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Michael Hotop, Ashley Salazar, Freddie Meyer; Contributions by Paul Farrell, Hank Bausch, …
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Andrew M. Jackson and Hank Bausch direct this horror starring
Michael Hotop, Ashley Salazar and Freddie Meyer. Charlie (Hotop)
and his younger brother Simon (Meyer) live a simple life on a
remote farm. Although they have lived and worked on the same farm
for all of their days they have never felt completely comfortable.
As their fears and nightmares start to come true they realise that
they were right not to feel at home.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the rest of the “PayPal Mafia” are
now household names who’ve reshaped technology, automobiles,
space travel, and politics. But two decades ago, they were unsung
entrepreneurs attempting to launch a Silicon Valley startup against
overwhelming odds. That improbable journey started in the
shadow of Stanford University, when Thiel met Max Levchin, a
Ukrainian engineer who recently moved to California. Years before
anyone had heard of Bitcoin, the two set out to build an online
payment service that could reduce government control over currency
by empowering people around the globe. But after their startup,
PayPal, survived the dot-com crash only to find itself besieged by
an unimaginable series of challenges, that lofty dream threatened
to become a nightmare. Former insider Eric M. Jackson’s
telling of PayPal’s origins is an eyewitness account to
technology history, as well as an engrossing story of human
struggle and perseverance against overwhelming odds. PayPal went
from unknown startup to online powerhouse in just three years, but
for the company's team it was not an easy journey. The
entrepreneurs that joined together to overhaul world currency
markets first had to face one of the greatest series of trials ever
thrown at a startup before becoming part of Silicon Valley lore.
Jackson's lively, blow-by-blow account of PayPal's death-defying
beginnings and ferocious battles offers a detailed perspective that
only an eyewitness could provide. Read The PayPal Wars and you'll
learn how: Elon Musk joined with Peter Thiel, and how the two
future titans would soon square off to control the company.
Organized crime attempted to ransack PayPal—but the company
fought back. Government bureaucrats and regulators ferociously
tried to shut down the upstart payments service. Turmoil pushed
PayPal to the brink of insolvency before Thiel and his team turned
the business around. “Our clashes with the credit card
associations, the banking lobby, state regulators, foreign Mafioso,
and litigation-happy lawyers significantly increased” as the
company’s profile grew, writes Jackson, adding that the initial
public offering that was meant to strengthen PayPal with an
infusion of cash ironically attracted a rogue's gallery of foes
instead. "The modern business environment," Jackson concludes,
"turned out to be more hostile than even our fiercest competitor."
This somber warning—that regulators, lawyers, and lobbyists
threaten to undermine American entrepreneurship—makes The PayPal
Wars a timely read for every concerned citizen.
Women Rulers throughout the Ages is an engaging and informative
biographical compendium of women rulers around the world. Some were
bloodthirsty. Some were enlightened. One was not amused. All were
women who held supreme power: queens, empresses, prime ministers,
presidents, regents, constitutional monarchs, and other women
rulers. Women Rulers Throughout the Ages offers highly readable
biographies covering each ruler's victories and defeats, foibles
and triumphs, life and times. This title is based on the author's
award-winning Women Who Ruled. Many entries have been substantially
revised, expanded, and updated, and more than 200 new entries have
been added, covering individuals who came to power in the past
decade, along with recently unearthed information about
little-known rulers in Africa, the Middle East, and Central
America.
High-quality leadership in higher education is critical to overall
student engagement, persistence, and graduation outcomes. With
higher education institutions pushing for more Black enrollment and
methods to retain current students, it is essential that
institutions reflect the Black academics they serve. In addition,
there is a shortage of Black department heads, deans, and provosts
to make important decisions about the matriculation of students
towards graduation. It is essential that higher education
institutions take what they have learned from those who have been
in academic leadership roles and develop new strategies to recruit,
mentor, and retain high-quality Black academic leaders that reflect
the students they will serve. The Future of Black Leadership in
Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact provides
experiences, narratives, and best practices that are more inclusive
of Black faculty by providing them the opportunity to seek
advancement in these critical roles. It presents critical knowledge
about academic leadership for Black people and familiarizes readers
with policies, practices, and procedures. Covering topics such as
predominantly white institutions, second-career Black women, and
Black professorates, this premier reference source is a dynamic
resource for faculty and administrators of higher education,
students of higher education, librarians, researchers, and
academicians.
