Jail and prison are places filled with people struggling to make sense of what they have done. No one plans to come here. Most people would do almost anything to avoid it. Others would rather not know what goes on here at all. Lock the doors. Lose the key.For a chaplain, this is sacred ground. Behind the bars are people with families, jobs, hopes, and the knowledge they have inflicted harm on others. A thousand tales beg to be told. A chaplain ventures into this place, learning to recognize the human beings hiding behind jokes and tough guy reputations. Then she tells the stories.

Finding Grace Within

O'Donnell, Shannon

Literature & Fiction

Pilgrim Spirit Communications

The Volunteer Traveler's Handbook guides new and veteran travelers through the challenges of finding, vetting, and choosing their ideal volunteer experience. The book's practical advice is interwoven with first-person narrative, stories from a wide range of volunteers, beautiful photography, and expert interviews to help interested volunteers find meaningful ways to give back to communities all over the world-through volunteering, but also through social enterprises and supporting sustainable tourism practices. This handbook is filled with advice beyond merely where to volunteer, it delves deep into the industry and answers the questions you never thought to ask. The handbook covers: - the psychology and ethics of volunteering. - volunteer stories from the author, solo travelers, families, professionals, and many others. - practical strategies for finding and vetting volunteer organizations. - tips to adjust to life as a volunteer. - traveling advice covering safety, packing, food, and cultural immersion. - resource lists of international volunteering opportunities and sustainable enterprises to begin your research. Practical, inspiring, and realistic, The Volunteer Traveler's Handbook equips interested volunteers with the information they need to make informed and ethical decisions on their next trip. This book is part of The Traveler's Handbook Series, which includes books on career break, food, luxury and solo travel. Each niche guide is designed to help travelers see the world in a unique way.

The Volunteer Traveler's Handbook (Traveler's Handbooks)

Business & Money

Shannon Rae O'Donnell

Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges--from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. A good IT manager must also be a strong business leader. This book invites you to accompany new CIO Jim Barton to better understand the role of IT in your organization. You'll see Jim struggle through a challenging first year, handling (and fumbling) situations that, although fictional, are based on true events. You can read this book from beginning to end, or treat is as a series of cases. You can also skip around to address your most pressing needs. For example, need to learn about crisis management and security? Read chapters 10-12. You can formulate your own responses to a CIO's obstacles by reading the authors' regular "Reflection" questions. You'll turn to this book many times as you face IT-related issues in your own career.

Adventures of an IT Leader

Austin, Robert D.

Nolan, Richard L.

Management & Leadership

Harvard Business Press

Being a great leader today is much harder than you think Meet Jim Barton. He’s a newly minted CEO, rising leader of a firm in transition, and manager of massive complexitythanks to our incredibly networked and increasingly unpredictable world of business. What if you were in his shoes? If you’re a top executive today, you probably are. Harder Than I Thought is a fictional narrative that puts the increasingly complex job of Chief Executive in a very real context. It serves as a practical guide by allowing you to walk alongside Jim as he takes on his new role and all its attendant challenges. Jim’s storydeveloped in collaboration with seasoned, real-life CEOsincludes crucial lessons for anyone hoping to master the new-world skills required of successful business leaders today. As the narrative unfolds, Jim grapples with an array of business crises, some he inherited and some of his own making. As events push this new leader to the edge of his abilities, he seeks counsel from a panel of advisersresulting in a wealth of teaching moments bound to keep you captivated. Experts agree that many twentieth-century leadership practices won’t work in the turbulent twenty-first century. This engaging book gives you the insights you’ll need to navigate in a fast-changing business landscape.

Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader

Harvard Business Review Press

Now it's easier than ever to implement the best possible solutions for hundreds of tasks and challenges on the iSeries and AS/400. This highly readable, comprehensive new reference, compiled by IBM midrange authorities Ted Holt and Shannon O'Donnell, includes more than 900 entries by more than 300 experts from around the world. These entries address practically every area of your job: RPG, CL, operations, security, database, TCP/IP, and more. You'll find answers to questions about day-to-day programming and operations tasks, as well as techniques for accomplishing rare challenges. If you do anything at all on the iSeries or the AS/400, you will find this book and companion CD-ROM to be the most helpful reference you own.

MC Press Desktop Encyclopedia of Tips, Techniques, and Programming Practices for

Computers & Technology

Holt, Ted

Computer Science

Mc Press

What does it take to lead and manage your company’s tech? Becoming an effective IT leader and manager presents a host of challengesfrom anticipating emerging technologies, to managing relationships with senior executives, vendors, and employees, to communicating with the board. A good IT leader must also be a strong business leader. This booknow thoroughly updated with a new preface by the authors and current tech details and terminologyinvites you to accompany new CIO Jim Barton as he steps up to leadership at his company. You’ll get a deeper understanding of the role of IT in your own organization as you see Jim struggle through a tough first year, handling (and fumbling) all kinds of management challenges. Although fictional, the scenarios are based on the authors’ long experience working with real-life companies across industries and sectors. The Adventures of an IT Leader is both an insightful story and an instructive guidebook. You can read it from beginning to end or treat it as a series of cases, skipping around to different chapters that address your most pressing needs. (For example, if you need to learn about crisis management and security, read chapters 1012.) You can also test yourself and think about how to use the book’s lessons in your own company by reading the authors’ Reflection” questions at the end of each chapter. This book is your indispensable manual for IT management and leadership, no matter what business you’re in.

The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface by the Authors

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