First Ecology: Ecological Principles and Environmental Issues

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How much do we know about the living world? Enough to predict its future? First Ecology introduces the science of ecology and our species' place in the natural world. Beginning with natural selection, it describes our own evolution and expansion across the globe. Our understanding of the interactions between species, the communities they form, and their role in ecosystem processes provides a global perspective on the scale of environmental change. First Ecology shows how the main concepts in ecology underpin our efforts to manage and conserve natural systems. We see how population models, community organisation, and ecosystem processes are the basis of fisheries management, pest control and habitat restoration. It also provides an introduction to large-scale ecology and the scientific background to climate change and the rapid rate of species extinction. Understanding the science of ecology will be crucial to the environmental decisions our species faces at the start of the twenty-first century. Online Resource Centre includes web links, illustrations, answers to problems as well as additional problems with answers to problems as well as additional problems with answers. All the figures from the book will be available to download free from the Online Resource Centre at: www.oup.com/uk/booksites/biosciences/

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Doing Justice to a Great Book

Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition: The Second Edition of the Bob Scott Classic
David Pietramala
Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0801884101

Book Description

For thirty years Bob Scott's Lacrosse has been the ultimate guide to the "fastest game on two feet," explaining the men's game at its highest level and promoting the Johns Hopkins philosophy, which has become synonymous with lacrosse excellence.

In this long-awaited updated edition, Coach Dave Pietramala, whose Blue Jays won the 2007 and 2005 NCAA men's lacrosse championships, and Neil Grauer, a Hopkins graduate and veteran writer on lacrosse, among other subjects, have reworked every chapter, modernizing sections on rules, equipment, preparation, and tactics. They revisit topics such as drills and skills for specific positions, game strategy, clearing tactics, and the history of the game itself -- including a section on the Johns Hopkins contributions to lacrosse. New diagrams and images help to clarify concepts and instructions in the text. Action and instructional photos by Hopkins photographer James Van Rensselaer capture some of the drama from the 2005 championship year and accompany the teaching chapters.

Like the Bob Scott book on which it builds, this edition will soon become familiar to every serious student of the sport.

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Doing Justice to a Great Book.......2006-10-31

David Pietramala and Neil Grauer have managed to take a classic and update it without sacrificing the integrity, spirit, and purpose of the first edition by Bob Scott. This Second Edition is an absolute must read for any lacrosse coach, player, and fan. Pietramala has done a masterful job of giving the reader insight into the modern game and his own personal views on the sport and the players, much as did Bob Scott before him. Neil Grauer has performed a flawless job in fine tuning the syntax and overall style to make it a very enjoyable read while remaining instructional. Truly the best contemporary book on the sport of Lacrosse. It is a rare and wonderful glimpse into the mind of a great player/coach, and the legacy that is Johns Hopkins Lacrosse.

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Planned Giving Simplified

A down-to-earth introduction to planned giving by a leading pioneer in the field.

In this groundbreaking book, charitable gift planning expert Robert F. Sharpe, Sr., demystifies the complex world of planned giving for not-for-profit managers. He provides a detailed blueprint for starting and building a successful planned giving program, and develops a rational framework for managing the subtle interplay of legal, administrative, and interpersonal factors involved in the planned giving process.

Central to Sharpe's proven approach is his controversial definition of the effective charitable gift planner as being not so much a fund raiser as an expert at helping potential benefactors satisfy a deeply felt emotional need. Rather than soliciting or closing on planned gifts, the planner's primary focus should be on forming relationships with donors and providing them with the means and opportunity to fulfill their desire to do good.

Using compelling case studies, Sharpe demonstrates his approach in action. He identifies the various types of planned gifts and takes you inside the hearts and minds of the planned givers themselves, revealing their primary motivations and overarching concerns. He then guides you, step-by-step, through the entire planned giving process, and concludes with a clear delineation of the organizational structures required to sustain a planned giving program.

Praise for Planned Giving Simplified

"This book is a must for all who are serious about establishing or maintaining a successful gift planning program for their institution." —Nancy L. Perazelli, CFRE Gift Planning Officer, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.

"In his own inimitable style, Bob Sharpe has done an admirable job of describing the planned giving process in an easy-to-understand manner. Woven throughout is the emphasis on the important human relationship between the donor and the charitable gift planner." —Walter T. Weaver, III Director, Finance Support Division, Boy Scouts of America.

"Robert F. Sharpe, Sr., has provided a comprehensive road map of the world of planned giving. He guides [readers] to the desired destination without unnecessary detours along the way. His book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of not only not-for-profit professionals, but also 'givers' who seek a better understanding of the many routes available to them in their gift planning." —Joseph H. Powell President Emeritus and Senior Consultant, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation.

