Have you ever walked away from a pleasant conversation with a new acquaintance, only to spend the next hour agonizing over every perceived awkward pause, convinced they secretly found you boring? This exhausting internal monologue is actually a documented, widespread cognitive bias known by psychologists as the Liking Gap. Extensive behavioral studies reveal a tragic flaw in human social perception. Following a social interaction, individuals consistently underestimate how much their conve...

Have you ever walked away from a pleasant conversation with a new acquaintance, only to spend the next hour agonizing over every perceived awkward pause, convinced they secretly found you boring? This exhausting internal monologue is actually a documented, widespread cognitive bias known by psychologists as the Liking Gap. Extensive behavioral studies reveal a tragic flaw in human social perception. Following a social interaction, individuals consistently underestimate how much their conve...

When other nations are forced to rethink their agricultural and food security strategies in light of the post-peak oil debate, they only have one living example to draw from: that of Cuba in the 1990s. Based on the first and - up till now - only systematic and empirical study to come out of Cuba on this topic, this book examines how the nation successfully headed off its own food crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc in the early 1990s.The author identifies the policies a...

Men with stakes builds on recent discussions of television Gothic by examining the ways in which the Gothic mode is deployed specifically to call into question televisual realism and, with it, conventional depictions of masculinity. Released from the mandate of realism to describe the world as it is supposed to be, television Gothic calls attention to the constructedness of gender – and therefore to the possibility of re-imagining men’s agency, authority and the legitimated forms of knowle...

Ireland is a country which has come to be defined in part by an ideology which conflates nationalism with the land. From the Irish Revival’s celebration of the Irish peasant farmer as the ideal Irishman to the fierce history of land claim battles between the Irish and their colonizers, notions of the land have become particularly bound up with conceptions of what Ireland is and what it is to be Irish. In this book, Wright considers this fraught relationship between land and national identi...

Profound meditations on life, death, freedom, family, and faith, written by radical Black journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, while he was awaiting his execution.During the spring of 1996, black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was living on death row and expecting to be executed for a crime he steadfastly maintained he did not commit—the murder of a white Philadelphia police officer. It was in that period, with the likelihood of execution looming over him, that he received vis...

Dive into the wonders of nature with "Nature Readers: Seaside and Wayside No. 2" by Julia McNair Wright, a captivating exploration of coastal and countryside environments designed to inspire curiosity and appreciation for the natural world.Join Julia McNair Wright on an educational journey through diverse ecosystems, from the tranquil shores of the seaside to the vibrant pathways of the wayside. This engaging reader is meticulously crafted to nurture a love for nat...

A wise teacher who gave his shirt to someone in need every week;A preacher whom a queen feared;A young teacher who gave his life to translate the Bible into English;A courageous master who faced everything to preach the Word to his people in their own language;A monk who sang from door to door to get food;A teacher of the Scriptures who spoke 11 languages and touched the hearts of his people with kindness and love;A young bo...

Dive into the wonders of nature with Nature Readers: Seaside and Wayside No. 2 by Julia McNair Wright, a captivating exploration of coastal and countryside environments designed to inspire curiosity and appreciation for the natural world.Join Julia McNair Wright on an educational journey through diverse ecosystems, from the tranquil shores of the seaside to the vibrant pathways of the wayside. This engaging reader is meticulously crafted to nurture a love for natur...

Dive into the wonders of nature with "Nature Readers: Seaside and Wayside No. 2" by Julia McNair Wright, a captivating exploration of coastal and countryside environments designed to inspire curiosity and appreciation for the natural world.Join Julia McNair Wright on an educational journey through diverse ecosystems, from the tranquil shores of the seaside to the vibrant pathways of the wayside. This engaging reader is meticulously crafted to nurture a love for nature in young re...

Exploring the ways in which transatlantic relationships functioned in the nineteenth century to unsettle hierarchical models of gender, race, and national and cultural differences, this collection demonstrates the generative potential of transatlantic studies to loosen demographic frames and challenge conveniently linear histories. The contributors take up a rich and varied range of topics, including Charlotte Smith's novelistic treatment of the American Revolution, The Old Manor House; An...

Embark on an immersive exploration of the natural world with "Nature Readers: Sea-side and Way-side, No. 3" by Julia McNair Wright, a captivating collection of stories and observations that will inspire readers to marvel at the wonders of the sea and the beauty of the world around them.Join Julia McNair Wright as she guides readers on a journey of discovery through the sea-side and way-side landscapes, offering fascinating insights into the flora and fauna that i...