An urgent exploration of how conspiracy theories take hold and spread and how to see the truth through the noiseConspiratorial thinking, mis- and disinformation, and anti-intellectualism are at dangerous levels. With traditional media on the way out, social media algorithms siloing users into personal echo chambers, and generative AI muddying the waters, it’s getting harder and harder to tell news from nonsense. Our ability to think critically about the world aroun...

Entomology meets extraterrestrials in Baker's Dozen, a darkly comedic satire about a man who aspires to do the right thing, even if it means letting others down.When twelve goo-dripping aliens land in DC and become addicted to muffins, Eugene's life begins to change in extraordinary ways.Eugene Schumaker, a train and oil CEO and amateur entomologist, is fascinated by the aliens and studies them as if they were bugs in his display case, hoping to become the world's ...

Presenting an original audiobook performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring the cast of the National Theatre's 2018 Broadway revival.In this production, adapted especially for the listening experience, Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, and the entire cast recreate their acclaimed performances from the 2018 Tony Award-winning National Theatre revival of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. With narration by Bobby Cannavale and Edi...

A stirring memoir of exile and self-discovery by a central figure in ethno-psychiatry.In To Sit on the Earth, pioneering ethno-psychiatrist Tobie Nathan charts his intellectual and emotional journey, from his youthful infatuation with Freud and Wilhelm Reich to his mature adoption of anthropologist Georges Devereux’s ethnographic approach to psychoanalysis.Expelled from Egypt as a Jew in 1956 when he was just a boy, Nathan spent his formative years...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Book One in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi NOVELLA Trilogy, SKYTRAILS.**Enter the lands of the Brinaatii, where long forgotten secrets stir under the earth, peace is threatened by endlessly encroaching settlers from across the sea, and an ancient spirit appears in the heavens to wreak havoc.As a future chief to his people, Sharn seeks harmony between his native Kual'iidain tribe and the M...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark clouds swirl, a giant storm approaches, and the Brinaatii face their darkest hour in this third NOVELLA of the SKYTRAILS trilogy.Sharn lies close to death. Sky Spirit is stripped of power. Ancient spirits march across the land. Tenka the fierce warrior, Krii the magic-wielding outcast, and the former Sky Spirit find themselves bound together by circumstance in a desperate bid to rescue Sharn... and...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Return to the fraught world of the Brinaatii and plunge into a swirling maelstrom of ancient powers, tribal conflicts, and desperate quests in this second NOVELLA of the SKYTRAILS trilogy.Sharn, once a peace-seeking ambassador between tribes, is now the reluctant Spirit Talker to almighty Twe'gotch. Tasked with overseeing the forced labor of the Minkaera people in building a monumental temple, Sharn gra...

An urgent exploration of how conspiracy theories take hold and spread and how to see the truth through the noiseConspiratorial thinking, mis- and disinformation, and anti-intellectualism are at dangerous levels. With traditional media on the way out, social media algorithms siloing users into personal echo chambers, and generative AI muddying the waters, it's getting harder and harder to tell news from nonsense. Our ability to think critically about the world aroun...

Black Magic Women: 20 Novels of Witches and Witchcraft offers an extraordinary tapestry woven from the threads of suspense, mystery, and the supernatural. This anthology encapsulates a dynamic range of literary styles, from gothic horror to historical romance, each exploring the multifaceted theme of witchcraft through time and culture. The collection features both well-known and obscure works that span centuries, offering readers a compendium of witch narratives that are as diverse as the...

A chilling reenactment of the federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsThe testimony that the author has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC’s treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly readable and absorbing collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a “dignifie...

Inside this fascinating book you will find everything you need to know to start approaching the world of laboratory analysis.

We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as unsuitable for viewing. Yet what does it mean to proclaim something “unwatchable”: disturbing, revolting, poor, tedious, or literally inaccessible?With over 50 original essays by leadin...