Astin: 12 books

Praise for Cultivating the Spirit "A groundbreaking study of the spiritual growth of college students.... The spiritual dimension of higher education has been explored from a variety of angles for the past twenty years, but not until now have we had a competent and comprehensive body of...

When Sean Astin, veteran Hollywood actor of over 30 movies including The Goonies, and Rudy, landed the part of Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings, he knew it was going to be different to anything he'd ever worked on before. Here he shares his heartfelt opinions on his early movies, how he got...

The Blue Angels are one of the world's older flying acrobatic teams and fly many demonstrations throughout the United States every year being watched by millions of amazed spectators. Inside this book are 100 questions to test the knowledge of even the most die hard Blue Angels fan. So prepare for take...

Twenty-five hundred years ago, the ancient Greeks tended the glowing fires of human intellect and rational thought with all that this new order promised for future civilizations. Yet, not 500 miles away, careful plans were unfolding to wrench this fledgling group of enlightened thinkers back to the...

This book contains 100 questions on the NHL team the Boston Bruins. Questions on all time greatest players, trades and some of the Bruins most famous victories. There are questions here to test even the most ardent of fans. Prepare to hit the ice and see how many answers you will know?

This book contains 100 questions on America's favourite motor sport. Questions on your favourite drivers, teams, the most historic victories and questions on the origins of the sport. There are questions here for everybody so buckle up and see how many answers you will get.

This book explores the many ways in which the obsession with “being smart” distorts the life of a typical college or university, and how this obsession leads to a higher education that shortchanges the majority of students, and by extension, our society’s need for an educated population. The author...

Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, college student retention stills remains a vexing and puzzling problem for educators and legislators. In College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success, second edition, Alan Seidman deals with this problematic issue...

This book contains 100 questions on the NHL team the Detroit Redwings. Questions on all time greatest players, trades and some of the Redwings most famous victories. There are questions here to test even the most ardent of fans. Prepare to hit the ice and see how many answers you will know?

The second edition of Assessment for Excellence arrives as higher education enters a new era of the accountability movement. In the face of mandates such as results-based funding and outcomes-based accreditation, institutions and assessment specialists are feeling increasingly pressured to demonstrate...

“Know thyself” is something that has been advocated by great philosophers, psychologists, and religious leaders since the beginning of recorded history. The principal aim of this book is to promote greater selfawareness through a deeper understanding of how your mind works and by cultivating your...

Do business and pleasure mix? Rod Gavalan thought they could--especially in a swinging city like Amsterdam! Rod Gavalan is the account executive for the Transcendor Sales Corporation, makers of appliances. His job, given him by Transcendor president Graydon Downs: to land the Value Garrison chain. For...