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One of America’s top healthcare leaders offers a prescription to fix an ailing and inequitable healthcare system In Health, Hope, and Healing for All, Eugene A. Woods, CEO of Advocate Health, one of the largest non-profit health systems in the nation, provides a riveting behind-the-scenes look at healthcare in the United States. By sharing his insights from three decades in healthcare administration, as well as his personal journey, readers ga...

In this day and age, it can be difficult to feel we have anyone in our corner as we work through our personal trials and family struggles. Often this feeling of helplessness becomes overwhelming, leaving us feeling both discouraged and isolated. Despite how we may feel, we have a Wonderful Counselor to whom we can turn-Jesus. Wonderful Counselor by Drew Young, the bestselling author of The Meaning of Your Mission and Stand Guard at the Door of...

Trust in American institutions is at historic lows. The answer from the Progressive Left? Make voting and counting ballots even more complicated. Ranked-choice voting is their latest fad to remake elections. It makes voting harder: longer lines, more mistakes, and lower turnout. And it makes election administration so complicated that, in 2022, one California county certified the wrong winner in a school board race. In this Broadside, two elec...

A timely, progressive collection of essays on the Jewish relationship to Zionism and exile.What is exile? What is diaspora? What is Zionism? Jewish identity today has been shaped by prior generations’ answers to these questions, and the future of Jewish life will depend on how we respond to them in our own time. In The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance, celebrated rabbi and scholar Shaul Magid offers an essential contribution to this ...

Imam Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim is one of the most highly regarded works in Islamic thought and literature.Accepted by every sunni school of thought, and foundational in the Shaafi school, this text, available for the first time in English, is famed throughout the Muslim world.After the Qur'an, the prophetic traditions are the most recognised source of wisdom in Islam. Amongst the collected Hadith, Sahih Muslim is second only to the t...

A collection of prints from artists using fragmentation to question the status quoDrawn from feminist critic and art historian Lucy Lippard's 1978 essay of the same name, the catalog Positive Fragmentation includes more than 100 prints by 21 artists who use fragmentation both stylistically and conceptually. Contributors include Lorna Simpson, Jenny Holzer, Louise Bourgeois and Kara Walker.

The first in-depth examination of the Seneca Nation artist's prints, an ongoing and central part of her practiceThe interdisciplinary oeuvre of Seneca Nation member Marie Watt (born 1967) draws from history, biography, Iroquois proto-feminism and Indigenous teachings. Her work underscores the sacred role of storytelling throughout history and across culture, delving into elemental themes such as dreams, myths, memories, earth and the cosmos.Th...

Enter the world of director and producer Don Mischer, who has notched a lifetime of history-making moments with Beyoncé and Baryshnikov, Willie Nelson and Muhammad Ali, Olympic flames, inaugurations, and Prince in the rain. Don Mischer’s :10 Seconds to Air is a captivating look behind the curtain at the creation of some of television’s most celebrated live events. Mischer’s personal story is an unlikely journey, but a very American one. From a...

Noonomy explores the effect of modern technological shifts on human society. The author shows that technologies are about to undergo qualitative changes which will create new opportunities for personal development and the satisfaction of wants and, simultaneously, engender risks associated with growth opportunities of human interference with nature and technogenic stress on the environment. Based on the study of cutting-edge technologies and r...

O’Leary’s new collection is a frank, unflinching follow-up to 2017’s successful DICK CHENEY SHOT ME IN THE FACE. Here O’Leary does the impossible: dive into the psyches of the most destructive men– a stalker, a Klansman, public shooters— and creates narratives that neither rationalize, nor over-empathize. Refreshingly, these stories deliver both valuable insight, and perspective-enhancing humor. Employing fiercer social commentary and broader ...

The authors, fueled by their passion for science and a desire to inspire students, have created a book that stands out from the ordinary. This isn't just another textbook filled with dense, uninspiring content. Instead, it's a captivating collection of easy-to-read articles, each skillfully tailored to essential scientific concepts. Within these pages, every article serves as a portal to the enthralling world of physical science. Each story, ...

The Encyclopedia of Dim-Mak: The Extra Meridians is the second volume completing the authoritative first volume, The Main Meridians, which form an essential reference for any serious practitioner of this storied martial art.

Erle Montaigue's The Encyclopedia of Dim-Mak: The Main Meridians is the quintessential authority on this storied healing and martial art. It is an essential reference book for the library of any serious martial arts practitioner.

This report analyzes ways to match youth in Asia and the Pacific with quality jobs and shows why approaches that consider nonlinear transitions into and within the labor market can help underpin productivity and social progress. Noting some four out of five young people in the region work informally, it reviews job matching models including commercial and government online platforms, digital bootcamps, and corporate-funded programs. It expla...

A richly illustrated book inspired by Bali's New Year's tradition of "Nyepi, " a day of silence. Ayu and Dodé are a sister and brother who race through the rice fields, see monsters dancing up and down the streets, sit up in the dark watching the stars, and listen to the bustling sounds of nature on the Day of Silence in Bali.

Are you looking for fun-to-play, exuberant Christmas cello duets that will spread joy? Play your best holiday season yet with these enchanting Christmas pop and fiddle cello duets. This book includes some of our most requested favorites like Jingle Bell Rock along with a fresh take on some old favorites - fiddle away on Reel on the Housetop!You can play these duets for gigs, special occasions - or just for fun! With energy, verve, and an extra...

Are you looking for fun-to-play, exuberant Christmas violin duets that will spread joy? Play your best holiday season yet with these enchanting Christmas pop and fiddle violin duets. This book includes some of our most requested favorites like Jingle Bell Rock along with a fresh take on some old favorites - fiddle away on Reel on the Housetop!You can play these duets for gigs, special occasions - or just for fun! With energy, verve, and an ext...