Capitalism only celebrates success, and it can be difficult to know what to do when confronted with failure. This book explores what happens when people go broke and what the experience of bankruptcy and insolvency is like from a qualitative perspective. It shows, contrary to the expectations of policy makers, that debt relief is not transactional. Rather, it is moral, theological, social and cultural. The book demonstrates that debt encompasses fairness, trust, faith, sin, guilt, revelation and confession and that taking these factors seriously is vital to successfully navigating the world of the over-indebted.
The frontier has always attracted men and women with a warrior's adventurous spirit. Steel and resolve were used to tame the wild lands and make them habitable for the people that came after. In the Way of the Gun universe, these frontiersmen bring justice with an honor code reminiscent of the samurai... Bushido. The sword and the six-shooter are their tools, but without honor, respect, and duty those tools can and will be misused. These six stories showcase the men and women who follow the Way of the Gun. Martials fall and stand back up to protect the weak and bring the wicked to justice. Rangers not only teach their students the Way but also step into the dueling circle against impossible odds. Followers of the Clockworker set aside the ways of peace to defend innocent townspeople. Brave people from all walks face monsters from their worst nightmares and confront evil men who have money and unimaginable power. The Way can redeem those who have fallen and strengthen those who need it. All they have to do is survive. Join Scott Roche, Justin Macumber, Zach Ricks, Doc Coleman, Jared Axelrod, and Jake Bible as they spin action packed yarns straight from a Sunday afternoon matinee shoot'em up, with a dash of philosophy and tension as ancient codes deal with an increasingly modern world.
Capitalism only celebrates success, and it can be difficult to know what to do when confronted with failure. This book explores what happens when people go broke and what the experience of bankruptcy and insolvency is like from a qualitative perspective. It shows, contrary to the expectations of policy makers, that debt relief is not transactional. Rather, it is moral, theological, social and cultural. The book demonstrates that debt encompasses fairness, trust, faith, sin, guilt, revelation and confession and that taking these factors seriously is vital to successfully navigating the world of the over-indebted.
An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present, and planting the forests of the future. Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles—humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade—threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up. A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, The Journeys of Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine. Journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation’s front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with their own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment. An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past and present, The Journeys of Trees examines how we can all help our trees, and our planet, survive and thrive.
As a leader, you're always being watched, heard, and followed. It's important to walk the talk, and to talk the talk. Zach Cherian, a long-time manager at numerous companies, helps you evaluate your strengths and weaknesses as a manager in this informative guidebook. He offers twenty powerful lessons, such as how to - manage expectations from supervisors and employees; - tweak your management style based on different personality types; - promote a culture that encourages hard work and excellence; and - connect the dots so you can achieve financial objectives. As a leader, you must see what's really going on, and that's why you need to ask customers what they see your team say and do. By knowing how to demand accountability, you can help your team, customers, and organization. Most importantly, this guidebook showcases real-life situations that you'll confront as a manager. It builds not on theory, but on actual lessons learned throughout the management journey.
Typically a maligned figure in American political history, former vice president Spiro T. Agnew is often overlooked. Although he is largely remembered for his alliterative speeches, attacks on the media and East Coast intellectuals, and his resignation from office in 1973 in the wake of tax evasion charges, Agnew had a significant impact on the modern Republican Party that is underappreciated. It is impossible, in fact, to understand the current internal struggles of the Republican Party without understanding this populist "everyman" and prototypical middle-class striver who was one of the first proponents of what would become the ideology of Donald Trump’s GOP. Republican Populist examines Agnew’s efforts to make the Republican Party representative of the "silent majority." Under the tutelage of a group of talented speechwriters assigned to Agnew by President Richard Nixon including Pat Buchanan and William Safire, Agnew crafted the populist-tinged, anti-establishment rhetoric that helped turn the Republican Party into a powerful national electoral force that has come to define American politics into the current era. A fascinating political portrait of Agnew from his pre–vice presidential career through his scandal-driven fall from office and beyond, this book is a revelatory examination of Agnew’s role as one of the founding fathers of the modern Republican Party and of the link between Agnew’s "people’s party" and the fraught party of populists and businessmen today.
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