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A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of
Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking
work in drug addiction.
As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist—Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences—whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.
In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, he recalls his journey of self-discovery and weaves his past and present. Hart goes beyond the hype of the antidrug movement as he examines the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing.
Though Hart escaped neighborhoods that were dominated by entrenched poverty and the knot of problems associated with it, he has not turned his back on his roots. Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his scientific research to help save real lives. But balancing his former street life with his achievements today has not been easy—a struggle he reflects on publicly for the first time.
A powerful story of hope and change, of a scientist who has dedicated his life to helping others, High Price will alter the way we think about poverty, race, and addiction—and how we can effect change.
About the Author
Carl Hart is an associate professor in the departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is also a research scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Hart is a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse and on the board of directors of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and the Drug Policy Alliance. A native of Miami, Dr. Hart received his BS in psychology at the University of Maryland and his MS and PhD in experimental psychology and neuroscience at the University of Wyoming. He lives in New York City.
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A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of
Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking
work in drug addiction.As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist—Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences—whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.
In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, he recalls his journey of self-discovery and weaves his past and present. Hart goes beyond the hype of the antidrug movement as he examines the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing.
Though Hart escaped neighborhoods that were dominated by entrenched poverty and the knot of problems associated with it, he has not turned his back on his roots. Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his scientific research to help save real lives. But balancing his former street life with his achievements today has not been easy—a struggle he reflects on publicly for the first time.
A powerful story of hope and change, of a scientist who has dedicated his life to helping others, High Price will alter the way we think about poverty, race, and addiction—and how we can effect change.
About the Author
Carl Hart is an associate professor in the departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is also a research scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Hart is a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse and on the board of directors of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and the Drug Policy Alliance. A native of Miami, Dr. Hart received his BS in psychology at the University of Maryland and his MS and PhD in experimental psychology and neuroscience at the University of Wyoming. He lives in New York City.
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Tai Chi — The Perfect Exercise is an introduction to, and
argument for, the relevance of tai chi in the modern world. Written with
a novelist’s voice and augmented by fine-art, black-and-white
photographs and clear instructional diagrams, the book introduces this
ancient, Taoist practice enjoyed by millions worldwide as a curative,
longevity practice, a spiritual path, a way to combat stress, and a
practical martial art.
About the Author
Arthur Rosenfeld began his formal martial arts training in 1980 and has studied deeply in China and the United States. A Yale graduate, he has his needle in the vein of Chinese tai chi grandmasters, and is dedicated to personal transformation and social change through the application of tai chi practice and Taoist philosophy. In 2012 he was ordained a Taoist monk at the Chun Yang (Pure Yang) Taoist Temple in Guangzhou, the first Westerner to be so honored. He hosts the hit (56MM households tune in) national public television show Longevity Tai Chi with Arthur Rosenfeld.
Rosenfeld blogs on The Huffington Post, and his offerings also appear in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Parade, Newsweek Ebony, The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News, and numerous other websites and newspapers nationwide. He was named Tai Chi Master of The Year at the World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2011, and received the Action On Film Festival’s Maverick award (previous recipients include David Carradine, John Savage, and Talia Shire) in August 2012.
In 2010, Rosenfeld produced and hosted a documentary series on the scientific evidence for acupuncture, tai chi, and meditation. Funded by the pharmaceutical industry, tens of thousands of copies of these films have been distributed to major medical centers, professional healthcare organizations, group medical practices, patient advocacy associations and more. In 2012 he produced a follow-up instructional series.
Rosenfeld has penned 12 critically acclaimed books, some of which have sold bestseller numbers and been optioned to Hollywood. Along with the Dalai Lama, he was a finalist for the prestigious Books for a Better Life award for his bestseller The Truth About Chronic Pain (New York: Basic Books, 2003), and his prize-winning novels have recently focused on Chinese philosophy and martial arts action. Most recently he authored Tai Chi – The Perfect Exercise (Da Capo Press, June 2013). He is currently at work on a novel about the Chinese sage, Lao Tzu. He holds group and corporate workshops around the country and destination retreats around the world, as well as teaching beginning and advanced martial arts students locally in South Florida.