"The name Bob Sharpe is synonymous with planned giving. I don't know of anybody who knows more about it and who can better convey its importance." —Reverend Dr. Arthur Caliandro Pastor, Marble Collegiate Church, New York City.

"I really like [this book]. It is . . . elegantly simple, direct, and forthright. . . . very enjoyable." —Thomas W. Cullinan, JD Executive Director of Gift Planning, University of Maryland.

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Pretty basic.......2006-02-17

It's a basic primer on Planned Giving. Great for someone who does not know much about planned gifts, who is involved in the process, how to seek and secure gifts, and how to ensure success within an organization. The book jacket says, "A down-to-earth introduction to planned giving," which is exactly accurate.

Planned Giving 101.......2001-01-03

This is an excellent primer on planned giving. The author provides definitions and examples of many useful terms in an easy-to-read format. The examples clarify the different options available and the benefits of each. The emphasis on planned giving as a GIFT to charitable institutions is refreshing in a field that talks often of tax advantages. Mr. Sharpe highlights the human side of planned giving, noting the importance of establishing a relationship with donors, and acknowledging gifts.

As a former life insurance salesperson, the author is somewhat biased in favor of life insurance products, However, he does provide numerous illustrations of all types and realistic scenarios, as well as a wealth of experience.

The format is clear, and topics are covered well and methodically. Mr. Sharpe's organization of subjects makes this an ideal primer - think of it as a textbook for Planned Giving 101. This is a good source for the professional or organization just starting to consider planned giving, and a wonderful reference for those with more experience.

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Plan For Your Dreams, Record the Good & Bad.

The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson

Dream Giver Planner

an excellent partner to the Dream Giver

a companion piece to The Dream Giver

The Dream Planner: Inspired by the Dream Giver
Bruce Wilkinson , and David Kopp
Manufacturer: Multnomah
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 1590523288
Release Date: 2003-09-19

Book Description

Your Big Dream is surging within your heart, ready to carry you to heights you never dreamed possible. This journal is the perfect place to dedicate your hopes, your disappointments, and your successes. Take out your long, white feather - or your favorite pen - and record your travels out of your Comfort Zone, past the Border Bullies, across the Wasteland, and beyond the Giants in the Land. You'll gain new wisdom along the way, nourished by insightful quotes, Scriptures, and passages from bestselling author Bruce Wilkinson's The Dream Giver. And years from now, you will still reap rewards from these pages.

Capture Your Dream

Your Big Dream is surging within your heart, ready to carry you to heights you never dreamed possible. This journal is the perfect place to dedicate your hopes, your disappointments, and your successes.

Take out your long, white feather—or your favorite pen—and record your travels out of your Comfort Zone, past the Border Bullies, across the Wasteland, and beyond the Giants in the Land. You’ll gain new wisdom along the way, nourished by insightful quotes, Scriptures, and passages from bestselling author Bruce Wilkinson’s The Dream Giver. And years from now, you will still reap rewards from these pages.

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Plan For Your Dreams, Record the Good & Bad........2005-11-05

This is the companion 'journal' to go with you on your journey to achieve your dreams. It is a sequel to THE DREAM GIVER, by the best selling author, Bruce Wilkinson. The way of the Dream is difficult, but anything less is hardly living at all.

Each stage or obstacle along the journey is not to block your dream, but to aid in breaking through to the goals you have set for yourself. It's time to take your your pen and record your travels out of your comfort zone, past the border bullies, across the wasteland, and beyond the Giants; you'll gain new wisdom along the way.

On the other side of a single step, you'll find the wall of fear is left behind and the dream is just ahead. THE DREAM GIVER can bring back your freedom to search for your big dream. May your heart sing as you embrace what you were created to be and to do.

Your dream is within your heart, ready and willing to carry you to heights you never thought possible. This Planner helps you to record your disappointments, hopes and successes along a great journey in life with a good leader by your side.

The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson.......2005-09-28

This is an amazing book! One of those easy to read guides for a better life, that we have all forgotten! This should be read by everyone, and classes should be given on it! It is a must read for women who can't remember how to dream, little children who should have the right to dream instilled in them, and teens who need a direction and some positive road signs! Take a chance, remember your dream! Find a way back to it!

