Despite many successes in the field of conservation, species extinction rates continue to climb and wild areas and habitats continue to be lost. Many look to more (or better) biology and ecology to solve the problem but the obstacles are not just scientific but political. To stop the 6th great extinction the conservation movement must become much stronger, more tenacious, and more effective. By learning from its own history and especially from the movements that abolished slavery, brought down apartheid, changed gender relations, and expanded democratic rights, conservationists can become more successful. This book brings together in one place and in a highly usable format the lessons of those movements culled from practitioners and academic analysts. "Protecting Earth's rich web of life, and our only known living companions in the universe, depends upon people caring enough to act. This book shows conservationists how to evoke the caring and action necessary to change policy and ultimately society." Paul R Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University and author of The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment “This timely book by David Johns explains why facts alone don’t motivate and mobilize people to care for the natural world. Even better, Johns spells out what will work, based on a frank and informed assessment of human nature applied to social and political movements. If you would rather see change than be right, this readable and authoritative guide should be your bible.” Michael Soulé, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz “For me, this is a truly fascinating book. I spend much of my time writing--trying to write the stories we need to tell--and the rest of it helping run national and global mobilizations on climate change (Step It Up and now 350.org). I think David Johns has done a tremendous job of linking together insights about useful rhetoric and very practical notions about organizing. If you're trying to save a river, a forest, or a planet you need to read this book.” Bill McKibben, Scholar-in-Residence, Middlebury College
Quakers exist neither for themselves nor by themselves alone. Therefore, they ought not to construct Quaker theologies but rather quaker (verb) theology-to add their fingerprints to the larger conversation. David Johns contributes to a Quaker way of thinking theologically but also invites others to think through their denominational identities into a more expansive and ecumenical space. Placing contemporary Quaker thought in conversation with the wider theological tradition, Johns shows that Quakers have something important to contribute to the wider Christian family and he demonstrates how other groups may enter this conversation as well. Some themes explored may not spring immediately to mind as ’Quaker themes’-the saints, C.S. Lewis, sacraments, ritual, and Shakespeare-but Johns argues these are precisely the kind of issues that require Quaker fingerprints-that require quakering.
From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a gripping thriller novella about a college football player's investigation into the unsolved disappearance of a local legend who seemingly vanished into thin air. Forty years ago, Herschel Ruggles, the most legendary player on the Mighty Johns football team at Draven University, disappeared after scoring a record-breaking touchdown. Instead of tossing the ball to the referee after his near-mythical athletic feat or celebrating with the nearly 25,000 spectators in the stands, Ruggles continued running, ball in hand, into a passageway that led deep underneath the field to the Mighty Johns’ locker room—and was never seen again. His disappearance has mystified the community for decades . . . until another player—Merlin North, a brilliant physics major—helps break Ruggles’s record for kickoff returns. After that, North turns detective and becomes fixated on discovering what happened to Herschel Ruggles. Investigating Ruggles’s mysterious disappearance, however, will prove unexpectedly dangerous for North, as evidence of murder—and ghostly visions—reveal the truth to be far more stunning than he ever could have anticipated. Includes a teaser for A Gambling Man, David Baldacci's second Archer novel—available now!
A synopsis of David Johns MERGER'. When Thomas Cork a devout Catholic dies, his advertising agency is inherited by his grandson Sean a 28 year old graduate from University who puts sport and business before girls. Following the demise of his grandfather Sean enters into a merger with Jewish entrepreneur George Wilcox the father of his platonic girlfriend Sadie who he has been in a friendship with him for three years. Despite trying not to be involved with females he finds himself propositioned by three girls in the space of a few days. First it is by the long legged black beauty Mandy Price, an artist. The following day it is by physiotherapist Terri Mason. Two days later he is caught in the web of his best pal's girlfriend, Debbie Greenwood. Whilst playing in a cup Final Sean is knocked out, but later recovers. In the bar, his drink of orange squash is doctored and he loses consciousness. Sadie drives him home and removes his clothes before putting him to bed. Not realizing he is in the bathroom she walks in and sees him naked for the first time. Stephen Talbot ends his relationship with Debbie Greenwood when he meets stunning hitchhiker Karen Steele. He persuades his father to employ her. Kevin, Stephen's younger brother starts a relationship with Sean's sister Iris. Early in their relationship she goes with him on a business assignment to a country club. Neither of them are aware, it is