Experience Itasca State Park as you never have before. Whether you're visiting for a day, staying for a week or simply want a keepsake of Minnesota's most popular park, you'll find everything you need in the pages of this book. It's a detailed guide to hiking, biking, snowmobiling, skiing and water sports, with fascinating stories from Itasca's colorful past. Get tips on finding the park's hidden gems throughout the seasons, and discover nearby attractions, such as the LaSalle State Recreation Area. Improve your life; connect with nature at Itasca State Park.

'Asia Pacific higher education is in a state of continuous transition. This volume provides explanatory frames for the complex nature of this transition by examining four oft-cited 'explanations' for the contemporary Asian university. One of these explanations/hypotheses holds that minor differences aside, the dominant higher education form and practices are derived from Western models. Another explanation seeks to trace historical elements of Asia higher education that have been carried forward into thecontemporary. A third explanation focuses on the dominant role that societal economic development has played in contemporary Asia and the importance of higher education in assisting such development. A final explanation focuses on the increasing importance that global models of higher education are playing in the formation and development of the contemporary Asian university'--

In boardrooms and lecture halls, on the field and at home, strong female leaders are making a statement around the globe. In HOW GREAT WOMEN LEAD Bonnie St. John and her teenage daughter, Darcy Deane, explore the qualities that motivate some of the world's most powerful women. Through engaging, out-of-the-spotlight interchanges, the authors discover commonly held values, behaviors, and attitudes, as well as the subtle, special skills inherent in female leaders.

From the ethics of Dr. Condoleeza Rice to the fortitude of Hillary Rodham Clinton to the enthusiasm of Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp and the discipline of Geena Davis, each woman in this book shares the exciting story of her rise to the top and the unique qualities it took to get there.

The Land of 10,000 Lakes is peppered with small communities. Little Minnesota spotlights 100 towns with populations around 100. Each entry features folks who know what it means to help their neighbors and locales that range from quaint to historic.

A powerful, beautiful and thought-provoking novel about faith and doubt and individual freedom.

The images in Acts of Light are the result of John Deane's unprecedented access as a promotional photographer for the Martha Graham Dance Company. The first book to comprehensively survey Graham's dances in full color digital photography, it also features personal interviews with this new generation of Graham interpreters, who reflect on their own lives, the meaning each dance has for them personally, and the Graham technique in frank and touching style.