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A raw, startling, genre-defying novel of friendship, sex, and love
in the new millennium—a compulsive read that's like "spending a day
with your new best friend" (Bookforum)
Reeling from a failed marriage, Sheila, a twentysomething playwright, finds herself unsure of how to live and create. When Margaux, a talented painter and free spirit, and Israel, a sexy and depraved artist, enter her life, Sheila hopes that through close—sometimes too close—observation of her new friend, her new lover, and herself, she might regain her footing in art and life.
Using transcribed conversations, real emails, plus heavy doses of fiction, the brilliant and always innovative Sheila Heti crafts a work that is part literary novel, part self-help manual, and part bawdy confessional. It's a totally shameless and dynamic exploration into the way we live now, which breathes fresh wisdom into the eternal questions: What is the sincerest way to love? What kind of person should you be?
About the Author
Sheila Heti is the author of several books of fiction, including The Middle Stories and Ticknor; and an essay collection written with Misha Glouberman, The Chairs Are Where the People Go. Her writing has been translated into ten languages and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Bookforum, McSweeney's, n+1, The Guardian, and other places. She works as interviews editor at The Believer magazine and lives in Toronto.
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An iconic symbol of violent revolution, Ernesto “Che” Guevera has
gone down in history as one of the most feared revolutionaries of the
late twentieth century. But until now, details of his capture and
execution have been told with a sympathetic eye toward the icon. Using
government reports, documents, and eyewitness accounts, Hunting Che
reveals how the Green Berets trained Bolivian soldiers in the spring
and summer of 1967 to hunt the legendary revolutionary who was hiding in
the mountainous jungles of the South American country. A sweeping
narrative, Hunting Che tells the untold story of one of the first
truly successful U.S. Special Forces missions in history—a mission
later duplicated in Afghanistan and Iraq.
By the mid-1960s, Guevera had become famous for his outspoken criticism of the United States and his support for armed Communist insurgencies. He had been one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution, and was attempting to repeat his success throughout Latin America. His guerrilla tactics and talent for proselytizing made him a threat to American foreign policy—and when he turned his attention to Bolivia in 1967, the Pentagon made a decision: Che had to be eliminated.
Major Ralph “Pappy” Shelton was called upon to lead the mission to train the Bolivians. With a hand-picked team of specialists, his first task was to transform a ragtag group of peasants into a trained fighting force who could also gather intelligence. Gary Prado, a Bolivian officer, volunteered to join the newly formed Bolivian Rangers. Joined by Felix Rodriguez, a Cuban exile working for the CIA, the Americans and Bolivians searched for Che. The size of Che’s group and when they would strike were unknowns, and the stakes were high. If Bolivia fell, it would validate Che’s theories and throw South America into turmoil.
Hunting Che follows the exploits of Major Shelton, Felix Rodriguez, and Gary Prado—the Bolivian Ranger commander who ultimately captured him. The story begins with Che’s arrival in Bolivia and follows the hunt to the dramatic confrontation and capture of the iconic leader in the southeastern village of La Higuera. With the White House and the Pentagon secretly monitoring every move, Shelton and his team changed history, and prevented a catastrophic threat from taking root in the West.
About the Authors
Kevin Maurer has covered special operations forces for eight years. He has been embedded with the U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan six times in the last five years and spent ten weeks with a team of Green Berets in Afghanistan in 2010. He has also been embedded with American soldiers in Iraq, East Africa, and Haiti. The author of several books, Maurer recently co-authored the #1 New York Times bestseller No Easy Day. He lives in Wilmington, NC.
