Bøger af Joel Spring

They'd been small-town friends partying through high school, marrying girls in their graduation class, having buddy weekends camping and fishing into their early thirties. Then they disappeared, leaving behind wives with differing emotions about wanting to ever see them again. What happened to the missing four? The setting is Plattsmouth, Nebraska, a city with historic significance at the confluence of the Missouri and Platte rivers. As the search for the missing men unfolds in this suspenseful, psychologically intense tale, it reveals, layer-by-layer, complicated relationships among the four men, their wives, their entwined pasts, quirky local law enforcement officials, the city's knotty history involving the Winnebago tribe and other Native Americans, a 19tth-century gold rush, present-day gold fever and a search for it on sunken ships, the Omaha Mob, a torrid affair one of the wives dares to have in a bizarre casino hotel, mysterious deaths and murders, shady characters and crooked investors, a cybershaman, and much more. The startling conclusion will surprise even the most cynical, clue-savvy, eagle-eyed readers!

Common Core, A Story of School Terrorism is winner of the Society of Professors of Education book award for 2014. Intrigue, politics, and romance collide in this satirical novel about school reform. As it opens, the US Secretary of education is poisoned, teachers change students' answers on a state test, a charter school is bombed and a shadowy plan to build a teacher robot to replace human teachers is revealed. Declaring the poisoning and bombing terrorist acts, Homeland Security and the FBI begin an investigation into a complex world of for-profit schools, educational investment companies, politicians, international culture wars, and a host of special interest groups ranging from neo-Nazi organizations to radical anti-testing groups. FBI Agent Tim Geary, a hero of the Boston Marathon terrorist investigation, leads the search for the killers. What he discovers is an intricate financial and political network linking the Common Core Investment Fund, which supports corporatizing public schools and bribes Chinese officials involved in building the teacher robot, with Brightstone, a testing and publishing giant, and Kiwi, a major technology company selling products to schools. As the mystery unfolds, China's Ministry of State Security and the Hanban struggle with the US State Department and CIA to control the language and culture of the teacher robot, while Cincinnati Teachers Union's President Felicia Cochran leads a national campaign to save public schools from corporatization and takeover by for-profit companies. Entertaining, thought-provoking, and suspenseful, the startling finale of this page-turner reveals who did what to whom and why!

Aging hippies John Brader and his wife Joanie travel from New York to Oklahoma in search of John's Native American roots and find a twisted family tale of cruelty, greed, hallucinogenic Indian medicines, and lost wealth. In Oklahoma, John discovers he is the sole heir of his grandfather's oil lands, which sends him looking for his grandfather's lost deeds. The family story begins in the early nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced-marched on the infamous Trail of Tears from its lands in Mississippi to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, and ends sometime in the future. John Brader discovers his family was capable of great cruelty, such as burying alive an enslaved African woman and scalping of African-American Union troops during the Civil War. He also finds that his grandfather was gay and, in a secret ceremony, married to a famous tribal evangelist. Choctaw hallucinogenic medicines haunt the family causing murder, sexual perversions, and paranoiac fears of slave revolts. Weaving together satire, historical time and place, and family drama, the story opens up multiple and unique ways of seeing history, racism, religious zeal, and American culture.

In this satirical and suspenseful contemporary political novel set in the years immediately before the election of President Donald Trump, Jimmy Brice dreams of restoring true American values. Raised in the 1970s by a militant and depressed working-class father and a sexually oppressed mother who is overly concerned with his bowel movements and masturbation, he tries to overcome his psychological damage through participation in nationalist militia groups and violence. Sally Yates, abused by her corporate-criminal father, becomes a martial arts expert and sharpshooter. After attending Yale and Harvard Law School she pursues a legal career supporting alt-right ideas and founds the Originalist Constitution Fund. Life-long friends and lovers, their complicated love evolves as Jimmy and Sally work together to implement a nationalist alt-right agenda. Through the Originalist Constitution Fund, Jimmy and Sally support gun rights, access to federal lands, segregated militia nations, alt-right economics and the use of violence. Satirical and suspenseful, the story takes startling twists and turns including a takeover of Yellowstone National Park by the Yellowstone Militia Nation, the establishment of the New African Nation in Georgia's Stone Mountain State Park, and Jimmy's journey to Sardinia to help the New Sardinian Armed Movement in its nationalist quest for independence from Italy. Mysterious Russian spies appear throughout. In the end, disgusted with the racism and violence of America, Jimmy and Sally conclude it is impossible to fulfill the ideals of the founding fathers because America was founded on slavery and genocide of Native Americans. Fleeing enemies, the story ends with their radical decision about what to do next.

