The story follows young Will as he embarks on a challenging adventure to confront the discouraging voice known as The Can't Monster. This internal struggle symbolizes the obstacles that prevent individuals from reaching their full potential. Throughout his journey, Will learns valuable lessons about perseverance and self-discovery, ultimately questioning whether he can overcome the doubts that hold him back.
A quiet voice lives in our heads, discouraging us from attempting difficult things, tempting us to quit, and preventing us from realizing our potential. This is the voice of The Can't Monster, and young Will is about to confront it head-on. His adventure won't be easy, and he's sure to learn a lot about himself along the way. Does Will have what it takes to overcome The Can't Monster?
Focusing on the social safety net in the U.S., the book provides a comprehensive analysis of poverty through the perspectives of various stakeholders, including citizens, organizations, and officials. It highlights significant gaps in support, particularly affecting marginalized communities such as Blacks and Hispanics, as well as part-time workers. By examining both the investigation of the poor and the attitudes of the non-poor, it offers a nuanced understanding of America's approach to poverty and social welfare.
The first comprehensive map of the social safety net, public and private, in the United States.Societies are often judged by how they treat their most vulnerable the poor and near poor. In the United States, this responsibility belongs not only to governments, but also to charities, businesses, individuals, and family members. Their combined efforts generate a social safety net. In Who Cares , Christopher Howard offers the first comprehensive map of the US social safety net. He chronicles how different parts of American society talk about poverty-related needs. And he shows what Americans do to provide basic levels of income, food, housing, medical care, and daily care. Although the US social safety net is extensive, major gaps remain, particularly impacting Blacks, Hispanics, and individuals who are not employed full-time. Drawing heavily upon evidence from the years right before the Covid-19 pandemic, Howard demonstrates that these problems persist even when the economy seems healthy. Who Cares concludes with an initial assessment of how the social safety net performedduring the pandemic.
A senior RAF officer once described 617 Squadron as probably the most effective small force employed by the British during the war. The remarkable fact is that it had only the last two years of the conflict to make its enormous impact ... This book looks in detail at every single operation undertaken by the RAF's most famous squadron. The first two raids on German targets, the Dams and the Dortmund-Ems Canal cost it a total of fourteen aircraft and crews, but thereafter losses fell dramatically. Eyewitness accounts and official documents have been used to piece together the circumstances of each loss, and many errors perpetuated by successive writers over the years have been corrected. Much new information has been brought to light, including the circumstances of the destruction of the Tirpitze from the German viewpoint. This unique chapter examines the transcripts of the Courts Martial that followed the Luftwaffe's failure to protect the vessel, and answers all the questions
An examination of a 1970s Conceptual art project-advertisements for fictional shows by fictional artists in a fictional gallery-that hoodwinked the New York art world.
There are a plethora of books that aim to teach the research methods needed for political science. Thinking Like a Political Scientist stands out from them in its conviction that students are better served by learning a handful of core lessons well rather than trying to memorize hundreds of often statistical definitions. Short and concise, the book has two main parts, Asking Good Questions and Generating Good Answers. In the first section, one chapter each is devoted to the three fundamental questions in political science: who cares?, what happened?, and why?. These take up, among many other topics, crafting a literature review, creating hypotheses, measuring concepts, and the difference between correlation and causation. The second section of the book has chapters about choosing a research design, choosing cases, working with written documents, and working with numbers. All of these are essential skills for undergraduates to have when reading published work and conducting their own research. Every chapter ends with several exercises where students can read examples from published work and develop their own skills as researchers. Finally, unlike most research methods books, Christopher Howard s sprinkles humor and surprising analogies throughout."
Chris Howard showcases his ability to blend gritty realism with apocalyptic themes across six compelling stories. Each narrative is infused with poetic grace, inviting readers to explore the depths of human experience in a world marked by chaos and transformation.
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family.
How to build wealth with passion and purpose The power to create great wealth is already within you. But monetizing that raw energy doesn t happen by itself. As Christopher Howard shows, building great wealth is a dual process.