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In American Bacon, Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contempt, and dietary advice to become a twenty-first-century culinary and cultural powerhouse? Starting in early modern Britain and tracing the story of bacon through the colonial era, the Civil War, the Progressive Era, modern fad diets, and the emerging craft bacon industry, Johnson provides a new perspective on some familiar Ame...

An assumption nearly everyone makes is that the best a teacher can hope for is to get most of their students to learn the concept they are teaching. In fact, in the segment of education that prepares people specifically for work (CTE, apprenticeships, and corporate training), many instructors believe that a 70-80 percent success rate is satisfactory. But based on his nearly forty years of experience preparing thousands of workplace instructors, Dr. Johnson believes we can obtain a 100 perc...

This state-of-the-art golf book provides a focused, step-by-step golf instruction program that will help you understand the golf game and improve your golfing ability.This book contains important instructional elements that help you learn and retain the skills that you need to develop to learn the game of golf. The guide is designed for both beginner golfers and for more experienced golfers. If you want to take your golf skills to a higher level, you will sooner or later h...

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated edition of the landmark text focusing on the development of brain and behaviour during infancy, childhood, and adolescence.Offers a comprehensive introduction to all issues relating to the nature of brain-behaviour relationships and developmentNew or greatly expanded coverage of topics such as epigenetics and gene expression, cell migration and stem cells, sleep and...

From a philosopher and a neuropsychologist, a radical rethinking of certain traditional views about human cognition and behavior.Plato's Allegory of the Cave trapped us in the illusion that mind is separate from body and from the natural and physical world. Knowledge had to be eternal and absolute. Recent scientific advances, however, show that our bodies shape mind, thought, and language in a deep and pervasive way. In Out of the Cave, Mark Johnson and Don Tucker-...

Introduction: The unifying Idea of the Borrowing the Master's BicycleI've written a book about one thought and that thought keeps coming back to me, and that is the more you study something, the more you give and sacrifice for your passions, the more you learn about life--the more your passion "transforms" you. Whatever your passion is, whatever you invest time in learning or doing, the more you'll learn about life, and the more you'll realize that that thing is connected in some w...

Gold Medal Winner for Best Leadership Book in the 2021 Axiom Business Book AwardsNamed one of the "Top Ten Technology Books Of 2020" — ForbesNamed one of the "10 Best New Business Books of 2020" by Inc. magazine"Johnson and Suskewicz have raised a battle cry for the kind of leadership we need in these uncertain times." -- Sandi Peterson, Member, Board of Directors, Microsoft

This book is a comprehensive exploration of Boston's rich and complex history, spanning from its founding in the early 17th century to its role in shaping the modern world in the 21st century. This book delves into the city's evolution across key phases: from its revolutionary beginnings as a cradle of American independence, to its growth as an industrial powerhouse, and its eventual reinvention as a center for technology, education, and innovation. Through examining critical events, inclu...

A dialogue between contemporary neuroscience and John Dewey’s seminal philosophical work Experience and Nature, exploring how the bodily roots of human meaning, selfhood, and values provide wisdom for living.The intersection of cognitive science and pragmatist philosophy reveals the bodily basis of human meaning, thought, selfhood, and values. John Dewey's revolutionary account of pragmatist philosophy Experience and Nature (1925) explores humans as comple...

"What can a collection of love letters from the 1930s teach us about faith, hope, and lasting commitment in our troubled times? In Abiding in God, scientist and author Mark Johnson invites readers on a heartfelt journey through the pre-WWII courtship letters of his parents, Walter and Margaret. Set against the backdrop of Midwestern farm life, the letters transport you into the minds of two soulmates who share their faith in their Creator as they seek wherein lies their joy in lif...

How To Get What You Want: A Convict's Choice is a raw, honest, and empowering self-help guide born from the depths of incarceration and forged through the fire of personal accountability. Part memoir, part manual, this book explores the choices we make when we hit rock bottom—and the power we have to rise above it.Drawing from hard-learned lessons behind bars, the author reveals how mindset, discipline, and clarity of purpose can transform even the darkest...

This book provides a comprehensive and erudite exploration of Fall River, Massachusetts, tracing its rich history from its early settlement to its transformation into an industrial powerhouse and its ongoing efforts to revitalize itself in the post-industrial era. Spanning twenty detailed chapters, the work covers a wide range of topics, including the city's geography, founding, demographic development, and economic history, alongside in-depth analyses of its cultural, political, social, a...