In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades from memory, and we move on to the next thing before understanding why it commanded our attention and how our world was changed.On April 16, 2007, such an event occurred on the Virgini...

Though the progress of technology continually pushes life toward virtual existence, the last decade has witnessed a renewed focus on materiality. Design, Mediation, and the Posthuman bears witness to the attention paid byliterary theorists, digital humanists, rhetoricians, philosophers, and designers to the crafted environment, the manner in which artifacts mediate human relations, and the constitution of a world in which the boundary between humans and things has seemingly imploded. The c...

From Drift to DirectionHow Discipline and Responsibility Build a Life That Makes SenseDo you feel lost, stuck, or unsure about your purpose in life?Do you struggle with procrastination, lack of motivation, poor habits, or the feeling that your life is drifting without a clear direction?If so, From Drift to Direction is the practical self-development book you have been searching for.In a world filled ...

Practical Relationship Discernment for WomenHow to Spot Dating Red Flags, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Choose Peace Over ConfusionDo you keep attracting men who seem charming at first but eventually leave you feeling confused, anxious, drained, or questioning yourself?Have you experienced mixed signals, emotional inconsistency, love bombing, jealousy, secrecy, manipulation, or promises that never become reality?If so, this book was written fo...

The ultimate cookie cookbook, from the bestselling author of The Baking Bible Rose Levy Beranbaum.This is your must-have cookie book, featuring nearly every cookie imaginable, from rustic Cranberry Chocolate Chippers to elegant French macarons, and everything in between—simple drop cookies, rolled-and-cut holiday cookies, brownies and other bars, pretty sandwich cookies, luxurious frosted or chocolate-dipped treats, and much more. With legendary baker Rose...

Foolproof recipes for homemade ice cream from best-selling author and "diva of desserts" Rose Levy BeranbaumWith Rose's easy-to-follow, meticulously tested, and innovative recipes, perfect ice creams and other frozen treats are simple to churn up anytime. Here she gives her foolproof base method, plus all the tips and info you need to know—on machines, ingredients, techniques, and her own unique approaches and discoveries (for example, an easier method of mixing cu...

What do Americans want from immigration policy and why? In the rise of a polarized and acrimonious immigration debate, leading accounts see racial anxieties and disputes over the meaning of American nationhood coming to a head. The resurgence of parochial identities has breathed new life into old worries about the vulnerability of the American Creed. This book tells a different story, one in which creedal values remain hard at work in shaping ordinary Americans' judgements about immigratio...

Do you struggle with relentless afternoon fatigue, stubborn sugar cravings, or restless sleep? You might think it's just normal stress or aging-but your body is whispering a deeper warning.In The Glucose Reset - Volume 1: The Hidden Driver of Modern Illness, writer and researcher Matthew Levy exposes the hidden driver of modern illness: unstable blood sugar. Long before a doctor formally diagnoses diabetes, hidden glucose spikes a...

This book takes readers beneath the surface of global economics, revealing the interconnected systems of currency, energy, power, and financial influence that shape the modern world. Beginning with the transition from gold-backed currency systems and moving into the rise of oil as a structural economic anchor, The Petrol Dollar Game examines the mechanisms behind global finance in a clear, accessible format.Readers will gain insight into:• The tran...

What does a nation of immigrants think and feel about immigration? Recent accounts of immigration policy routinely cast Americans as divided into two warring camps – one fueled by threat to livelihoods and way of life, the other by a fervent cosmopolitanism that sees the nation-state as passé.This counter-intuitive book shows that these accounts miss the mark. First, almost all Americans hold a mix of ""pro-"" and ""anti-immigrant"" opinions. Their views are pragmatic and flexible ...

In Public Archaeology for the Twenty-First Century, James F. Brooks and Jeremy M. Moss have collected essays from twenty-seven scholars and community members to illuminate archaeological sites like ancient “water courts” at Mound Key in Florida, the lost Black cemetery at Nashville Zoo, fur-trade-era Fort Michilimackinac, and Arizona’s Gila Bend Internment Camp. Each case offers readers an experience that enlivens the past whilespeaking to the present.These essays w...

• What if the most dangerous thing in your life is what you don't know but what you've never thought to question?• In a culture that rewards outrage, certainty, and instant opinions, confusion is a flaw in the system-it's a feature. And it's profitable.• The Art of Questioning Everything Volume 1: Awakening the Question is not about rebellion for its own sake. It is about reclaiming your mind from autopilot.Inside this first volume of the groundbreaking seri...