Journey S Edge

Author : Peter M. Gardner
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826265227

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Journeys to the Edge by Peter M. Gardner Pdf

In this fascinating and vivid account, Peter M. Gardner takes us along with him on his anthropological field research trips. Usually, the author’s family is there, too, either with him in the field or somewhere nearby. Family adventures are part of it all. Travel into the unknown can be terrifying yet stimulating, and Gardner describes his own adventures, sharing medical and travel emergencies, magical fights, natural dangers, playful friends, and satisfying scientific discoveries. Along the way, we also learn how Gardner adapted to the isolation he sometimes faced and how he coped with the numerous crises that arose during his travels, including his tiny son’s bout with cholera. Because Gardner’s primary research since 1962 has been with hunter-gatherers, much of his story transpires either in the equatorial jungle of south India or more than one hundred miles beyond the end of the road in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Other ventures transport readers to Japan and back to India, allowing them to savor ancient sights and sounds. Gardner closes the book with a journey of quite another sort, as he takes us into the world of nature, Taoist philosophy, and the experimental treatment of advanced cancer. Throughout this fast-moving book, Gardner deftly describes the goals and techniques of his research, as well as his growing understanding of the cultures to which he was exposed. Few personal accounts of fieldwork describe enough of the research to give a complete sense of the experience in the way this book does. Anyone with an interest in travel and adventure, including the student of anthropology as well as the general reader, will be totally intrigued by Gardner’s story, one of a daily existence so very different from our own.

Author : Bob Anderson
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781803135021

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Journeys on the Edge by Bob Anderson Pdf

On February 1st, 2021 tanks appeared on the streets of Burmese cities and the people of Burma are once again involved in a seemingly endless struggle for justice and democracy waged against a brutal military regime. Journeys on the Edge traces the growth of Mobile Education Partnerships, an educational charity built from scratch by teachers, which became an international award-winning organisation. It is, in fact, an adventure on many levels, physical, emotional and spiritual. MEP works with communities ‘on the edge’ many displaced by war, poverty and oppression inside Burma (aka Myanmar) and on the Thai/Burma border. Importantly, this is not a sentimental presentation of ‘victimhood’ but a very candid, sympathetic and human exploration of how an organisation was built in these challenging circumstances. Neither is it a handbook on how to build a charity. It does, however, offer a ground-level guide to anyone who wishes to go down that road. This is a story which provides a fascinating insight into this tragic, violent and at times bizarre world drawing on the lives of those directly involved, the volunteers, the refugees, the migrants, the warlords and those of us searching for something to believe in, in a world where the truth is elusive and the central message of Shakespeare, that nothing is as it appears to be, serves as a warning to all.

Author : Walt Hampton
Publisher : Aloha Pub Llc
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1612060145

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Journeys on the Edge by Walt Hampton Pdf

Author : Moody Video
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1575672529

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Journeys to the Edge of Creation by Moody Video Pdf

Describes the marvels of creation as revealed by space probes and the Hubble space telescope.

Author : Darrell W. Johnson
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 157383212X

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Discipleship on the Edge by Darrell W. Johnson Pdf

Revelation is probably the most read, but least understood book of the Bible. History is replete with examples of how not to interpret it, and books featuring end-of-world prophecy claims based on Revelation consistently top the bestseller lists. But how can the message of such an enigmatic book be applied to our lives today? In Discipleship on the Edge, Darrell W. Johnson drives home the challenging and practical message of Revelation in thirty carefully crafted sermons. Paying careful attention to the original context of Revelation and the circumstances surrounding its composition, Johnson shows that the book is not a "crystal ball" but rather a "discipleship manual." Thoroughly researched and yet accessible, this collection of sermons is a helpful resource for pastors and small group leaders who are looking for models to help them preach and teach the message of Revelation in a time when there is much confusion about the end times. Darrell W. Johnson serves as Scholar-in-Residence at The Way Church and Canadian Church Leaders Network in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A popular conference and retreat speaker, he has also served as the preaching pastor for a number of congregations in North America and the Philippines, as well as serving as Adjunct Professor of Preaching for the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and a Teaching Fellow at Regent College. His other books include Experiencing the Trinity and Fifty-Seven Words That Change The World.

Author : Joshua Keating
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300235050

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Invisible Countries by Joshua Keating Pdf

A journalist explores how our world’s borders came to be and how self-proclaimed countries across the globe could change the map. What is a country? While certain basic criteria—borders, a government, and recognition from other countries—seem obvious, journalist Joshua Keating investigates what happens in areas of the world that exist as exceptions to these rules. Invisible Countries looks at semiautonomous countries such as Abkhazia, Kurdistan, and Somaliland, as well as a Mohawk reservation straddling the U.S.-Canada border, and an island nation whose very existence is threatened by climate change. Through stories about these would-be countries’ efforts at self-determination, Keating shows that there is no universal legal authority determining what a country is. He also argues that economic, cultural, and environmental forces could soon bring an end to our long period of cartographical stasis. Keating combines history with incisive observations drawn from his travels and interviews with residents, political leaders, and scholars in each of these “invisible countries.”

