In today's busy world people become so preoccupied with their day-to-day existence that they rarely have time to T_H_I_N_K! I have designed this group of topics as conversation starters and short stories that cause the reader to think. They are meant to be kicked around, argued over, de¬veloped, expanded, and speculated upon in an endless game of What if! The modern world is designed so that you don't have to think. There are forces and organizations that want to make your choices for you ...

FINALIST IN THE HISTORIANS OF BRITISH ART BOOK AWARDS 2020The artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman (1942-1994) had a lifelong appreciation of medieval culture. But with the possible exception of Edward II, Jarman's films have not been identified to date as making a major contribution to the depiction of the Middle Ages in cinema.This book is the first to uncover a rich seam of medievalism in Jarman's art. Taking in major features such as Caravaggio, The Garden...

During the Middle Ages in Europe, some sexual and gendered behaviors were labeled "sodomitical" or evoked the use of ambiguous phrases such as the "unmentionable vice" or the "sin against nature." How, though, did these categories enter the field of vision? How do you know a sodomite when you see one?In Seeing Sodomy in the Middle Ages, Robert Mills explores the relationship between sodomy and motifs of vision and visibility in medieval culture, on the one hand, and those ...

An old man is shot during a scuffle with an intruder in his own home.Sanjay Patel is part of the team that investigates the suspicious death, which is thought to be manslaughter rather than murder, but progress is slow. Before the investigation ends, he is transferred to another case involving a serial killer who preys on young women. The killer waited several years before committing his latest murder, so why has he started killing again?The skilled killer leaves no trace o...

&quote;Conspiracy theories&quote; are nothing new. Any shocking, mysterious event generates concern and speculation, and when the event is man-made it is not uncommon to find that a conspiracy, that is, a complex and covert plan serving interests that are far from obvious, was behind it. In fact, many events in American history have fascinated the public for just that reason. Why, then, is it considered &quote;wacky&quote; to wonder about possible conspiracies? &quote;Conscience of a Consp...

Bob Mills analyzes the Democratic Party and the Republican Party over the course of time. He finds both of them seriously flawed, and raises deep questions about the two-party system overall.Presenting a history of our two major political parties, Mills takes a balanced approach - equally critical of each party. In short chapters sprinkled with humor and loaded with historical references, he calls into question the very fundamentals of America's political infrastructure. This is a ...

"In The Laugh Makers, Bob Mills takes us on a delightful, side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television's golden age—a long-ago era of variety, song-and-dance, brilliant patter, and a seemingly endless parade of laughs—sprung from the genius of 'gag men,' that talented group of wit-blessed wordsmiths to whom the book pays well-deserved homage. The Laugh Makers is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold sec...

The book begins with an amusing account of the antics of a small boy who started school in 1939. In later years, when he became a student teacher at the school he himself had attended, his old sports master, with whom he enjoyed a mutual respect, told him that his name had been regarded by all his other teachers as a teacher swear word. Attending a one-teacher school in the bush when he was eight was such a revelation that he decided to be a teacher and, from observation of what he liked a...

A sinister narcissist declaring himself the Jurist has returned to Columbus to finish the mayhem he started years before. His primary targets are carefully selected, hunted, and violently terminated. Anyone who played a role in his anguish will wind up next in line for a taste of his brutal brand of justice—a crude kind of distorted justice where the only sentence is death.Homicide detective Alyssa Payne of the Columbus Police Department, along with her father, retired detective Da...

Arizona's Superstition Mountains are mysterious, forbidding, and dangerous. The Superstitions are said to have claimed over five hundred lives. What were these people looking for? Is it possible that these mountains hide a vast treasure? Is it possible that UFOs land here? Is it possible that in these mountains there is a door leading to the great underground city of the Lizard Men? Join Josh, a skeptical journalist, as he explores the mysteries of the Superstition Mountains in our new fic...

A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationThe new South Africa, as well as the surrounding southern region, is finally free of apartheid and colonial rule. Civil wars have ended; democracy is everywhere. Economically, South Africa and the region are beginning to grow more rapidly than ever before. But serious impediments to sustainable growth and effective participatory government remain.President Nelson Mandela's African National Congress won a str...

In "God and My Neighbour," Robert Blatchford presents a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between religion and morality. Blatchford argues that morality is not dependent on religious belief, and that it is possible to live a good and ethical life without the need for divine guidance. He challenges traditional religious teachings and offers a compelling case for a secular approach to ethics. Blatchford's insights into the nature of morality and the role of religion in societ...