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It was the right thing to do. And someone had to do it. Aziz was
more than an interpreter for Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux
during Chad's eight deployments to Afghanistan. He was a teammate,
brother, and friend. More than once, Aziz saved Chad's life. And
then he needed Chad to save his. When President Joe Biden announced
in April 2021 that the United States would be making a hasty
withdrawal from Afghanistan, Robichaux knew he had to get Aziz and
his family out before Taliban forces took over the country. As the
rescue team he'd pulled together began to go to work, they became
aware of thousands more--US citizens, Afghan allies, women, and
children--facing persecution or death if they were not saved from
the Taliban's terrorist regime. Chad began leading the charge that
would go on to rescue 17,000 evacuees within a few short
weeks--12,000 of them within the first ten days. This gripping
account of two heroes and a daring mission puts human hearts and
names alongside the headlines of one of the most harrowing moments
in our history, giving you a closer look at: The resilience of
Afghanistan and its people Chad's direct interactions with the
Taliban The twenty-year war that took place under four presidents
Saving Aziz is a story of war and rescue. It is a story of a
mission accomplished and work still to be done. It is a story of
how looking into a stranger's eyes breaks down prejudice and
apathy--and why risking it all is worth it when it comes to loving
one another. Praise for Saving Aziz: "Saving Aziz is the story of
two warriors...brought together by war and a brotherhood forged
through years of battling...for the cause of freedom and captures
the heroic efforts of those who took action to not only rescue Aziz
and his family in the US withdrawal but thousands of others." --Tim
Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author, US Army Special Forces,
Sniper, UFC Fighter, Founder of Sheepdog Response, and Co-Founder
of Save Our Allies
Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling with IBM SPSS, Third Edition,
demonstrates how to use the multilevel and longitudinal modeling
techniques available in IBM SPSS Versions 25-27. Annotated
screenshots with all relevant output provide readers with a
step-by-step understanding of each technique as they are shown how
to navigate the program. Throughout, diagnostic tools, data
management issues, and related graphics are introduced. SPSS
commands show the flow of the menu structure and how to facilitate
model building, while annotated syntax is also available for those
who prefer this approach. Extended examples illustrating the logic
of model development and evaluation are included throughout the
book, demonstrating the context and rationale of the research
questions and the steps around which the analyses are structured.
The book opens with the conceptual and methodological issues
associated with multilevel and longitudinal modeling, followed by a
discussion of SPSS data management techniques that facilitate
working with multilevel, longitudinal, or cross-classified data
sets. The next few chapters introduce the basics of multilevel
modeling, developing a multilevel model, extensions of the basic
two-level model (e.g., three-level models, models for binary and
ordinal outcomes), and troubleshooting techniques for everyday-use
programming and modeling problems along with potential solutions.
Models for investigating individual and organizational change are
next developed, followed by models with multivariate outcomes and,
finally, models with cross-classified and multiple membership data
structures. The book concludes with thoughts about ways to expand
on the various multilevel and longitudinal modeling techniques
introduced and issues (e.g., missing data, sample weights) to keep
in mind in conducting multilevel analyses. Key features of the
third edition: Thoroughly updated throughout to reflect IBM SPSS
Versions 26-27. Introduction to fixed-effects regression for
examining change over time where random-effects modeling may not be
an optimal choice. Additional treatment of key topics specifically
aligned with multilevel modeling (e.g., models with binary and
ordinal outcomes). Expanded coverage of models with
cross-classified and multiple membership data structures. Added
discussion on model checking for improvement (e.g., examining
residuals, locating outliers). Further discussion of alternatives
for dealing with missing data and the use of sample weights within
multilevel data structures. Supported by online data sets, the
book's practical approach makes it an essential text for
graduate-level courses on multilevel, longitudinal, latent variable
modeling, multivariate statistics, or advanced quantitative
techniques taught in departments of business, education, health,
psychology, and sociology. The book will also prove appealing to
researchers in these fields. The book is designed to provide an
excellent supplement to Heck and Thomas's An Introduction to
Multilevel Modeling Techniques, Fourth Edition; however, it can
also be used with any multilevel or longitudinal modeling book or
as a stand-alone text.
