A profound analysis of the terrifying technological project on which our world has embarked—and the ancient myth it recapitulates.Digital technology is hijacking our attention, colonizing our consciousness, harvesting our personal data, and destroying our souls. We have become a nation of addicts, unable to turn away from the glowing light of those digital devices which enchant and possess us. Furthermore, our disease is facilitating the greatest concentration of power in history—e...

In The Limits of Liberalism, Mark T. Mitchell argues that a rejection of tradition is both philosophically incoherent and politically harmful.The Limits of Liberalism identifies why most modern thinkers have denied the essential role of tradition and explains how tradition can be restored to its proper place. Mitchell demonstrates that the rejection of tradition as an epistemic necessity has produced a false conception of the human person—the libe...

VirtuosiA Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great PianistsMark MitchellA bravura performance!"Vigorous, opinionated, and always entertaining, here is a personal essayist of great charm and sincerity. Mitchell's erudition—his collection of odd and illuminating bits of knowledge—is always a delight and adds a sauce piquanteto the whole dish!" —Edmund White"...a literary work of real élan, vibrancy, and grace—the very qualities that in his v...

A proletarianized citizenry ruled by a class of insolent plutocrats is incompatible with the republican form of government established by the US Constitution. Without an effective majority of citizens who own property and whose character has been shaped by property ownership--a vibrant middle class--the Founders' Constitution will not survive. Our current age of Plutocratic Socialism is a specific manifestation of a pathology the Founders feared. Recovery must begin with a simple, yet prof...

VirtuosiA Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great PianistsMark MitchellA bravura performance!"Vigorous, opinionated, and always entertaining, here is a personal essayist of great charm and sincerity. Mitchell's erudition—his collection of odd and illuminating bits of knowledge—is always a delight and adds a sauce piquanteto the whole dish!" —Edmund White"...a literary work of real élan, vibrancy, and grace—the very qualities that in his v...

DOCTOR DOLITTLE MEETS WILLY WONKA IN THIS FUNNY AND THRILLING ADVENTURE FROM AN EXCITING NEW VOICE.Pets? Tick!TALKING pets? Double tick!Silly spies, secret plots and one shy kid who might just save the day? Tick, tick, tick!Anything's possible at the School for Talking Pets ...When Rusty Mulligan and his pet blue-tongued lizard win a week on a secret island, at Miss Ali...

Many Americans are longing for alternative politics rooted in strong communities, recognition of limits, and respect for the natural world. These issues are not the possession of one political party. Rather, they refer to ideas rooted deeply in the best aspects of our common tradition, and they represent yearnings that many, regardless of political affiliation, share. This book articulates a cultural and political vision that leads one off the couch and into the garden, out of the shopping...

In the ethereal realm of the moonlit night, a solitary soul embarks on a profound journey of introspection and existential contemplation. Giacomo Leopardi's "To The Moon" is a lyrical masterpiece that explores the depths of human longing, the fragility of life, and the elusive nature of happiness. Through a series of poignant and evocative stanzas, the poet weaves a tapestry of emotions, inviting readers to question their own place in the vast cosmic tapestry.

Mike McColl Jones has heard the words 'And now here's...' 6000 times and each of those 6000 times tonight show hosts such as Graham Kennedy, Don Lane, Bert Newton and Steve Vizard have walked into shot and spoken words written for them by Mike. Few people are more qualified to write this history of Australian Tonight shows. In a career spanning decades, Mike has been a creator of television's funniest moments on-screen and an insider off-screen.

Lennie's great-grandfather played for the Cheetahs. So did his grandfather. So did his dad. They're footy legends. Lennie knows he's not legend material. When Calvin Calamari, a specky player, drop-punts in from up north into the Cheetahs' under-15 footy team, Lennie sees a way out. Calvin's cool, Lennie's laid-back, the family's happy, but there's another big problem they all need to solve...

Pup Morgan is a radical surfer. His dad, Mad Dog Morgan, is a surfing legend. Pup plus school, and Dad plus his job, just don't add up to happy times. One day they break out, and it's six weeks of full-on surfing and the ultimate in surfaris. But it's just as well Pup takes his lucky board shorts for the ride. Life as a shark biscuit in the surf is only part of Pup's problems...

Where did they come from, these furiously self-righteous "social justice warriors"?Having declared that "God is dead," Friedrich Nietzsche identified the "will to power" as the fundamental force of human life. There is no good or evil in a Nietzschean world—only the interests of the strong. Reason and the common good have no place there.As Nietzsche's ideas have permeated our culture, a new generation of radicals has embraced the rhetoric and tactics of the will to power. B...