While America is not alone in its ambivalence toward sex and its depictions, the preferences of the nation swing sharply between toleration and censure. This pattern has grown even more pronounced since the 1960s, with the emergence of the New Right and its attack on the "floodtide of filth" that wa[...]

Internet trolls live to upset as many people as possible, using all the technical and psychological tools at their disposal. They gleefully whip the media into a frenzy over a fake teen drug crisis; they post offensive messages on Facebook memorial pages, traumatizing grief-stricken friends and fami[...]

An exciting guide to, and celebration of, the Whitney Museum and its outstanding collection of American art This all-new handbook, a fresh look at the Whitney Museum of American Art's collection, highlights the museum's extraordinary holdings and its fascinating history. Featuring iconic pieces by a[...]

Some schools have honour codes. Others have handbooks. Themis Academy has the Mockingbirds. Themis Academy is a quiet boarding school where the students are exceptional, the faculty trust that everyone does the right thing, and the administration sees only what it wants to see - perfection. So when [...]

Danny's mother died three weeks before his graduation. She had cancer for 5 years, and all she ever wanted to do was to make it to Danny's graduation, she said. But she couldn't even make it the last three weeks, like she promised. And now Danny is left alone, with the empty house and the memories, [...]

Written in a lively, accessible style, The Psychology of Language presents a compelling focus on the relationship between language and human cognition. Each chapter offers a strong central theme, presented as a hypothesis for the student to consider. The text's three-part organization (Linguistics, [...]

A special-needs guide that ?comes to the rescue?( Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of "The Out-of-Sync Child") of those who struggle with an increasingly common condition.
Millions of children suffer from Nonverbal Learning Disorder, a neurological deficit that prevents them from understanding nonv[...]

The Eat Right 4 (For) Your Type portable and personal blood type guide to staying healthy and achieving your ideal weight Different blood types mean different body chemistry. If your blood type is O, enjoy your best health on a high protein, low carbohydrate diet, and make sure you get plenty of red[...]

The Eat Right 4 (For) Your Type portable and personal blood type guide to staying healthy and achieving your ideal weight Different blood types mean different body chemistry. If your blood type is A, enjoy your best health on a vegetarian diet. Carry this guide with you to the grocery store, restaur[...]

For parents and parents-to-be, this one-of-a-kind guide offers methods of maximizing health and fertility through every stage of pregnancy and the baby's first year personalized for individual blood types.[...]

Creating a personalized, innovative approach to preventing and treating both Type I and Type II diabetes, the naturopathic physician and author of Eat Right 4 (for) Your Type incorporates self-assessment tests, lifestyle changes, nutritional supplements, and exercise protocols, all based on the prin[...]