New Releases by Dan Berger

In The Quest: The Definitive Guide to Finding Belonging, Dan J. Berger examines the essential human need for connection. Guided by Berger''s personal experience and extensive research, readers embark on The Quest, a metaphorical climb to increase their sense of belonging. The journey is divided into four stages: trailhead, basecamp, high camp, and summit. At trailhead, Berger introduces the concept of belonging, sharing his own stories and challenging widespread myths about the prevalence of belonging. He emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and authenticity as the foundation for true connection. At basecamp, readers prepare for the climb ahead by exploring their spiritual orientation and creating a personalized belonging profile. Berger includes practical exercises to help readers understand their attachment styles and social needs. In the high camp stage, Berger delves into traditional and nontraditional paths to belonging, from interpersonal relationships to symbolic bonds. He offers strategies to enhance one''s sense of belonging and tools to avoid false summits and misguided notions of connection. Finally, at the summit, Berger presents a framework for achieving a lasting sense of belonging. He discusses the environmental and cultural circumstances that shape how readers experience belonging and where they look for it. The book concludes with reflections on the journey, encouraging readers to continue their quest with new insights and determination. The Quest is a guide for anyone seeking to increase their competency in maintaining connections with themselves and others. Whether you''re dealing with loneliness or looking to improve your relationships, this book offers valuable insights and practical tools to help you find your path.

A new history of Black Liberation, told through the intertwined story of two grassroots organizers u200b The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived much of its energy from the work of people whose stories have never been told. Stayed On Freedom brings into focus two unheralded Black Power activists who dedicated their lives to the fight for freedom. Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons fell in love while organizing tenants and workers in the South. Their commitment to each other and to social change took them on a decades-long journey that traversed first the country and then the world. In centering their lives, historian Dan Berger shows how Black Power united the local and the global across organizations and generations. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, Stayed On Freedom is a moving and intimate portrait of two people trying to make a life while working to make a better world.

Rethinking the American Prison Movement provides a short, accessible overview of the transformational and ongoing struggles against America’s prison system. Dan Berger and Toussaint Losier show that prisoners have used strikes, lawsuits, uprisings, writings, and diverse coalitions with free-world allies to challenge prison conditions and other kinds of inequality. From the forced labor camps of the nineteenth century to the rebellious protests of the 1960s and 1970s to the rise of mass incarceration and its discontents, Rethinking the American Prison Movement is invaluable to anyone interested in the history of American prisons and the struggles for justice still echoing in the present day.

Volume 8 collects issues #21Ð24 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume Two, including "A (Bull) Wrinkle in Time," "Change of Power," "Attack of the Replicants," and "Rock of Ages." Presented in all-new color.

A collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics.

A tribute book to The Grateful Dead that combines inspired artwork and personal stories from the worldwide Deadhead community to add new meaning to some amazing songs. All profits from the book will go to support independent artists and musicians.

In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a bold reconsideration of twentieth century black activism, the prison system, and the origins of mass incarceration. Throughout the civil rights era, black activists thrust the prison into public view, turning prisoners into symbols of racial oppression while arguing that confinement was an inescapable part of black life in the United States. Black prisoners became global political icons at a time when notions of race and nation were in flux. Showing that the prison was a central focus of the black radical imagination from the 1950s through the 1980s, Berger traces the dynamic and dramatic history of this political struggle. The prison shaped the rise and spread of black activism, from civil rights demonstrators willfully risking arrests to the many current and former prisoners that built or joined organizations such as the Black Panther Party. Grounded in extensive research, Berger engagingly demonstrates that such organizing made prison walls porous and influenced generations of activists that followed.

The Struggle Within is an accessible yet wide-ranging historical primer about how mass imprisonment has been a tool of repression deployed against diverse left-wing social movements over the last fifty years. Berger examines some of the most dynamic social movements across half a century: black liberation, Puerto Rican independence, Native American sovereignty, Chicano radicalism, white antiracist and working-class mobilizations, pacifist and antinuclear campaigns, and earth liberation and animal rights. Berger’s encyclopedic knowledge of American social movements provides a rich comparative history of numerous social movements that continue to shape contemporary politics. The book also offers a little-heard voice in contemporary critiques of mass incarceration. Rather than seeing the issue of America’s prison growth as stemming solely from the war on drugs, Berger locates mass incarceration within a slew of social movements that have provided steep challenges to state power.

Indulge your love of wine and tour the wine vineyards of North America with this guide to 40 separate wine routes found in four major geographic regions: the Western Region (California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia); the Rocky Mountain Region (Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado); the Central Region (Texas, Illinois, Missouri, and Michigan); and the Eastern Region (North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Mid-Atlantic and New England states, New York, Ontario, and Nova Scotia). This beautifully photographed compilation will allow you to discover the unique agricultural qualities of each region, learn what kinds of grapes grow there, and understand the intricacies of the local wines. You''ll also find: Detailed maps of each route with icons indicating vineyard accommodations, including picnic facilities, restaurants, hotels, and family friendly spots Vineyard addresses, phone numbers, and websites Lists of additional websites to assist in travel planning Pairing tips and snippets on viniculture What to expect at a tasting how to buy direct, and an insider''s grasp on wine speak and wine labels An index to help readers find information on the regions, labels, and their favorite types of wine Get set to expand your palate with wines ranging from Quebec''s ice cider to New York State''s new biodynamic wines. Whether you have an extensive knowledge of the wine world or are experiencing it for the first time, you''ll enjoy this robust flavoring of the tours North America has to offer.

The fiery true story of America''s most famous radical fugitives, urgently and passionately told.

Sonoma County was the real birthplace of wine in California. But with its wealth of agricultural abundance, the region could have become the Golden State''s dairy capital, apple king, berry bastion, or even big cheese. The fact that Sonoma''s wine ended up as its No. 1 commodity, and then went on to win international acclaim and comparison with the best wines in the world, is due to the dedication and hard work of people as rich and fertile in character as the soil they till. In Beyond the grapes : an inside look at Sonoma County, wine writers Richard Paul Hinkle and Dan Berger unearth the stories and histories behind the region''s best wineries and their wines. These are tales of people who blend artistry, ancestry, love and respect for Nature, dreams, risk-taking, technology, toil and luck--and then bottle and label it with their own personalities. Photographer Jena-Paul Paireault, who has photographed Franc''s most famous wineries, cam to California to capture the spirit of the 94 Sonoma wineries included here and displays them splendidly across the book''s pages.

This volume collects the stories "Blind Faith," "Scars," "Darkness Weaves," and "Virus" as well as back-up stories and pinups by classic Turtles writers and artists Jim Lawson, Dean Clarrain, Chris Allan, Eric Talbot, Steve Murphy, Dan Berger, and Peter Laird. Collects issues #5_8 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume Two.

Volume 7 collects issues #45_47, which includes "Leatherhead, Too," "Masks" parts 1_2, and six short stories from Shell Shock: "Ghouls Night Out," "Crazy Man," "The Survival Game," "The Howl," "Technofear," and "It''s A Gas."