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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

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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
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

"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
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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

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
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The Long War

CENTCOM, Grand Strategy, and Global Security

by John Morrissey ...

Series series
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

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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
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Mariology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium

Edited by Kevin Wagner, M. Isabell Naumann, Peter John McGregor, Paul Morrissey ...

Series series Theology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
Since the Second Vatican Council the place of Mary in theology and generally in the life of the Church has been at times muted. This is perhaps understandable given the debates concerning Mary's "place" in the documents of Vatican II. In an ecumenical age, it was argued, the church needed a less triumphalist Mariology and piety with a greater focus on Mary as model disciple. In certain respects ... Read more

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Since the Second Vatican Council the place of Mary in theology and generally in the life of the Church has been at times muted. This is perhaps understandable given the debates concerning Mary's "place" in the documents of Vatican II. In an ecumenical age, it was argued, the church needed a less triumphalist Mariology and piety with a greater focus on Mary as model disciple. In certain respects
... Read more
Blue Economy

People and Regions in Transitions

Edited by C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Edward Morrissey, Celine Germond Duret ...

Series series The Dynamics of Economic Space
This book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the Blue Economy. It applies important geographical and sustainability transitions perspectives and underscores how Blue Economy dynamics are situated in regional contexts and shaped by the people who live there.The book highlights the Blue Economy concept as a potential driver of regionally sensitive, ecologically embedded, and community-focused ... Read more

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This book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the Blue Economy. It applies important geographical and sustainability transitions perspectives and underscores how Blue Economy dynamics are situated in regional contexts and shaped by the people who live there.The book highlights the Blue Economy concept as a potential driver of regionally sensitive, ecologically embedded, and community-focused
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Border Spaces

Visualizing the U.S.-Mexico Frontera

Edited by Katherine G. Morrissey, John-Michael H. Warner ...

The built environment along the U.S.-Mexico border has long been a hotbed of political and creative action. In this volume, the historically tense region and visually provocative margin—the southwestern United States and northern Mexico—take center stage. From the borderlands perspective, the symbolic importance and visual impact of border spaces resonate deeply.In Border Spaces, Katherine G. ... Read more

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The built environment along the U.S.-Mexico border has long been a hotbed of political and creative action. In this volume, the historically tense region and visually provocative margin—the southwestern United States and northern Mexico—take center stage. From the borderlands perspective, the symbolic importance and visual impact of border spaces resonate deeply.In Border Spaces, Katherine G.
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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

$62.99 USD

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
Freedom of Speech

The History of an Idea

by Elizabeth Powers, Joris van Eijnatten, Javier Fernández Sebastián, Paula Sutter Fichtner, John Christian Laursen, Lee Morrissey, Helena Rosenblatt, Jonathan I. Israel, Douglas Smith ...

Series series Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures
The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain aswell as in Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. Representing the views of both moderate and radicaleighteenth-century thinkers, these essays by eminent scholars discover that twenty-fi rst-century controversies regarding the extent of permissible speech ... Read more

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The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain aswell as in Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. Representing the views of both moderate and radicaleighteenth-century thinkers, these essays by eminent scholars discover that twenty-fi rst-century controversies regarding the extent of permissible speech
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Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians

An Anthology of Oral History Education

by Lisa Krissoff Boehm, Michael Brooks, Patrick W. Carlton, Fran Chadwick, Margaret Smith Crocco, Jennifer Braithwait Darrow, Toby Daspit, Joseph DeFilippo, Susan Douglass, David King Dunaway, Sandy Eades, The Foxfire Fund, Inc., Amy S. Green, Ronald J. Grele, M. Gail Hickey, Cliff Kuhn, Erin McCarthy, Marjorie L. McLellan, Susan Moon, Charles Morrissey, John A. Neuenschwander, Rich Nixon, Irma M. Olmedo, Sandy Polishuk, Alessandro Portelli, Kimberly K. Porter, Troy Reeves, Donald A. Ritchie, Marie Scatena, David Sidwell, Ronald Simon, Alan Stein, Debra Sutphen, Kathryn Walbert, Glenn Whitman, John D. Willard, 5th, Linda P. Wood ...

Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their own teaching. ... Read more

$60.99 USD

Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their own teaching.
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My Wisdom Wake UP Call®: Inspirational Interview

by Mary Morrissey ...

Narrated by Mary Morrissey, John St. Augustine, Robin B. Palmer ...

Series series My Wake UP Call® Motivational Alarm Clock® Messages
Unabridged

19 min

My Wisdom Wake UP Call™ Inspirational Interview is part of a series of interviews with the messengers who contributed their transformational content to create the patented inspiring, motivating messages invented by former longtime Broadway star Robin Boudreau Palmer.My Wake UP Call® Motivational Alarm Clock® Messages & My Good Night Messages™ are uniquely structured, morning and evening five ... Read more

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My Wisdom Wake UP Call™ Inspirational Interview is part of a series of interviews with the messengers who contributed their transformational content to create the patented inspiring, motivating messages invented by former longtime Broadway star Robin Boudreau Palmer.My Wake UP Call® Motivational Alarm Clock® Messages & My Good Night Messages™ are uniquely structured, morning and evening five
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The Fijian Pigeon

An Adirondack Mystery

by Robert J. Morrissey ...

The Fijian Pigeon is a detective story in the Damon Runyonesque style. The actions take place largely in the Adirondacks, in the Gore Mountain, Lake George region, including skiing, a dangerous car chase on icy mountain roads, a crash through the ice at Lake George, and murders planned by the least suspected character. ... Read more

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The Fijian Pigeon is a detective story in the Damon Runyonesque style. The actions take place largely in the Adirondacks, in the Gore Mountain, Lake George region, including skiing, a dangerous car chase on icy mountain roads, a crash through the ice at Lake George, and murders planned by the least suspected character.
... Read more

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