Most people assume that criminal offenders have only been convicted of a single crime. However, in reality almost half of offenders stand to be sentenced for more than one crime. The high proportion o
Michael Lewis’s New York Times #1 best-selling story of how a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos
In the 21st century, reality television and the Internet have fed public interest in ghosts, UFOs, cryptozoology and other unusual phenomena. By 2010, roughly 2000 amateur research and investigation g
Practices – specific, recurrent types of human action and activity – are perhaps the most fundamental "building blocks" of social reality. This book argues that the detailed empirical study of practic
Filled with stunning colour artwork and inspiring infographics, this is the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who wants to discover more about the incredible reality we inhabit.
A sequel to Gamescape: Overworld finds 17-year-old Miguel and his virtual reality gaming team participating in an ultimate battle to reclaim the planet for humans from the angels and demons who are or
No Go Zones. That's what they're called. And while the politically correct try to deny their existence, the shocking reality of these No Go Zones - where Sharia law can prevail and local police stay a
This book offers new perspectives on the history of analytical philosophy, surveying recent scholarship on the philosophical study of mind, language, logic and reality over the course of the last 200
"This book follows the cast of a proposed TV reality show, "Humberto Fontova's Revenge," as they hunt, fish, and feast in Louisiana's Bayou country. And what a wild ride it is! Each chapter of this ro
An exposé of the hidden suffering that over half of Syria’s refugees endure and the conflicts they continue to flee.No refuge: this is the harsh reality encountered by the women and children who flee
This volume is the first to combine textual analysis of food media texts with interviews with media production staff, reality TV contestants, celebrity chefs, and food producers and retailers across t
With wide appeal to anyone involved in shooting, this fascinating, fun and informative book covers the reality and myths connected to shooting and the shooting day.
Beautifully written, dark and magical, Simon P. Clark's next book after his debut, Eren, combines fantasy with reality to tell the story of two school friends who find themselves caught up in a danger
Clean, safe, nuclear energy became a reality in 2005. A reactor small enough to be carried in a suitcase promised power for the entire planet. No radioactivity. No toxic waste. Unlimited cheap en
Students change schools for a variety of reasons, and some students change more often than others -- a reality that can leave them feeling emotionally disconnected and often academically at risk. Welc
"Llansol's text . . . creates spaces where conjecture and counterfactual accounts operate freelygranting a glimpse of an alternative reality." Claire Williams, The GuardianGeography of Reb
Love doesn’t stick to the script in this witty romance from USA Today bestselling author Tawna Fenske.TV producer Kate Geary is in unscripted heaven. She’s piloting a reality series featur
Travel deep into space through the magic of augmented reality! Get ready to blast off! Just place your tablet or smartphone near the visual triggers in this incredible book and hold up the pages to s
Today’s media is filled with discussions about officer-involved shootings. Too often missing from that discussion are the police officers’ voices and the reality of what happens in actual shooting inc
Gameknight999, a former Minecraft griefer, got a big dose of virtual reality when his father’s invention teleported him into the game. Living out a dangerous adventure inside a digital world, he disco
Fresh off of her tour with music superstar Christine Vega, Barbie is ready to make her mark as a participant on Fashion Fast Forward, the hottest new reality TV show that finds the best and brightest
What is the most meaningful and rewarding path in life? Many assume we enrich ourselves only by accumulating more wealth, power, and fame, or by finding new and greater forms of pleasure.In reality,we
What is the most meaningful and rewarding path in life? Many assume we enrich ourselves only by accumulating more wealth, power, and fame, or by finding new and greater forms of pleasure.In reality,we
"A gamer must rescue his crew and captain from an alien invasion, with a talking robot as his only aid, when he plays this virtual reality video game"--
Shocked to wake up in the middle of a virtual reality video game, a boy and his partner must work their way through an apocalyptic city to the safe zone, avoiding zombie attacks at any cost.
In a virtual reality video game, a gamer named Gadget learns she is part of a steampunk pirate crew searching for their captain's lost treasure, but when she prefers to solve puzzles on her own, can s
"Two gamers are placed in a virtual-reality video game, where they must solve puzzles and defeat robotic creatures as they work their way through a mechanical labyrinth. This wouldn't be so hard if th
This novel interweaves Renaissance artist Piero di Cosimo’s fifteenth-century viewpoint with the twenty-first-century reality of two young Canadian students: Agnes Vane, an art history major fa
In Mormonism we are sometimes seemingly casual about death: it’s a veil or a mission call to the spirit world. But our actual encounters with the reality of death inevitably change us in ways that are
While one would hope that forensic scientists, investigators, and experts are intrinsically ethical by nature, the reality is that these individuals have morality as varied as the general population.
The works included in this volume are not shots taken directly from reality but, instead, they offer landscapes that were recreated through a complex photographic staging, in which Maselli highlights,
"In [Lazarre-White's] world, mysticism and madness walk hand in hand with the waking reality of so many young Black men in America, a reality that by any rational measure is itself insane." --Susan L.
Ken MacLeod concludes the Corporation Wars trilogy in this action-packed science fiction adventure told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A.I revolution. The en
“A compelling account of the zombi as an anthropological reality and evocative symbol of a state of dispossession, desperation, and death.”—Roger Luckhurst, Zombies: A Cultural Histo
This witty and inspiring book chronicles the long history of discovery and ingenuity which gave rise to a “eureka moment” when a dream of invention became a reality for the first time Trac
Truth, Time and History investigates the reality of the past by connecting arguments which are traditionally treated independently.Breaking impasses within the narrower analytic debates concerning the
In 1916, a three-masted ship named Hero sailed under Norwegian colors out of the Elbe River in Germany. Loaded with cargo and ostensibly bound for Australia, she was in reality a German raider: the Se
Reality is tough, but...surely, the future must be bright. Handa-sensei has returned from Tokyo with a new declaration--he's going to start his own calligraphy school! But will he find any students!?
In this inspiring follow-up to her million-selling To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary Neal shares untold stories from her astonishing near-death experience and powerful insights about how the reality of hea
In this inspiring follow-up to her million-selling To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary Neal shares untold stories from her astonishing near-death experience and powerful insights about how the reality of hea
