Winner of the 2023 Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Prize for Edited VolumeImage by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular social media platform as a space for self-identification, influence, transformation, and resistance. Artists and journalists join a wide range of scholars to look at food’s connection to Instagram...

The purpose of this book is to allow God’s eyes to search the inner man of the soul. The Word of God says the soul is the light of the Lord; he searches it down into the uttermost part of the belly (Proverbs 20:27). The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good (Proverbs 15:3). This book represents a lifetime expression of trials and tribulations. These trials have been vital turning points in my life. When you begin to read these words, let each word penetrate yo...

The purpose of this book is to allow Gods eyes to search the inner man of the soul. The Word of God says the soul is the light of the Lord; he searches it down into the uttermost part of the belly (Proverbs 20:27). The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good (Proverbs 15:3). This book represents a lifetime expression of trials and tribulations. These trials have been vital turning points in my life. When you begin to read these words, let each word penetrate you...

Against the background of the so-called ’obesity epidemic’, Media and the Rhetoric of Body Perfection critically examines the discourses of physical perfection that pervade Western societies, shedding new light on the rhetorical forces behind body anxieties and extreme methods of weight loss and beautification. Drawing on rich interview material with cosmetic surgery patients and offering fresh analyses of various texts from popular culture, including internationally-screened reality-telev...

My faith in God kept me during the dark days when I was severely depressed. God would speak to me in phrases and sometimes in complete poems, and I would stop what I was doing and write. My obedience to God saved my life.Daily Living through Gods Grace is a book of poems written during my sixteen-year journey with God. During this time, I would go through many different phases, and God would teach me much-needed lessons in life. The book covers many aspects of daily living in which...

Poetry can be a medicine that heals and sustains. Everyone had their own way of surviving. Some people escape from circumstances in their lives by drinking, doing drugs, falling into depression, and many other things, not knowing that there is a healthier way out and most importantly, seeing hope, peace and light at the end! I survived with everyday life problems by reading and writing poetry. Poetry is a form of expression. Poetry can touch your heart and soul forever making a change in y...

A child whose parents care for him, protect him and love him unconditionally, has no reason to fear. In the same way, God says to you in His Word: "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." That kind of love says, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." Kenneth Copeland's book In Love There Is No Fear will show you how, as God's beloved, anointed child, you can take advantage of the authority and security that lies in the love of God. You'll discover that, as a believer...

“Engaging, evocative. . . . [Bloom] is a supple, clear writer, and his parade of counterintuitive claims about pleasure is beguiling.”—NPRWhy is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble and seamy, lofty and mundane, to reveal that our enjoyment of a given thing is determi...

So you want to make some changes in your life. Maybe lose some weight. Or get your finances in shape. But first, you have to change your self-image. You have to begin seeing yourself as a winner, not a loser. You to learn how to look into the Word of God and see The Image of God in You.

You are loved.That you've come to this exact page at this precise moment is no accident. It could be that your Heavenly Father has a message for you. A message of hope and encouragement. Will you receive it?My Prayer for You is a selection of twenty-one poems touching on topics of faith, forgiveness, and God's love for us. These selections have been specially chosen from Carolyn Bovender's personal archives with the intent of uplifting your spirit.

"David Elkind [is] one of psychology's leading lights."--Washington PostWith the first edition of The Hurried Child, David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that by blurring the boundaries of what is age appropriate, by expecting--or imposing--too much too soon, we force our kids to grow up too fast, to mimic adult sophistication while th...

God loves you a million times more than you love yourself. I know a million times sounds like a lot of times. But I assure you it is truth and not an exaggeration. While I was in Heaven I was shown and taught many different times of how great God’s unconditional love is for us.