An excellent resource for the Geometry student.

Geometry: Student Edition 2009 (University of Chicago School Mathematics Project)

Science & Math

Benson, John

Fletcher, Michael

Klein, Ray

Miller, Matthew J.

Capuzzi-Feuerstein, Catherine

Mathematics

Wright Group/McGraw-Hill.

SUPREME DISCOMFORToriginated from a much-commented-upon profile of Clarence Thomas that appeared in an August 2002 issue of The Washington Post Magazine. In it, Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher, both Post staffers, both black, crafted a haunting portrait of an isolated and bitter man, savagely reviled by much of the black community, not entirely comfortable in white society, internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural poverty in Georgia to elite educational institutions to the pinnacle of judicial power. He has clearly never recovered from the searing experience of his Senate confirmation hearings and the "he said/she said" drama of the accusations of sexual harassment by Anita Hill. SUPREME DISCOMFORT tracks the personal odyssey of perhaps the least understood man in Washington, from his poor childhood in Pin Point and Savannah, Georgia, to his educational experiences in a Catholic seminary and Holy Cross, to his law school years at Yale during the black power era, to his rise within the Republican political establishment. It offers a window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both—and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come.

Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas

Biographies & Memoirs

Merida, Kevin

Community & Culture

DOUBLEDAY

A major problem in the local church today is lack of leadership. Simply put, we have more needs than we have leaders to meet those needs. So, how do we train better leaders faster?
The truth is, very few churches really have a well-thought-out leadership development plan. Growth requires continually adding healthy new leaders, who carry the church culture forward and embody its core values. Everyone knows it, but how do we achieve it?
In Empowering Leadership author and leadership consultant Michael Fletcher says leaders like this can't simply be bought, nor can they be hired from someone else's leadership assembly line. Developing leaders at every level, to create an environment that attracts potential leaders, and to build better leaders faster, an organization needs more than a pipeline. It needs a culture that develops leaders organically.
Finding the right kind of leaders to guide your church on a path of continual growth comes out of keeping the right focus, and that focus is not just on the leaders. In fact, as Fletcher says,
It isn't about the leader. It never was about the leader. It will never be about the leader. It will always and only be about Jesus and his people.
It's about the people. True leadership development includes the often messy, but necessary, interaction of life upon life. So hiring pastors and key staff roles from within the church is the very best policy—people who "breathe" the culture of the church and who have helped create the culture you want to maintain.
If your church or organization needs a good leadership development structure, then you're holding the right book. Empowering Leadership details Michael's greatest insights on how to build better leaders faster by creating a leadership development culture in your church or organization—naturally, organically, continually.
Empower your church or organization through great leadership. This book will show you how!

Empowering Leadership: How a Leadership Development Culture Builds Better Leaders Faster

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Thomas Nelson

Know What Lies Ahead for Your Church Each local church is unique and has its own personality. But almost every congregation will face the same numerical barriers, according to decades of church growth research. These barriers can sidetrack good churches and leave their pastors and leadership teams wondering why attendance has slowed, plateaued, or even declined. Drawing from tried and true success with his own church and from years of working with other churches worldwide, Michael Fletcher explains that internal changes--not external--are the key to clearing these hurdles. Inside, you will learn: The points where active membership ordinarily stalls out The changing roles of pastors and leadership teams at each growth stage How to facilitate strong relationships within the congregation Ways for churches to jumpstart their ministries...and more Throughout, Fletcher emphasizes that growing attendance numbers is not the goal. Instead, it is all about growing people and extending God's kingdom on earth.

Overcoming Barriers to Growth: Proven Strategies for Taking Your Church to the Next Level

Bethany House

Passionate about church growth, Michael Fletcher understands the obstacles pastors and church leaders face as they reach 100/200 and 700/800-member barriers. In clear language he lays out practical steps churches can follow to achieve the growth they desire. His strategies have proved effective not only in his church, which has grown dramatically, but also in the churches of Grace Churches International, a worldwide network of 315-plus churches that he leads.

