"When you open Flip Your Switch, you're not just reading. You embark on a remark- able journey. Early on, Dr. Teri extols the value of being a whole person and prom- ises that life itself can mean something extraordinary. You visit inside yourself and acquire new lenses to see the world of possibilities. Hang on tight. It will prove to be the trip of your lifetime."-Peter Georgescu, Chairman Emeritus of Young & Rubicam, Author of The Constant Choice and Capital...

Amidst discontent over America's growing diversity, many white Americans now view the political world through the lens of a racial identity. Whiteness was once thought to be invisible because of whites' dominant position and ability to claim the mainstream, but today a large portion of whites actively identify with their racial group and support policies and candidates that they view as protecting whites' power and status.In White Identity Politics, Ashley Jardina offers a...

Hi, I'm Teri, I wrote this book to describe how my young brother and toddlers his age felt about being isolated during the pandemic, and to understand the good as well as bad parts of COVID-19. My brother struggled with not being able to play with his friends and go to school. He felt as everything good had been taken away from him. He could no longer do the things that made him happy.My family had to be creative to find new ways of doing things to bring happiness to my young broth...

In Bringing Home the White House, Melissa Estes Blair introduces us to five fascinating yet unheralded women who were at the heart of campaigns to elect and reelect some of our most beloved presidents. By examining the roles of these political strategists in affecting the outcome of presidential elections, Blair sheds light on their historical importance and the relevance of their individual influence.In the middle decades of the twentieth century both major political part...

Race Unequals: Overseer Contracts, White Masculinities, and the Formation of Managerial Identity in the Plantation Economy is a re-imagining of the plantation not as Black and White, but in shades of White male identity. Through an examination of employment contracts between plantation owners and their overseers, and the web of public and private law that surrounded them, this book challenges notions of a monolithic White male identity in the antebellum South. It considers how race provide...

“I’d be careful of that one if I were you.”These are the first words Ed hears when he finds himself in a different … a different what? Place? Planet? Dream? The future?Eventually, Mr. Earle, explains, “Ed, you're inhabiting two dimensions. One at a time, but you're able to cross between them. Not many can do that, but you can. That’s why you're Special. Understand?”Ed doesn't understand, not yet. He’s kinda’ busy dodging Pineapplers...

In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR’s acclaimed music critic examines how popular music shapes fundamental American ideas and beliefs, allowing us to communicate difficult emotions and truths about our most fraught social issues, most notably sex and race.In Good Booty, Ann Powers explores how popular music became America’s primary erotic art form. Powers takes us from nineteenth-century New Orleans through dance-crazed Jazz Age New York to ...