'Beith breathed in the cold air, and blew it back out in a cloud. I will bring you to the Morrigan tomorrow. To one of her temples. We'll go together.'In ancient Ireland the God slaying has begun. Beith Ni Dearg, a witch's foster daughter, is worried for her favourite goddess, the Morrigan, and flees home to save her life. Beith will face kings, princes, changelings, druids, Gods and Goddesses, and her monstrous foster family on her journey. The things she finds will change how she ...

Bloomsbury presents Everyday Bias by Howard J. Ross and Jake Ross, read by John Moraitis.To be human is to be biased, especially with today’s technologies and politics reinforcing our unconscious reactions.Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people different from themselves, yet disparities and dangerous prejudices still run rampant. Why is that? And is there anything we can do about it?Building on the transformatio...

In 2002, we learned that President George Washington had eight (and, later, nine) enslaved Africans in his house while he lived in Philadelphia from 1790 to 1797. The house was only one block from Independence Hall and, though torn down in 1832, it housed the enslaved men and women Washington brought to the city as well as serving as the country's first executive office building. Intense controversy erupted over what this newly resurfaced evidence of enslaved people in Philadelphia meant f...

Avoid terrible advice, cognitive biases, and poor decisions.Want to avoid business disasters, whether minor mishaps, such as excessive team conflict, or major calamities like those that threaten bankruptcy or doom a promising career? Fortunately, behavioral economics studies show that such disasters stem from poor decisions due to our faulty mental patterns—what scholars call “cognitive biases”—and are preventable.Unfortunately, the typical advice for busin...

An in-depth look at the role of plant spirits in shamanic rituals from around the world• Shows how shamans heal using their knowledge of plant spirits as well as the plant’s “medical properties”• Explores the core methods of plant shamanism--soul retrieval, spirit extraction, and sin eating--and includes techniques for connecting with plant spirits• Includes extensive field interviews with master shamans of all traditionsIn Plant Spirit Shamanism, R...

To be human is to be biased, especially with today's technologies and politics reinforcing our unconscious reactions.Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people different from themselves, yet disparities and dangerous prejudices still run rampant. Why is that? And is there anything we can do about it?Building on the transformational lessons of the bestselling Everyday Bias, Howard J. Ross and Jake Ross reveal how bias is bui...

If you are human, you are biased. From this fundamental truth, diversity expert Howard Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different genders. And yet in virtually every area of modern life disparities remain. Even in corporate America, which has for the most part embraced the idea of diversity as a mainstream idea, patterns of disparity remain rampant. Why?Breakthroughs in the cognitive and neuro...

Winner, 2014 IP Rolling Picks Best Poetry B N Oakman finds poetry in the ordinary, the exotic, the political and the aesthetic. No head of State or classical film is safe from his exacting eye, which yields refreshing insights about subjects we thought we already understood. A poet for the journey rather than the arrival, Oakman blends intellect, heart and imagination in sharply observed verse employing the rhythms of everyday speech with a conversational tone devoid of sentimentality. He ...

Gold Nautilus Award Winner: "A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the mess we are in today and what we need to do." —George Halvorson, former CEO, Kaiser PermanenteWe are living in a time of mounting political segregation that threatens to tear us apart as a unified society. As we become increasingly tribal, the narratives of life that we get exposed to on a daily basis have become echo chambers in which we hear our beliefs reinforced an...

Afghanistan was a long haul from Sgt. George Oliver “GO” Pheifer’s hometown in Western New York. He had joined the United States Army before finishing college as he tried to find a definitive track for his life. But his army career was cut short during an attack on his outpost in Afghanistan. Severely wounded, he would join the ranks of veterans trying to overcome the physical and mental wounds endured by those scarred in battle. With the help of Benny, an intuitive prosthetist, and Chad, ...

“This book is Moneyball for management. It will help you understand your subconscious biases that can lead to bad decisions, and it will teach you the techniques to help you make better decisions.” —Gordon Tredgold, author of Fast“This well-written, go-against-the-grain book is full of practical ways to tap into your very best mental resources to make better and better decisions.” —Brian Tracy, bestselling author of Eat that Frog!...

The New York Times bestselling author of Troublemaker and Heartbreaker delivers a heart-pounding and romantic thriller about a woman who must travel back in time to stop a ruthless killer—but can she also protect her heart from the irresistible, dark lover she finds there?Is it possible to unravel a convoluted mystery from the past by living it?A scholar specializing in ancient manuscripts, Grace St. John never imagined that a cac...