For the first time ever in print, Letters from the Road contains hilariously funny, true-life letters between comedic genius and veteran trucker Will Wilson and his family and friends. It includes dozens of black and white photos and post cards Will sent home during his travels across the USA. Forget everything you thought you knew about life on the road and get ready to laugh out loud!
In February, sitting under nearly 80 inches of snow, residents of Boston dreamed of the great melt. But city planners were less excited, especially those working with the EPA. For with every great stormsnow or raineventually comes buckets of stormwater. The rivers of urban run off from man-made surfaces -- roads, freeways, sidewalks, roofed structures, parking lots, airports and industrial sites among othersare teeming with all sorts of debris -- oil, grease, pesticides, road salts, metals, bacteria and viruses, and toxic chemicals from automobiles among others. Urban terrain, unlike soil does not have the ability to filter or biodegrade contaminants like natural soil does. And the threat to human health by urban runoff is not only due to materials scoured from surfaces, but also from the infrastructure of the sewer system itself. Storm water systems are often combined with sanitary sewer systems en route to sewage treatment plants. Excessive storm water can cause this joint system to overflow, resulting in sewage contamination of waterways. Urban runoff is usually collected by storm sewers and discharged directly into waterways, and many sources of discharge go uncontrolled and untreated. Constructed Creeks is the primary reference on stormwater science and management that is intended for policy makers and active citizens, as well as scientists looking for tools to educate with.
The Wilson Concern recounts the story of a man working to bring about change to an indifferent world. Jack Wilson is a gifted young engineer/inventor with unlimited potential. He was thrilled to be invited to work at a government and industry funded program devoted to advancing alternative fueled vehicle technology. However, Jack soon becomes soured on the program by the endless roadblocks and apathetic attitudes he encounters while working there. He abruptly leaves the program and heads to his familiar stomping grounds in coastal South Carolina to somehow try and develop his own ideas. Jack's success with his project prompts him to seek professional assistance from his patent attorney with the daunting legal red tape ahead. Jack finds support from friends and colleagues along the way but unfortunately news of his groundbreaking work leaks out into the wrong circles. An unusual series of events puts Jack on edge. When he finds himself cornered and fears that his project may be in jeopardy, he takes matters into his own hands. Jack bolts and sets off a massive covert manhunt, pitting federal agents intent on keeping him safe in a race against a small army of hired guns who mean to do him harm. The chase is on.
Frank Wilson is on a seven-year journey to save mankind from itself. God has reached out to Frank Wilson, a common man to save the world along with the help of God's Twelve Apostles. This is the first book in a series which will take Frank and the Apostles all over the earth delivering God's message. "I am God and I love all life. In seven years all of my children with evil and hatred in their hearts will perish. Repent and embrace my love." Frank Wilson finds himself evolving from a South Carolina handyman with very little travel outside of his place of birth to traveling around the world meeting with Presidents and world dignitaries carrying out God’s message. Frank is given God’s powers to heal and destroy and he learns how to use those powers well. God’s Apostles are men and women of many faiths from all parts of the world. They also have powers which they will use and master. The message of this book is simple; love God and your fellow Man with all your might and heaven will present itself to you. God does not require you to go to church, pay tithes, dress or act a certain way, all he wants, like any father, is to have a loving relationship with his children. If you truly have God in your heart you will not want to do evil things. Religions with all their good deeds have done massive amounts of destruction in His name. Man has the choice of free will to decide if he wants a relationship with God or to pursue the path of evil. God has no religion and never asked for one to be created. Frank and the Apostles meet with many evil hearted men and women and with God’s power bring them to their end. The adventures of Frank Wilson and the Twelve Apostles – The Beginning is a seven-year journey which will be filled with, of course, Frank Wilson, but also the Apostles who each will have exciting and illuminating journeys.
In the first book-length study of Progressive-Era presidents' views on the theme of self-government, The Dilemma of Progressivism critically analyzes their understanding of executive leadership and the office of the presidency. Will Morrisey examines both the rhetoric and the actions of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson to show the ways in which their thought shaped their presidencies. He shows how the Progressive presidents dealt with the genesis of a modern, centralized American state and the conflicting increase in popularity of the notion of self-government. Drawing larger conclusions about the key American ideas of self-government, federalism, freedom, and social welfare, Morrisey strikes the right balance between political theory and history in this study on self-government and the political thought of three American presidents.
Today is Grandma's birthday, and Granddad has an ichin', to bake a WHOPPER chocolate cake and traumatize the kitchen! Join the madcap frenzy of making the biggest cake in the world! And the biggest...mess!
There is much value in "thinking small," say William H. Willimon and Robert L. Wilson. The importance of the small-membership church is illuminated in this thoughtful and insightful assessment. In Preaching and Worship in the Small Church, authors Willimon and Wilson identify the problems facing small churches and offer well-grounded advice for solving them. The need for this is seen in the fact that from one-half to two-thirds of Protestant churches in the United States are small (fewer than two hundred members). These tightly knit little communities of faith focus mainly on the very basic and much-overlooked fundamentals of Christian theology. As the authors note, "It is in such family-like churches that true worship renewal will occur, long before their larger counterparts will taste of this fresh new wine." This is an affirming book: "It affirms the role and basic values of the small church. It affirms the centrality of Word and Sacrament. It affirms the role of the pastor of the small congregation. It affirms the laity and their values. On this foundation of authentic affirmation can be built creative and inspiring ministries, as the laity and the minister serve God together, in and through the small church.
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