Joe Walker

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: RMPSFirst Teaching: August 2018First Exam: June 2019The only resource for RMPS at Higher level, by a bestselling author and expert in the field. Completely updated with the latest SQA assessment changes.This book provides comprehensive coverage of the updated Higher in Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies, but is also ideal for students across Scotland studying key topic areas in Morality and Belief as part of the broad general education and the senior phase of RME.- Written in a lively, accessible and engaging style that reflects real-life situations and moral issues- Highlights the importance of dealing with varieties of belief within religious traditions- Deals with up-to-date contemporary and topical issues in a highly practical manner

Hundreds of books have been written on the life and career of Elvis Presley. When he began writing "Elvis in Arkansas," author Joe Walker set about focusing on the historical Elvis and his dozens of trips across Arkansas from those earliest days to a visit just months before Presley's untimely death."Elvis in Arkansas" offers a fresh perspective on those early days when Elvis and his band mates, Scotty Moore and Bill Black first ventured west out of Memphis with the trio crisscrossing the Ark-La-Tex, performing in hundreds of shows across Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. And when they weren't playing a show in Arkansas, they were driving back and forth across the state weekly, sometimes eating at a local diner, or visiting friends they had made along the way. You'll read the stories from those who were there, not realizing they were witnessing the birth of Rock 'n Roll. For them, they were witnessing something, they just weren't sure what. Among the stories you'll read: -The night Elvis' original pink Cadillac burned alongside an Arkansas highway.-The Arkansas gymnasium floor that collapsed while Elvis was performing.-Elvis' fear of flying caused by his plane nearly crashing over western Arkansas. -Elvis being inducted into an Arkansas college fraternity.-Elvis singing before a crowd of only thirty-four people at an Arkansas show. -Elvis' attempt at purchasing a 11,000 acre duck hunting farming operation in Arkansas.-The auto accident where the authorities wouldn't take his check because they had no idea who Elvis Presley was."Elvis in Arkansas" is a one of a kind Arkansas perspective on the birth of Rock 'n' Roll.This is not just another Elvis book.

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: RMPSFirst Teaching: August 2018First Exam: June 2019The only resource for RMPS Religious and Philosophical Questions at Higher level, written by a bestselling author and expert in the field. Completely updated for the 2018 SQA specification.This book provides comprehensive coverage of the newly designed CFE Higher in Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies. It is also ideal for students across Scotland studying key topic areas in Religious and Philosophical Questions as part of the broad general education and the senior phase of RME.- Offers a lively, accessible and engaging style with appropriate humour that reflects real-life situations and moral issues- Highlights the importance of dealing with varieties of belief within religious traditions- Deals with up-to-date contemporary and topical issues in a highly sensitive and informative manner

Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: Religious StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018This second edition ensures that the content of this leading textbook is fully up to date with arrangements for the Religious and Philosophical Questions section of the National 5 RMPS course.- Designed to help learners to develop the required knowledge and skills- Provides examples of assessment tasks to support learners as they prepare to tackle the final exam- Includes a range of stimulating prompts and classroom activities

In the spring of 1864 following the failed Red River Campaign, two vast armies marched across Southern Arkansas. The Federal Army, trying desperately to get back to the safety of Little Rock, having marched toward Louisiana in support of the Union's failed invasion of Texas was running out of food and supplies. Union General Frederick Steele knew he had to get his army back to the safety of Little Rock if they were to survive. In hot pursuit of the Federals were thousands of Confederates under command of General Edmund Kirby Smith. Their mission: destroy the Union Army at all cost. As both armies marched north toward Little Rock, the rain that had plagued the march early on had returned with a vengeance, turning the Federal retreat into a mud march. Standing in the way of the Federal retreat was the rain swollen Saline River crossing at Jenkins' Ferry. The frustrated Federals were forced to construct a pontoon bridge across the rising river slowing their march, enabling the Confederates to close the gap. The resulting Battle of Jenkins' Ferry was one of the largest and certainly one of the most deadliest in Arkansas Civil War history. Author Joe Walker uses "The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry: A Student's Guide" to introduce the battle to a new generation of readers about one of the deadliest events in Arkansas history.

** This is a revised Third Edition - July 2018 **The revised third edition now includes over one hundred pages of additional photographs, post-war biographical sketches of the commanders, selected newspaper articles detailing the battle from Northern and Southern perspectives, recovered relics as well as how the battlefield looks today from several key locations.In the spring of 1864 following the failed Red River Campaign, two vast armies marched across Southern Arkansas. The Federal Army, trying desperately to get back to the safety of Little Rock, having marched toward Louisiana in support of the Union's failed invasion of Texas was running out of food and supplies. Union General Frederick Steele knew he had to get his army back to the safety of Little Rock if they were to survive. In hot pursuit of the Federals were thousands of Confederates under command of General Edmund Kirby Smith. Their mission: destroy the Union Army at all cost. As both armies marched north toward Little Rock, the rain that had plagued the march early on had returned with a vengeance, turning the Federal retreat into a mud march. Standing in the way of the Federal retreat was the rain swollen Saline River crossing at Jenkins' Ferry. The frustrated Federals were forced to construct a pontoon bridge across the rising river slowing their march, enabling the Confederates to close the gap. The resulting Battle of Jenkins' Ferry was one of the largest and certainly one of the most vicarious in Arkansas Civil War history.Harvest of Death: the Battle of Jenkins ' Ferry, Arkansas is the first major work dedicated to the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry in fifty years. Author Joe Walker tells the story of two armies and their epic clash alongside the Saline River. Through the use of previously unpublished photographs and stories, Walker brings the battle to life as never before. Through the use of a previously unpublished map of the battle, drawn by a Confederate Engineer shortly after the battle, Walker shows the battle in a completely new light and changes forever the way historians believed the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry was fought. Walker also discusses the discovery of previously forgotten accounts of the battle that suggest the Federal Army used more that skill and tactics to out battle the Confederates - they may have outwitted and defeated the Confederates through one altered courier dispatch - an alteration that may have affected the outcome of the battle and changed the balance of power in Civil War Arkansas. The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas was one of the most violent Civil War battles in our history with accusations of atrocities committed by both sides. It will make you rethink the history of Civil War Arkansas.