In this psychological thriller-a darkly humorous satire of political and academic intrigue and violence-Billy Durant, raped at the age of six in a foster home, becomes a serial killer and world-renowned behavioral economist. A deeply angered, troubled, and brilliant youth, he lands in a prestigious university, where he becomes a fan of libertarian Ayn Rand and free-market economics. Considered a mathematical and economic genius, he is recruited by the Chicago Economic Institute to develop and execute a series of cost/benefit models that lead to devastating consequences. Later he is funded by right-wing Oklahoma oil-rich brothers to promote free markets, tax cuts, and gun rights. Behavioral economics turns out to be the perfect public outlet for Billy's private rage and violence. His life is a maelstrom of sanctioned and secret murders fraught with guilt and moral conflict. In middle age Billy hooks up with Rosa Honecker, a former torturer for the East German secret police. Their life together is filled with emotion, passion, secrets, kinky sexual adventures, and through it all an intense struggle against their violent histories and murderous impulses. The story ends as Billy and Rosa approach old age, with startling denouements for them both.

A Perfect Life Jimmy Clark is the poster child for the World Government's promise to provide everyone with a perfect life. In this satire of a dystopian future the 300 highest-earning global corporations control the World Government. Data on everyone, collected by AlwaysWatch, is sent to Interpol. To be outside the view of AlwaysWatch's cameras is against World Government law. Jimmy's early life is managed by Radiant Technologies and Biostream- mega-global-corporations that analyze Big Data to engineer the perfect life. Removed from his parents at birth, Jimmy is assigned to a robot guardian Sally, who becomes his lifetime companion sometimes sharing his bed. Shaped by the "right" schools for the perfect job in his perfect life, Jimmy is pushed into the Zeus Fund. There, at the altar of the Temple of Mammon, he unwittingly completes the Internet of Things, linking all data with global corporations and government agencies. As this dark, ironic spoof unfolds, Jimmy's perfect life cracks apart. Truths begin to surface. The love of his life-a privileged, spoiled, anti-World Government activist- is killed. Stimulating consumerism with drugs, fantasies and enticing scents, the World Government's Office of Shoppiness causes mass riots and shopping mall burnings. Seizing this opportunity for a windfall, SleepWell, DieWell and GoCancer flood the devices of the dying with ads suggesting "Isn't it time to rest and sleep?"

Outdoor literature lends itself well to reminiscence of the past; days gone by, hunts with old friends, and good dogs long gone. Joel Spring explored the past in depth with The Ghosts of Autumn (Skyhorse Publishing, 2016). In his latest work, At Forest's Edge, Spring turns his thoughts and insights to the future and the future of the sport of hunting. In essays span - ning a season afield, At Forest's Edge speaks to the upcoming generation of hunters as well as those of us who have a few more miles on our boots. The au - thor weaves humor, sadness, and a sense of hope seamlessly together in another engaging book. Inside you'll find deer and ducks, dogs and friends, adventure and reflection. Most importantly, you'll find hope for the future. Come take a walk with Joel Spring At Forest's Edge .

This guide asseses global education, while looking at the issue from a historical and international viewpoint. Topics include: equality and freedom in Islamic education; India's education, human rights and the global flow; and natural rights and education in the West.

A thorough introduction to an increasingly popular fishing sport.Did you know that kayak fishing has shot up in popularity over the past few years? Americans take more than 38 million kayak fishing trips every year. While most outdoors enthusiasts think of kayaks simply as boats, there are many great reasons to take up fishing from a kayak. A kayak is cheaper to maintain than a larger fishing boat; it can be launched from almost anywhere and piloted by almost anyone; and kayakers can access places larger boats can’t, opening up new fishing spots. So join in on the fun with The Ultimate Guide to Kayak Fishing.Joel Spring guides readers through choosing a kayak from the various types, transporting it, and outfitting it with the absolute necessities. He covers vital safety information, from life-preservers and waterproof cell-phone cases to boat traffic and weather concerns. Finally, he offers key insights for a successful kayak fishing experience. Topics covered include:Standing to fishCasting under brush and treesFishing in the windBait, casting, fly, and night fishing tips, tactics, and techniquesLanding fish in a kayakAnd much more!Spring finally offers further advice on kayak maintenance as well as making kayak fishing a friend and family event. Pick up a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Kayak Fishing for a complete introduction to this great, less-known fishing sport.

Examines globalization and its worldwide effects on education. A central thesis of this book is that industrial-consumerism is the dominant paradigm in the integration of education and economic planning in modern economic security states.

Proposes a prototype for a global school - an eco-school that functions to protect the biosphere and human rights and to support the happiness and well-being of the school staff, students, and immediate community - and for a global core curriculum based on holistic models for lessons and instruction.

Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism. These changes are fueling a clash between the ideas of free-market and consumer-based neo-liberals and those of human rights and environmental educations.

A description of the impact of US government civilization and education policies on a Native American tribe from 1793 to 1995. The author dicovers a direct relationship between educational policies and their impact on his family and tribe through the process of civilization.

This work discusses the relationship between the development of the global economy and educational policy, covering topics such as European colonialism, the Japanese response to colonialism, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, and the United Nations.

This text charts the rise of consumerism as the dominant American ideology of the 21st century. It documents and analyses how, from the early 19th century through to the present, the combined endeavours of schools, advertising and media have led to the creation of a consumerist ideology.