Stupidity and Self-Absorption offers the first full-length philosophical exploration of human stupidity, reinterpreting it as a pervasive existential condition rooted in self-absorption. It argues that stupidity is not merely a cognitive or moral failing but a habitual resistance to reality, where excessive focus on oneself distorts one’s relationship with the world.Drawing on social epistemology, phenomenology, existentialism, and psychology, the author develops a systema...

Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy, Seventh Edition, is a timely and timeless resource for practitioners at all levels of experience. It explains and illustrates individual, group, and couples work with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. Chapters highlight Adler's and Dreikurs's unique contributions to child guidance, lifestyle assessment, and early recollections, and they also discuss Adlerian therapy’s special relevance for culturally sensitive work.The se...

A rare and evocative memoir of a respected constitutional scholar, dedicated public servant, political reformer, and facilitator of peace in the land of his ancestors.John D. Feerick’s life has all the elements of a modern Horatio Alger story: the poor boy who achieves success by dint of his hard work. But Feerick brought other elements to that classic American success story: his deep religious faith, his integrity, and his paramount concern for social justice. In ...

The USS Pennsylvania, a ballistic missile submarine, departs Pearl Harbor on a routine patrol, led by Captain Josh Turnbuckle. As they submerge, nuclear war erupts on the surface. China initiates the conflict, with North Korea and Russia joining, leaving cities in ruins and civilization collapsing. Unaware of the apocalypse, the crew continues operations, believing communication failures are technical glitches, not realizing they have missed their orders to launch a counterstrike.F...

Now in its second edition, this book offers an accessible reference and strategy for the practical application of cross- cultural competence (3C) for leaders operating across complex operational environments, including the armed forces and government.Developing Cross-Cultural Competence for Leaders takes readers from ideational understanding to operational practice, challenging them to learn to navigate cultural complexity as a leadership requirement. The authors invite re...

When Captain Georgia Evans and the crew of the starship Asteria race to intercept a mysterious energy signature beyond Jupiter, they expect a dangerous mission. Instead, they encounter the Guardian-an ancient cosmic force warning of a rising evil known as the Darkness.Propelled across space and time, the crew must confront impossible realities, a devastating truth, and a battle that could decide Earth's fate. But when they finally return home, they discover a future forever changed...

Who told you that being strong meant holding everything together? Who decided that healing should follow a timeline, that difficult emotions should be hidden, or that struggling meant you were somehow failing?In Who Told You This Was True?, Pippa J Thomas explores the beliefs we inherit about healing, strength, grief, trauma, ADHD, identity, belonging and what it means to be human.Many of us spend years becoming the person we think we should be. We...

Slavery was a continuous presence in the Pre-Modern Era, roughly 500 ce to 1450 ce, when changes in geopolitical forces, demography, and cultural background contributed to the nature of enslavement. Coercion as a way of life differed across sociocultural and economic realities, ranging from chattel slaves and war captives, to sexual and domestic slaves. This volume destabilizes the deep-seated idea that during the so-called “Middle Ages,” social and cultural relationships ...

How do the rich get rich? An updated edition of the "remarkable" New York Times bestseller, based on two decades of research ( The Washington Post).Most of the truly wealthy in the United States don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue. They live next door.America's wealthy seldom get that way through an inheritance or an advanced degree. They bargain-shop for used cars, raise children who don't realize how rich their families are, an...

The preparation of "History of Western Maryland", one of the most voluminous works on the history of that party of the United States, imposed a vast responsibility and an immense amount of labor. In the compilation of this history no authority of importance has been overlooked. The author has carefully examined every source of information open to him, and has availed himself of every fact that could throw new light upon, or impart additional interest to, the subject under consideration. Be...

This book of poems celebrates the Incarnation: "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us" (John 1:14). The story is simple yet embodies the deepest of mysteries. Before Our Very Eyes begins with a prophetic prologue from Isaiah, then covers the words and experiences of Jesus in the four Gospels and the first chapter of Acts. A short epilogue ends in Revelation. Nancy Thomas has a background in biblical studies, but the poems are personal, coming from her context of living cross...

Thousands of years ago, an alien race called Annunaki, came to Earth to mine gold. They needed it because their planet's radiation sheild was thinning and the gold would help to replenish it. For Years they labored inn the mines to extract old and deliver it to thier planet but they began to complain that the work was too difficult.They decided to to create a creature that ould mine the gold for them. They captured a hominid that was capable of doing the work and combined Annunaki ...