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This book will help readers develop their leadership skills by drawing from a higher purpose in order to lead purposefully and creatively.

Eight innovative leaders whose work has made an impact nationally and internationally and seven K-12 leaders who have amazing track records share how they communicate with their team and stakeholders.

Combining philological data, social-science models, and cross-cultural comparisons, Russaw examines the systems that constrict biblical daughters and the strategies they employ when hostile social forces threaten their well-being.

This essential overview of what it means to be a library and information professional today provides a broad overview of the transformation of libraries as information organizations, why these organizations are more important today than ever before, the technological influence, and the various career opportunities available.

Treating Addiction: Beyond the Pain emphasizes that what is needed to better treat addictive disorders is an empathic understanding of what addictively prone individuals endure that makes addiction so compelling. Khantzian uses evidence from five decades of study and treatment to show effective treatment is based on appreciation of these issues.

This book examines in depth the major recent cyber attacks that have taken place in the United States and around the world including a discussion of the 2016 election. This book discusses the implications of such attacks and offers solutions to the vulnerabilities that made these attacks possible.

This book contains a compilation of best practices in special education.

Addressing topics from the opening days of school to planning activities, assessments and reflections, these chapters offer teachers and administrators helpful tips on how to build meaningful, professional relationships with students. Keep today's learners at the center of their educational experience and they will grow beyond expectation.

All Things History includes hundreds of multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions that provide an opportunity for readers to test their knowledge of history and learn along the way. Topics include fashion, creative arts, mythology, invention, sports, US Presidents, and Native Americans.

Angels and Superheroes provides support for teachers to who wish to build a culture of trust and compassion in the classroom, while maintaining high academic standards to manage the culture of standardized test accountability. This book provides engaging examples, concrete strategies, and implementable resources to meet the needs of children.

Managing the New Tools in K-12 Teaching and Learning discusses how we can manage our technology efforts more effectively. It gives an overview of learning technology components, such as student devices and data system infrastructure. And, it provides case studies of how this is being done at pioneering districts

With this, Martin Nguyen aims to bring Muslim theology into the present day. Modern Muslim Theology argues that theology is a creative process, rather than a purely academic pursuit, and discusses how the Islamic tradition can help contemporary practitioners negotiate their relationships with God, with one another, and with the rest of creation.

Using data from cultures and languages throughout the world to highlight both similarities and differences in human languages, Language, Culture and Communication, Eight Edition, explores the many interconnections among language, culture, and communicative meaning.

This book is a results-oriented, straight-talking guide for local activists, professionals, and preservation commissions committed to winning and maintaining local historic districts. Its political approach focuses on the crucial challenges of gaining and sustaining community and local governmental support for historic district regulations.

This book covers traditional fundraising strategies, but approaches them from a new point of view and provides tips and sample ideas all along the way for small and mid-sized museums to implement a successful development plan. Complete with sample forms, it is a must-have for every museum development professional, volunteer, and student.

From the wonders of alfalfa, the "miracle plant," to barbed wire and the myriad difficulties of operating tractors and side rakes, renowned author Verlyn Klinkenborg paints a stunning and memorable portrait of life on American family farms.

Insights on Insincerity analyzes the concept of insincerity thematically through four types of relationships: from authority to the subordinate, the subordinate to authority, among equals, and in the self and society. Through this, references to classical literature, history, psychology, sociology, and popular culture are examined and analyzed.

Society and Law will serve as the core text for Society and Law and/or Law and Society courses in undergraduate programs offering majors in Sociology, Criminology, and Criminal Justice.

The job of the President of the United States is one of the most difficult in the world. But for a brief time each year at Christmas, the Commander in Chief becomes a regular person, celebrating the holiday with family, friends, parties, and presents. This is a fun look at history through the perspective of the holidays.

Inquiry is becoming more and more of an area of interest in education. This book attempts to explain WHY it makes sense, WHAT pieces are required to do inquiry effectively (knowledge, skills and dispositions) and then provide the HOW in a series of day-by-day lesson plans.

This book addresses the need for 6-12 teachers to have literacy intervention materials to use for their struggling readers.

Finding the Truth with Criminal Investigation is a comprehensive summary which covers a wide range of investigative responsibilities, all of which are regularly tasked when teaching, or training, future law enforcement personnel.

Beyond Blood Oil expands on the themes and proposals laid out in Leif Wenar's previous book and engages a distinguished group of scholars to explore philosophical arguments, assessing the prospects of his practical policy proposal. The book addresses how oil resources can undermine democracy and discusses moral obligations of those who consume oil.

This is the biography of Percy Haughton, college football's first modern coach. A true innovator, Haughton systematized the game in the early 1900s when it changed from a plodding push-and-pull affair to a wide-open game utilizing passing and speed. In nine seasons at Harvard, Haughton's squads went 71-7-5 and were national champions three times.

This groundbreaking book explores how adversaries in world politics can surmount their differences and disputes and start on the path to peaceful, productive relations. Gurtov draws lessons for diplomatic ways to engage, such as practicing mutual respect, paying attention to symbols, and using incentives rather than sanctions to find common ground.

Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted to the new normal.

This bestselling text presents original case studies that survey the state of the international system and look in depth at issues of current interest. Offering more than the standard collection of journal articles, it provides a coherent and accessible approach that encourages students to put international relations concepts to practical use.

Big Data Shocks examines the roots of big data, the current climate and rising stars in this world. The book explores the issues raised by big data and discusses theoretical as well as practical approaches to managing information whose scope exists beyond the human scale.