Cognition Switch: An Artefact for the Transmission of New IdeasIssue #2: January 2019Featuring Ideas by:Michael Shermer, Peter Staudenmaier, Sabine Hossenfelder, Kate Raworth, Benjamin G Martin, Noah Charney, David Wengrow, Kimberley Brownlee, Tali Sharot, Robert Simpson, Thea Bechshoft, Martin Rees, Jon Butterworth, Bill Nye, Huw Price, and Henry Cowles

This book is for anyone who has ever given serious thought to questioning the extraordinary claims of the Christian faith. For those who have harboured suspicions about the idea of a loving protector god; or the idea that an eternal paradise awaits us after death; or that there is a divine purpose to our lives this book will be a thought provoking read. The author was once a devout believer in the tenets of the Christian faith. He is now a contented atheist. An Atheist in the Choir Loft pu...

Deep beneath the earth, something ancient and malevolent stirs. When Lee-Anne and her husband Geoffrey become trapped in an abandoned mine, they uncover horrors beyond imagination-an entity that feeds on lost souls and bends reality to its will. As Lee-Anne fights to save Geoffrey from possession, she unknowingly awakens forces that refuse to stay buried. Years later, just as they begin to rebuild their lives, a chilling phone call shatters their fragile peace. The mine never forgets. And ...

The book provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the model of Schema Therapy, methods and techniques used throughout the process of Schema Therapy treatment. Experienced trainers in Schema Therapy, the authors provide a unique understanding of the questions, challenges, and points of issue experienced by practitioners learning the model. Designed for the practitioner with a specific focus on the theory and practice of modern schema therapy, the book discusses the powerful tech...

A provocative and eye-opening study of the essential role the US military and the Central Intelligence Agency played in the advancement of communication studies during the Cold War era, now with a new introduction by Robert W. McChesney and a new preface by the authorSince the mid-twentieth century, the great advances in our knowledge about the most effective methods of mass communication and persuasion have been visible in a wide range of professional fields, inclu...

In Freedom Cities VS. Hera (A 2008 Law), Robert Simpson continues the examination of the forces reshaping America's most fragile region. In this volume, Simpson delivers a clear, data-driven narrative that connects housing scarcity, water insecurity, federal land policy, seismic vulnerability, and the political machinery of the American West into one coherent argument.Drawing on the failures exposed by the 2025 Los Angeles fires and the deepening structural threats posed by drought...

In Research as Development**, Salla Sariola and Bob Simpson show how international collaboration operates in a setting that is typically portrayed as "resource-poor" and "scientifically lagging."** Based on their long-term fieldwork in Sri Lanka, Sariola and Simpson bring into clear ethnographic focus the ways international scientific collaborations feature prominently in the pursuit of global health in which research operates "as" development and...

Master storyteller Robert P. Simpson will regale you with fifty-five tales of family, friendship and love. He will remind you of the miracle of a baby's birth through the eyes of an adoring first-time father and the joy of teaching a child to ride a bicycle for the first time without training wheels. His tributes to his departed mom, dad and friends will bring you to tears as he remembers lessons learned and love shared. But those tears will turn to laughter as he describes phone calls wit...

In A Tapestry of African Histories: With Longer Times and Wider Geopolitics, contributors demonstrate that African historians are neither comfortable nor content with studying continental or global geopolitical, social, and economic events across the superficial divide of time as if they were disparate or disconnected. Instead, the chapters within the volume reevaluate African history through a geopolitically transcendent lens that brings African countries into conversation with other pert...

The title was done for Americans who understand what the so-called "government" is doing or NOT doing for us.

California's wildfires are worsening. Is this a result of Climate Change or forest and water mismanagement? Or a combination of both? The 2025 Southern California Wildfire claimed 29 lives, displaced over 200,000 people, and destroyed more than 18,000 homes and buildings. The main culprit: A failing water infrastructure.While firefighters needed 12 million gallons to fight the blaze, the system could deliver only 3 million. As the fire spread, 20% of hydrants ran dry.In Why...

Are you confused and irritated about the Legal System?Do you feel the Politicians' make too much money from special interest groups? Are you watching our Rights being "subverted into privileges. This book is a true account of what took place from the years 1983 2001 and the "Laws that were violated by State and County Officials" under the "Color of Law" and "Insider Trading" during the Enron Investigation.As Americans we believe it is our duty to "protect our Country from invaders,...