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This extraordinarily compelling book, conveys with compassion and intelligence how to journey toward personal exploration and emotional healing. In a uniquely insightful manner, Dr. Bleck, with wit, humor, sensitivity, intelligence and passion, shares the journeys of many of the clients with whom he has worked in demonstrating the powerfulness of Source Completion Therapy. A must read for anyone seeking to heal from past hurts and emotional suffering.

Ron Morgan is an amazing artist with flowers! I have seen him, in person, in a workshop and his talent and personality is reflected beautifully in this book. As extraordinary as these pictures are, you can see how easy it is to duplicate his work. This book is a true inspiration to anyone who would like to create extraordinary arrangements.

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I was happy to see that it was just as described. I could not be happier with the purchase I made.

GLOBAL ISSUES, LOCAL ARGUMENTS
Readings for Writing
By June Johnson
Seattle University

582 Pages with index
Paperback
Copyright 2007 by Pearson Educations, Inc.
Pearson / Longman
ISBN 0-321-24423-0

Global Issues, Local Arguments features high-interest arguments on significant global issues and emphasizes their connection to students' lives while developing critical thinking,
analysis,
synthesis,
argumentation,
and research skills.

What Your Colleagues Are Saying About This New Text!

"Shelley Aley,
James Madison University

"What I find appealing about the book is how it proposes to awaken us to unfamiliar topics that have a tremendous impact on our lives,
and it aims to show us how our own choices impact others.
It takes a great deal of mystery out of the issues and illustrates just how they matter to us. [...]
What I'm seeing here will connect with my students at a time in their lives when they may be most willing/needing to connect.
Johnson's writing is fresh and readable.
The book is simply a good read."

"Farrah Cato
University of Central Florida

"I currently use a global reader in my Comp I course and found it lacking in the topics covered (most deal with the idea of globalization, with few specifics); Global Issues, Local Arguments is precisely what I have hoped to find in a global reader."

"James D'Agostino
Southeast Missouri State University

"I'm immediately impressed with how the text guides students through the readings,
prompting students to focus their analysis on both how an essay's constructed as an argument,
and how it influences a reader's views;
implicit in this line of questioning is the expectation that each argument a student reads deepens and reshapes his or her understanding of an issue.
The discussion questions do that so well throughout."

"Collin Hutchison
San Jacinto College South

"The overall, interdiscuplinary approach to teaching rhetoric and composition will offer students a chance to see arguments in the context of current issues and gives them the opportunity to sense how intimately language shapes thought,
public policy and personal lives,
a form of education that will resonate with them long after the last assignment has been submitted."
[from the book of backcover]

"Why should writing instructors bring global issues into the writing classroom?
Global issues belong in writing courses because we are bumping into these issues more frequently and because global issues spark students' interest in learning and lead them to produce good writing.

Daily,
the media bombard us with stories and images that remind us that our states,
regions,
and country are part of the larger world.
Controversies over free trade,
outsourcing,
immigration,
climate change,
and bird flu increasingly demand our attention.
In my writing classes,
I have found that students welcome the opportunity to study these controversies,
to discuss and write about them.
Some of these issues are new and intriguing to students:
How does our shopping at the local mall affect workers in clothing factories in China?
How does lack of safe water in Africa threaten global security?
Some are immediately relevant:
How will sending businesses and jobs to Mexico and India affect the number of jobs available to young adults in the United States and Canada?
Some have urgency:
Should each country create an emergency plan for containing outbreaks of diseases such as bird flu that can spread in hours around the world and can kill millions?

From working with global issues in my writing and argument classes,
I have discovered that these issues,
connecting "over there" with "home here,"
appeal to today's students,
whose generation has been shaped by media images from around the world.

Global Issues, Local Arguments is based on two main ideas:
first,
seeing how global issues touch us and how our decisions as consumers and voters have far-reaching consequences is very important in today's world,
and
second,
studying the public arguments on these issues in the writing classroom has great value.

Unlike multicultural texts that have for years featured readings about the world,
this text is an argument reader that introduces students to

GLOBAL CONTROVERSIES AND THEIR LOCAL CONNECTIONS.

It helps students think their way through these issues and enter into them in their writing...."
[from the book preface]

Growth is something every company needs - but how to do it efficiently? "The Granularity of Growth: How to Identify the Sources of Growth and Drive Enduring Company Performance" is an examination of growth, and a handbook for businesses that seek to do it. Analyzing companies' plans to increase their size, power, and potential profit along with tips for improvement, The Granularity of Growth leaves no stone unturned and no aspect to pure chance. An essential acquisition for business leaders and community library collections.

With the typical McKinsey rigor this book points the way to grow for companies of all sizes in good times and bad. It describes the way for finding those growth opportunities by segmenting and seizing opportunities -- providing real new insights that I can take to the bank in my own business.

What To Expect From This Book:

This book aims to serve both experienced and inexperienced gardeners. Gardening is the #1 hobby in America today. An increasing number of homeowners are no longer satisfied with planting a flat of purple petunias and retiring to the deck with a cold beer. For some, gardening has become a competitive sport. If you are a gardener who would pursue to the ends of the earth a rare Texas native snowbell (Styrax youngae), which can only be found in the wild in a few remote sites in Mexico, I've got your source.

