establishment. The Fluoride Deception reads like a thriller, but one supported by two hundred pages of source notes, years of inve...

The work of John Charles Fremont, Richard Byrd, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Wesley Powell, Susan Cooper, Rachel Carson, and Loren Eiseley represents a widely divergent body of writing. Yet despite their range of genres -- including exploration narratives, technical reports, natural histories, scientific autobiographies, fictional utopias, nature writing, and popular scientific literature -- these seven authors produced strikingly connected ...

The work of John Charles Fremont, Richard Byrd, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Wesley Powell, Susan Cooper, Rachel Carson, and Loren Eiseley represents a widely divergent body of writing. Yet despite their range of genres -- including exploration narratives, technical reports, natural histories, scientific autobiographies, fictional utopias, nature writing, and popular scientific literature -- these seven authors produced strikingly connected ...