Kirjahaku

John Anderson brings more than a decade's work experience in the world of Washington D.C. as a political appointee. This guide neatly explains the ifs, ands, hows, and buts of obtaining an appointment and succeeding at the work. Rich with personal experience, and written in an accessible voice for the politically uninitiated, this guide is a perfect introduction to obtaining a political appointment.

Jordan Jones was strangely reluctant to return to Tri-State University for his second year. Was he out of step with his generation? What was the problem? Only the anticipation of football spurred him on. Since coming home from Africa with his family three years ago, his love of British football had quickly transferred to American football. Becoming a star player in high school, he was hoping to make college varsity this year along with Jed Jenkins and Ambrose Washington, his friends. Always serious minded, Jordan had bumped into a conflict upon entering university at Newtown, Texas. How would the problem be solved? Could it be solved? Things did change in surprising ways. The reader will want to learn how this happened.

Jake and Marta Jones, after years of unsuccessful attempts to introduce fish ponds as a protein source for villagers in Sierra Leone, returned to Jake's childhood home in Center City, Wyoming. Their five children entered American life and schools with youthful vigor. Almost at once, some of Jake's old friends, high school football players from some thirty years ago, shared concerns over eroded goals and values in the educational system, the church and society. Fred Fraser, the Superintendent of schools discovered his new principal, Arnold Burton, lacked appreciation for established morality. Burton said, "I will be the enlightener of this backward, countrified community." He enthusiastically embraced the Department of Education's new Initiative for change. Fraser asked his friends how this difference of purpose could be resolved. The reader will want to know how peace was maintained in Center City schools.