The second volume of Mick Fowler's autobiography, On Thin Ice covers his alpine climbs in the Americas and Asia, and the Himalayan challenges attempted while holding down a nine-to-five job and raising a family. A combination of exotic travel with major ascents provide the reader with the ultimate adrenalin-soaked 'holiday experience'!
From sampling to questionnaire design to data analysis, Fowler's basic introduction to survey research methods covers the spectrum of data collection procedures used in social surveys. He looks at the options available to the researcher, discusses standards for good practice, examines the decisions to be made in designing a survey, and identifies sources of error in survey research. He demonstrates how each aspect of a survey can affect its accuracy and credibility, and confronts the practical problems of survey research, exploring the theoretical and methodological issues at stake. This revised edition also features a new chapter on data entry options, including computer-assisted telephone interviewing.
Power is terrifying! Those who have it clutch it desperately-intimidating, even punishing those who might try to take it away. The powerless are afraid to risk the consequences of confronting those who victimize them. Those in the middle back off, conned by the hope that one day they might have some power. The issues are justice and fear.These fourteen stories are based on actual experiences of the author during forty years of urban ministry-a ministry that focused on issues of race and poverty.Racism is addressed in the accounts of a "freedom ride" into Georgia and the harassment of black mechanics in a city's Public Works Department. Manipulation by the wealthy, by local politicians, by corporations, and by legalized gambling is addressed in separate stories. Powerlessness is confronted in the lives of slum tenants, welfare mothers, street gangs, immigrants, and Labrador fishermen.The use (and abuse) of power inevitably results in ethical dilemmas, some of which are addressed in an appendix study guide.
This stunning book features the finest examples of Japanese cloisonne -enameled objects that reflect the exquisite craftsmanship required of the technique as well as the Japanese cultural reverence for meticulous and exacting work.
Mick Fowler is the master of the small Himalayan expedition. He has been at the forefront of this approach to alpinism for thirty years, balancing family life, work at the tax office and annual trips to the greater ranges. In No Easy Way, Fowler recounts expeditions to stunning mountains in China, India, Nepal and Tibet.
Jakob Morello ist ein Mann, der nicht auffällt. Das war schon als Jugendlicher so. Er wird nicht wahrgenommen. Keine Freunde. Beziehungslos. Selbst seine Mutter verachtet ihn. Ein Mann, der irgendwann zurückschlägt. Unerbittlich und brutal ...