The Beveled Edge is a memoir of Kevin Braun who was born and raised in Northern California. His story begins with two young parents, Lee and Joy, struggling to raise their boys on a homestead during the early 1970's. The main character and his brother are forced to figure things out on their own when their parents' divorce and move to separate towns. As he grows older, the young man develops a sense of overconfidence that is a cover for some of his shortcomings and personal failures. He eventually pursues a reckless lifestyle which leads into a world of love and loss. Several journeys are made in an attempt to re-discover who he actually is. There will be a voyage across the Sea of Cortez, hiking alone in blinding snowstorms, and a trip to Europe with his best friend Brian. Time and again, Kevin finds that his only true salvation is found while pursuing an extreme passion for skiing. The slopes of Lake Tahoe and deep powder in Snowbird, Utah gave Kevin the strength and fortitude that he was so desperately seeking. The author lives with his wife, Jacqueline, and their children on five acres of rugged land near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
This book is written for product design, software development, graphic design, and UX professionals with a focus on creating measurably better user experiences. If you want to design solutions to meet business goals and delight your users, you can look to this resource which covers the following areas: Creating and documenting goals, strategies, objectives, and tactics Defining or refining personas based on your measurable objectives (OKRs) Creating and iterating on scenarios based your prioritized personas A team approach to defining the product and roadmap to address critical use cases Team based divergent ideation and solution exploration Team based convergent solution definition Wireframing potential solutions for rapid research and iteration Using quantitative and qualitative methods to understand usage and test with users Exploring approaches to taxonomy and information architecture Using psychology and human factors to drive your design decisions Developing performant, accessible, maintainable experiences Using analytics to measure the results and inform the next iteration How this process differs based on the size of the company or team that is employing it
Sailing Adventures is the true account of my aunt and uncle as they travel through the various atolls, islands, and countries of the South Pacific. Their journey begins in the Marshall Islands and progress through stops in Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Australia. The story contains interesting history of various places where terrible battles were fought during World War II. They also explore underwater caves and experience the customs of local islanders as they seek permission to anchor in their waters. Some of the natives they encounter had never seen white people. Although, I've written several short stories, I have not published a book before. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management (May 1997) and worked as a carpenter and building contractor for over twenty years. I wrote a Letter to the Editor arguing against mountaintop strip mining and it was published in the Louisville Courier-Journal in 2005. My personal memoir titled "The Beveled Edge" which is the story of a California man who endures life's challenges and embraces the freedom of skiing, is due to be published soon.
Running from the past?Not willing to admit he is suffering the effects of post traumatic stress, veteran firefighter, Carl Braun, opts for early retirement. Pursued by visions and flashbacks of the horrors he encountered on the streets of Chicago he moves to Las Vegas, seeking a new life. Living for the present?An avid poker player, he becomes a dealer in the most lavish casino on the strip. Just when he thinks his life is on track the trouble begins. He discovers a sophisticated cheating team and reports it to his supervisor. Before he realizes the full extent of what he has uncovered, Braun finds himself pursued by ruthless members of Russian organized crime. Fighting for the future?Shadows of his traumatic past become the least of Braun's worries as he struggles with the present and an evil determined to eliminate him and any hopes he has for a future.
Dark Bits is a collection of 52 +1 horror flash fiction stories. Short, but not sweet, they move quick to grab you. Got a minute? Go ahead, try one. Authors: Angela Pritchett, Apple Ardent Scott, Bruce Boston, Bryce Hughes, Cameron Suey, Carson Buckingham, Chantal Noordeloos, Chantel Delulio, Cynthia Ray, Dane Hatchell, Darryl Dawson, David Bernstein, David Greske, Die Booth, Edd Vick, G.N. Braun, Guy Anthony De Marco, James Roy Daley, James S. Dorr, Jamie Lackey, Jeff Heimbuch, Jeremy C. Shipp, Jessica McHugh, Johannes Pinter, Kallirroe Agelopoulou, Kathryn Ptacek, Keith Armstrong, Kenneth W. Cain, Kevin David Anderson, Kevin Lucia, Mandy DeGeit, Mark C. Scioneaux, Mary Pletsch, Matthew Wilson, Max Booth III, Meriah L. Crawford, Michael H. Antonio, Michele Mixell, Randolph Andrews, Rebecca L. Brown, Richard Farren Barber, Robert Ford, Robert Smales, Robin Devereaux-Nelson, Sandy Shelonchik, Sheri White, Stephanie Jessop, Tina Rath, Tracy L. Carbone, Wesley Southard, William Gracey, William Meikle, William Whorton
Kevin W. McFadden shows that Paul wrote the letter to remind Roman Christians of his gospel because of his vocation as apostle to the Gentiles. The letter simultaneously demonstrates the guilt of the world and calls Paul's audience to live out the implications of the gospel. The theme of judgment thus appears in two distinct ways. Paul opposes justification by works of law, but simultaneously affirms––as did most of the early Christian movement, McFadden argues––a final judgment according to works. These are not contradictory observations but belong together in a cohesive understanding of Paul's theology and of his purpose in the letter.
Published in conjunction with SHAPE America! Focusing on the unique nature of qualitative methods within kinesiology settings, Qualitative Research and Evaluation in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy guides graduate students and early career researchers through designing, conducting, and reporting of qualitative research studies with specific references to the challenges and possibilities of the field. Written by qualitative researchers in the fields of physical education and activity, this practical text begins with an overview of qualitative methods before advancing into planning for, collecting, and analyzing qualitative data. The final sections highlight specific qualitative methods applications in physical education and activity before discussing future directions and emerging applications of qualitative research.
In this fascinating and in-depth depiction of corporate greed and the politics of power, go behind-the-scenes of the ugly and bitter feud in an industry that is supposed to know the steep price for image run amok. On December 16, 1994, a bloodletting took place in the stylish boardroom at Saatchi & Saatchi, once the world’s largest advertising agency. The cofounders of the company, Maurice and Charles Saatchi, were fired after threats by the firm’s shareholders but less than a month later, Maurice Saatchi started a rival ad agency and quickly and viciously snapped up former Saatchi & Saatchi clients. With expansive research and eye-opening interviews, Kevin Goldman effortlessly explores this dramatic saga from the early, audacious start of the firm to the meteoritic rise of the Saatchi brothers and their ultimate fall. From the glitzy and extravagant lifestyle of the advertising industry of the 1970s and 1980s to the dramatic mergers and takeovers that altered Madison Avenue and London forever, Conflicting Accounts is an unputdownable and masterful work, perfect for fans of Mad Men and The Smartest Guys in the Room.
Refiguring Revolutions presents an original and interdisciplinary reassessment of the cultural and political history of England from 1649 to 1789. Bypassing conventional chronologies and traditional notions of disciplinary divides, editors Kevin Sharpe and Steven Zwicker frame a set of new agendas for, and suggest new approaches to, the study of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England. Customary periodization by dynasty and century obscures the aesthetic and cultural histories that were enacted between and even by the English Civil Wars and the French Revolution. The authors of the essays in this volume set about returning aesthetics to the center of the master narrative of politics. They focus on topics and moments that illuminate the connection between aesthetic issues of a private or public nature and political culture. Politics between the Puritan Revolution and the Romantic Revolution, these authors argue, was a set of social and aesthetic practices, a narrative of presentations, exchanges, and performances as much as it was a story of monarchies and ministries. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998.
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