As American universities become increasingly diverse, instructors must know how to teach all their students effectively. ESL Students in the Public Speaking Classroom contains practical advice and specific techniques from experts Robbin Crabtree and David Sapp, help instructors to both understand linguistic diversity in the classroom, and to leverage it as a teaching asset. This guide contains helpful classroom activities at the end of each chapter, along with two new chapters (on technology and community-engaged public speaking) and an extensive annotated bibliography for further reading.

Artist and poet David Sapp believes that "any attempt to draw or write about nirvana is a silly pursuit." Yet as seen by professor emeritus Allen Zimmerman of the Cleveland Institute of Art, Sapp is "an open, honest, philosophically informed and poetically gifted, thoroughly engaged and engaging artist who continually conveys the impression that he is a celebrant of life, bent on making sense of what he encounters in his own life." This collection of forty drawings and poems-probing, fearless, and discerning as they are-may not be all that silly, offering inspiration to anyone seeking to "make sense" of life through the lenses of art, poetry, and love.

"Random Thoughts" is a 2017 poetry and prose collection book from Scars Publications (http://scars.tv) of the May through August 2017 issues of Down in the Dirt magazine (http://scars.tv/dirt). Writers and artists in this issue collection book anthology include Alexander Smith, Alisha Mughal, Allan Onik, Amber Shoemake-Doughty, Andy Schenck, Anita G. Gorma, ayaz daryl nielsen, BAM, Barry Zabell, Ben Rasnic, Bhargab Chatterjee, Bijit Sinha, Bill Chuang, Bill Wolak, Bob Strother, Brent C. Green, Brian Looney, Brian Schulz, Carl Papa Palmer, Carlynn Grace Winters, Cassondra Windwalker, Chanelle Pina, Christine Jackson, D. Harrington Miller, David Lohrey, David Russell, David Sapp, DC Diamondopolous, Debbie L. Miller, Dennis Vannatta, Denny E. Marshall, Donal Mahoney, Doug Hawley, Drew Marshall, Duff Allen, E. Martin Pedersen, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eleanor Bennett, Elijah Deus, Fabrice Poussin, Garin Turner, Gary Greene, George W. Clever, Grace Michel, Greg Moglia, Greg Stidham, Gregg Dotoli, Heather Chandler, J. Ray Paradiso, J.G. Walker, Jack Moody, Jan Marquart, Janet Kupyers, Jed Herne, Jim Santore, Joe S. Holland, Jr., John D Robinson, John F. Buckley, Joseph Farley, Julia Bravo, Justin Hunter, Kait Gilleran, Kalen Rice, Karon Johnson, Kennisha Wright, Keren Green, Kim Buck, Kraig Gander , Kristyl Gravina, Kyle Hemmings, LaRue Cook , Liam Spencer, Lindsay Flanagan, Lisa Gray, Liz Posner, Mandie Hines, Manuel Alex Moya, Marc Carver, Marc McMaho, Marc McMahon, Mari Stachenfeld, Marsha Foss, Mary Claire Garcia , Michael Constantine McConnell, Michelle Stumph, Miguel Gardel, Norbert Kovacs, Pat Tyrer, Patricia Ljutic, Patricia Walkow, Perri Bryan, Rebecca Cowgill, Rebecca Cowgill , Richard Schnap, Robert Fabre, Roger G. Singer, Roger McKnight, Ruy Arango, S. R. Mearns, Steven Hicks, Sue Granzella, Tameka Jarmon, Tiana Edwards, Tony Ransom, Trey Hines, Tyler Wolfe, Wayne Franklin, Wayne R Franklin, Westley Heine, and Zachary Harris.

Tom Meadows, a disillusioned social worker from Chicago, is vacationing with his family in Lakeshore, Ohio, a picturesque resort on a peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. When Tom meets Kathy Reardon, they discover in each other the same relentless grief that plagues their lives. Both Tom and Kathy blame themselves for the loss of cherished people to violent deaths, and this guilt has dismantled their identities. When Kathy, a waitress, serves his family, she impulsively passes a note to Tom. Seemingly harmless at first, in actuality, the note dramatically and permanently alters their lives. Tom recklessly jeopardizes his marriage and job by remaining in Lakeshore to be with Kathy. Kathy risks the invulnerability of solitude to find love again. Little do they know that Kathys note will eventually lead them to risk their lives in saving a young woman from a perverse and savage killer.