Popeye follows the story of a young immigrant's journey into adulthood. It depicts his childhood, torn between two cultures and social-economic disparities. His father subjects him to intense abuse, both physically and mentally. It maps a child's struggle with imparting his deep understanding to his dad; the rage he displayed when abusing alcohol is linked to PTSD he suffered in Vietnam.The move to the United States of America from Ecuador, a third-world country, pulled him into a ...

This Companion addresses the contemporary transformation of critical and cultural theory, with special emphasis on the way debates in the field have changed in recent decades.Features original essays from an international team of cultural theorists which offer fresh and compelling perspectives and sketch out exciting new areas of theoretical inquiry Thoughtfully organized into two sections – lineages and problematics – that facilitate its use both by...

Anomie has stalked society since humans first settled in communities. Belonging is an essential part of human existence. When the connections that hold us together are broken, the result is anti-social behaviour and a lashing out at the community that has abandoned us. Sully asks the question of why civilizations fail. And he finds his answer in human behaviour and the alienation of individuals from their community.

A wounded cardinal. A girl with untapped magic. And a secret buried deep in Phoenix fire.Twelve-year-old Eva never expected her life to change with a single act of kindness. But when she saves a dying bird from a brutal winter storm, she unknowingly binds herself to a powerful, ancient force-one born from flame, myth, and forgotten prophecy.The bird is no ordinary creature. He is Alister, a Phoenix Wing Bearer with a stolen heart and enemies closing in. As ...

From his beginnings in public housing in Ottawa to building acclaimed brands like Sully & Son Co., House of Hayla, and Black Designers of Canada, George Sully’s journey defies the odds and the gatekeepers of an industry slow to embrace diversity.Through unflinching honesty and hard-won insight, Sully reflects on his triumphs and setbacks, navigating systemic exclusion, building his own platforms, and reimagining what it means to succeed on one’s own terms. His story extends beyond ...

Are you staring at the ceiling at 2:43 AM, replay-ing mistakes, over-analyzing text messages, and feeling trapped in an endless mental loop?If you are an ambitious man struggling with overthinking, perfectionism, and choice paralysis, you don't need another academic psychology lecture. You need an operating system for high-velocity execution."Out of Your Head" is the direct, practical blueprint designed to eliminate mental clutter and force your brain into action.In...

Leading a thriving life takes work—it doesn't just happen—and daily reflection and affirmations are an essential part of bringing one's dreams to reality.Your Positive Mindset Playbook is designed to help readers create the life they desire, which begins with what they feed their minds on a daily basis. After writing over 50,000 affirmations of his own, Robert "Sully" Sullivan compiled his top 100, with an application story behind each one. This playbook is for individuals who seek...

This book deals with the cause and psychology of laughter.“We laugh under the most diverse circumstances. Curious incidents of the most various character, some absurdly trifling and others rising into different degrees of importance, will provoke the feeling that prompts laughter, or the emotion of the ludicrous; for it is this with which we have to do, rather than with the audible explosion. Our inquiry is into the interior cause, into the moral element in the incident that provoke...

God's love story for His people, and the supernatural ways He uses his people, to accomplish His plan of salvation. The simplicity of His plan, but the hardships to accomplish it, through His people throughout the ages.His plan is now revealed, and is being revealed, in the hearts of those He is calling. With miracles and wonders beyond measure. He is still calling those He loves, and His Holy Spirit is still here on earth accomplishing his ministry.But the time is now comi...

Robert Sullivan, the New York Times bestselling author of Rats and Cross Country, delivers a revolutionary reconsideration of Henry David Thoreau for modern readers of the seminal transcendentalist. Dispelling common notions of Thoreau as a lonely eccentric cloistered at Walden Pond, Sullivan (whom the New York Times Book Review calls "an urban Thoreau") paints a dynamic picture of Thoreau as the naturalist who founded our American ideal of "the Great Ou...

An expansive, moving poetry anthology, representing 20 years of poetry from students and alumni of Chicago's Oak Park River Forest High School Spoken Word Club."Poets I know sometimes joke that the poetry club at Oak Park River Forest High School is the best MFA program in the Chicagoland area. Like all great jokes, this one is dead serious." -Eve L. Ewing, award-winning poet, playwright, scholar, and sociologistFor Chicago's Oak Park and R...

Published in 1875, The vain tenderness is a poetic work of René-François Sully Prudhomme. French poet Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907) was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1901. Combining the formal precision of the Parnassian poets with subjects reflecting his keen interest in philosophy and his early training in the sciences, Sully Prudhomme forged a career that drew wide praise during his lifetime. According to C. D. af Wirsén of the Swedish Academy, writing on the oc...