James Howell: 24 books
Shady Brook and Deeper Waters
Cherry Shooters, Slingshots, Fish Muddle, Chicken Potpie, and Life Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Cherry shooters, slingshots, fish muddle, and chicken potpie were all a part of growing up in Southampton County, Virginia, for author James D. (Archie) Howell. In Shady Brook and Deeper Waters, he shares the stories and life lessons learned during his childhood and youth in this rural community during...
Making Sense of Political Ideology
The Power of Language in Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Political positions in the United States today are ideologically chaotic, and there are significant prices to pay for that chaos. The nation has not reached a crisis yet in her modern political gridlock, but predicting the time when the current generation will face the difficulties of earlier times...
The Book That Made Me
A Collection of 32 Personal Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Just as authors create books, books create authors — and these essays by thirty-one writers for young people offer a fascinating glimpse at the books that inspired them the most.
What if you could look inside your favorite authors’ heads and see the book that led them to become who they...
Systems Science
Addressing Global Issues
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As we approach the end of the 20th century we can look back upon the achievements that have been made in a variety of human endeavours with pride. Enormous strides have been made to improve the quality of life of millions of people through the application of the scientific discoveries made during...
by James C. Howell, Mark W. Lipsey, John J. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
This handbook promotes a comprehensive strategy founded on evidence-based programming for juvenile justice systems to adopt or enhance their current system. The comprehensive strategy is supported strongly by the broad research base that is now available. This strategy recognizes, first, that a relatively...
The History of Street Gangs in the United States
Their Origins and Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs and the transformation of these into street gangs in the United States. The author traces the emergence of these gangs in the four major geographical regions over the span of two centuries, from the early 1800s to 2012. The author’s...
by James D. Baker, Herbert Howell, Marie A. Cordero
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Baseball began in the New Mexico pueblos before 1900. The game was learned by watching soldiers and settlers and by playing in the Indian schools throughout the country. The first competition was with Albuquerque teams, mining teams, other pueblo teams, and the state penitentiary. Today, the game...
The Life We Claim
The Apostles' Creed for Preaching, Teaching, and Worship
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Using the Apostles’ Creed as the “primary text” this book explores what we believe as Christians and how those beliefs are relevant today. The author’s goal is to help pastors educate and transform members of their congregations. He examines the Creed phrase by phrase in brief sections...
Worshipful
Living Sunday Morning All Week
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
What does it look and feel like to be worshipful? Can we find a way to worship in such a robust, thoughtful way that when we aren't in worship, the worship might linger and invigorate us? Is it possible to live in the world--doing the dishes, listening to music, being stuck in traffic, enmeshed in...
Walking Home
Returning to the Pembrokeshire Coast
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
Most kids make a pact with themselves to return at some point to a project or idea in later life. This for me was to complete the walk on the coastal path that completely envelopes the county of Pembrokeshire and, in doing so, to create a written and visual record of that journey. The history and...
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