Adam Walker is not your everyday record-breaking sportsman. He took on arguably the toughest extreme sport on the planet – to swim non-stop across seven of the world’s deadliest oceans wearing only swim trunks, cap and goggles. It is not a test for the faint-hearted.In 2007, Adam, then a toaster salesman, was inspired by a film about a man attempting to change his life by swimming the English Channel to try to emulate the feat. After a year of rigorous training without a coach, Adam...

A Guide to Gameschooling is a practical resource for parents and teachers who want to use everyday board games as meaningful learning tools.Written from more than twenty years of teaching experience, as well as the author's own experience using games with his children, the book explores how play can support mathematics, English, humanities, problem-solving, social skills and more-without turning every game into a lesson.For homeschoolers, much of the hard w...

It's 2039 and Los Angeles has fallen in love with M.O.I.s, intelligent basketball-shaped robots that have taken the world by storm. The whole craze is a little annoying to introverted teenager John Glover until Ball rolls into his life, a wise-cracking robot with a heart of tungsten (and some gold).But buried deep in Ball's code is a secret that will send its new owner into a collision course with a host of scheming parties who want the robot for their own gain. Can John and Ball stay out ...

Through developing an ethical-methodological approach of ‘radical care', this book explores how critical artistic practice might contribute to the materialisation of more equal, more collectively fulfilling, possibilities of being.The chapters trace a set of interweaving lineages perpetuating inequalities: through labour, the body, and onto-epistemology. Art’s all too frequent a-criticality, cooption, or even complicity amidst these lineages is observed, and radical care and the di...

"A Journal of Two Campaigns of the Fourth Regiment of U.S. Infantry" is a compelling narrative that chronicles the experiences of soldiers during significant military campaigns. The author, Adam Walker, provides a vivid account of the daily lives, struggles, and triumphs of the men in the Fourth Regiment. Through detailed observations and personal reflections, the journal captures the essence of military life, the camaraderie among soldiers, and the challenges they faced in the field. This...

It's 2039 and Los Angeles has fallen in love with M.O.I.s, intelligent basketball-shaped robots that have taken the world by storm. The whole craze is a little annoying to introverted teenager John Glover until Ball rolls into his life, a wise-cracking robot with a heart of tungsten (and some gold).But buried deep in Ball's code is a secret that will send its new owner into a collision course with a host of scheming parties who want the robot for their own gain. Can John and Ball stay out ...

One day, Sullivan's entire world clouds over! He unexpectedly moves to Grandma's house when his parents are unable to keep him safe. Sullivan's big worries about his family cause him deep heartache. He wonders why he can't live with his parents, and his emotions start to take over his body!Will Sullivan find the courage to shift his cloudy day to clear skies? Follow alongside Sullivan, his grandma, and a wise friend as they weather the storms of life in this hopeful story about los...

Are you tired of having the wool pulled over your eyes? Do you feel that people are always taking advantage of you or your relationships are superficial and fake? Are you ready to stand against those who think they can manipulate and take advantage of you?If you answered yes to any of the following statements, this book is for you. Why?Dark Psychology and Manipulation is a book that draws attention to the manipulating and ...

An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes.'A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life on every page.'DAN SNOW'Among the most vivid social histories I've read about contemporary queer life in Britain.'OISÍN MCKENNA, author of Evenings and Weekends'Illuminating.' F

"You're underqualified to bag groceries." Make that make sense, but it's a true statement.America has never had a 100% employment rate, but it is a lie to believe that the unemployment rate is less than 10%, let alone less than 4%. Join me as we take a closer look at how difficult life is becoming for the average working American. Quality jobs are hard to find, and for those of you struggling to attain work, you're not alone.This book covers it all and then...

In a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard, a queer helpline in operation since 1974, lie dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken: a teenager kicked out of home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man; a young person wanting to know how to come out. These logs documented traces of tens of thousands of queer lives, captured by people who lent an ear to...

Samuel Johnson famously referred to his future biographer, the unsociable magistrate Sir John Hawkins, as “a most unclubbable man." Conversely, this celebratory volume gathers distinguished eighteenth-century studies scholars to honor the achievements, professional generosity, and sociability of Greg Clingham, taking as its theme textual and social group formations. Here, Philip Smallwood examines the “mirrored minds” of Johnson and Shakespeare, while David Hopkins parses intersec...