"Most marriages survive by gritting teeth and holding on. But
marriages can and will not only survive but thrive when husbands
and wives learn to cherish one another." Those are the powerful
words of bestselling author Gary Thomas in his newest book-Cherish.
And in a world desperate for marriage redemption, it is needed now
more than ever. Thomas shows that although there are a countless
number of marriages consisting of two people just going through the
motions, there are real ways this pattern can be reversed: when
husbands and wives learn to cherish one another in proven, loving,
and everyday actions and words. Through personal stories and real
world examples, Thomas proves what husbands and wives can begin
doing today to turn their marriage around-even a marriage marred by
neglect and disrespect. So how do you cherish your spouse? Thomas
will show you how going out of your way to notice them, appreciate
them, honor them, encourage them, and hold them close to your heart
will bring hope, light, and life into your marriage.
Continuing a Gold Medallion Award-winning legacy, this completely
revised edition of The Expositor s Bible Commentary series puts
world-class biblical scholarship in your hands. Based on the
original twelve-volume set that has become a staple in college and
seminary libraries and pastors studies worldwide, this new
thirteen-volume edition marshals the most current evangelical
scholarship and resources. You ll find up-to-date information
grounded in the same unchanging commitment to the divine
inspiration, complete trustworthiness, and full authority of the
Bible. Of the fifty-six contributors, thirty of them are new.
Reflecting the Expositor s Bible Commentary international and
cross-denominational approach, they come from the United States,
Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from a
broad diversity of churches, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren,
Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. The Expositor s
Bible Commentary uses the complete New International Version for
its English text, but it also refers freely to other translations
and to the original languages. For each book of the Bible, the
thoroughly revised features consist of: A comprehensive
introduction A short and precise bibliography A detailed outline
Insightful exposition of passages and verses Overviews of sections
of Scripture to illumine the big picture Occasional reflections to
give more detail on important issues Notes on textual questions and
special problems, placed close to the text in question
Transliteration and translation of Hebrew and Greek words, enabling
readers to understand even the more technical notes A balanced and
respectful approach toward marked differences of opinion"
Contemporary Corrections: A Critical Thinking Approach introduces
readers to the essential elements of the US corrections system
without drowning students in a sea of nonessential information.
Unbiased and accessible, the text includes coverage of the history
of corrections, alternatives to incarceration, probation/parole,
race/ethnicity/gender issues in corrections, re-entry into the
community, and more. The authors' unparalleled practical approach,
reinforced by contemporary examples, illuminates the role
corrections plays in our society. The authors have reinvigorated
earlier work with additional content on international comparative
data to increase our understanding of how prison officials in other
nations have developed different types of responses to the problems
that challenge every US correctional administrator, a new chapter
on correctional personnel, and an integration of race and ethnicity
issues throughout the book. Unrivaled in scope, this book offers
undergraduates a concise but comprehensive introduction to
corrections with textual materials and assignments designed to
encourage students' critical thinking skills.
Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling with IBM SPSS, Third Edition,
demonstrates how to use the multilevel and longitudinal modeling
techniques available in IBM SPSS Versions 25-27. Annotated
screenshots with all relevant output provide readers with a
step-by-step understanding of each technique as they are shown how
to navigate the program. Throughout, diagnostic tools, data
management issues, and related graphics are introduced. SPSS
commands show the flow of the menu structure and how to facilitate
model building, while annotated syntax is also available for those
who prefer this approach. Extended examples illustrating the logic
of model development and evaluation are included throughout the
book, demonstrating the context and rationale of the research
questions and the steps around which the analyses are structured.
The book opens with the conceptual and methodological issues
associated with multilevel and longitudinal modeling, followed by a
discussion of SPSS data management techniques that facilitate
working with multilevel, longitudinal, or cross-classified data
sets. The next few chapters introduce the basics of multilevel
modeling, developing a multilevel model, extensions of the basic
two-level model (e.g., three-level models, models for binary and
ordinal outcomes), and troubleshooting techniques for everyday-use
programming and modeling problems along with potential solutions.
