The size and severity of the global climate crisis is such that even the most committed environmentalists can drift into a state of denial. The award-winning writers collected here have made it their task to shake off this nagging disbelief, bringing the incomprehensible within our grasp and shaping an emotional response to mankind's unwitting creation of a tough new planet. From T. C. Boyle's account of early eco-activists, to Nathaniel Rich's comic fantasy about a marine biologist haunte...

Discover a modern approach to the analysis, modeling and design of high sensitivity phased arrays. Network theory, numerical methods and computational electromagnetic simulation techniques are uniquely combined to enable full system analysis and design optimization. Beamforming and array signal processing theory are integrated into the treatment from the start. Digital signal processing methods such as polyphase filtering and RFI mitigation are described, along with technologies for real-t...

Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals of today's society. How can we reach these kids with the truth of the gospel? More than fifty of America's youth experts give advice and encouragement to those who long to see this generation kno...

British music industry veteran David Stark grew up in north-west London during the 1960s as a dedicated Beatles fan, who was lucky enough to meet his musical heroes on various memorable occasions. From gatecrashing the Yellow Submarine film premiere in 1968 and sitting right behind them, to meeting the group individually in some extraordinary circumstances, he recalls his many Beatles encounters here for the first time. However, Stark’s stories don’t end w...

FACT: We all have narcissistic tendencies, but not all of us are abusive.We highlight this fact because it is important to remember that abusing others is a CHOICE, regardless of neuroses. So, when you find that your partner is showing signs of narcissism and is going out of their way to cross your boundaries and undermine your self-esteem, you might want to reconsider being in that relationship.Being with an abusive narcissist can be tricky. They always seem so perfect at ...

Has depression, anxiety, panic, or severe mental illness negatively impacted your life in one way or another?We’ve all been through difficult periods in our lives wherein our emotions got the best of us and pushed us to act in destructive ways. While it’s painfully human to become overwhelmed with negative emotions from time to time, we need to remember that when emotions start to take control constantly, we have to manage them.This is why “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” is ...

Emotional abuse is a destructive way of controlling another using of emotions, whether that’s to shame, blame, criticize, embarrass, or manipulate.Once you find that your relationship has a consistent pattern of verbal abusiveness or bullying behaviors that intend to undermine your mental health or wear down your self-esteem, then you just might need to look for the exit.Because of the absence of any physical violence, it can take a while before you realize just how emotion...

When someone has an inflated sense of their importance and a deep need for admiration, they just might be a narcissist. But it’s not always so easy to spot them. Narcissists can be very charming and likable. You might even be dating one of them!Yes, you may be dating a narcissist. And while not all narcissists are bad people, some of them might be sinister enough to suck you into a very abusive spiral.So, if you find yourself constantly manipulated into doing things you don...

Close to 60 percent of young people who went to church as teens drop out after high school. Now the bestselling author of unChristian trains his researcher's eye on these young believers. Where Kinnaman's first book unChristian showed the world what outsiders aged 16-29 think of Christianity, You Lost Me shows why younger Christians aged 16-29 are leaving the church and rethinking their faith.Based on new research, You Lost Me shows pastors, chur...

Sticky Faith delivers positive and practical ideas to nurture within your kids a living, loving faith that lasts a lifetime.Research indicates that almost half of high school seniors drift from their faith after graduation.Struck by this staggering statistic, and recognizing its ramifications, the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) conducted the "College Transition Project" in an effort to identify the relationships and best practices th...

Many of the statistics you read about teenagers and faith can be alarming. Recent studies show that 40-50 percent of kids who are connected to a youth group throughout their senior year will fail to stick with their faith in college. As youth workers are pouring their time and energy into the students in their ministries, they are often left wondering if they’ve done enough to equip their students to carry their faith into adulthood. Fuller Youth Institute has done extensive research in th...

Youth ministry veteran and bestselling author, Duffy Robbins, offers an updated and revised edition of his book about the important, behind-the-scenes mechaincs of youth ministry. The tasks of budgeting, decision-making, time management, team ministry, staff relationships, conflict resolution, working with parents, and a range of other issues, are the things that keep a ministry together and functioning well. Nobody gets into youth ministry because they want to think about these things; bu...