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In this book, seventeen senior leaders from faith-based colleges and universities across North America--collectively bringing with them hundreds of years of leadership experience--share fresh insights into the theory and practice of Christian higher education leadership. These authors speak honestly about the successes, failures, and demands that have shaped their current leadership decisions and their visions for the future.

Does theology have any relevance to the problem of life and death?" According to John Heywood Thomas the answer is an unequivocal yes. A largely personal expression of this conviction precedes the argument's exposition, which is then stated first of all quite generally--that nothing human is alien to theology's concern. Three main issues are considered: the unborn life, death as an event in life, and the possibility of global death. The issue ...

Prism is about the color and skin tone differences and afflictions within the African American race. The young men in this book share their trials and tribulations about how they endured the bullying, scorn, rejection and ill treatment from family, doctors, classmates and other members of society. Sticking together and encouraging each other is the glue that held them together as friends. J'Toya believes that as ignorant and confused as our so...

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This book advances a translingual orientation to writing¿one that is in tune with the new literacies and communicative practices flowing into writing classrooms and demanding new pedagogies and policies.

South China Sea (SCS) issues are complex and dynamic. This text describes recent developments in depth and provides an examination of possible future developments in the South China Sea.

For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuban Missile Crisis acted as a catalyst for change during the Cold War. Resolved through back-channel negotiations, the moment is popularly remembered as the ...

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Authoritative reference for understanding the etiology, pathophysiology and risk factors associated with surgical infections, as well as their diagnosis, treatment and above all prevention.

This handbook offers a combination of theoretical, thematic and empirical analyses of the international statebuilding regime, written by leading international scholars.

Is a single entity responsible for our paranormal and contact experiences throughout history?Best-selling author Rosemary Ellen Guiley draws upon her decades of research to make a compelling case that our interactions with spirits, extraterrestrials, shadow figures, ancient aliens, demi-gods, and human-entity hybrids all involve the mysterious, hidden Djinn.The Djinn have been a significant force in the destiny of human beings for millennia. G...

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This beautifully illustrated book by Orlando Ridout IV places the Brice House in Annapolis, Maryland in its historical and architectural context. It also features a color reproduction of James Brice's entire account book with a detailed index. The James Brice house is one of the grandest and most stylish houses built in colonial America. It has served as a reminder of the glory days of Annapolis, America's first peacetime capital and home to m...

At the heart of Joshua Weiner's new book is an extended poem with a bold political dimension and great intellectual ambition. It fuses the poet's point of view with Walt Whitman's to narrate a decentered time-traveling collage about Rock Creek, a tributary of the Potomac that runs through Washington, DC. For Weiner, Rock Creek is the location of myriad kinds of movement, streaming, and joining: personal enterprise and financial capital, nation...

When Lexy Baker makes it to the finale of America's most prestigious bakery contest, Bakery Battles, she thinks her biggest dream has finally come true&hellip, Until she stumbles across the dead body of judge Amanda Scott-Saunders. ¿ What starts out as a bad day for Lexy becomes even worse when the police discover the judge was strangled with Lexy's apron. Now Lexy's sitting at the top of the suspect list with a motive, means and opportunity&...

Based on the chorus "My God is so big!" this is a great book which teaches children about the strength of God.

Image segmentation is a fundamental task in image processing and computer vision. Applications of image segmentation are urgent important, e.g. Robot Vision, Medical Imaging, Radar Imaging, Sonar Imaging, Remote Sensing, Astronomy, Traffic, Defense, Mining, Object Tracking and Detection, Finger Print Detection and so on. The main aim of image segmentation is to extract meaningful objects from a given image. For example, a boy of just three yea...

We live in times of great change-a time when our personal strengths are stretched, sometimes even to the breaking point. The results are disheartening. Many of us fail at our jobs and our relationships, others become addicted to substances or activities that offer only temporary respite. In Understanding Change, Dr. Albert de Goias offers a formula to manage people and situations that can help you gain a greater drive to accomplish goals, rela...