For millenniums the priesthood has agrandized the value of believing in God, mostly for their own benefit.The truth is out there, but most religious followers care to ignore it.To believe, or not believe, the choice is yours, and there are no penalties for choosing either.

In The Interface Envelope, James Ash develops a series of concepts to understand how digital interfaces work to shape the spatial and temporal perception of players. Drawing upon examples from videogame design and work from post-phenomenology, speculative realism, new materialism and media theory, Ash argues that interfaces create envelopes, or localised foldings of space time, around which bodily and perceptual capacities are organised for the explicit production of economic profit. Modif...

In Phase Media, James Ash theorizes how smart objects, understood as Internet-connected and sensor-enabled devices, are altering users' experience of their environment. Rather than networks connected by lines of transmission, smart objects generate phases, understood as space-times that modulate the spatio-temporal intelligibility of both humans and non-humans. Examining a range of objects and services from the Apple Watch to Nest Cam to Uber, Ash suggests that the modulation of s...

We now live in a world where all aspects of everyday life are thoroughly mediated by digital technologies. Making sense of digital life is accordingly an essential undertaking for social science and humanities scholars.This multidisciplinary book provides an essential guide to researching digital life:Orienting readers with respect to methodologies, research design, and research ethics.Detailing key research methods, including interviews, surveys, ethnograph...

South of Heaven opens with the kidnapping and horrific murder of an eight-year-old girl on Chicago's South Side. The murder rattled the entire city, and with it being a high-profile press case, investigators were under intense pressure to find a suspect and make an arrest.Enter Detective Sergeant James Fitzgerald, who is tasked with investigating the brutal murder of the eight-year-old. Once a popular and pleasant Chicago detective, Fitzgerald regressed into a cold and callous alco...

Throughout history there have been villains and heroes. This book is about the Seven Deadly Sins and historical figures sometimes venerated as heroes

I'm one new nanny with two surprises growing in my belly for three insanely hot billionaires.Three years ago, I had the hottest one-night stand in history with Finn, the brooding Pro Hockey Star. He broke the headboard, comforting my wounded heart. Turns out he's still reeling from my sneaky exit.Now, Finn's teammate, Declan, is my new boss. I need cash, and his daughter needs a nanny. Declan's a softy for his little girl. But between the sheets, he's a dom...

One wild night with a bad-boy billionaire led to two pink lines on a little blue stick. Now, three hot-as-sin hockey stars are saying I belong to them.Carter, the tattooed hottie with a body built for sin, was supposed to be a one-night escape. But now, I'm the Chicago Icebreakers' new physical therapist, and the team's golden boy is back in my life—setting me on fire every time he's near.His bruiser teammate Axel, my brother's best friend, is all smolderin...

One steamy ride at 30,000 feet led to two pink lines on a little blue stick. Now, three men want to be Daddy this Christmas.I was just trying to rebuild my life after everything fell apart. Moving in with Troy—the grumpy hockey star—wasn't part of my fresh start plan. Neither was falling for him and his tattooed playboy roommate, Jamie—a goalie god with muscles for days.But these men came to my rescue… in the bedroom, the kitchen, against the wall... they r...

Everything in Emery Hazard’s life is finally going well: his boyfriend, Nico, is crazy about him; he has a loyal partner at work; and he has successfully closed a series of difficult murders. By all accounts, he should be happy. What he can’t figure out, then, is why he’s so damn miserable.After a fight with Nico, Hazard needs work to take his mind off his relationship. And someone in town is happy to oblige by murdering the sheriff. The job won’t be easy; the sheriff had enemies, ...

Three men, two choices, and one secret…A year ago, my best friend received an exclusive invitation to join an elite brotherhood at Kingston University. He went into Hawthorne Hall for his initiation—but never came out. I intend to find out why.The brotherhood would never knowingly invite a female into their ranks. So what if I forged my father's signature on the recommendation? With a name like Elliot Ashford, they'll never see me coming.I'll endure...

It's almost Christmas, and Emery Hazard finds himself face to face with his own personal nightmare: going on a double date with his partner—and boyhood crush—John-Henry Somerset. Hazard brings his boyfriend; Somers brings his estranged wife. Things aren't going to end well.When a strange call interrupts dinner, however, Hazard and his partner become witnesses to a shooting. The victims: Somers's father, and the daughter of a high school friend. The crime is inexplicable. There is n...