Abortion in Popular Culture: A Call to Action brings together scholars who examine depictions of abortion in film, television, literature, and social media. By examining texts ranging from classic television series such as Maude and Roseanne and recent films such as Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Unpregnant to dystopian novels and social-media campaigns, the essays analyze narrative styles, rhetorical strategies, and cinematic techniques, all of which shape cultural attitudes toward abo...

"Each short story is unique, carefully crafted, and memorable. A fun read from cover to cover." – MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWDesperados and yellow-bellies be warned: These ain't your typical westerns…Herein find legendary masters of anomalous Western and Horror stories—along with a posse of budding word-slingers—who all bring you an electrifying and frightening collection of extraordinary tales set in the Old West and beyond...

Woody Allen was once made a knight commander by France, but he didn’t know because the paperwork got lost in the mail.A decade later, he found out about the award by reading about it in the New York Times.Across nearly nine eventful decades, Allen’s life has been full of surprises. Writing jokes got him a gig as the youngest writer of Sid Caesar’s television dream team. As a rising comic, he boxed a kangaroo on TV. He made a blank-check deal with a...

One man's phenomenal tale of escaping a death sentence in Iraq, surviving the Australian Refugee system and becoming a pioneering surgeon at the forefront of Orthopaedic medicine.In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police marched into the operating theatre and ordered the surgical team to mutilate the ears of three busloads of army deserters. When the head of surgery refused, he was executed in front ...

Do you want to know how an ordinary person like you can get extraordinary results? How can you learn to truly claim and exercise your power? How can you turn negative situations into positive ones?In “As One Thinks”, Patrick J. Dailey answers these questions and more. Through deeply moving stories, provocative new arguments, life-changing quotes, and the re-imagination of James Allen’s “As a Man Thinketh,” he presents a powerful manifesto for how you can claim the ...

Comme on pense : Une revisitation du classique de James AllenVoulez-vous savoir comment une personne ordinaire comme vous peut obtenir des résultats extraordinaires ? Comment apprendre à revendiquer et à exercer véritablement votre pouvoir ? Comment transformer les situations négatives en situations positives ?Dans "As a Man Thinks", Patrick J. Dailey répond à ces questions et plus encore. À travers des histoires profondément émouvantes, de nouveaux argumen...

Something strange is happening in the desert town of Gravelhook… and it's not just the heat.Max, Lilly, and Kennedy barely survived the rubber duck apocalypse in their hometown—but their troubles are far from over.When the trio follows a trail of cryptic clues to a forgotten village swallowed by sand, they uncover a terrifying new secret:The ducks have wings now.In a town where time has stopped, memories vanish, and everyone smiles a little too wide, the kid...

Per decenni Woody Allen è stato una delle figure più influenti della cultura americana: regista, sceneggiatore, attore, simbolo di un certo modo di fare cinema d'autore. Oggi, però, il suo nome è diventato scomodo, circondato da polemiche e accuse. È proprio questo percorso, dall'ascesa folgorante alla caduta rovinosa, che Patrick McGilligan ricostruisce con equilibrio e rigore. Il libro racconta l'infanzia a Brooklyn, i primi passi da autore televisivo, l'esplosione come stand-up comedian...

Here is the revised and updated tenth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller.Over the past decade, A Patriot’s History of the United States has become the definitive conservative history of our country, correcting the biases of historians and other intellectuals who downplay the greatness of America’s patriots. Professors Schweikart and Allen have now revised, updated, and expanded their book, which covers America’s long history with an appreciati...

An anthology of visionary new stories from Chinese and English-language writers, featuring three Hugo Award-nominated tales. If you love the mission of science fiction, the exchange between cultures, and the hopeful trajectory of technology and ideas, this collection is for you.An impressive joint project, this outstanding new anthology brings the best of Chinese and English-language science fiction in a mediation on the theme of Exploration in Space. New, emerging...

The ducks have stopped following the rules.After surviving the desert horrors of Gravelhook, Max, Lilly, and Kennedy head to Feathergrove—a town famous for its creepy carnival, friendly locals, and eerie silence about anything duck-related.But something is very wrong beneath the flashing lights and funhouse mirrors.Children wear duck masks they can't take off. Rubber ducks whisper from the shadows. And deep beneath the town lies a carousel that should never be turne...

As a Man Thinketh Reloaded reimagines a classic for a modern audience. Fast, fearless, and relentlessly insightful, this book reframes thought as the architect of reality—not a sermon, but a testable method. Drawn from James Allen's classic—original text included to enjoy—and positioned across key philosophical heavy-weights and modern thinkers, it invites you to explore where your thinking happens, and how your world takes shape.PART I explores five electric questions: