This series, broadcast on Radio 4, is an assessment of the Bible's cultural, political, moral, social and personal impact, and a personal odyssey for John McCarthy as he questions the chapters he read during his time in captivity and discusses the meaning of truth and what it means to be human.

In 1986 Brian Keenan and John McCarthy were forced to take a journey without maps. For the next four years they were incarcerated in a Lebanese dungeon. From the blank outlook of a tiny cell, with only each other and a few volumes of an ancient American encyclopaedia to sustain them, they could only wander the wide open spaces of their imagination. To displace the ugly confines of their existence, they envisaged walking in the High Andes and across the wastes of Patagonia.Five year...

How do we educate so all can learn? What does differentiation look like when done successfully? This practical guide to differentiation answers these questions and more. Based on national and international work, McCarthy shares how educators finally understand how differentiation can work. Bridging pedagogy and practice, each chapter addresses a key understanding for how good teaching practices can include differentiation with examples and concrete methods and strategies.The book i...

God, Sex, Science, Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Ethics is a timely, wide-ranging attempt to rescue dialogues on human sexuality, sexual diversity, and gender from insular exchanges based primarily on biblical scholarship and denominational ideology. Too often, dialogues on sexuality and gender devolve into the repetition of party lines and defensive postures, without considering the interdisciplinary body of scholarly research on this complex subject. This vo...

"A History of Troop A Cavalry" by Robert John McCarthy is a detailed exploration of the storied past of Troop A, a cavalry unit with a rich heritage. McCarthy meticulously chronicles the formation, evolution, and significant events that shaped the troop's identity over the years. Through extensive research and firsthand accounts, the author brings to life the experiences of the soldiers who served, highlighting their bravery and dedication. The book serves as both a historical record and a...

An Epicurious Best Book of the Year 2023"Authors Carey Jones and John McCarthy are a cocktail world power couple." -- Bon AppetitShake up your cocktail routine with this easy-to-follow guide from the critically acclaimed authors of Be Your Own Bartender.You love your favorite libations, but sometimes you want something different that you know you’ll like. Providing all the tools you need to create delicious new con...

A compact volume that introduces modern gentlemen to some of the greatest pleasures in life, from the very best spirits to the most complex hot sauces to the suavest of accessories. This book is perfect for summer reading.The book is targeted to aspiring bon vivants, modern metrosexuals, millennials, and hipsters eager to become the new gentleman. Content not only includes quick guides to great drinks, foods, and cigars, but also makes the case for why eve...

In 2003, the United States had about 60 craft distillers; today there are over 2,000 in all corners of the country, 500 of which are making whiskey. This book, which introduces the entrepreneurs and the companies behind this American craft whiskey movement, is perfect for summer reading.Whiskey Rebels is a collection of first-person accounts of the brilliant, brave, and slightly crazy innovators responsible for changing the whiskey landscape forever—people...

Draig the black Zaurlock has lived on the earth for three hundred years. He has reached the pinnacle of his devastative magic powers but wants more. He has delved in the black arts and experimented with morphing humans into animals with limited success. Rasita Darilus his apprentice is morphed and cannot be restored. As the black Zaurlock cannot find any means to greater power in the earth he seeks power from the evil one of the underworld who engages him as his agent. Because of this rela...

In this poetry collection, the author of Ghost Country deeply examines violent masculinity, driven by a yearning for more compassionate ways of being.McCarthy's flyover country is populated by a family strangled by silence: a father drunk and mute in the passenger seat, a mother sinking into bed like a dish at the bottom of a sink, and a boy whose friends play punch-for-punch for fun. He shows us a boy struggling to understand pain carried down through gene...

A critical inquiry into the value and experience of participation in design research.In Taking [A]part, John McCarthy and Peter Wright consider a series of boundary-pushing research projects in human-computer interaction (HCI) in which the design of digital technology is used to inquire into participative experience. McCarthy and Wright view all of these projects—which range from the public and performative to the private and interpersonal—through the crit...

**A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearA thought-provoking examination of how public education systems can be strengthened through strategic relationships both within schools and with outside partners.**In Democracy and Reform in Public Schools, Saul Rubinstein, Charles Heckscher, and John McCarthy apply their expertise in labor relations to public school reform. They envision a model of K–12 education that shifts away from the tenets of neoliber...