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Based on years of observation at a large state university, Wannabe U tracks the dispiriting consequences of trading in traditional educational values for loyalty to the market. Aping their boardroom idols, the new corporate administrators at such universities wander from job to job and reductively view the students there as future workers in nee...
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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The Resolution is a coming-of-age story about a young mans evolution into a warrior when his life is paused by a potentially lethal melee. The consequences of betrayal, distrust, and weakness become the guidelines to his survival in an epic inter-personal war in which no one questions, How far is too far? Throughout his encounter with created and broken alliances, Ricks identity shapes itself from the ashes and his ever-changing ideals tip the scales in favor of who will win and what the consequences for defeat will be. Rick may be impulsive, short-sighted, and violent, but his life hangs on a quality that unifies manyperseverance.
Coming-of-age odyssey of a young American Ulysses, encountering the harrows of war and imprisonment, as he seeks his way back to the home and girl he left behind.
Although Kathryn McFarland is a successful middle-aged pediatrician, she feels lonely and unfulfilled. When she makes the decision to journey to Mexico to find an ex-lover and learn whether she made a mistake letting him go five years ago, Kathryn has no idea what she will find there. All she knows is that she has to know the answer to her question once and for all. Michael Johannson is now a physician who runs a clinic in the village of Malinalco. On her way through the hot and dusty desert to hopefully reunite with him, Kathryn receives roadside assistance from a dashing stranger who tells her he is visiting Mexico for work. When she finally finds Michael, they rekindle their relationship and she begins working side-by-side with him to provide medical care to the residents of the village. Although everything seems fine at first, Kathryn soon comes to a realization that complicates her path forward. But is life about to offer her a second chance? Crossroads at Malinalco is a story of romance, new beginnings, and hope as a middle-aged physician travels to Mexico to reunite with her former love.
Izzy Calabrese wants to make her restaurant a success. She has a passion for cooking and life in general. Romance is the furthest thing from her mind when she finds Mel Thomas crying after being abandoned by her husband…again. She tries to distance herself from Mel, but she keeps showing up. Clients know Mel Thomas as the CEO of her own consulting firm. She’s smart, engaging, and successful. Anyone who knows her would never think she’s insecure, but she’s more fragile than anyone knows. Her marriage on shaky ground, she doesn’t know how, or if, it can be salvaged. All she’s ever wanted in a relationship is someone’s attention. She thinks she may have found the person who can give that to her. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect it to be Izzy.
Published by the Boy Scouts of America for all BSA registered adult volunteers and professionals, Scouting magazine offers editorial content that is a mixture of information, instruction, and inspiration, designed to strengthen readers' abilities to better perform their leadership roles in Scouting and also to assist them as parents in strengthening families.