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Imagine being one of twenty children, ages seven to fourteen, stranded in a makeshift school bus for thirty-three hours during the worst blizzard to hit Colorado in more than fifty years. The gripping narrative of Children of the Storm leads you through this haunting experience. The morning of March 26, 1931, began with sixty-degree weather and students excitedly running to board Carl Miller's bus for their routine ride to the Pleasant Hill Sc...

Imagine being one of twenty children, ages seven to fourteen, stranded in a makeshift school bus for thirty-three hours during the worst blizzard to hit Colorado in more than fifty years. The gripping narrative of Children of the Storm leads you through this haunting experience. The morning of March 26, 1931, began with sixty-degree weather and students excitedly running to board Carl Miller's bus for their routine ride to the Pleasant Hill Sc...

When his beloved sister dies and his parents are too grief-stricken to attend to him, a little boy must figure out on his own how to process what has happened. When he visits his local library and a kind librarian hands him a " magic ticket, " he finds an unexpected sanctuary in the world of books. Could reading be the gateway to understanding, and coping with, such a devastating loss? David Hicks (author) and Kateri Kramer (illustrator) have ...

About ten thousand years ago in the northeast, the Abenaki- People of the Dawn Land - created a thriving community in social and ecological balance with nature and with each other. One of the finest sons of the People is Young Hunter, who dedicates himself to becoming a pure hunter. But a shadow is crossing over this place, threatening his beloved homeland, and Young Hunter is called to its defense. The deep-seeing one of his village, Bear Tal...

In a twenty-first-century landscape marked by unprecedented challenges, the relevance of agriculture and farms has never been more apparent. From the unsettling shortages experienced during the pandemic to recent fluctuations in the cost and availability of basic grocery items due to historic droughts and climate impacts, Americans are being reminded daily of the importance of rural communities. And yet, the reality of these farm communities a...

Outdoor recreation inherently leaves an impact on the land, but we can work to offset that impact by advocating for the earth in our own circles, online, and in our neighborhoods. The question is, can we use the digital space to protect the outdoors while still protecting our human spirit? Whether you hike, bike, camp, climb, hunt, ride, paddle, paint, garden--whatever way you get out and enjoy nature, you leave an impact on the outdoors every...

A collection of stories and insights on the inward journeys of a diverse range of servant leaders, woven with the unifying threads of our past, present and future. The inspiring insights and stories are shared by servant leaders who have made it their life' s work to serve in several different types of environments-schools, non-profits, corporations, faith communities, city streets. These leaders describe their childhoods, journeys, visions of...

In America, censorship surges in periods of demographic and political change. Its primary purpose is to silence challenges to an established elite or norm. Today, censorship is part of a larger assault on such American institutions as schools, public libraries, and universities, the better to establish more control over the people--while also pilfering their wallets. In this concise look at censorship, author James LaRue explores the topic thr...

An exploration of the concept of Indigenuity and Indigenous Thought. Leading Indigenous thinker Dan Wildcat synthesizes several related ideas, including science, the environment, biology and our culture, arguing that restoration of Native knowledge is essential for saving humankind and the planet. On Indigenuity is a part of the Publisher's Speakers Corner Books series"--

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The book you didn't know you needed about advocacy in the digital age.On Digital Advocacy is an exploration of the intersection of advocacy, stewardship, social media, and our humanity. We all share a responsibility to protect our planet--especially those of us in the outdoor industry--and in the digital age, access to advocacy is abundant. Social media hands us the tools to get educated, gather resources, organize, and empower ourselves on wh...

In Planting an Idea, authors Jerry Apps and Natasha Kassulke explore how critical and creative thinking can be applied to today's most pressing environmental concerns. Beginning with an overview of the environmental movement, the authors then explore both critical and creative thinking and systematically apply these methods to a wide variety of critical environmental problems. Starting with a background for each, the authors explore current cr...

-The story of what really happened when Columbus arrived in the "New World, " as told by the Taâino people who were impacted In 1532, an elderly Taâino man named Guaikâan sits down to write his story-an in-depth account of what happened when Columbus landed on Caribbean shores in 1492. As a boy, Guaikâan was adopted by Columbus, uniquely positioning him to tell the story of Columbus's "discovery, " directing our gaze where it rightfully belong...

Originally published in 2012 by the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University."--Tile page verso.

ON THE GAZE is an exploration of cosmopolitanism and its 21st-century manifestation in Dubai. "What do I see? Neon contours of a building at night. A near-empty walkway with a flashing monitor that reads: "Dubai Digital Park", in the morning I see a concrete expanse of flat apartment rooftops amidst a humid, sand-infused horizon, the steaming heat of the desert temperature in August. Plasma screens along a walkway show various scenes of people...

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This is a book that will make you more versed in political theory and political practice. As the political climate is constantly changing, the author, a politician who has worked in Washington, D.C., explores how the American Republic can save American Democracy, in particular from creeping authoritarianism. He examines the basic tenets of republicanism as laid out by America's Founders-popular sovereignty, a sense of the common good, resistan...

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