Hamlet: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, and the Crisis of ModernityThis book offers a bold reinterpretation of Hamlet through five interwoven frames-ironic, ideological, psycho-social, emotional, and scientific-to reveal how Shakespeare's play speaks directly to today's cultural, political, and psychological dilemmas. Drawing on Freud, Lacan, Hegel, and Marx, the author argues that Hamlet is not only a metaphorical autobiography of Shakespeare ...

The Humanities: A Guide to Key Concepts and Enduring Questions is written for teachers seeking fresh ways to bring the humanities into their classrooms. Drawing on philosophy, religion, history, languages, literature, music, dance, photography, and film, each chapter explores enduring questions within a discipline while offering insights teachers can adapt into lessons, discussions, and projects. This book equips teachers to help students think critically and creatively ab...

This book provides a comprehensive ethical examination of infant male circumcision through the lens of human rights theory. Drawing on over 30 years of clinical experience and extensive research, Robert S. Van Howe presents a systematic analysis of one of medicine's most controversial practices.The book addresses fundamental questions about moral status, bodily integrity, and informed consent in medical decision-making. Van Howe employs diverse ethical frameworks—from Kantian categ...

In his first book of original, never-before-seen writings, Pope Leo XIV offers readers around the world a window into the spiritual foundation that would lead him to the papacy.'A peace-seeking bridge builder' Guardian'One of the world’s most consequential voices on faith and politics' The Washington PostBefore becoming Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost had never published a book. But shortly af...

Surviving the Silence: A Memoir of Faith, Fatherhood, and the Sound of God's Grace is a deeply personal, spiritually rich, and emotionally honest memoir about the sacred tension between unanswered prayers and unwavering faith.With the Canaanite woman of Matthew 15 as a guiding companion, Rev. Dr. Robert F. Cheeks, Jr., invites readers into his journey through unexplained infertility, grief, and the quiet ache of waiting on God. This is not a story of instant miracles or easy resolu...

Adventure tales told, with humanity and warmth, about some of the world’s most remote and fascinating places and their inhabitantsFor almost fifty years, Robert McCracken Peck has traveled the world as the official photographer, historian, and chronicler of scientific expeditions from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America’s oldest natural history institution, now part of Drexel University. He has discovered three new frogs in the Andes, collected...

This compelling book explores the first four months of fighting in the Pacific between the United States and its Allies against Japan, focusing mainly on the aircraft carrier action of the respective navies in the Pacific Theater.In the chaotic months after Pearl Harbor, the Pacific War was anything but certain. The U.S. Navy, reeling from sudden loss, scrambled to slow Japanese momentum, while the Imperial Japanese Navy pressed outward, convinced that seizing Sout...

Phillip Michaels is dead.Glad to leave Crag Island behind, Katarina makes her way to England to convey the horrible news.She's beset by a choice: go home and try to forget the horrific events on the island or undertake a quest for the mysterious escapee, Inmate 101.There are friends to be found and enemies to make along the way. Somewhere, a red-eyed specter is watching.Whatever she chooses, she must first make it out alive.She can have peace, unless...

In his first book of original, never-before-seen writings, Pope Leo XIV offers readers around the world a window into the spiritual foundation that would lead him to the papacy―in his own words before his election.Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost had never published a book. But shortly after his election to the papacy, Leo chose these previously unpublished texts to become his first published collection of writings: Freedom Under Grace....

Mississippi Snakes: Their Identification, Natural History, and Influence on the Culture of the Magnolia State is more than just a guidebook about snakes. It is a new approach to understanding the natural history of one of the most biologically diverse and culturally rich states in the country. Authors Terry L. Vandeventer and Robert A. Young share facts, stories, and practical advice about the more than fifty different kinds of snakes living in Mississippi.The topic of sna...

I have written this book to equip churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and every place of worship with practical, easy-to-implement emergency action plans designed to prepare for a wide range of threats, including active shooter incidents and other acts of violence. Drawing upon decades of real-world law enforcement experience, my goal is to provide faith leaders, security teams, and congregants with accurate, actionable guidance that enhances safety while respecting the unique mission ...

Too Wise for Drugs helps parents explain the dangers of peer pressure totheir young children and how to resist it if they're ever offered drugs. Throughthe beloved characters, Bobby and Mandee, examples of peer pressure are role-played.Kids can learn how to recognize peer pressure and make smart choices whenconfronted.