Historical fiction based more on fact than fiction. The authors
captured the brutality bestowed upon the soldiers who fought
America's bloodiest war, the War Between the States (1861 - 1865).
The story shows the bravery of the final crew of the CS Hunley, the
first hunter-killer submarine, and the tragic ending of the love
between Miss Queenie and LT. Dixon, commander of the Hunley who
died with his vessel after sinking the USS Housatonic off the coast
of Charleston, South Carolina. --Wayne T. Dowdy, author of the
novel, Unknown Innocence, and volumes of other writings, including
his most popular blog, "Southern Pride-Waving a Confederate Flag."
Historical fiction based more on fact than fiction. The authors
captured the brutality bestowed upon the soldiers who fought
America's bloodiest war, the War Between the States (1861 - 1865).
The story shows the bravery of the final crew of the CS Hunley, the
first hunter-killer submarine, and the tragic ending of the love
between Miss Queenie and LT. Dixon, commander of the Hunley who
died with his vessel after sinking the USS Housatonic off the coast
of Charleston, South Carolina. --Wayne T. Dowdy, author of the
novel, Unknown Innocence, and volumes of other writings, including
his most popular blog, "Southern Pride-Waving a Confederate Flag."
When Life magazine unveiled its list of the one hundred most
influential Americans of the 20th century, the selection committee
was guided by one question: How would our lives be different if
each of the honorees did not live? Not surprisingly, Walt Disney
made the list. In addition to a complete biography, Jackson
explores Disney's impact on American mass media and popular culture
by focusing on animation, live-action film, documentary film,
television, books, comic books, magazines, sheet music and
recordings, theme parks, business, and the over-all Disney vision.
A bibliographic essay examines sources of Disney scholarship,
including a listing of resources available at the Walt Disney
Archives in Burbank, California. Appendices provide a Disney
chronology, Disney film and television credits, Disney's awards,
and a listing of theme parks.
Christian education recognizes the value of family throughout
Scripture; it re-affirms the centrality of biblical revelation in
the teaching process. It examines Jesus as teacher, mentor, and
leader. It recognizes the role of the Holy Spirit and responds to
the Great Commission in ministry and refocuses on education for
spiritual growth.
In this book, I have provide biblically supportive documented
views of those person who influenced or those who were influenced
by Christian educational concepts in the process of teaching and
learning. The historians referenced in this book do not claim to be
theologians or philosophers, but educators with expertise in the
area of Christian education.
The Old and New Testaments will be used as biblical references,
along with other supporting documents throughout this book to
illustrate God's Word and its implication in the teaching and
learning of His people. Finally, you will have a better
understanding of the true meaning of Christian education in the
following areas:
purpose
a historical perspective
instructional process
targeted population
leadership
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While Glaciers Slept weaves together the parallel stories of what
happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. Dr. M
Jackson reveals how these events are deeply intertwined, and how
the deterioration of her parents’ health was as devastating as
the inexorable changing of Earth’s climate.
Nonetheless, the book shows that even in the darkest of times
we cannot lose hope.Dr. Jackson guides us to solar, wind, and
geothermal solutions, bringing us along on her expeditions to
research climate change and to educate people about how to stop it.
Scientists are continually looking for better ways to translate
hard science into human language and that is precisely what this
book does. Climate change, she convinces us, is not just about
science—it is also about the audacity of human courage and
imagination.
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Mount Vernon Revisited (Hardcover)
Larry H Spruill, Donna M Jackson; Foreword by Mayor Ernest D. Davis
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Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the
assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our
worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in
practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of
contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate
the process. The primary focus of the book is on transformative
learning in mainstream global culture, but the special problems and
opportunities for people of post-colonial societies are also dealt
with. Practical suggestions for conducting transformative learning
exercises are given.
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