What is the essence of life? Human experience can be viewed as a series of choices, purposive activities, and emotional states. Even our most trivial actions are prompted by some goal. Our experience also includes emotions—joy, sadness, pleasure, anxiety, and so on. Even boredom is a type of emotion. But what is the meaning of all this? Those who know anything about science are likely familiar with the idea that reality is based ultimately on particles and physical forces. Modern scientifi...

This timely book presents a multifaceted look at war, media, and propaganda from international perspectives. Focusing on the media's role in global conflicts, prominent authors, journalists, scholars, and researchers provide an insightful overview of the impact of globalization on media practices. They examine the processes behind media coverage of war, sophisticated propaganda techniques, the dynamics of public opinion, and the effects on human affairs and communication. As the book moves...

Can we prove that the Bible makes false claims?Do its moral teachings justify it being called "The Good Book?"Has the text been modified throughout the centuries?What about all those prophecies?Written by a linguist, ex-fundamentalist graduate of Liberty University, this book goes straight to the evidence and presents a concise case-by-case analysis of the most salient problems in the Christian Scriptures. With insightful commentary concerning frequent rebut...

This extract, taken from Parodies of the works of English and American Authors, vol 1, of parodies of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade covers such topics as the Clergy, the Fairer Sex, Doctors, Engineers and many others.

One in a new series of friendly books introducing very young children to important people and amazing miracles from the Bible. Each book focuses on only one treasured Bible story, helping children understand the lesson more fully. Brought to life with illustrations by Hannah Wood, illustrator of best-selling Christmas titles The Innkeeper, The Shepherds, and The Wise Men.Other titles: Zacchaeus, Jonah and Loaves and Fishes

One in a new series of friendly books introducing very young children to important people and amazing miracles from the Bible. Each book focuses on only one treasured Bible story, helping children understand the lesson more fully. Brought to life with illustrations by Hannah Wood, illustrator of best-selling Christmas titles The Innkeeper, The Shepherds, and The Wise Men.Other titles: Zacchaeus, Jonah and Loaves and Fishes

Perfect Skin. Perfect Health. Perfect Life. Zebras Don’t Cook and Neither Should You. Ever wonder why wild animals never get degenerative diseases? It’s because they don’t have stoves! Our hands were designed to pluck fruit off of trees, not to hold a spatula. Get back to nature and discover the glowing abundance available to you when you eschew all of the food all of the people around you are eating. (I mean, come on, you don’t really want to look like THEM, do you?) The Raw Vegan Bible w...

Release untapped supernatural power!In a world of pain and confusion, you have the supernatural keys to bring heaven to earth.From angelic visitations and revelatory visions, to supernatural healings and prophetic utterances, Jerame Nelson teaches you to operate in new spiritual dimensions. Here “Thy Kingdom Come” is not just religious rhetoric; it is a demonstrated reality.Push back the forces of darkness, disease, and torment by unlocking the supe...

What roles do queer and transgender people play in the African diasporic religions? Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African-Inspired Traditions in the Americas is a groundbreaking scholarly exploration of this long-neglected subject. It offers clear insight into the complex dynamics of gender and sexual orientation, humans and deities, and race and ethnicity, within these richly nuanced spiritual practices.Queering Creo...

Collects X-Men Unlimited (1993) #35, #37-39, #46-47 And #49-50; X-Men Unlimited (2004) #1; And Material From X-Men Unlimited (1993) #34, #36, #40-43 And #48. An array of talents unleash their imaginations on the mutants of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men! Phoenix, Wolverine, Beast, Storm, Psylocke, Cyclops, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Professor X and more take center stage in insightful and exciting solo stories — while foes steal the focus in tales of Magneto, Sabretooth and Juggernaut! But which cam...

Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry explores the subculture’s emergence as a deviant subculture. This text analyzes how industry professionals, fans, and public officials helped usher in a new age of EDM, arguing that while the defining features of the subculture made it attractive, they also laid the foundations for outsiders to commodify the movement as a culture industry. Conner and Dickens explore the concept of “commodified resistance” as the m...

What is a typical day look like for a nine year old Hoosier boy? Conner invites you to join him at his home, apple orchard, library and other exciting places.