Models for investigating individual and organizational change are
next developed, followed by models with multivariate outcomes and,
finally, models with cross-classified and multiple membership data
structures. The book concludes with thoughts about ways to expand
on the various multilevel and longitudinal modeling techniques
introduced and issues (e.g., missing data, sample weights) to keep
in mind in conducting multilevel analyses. Key features of the
third edition: Thoroughly updated throughout to reflect IBM SPSS
Versions 26-27. Introduction to fixed-effects regression for
examining change over time where random-effects modeling may not be
an optimal choice. Additional treatment of key topics specifically
aligned with multilevel modeling (e.g., models with binary and
ordinal outcomes). Expanded coverage of models with
cross-classified and multiple membership data structures. Added
discussion on model checking for improvement (e.g., examining
residuals, locating outliers). Further discussion of alternatives
for dealing with missing data and the use of sample weights within
multilevel data structures. Supported by online data sets, the
book's practical approach makes it an essential text for
graduate-level courses on multilevel, longitudinal, latent variable
modeling, multivariate statistics, or advanced quantitative
techniques taught in departments of business, education, health,
psychology, and sociology. The book will also prove appealing to
researchers in these fields. The book is designed to provide an
excellent supplement to Heck and Thomas's An Introduction to
Multilevel Modeling Techniques, Fourth Edition; however, it can
also be used with any multilevel or longitudinal modeling book or
as a stand-alone text.
Contemporary Corrections: A Critical Thinking Approach introduces
readers to the essential elements of the US corrections system
without drowning students in a sea of nonessential information.
Unbiased and accessible, the text includes coverage of the history
of corrections, alternatives to incarceration, probation/parole,
race/ethnicity/gender issues in corrections, re-entry into the
community, and more. The authors' unparalleled practical approach,
reinforced by contemporary examples, illuminates the role
corrections plays in our society. The authors have reinvigorated
earlier work with additional content on international comparative
data to increase our understanding of how prison officials in other
nations have developed different types of responses to the problems
that challenge every US correctional administrator, a new chapter
on correctional personnel, and an integration of race and ethnicity
issues throughout the book. Unrivaled in scope, this book offers
undergraduates a concise but comprehensive introduction to
corrections with textual materials and assignments designed to
encourage students' critical thinking skills.
A student study guide to accompany the principle work, 'The
American economy: how it works and how it doesn't'.
This groundbreaking principles of economics text is devoted to
explaining basic economics with an issues and policy focus to
undergraduates in survey and other introductory economics courses.
It offers the optimal blend of theory, issues, and policy analysis,
and covers micro-, macro, and international aspects of America's
economy.
Now revised and updated to reflect critical changes in economic
policy since the last edition, Macroeconomic Issues Today, Eighth
Edition, provides Conservative, Liberal, and Radical
interpretations and solutions for seven current macroeconomic
issues, including all-new coverage of the Social Security debate.
An instructor's manual with a test bank and discussion questions is
available to professors who adopt the text, and PowerPoint
downloads are available as teaching aids.
This beautifully written account details an intimate portrait of the intellectual friendship between two commanding figures of Western letters and the early enviromental movement - Wallace Stegner and Bernard DeVoto.
This beautifully written account details an intimate portrait of the intellectual friendship between two commanding figures of Western letters and the early enviromental movement - Wallace Stegner and Bernard DeVoto. The authors of enormously popular works - Stegner most well known for his novel The Big Rock Candy Mountain and DeVoto for his classic history of western exploration, The Course of Empire - they also played important roles in the efforts to stop government and private interests from carving up the vanishing West.
A global exploration of coal geology, from production and use to
chemical properties and coal petrology Coal Geology, 3rd Edition,
offers a revised and updated edition of this popular book which
provides a comprehensive overview of the field of coal geology
including coal geophysics, hydrogeology and mining. Also covered in
this volume are fully revised coverage of resource and reserve
definitions, equipment and recording techniques together with the
use of coal as an alternative energy source as well as
environmental implications. This third edition provides a textbook
ideally suited to anyone studying, researching or working in the
field of coal geology, geotechnical engineering and environmental
science. Fills the gap between academic aspects of coal geology and
the practical role of geology in the coal industry Examines
sedimentological and stratigraphical geology, together with mining,
geophysics, hydrogeology, environmental issues and coal marketing
Defines global coal resource classifications and methods of
calculation Addresses the alternative uses of coal as a source of
energy Covers a global approach to coal producers and consumers
This groundbreaking principles of economics text is devoted to
explaining basic economics with an issues and policy focus to
undergraduates in survey and other introductory economics courses.
