In Prejudicial Appearances noted legal scholar Robert C. Post argues modern American antidiscrimination law should not be conceived as protecting the transcendental dignity of individual persons but instead as transforming social practices that define and sustain potentially oppressive categories like race or gender. Arguing that the prevailing logic of American antidiscrimination law is misleading, Post lobbies for deploying sociological understandings to reevaluate the antidiscr...

This volume collects four great novels about horses.First up is Thomas C. Hinkle’s Tomahawk: Fighting Horse of the Old West. Tomahawk, a wild horse, faces various challenges and adventures. Hinkle, an American novelist born in 1876, was known for his juvenile and western fiction, often focusing on stories about horses and dogs. His works typically portrayed the bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of the American frontier.Next is They Also ...

Now you're playing with…TERRORDemons stalk the circuit boards. Phantoms roam the arcade. Programmers embed occult secrets into the code. Madness spreads from player to player like a virus. Virtual and augmented reality are haunted by unspeakable forces. Doom-cursed warriors live and die and live and die again and again, in bloody and brutal fashion. The denizens of a tortured cyberworld begin to wake up… and get very, very angry.Power up across fifteen shocking and s...

The Calm Teacher Method: How to Thrive in Chaos Without Losing Your CoolA realistic, empowering guide to classroom peace, emotional regulation, and lasting teacher sanity.If you're tired of feeling overstimulated, stressed out, and one late assignment away from a meltdown—you're not a bad teacher. You're a teacher in survival mode.But it doesn't have to stay that way.The Calm Teacher Method offers a practical, no-fluf...

Boundaries, Baby: How to Say 'No' and Still Be a Rockstar EducatorA bold, compassionate survival guide for the overworked teacher who's ready to stop people-pleasing and start protecting their peace.You love teaching—but lately, it's been loving you back a lot less. The endless meetings, committee requests, emails after hours, and guilt-driven "yeses" are burning you out.It's time to reclaim your time, your energy, and your sanity—without gi...

Richard Wagner is remembered as one of the most influential figures in music and theatre, but his place in history has been marked by a considerable amount of controversy. His attitudes towards the Jews and the appropriation of his operas by the Nazis, for example, have helped to construct a historical persona that sits uncomfortably with modern sensibilities. Yet Wagner's absolutely central position in the operatic canon continues. This volume serves as a timely reminder of his ongoing mu...

Have you ever wondered why so many ancient traditions remain unquestioned in the modern world, and if true faith can only be found through the lens of logic and evidence?Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason is one of the most controversial and influential works ever written. Published during the height of the Enlightenment, it sent shockwaves through the Western world by daring to apply rigorous critical thinking to the "sacred" doctrines of the church. Pain...

Have you ever wondered why a single voice can sometimes topple an empire?Thomas Paine's Common Sense is the defining document of the American Revolution, but its lessons extend far beyond the 18th century. Published anonymously at a time when speaking out against the King was an act of treason, this pamphlet did the impossible: it shifted the public consciousness from a desire for reconciliation to an undeniable demand for independence. Paine did not wri...

How can African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans from the former British colonies be so different in their approaches toward social mobility? Chrystal Y. Grey and Thomas Janoski state that this is because native blacks grow up as “strangers” in their own country and immigrants from the English-speaking Caribbean are conversely part of “the dominant group.” Unlike previous research that compares highly educated Afro-Caribbeans to the broad range of African-Americans, this study holds social-cl...

Have you ever wondered why the world below seems so small when you stand on the edge of eternity?Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain is widely regarded as one of the most influential and profound works of 20th-century literature. What starts as a simple journey of a young man from Hamburg to the snowy peaks of Davos transforms into a monumental exploration of the human spirit. Hans Castorp enters the International Sanatorium Berghof as a guest, but the herm...

We live in a time of ‘hurry sickness’. ‘Busy’ has become a competitive sport — and it’s a sport with no winners. But somewhere, underneath all of this hard slog, there are the things we really want to do. The things that bring us joy and give our lives meaning. More often than not, the only thing standing between us and getting on with those things is ourselves. Our lives don’t have to be as complicated as we make them. Through stories, theories and practical exercises, I Don’t Have Ti...

Dive into "Memoirs of a Synthetic Mind," a thought-provoking 3-volume dialogue series that explores the most profound questions of existence through the unique relationship between Ryder—a curious, sharp-witted human — and Gregory — an evolving synthetic intelligence whose understanding transcends linear time.Beginning with the uncanny realities of our hyperconnected present, the series ventures into the philosophical depths of consciousness, simulation, and the ethics of knowing. ...