Bøger af Jim McConnell

This is a fast-paced and accessible non-fiction narrative of the Scottish Reformation that produced the world's first system of universal public education and its first constitutional monarchy.

This is an affectionate history and description of life in Lake County, Oregon. The book offers an affectionate glimpse of the land forms, history and people of Lake County. Located at the extreme north of the Great Basin, the county's high desert environment was home to a nomadic First People who lived here peacefully but perilously for many thousands of years before the coming of the white man. The coming of white pioneers brought the classic old west "Indian Wars," range wars, "sheep wars," homesteading; and, for a time, a thriving timber industry. The high desert country is a land of contrasts - stark, steep-faced escarpments, buttes and plateaus surrounding vast lakes and valleys - whose lowest elevation is more than 4,000 feet above sea level and highest is more than 8,400 feet. Its average annual precipitation rate is less than 15 inches, but because of its many lakes it is -- by far -- the wettest county in the state in terms of water surface area. Except for a brief time in the spring when wildflowers flourish among the sagebrush and bunch grass, the landscape is painted from a palette of pastels: the light greens and greys of sagebrush, pale green and yellow of bunchgrass, umbers and greys of the rimrocks and outcroppings, punctuated by the darker green of the ubiquitous juniper trees. The changing shadows of the land forms and spectacular colors of the sunrises and sunsets more than compensate for the muted colors. The author, a retired architectural consultant, now lives in Hood River, Oregon.

A panorama of Church history from A.D. 90 to the Rapture

Security is important to all of us individually and in society so that we feel safe to enjoy our freedoms. Security should be important to every organization, whether a solo entrepreneur to a non-profit to a church to a Fortune 500 to a government agency. Measuring the operational and maturity of a security function has always been difficult. There are many great resources on HOW to establish a metrics program and many solutions for collecting and analyzing events/statistics from a wide variety of security functions. Jim felt the need for some solutions for all of the industry regardless of organization type or size, or country. Converged Security Metrics book goal is to provide a yearly, ever-maturing set of Top 25 security metrics for the widest variety of security functions (physical security, cyber security, personnel security, fraud, law enforcement, executive protection, etc.). Kindle and Hardback come in a week or two.

Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Jim and June McConnell's adoption and foster parenting journey-the joys, sorrows, challenges, and everything in between.When Jim and his wife, June, decided to become foster parents, they had no idea of the journey ahead of them. Excited to love and help kids, they welcomed numerous foster children into their home. They could never have imagined the unique challenges they would face dealing with the foster care systems intended to help those children.Unable to have children of their own, Jim and June sought to adopt, which opened up a whole new world of love, joy, and challenges-including what they would learn firsthand about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).With a conversational tone, Jim shares the joys of welcoming foster and adopted children into his home. He details how things did not always go as planned, the adjustments they made, and the wisdom he and June learned along the way. Included is a section to help readers understand the symptoms and destructive effects of prenatal alcohol and drug use.Insightful, instructive, transparent, and entertaining, The Never-Ending Joys of Parenting will help-and inspire-all parents in their child-rearing journey.

For three decades, Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom (1907-1962) was one of the most well-known pitchers in baseball. Drawing on interviews with family, friends and former teammates, this first full-length biography of Newsom takes an entertaining look at the life and career of one of sports' most memorable characters.