It offers the optimal blend of theory, issues, and policy analysis,
and covers micro-, macro, and international aspects of America's
economy.
Written in non-technical, everyday language that is accessible to
the undergraduate audience, and requiring no background in economic
analysis, this acclaimed text provides a unique approach to
understanding what the practice of economics is all about. The
authors address fourteen current economic issues, covering both
micro- and macro-economics, and offer analyses and proposed
solutions for each from Conservative, Liberal, and Radical
perspectives. This new edition incorporates critical changes in
economic policy since the last edition that affect every issue
covered in the text. Tables have been updated throughout to include
current economic data, and an all-new section on social policy
frames the current debate about the Social Security system. The
book's unique approach stimulates critical thinking on everyday
issues that traditional texts either ignore or present as "settled"
debates. It helps students to understand the dual role that
ideology and logical/empirical argumentation play in economics.
Issues are presented as stand-alone subjects that can be read in
any sequence and used to supplement a wide range of principles of
economics texts. An instructor's manual with a test bank and
discussion questions is available to professors who adopt the text,
and Power Point downloads are available as teaching aids. The text
is also available in two separate volumes: Microeconomics Today and
Macroeconomics Today.
Most of the narratives packaged for New Orleans's many tourists
cultivate a desire for black culture--jazz, cuisine, dance--while
simultaneously targeting black people and their communities as
sources and sites of political, social, and natural disaster. In
this timely book, the Americanist and New Orleans native Lynnell L.
Thomas delves into the relationship between tourism, cultural
production, and racial politics. She carefully interprets the
racial narratives embedded in tourist websites, travel guides,
business periodicals, and newspapers; the thoughts of tour guides
and owners; and the stories told on bus and walking tours as they
were conducted both before and after Katrina. She describes how,
with varying degrees of success, African American tour guides, tour
owners, and tourism industry officials have used their own black
heritage tours and tourism-focused businesses to challenge
exclusionary tourist representations. Taking readers from the Lower
Ninth Ward to the White House, Thomas highlights the ways that
popular culture and public policy converge to create a mythology of
racial harmony that masks a long history of racial inequality and
structural inequity.
Among other commonly held beliefs about the drivers of
postsecondary policy and financing, this book questions the current
use of funding per student as the dominant indicator of the
adequacy of state investment in higher education, and as a key
driver of the costs of college. State legislators balance the
competing needs of education, health, transportation, and public
safety budgets, and increasingly ask what return (ROI) they get for
the funding they provide, including from higher education. This
question means the forty-year era of advocating for higher
education by comparing funding per student to a national average or
last year's result is no longer an effective gauge of funding
adequacy for state policymakers. The Science of Higher Education is
an introduction to a new paradigm that explores state higher
education funding, enrollment, completion, and supply (the number
and type of institutions in a state) through the lens of what are
commonly known as power laws. Power laws explain patterns in
biological systems and characteristics of cities. Like cities,
state higher education systems are complex adaptive systems, so it
is little surprise that power laws also explain funding,
enrollment, completion and supply. The scale relationships
uncovered in The Science of Higher Education suggest the potential
benefits state policymakers could derive by emphasizing enrollment,
completion or capacity policies, based on economies of scale,
marginal benefits, and the return state's get on enrollment and
completion for the funding they provide. The various features of
state higher education systems that conform to scale patterns do
not alone provide definitive answers for appropriate funding
levels, however. As this book addresses, policy makers need to take
into account the macro forces, from demography to geography and the
economy, that situate the system, as well the interactions between
government and market actors that are at the core of every state
higher education system and influence the outcomes it achieves.