Mitch Weiss is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist for the Associated Press. In 2003, he was assigned to an investigative series that uncovered the longest string of atrocities carried out by a U.S. fighting unit in the Vietnam War. In recognition of the series “Buried Secrets, Brutal Truths,” which led to an investigation by the Pentagon, he was awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. Weiss currently works for the AP on investigative projects.
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The Bible tells us that 175 years after Moses led the Children of Israel
out of Egypt, there arose a woman, Devorah, a daughter of Ephraim, to
be a Judge over her people, a prophetess and a righteous example unto
them. The Bible also tells us of Devorah’s husband, Lappodoth; Barak,
the great Hebrew general; Sisera the Canaanite general; Yael the Kenite,
slayer of Sisera; and of Sisera’s mother, Betheena. The Bible touches
only the high points of their lives. This is a more complete story.
At story’s heart, are two different views of God--God as an accessible, benign, loving and present force, and God as a distant, arbitrary, capricious and punishing monster. Devorah called the punishing fearsome God (the God of the temple and formal worship) the God of the Scrolls; and she called the benign and accessible God, the God of the Covenant.
Devorah’s story is the first in a series of novels based on this unique alternative view of God and its influence on the lives Old Testament characters. The Covenant and The Scrolls, Book One shows Devorah as a prophet, mother and the only female Judge ever to rule ancient Israel walking a tightrope between her personal view of God as an accessible, benign, loving and present force, and the prevailing traditional view of God as a distant, arbitrary, capricious and punishing power that, as the official representative of the state, she is expected to uphold.
The Covenant and The Scrolls series describes biblical events and characters beginning with Devorah, through Kings Saul, David and Solomon, from the perspective of this unique alternative view of God and the two almost completely opposite experiences that arise from it. For example, when King Saul is centered in the Covenant, he has no headaches; but with the Scrolls, he is tortured by ‘evil spirits’.
Steve Liebowitz’ interest in alternative views of the Bible and what else might have gone on behind the scenes, began when he read Kazantzakis’ Last Temptation of Christ under fire during the first TET Offensive in Vietnam in 1968. What he learned and wants to share in these books--that God is both more than and less than we’ve always thought Her to be, not only sustained him in the defense of his doctoral dissertation (on alternative ways of knowing) in l990, but continues to support his Business Coaching practice today. He’s lived this stuff, as well as researched it.
As you read, please consider that Devorah, Saul and the others in The Covenant and The Scrolls are probably not the only people to experience the two almost completely opposite experiences of God. Perhaps you have, too.
About the Author
Dr. Steve Liebowitz' professional career began in 1966 with the completion of
training as an English teacher with the Peace Corps in Ethiopia. He then
served three years in the U.S. Army with tours at a top secret military
installation outside Washington, D.C., Viet Nam and Wiesbaden, Germany.
Dr. Liebowitz earned a Doctorate in Human Resource Development
(Florida International University, 1991) and Masters Degrees in Health
Care Management (Florida International University, 1977), and Public
Administrations (Florida Atlantic University, 1974).
Throughout
his 27 year career as a human resource developer with Miami-Dade County
Government, Dr. Liebowitz kept active in the South Florida community:
Miami Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development;
Hospice, Inc., now Vitas; the F.I.U. Alumni Association; International
Coaching Federation, South Florida Chapter; the South Florida Writers
Association; South Florida Chapter of the American Society for Public
Administration, and the Florida Speakers Association.
Along with
teaching at F.I.U., St. Thomas, University of Miami. and Miami Dade College as an
adjunct professor, Dr. Liebowitz served as an educational innovator on
the faculties of the University Without Walls successor, the Union
Institute in Cincinnati and on the National Faculty of Pepperdine
University in California. Dr. Liebowitz has also pioneered programs in
computer assisted instruction and distance learning.
Among those
to have recognized Dr. Liebowitz for excellence are: Junior Achievement
Inc., International Society for General Semantics, Leadership South
Dade, the M.E.E.D. Program, the National Association of Counties, the
Bass Museum of Art and the Children's Museum of South Florida.