Dream Giver Planner.......2005-08-23

This is a great way of keeping up with my thoughts on my purpose. I will keep it for years and re-read it for future reference to see how much I have grown.

an excellent partner to the Dream Giver.......2003-12-26

I can't believe this. I'm probably the least likely person to endorse a planner, journal, devotional, or some other product that is a spin-off from a currently popular book. Frankly, to me they just appear to be a shameless way of capitalizing on a book's success, put together for no other reason than to make a few extra bucks.

Dream Planner has changed my mind. While it still seems to be a lot of money for mostly blank pages, it captures the essence of the Dream Giver very well. It stimulates thought and encourages you to map out your Big Dream, and record the high and low points along the way to living that Big Dream. It's a great collection of scripture, quotes and excerpts from the Dream Giver, presented in a very attractive format. This will be a planner that you will treasure.

Larry Hehn, author of Get the Prize: Nine Keys for a Life of Victory

a companion piece to The Dream Giver.......2003-11-08

This "blank book" has subtly marbleized, good quality paper, which has on every other page an inspirational quote, along with seven lovely sienna tinted images by Steve Gardner. Most of the quotes are either from the Bible, or from Bruce Wilkinson's marvelous book, "The Dream Giver", and since it has a similar cover to the Wilkinson book, makes a good companion piece as a work book or journal, as one travels the path from "The Land of Familiar" to the place the "Dream Giver" has in store for you.
It is one of the most aesthetically pleasing blank books I have ever owned, and am enjoying using it specifically for notes while reading Dr. Wilkinson's works.
To quote from the back cover, "This Planner is the perfect place to dedicate your hopes, your disappointments, and your successes".

Gift and Giver: The Holy Spirit for Today

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Joel Comiskey
a good book
Subjective Discussion

Gift and Giver: The Holy Spirit for Today
Craig S. Keener
Manufacturer: Baker Academic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0801022665
Release Date: 2001-05-01

Book Description

Affirms the validity of spiritual gifts while seeking to restore a biblical emphasis on why the gifts are given.

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Joel Comiskey.......2005-01-26

As far as I'm concerned this is the best book I've ever read on the Holy Spirit in the church today. Keenan does AN EXCELLENT job of balancing Spirit and Truth. He skillfully handles the Word of God on the subject of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and tongues. Rather than trying to prove his own narrow conviction, he helps the reader understand the strong points of both Pentecostals and non-Pentecostals. The credibility of this author is seen in the fact that Keenan is a Baptist Biblical scholar who teaches at Eastern Theological Seminary--yet he boldly shares his personal experience of speaking in tongues and practicing the gifts of the Spirit. His writings and personal experience bring out the best of both worlds--careful scholarship mixed with a hunger for the living God. I was encouraged to want the same thing. Let me say once again that this book is my HANDS DOWN favorite book on the Holy Spirit. We need more people like Keenan who are willing to look honestly at both sides of the issue and then to give honest answers about what both sides have in common.

a good book.......2003-03-31

I haven't read this book fully and carefully, but I have read its previous edition, 3 CRUCIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. Primarily I want to address the other reviewer's comments about cessationists being cautious about subjective or personal testimony in this area. While I don't want to belittle the need for adherence to the Scriptures in these matters and the need to check these things out by the Scriptures, and to study what the Scriptures teach about these things, much of the Bible IS personal experience. It's what men and women experienced of God. And though "these things have been written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have Life in His name" (John 20:31), New Testament faith is also based on subjective and personal testimony to these things in our lives (Galatians 3:5). As one who does NOT believe that God stopped doing these things with the passing of the apostles or the close of the canon, nor that the Scriptures teach such a doctrine, I expect believers to be able to give subjective and personal testimony to these things as a sign that "God is among [them]" (I Corinthians 14:25). As Philip said to Nathanael: "Come and see" (John 1:46). Keener provides both Scriptural arguments and personal testimony to the validity and reality of this theology.

Subjective Discussion.......2002-06-08

"The Bible's message does not simply confirm my own experience of miracles; it summons me to be more open to appropriate signs and wonders than I already am," (111).

Keener chooses to balance personal testimony with scriptural study in this discussion concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers today. I understand that it is difficult for most scholars to move from an academic examination to personal witness of an issue, but Gift Giver is an attempt in this direction. Keener has experienced, firsthand, the work of the Holy Spirit in private tongues, proclamation, and wisdom. He also claims to have experienced the work of the Spirit in the lives of others through prophecy, miracles, and spiritual understanding. "I have done my best to write a book that is fair to various views, but I have especially tried to be faithful to what I believe I find in the Bible," (13). This subjective approach is used, along with exegesis of some texts, to suggest that the Holy Spirit is actively working in the lives of Christians today.

