What do you do when you no longer believe blindly, yet can't bear the void? When dogmas —religious, political, social feel like traps, but "freedom" without any framework leaves you lost?This book offers no answers. It offers something more useful: a compass.Christos Athanasakos explores the space in between —between blind faith and relativism, between the safety that numbs and the friction that awakens. Guided by three timeless "people of the threshold" Socrates, the Buddha,...

Some leaders make headlines. Others make history.For decades, Althea Garrison has remained one of the most fascinating—and overlooked—figures in American politics. Her extraordinary journey from the small town of Hahira, Georgia, to the halls of the Massachusetts State House is a story of perseverance, conviction, and the courage to stand firm when the world demands that you step aside.In Althea: The Politics of Courage, award-winning author Gabriel Christo brings readers i...

In 1898, a book of fiction told the story about the sinking of an "unsinkable" Atlantic liner.Fourteen years later, it happened.Someone began to notice the patterns.When Robert Morganson boards the Titanic in April 1912, he carries with him a copy of Futility—a novella whose eerie similarities to the ship's design, voyage, and fate grow more disturbing with every page.A rational man, he resists superstition... but the evidence becomes impos...

Pain is often treatable but doctors, medical professionals, and patients don't understand the intricacies of chronic pain. Millions who suffer from pain become hopeless. With Aches and Gains, Dr. Paul Christo, a Johns Hopkins physician and leading pain specialist sheds new light on what it means to live with and overcome chronic pain. Dr. Christo shares celebrity interviews, including Naomi Judd, Lisa Swayze, Montel Williams, Ally Hilfiger, and Clay Walker, from his Sirius XM radi...

After an important artifact is discovered, which the world governments believe can change the course of history. Dr Michaels, a world renowned scholar of ancient literature is roped in to crack the mystery. A series of life changing events unfold which lead the powers that be into a race against time.Will the human race triumph over this adversity, or is it the wrath of God that is being unleashed upon a sinful world.This ebook touches every emotion intimately and allows th...

This volume challenges the dominant narrative of artificial intelligence as a neutral, inevitable force, showing instead how AI is a political project shaped by power, labor, and history. Bridging technical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives, it examines how AI systems—from healthcare algorithms to generative models—reorganize inequality, redistribute risk, and reshape human agency across global contexts.Contributors trace AI’s lived consequences through lenses including...

Alexander Philippou, after leaving behind his conflict with the Leviathan in Greece, heads to the United Arab Emirates and Israel. The spirituality of Jerusalem, the contrasts of Tel Aviv, and the opulence of Dubai become the compass of his wanderings. His life is gradually transformed as he finds himself trapped between geopolitical conflicts and emotional storms.The murder of Jonas Karoussis by Hamas brings Alexander face-to-face with the relentless countenance of Death. Subseque...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThis action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms.Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into t...

Moth was doing just fine in the Sunder, happy to forget his days topside, until a figure from his past appears with a puzzling message.He realises how murky his memories have gotten. How restless he feels. Perhaps he wasn't content after all...it was simply easier to forget the pain of the past, and start anew. Now that fate has come calling, he feels the pull in him grow stronger than ever, dragging him back to the surface to face a terrifying reality.Moth and the ...

On the Significance of Religion in Social Justice analyses the role of religion in social justice from the perspectives of Traditional African Religion, Christianity, and Islam by bringing different disciplines into play, including medicine and health, humanities and Indigenous knowledge systems or African metaphysics, Islam and sociopolitical studies, practical theology, and pastoral care. With much of current academic, political, and public attention focusing on the problematic ...

In 1898, a book of fiction told the story about the sinking of an "unsinkable" ocean liner.Fourteen years later, it happened.Someone began to notice the patterns.When Robert Morganson boards the Titanic in April 1912, he carries with him a copy of Futility-a novella whose eerie similarities to the ship's design, voyage, and fate grow more disturbing with every page.A rational man, he resists superstition... but the evidence becomes impossib...

This book presents a theory of choice grounded in two distinct processes. The first is a long-term evolutionary process that links survival-enhancing behaviors with positive emotional responses, forming "primary preferences." These preferences are inherited and reflect conditions under which early humans thrived. The second process is short-term and adaptive, allowing individuals to adjust their preferences in response to changes in their environment. These adjustments form revised prefere...