a nudist retreat. Sean introduces Debbie to his older brother Neil, a family doctor. She asks him to take her to a Charity fashion show where she is a model. The vicar has a nasty accident. A man in the audience offers a 1,000 to any model who would take off their bikini on stage. The following day Neil drives Debbie over to her parents house on Sunday after spending most of the night talking. Within a week Sean and Debbie have indicated their feelings for each other and share another night of passion. Neil is under the impression he is still going out with Debbie. Sean is a member of the Edgewarebury joggers club and helps to organise a camping trip. Neil is called out to an emergency when a young couple get stuck together whilst making love. Sean's and Stephen give chase when a car is stolen. They catch the thief who turns out to be a schoolboy and his young girlfriend. Sadie hopes that the forthcoming assignment overseas with Sean will take their relationship beyond the platonic stage. Zelda Whitways, is accused of murdering her former boyfriend solicitor Aubrey Cruxton. She is subjected to a harrowing experience at the police station. The charges are eventually dropped partly due to the intervention of her new boyfriend, Mark Morton. Sean's mother invites Iris, Kevin, Sean, Sadie, Neil and Debbie to come to Bournemouth to meet her new boyfriend, Rupert, an American author. Illness prevents Sadie from going, and a medical emergency delays Neil. Sadie's brother, Andrew a journalist returns from Israel and moves into a flat owned by Mandy. She ends her relationship with her boyfriend when she finds out he is gay, and moves back to her flat. Sadie is almost raped by a friend of her cousin. Her brother and Sean take this rapist out to a nearby country park and give him a good hiding. Later he is struck by a car and killed. His body is thrown into the lake. Suspicion falls on Sean and Andrew. However a cheating wife and her lover are charged with the offence. A bomb is planted on Mark's yacht. Fortunately Zelda and himself have just left the yacht in a dingy heading for a small deserted island, when the explosive device goes off and wrecks the yacht. They are reported missing, believed dead. The day after the explosion, a married couple in a small boat see their smoke signal coming from the island, and rescue them. An American couple who were filming in the yacht marina, obtained a video of the terrorists who planted the bomb. Karen Steele goes to see her friend in a house where she used to liv
FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE LOVE WITH MORE LETTERS IN IT: Children’s Colorful Views of Friendship is a collection of laugh-out-loud humor and poignant commentary on the universal phenomenon of friendship, based on the original and spontaneous observations of youngsters, ages 4 to 13. This sweet book is as funny as it is insightful, and it gently moves the reader - whether eight or eighty - to reflect on a person’s own friendships throughout the course of his or her life. This delightful compendium covers many, many light-hearted and engaging subjects anything that might emerge and shape and color a friendship. The young philosophers and humorists expound on these and numerous other topics: what were the world’s first friendships like, how do most contemporary friendships begin, what type of person should you select, how do you build a friendship, how are female friendships different than male friendships, what every true friendship must possess, how friends are different than relatives, and what are some of the most colorful reasons that friends sometimes argue. In response to such intriguing topics, the youngest do indeed say some of the darndest things about friendship and their friends. Here are a few choice morsels of wisdom: “Friendship is a ‘ship’ that can have two people on it, and it can float good without the people having to steer too much.” (Maurice, age 11) “Friends are like two pennies because they just seem to make sense together.” (Kera, age 9) “To get someone to be your friend, buy them a friendship card and show them it cost you a lot by drawing a red circle around the price.” (Ryan, age 9) “Every good friendship needs to have enough shared toys to get through the rough times.” (Mitch, age 7) “In friendship, you share things like cookies. In love, you might share bigger stuff like children.” (Chung, age 10) “Remember that you don’t ever buy friendship with money or gold, you earn it with respect.” (Rodney, age 9) “A friend in need is a friend who hands you a tissue when your nose is running.” (Marie, age 6)
ÒOne of DC's most exciting titles.Ó ÑIGN A recently reunited Justice Society of America faces some of its most fearsome foes in this second collection of classic stories from critically acclaimed Geoff Johns. In these history-making tales, the chilling secrets of the bizarre Johnny Sorrow are revealed as he leads an all-out assault on the JSA, forcing the team to make incredible sacrifices just to survive. Then, in the aftermath, the legendary Hawkman returns to the team he helped to foundÑjust in time to join forces with Shazam and the Justice League for a battle whose stakes are nothing less than the fate of the world itself! Featuring contributions by acclaimed screenwriter David Goyer (The Dark Knight trilogy) and artists Stephen Sadowski (Avengers/Invaders), Michael Bair (Hawkman), Carlos Pacheco (Final Crisis), Jesus Merino (The Flash) and many more, JSA by Geoff Johns Book Two continues one of the great runs in comics history! Collects JSA #16-25, JSA: Our Worlds at War #1, JLA/JSA Secret Files & Origins #1 and JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice.
