In "Agnotology Leads to Petrification", S. Norman Gee analyzes how modern environments and psychological factors actively construct ignorance, a phenomenon termed "Petrification." The text explores how the human mind shifts from curiosity to rigid certainty, mapping out how comfort and social conformity create limiting, defensive thought patterns. It is presented as a crucial guide for understanding cognitive biases and reclaiming genuine inquiry in an age of systemic echo chamber...

The definitive biography of Brian Epstein – the man who made the Beatles – by leading Beatles biographer Philip Norman.Brian Epstein didn’t just manage the Beatles – he transformed them into the most famous band the world has ever known. A young record-shop owner from Liverpool, he took four relatively unknown musicians and set out to make them ‘bigger than Elvis’, changing pop music, celebrity and British culture forever. Only a few years older than John, Paul, Ge...

Norman Vincent Peale’s philosophy of positive thinking has had an unprecedented influence on millions of people throughout the world. This book will show you how you can deal more effectively with tough situations and difficult people, and dramatically improve your performance and confidence.It contains the wisdom of Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's best-selling original and Peale's sage advice about developing the mental acumen to surmount obstacles and maintain a positive outlook. He provides ...

In "Agnotology Leads to Petrification", S. Norman Gee analyzes how modern environments and psychological factors actively construct ignorance, a phenomenon termed "Petrification." The text explores how the human mind shifts from curiosity to rigid certainty, mapping out how comfort and social conformity create limiting, defensive thought patterns. It is presented as a crucial guide for understanding cognitive biases and reclaiming genuine inquiry in an age of systemic echo chamber...

In the face of terminal illness, a retired Intelligence Officer breaks a lifelong silence to share his experience of fighting alongside Partisans in northern Italy during World War Two. His participation in one event, which caused dreadful harm to a local family and business, still haunts him. It is a shame he has lived with for too long. As his time runs out, he turns to his family, first to admit his guilt and then to share his plans to redress that wrong.It leads his nephew, an ...

A sentimental advertising creative and a blunt, no-nonsense bar owner find a second chance at love while binge-watching iconic holiday movies in this poignant and heartwarming romance, from the author of Charm City Rocks and All Together Now.“Norman weaves nostalgic references to modern holiday classics . . . throughout this comforting romance.”—The Washington Post (Noteworthy Books of the Month)The new year had b...

Some truths are not lost. They are erased.For centuries, the story of Jesus Christ has been carefully preserved, edited, and defended. But beneath sacred scripture lies a shadow history of missing years, altered texts, and forbiddenquestions. This book follows the fractures in the official narrative, tracing what was removed, who removed it, and why silence was enforced.Drawing from suppressed records, ancient sources, and contradictions buried in plain sight, the s...

In Don't Be Dying to Be Loved, A.R. Norman shares a deeply personal and powerful story of survival, faith, and redemption. Growing up in poverty and surrounded by abuse, neglect, family dysfunction, and emotional wounds, she faced challenges that no child should ever endure. Yet through every hardship, one truth remained constant: God never left her side.With honesty and courage, Norman takes readers through the darkest moments of her childhood and into a remarkable journe...

Teaching Culture in the 21st Century presents the Process Model for Teaching and Understanding Culture (PMTUC), a practical framework for developing cultural competence that moves beyond lists of dos and don’ts, dimensions, and holiday activities. Treating culture as a system of beliefs and meanings, this book shows how cultural assumptions shape interpretation, communication, and decision-making. It offers educators a clear, coherent way to make these dynamics visible and discuss...

How do you fight an invisible enemy? An unputdownable and timely new novel from the Ngaio Marsh-winning author of Remember Me.FROM THE WINNER OF THE BEST NOVEL IN THE NGAIO MARSH AWARDS FOR CRIME FICTIONLivia Denby is on trial for attempted murder. The jury has reached a verdict.Two years earlier, Livia was a probation officer in Yorkshire, her husband Scott a teacher. Their children, Heidi and Noah, rounde...

In the twelfth year of Emperor Tiberius's reign, a new Roman procurator was sent to the eastern Mediterranean to govern the subject land of Judaea. Some ten years later, he was removed from office for a misdeed and exiled to Gaul, where he may have committed suicide. The man, Pontius Pilate, could never have imagined that his name would be forever fixed in history through a minor event of those years in Palestine - his sentencing to death of an accused rebel, a Jew named Jesus. Palestine w...

The New York Times–bestselling classic set amid the mountains and streams of early twentieth-century Montana, "as beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway" ( Chicago Tribune).When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs Through It and Other Stories to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, "it has trees in it."Today, the title novella is recognized as one of the...