Author : Gabriel Levin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226923673

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The Dune's Twisted Edge by Gabriel Levin Pdf

Collection of previously published essays.

Author : Thomas O'Loughlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028496201

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Journeys on the Edges by Thomas O'Loughlin Pdf

From the Back Cover.

Author : Sherylle J. Tan,Lisa DeFrank-Cole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351209335

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Women's Leadership Journeys by Sherylle J. Tan,Lisa DeFrank-Cole Pdf

This volume brings together research from leading scholars with stories from women leaders in diverse sectors to provide insights from their leadership journeys. The book begins with personal stories of women’s leadership journeys by chief executive officers, a former U.S. ambassador, a college president, and others. The stories enable readers to make sense of their own leadership journeys by learning about the varied paths to leadership and taking note of key elements such as role transitions, defining moments, identity development, and growth mindsets. Next, scholars discuss novel research that can guide women in navigating their journeys to leadership, including on followership, competition, representation of women in politics, and the role of biology in leadership. This must-have volume offers cutting-edge perspectives and a guide for women to navigate their own journeys to impactful leadership.

Author : Jill Fredston
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0865476551

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Rowing to Latitude by Jill Fredston Pdf

Jill Fredston chronicles the experiences she has had while traveling through the Arctic and sub-Arctic with her oceangoing rowing shell and her husband.

Author : Randall Peeters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1944986219

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Journeys to the Edge by Randall Peeters Pdf

From climbing Everest to being arrested for BASE jumping El Capitan, Randall Peeters shares his successes and failures. He provides readers with guidelines on how to create a vision for their lives.

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780618822218

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Arctic Autumn by Pete Dunne Pdf

The third in a four-book series on humans' relationship to nature.

Author : Michal Giedroyc,Norman Davies
Publisher : Bene Factum Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781903071595

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Crater's Edge by Michal Giedroyc,Norman Davies Pdf

In September 1939, as a 10 year-old boy, Michal Giedroyc watched the Russian security police seize his home in Eastern Poland. His father, a senator and judge, was imprisoned while his mother, with Michal and his two sisters, were left on the streets of the local town to fend for themselves. Later they were transported in cattle trucks to the wastes of Soviet Siberia, with hundreds of thousands of other deportees. "Here, by the will of the rulers of the Soviet Empire, we were to toil and die." Eighteen months of deprivation and hunger on a collective farm brought them to the brink of extinction. Exhausted, half starved, and ill, Michal's mother and her children set off on a second grueling journey that would take them across Central Asia to Persia, the Middle East, and finally England. In one dramatic incident their survival hinged remarkably on the just two simple objects—a potato and a penknife.

Author : Andrea Petersen
Publisher : Crown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780553418583

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On Edge by Andrea Petersen Pdf

A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety. A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been experiencing panic attacks since childhood. With time her symptoms multiplied. She agonized over every odd physical sensation. She developed fears of driving on highways, going to movie theaters, even licking envelopes. Although having a name for her condition was an enormous relief, it was only the beginning of a journey to understand and master it—one that took her from psychiatrists’ offices to yoga retreats to the Appalachian Trail. Woven into Petersen’s personal story is a fascinating look at the biology of anxiety and the groundbreaking research that might point the way to new treatments. She compares psychoactive drugs to non-drug treatments, including biofeedback and exposure therapy. And she explores the role that genetics and the environment play in mental illness, visiting top neuroscientists and tracing her family history—from her grandmother, who, plagued by paranoia, once tried to burn down her own house, to her young daughter, in whom Petersen sees shades of herself. Brave and empowering, this is essential reading for anyone who knows what it means to live on edge.

Author : Alan Lewis,Dan McKone
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633690165

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Edge Strategy by Alan Lewis,Dan McKone Pdf

Are you missing opportunities for growth that are right in front of you? In today’s volatile economic environment, filled with uncertainty and sudden change, the forces pushing you to stay focused on the core business are extremely powerful. Profiting from the core is crucial, but the danger is that overfocus on the core can blind companies. Scanning the horizon for new markets and new products can also be tempting, but risky. Fixating too much on either strategy can cause you to miss the substantial opportunities for growth that are often hidden in plain sight, at the edge of the core business. In this insightful yet practical book, strategy experts Alan Lewis and Dan McKone articulate a mindset that helps leaders recognize and capitalize on these opportunities. The Edge Strategy framework challenges how the boundaries of your existing products and services map to your customers’ views of the world and then provides three different lenses through which you can see and leverage value: • Product edge. How to capture incremental profits and other benefits by slightly altering the elements and composition of a core offering • Journey edge. How to create and capture extra value by adjusting your role in supporting the customer’s journey to and through your offering • Enterprise edge. How to unlock additional value from resources and capabilities that support your core offering by applying them in a different context, for a different offering or different set of customers With engaging examples across many industries, Lewis and McKone coach you on how to identify and assess each of the different “edges” and then provide concrete insights and advice on applying edge strategy and tactics to use in specific business contexts. The book concludes with a ten-step process to help executives and managers find and leverage the edges in their own companies. Edge Strategy is the concise, hands-on guide for growing your business by getting more yield from assets already in place, relationships already established, and investments already made.