After her parents are killed in an automobile accident, sixteen-year-old Kris Cotter becomes determined to take revenge on the reckless driver responsible for their deaths

Head On!

Thomas, Jack

Literature & Fiction

BANTAM BOOKS

Within These Gates: Academic Work, Academic Leadership, University Life, and the Presidency examines the varied interactions between college and university presidents and their campus and local communities, alumni, governing bodies, external forces that impact higher education, federal and state government entities, and other stakeholders. The text offers a broad view of modern postsecondary institutions while focusing on leadership from a contemporary perspective and combines practical knowledge and theoretical frameworks for leadership models in higher education. Thomas’s personal narratives coupled with relevant professional experiences provide a cogent map for emerging and career scholars seeking college or university presidency or other senior-level positions. The subject matter ranges from academic structures in colleges and universities to managing institutional budgets, shared-governance models, student support, faculty development, facilities management, and fundraising. Thomas places an emphasis on the importance of leadership styles, the various patterns of organizational governance, and principles that are associated with the administration of higher education institutions.

Within These Gates: Academic Work, Academic Leadership, University Life, and the Presidency

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

University Press of America

Going Back to Frances Lake

Pioneer Press Books

When Boston politician Joseph Timilty was sent to the Schuylkill federal correctional institution to serve a four-month term because he refused to pull anyone else into the political dragnet he had been caught up in, he accepted his situation with dignity and courage. If he could survive four months with the marines at Parris Island, he told his family, he could survive this. For the next four months, he kept a secret diary that he smuggled out of prison in coded notes and letters to his wife. Intimate, poignant, and frequently hilarious, Prison Journal: An Irreverent Look at Life on the Inside is a compilation of his observations about his arrest and trial, his life in prison, and the aftereffects of his experiences. The book captures the paradox of prison life, a potent cocktail of high drama and dark comedy infused with exasperating ironies and inanities that will alternately make you laugh and cry. An intriguing memoir of a life-changing experience, Prison Journal provides an eye-opening look at a senseless system that squanders countless dollars on rigid bureaucracy and hypocritical rehabilitation efforts. And nine insightful recommendations look to move the prison system beyond the wasteful warehousing of nonviolent offenders to healing social wounds.

Prison Journal: an irreverent look at life on the inside

Biographies & Memoirs

Timilty, Joseph

True Crime

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Successful Boston politician and real estate developer Joseph F. Timilty was convicted in 1993 of conspiracy to commit fraud, and subsequently served time at the Schuylkill medium security federal penitentiary in Minersville, Pennsylvania. A blend of drama and black comedy, Prison Journal excerpts Timilty's secret diary from that period, providing a rare and intimate look at the day-to-day life of the incarcerated. Intermittently poignant and comical, the journal captures both the monotony and fear of prison life, skewers a hostile and wasteful prison bureaucracy, examines racial and sexual tensions among inmates, and presents an array of unforgettable characters, all imbued with Timilty's ironic Irish wit.

Prison Journal: An Irreverent Look at Life on the Inside

Regional U.S.

Northeastern Univ Pr

This nonfiction book celebrates a unique North Carolina community, a community which has produced political leaders, soldiers, professionals, artists—including, musicians, painters, writers, craftsmen—educators and many other notables. The book focuses on the passage of time in a small town and the meaningful intertwining of the lives of individuals. The author interviews many people of Marshall (the recordings of which have been placed in the holdings of the Appalachian Room Special Collection at the Renfro Memorial Library, Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, North Carolina). These are interlaced with the author’s reflections regarding the place of those memories in the prior development and current vibrancy of the town.

Traveling to Marshall: Led by the Spirit in the North Carolina Mountains

History

Americas

Grateful Steps, Inc.

Rewire Your Brain: Rid Your Mind Of Negative Thoughts and Limiting Beliefs, Stop Overthinking And Create Healthy Habits

Religion & Spirituality

Independently published

How To Change Your Mindset: How To Change Your Life By Altering Your Attitude And Perspective

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