Overcoming Barriers to Church Growth: Proven Strategies for Taking Your Church to the Next Level

There is no more powerful, detested, misunderstood African American in our public life than Clarence Thomas. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas is a haunting portrait of an isolated and complex man, savagely reviled by much of the black community, not entirely comfortable in white society, internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural poverty in Georgia, to elite educational institutions, to the pinnacle of judicial power. His staunchly conservative positions on crime, abortion, and, especially, affirmative action have exposed him to charges of heartlessness and hypocrisy, in that he is himself the product of a broken home who manifestly benefited from racially conscious admissions policies. Supreme Discomfort is a superbly researched and reported work that features testimony from friends and foes alike who have never spoken in public about Thomas before—including a candid conversation with his fellow justice and ideological ally, Antonin Scalia. It offers a long-overdue window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both—and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come.

Crown

A major problem in the local church today is lack of leadership. Simply put, we have more needs than we have leaders to meet those needs. So, how do we train better leaders faster?The truth is, very few churches really have a well-thought-out leadership development plan. Growth requires continually adding healthy new leaders, who carry the church culture forward and embody its core values. Everyone knows it, but how do we achieve it?In Empowering Leadership author and leadership consultant Michael Fletcher says leaders like this can't simply be bought, nor can they be hired from someone else's leadership assembly line. Developing leaders at every level, to create an environment that attracts potential leaders, and to build better leaders faster, an organization needs more than a pipeline. It needs a culture that develops leaders organically.Finding the right kind of leaders to guide your church on a path of continual growth comes out of keeping the right focus, and that focus is not just on the leaders. In fact, as Fletcher says,It isn't about the leader. It never was about the leader. It will never be about the leader. It will always and only be about Jesus and his people.It's about the people. True leadership development includes the often messy, but necessary, interaction of life upon life. So hiring pastors and key staff roles from within the church is the very best policy—people who "breathe" the culture of the church and who have helped create the culture you want to maintain.If your church or organization needs a good leadership development structure, then you're holding the right book. Empowering Leadership details Michael's greatest insights on how to build better leaders faster by creating a leadership development culture in your church or organization—naturally, organically, continually.Empower your church or organization through great leadership. This book will show you how!

Thomas Nelson on Brilliance Audio

With God using so many leaders to bring the message of racial reconciliation across our country, and with so many individuals coming forward at conferences to become "reconciled," why are so few people experiencing a real covenant relationship with a brother or sister of a different cultural background? Why are so few churches becoming truly multiethnic? And why are so few cities being impacted to the degree that the press has no race riot or protest to report after a major hate crime is committed? What we must realize is that reconciliation messages and meetings, while important, are only the starting point. In sharing their own story of an extraordinary covenant friendship, Larry Jackson and Michael Fletcher reveal many important principles for fostering true racial unity, including: Seeing reconciliation from God's perspective  The leadership necessary for real reconciliation  Practical steps to walking in lasting reconciliation  Beyond Reconciliation is about a journey into a "brave new world" of living, growing, redemptive relationships that act as beacons of hope in the midst of cultures clashing in darkness.

Beyond Reconciliation: How to Establish Long-Lasting, Live-Giving Relationships Across Racial Boundaries

Politics & Social Sciences

Jackson, Larry A

Sociology

Wagner Institute Publications

We all hunger for long lasting, life giving relationships. For many they are a struggle to establish or even maintain. We all desire a deep relationship with our spouse, parents, children, coworkers, friends, and others around us. In reality, the quality of life we live is directly related to the success or failure of these relationships.
In Building Successful Relationships, Michael Fletcher gives seven practical keys that will help build strong relationships throughout every area of life. He shows the central issue in every relationship is the hearts of those involved. When the seven principles are applied, you will begin to see your heart and the hearts of those around you grow closer to one another. This book will enable you to see an increased level of intimacy in your existing relationships, help you develop new relationships, or repair a damaged relationship from your past.

Building Successful Relationships

AdvancetheKingdom.com

Leadership Transitions for Growth

Wagner Publications

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Geometry: Student Edition 2009 (University of Chicago School Mathematics Project)

Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas

Empowering Leadership: How a Leadership Development Culture Builds Better Leaders Faster

Overcoming Barriers to Growth: Proven Strategies for Taking Your Church to the Next Level

Overcoming Barriers to Church Growth: Proven Strategies for Taking Your Church to the Next Level

Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas

Empowering Leadership: How a Leadership Development Culture Builds Better Leaders Faster

Beyond Reconciliation: How to Establish Long-Lasting, Live-Giving Relationships Across Racial Boundaries

Building Successful Relationships

Leadership Transitions for Growth