From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James “J Dilla” Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on Donuts are not hip hop music as “hip hop music” is typically defined; they careen and crash into each other, in one moment noisy and abrasive, gorgeous and heartbreaking the next. The samples and melodies tell the story of a man coming to terms with his declining health...

On the eve of his death, elderly Dale DeSouza is sent back in time to the Silver Age period where he was the speedster superhero, BULLET. De-aged via the time travel, he faces off against one of his earliest adversaries and searches for a way to return to his own time.Also features two high quality backup stories and a gorgeous pinup by Kody Okamoto.

Learn to harmonize self-care with caring for others through we-care, a science-based approach designed to enhance personal and social well-being, promote healthy boundaries, and offer a path of healing and transformation.Too many of us are familiar with the burnout that can come from overextending ourselves for others. Self-care is often promoted as the solution to this imbalance, but there are growing concerns that an overemphasis on self-care is exacerbating inte...

From the author and illustrator team of The Creator in You comes a fresh and compelling picture book about what God’s heavenly kingdom will be like—and the place in it that he’s saving just for you.WINNER OF THE GOSPEL COALITION BOOK AWARD!Jesus said He won’t stay in the clouds way up there.He’ll bring heaven to earth, and He’ll live with us here.Scripture teaches Christians that we should look forw...

**OVER TEN MILLION COPIES SOLD#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat are the most valuable things that everyone should know?**Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan B Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers, with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers. In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politi...

Sometimes the greatest battles are fought far from the battlefield.Captain Brandon Cook arrived in Afghanistan prepared for danger. He understood the threat of rockets, drones, and the uncertainty that followed every alarm across Jalalabad Airfield. What he never expected was Staff Sergeant Anna Hart.Anna is a dedicated Army medic whose strength has been shaped by everything she has survived, and everything she refuses to speak about. Brandon is an officer ...

Though ancient rabbinic texts are fundamental to analyzing the history of Judaism, they are also daunting for the novice to read. Rabbinic literature presumes tremendous prior knowledge, and its fascinating twists and turns in logic can be disorienting. Rabbinic Drinking helps learners at every level navigate this brilliant but mystifying terrain by focusing on rabbinic conversations about beverages, such as beer and wine, water, and even breast milk. By studying the contents of a...

Have you ever truly enjoyed full attention from your parents and gotten almost everything you wanted without having to ask for it sometimes? From cloths and shoes to Gucci and Louis Vuitton—you may even have a cloth line or a jet branded in your name. The biography of Lisa Marie, the only child of the famous King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, gives a full view to what the life of an only child of a celebrity may look like. It’s wonderful overall to be born into wealth—e...

From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top-and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance. Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include "On My Block," "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" and "Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta" (made famous in the cult film Office Space). The former president of Def Jam South, he's collaborated with every...

"We don't need books about teaching so much as books that teach ."Considering Jesus himself taught in a variety of ways—parable, discussion, miracle performance, ritual observance—it seems that there can be no single, definitive, Christian method of teaching. How then should Christian teaching happen, especially in this time of significant change to theological education as an institution?Mark Jordan addresses this question by first allowing vario...

Understanding and predicting the behaviour of decision makers when choosing among discrete goods has been one of the most fruitful areas of applied research over the last thirty years. An understanding of individual consumer behaviour can lead to significant changes in product or service design, pricing strategy, distribution channel and communication strategy selection, as well as public welfare analysis. This graduate and practitioner guide, first published in 2000, deals with the study ...

By using religion to get at the core concepts of Michel Foucault's thinking, this book offers a strong alternative to the way that the philosopher's work is read across the humanities. Foucault was famously interested in Christianity as both the rival to ancient ethics and the parent of modern discipline and was always alert to the hypocrisy and the violence in churches. Yet many readers have ignored how central religion is to his thought, particularly with regard to human bodies and how t...