When it comes to sex and love, how do you fit in? Are you...ahem, normal? Do you conform to the type, standard or pattern, the way MOST people do? In the bedroom--and elsewhere where we copulate--we'r
"The frank and witty memoir from Melissa Joan Hart, the star of Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch--a cultural icon for a generation Thousands of young people consider Melissa Joa
In 2002 about 3.3 million people in the US over age 40 had impaired vision. Due to the aging of the population, in 2020 that number should increase to about 5.7 million. This series of 20 articles wri
The so-called "pacifist clause" of the Japanese Constitution (Article 9) binds "the Japanese people forever to renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as a mean
Draws on an extensive survey of more than 100,000 people to identify norms in positive relationships while providing strategies for improvement, sharing insights into a range of areas from communicati
In today’s world we need Christians and churches willing to break out of the normal patterns of religion and tradition to impact and reach the world. Ordinary People, Extraordinary Power gives a stron
Revised and Expanded EditionWait—what's wrong with rights? It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies o
We could all use some advice now and then. When the self-help books just aren't helping, it's time to call in the experts: real people. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Adair Lara polled her readers
Journalist Lorna Martin had always thought that therapy was an outrageous con, a fraud designed for people to "whine about their weight/self-esteem/alcohol/commitment problem while blaming their emot
Revised and Expanded EditionWait—what's wrong with rights? It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies o
For the millions of people in their fifties and sixties who find themselves out of work, unable to find a job, and financially incapable of retiring, here’s a practical plan for getting past any
Disasters are all around us. In everyday parlance, disasters are understood as exceptional occurrences that destroy human life, property, and resources. For centuries, people have looked to political authorities for protection from disasters and for relief in the aftermath. Yet, the COVID-19pandemic and an endless torrent of storms, floods, and forest fires have shown that modern states and intergovernmental institutions frequently fail this burden. Worse, world leaders routinely ignore evidence that accelerated climate change is an already-rolling planetary catastrophe. So, what is adisaster? Who determines when and why a disaster has occurred or ceased? And what is the relationship between such occurences and modern states who promise to manage them? In All is Well, Saptarishi Bandopadhyay argues that there is no such thing as a disaster outside of rituals of legal, administrative, and scientific control--what the author terms disaster management--through which such occurences are mo
On October 14, 1998, five thousand people gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to mourn the death of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who had been murdered in Wyoming eight days earlier. Po
A fun, voice-driven, and practical take on education, arguing that we need to stop trying to fix people who reside outside the norm and start empowering them to succeed.Jonathan Mooney blends anecdote
In the years after the Second World War, economic and social factors combined to produce an intense concern over the sexual development and behaviour of young people. In a context where heterosexualit
Beth and Virginia have relocated to Los Angeles where things only appear more normal... Take a ringside seat for these brutal tales of twisted emotion that will knock you to the mat and have you seein
Trollhunters meets The Terrible Two in this smart and funny illustrated middle grade series.Doug Underbelly is doing his best to be normal. It's not the easiest thing in the world: he's bad at jokes,
