Abortion in Popular Culture: A Call to Action brings together scholars who examine depictions of abortion in film, television, literature, and social media. By examining texts ranging from classic television series such as Maude and Roseanne and recent films such as Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Unpregnant to dystopian novels and social-media campaigns, the essays analyze narrative styles, rhetorical strategies, and cinematic techniques, all of which shape cultural attitudes toward abo...

"Each short story is unique, carefully crafted, and memorable. A fun read from cover to cover." – MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWDesperados and yellow-bellies be warned: These ain't your typical westerns…Herein find legendary masters of anomalous Western and Horror stories—along with a posse of budding word-slingers—who all bring you an electrifying and frightening collection of extraordinary tales set in the Old West and beyond...

Woody Allen was once made a knight commander by France, but he didn’t know because the paperwork got lost in the mail.A decade later, he found out about the award by reading about it in the New York Times.Across nearly nine eventful decades, Allen’s life has been full of surprises. Writing jokes got him a gig as the youngest writer of Sid Caesar’s television dream team. As a rising comic, he boxed a kangaroo on TV. He made a blank-check deal with a...

One man's phenomenal tale of escaping a death sentence in Iraq, surviving the Australian Refugee system and becoming a pioneering surgeon at the forefront of Orthopaedic medicine.In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police marched into the operating theatre and ordered the surgical team to mutilate the ears of three busloads of army deserters. When the head of surgery refused, he was executed in front ...

Do you want to know how an ordinary person like you can get extraordinary results? How can you learn to truly claim and exercise your power? How can you turn negative situations into positive ones?In “As One Thinks”, Patrick J. Dailey answers these questions and more. Through deeply moving stories, provocative new arguments, life-changing quotes, and the re-imagination of James Allen’s “As a Man Thinketh,” he presents a powerful manifesto for how you can claim the ...

Comme on pense : Une revisitation du classique de James AllenVoulez-vous savoir comment une personne ordinaire comme vous peut obtenir des résultats extraordinaires ? Comment apprendre à revendiquer et à exercer véritablement votre pouvoir ? Comment transformer les situations négatives en situations positives ?Dans "As a Man Thinks", Patrick J. Dailey répond à ces questions et plus encore. À travers des histoires profondément émouvantes, de nouveaux argumen...

Here is the revised and updated tenth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller.Over the past decade, A Patriot’s History of the United States has become the definitive conservative history of our country, correcting the biases of historians and other intellectuals who downplay the greatness of America’s patriots. Professors Schweikart and Allen have now revised, updated, and expanded their book, which covers America’s long history with an appreciati...

Something strange is happening in the desert town of Gravelhook… and it's not just the heat.Max, Lilly, and Kennedy barely survived the rubber duck apocalypse in their hometown—but their troubles are far from over.When the trio follows a trail of cryptic clues to a forgotten village swallowed by sand, they uncover a terrifying new secret:The ducks have wings now.In a town where time has stopped, memories vanish, and everyone smiles a little too wide, the kid...

Wie man denkt: Eine Neuauflage des James-Allen-KlassikersMöchten Sie wissen, wie ein gewöhnlicher Mensch wie Sie außergewöhnliche Ergebnisse erzielen kann? Wie können Sie lernen, Ihre Macht wirklich zu beanspruchen und auszuüben? Wie können Sie negative Situationen in positive Situationen umwandeln?In "Wie man denkt" beantwortet Patrick J. Dailey diese Fragen und mehr. Durch tief bewegende Geschichten, provokante neue Argumente, lebensverändernde Zitate und...

As a Man Thinketh Reloaded reimagines a classic for a modern audience. Fast, fearless, and relentlessly insightful, this book reframes thought as the architect of reality—not a sermon, but a testable method. Drawn from James Allen's classic—original text included to enjoy—and positioned across key philosophical heavy-weights and modern thinkers, it invites you to explore where your thinking happens, and how your world takes shape.PART I explores five electric questions:

Das neue Buch vom Bestsellerautor und großen spirituellen Lehrer Richard RohrIn seinem Buch »Alles trägt den einen Namen« erschließt Richard Rohr die Grundlagen eines Glaubens, der die Wirklichkeit und das Wirken Gottes in allen Dingen findet. Wie dieser Glaube zu einer aktiven, Leben fördernden Praxis wird, zeigt er zusammen mit Patrick Boland in diesem Werk.Es bietet 40 Übungen, die sich auf Gedanken und Ideen aus »Alles trägt den einen Namen« beziehen un...

Neuroscience-proven guidelines to think, act, and become smarter ASAP. It’s not what you know, it’s how you think.