Best Selling Books by Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Fifteen-year-old varsity cheerleader Alysia Jayne, a beautiful California blonde with the lithe body of an Olympic gymnast, is in an escalating spiral of drug abuse, truancy and deception. One morning in 2003, she is roused from her bed by strangers, handcuffed, and rushed across the Mexican border. Here, she is incarcerated in a disciplinary school for delinquents, called Casa by the Sea, hidden behind whitewashed walls near the resort town of Ensenada. For the next six weeks, she undergoes a brutal treatment right out of "A Clockwork Orange", designed to crush the spirit and self-confidence of its young inmates. Growing rumors of abuse and violence at the Casa facility soon prompt a full-scale raid by the Mexican Federales and the FBI, an event that forces Alysia to acknowledge the still precarious fragility of her sense of self. She voluntarily submits to another severe treatment program at Ivy Ridge Academy in Upstate New York. Clinging to her tenuous relationship with other girls in the program (though forbidden to speak), Alysia gradually develops the courage to confront the roots of her destructive behavior, and win her way back into the loving arms of her family. Candid, humorous and shocking at times, "Wild Thing" is a remarkably mature memoir of a teenager lost in the temptations of America''s public schools.

The topic of attribution and authentication of art works is a well-known one and is currently the subject of heated debate. To arrive at a univocal scientific truth, however, it is necessary to integrate historical-humanistic and technical-experimental skills with a subjective and objective evaluation. The first part of the volume deals with experimentation relating to three valuable artifacts of different material composition: a painting, a sculpture, a codex. The second part of the research regards the emblematic case of the Mona Lisa and its uniqueness. The question connected to this study is: "Is there a second Mona Lisa?" Is the Isleworth Mona Lisa, also known as the Earlier Mona Lisa, a second version of the Louvre Mona Lisa painted by the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci? In order to provide an answer regarding attribution, a methodological path was applied to the painting on canvas "Mona Lisa with columns" (St. Petersburg), establishing that it was a copy, albeit a well-executed one. Numerous versions and copies of the Mona Lisa were also studied, basing their examination on the in-depth archival-bibliographic research of the many paintings on the same subject. The findings highlighted the distinction between two authentic versions by Leonardo, i.e. the Louvre Mona Lisa and the Isleworth Mona Lisa and two copies, i.e. the Prado and the Reynolds Mona Lisas. The latter two, considered to be the most complete and qualitatively better that many others are, in fact, either copies of previous Mona Lisas or of the two authentic versions. The final considerations are dedicated to the chronological sequence of historical sources, stylistic and aesthetic analyses, artistic techniques and experimental investigations to prove the authentication of the Isleworth Mona Lisa by Leonardo.

As one of the people who significantly impacted American culture, Walt Disney is a frequent subject in classrooms around the world. Now kids can get closer to this remarkable man''s life with this first illustrated biography, told through the emotionally engaging words of those who knew, worked with and studied Walt Disney. Historical photographs help readers travel through time, while never-before-published details about Walt''s childhood bring us closer to the man behind the mouse. Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Walt''s birth. Illustrated.

How can organizations and the individuals within them flourish? And what is the nature of effective modern leadership in today''s volatile world? Those questions are crucial for creating workplaces that are not only efficient but also humane, resilient, and adaptable. Ten case studies, written by doctoral graduates of Fielding''s Organization Development and Change (ODC) program, address these topics from a variety of angles. In the process, these authors address ideas such as the Quantum Intelligence Process, the need for organizational agility in small businesses, and the importance of relationships in successful entrepreneurship. The book also examines the unique role of women leaders in the technology sector, the stories of leaders in academic healthcare centers, and the challenges of mid-career transition for Chinese multinational executives. Other chapters explore the various types of collaborative processes that can lead to innovative approaches and breakthroughs. In sum, this book is a must-have for any manager or executive interested in state-of-the-art research on organization development and change.

In Secret of Eternity, historian and social scientist Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts sets out to create an operational model of the afterlife, using quantum physics, neuroscience, electromagnetic energy, philosophy, Chakra and Chigong, near-death experiences, and psychic observations. In doing so, he shows that to understand the afterlife, we have to take the topic out of its religious context and treat it as a natural extension of human biology. Written in the highly accessible style that made him a bestselling National Geographic author, and with a near-encyclopedic command of the material, Dr. Isbouts guides the reader step by step through the evidence, culminating in an actual tour through the "spiritual universe"--which, he argues, is actually our home base from whence we came, and to which we will return.In the last chapter, he compares this afterlife model to Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhists concepts of heaven. His conclusion is that whereas religious concepts have much in common, including their belief in the "proximity to the Source of life," there is much that eludes our earthly grasp of the spiritual universe.Immersive, witty, and illustrated with astonishing observations by the renowned British psychic Sue Dunderdale Jones, Secret of Eternity is the first modern attempt to use all that humankind has learned to produce a scientific reconstruction of the afterlife that may sway even the staunchest reductionist skeptics.Jean-Pierre Isbouts is doctoral professor in the Social Sciences PhD program of Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA, and an award-winning director of historical documentaries for ABC, PBS, History Channel, A&E and overseas networks. His National Geographic hardcover books on biblical history that have sold over 1.5 million copies

Some 75 years after the discovery of the first texts in the Judean Desert, the Dead Sea Scrolls still make headlines. This book brings you the story of their unearthing, the ongoing archaeological work in the caves, and the details of who may have written the texts. Some highlights include: The history of the momentous discovery; A look at modern technology employed by archaeologists and historians in the search for the scrolls; and overviews of the biblical books of the scrolls and the ways they impacted Christianity.-- From statement at Amazon.