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  Albert Meets America - How...

  József Illy

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  This volume of news articles from Einstein’s first trip to America explores his rise a public figure and the creation of his celebrity persona. 
   
  When a British expedition confirmed Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity in 1919, the news catapulted the German physicist to global fame. Two years later, he joined a fund-raising tour through the United States—a country he’d never seen before—gathering support for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His lectures in New York, Princeton, and Chicago, and comments on the Jewish presence in Palestine, made Einstein one of the first media stars.  
   
  In Albert Meets America, József Illy presents a fascinating compilation of media stories written during Einstein’s trip that cover his science, his Zionism, and the anti-Semitism he encountered. Traveling with Einstein from headline to headline, readers experience his emotional connection with American Jews and his frustration at becoming world famous even though his theories were not truly understood. 
   
  This collection gives readers an intimate glimpse into the life of one of the world’s first modern celebrities and a unique understanding of the media’s power over both its subject and its audience.

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  Logic Philosophy & Psychoanalysis

  J.M. Kuczynski

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  This volume contains monologues and dialogues in which the most basic questions of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and logic are given clear and cogent answers. Table of Contents: 30 Laws of LogicDifferent Kinds of Mathematical Functions: A DialogueFunctions, Bijections, and Mapping-relationsWhat is Logic?Outline of a Theory of KnowledgeDeterminism, Indeterminism, and Personal FreedomA DialogueNeurosis vs. PsychosisWhat determines whether one is happy?Compulsive WorkStutteringHow men and women are differentOne learns from adversity, not from failureDoes everybody want money?The #1 Rule of WritingLack of CoordinationMental Illness: The Ultimate Litmus TestThe #1 Rule of BusinessHonesty and IntegrityA DialogueAngerA DialogueWhat is Bullshit?A Short Treatise on CausalityPart 1: Causality and ContinuityPart 2 : Causation and ExplanationPart 3: Causation and Counterfactual TruthPart 4: Program-causationPart 5: The four different kinds of causes involved in the development of mental illnessPart 6: Singular CausationObsessions and CompulsionsA Dialogue concerning OCDWriting Animated Dialogues as Self-Analysis:A DialogueNeurotic Anxiety as Rational Fear:A DialogueAgencyAnalyticityAnomalous MonismBullshitTwo Kinds of InsanityIgnorance of the FutureJusticeProof that Time-Travel is ImpossibleRationality vs. Intelligence: A Dialogue

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  The Parables of Sunlight

  Margaret Dulaney

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  A Memoir of a neglected farm, an abandoned and injured horse, and the prevailing resilience of hope.

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  The Olive Season - Amour a New...

  Carol Drinkwater

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  “A lovely balance of memoir, travelogue and olive-growing how-to . . . Some of her adventures are quite funny.” —Publishers Weekly In this memoir, the author of The Olive Farm returns to the ten-acre property for which she and her fiancé scraped together their savings to buy—just back from their wedding on a tiny Polynesian island, loaded down with luggage and a large hand-painted didgeridoo. As Carol and Michel settle in as husband and wife, they experience the glamor of southern France at dinner parties in the company of aristocrats and at the world-renowned Cannes film festival, as well as the dirt-caked, sun-baked life of farmers—especially after their gardener heads to Algiers to arrange his youngest son’s wedding. For Carol, though, what matters most is that her longtime dream of motherhood finally promises to come true—and over the course of The Olive Season, she shares the story of her hopes and fears as she anticipates another kind of growth and nurturing. Alternately entertaining and emotionally poignant, this memoir is a rich portrait of love, longing, and the constant uncertainties of the cycle of life.

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  The Way of the Water Priestess -...

  Annwyn Avalon

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  A hands-on guide for witches, pagans, and others who are drawn to the magic of water for healing and protection.The Way of the Water Priestess is a practical guide to the magical power of water and its resident spirits and how to use that magic for both self-empowerment and in the service of protector of water in all its forms. Written by the founder of Triskele Rose Witchcraft, the book offers a guide to revive the ways of the water priestess—to make water sacred again. This is not a new practice; women have tended the sacred waters since antiquity.   Readers of The Way of the Water Priestess will learn all the aspects of water magic: Historical and archeological information about rites and rituals, and women's role in relationship to waterThe lore of water goddesses from various cultures around the worldHow to form an intimate connection with water in all its formsMoon rituals, sacred bathing, and oracular and ritual artsHow to become a sacred vessel of water

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  Navies in the 21st Century

  Conrad Waters

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  “A range of naval experts . . . build[s] a diverse and deeply-thought out picture of where maritime warfare is now and where it is likely to go.”—Army Rumour Service   What is the purpose of navies in the modern world, and what types of warship does this require? This book tackles these questions by looking at naval developments, both technological and operational, in the quarter century since the end of the Cold War. It provides the overall political and economic context, assesses significant naval operations from the first Gulf War to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, reviews changes in the objectives and composition of the principal fleets, describes major design developments amongst the main warship types, and examines wider technological and operational developments, including naval aviation, shipbuilding and manning.   “A high quality publication with a great many superb photographs. For those wishing to keep fully informed on world naval affairs, it is excellent value and strongly recommended.”—Scuttlebutt   “This new book follows the successful approach and format of the very popular naval annual Seaforth’s World Naval Review. Under the same editor, a new team of specialists have been assembled to write authoritative articles in their particular fields of expertise. The absorbing text is fully supported by many outstanding images—Most Recommended.”—Firetrench   “Provides a most useful contextual analysis of the post-Cold War period, explaining how technological developments and a range of world events have variously shaped the fleets of today.”—Warship

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