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Kiese Laymon’s debut novel is a Twain-esque exploration of celebrity,
authorship, violence, religion, and coming of age in Post-Katrina
Mississippi, written in a voice that’s alternately funny, lacerating,
and wise. The book contains two interwoven stories. In the first, it’s
2013: after an on-stage meltdown during a nationally televised quiz
contest, 14-year-old Citoyen “City” Coldson becomes an overnight YouTube
celebrity. The next day, he’s sent to stay with his grandmother in the
small coastal community of Melahatchie, where a young girl named Baize
Shephard has recently disappeared.
Before leaving, City is given a strange book without an author called Long Division. He learns that one of the book’s main characters is also named City Coldson—but Long Division is set in 1985. This 1985 City, along with his friend and love-object, Shalaya Crump, discovers a way to travel into the future, and steals a laptop and cellphone from an orphaned teenage rapper called...Baize Shephard. They ultimately take these with them all the way back to 1964, to help another time-traveler they meet protect his family from the Klan.
City’s two stories ultimately converge in the mysterious work shed behind his grandmother’s, where he discovers the key to Baize’s disappearance.
About the Author
Kiese Laymon is a black southern writer, born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. Laymon attended Millsaps College and Jackson State University before graduating from Oberlin College. He earned an MFA from Indiana University and is the author of the forthcoming novel, Long Division in June 2013 and a collection of essays, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America in August 2013. Laymon is a contributing editor at gawker.com. He has written essays and stories for numerous publications including Esquire, ESPN.com, NPR, Gawker, Truthout.com, Longman’s Hip Hop Reader, Mythium and Politics and Culture. Laymon is currently an Associate Professor of English, Creative Writing and co-director of Africana Studies at Vassar College.
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When you hit rock bottom, you have nowhere to go but up."
You
may know her only as Justin Bieber's mom, but Pattie Mallette has an
incredible life story of her own. She knows what its like to struggle
with depression, abandonment, and abuse. She knows what its like to
barely hang on to faith.
Now she spills the truth about the
journey that's brought her to where she is today. She answers your
toughest questions, offers sound advice on how to get through the hard
times, and encourages you with some her favorite quotes. Her story will
inspire you to believe that everything broken can be made whole again.
About the Author
Pattie Mallette,
known to most of the world as Justin Bieber's mom, is more than just
the mother of a world-renowned pop sensation. As a young woman and a
single mom, she fought hard to rise above her painful past of abuse,
shame, and poverty. She now uses her voice to inspire others by
developing film and television projects, speaking around the country,
and leading her foundation, Round 2.
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The Chronicle of Hats in Enjoyable Quotes is a standard reference for anyone
who is interested in the history of
essential fashion accessory – the hats.
The hats to protect, to express identity,
and to attract or to influence
development; in timeline of hats from
ancient past to present includes the
phenomenon of the must-have
accessory covering the head.
The Chronicle of Hats in Enjoyable Quotes is the new and the fifth book from Ida Tomshinsky's History of Fashion Accessories Series. She believes that “Hats make every outfit an occasion, any attire more elegant, and every day more civilized.” The History of Fashion Accessories Series include a set of unique books about the history of socks and stockings, gloves and mittens, handkerchiefs, headdresses, and much more.
About the Author
Ida Tomshinsky is a long-time librarian, a Florida writer, poet, photographer, blogger, and a fashion accessories enthusiast. Ida accomplished the ring of conviction and confidence that comes with well established identity. Research, handling reference questions from patrons, and using creativity in writing are the main engine roulette that drives her creative initiatives in literary projects.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philology with a minor in History and a Master’s Degree in Library Sciences. During her professional career she worked in public, school, and academic libraries in higher education. Students at the International Fine Arts College and Ai Miami International University of Art & Design gave her a nickname of “Fashion Librarian.”
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