Keener explains the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of Christians both personally and theologically. The first four chapters of this book are an explanation of how the Holy Spirit teaches us the mind and heart of God. The Spirit calls us and teaches us God's will and plan for our lives. The Spirit works with the Word of God, to change us into the image of God.

Although a convinced atheist by age nine, I was converted through the witness of some Baptist street evangelists at the age of fifteen, the first day I heard the gospel. I argued with them for forty-five minutes, but the Spirit worked me over for the next hour or so until, on the floor of my bedroom, I acquiesced and surrendered my life to him (45).

The Spirit also shows us God's character and forms us in His image to walk according to His divine purpose. Keener's exegesis of Hebrew and Greek scriptures illustrated the formative power of God's Spirit.

Chapters five through nine were discussions of how the Spirit works in Christians lives and the church today. Keeners' exegesis of texts in John, Acts, 1 Cor. 12-14; and Eph. 4 were used to suggest that the Spirit was working and guiding the early church through powers such as tongues, miracles, baptism, and other gifts. Keener also used his personal testimony of the Spirit in his life, and the lives of others, to support his belief that the Spirit is continuing to work today. Keener cautions those who believe that the spiritual gifts have ceased, from drawing their conclusions without accepting personal testimonies.

I feel that Keener has given valuable personal testimony in the discussion concerning the work of the Spirit in the modern church. I do feel that his critique of skeptics or cessasionists is made with little caution or understanding of where they/we stand on this issue. His suggestion that the "Enlightenment" has soured modern scholarship on the miraculous gifts of the Spirit is insensitive to those who honestly and cautiously resist subjective or personal testimony in this area. I believe both sides should continue to approach exegesis from an objective view and then seek application through their lives and views of Scripture.

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The Gift-Giver

Still remember it 20 years later!

the gift-giver by joyce hansen

this is a really good book

The Gift-Giver (163rd Street Trilogy)
Joyce Hansen
Manufacturer: Clarion Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0618611231

Book Description

The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special friend in her Bronx neighborhood.

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The Gift-Giver.......2007-01-05

A must read for all age appropriate foster children and for all foster parents. Really helps give understanding to both roles.

Still remember it 20 years later!.......2006-06-15

I absolutely love this book!!!!!!
The first time I read it, I was about 10 or 11. Twenty years later, and now I'm a teacher and happened to notice that one of my students is currently reading the book. The cover art is still the same with the exception that my version was a hardcover copy. Seeing the book made me reminisce about it and want to find it again. Needless to say, I found my original version torn and tattered from years of rereading. I came on Amazon to find that the book is available as well as the other two books that complete the trilogy! I didn't even know there were sequels! Every urban African-American child should read this book. It's always nice to see/read a heartwarming story that AfricanAmerican children can relate to.

the gift-giver by joyce hansen.......2005-10-23

I a member of SOUTHWOOD BOOK CLUB and we dicuss this book in Jan. 2005 and I really enjoyed this book. It is now my favorited book.

Thank you Joyce Hansen for that book.
Marilyn from SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL

this is a really good book.......2005-03-21

I own this book and I have read it more then 5 times. I made my brother read it and he said that it was a good book too.I really enjoy this book and if you want to read something if your bored? Read the Gift Giver by Joyce Hansen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Famous givers and their gifts (Essay index reprint series)

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Famous givers and their gifts (Essay index reprint series)
Sarah (Knowles) Bolton
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The Gift and the Giver
Nelia Gardner White
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The Gift and the Giver
Nelia Gardner White
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Gift and the Giver
Amelia Bishop
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The Gift Giver
Richard Bingold , and Nathaniel Worman
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A chilling read
"Gift Giver" by Jean Sapin
What a page-turner!

Gift Giver
Jean Sapin
Manufacturer: Creative Arts Book Company
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0887392334

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A chilling read.......2001-01-05

Suspense, mystery, intrigue, passion and jealousy are woven into a fascinating tale in this fast-paced thriller. Two hundred and thirty nine hair-raising pages, and Ellen Cates finally outwits her would-be murderer. A chilling read!

"Gift Giver" by Jean Sapin.......2000-08-31

I am an avid mystery reader and this book filled the bill for me. I actually could not put it down once I started it. I am now waiting for your next novel. Please hurry!!

What a page-turner!.......2000-08-28

If you want to meet a character that you can fall in love with, and live her adventure with your heart in your mouth, this new author is for you. Slipping into Ellen Cate's life is automatic. You are rooting for her immediately. As her story unfolds, her future jeopardy keeps you on the edge of your seat and unable to put the book down. If you like a good thriller, you'll love this!

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