Joel: 1733 books

We need help, and lots of it, on a daily basis. Thank God, help has been made available. God, by His grace, has blessed the believer with everything that he or she could need in life. We don’t try to earn these blessings, rather we simply receive them from God as a gift; we receive by faith. Faith...

This volume—a major new contribution to Joel Spring’s reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education—offers a new paradigm for global school systems. Education for global economic competition is the prevailing goal of most national school systems. Spring argues that recent international studies by econom

I decided that maybe there was a need for "regular folks" to have some books written by a "regular" person - books written in the midst of life's everyday battles while searching for God's will and His plan. So, welcome to my first book! I hope that in some way it will help as you seek God's plan for your life.

The Bible has profoundly influenced the western world. Many of its characters and stories are well known and yet, oddly enough, wide swaths of the Bible are unknown and misunderstood. The laws and teaching contained within it have shaped contemporary thinking and jurisprudence in ways many do not...

One Week Bible is an innovative Scripture collection that takes readers through the major themes of the Bible in only seven days. The author's education and passion for scripture immediately captivate readers to explore this reference tool. The easy to read, accurate, and reliable Common English...

Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the...

Joel S. Migdal revisits the approach U.S. officials have adopted toward the Middle East since World War II, which paid scant attention to tectonic shifts in the region. After the war, the United States did not restrict its strategic model to the Middle East. Beginning with Harry S. Truman, American...

This book proposes a new definition of world literature: an archive of democratic mechanisms external to state power. Accordingly, World Literature and the Geographies of Resistance takes shape as an exploration of nonstate space - territories of self-government that contest the vertical command structures...

From hashtag activism to the flood of political memes on social media, the landscape of political communication is being transformed by the grassroots circulation of opinion on digital platforms and beyond. By exploring how everyday people assist in the promotion of political media messages to persuade...

In this book, Joel Spring offers a powerful and closely reasoned justification and definition for the universal right to education--applicable to all cultures--as provided for in Article 26 of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One sixth of the world's population, nearly...

SHORTLISTED FOR 2011 CHESSCAFE.COM BOOK OF THE YEARImagine you are a club player who has been given the opportunity to talk at length with a famous grandmaster. How would you make the most of this opportunity?Club players are unaware of the subtleties in Grandmaster chess. Great players...

**Moon Travel Guides: From the roaring power of nature to the adventure waiting beyond the falls, Moon Niagara Falls reveals the best of this bucket list destination. What you'll find in Moon Niagara Falls:** Full coverage of both the American and Canadian sides, plus worthwhile day trips...

Welcome to the deep north woods, where you'll meet: A father whose longing for his dead son lead to disturbing consequences. A group of students tubing down a river who encounter terrifying creatures. A man seeking redemption through the skill of a tattoo artist. A Cambodian-American teen who will...

Searching for the dao of China, the author also explores the concepts of te ('innate power') and wu wei ('effortlessness') as they apply to the ancient and modern culture, as well as to one's daily life. As a teenager, Schwartz became so fascinated with Chinese philosophy...