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Nathan O’Discin is a freshman novelist, having written numerous blogs cataloging various events of his life. Beneath the Whispering Pines retells the story of O'Discin's childhood through the eyes of Elijah, a cunning wayward youth who encounters many challenges as he experiences the world that lays beyond his small West Virginia farm. Elijah must overcome numerous tests of his faith and strict upbringing, being thrust into a cryptic foster care system that challenges him to find solace and salvation in new homes, well removed from the safety of the lush pine groves he used to roam back home. A colorful cast of characters help grow and nurture Elijah, encouraging him to escape his religious biases, and just maybe, himself.
“Whispering Pines: In The Shadow of Conflict and Peace” is a multidimensional family saga from the Civil War to the Iraq War. The story takes place on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. It is a story of love, compassion, friendship, loyalty, and finally harmony in the face of broken-hearts and strife. You will know the characters by what they say and how they say it. The Sterling family is challenged by internal family conflict; ravages of war; biracial marriages; racial prejudice; the Ku Klux Klan; homosexuality; and more including dramatic church, court, and Medivac scenes. Humor, love, and determination sustain the Sterling family until the resolution of conflict, culminating in a harmonious and surprising ending. Read more about the fascinating characters as each page bares their thoughts and their lives. Let Whispering Pines stir you to the peak of reading pleasure. The author has a non-fiction writing background in several managerial capacities at a historical university and at a community college in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Virginia.
This book lays out the principles and practices of transformative sustainability education using a relational way of thinking and being. Elizabeth A. Lange advocates for a new approach to environmental and sustainability education, that of rethinking the Western way of knowing and being and engendering a frank discussion about the societal elements that are generating climate, environmental, economic, and social issues. Highlighting the importance of Indigenous and life-giving cultures, the book covers educational theory, transformation stories of adult learners, social and economic critique, and visions of changemakers. Each chapter also has a strong pedagogical element, with entry points for learners and embodied practices and examples of taking action at micro/meso/macro levels woven throughout. Overall, this book enacts a relational approach to transformative sustainability education that draws from post humanist theory, process thought, relational ontology, decolonization theory, Indigenous philosophy, and a spirituality that builds a sense of sacred towards the living world. Written in an imaginative, storytelling manner, this book will be a great resource for formal and nonformal environmental and sustainability educators.
The term ‘systems theory’ is used to characterize a set of disparate yet related approaches to fields as varied as information theory, cybernetics, biology, sociology, history, literature, and philosophy. What unites each of these traditions of systems theory is a shared focus on general features of systems and their fundamental importance for diverse areas of life. Yet there are considerable differences among these traditions, and each tradition has developed its own methodologies, journals, and forms of anaylsis. This book explores this terrain and provides an overview of and guide to the traditions of systems theory in their considerable variety. The book draws attention to the traditions of systems theory in their historical development, especially as related to the humanities and social sciences, and shows how from these traditions various contemporary developments have ensued. It provides a guide for strains of thought that are key to understanding 20th century intellectual life in many areas.