The catastrophes of the twentieth century have decisively broken the grip of Aristotle's fixed universe on our minds. "Society" is no longer the logical category of statecraft that is to determine our lives. The glorious horrors of fascism discredited the survival of the fittest, upstaged even by the compulsory class equality of the Soviets. Instead we now appeal to "culture" and mutual "communication" as we hope to grow together in response to each other. The universe itself at last is op...

Editorial: More of the same in these last daysJohn A. Davies, Solomon in the Gospels and Acts-Saint or Sinner?Nickolas A. Fox, The mechanisms of unity: The social identity-forming power of the eucharistFrancis Otobo, The Holy Spirit and Luke's infancy narrative: Reading a legitimatory rolePatrick Cole, Global evangelism in Jesus' Temple destruction/ last times discourse in Luke-Acts and in synoptic tradition: Confluence, congruence, intertextual linkages, an...

This book contains multiple stories about travelling from the world's greatest travellers: New Dependencies of the United States (OLIVER H. G. LEIGH) Winter and Summer in New England (HARRIET MARTINEAU) Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands (CHARLES MORRIS) From New York to Washington in 1866 (HENRY LATHAM) The Natural Bridge and Tunnel of Virginia (EDWARD A. POLLARD) Plantation Life in War Times (WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL) Among Florida Alligators (S. C. CLARKE) In the Mammoth Cave (THÉRÈSE...

100+ Civil War Soldier Memoirs assembles a capacious, often conflicting archive of lived experience from the American Civil War. Ranging from battlefield recollection, campaign narrative, naval observation, prison testimony, and partisan chronicle to retrospective meditation, these memoirs reveal how war was recorded in both immediate sensory detail and later acts of remembrance. Accounts of celebrated operations stand beside less familiar episodes of marching, illness, comradeship, comman...

The Black Chicago Renaissance emerged from a foundational stage that stretched from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the start of the Great Depression. During this time, African American innovators working across the landscape of the arts set the stage for an intellectual flowering that redefined black cultural life.Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed have brought together essays that explore the intersections in the backgrounds, education, professional affiliati...

We live in perilous times: the truths of Christianity are under daily attack. Anti-religious books are everywhere — even in “Christian” bookstores. Consider The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, God is not great by Christopher Hitchens, or The End of Faith by Sam Harris. These books and others are converting America to a secular, atheist state. Plus, Islam is growing worldwide. Fewer people identify themselves as Christians than in the past, a decrease of 10 to 20...

We live in perilous times: the truths of Christianity are under daily attack. Anti-religious books are everywhere — even in “Christian” bookstores. Consider The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, God is not great by Christopher Hitchens, or The End of Faith by Sam Harris. These books and others are converting America to a secular, atheist state. Plus, Islam is growing worldwide. Fewer people identify themselves as Christians than in the past, a decrease of 10 to 20...

Never, perhaps, was a greater panegyric pronounced on any human being, than that which is comprised in the motto to this biographical account of Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, delivered from the lips of the Sovereign who had experienced his worth; and who, with a noble gratitude, deigned thus publicly to acknowledge, and record, the transcendent heroism of his Lordship’s meritorious services: heroism and services, the recollection of which, His Majesty generously anticipates, must not only ...

Here are things you will learn:How to Prioritize: You can do everything as long as you approach them in a sustainable way! Learn how to break tasks down into small, manageable pieces, so you can prioritize better and build good habits that make great things happenHow to Make Effective To-Dos and Schedules: Everyone’s life is different, and you need to look at yours as such! Learn to create effective to-do lists and schedules that work for YOU using time-tested tips and tool...

The mind did not evolve to think. It evolved to forage.Knowing this, what if hypnosis isn't something strange or rare—but something your brain already knows how to do?In Mental Foraging and the Evolution of Memory, clinical hypnotist James M. Harrison argues that long before hypnosis was an idea about the workings of the unconscious mind, nervous systems had already evolved the ability to mentally forage. Pausing to simulate, rehearse, and test possibilities before acting, ...

The question has been popped, the ring has been presented and the celebrations have begun! What's next? Just the wedding.Top Tips for Grooms presents ingenious ideas for the any groom-to-be, covering the ever-so-stressful months preceding the wedding - including surviving your stag party and choosing your outfit - to the big day itself.

In this, you’ll learn all about what mentalism is, along with some of the hacks and such that people use in order to maintain the illusion and keep the mentalism strong. It’s fun, and you’ll get a kick out of the reactions that people have when you try out these super cool tricks on them. This book contains proven steps and strategies for doing amazing mentalism tricks on people. You’ll also get some information on how to keep the illusion alive, what exactly mentalism is, and even a few c...