Jeff Adams Boeken

Hometown hero. Hockey superstar. Perfect boyfriend?When hockey star Caleb Carter returns to his hometown to recover from an injury, the only thing he's interested in is a little R & R. He never expects to run into his onetime crush at a grade school fund-raiser. Seeing Aaron Price hits him hard, like being checked into the boards. The attraction is still there, even after all these years, and Caleb decides to make a play for the schoolteacher. You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take, right?Aaron has been burned by love before and can't imagine what a celebrity like Caleb could possibly see in a guy like him. Their differences are just too great. But as Aaron spends more time with Caleb, he begins to wonder if he might have what it takes to win the hockey player's heart.

The final installment of the Codename: Winger series delivers an action-packed resolution filled with suspense and unexpected twists. As the protagonist faces formidable challenges and personal dilemmas, themes of friendship, loyalty, and courage come to the forefront. Readers will be captivated by the high-stakes scenarios and emotional depth as the characters navigate their intertwined fates, culminating in a gripping conclusion that ties together the series' overarching narrative.

Effective leadership in a continuous improvement environment requires a distinct approach that many managers lack. Traditional management training often overlooks the specific skills needed to lead successful change initiatives. Drawing from extensive experience in change management, the author presents "The 7 Essential Skills of Leadership," a practical framework designed to empower managers to become impactful leaders. By mastering these skills, leaders can drive sustainable improvements and positively transform their organization's culture.

Exploring the depths of love and sacrifice, this story delves into the lengths one might go to for true happiness. It follows a protagonist who faces challenges and dilemmas in pursuit of her ideal partner, highlighting her emotional journey and the transformative power of love. Themes of desire, ambition, and the complexities of relationships are woven throughout, making it a compelling read for anyone who has ever yearned for a deep connection.

Facing a career crisis, pro hockey defenseman Roger Jacobson returns to his hometown to regain his skills and confidence. With his contract renewal looming and his performance declining, he teams up with his former coach to help run a summer hockey camp. This journey back to his roots not only aims to revitalize his game but also reconnects him with his passion for the sport and the community that shaped him.

The struggle to establish more democratic education pedagogies has a long history in the politics of mainstream education. This book argues for the significance of the creative arts in the establishment of social justice in education, using examples drawn from a selection of contemporary case studies including Japanese applied drama, Palestinian teacher education and Room 13 children’s contemporary art. Jeff Adams and Allan Owens use their research in practice to explore creativity conceptually, historically and metaphorically within a variety of UK and international contexts, which are analysed using political and social theories of democratic and relational education. Each chapter discusses the relationship between models of democratic creativity and the cultural conditions in which they are practised, with a focus on new critical pedagogies that have developed in response to neoliberalism and marketization in education. The book is structured throughout by the theories, practices and the ideals that were once considered to be foundational for democratic citizenship and a just society.Creativity and Democracy in Education will be of key interest to postgraduate students, researchers, and academics in the field of education, especially those interested in the arts and creativity, democratic learning, teacher education, cultural and organisational studies, and political theories of education.

This book analyses graphic novels which document social crises. It demonstrates that artists’ documentary use of this medium is a form of social realism, inextricably bound up with politics and ideology. Theoretical and visual approaches are employed throughout, introducing the principal themes of the graphic novels under scrutiny: political realism, visual documentary, traumatic childhood, ethnic discrimination, state oppression, and military occupation. The key works examined are Keiji Nakazawa’s Barefoot Gen, Joe Sacco’s Palestine, Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, W. G. Sebald’s Emigrants and Art Spiegelman’s Maus. Innovative techniques, radical methods of depiction, sequence and text organisation are analysed throughout to explain how the authors use visual realism to represent these social crises. The book is well illustrated as a visual support for its exploration of this emerging and vital documentary medium.

"Just Harvest: The Story of How Black Farmers Won the Largest Civil Rights Case Against the U.S. Government details the improbable story of how an African-American attorney helped orchestrate the largest civil rights discrimination settlement in US history. Greg Francis provides readers with behind-the-scenes details of a class-action lawsuit that led to about 18,000 Black farmers, mostly from the South, receiving checks totaling $1.2 billion. In this gripping underdog story, Francis details how so many Black farmers, who were promised forty acres and a mule more than a century ago, faced decades of systemic discrimination by federal officials, who denied them loans and other assistance because of the color of their skin. At issue was the inability of Black farmers, or other Blacks who wanted to farm, to get loans and grants from the US Department of Agriculture as a result of discrimination at local offices, primarily in the Southeast. The systemic discrimination caused Black farmers to lose 80 percent of their land. In 1910, there were 925,000 African-American farms in the US. Today, there are fewer than 18,000."--book jacket.

Set against the backdrop of a popular dance competition, the story follows Todd Stewart, a Hollywood electrician who lands a dream job on "America's Next Top Dancer." His excitement grows as he develops a crush on contestant Nathaniel Mayer. As they forge a partnership, they face the complexities of demanding schedules, fame, and the pressures of life after the show. Together, Todd and Nate strive to maintain their connection beyond the finale, exploring themes of love and ambition in the competitive world of dance.