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  • Thanks to One of My Favorite Teachers: A Collection of Personal Stories

    by John Morrissey ...
    No gift bears greater fruit than the nourishment from a teacher to a willing mind. Those who choose teaching as their vocation don't do it to inform their students, but to awaken their spirits and their ability to learn. John Morrissey believes, and has proven in this collection of stories written by a variety of contributors, that virtually everyone can instantly name his or her favorite teacher. ... Read more

    $5.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Demanding Sustainability

    Pillars to (Re-)Build a Shared Prosperity

    by John Morrissey, C. Patrick Heidkamp ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Longer term thinking and new approaches to development and prosperity have never been more urgently required. Since 2020, the precarity of the global economy, links between ecological destruction and public health and disparities in levels of exposure and vulnerability to systemic disruption have all been thrown into stark relief. In this book the authors put forward a series of principles on ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Key Concepts in Historical Geography

    by John Morrissey, David Nally, Ulf Strohmayer, Yvonne Whelan ...
    Series series Key Concepts in Human Geography
    "This ambitious volume reviews the best recent work in historical geography... It demonstrates how a dual sense of history and geography is necessary to understand such key areas of contemporary debate as the inter-relationship between class, race and gender; the character of nations and nationalism; the nature and challenges of urban life; the legacies of colonialism; and the meaning and values ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Towards Coastal Resilience and Sustainability

    Edited by C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Morrissey ...
    Series series The Dynamics of Economic Space
    Coastal zones represent a frontline in the battle for sustainability, as coastal communities face unprecedented economic challenges. Coastal ecosystems are subject to overuse, loss of resilience and increased vulnerability. This book aims to interrogate the multi- scalar complexities in creating a more sustainable coastal zone. Sustainability transitions are geographical processes, which happen in ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Long War

    CENTCOM, Grand Strategy, and Global Security

    by John Morrissey ...
    Series Book 34 - Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation
    Nowhere has the U.S. military established more bases, lost more troops, or spent more money in the last thirty years than in the Middle East and Central Asia. These regions fall under the purview of United States Central Command (CENTCOM); not coincidentally, they include the most energy-rich places on earth. From its inception, CENTCOM was tasked with the military and economic security of this ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • It Gets Better

    Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living

    Edited by Dan Savage, Terry Miller ...
    Every story can change a life.Watch a videoGrowing up isn't easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, making them feel like they have nowhere to turn. This is especially true for LGBT kids and teens who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. Without other openly gay adults and mentors in their lives, they can't imagine what their future may hold. In many instances, gay ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • International Security

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christopher S. Browning ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The subject of international security is never out of the headlines. The subjects of war and peace, military strategy, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and revisionist states remain central to the discussion, but burgeoning concerns such as climate change, migration, poverty, health, and international terrorism have complicated the field. So what really matters? The traditional prioritization ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales

    101 Inspirational Stories from Great Teachers and Appreciative Students

    by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark ...
    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales brings much-needed inspiration to teachers, and brings together great stories about teaching from the 2009 National Teacher of the Year and all the 2009 State Teachers of the Year, as well as other teachers and stories of thanks from students. A great teacher gift all year round.There’s always that one special teacher or student, and Chicken Soup for the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles

    101 Real College Stories from Real College Students

    by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark ...
    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles is a book for any current or prospective college student who wants to know what really goes on in the dorms and in the classroom. Great high school graduation gift for kids going away to college, or taking classes in the community.College life can be fun, stressful, exciting, and educational in more ways than one. This is a book for any current or ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Small Wars, Big Data

    The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict

    by Eli Berman, Joseph H. Felter, Jacob N. Shapiro ...
    How a new understanding of warfare can help the military fight today’s conflicts more effectivelyThe way wars are fought has changed starkly over the past sixty years. International military campaigns used to play out between large armies at central fronts. Today's conflicts find major powers facing rebel insurgencies that deploy elusive methods, from improvised explosives to terrorist attacks. ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • Undocumented

    A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

    by Dan-el Padilla Peralta ...
    An undocumented immigrant’s journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton classDan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than they imagined. Their visas lapsed, and Dan-el’s father returned home. But Dan-el’s courageous mother was ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Unfriendly Fire

    How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America

    by Nathaniel Frank ...
    When the "don't ask, don't tell" policy emerged as a political compromise under Bill Clinton in 1993, it only ended up worsening the destructive gay ban that had been on the books since World War II. Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Nathaniel Frank exposes the military's policy toward gays and lesbians as damaging and demonstrates that "don't ask, don't tell" ... Read more

    $12.99 USD