I'm fairly certain that the majority of people who will read this book truly enjoy their gardens, but have limited time to spend. Even homeowners who only mow the lawn to keep the neighbors from complaining should find resources within these pages. I've laced the text with timesaving ideas and, hopefully, introduce you to products to make every aspect of gardening easier and more rewarding.

Good overall design is another matter. You can consign plant mistakes to a compost pile, but a drainage problem, a misplaced patio or an ugly retaining wall won't simply go away. As a landscape architect, I promise my clients that I'll save them money in the long run by preventing costly mistakes. It only seems fair that I should share the same information with readers.

We hope you'll take the time to read the text that precedes the source lists throughout the book. In Chapter One, we've included a brief history of gardening to help you choose your "garden style". Then we discuss the physiography of Texas and divide the state into twelve distinct gardening regions. We think it is folly to attempt to garden without a complete understanding of the soils, climate and native vegetation of your region. Further, we believe that gardeners hold a large responsibility for maintaining the unique diversity of each region.

In organizing a book as comprehensive as this, the first question we asked was, "Where do we begin?" After much deliberation, we decided to begin with North and East Texas, which includes three very different garden regions: Cross Timbers & Grand Prairie (including Ft Worth); Trinity Blacklands (including Dallas); and the Piney Woods (including Tyler and Nacogdoches). Next, we work our way clockwise, along the Gulf Coast, which incorporates: Coastal Prairies & Marshes (including Houston); Coastal Bend (including Corpus Christi and Padre Island); and the Valley (from Brownsville to McAllen). Then we go back up through Central Texas: Rio Grande Plain (including San Antonio and Laredo); Central Prairies & Savannas (including Waco and Bryan/College Station); and the Hill Country (including Austin). Finally we cover West Texas: Red Rolling Plains (Wichita Falls, Abilene and San Angelo); High Plains (Amarillo, Lubbock and Midland); and the Trans-Pecos (including El Paso).

In Chapter Two, we've provided the names and addresses of places to look for design inspiration. We've also provided reading lists, as well as some other important sources of information to expand your gardening knowledge. In Chapter Three, we stress Master-Planning. Then we discuss the walls, walkways, fences and "follies", garden structures, and lighting that are as important to landscape design as plants. And, we list resources for the materials that go into the "landscape."

Before getting into plants, Chapter Four takes up sound gardening practices. We're dwelling heavily on the topic of conservation. We've shared practical ways of improving the soil, feeding plants and coping with pests in the most environmentally sensitive manner. The good news is that these techniques can result in reduced garden maintenance. The sources for plants begin in Chapter Five. Before we get into one-stop shopping at the state's great garden centers, we provide basic information about choosing the plants for your garden. For beginners and "old hands" alike, garden centers offer the widest range of products and services.

Specialty nurseries appear in Chapters Six and Eight. Chapter Six is devoted to "naturescaping", the most important new trend in gardening today. The chapter includes discussions on Texas natives, backyard wildlife habitats, wildflower meadows and drought-resistant plants. Water conservation has been a "hot" issue in environmental circles for years.

Chapter Seven addresses the more sophisticated levels of planting design and lists specialized sources for flowering shrubs, perennials, bulbs, herbs and other edible plants. Chapter Eight is all about special plants for special places. These are the water gardens, the hanging baskets, tropical plants and "living sculptures" that are used to embellish our gardens, patios and interiors. Few gardeners are aware of the small nurseries in Texas that grow specialized, sometimes rare, plant materials. Many began as backyard hobbies and remain labors of love.

Chapter Nine deals with garden furniture and Chapter Ten addresses the decorative accessories that make a garden both livable and memorable. Basically, the book is arranged in the order in which the work of a landscape architect progresses: planning; constructing and conserving; planning; and embellishing the garden.

In the appendices, you'll find a list of landscape architect firms that are known for their residential designs. Mail-order Shopping Tips contains 25 helpful hints for anyone who has ever perused a plant catalog. We've also included a Glossary that defines words you will encounter in this book and in catalogs. The Geographical Index may help you discover some nearby sources you didn't know existed. It should be especially useful on your travels through Texas.

In perusing the library for books on Texas gardening, I came across this title. I almost didn't include it in my stash. Upon flipping through the pages, there weren't any "purdy" pictures. Boy am I glad I brought it home! I started putting a sticky note on the pages I wanted to photocopy and ended up putting one on every other page--that's a lot of sticky notes! So I had to buy it! This book is not only an up to date resource list for Texas by region or city, but has an information header in each category. This is invaluable. Sounds like a "resource" book would be pretty dry--but it's not. It's fun and well written and will go with me in my car always here in San Antonio and thru out Texas. My only regret is that it is a special order with 4-6 week delivery. Don't know why since it was published in 1999.

