Böcker av Joel Spring

They'd been small-town friends partying through high school, marrying girls in their graduation class, having buddy weekends camping and fishing into their early thirties. Then they disappeared, leaving behind wives with differing emotions about wanting to ever see them again. What happened to the missing four? The setting is Plattsmouth, Nebraska, a city with historic significance at the confluence of the Missouri and Platte rivers. As the search for the missing men unfolds in this suspenseful, psychologically intense tale, it reveals, layer-by-layer, complicated relationships among the four men, their wives, their entwined pasts, quirky local law enforcement officials, the city's knotty history involving the Winnebago tribe and other Native Americans, a 19tth-century gold rush, present-day gold fever and a search for it on sunken ships, the Omaha Mob, a torrid affair one of the wives dares to have in a bizarre casino hotel, mysterious deaths and murders, shady characters and crooked investors, a cybershaman, and much more. The startling conclusion will surprise even the most cynical, clue-savvy, eagle-eyed readers!

Outdoor literature lends itself well to reminiscence of the past; days gone by, hunts with old friends, and good dogs long gone. Joel Spring explored the past in depth with The Ghosts of Autumn (Skyhorse Publishing, 2016). In his latest work, At Forest's Edge, Spring turns his thoughts and insights to the future and the future of the sport of hunting. In essays span - ning a season afield, At Forest's Edge speaks to the upcoming generation of hunters as well as those of us who have a few more miles on our boots. The au - thor weaves humor, sadness, and a sense of hope seamlessly together in another engaging book. Inside you'll find deer and ducks, dogs and friends, adventure and reflection. Most importantly, you'll find hope for the future. Come take a walk with Joel Spring At Forest's Edge .

This guide asseses global education, while looking at the issue from a historical and international viewpoint. Topics include: equality and freedom in Islamic education; India's education, human rights and the global flow; and natural rights and education in the West.

Examines globalization and its worldwide effects on education. A central thesis of this book is that industrial-consumerism is the dominant paradigm in the integration of education and economic planning in modern economic security states.

Proposes a prototype for a global school - an eco-school that functions to protect the biosphere and human rights and to support the happiness and well-being of the school staff, students, and immediate community - and for a global core curriculum based on holistic models for lessons and instruction.

Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism. These changes are fueling a clash between the ideas of free-market and consumer-based neo-liberals and those of human rights and environmental educations.

A description of the impact of US government civilization and education policies on a Native American tribe from 1793 to 1995. The author dicovers a direct relationship between educational policies and their impact on his family and tribe through the process of civilization.

This work discusses the relationship between the development of the global economy and educational policy, covering topics such as European colonialism, the Japanese response to colonialism, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, and the United Nations.

This text charts the rise of consumerism as the dominant American ideology of the 21st century. It documents and analyses how, from the early 19th century through to the present, the combined endeavours of schools, advertising and media have led to the creation of a consumerist ideology.