Geoff Johns’s epic JSA run continues as heroes from around the world are vanishing, the JSA is divided, and the team is vulnerable to the threat of Vandal Savage! In the Ultra-Humanite’s latest world-conquering scheme, heroes from around the world-including members of the JSA-are vanishing, and those who remain must forge an unusual alliance with the Icicle to save the day. And with the JSA divided, handling multiple matters in different eras, several heroes find themselves in ancient Egypt, fighting the immortal villain Vandal Savage and an earlier incarnation of the powerful Black Adam. However, Power Girl and Dr. Mid-Nite also have their hands full with separate cases. Collects JSA #32-45.
While, together on several camping trips, grandfather and grandson, John Moore and David John Eagleton, respectively, wondered what life would be like when David John is as old as his grandfather...in the year 2053. Around many campfires, they speculated about that future world, how it will change, and how David Johns life would evolve. What began as whimsical speculations became more believable and from those, a story was born. It is the story of life in the mid-twenty first century, as it might exist for David John, who will then be in his sixties, and his teenage grandson, David John III. It is a story of a grandfather and grandson. But it is more than that. It is a commentary on what might come to pass in areas such as technology, politics, warfare, and human relations. If you have ever tried to imagine the future, you know its relatively easy to dream but its downright hard to be a credible visionary. However, the authors have woven a mosaic of adventure, romance, and challenge into a believable story. This book will challenge your imagination and your ability to project yourself into time, fifty years in the future. Read it. What you find may astound you.
In “Princes of Darkness,” an insane Alan Scott and the evil wizard Mordru plunge the world into darkness, civil war, and chaos, and the Crimson Avenger wreaks havoc on all those she perceives to be sinners. Then, Black Adam brings old-world justice to Kahndaq as Hawkman seizes control of the JSA and brings them to the turbulent Middle East for an epic battle in “Black Reign”! JSA by Geoff Johns Book Five collects JSA #46-58 and Hawkman #23-25.
In this book, acclaimed preacher and writer David J. Schlafer weaves words and ideas like a Celtic braid. He places us in the company of some of the people who populate the Gospel of John.
Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on the path to wellness by explaining lung cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in layman's terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.
Offered again! Celebrate the legacy of artist Carlos Pacheco with this reissue of the graphic novel by David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns that brings together DC’s two original super-teams: the JLA and the JSA. When a reunion leads to several surprise betrayals by trusted members within both squads, a conspiracy is uncovered that leads Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Zatanna, and others from the depths of Limbo to the Rock of Eternity. Have some heroes truly turned evil, or is there some greater menace lying in wait? Two teams. Two legacies. One epic adventure!
Meet Courtney Whitmore, a typical teenage girl trying to make it through high school-but she's about to stumble upon a secret that will make her life a lot more complicated! Her new stepfather, Pat Dugan, was once a costumed adventurer called Stripesy. Finding the Kid's costume, Courtney decides to become the new Star-Spangled Kid! But Dugan isn't about to let his new daughter put herself in harm's way-at least, not by herself. He soon builds a robotic suit called S.T.R.I.P.E. so he can keep an eye on Courtney as she battles for justice. Now the duo fight side by side as they take on aliens, cults, super-villains, and more! Collects Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0-14, JSA All Stars #4, and stories from DCU Heroes Secret Files (1999) and DCU Villains Secret Files (1999).
In this analysis, David Jacobson addresses how changing ideals of the landscape have moulded American nationhood and political culture. Covering the sweep of US history, he examines how Americans have defined themselves by shaping the land.
The events of life have been a great "school teacher" to me. I have never been an intellectual type but rather see myself as having been cut from that practical lump of granite called 'the experiences of life'. Near death situations have taught me the preciousness of life, while helping the needy in other lands have taught me the joy of serving others. A wise man named Jim Elliot once said, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.' I trust the reader of "Beyond boots and bullets" will enjoy the adventures, travels, work experiences, countries, people, packhorses, and the deerstalking stories the have been part of my life."--Back cover.
It's all change for the JSA in this collection, as new heroes are added to their roster - and even a reformed villain! But the team is going to need all the heroes it can get, because it has been targeted by a mysterious power-broker and game-player named Roulette!
Early Christian literature reveals that the church perceived its teaching ministry, indeed its entire existence, as being under the close supervision of the Holy Spirit. However, little attention has been given in modern times to the role of the Holy Spirit in church pedagogy. This doctoral dissertation sets forth an inter-disciplinary descriptive analysis of pedagogical issues associated with the Holy Spirit in the literature of early Christianity and it offers a brief paradigm for Christian education based upon that analysis. The method of this study was to ask a series of questions from the perspectives of historical theology and pedagogy. Three theological questions concerning the Holy Spirit were linked to six questions from educational philosophy as a means of probing into the historical record. The core question being, in the eyes of the ante-Nicene church, who was the Spirit and how did the Spirit work in the church to form believers?
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