This is a great collection of stories. I have been reading it cover to cover and enjoy every story. Many of the stories are so well written that I can feel the wind and hear the meadowlarks that I remember from my childhood growing up near Wichita. I would recommend it for every Great Plains native and maybe for those who don't understand why anyone would want to live "out there."

This hefty (700+ pages) anthology, far-reaching in scope and viewpoint, attempts to reflect "the historical and contemporary experience of life on the Great Plains." It includes many different types of writings (short stories, memoir excerpts, essays, tribal accounts) from scores of different writers (Mark Twain, Maria Sandoz, Hamlin Garland, Garrison Keillor, Wright Morris, Louise Erdrich, to name only a few). The book's sections are organized around specific themes:

1) The lay of the land and natural history;
2) Natives and newcomers: these include Indian accounts of the first Europeans and early explorer impressions (Louis & Clark, Stephen Long, etc.);
3) Arriving and settling in: reflections of the first white settlers and the creating of communities.

Each passage is fully introduced by the editors in terms of its message and social/historical significance. The anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the Great Plains as a section of North America (Canada included) remarkable for its special, in some ways even unique, life offerings it gave to those who came in contact with it. Excellent for use in college survey courses dealing with the Plains, it's also an interesting book for anyone wanting to gleam insights on the region from a wide array of perspectives.

A "mind-opening" experince! Many new insights will pop up as you read it. The author spent 23 years of full-time work to combine four Gospels into one complete and single narrative in chronological order, without repeting any single detail. Awesome work!! Be sure to get the newest revised edition --"Jesus Christ, The Greatest Life"--1999, Paradise Pub. It comes with more illustrations, maps, timelines and graphics than prior editions.

Johnston Cheney's approach to bringing each of the Gospel records into perspective with each other provide the leisure reader and serious student of the Life of Christ with a unique, tree-top view of the Savior's walk among men. Prior to reading this book, there were numerous questions in my mind concerning the records of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - things that didn't quite mesh into the concise, understandable image of Christ that I wanted to see. Cheney's research and dedicated study into the records of His Savior's life have placed all of these perceived inconsistencies into perspective with one another, resulting in a coherent mosaic that yields an unparalled view of the Life of Christ. This book is a "must" if you want to understand Christ's life and purpose, but is also a great "read" for leisure time - a thriller, that will at times leave you speechless, will enrage you at the treatment of mankind toward each other and their Creator, will make you cry, make you laugh, and in the end, will change your life

I've had this book for four years. I leave it on my kitchen table for guests to browse. Most everyone will end up reading at least 2-3 excerpts to whomever may be within ear-shot. They love it! It's definately a conversation starter. I plan on purchasing it for friends and family this Christmas.

As a parent, I try my best to create a home environment which is happy, healthy and safe for my family. The ideas I came across in this book have helped me in my efforts to do just that. From tips on eco-friendly cleaning, to food storage, from saving energy to nutrtitional tips... it has a little bit of everything! It is well written, easy to read - and a great book to keep on hand to refer to later on. It is the type of book which gets you thinking... and has you looking at your kitchen, and even the rest of your home... in a whole new light!

The best one-volume source about the legal history of the Second Amendment. This paperback is a distillation of the most important items from Cottrol's three-volume hardback series on the same topic. Included in the paperback version are the two leading Supreme Court cases on the Second Amendment (Presser v. Illinois and United States v. Miller) and one of the most important state court cases (the 19th-century Tennessee decision, Aymette v. State). The full text of the Brady Act and the 1986 Firearms Owners Protection Act are included. But the most useful parts of the book are the reprints of ten major law or history journal articles about the Second Amendment. Topics covered include the English background of the Second Amendment, the original intent of the Second Amendment, and the Second Amendment in the context of citizenship and civic responsibility. Because Cottrol has made the book scrupulously balanced, four of the ten articles represent the gun prohibitionists' viewpoint that the Second Amendment guarantees essentially no right that an individual American could exercise. This anti-rights view represents far less than 40% of the serious scholarship about the Second Amendment, and thus the Cottrol book may create the mistaken impression that the anti-rights scholars are a more significant element of the scholarly community than they really are. The book's careful balance, however, makes it an ideal item for a school library. Cottrol's opening essay is as good an introduction to the meaning of the Second Amendment as you'll find anywhere. Review by Dave Kopel, Independence Institute, http://i2i.org

Professor Cottrol's book is an extremely useful collection of original documents: cases, statutes, law review articles and so on. The scholarship is meticulous, and the presentation is balanced. His lengthy introduction is practically worth the price of the book itself: an extended monograph on constitutional interpretation that rivals many of the law review articles he reproduces in both length and analysis.

This book is well written. It answers many questions, and does so in a light-hearted fashion - without compromising the great information. I never thought I could laugh while reading a gut book, and learn a great deal at the same time! Has tips on how to avoid getting traveler's sickness, and how to stay healthy on an every day basis. There is also a good section on nutrition with meal suggestions. I highly recommend this book!

For a lay person, this is the perfect book. It's easy to read, well laid out, and helps me understand not only how to deal with current problems, but also how to prevent new ones. I've already told by three adult sons to buy it, and now I'm going to tell my brothers and sister and their kids.