In a culture saturated with certainty, Freud teaches us how to ask harder questions.Nearly one hundred years after its original publication, The Future of an Illusion remains one of the most penetrating and provocative critiques of religion ever written. Clearly fascinated with religion, Sigmund Freud argues that belief is shaped less by reason or evidence than by deep human longings--for protection, order, meaning, and consolation in the face of suffering...

The air is sixty-nine degrees. For a man living in the quiet aftermath of a hospital visit, this is the only fact that matters. In a house that has become a sealed container of memory and routine, he measures his days in degrees of temperature, meaningless numbers, and the small, persistent failures of a world coming undone: the toast that is never brown enough, the buzz from a wire inside a wall, the gray comma of a grease stain on a plate that will not wash clean.This is not a sto...

When does a philosophy become a conspiracy?In 2024, Sam Bankman-Fried — once hailed as the future of finance and one of the richest men in America — was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $11 billion and collapsing over a hundred companies. Stealing the Future is the inside story of that unraveling, told by a member of the CoinDesk team that first broke the case.But this is more than a true crime story.It’s a journey into the tang...

LURKING IN THE GENE POOL is the fourth annual anthology published by Three Cousins publishing. Twenty-two stories of horror, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and humor explore the theme. You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family. Sometimes family must be protected, but sometimes family is the threat.It's been said that all happy families are alike, but all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. Sometimes one of the family members is different, special if y...

AI Life is your new go-to guide to demystifying the tools and tricks that quietly shape modern life. We’re not here to overwhelm you with technical jargon or predict robot uprisings. Instead, we show you exactly how Artificial Intelligence (AI) already works in your world—and how to make it work better for you.Brought to you by AI experts with real-world experience, this first issue maps the AI landscape from your kitchen to your workplace, and hands you practical ...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.Co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, David Morris describes the growing tension between the globalization of economies and the localization of politics, between our role as consumers and our role as citizens. He suggests that the resolution of this tension lies in Schumacher‘s call for local production for local consump...

Family Hiking in the Smokies is specifically geared toward taking children on excursions into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park—the most visited national park in the United States. The park offers much to its nearly ten million annual visitors. For families who seek fun along with educational recreation, the park boasts splendid views and enormous biological diversity.While the guide book concentrates on shorter day hikes, the book also presents longer trails for ove...

Sieg Heil!, first published in 1962, is the account of the life of Nazi-leader Adolf Hitler, written by Morris Waldman, a contemporary of Hitler and head of the American Jewish Committee until the war's end in 1945. The book begins with the story of Hitler's father, Alois Schicklgruber. Young Adolf's hatred for the man and his own unattractive appearance lead to his anti-social character that separated him from other people, an awkwardness in social situations, and a bitte...

Hope is real, and we need it.This decade is proving to be anything but easy. From early 2020 on, together we've faced a global pandemic, horrific acts on Black lives, an assault on the US Capitol, a Russian war on Ukraine, school shootings, inflation, a tumultuous job market, climate change, toxic religion, social isolation, and burnout. Whew.We're all feeling it. So how will you find hope?In Hope in the 2020s: Encouragement for Our T...

In the 1800s, a shepherd's hut or living van would have been an unremarkable sight in many regions of rural Britain. By the 1970s most lay abandoned as farming methods and industry left them behind. Today the humble shepherd's hut is making a comeback and these quirky collectors' items are fast developing a cult status of their own. Original huts and living vans command high sums and replica huts are being built in high numbers to satisfy demand. However, many who see one, have one or want...

Tales about the trouble with time travel from twenty-two talented authors from around the world, Campbell Blaine, Alyson Faye, Shebat Legion, Carol McConnell, Kelly Piner, Chris L. Adams, Rose Strickman, EV Emmons, Robert Allen Lupton, Rie Sheridan Rose, David Lawrence Morris, Tim Pulo, RJ Meldrum, Gilbert M. Stack, Caroline Ashley, Ginger Strivelli, Lawrence Dagstine, Gargi Mehra, Christopher Blinn, Steven Streeter, Martin Klubeck, and Ann Tjelmeland.The trouble with time, especia...

Is humanity threatened by advances in technoloty, by artifical intelligence. Here are two dozen tales about what can go right - and what can go wrong. This anthology explores the perils of dealing with advancing technology. It includes stories by Shebat Legion, Ann Wuehler, Carol McConnell, Charlotte Henley Babb, L. J. Stecher, Jr., Rie Sheridan Rose, Rose Stickman, J. R. Rice, David Lawrence Morris, Judy Lupton Mowdy, Richard Wilson, David Massengill, J. L Royce, David Robichaud, Chris Ad...