Among other commonly held beliefs about the drivers of
postsecondary policy and financing, this book questions the current
use of funding per student as the dominant indicator of the
adequacy of state investment in higher education, and as a key
driver of the costs of college. State legislators balance the
competing needs of education, health, transportation, and public
safety budgets, and increasingly ask what return (ROI) they get for
the funding they provide, including from higher education. This
question means the forty-year era of advocating for higher
education by comparing funding per student to a national average or
last year's result is no longer an effective gauge of funding
adequacy for state policymakers. The Science of Higher Education is
an introduction to a new paradigm that explores state higher
education funding, enrollment, completion, and supply (the number
and type of institutions in a state) through the lens of what are
commonly known as power laws. Power laws explain patterns in
biological systems and characteristics of cities. Like cities,
state higher education systems are complex adaptive systems, so it
is little surprise that power laws also explain funding,
enrollment, completion and supply. The scale relationships
uncovered in The Science of Higher Education suggest the potential
benefits state policymakers could derive by emphasizing enrollment,
completion or capacity policies, based on economies of scale,
marginal benefits, and the return state's get on enrollment and
completion for the funding they provide. The various features of
state higher education systems that conform to scale patterns do
not alone provide definitive answers for appropriate funding
levels, however. As this book addresses, policy makers need to take
into account the macro forces, from demography to geography and the
economy, that situate the system, as well the interactions between
government and market actors that are at the core of every state
higher education system and influence the outcomes it achieves.
This is an elementary introduction to syntactic analysis. Assuming
no prior knowledge of the subject whatsoever, it is intended for
students who are encountering such analysis for the first time. For
those embarking on a longer term study of syntax, this will be a
valuable and quickly assimilated foundation course. For students
who will need to use syntax as a basic descriptive tool - such as
trainee teachers, speech therapists or students of literacy style -
the book provides a framework for their analysis and practice in
its use.
The book begins by looking at the use of generalizations in
describing sentence structure and the basis for word categories. It
then moves through increasingly more complex constructions giving
students plenty of opportunity by way of practical exercises to
understand the basis of each analysis before moving further. The
aim of the book is not to explore complex issues of argumentation.
Its emphasis is on practical "hands on" analysis.
Palaces of Reason traces the fascinating history of three royal
residences built outside of Naples in the eighteenth century at
Capodimonte, Portici, and Caserta. Commissioned by King Charles of
Bourbon and Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony, who reigned over the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, these buildings were far more than
residences for the monarchs. They were designed to help reshape the
economic and cultural fortunes of the realm. The palaces at
Capodimonte, Portici, and Caserta are among the most complex
architectural commissions of the eighteenth century. Considering
the architecture and decoration of these complexes within their
political, cultural, and economic contexts, Robin L. Thomas argues
that Enlightenment ideas spurred their construction and influenced
their decoration. These modes of thinking saw the palaces as more
than just centers of royal pleasure or muscular assertions of the
crown’s power. Indeed, writers and royal ministers viewed them as
active agents in improving the cultural, political, social, and
economic health of the kingdom. By casting the palaces within this
narrative, Thomas counters the assumption that they were imitations
of Versailles and the swan songs of absolutism, while expanding our
understanding of the eighteenth-century European palace more
broadly. Original and convincing, Thomas’s book will be of
interest to historians of art and architectural history and
eighteenth-century studies.
Multilevel modelling is a data analysis method that is frequently
used to investigate hierarchal data structures in educational,
behavioural, health, and social sciences disciplines. Multilevel
data analysis exploits data structures that cannot be adequately
investigated using single-level analytic methods such as multiple
regression, path analysis, and structural modelling. This text
offers a comprehensive treatment of multilevel models for
univariate and multivariate outcomes. It explores their
similarities and differences and demonstrates why one model may be
more appropriate than another, given the research objectives. New
to this edition: An expanded focus on the nature of different types
of multilevel data structures (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal,
cross-classified, etc.) for addressing specific research goals;
Varied modelling methods for examining longitudinal data including
random-effect and fixed-effect approaches; Expanded coverage
illustrating different model-building sequences and how to use
results to identify possible model improvements; An expanded set of
applied examples used throughout the text; Use of four different
software packages (i.e., Mplus, R, SPSS, Stata), with selected
examples of model-building input files included in the chapter
appendices and a more complete set of files available online. This
is an ideal text for graduate courses on multilevel, longitudinal,
latent variable modelling, multivariate statistics, or advanced
quantitative techniques taught in psychology, business, education,
health, and sociology. Recommended prerequisites are introductory
univariate and multivariate statistics.
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