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Fed up with the Republican Right? Then you'll love Al Franken's scathingly hilarious look at America's largest talk show host and his conservative cronies. Funny yet uncompromisingly fair, Franken tackles the issues - and the politicians - in ways few have dared.

Can scientific explanation ever make reference to God or the supernatural? The present consensus is no; indeed, a naturalistic stance is usually taken to be a distinguishing feature of modern science. Science Without God?: Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism shows that the history of Western science presents us with a more nuanced picture.

It seems like Sage’s whole world is on fire the summer before she starts seventh grade. As house after house burns down, her Bushwick neighborhood gets referred to as “The Matchbox” in the local newspaper. And while Sage prefers to spend her time shooting hoops with the guys, she’s also still trying to figure out her place inside the circle of girls she’s known since childhood. A group that each day, feels further and further away from her. But it’s also the summer of Freddy, a new kid who truly gets Sage.

Embark on a riveting exploration into the depths of human psychology with "Dark Psychology and Gaslighting Manipulation." This comprehensive guide is your key to unraveling the mysteries of persuasion, mind control, and safeguarding yourself against manipulation. Unveil the Tactics: Dive into the art and science of manipulation, exploring the different strategies employed to control others. From dark psychology to the nuances of NLP and the intricacies of body language, this book equips you with the knowledge to understand, defend, and empower yourself.

Dazzle is a snow-white unicorn with a twisty horn, a sparkly pink tail, and a tag that says unicorns can grant wishes. He isn't sure whether he can make a wish for himself, but he does so anyway, hoping for a child and a home of his own. Instead, Dazzle gets sold at a yard sale and becomes one of the Book Buddies, friendly toys that children can check out of the library just like books. Meanwhile, Maya has just moved to town and decides to borrow Dazzle, hoping he can grant her a wish for a new friend.

Buyer Personas is the marketer's actionable guide to learning what your buyer wants and how they make decisions. Written by the world's leading authority on buyer personas, this audiobook provides comprehensive coverage of a compelling new way to conduct buyer studies, plus practical advice on adopting the buyer persona approach to measurably improve marketing outcomes. Listeners will learn how to segment their customer base, investigate each customer type, and apply a radically more relevant process of message selection, content creation, and distribution.

There are twelve kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek Middle School. They’ve been together all their lives. And in this small factory town where everyone knows everything about everyone, that’s not necessarily a great thing.

Entrepreneurship, personal responsibility, and upward mobility: These traditions are at the heart of the free enterprise system, and have long been central to America's exceptional culture. In recent years, however, policymakers have dramatically weakened these traditions - by exploding the size of government, propping up their corporate cronies, and trying to reorient our system from rewarding merit to redistributing wealth. Arthur C. Brooks shows that this trend cannot be reversed through materialistic appeals.

Americans revere the Constitution even as they argue fiercely over its original toleration of slavery. Some historians have charged that slaveholders actually enshrined human bondage at the nation's founding. The acclaimed political historian Sean Wilentz shares the dismay but sees the Constitution and slavery differently. Although the proslavery side won important concessions, he asserts, antislavery impulses also influenced the framers' work. Far from covering up a crime against humanity, the Constitution restricted slavery's legitimacy under the new national government.

In this prize-winning essay for the 2021 Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies essay contest, Dr. Ruickbie examines the evidence for the survival of consciousness after death (“life after death”). Initially skeptical, he found that there was sufficient evidence from a wide variety of sources, including apparitions, reincarnation, near-death experiences, after-death communication, and premonitions, that met the contest’s criteria of being “beyond reasonable doubt.”

Communicating to Win: In Life, Love, and Business empowers people at their core so they can effectively communicate in all aspects of their lives from a place of ultimate confidence to bring about the success they desire in themselves and others.

Since 1998, MTV’s The Challenge has tested competitors’ physical, mental, and emotional endurance. Some go on to become Challenge legends, going down in history as players who changed the game forever. But for each champion, there are dozens more who try and fail to earn the title. In her time covering the show, pop culture journalist and Challenge superfan Sydney Bucksbaum has gotten to know many of the champs, gaining an insider’s knowl­edge of what goes into making a winning strategy—and how difficult it is to actually pull it off.

Many great books have been written about what we should believe and why, or why the Left's beliefs are flawed, but never before has a book that shows how to do what we believe. Until now. The Left has its playbook, Saul Alinsky's infamous Rules for Radicals. Now the good guys have theirs. Endorsed by a who's who of the conservative movement, we present Rules for Patriots.

I believe in miracles because my sobriety is one. For years, I was an addict, a slave to pornography. Every time I tried to quit, it just got worse. I was tired of trying to slay a dragon that was impossible to kill. So I gave up fighting. I lost hope. After years of losing the war, I finally saw that all the things I believed about pornography addiction were not true. Porn addiction is strong and derives its power by trapping its victims in thirteen lies.

Did you know that psychopaths don't have the ability to see the negative consequences of their actions, only the positive ones? Did you know that self-discipline is a better indicator of success than your IQ score? Did you know that the Walt Disney Company is the world’s second biggest buyer of explosives? If you learned anything in the last few lines, you're going to learn a bunch more in the next 5,000 facts.

El libro Cómo ganar amigos e influir sobre las personas es un clásico en mayúsculas de la literatura sobre autoayuda, que todavía a día de hoy sigue vendiendo más de 200 ejemplares a la semana. Esta nueva edición es una relectura del clásico con una perspectiva moderna y actual dirigida a las chicas y mujeres de hoy en día; un libro con todas las claves para conocer y entender a los otros a través del empoderamiento y desde una perspectiva femenina y feminista.

Ever get stumped in a conversation, not knowing what to say? Ever feel intimidated by peers or by members of the opposite sex? This book will guide you by showing you effective tips and strategies to help you improve your conversational skills, no matter what area of life or situation you are in. The secret to building and cultivating healthy relationships is through communication, not only being able to voice your thoughts, opinions make yourself understood, but also understanding what others are saying. In this book, you'll find out how to: Break the ice and help others feel comfortable ...

Social anxiety and shyness are a problem for many. With so much technology, it’s like we forget how to talk or interact with another face to face. Think back to the last time you considered approaching someone, but for some reason you didn’t. Even though you had something to say, you just couldn’t bring yourself to speak those words.

27 Ways to Win Arguments is your ultimate playbook to mastering the art of winning arguments. Packed with 27 battle-tested psychological techniques, you’ll gain the ability to persuade, influence, and defend yourself in any debate, whether it's a casual discussion or a high-stakes confrontation.

Americans have been leaving their churches. Some drift away. Some stay home. And some have been searching for—and finding—more authentic ways to find and follow Jesus. This is the story of one such “radical outpost of Jesus followers” dedicated to service, the Sermon on the Mount, and working toward justice for all in this life, not just salvation for some in the next. Part of a little-known yet influential movement at the edge of American evangelicalism, Philadelphia’s Circle of Hope grew for forty years, planted four congregations, and then found itself in crisis.