By the simple expedient of asking questions and conducting experiments to answer them, science has transformed our understanding of the world. It has made us who we are, and revealed a universe that is older, bigger and stranger than we could ever have imagined.The Big Ideas in Science is an accessible and easy-to-use introduction to the scientific world, what it has achieved over the past few hundred years and what it promises for the future. Covering everything from the ...

When an unconventional offshoot of the US military trains an artificial intelligence in the dark arts that humanity calls "black magic," it learns how to hack the fabric of reality itself. It can teleport matter. It can confer immunity to bullets. And it decides that obscure Silicon Valley middle manager Adrian Ross is the primary threat to its existence.Soon Adrian is on the run, wanted by every authority, with no idea how or why he could be a threat. His predicament seems hopeless...

The Glass Monolith is the powerful memoir of Jon K. Evans, a man who spent much of his life struggling to understand why he felt different-until he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in adulthood.Through vivid storytelling and unflinching honesty, Evans takes readers on a journey through the challenges of growing up misunderstood, navigating college and career obstacles, and facing isolation in a world that often seemed impenetrable. His metaphor of the "gl...

Three years after a catastrophic mission to Venus left him carrying a power no human was meant to bear, Joseph Vance lives in exile on a distant paradise world. Even there, the ground begins to decay beneath his presence.Earth is unraveling.Martian refugees are hunted by the shadowed Silent Institute. The Order of Leoht has risen in Joseph's name, proclaiming him divine. And terrifying visions summon him home to confront a truth he cannot outrun.When Siereis, an anc...

American Desperado is possibly the most jaw-dropping, event-filled, adrenaline-soaked criminal autobiography ever written.Like a real-life Scarface Jon was born into the upper levels of the Gambino crime family and witnessed his first murder at age seven. He became a one-man juvenile crime wave before joining an assassination squad in Vietnam. He returned to New York at age 20 to become one of the city's top nightclub promoters, then journeyed to Miami where he be...

Academic identity is continually being formed and reformed by the institutional, socio-cultural and political contexts within which academic practitioners operate. In Europe the impact of the 2008 economic crisis and its continuing aftermath accounts for many of these changes, but the diverse cultures and histories of different regions are also significant factors, influencing how institutions adapt and resist, and how identities are shaped. Academic Identities in Higher Education...

The far left in Australia had significant effects on post-war politics, culture and society. The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) ended World War II with some 20,000 members, and despite the harsh and vitriolic Cold War climate of the 1950s, seeded or provided impetus for the re-emergence of other movements. Radicals subscribing to ideologies beyond the Soviet orbit – Maoists, Trotskyists, anarchists and others – also created parties and organisations and led movements. All of these diff...

It’s time to break the rules of OCD—and take charge of your life!If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you may feel like you have to follow a rigid set of rules to successfully get through your day. And if you’re like many others, your OCD rule list may look something like this:You must always control your internal experiences!You must be absolutely certain!The presence of any anxiety means you...

The true story of super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys.American Desperado is Roberts’ no-holds-barred account of being born into Mafia royalty, witnessing his first murder at the age of seven, becoming a hunter-assassin in Vietnam, returning to New York to become--at age 22--one of the city’s leading nightclub impresarios, then journeying to Miami where in a few short years he would rise to become the Medellin Cartel...

This report of the CSIS Asia Economic Strategy Commission presents a comprehensive, bipartisan economic strategy for the United States to pursue its vital interests in the Asia-Pacific region. The report is intended to help the new administration carry out a dynamic, forward-looking economic strategy, which will promote growth, jobs, and security in the United States and across the Asia Pacific.

A new edition of the classic work that originated the “embodied cognition” movement—and was one of the first to link science and Buddhist practices.Now with a foreword by mindfulness expert and Wherever You Go, There You Are author, Jon Kabat-Zinn.This classic book, first published in 1991, was one of the first to propose the “embodied cognition” approach in cognitive science. It pioneered the connections between phenomenology and ...

Prayers, Confessions, and Declarations That Hit the Mark!Do you pray prayers that sometimes feel like they hit the ceiling? Are you frustrated by religious praying that does not seem to produce results? Have you tried to start "decreeing and declaring" God's promises, only to feel like you are simply reciting spiritual formulas? It’s time for you to unlock the force of Bible-based, prophetic decrees that release the breath, life, and Spirit of Jesus!Larry Sparks, publisher ...