New Releases by Eric Thomas

Argues that there is a shared public obligation to establish and maintain a culture of justice, with implications for education, poverty, free speech, and "PC" culture. In A Culture of Justice, Eric Thomas Weber shows how culture can enable or inhibit the pursuit of justice. Weber argues that there is a shared, public obligation to establish and maintain a culture of justice. Culture can be employed to threaten people''s self-respect, to diminish their sense of positive power to pursue meaningful life plans. Weber also addresses problems of poverty and stigmatization as well as of racism and threats conveyed by means of public speech and the cultivation of hatred. Advancing John Dewey''s idea that democracy is a way of life, not merely a set of political mechanisms, he draws implications for policies and practices related to poverty, education, free speech, and the inadequately named set of norms that we call "political correctness." Written in an accessible style, A Culture of Justice offers numerous everyday examples and conflicts for the reader to consider.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The beloved author of Here for It returns with a collection of “funny and compulsively readable” (Vogue), “hilarious and incisive” (Time) essays about what happens after happily ever after. “How is it possible that I liked this book even more than his last one? Phenomenal.”—Jenny Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of Broken (in the best possible way) A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Garden & Gun, Real Simple After going viral “reading” the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas finally knew who he was and where he was going. He was living his best life. But then everything changed. In this collection of insightful and hilarious essays, Thomas moves back to his perpetually misunderstood hometown of Baltimore (a place he never wanted to return, even to be buried) and behaves completely out of character. They say you can’t go home again, but what if you and home have changed beyond recognition? From attending his twenty-year high school reunion and discovering another person’s face on his name badge, to splattering an urgent care room with blood à la The Shining, to being terrorized by a plague of gay frogs who’ve overtaken his backyard, Thomas provides the nitty, and sometimes the gritty, details of wrestling with the life he thought he’d left behind while trying to establish a new one. With wit, heart, and hope for the future, Congratulations, The Best Is Over! is the not-so-gentle reminder we all need that even when life doesn’t go according to plan, we can still find our way back home.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Eric Thomas moves, inspires, encourages, and challenges people to reach their full potential. You Owe You is flat-out brilliant, and he ain’t lied yet!”—Deion Sanders, Coach Prime No matter your story or your struggle, Eric Thomas—celebrated motivational guru, educator, and problem-solver to many of the top athletes and business leaders—will “help you work harder, discover your real motivation, and crack the code of enduring success” (Ed Mylett, #1 bestselling author of The Power of One More) If you feel like success is for others, that only certain people get to have their dreams fulfilled, Eric Thomas’s You Owe You is your wake-up call. His urgent message to stop waiting for inspiration to strike and take control of your life is one he wishes someone had given him when he was a teenager—lost, homeless, failing in school, and dealing with the challenges of being a young Black man in America. Once he was able to break free from thinking of himself as a victim and truly understand his strengths, he switched the script. And now, with this book, Thomas reveals how you, too, can rewrite your life''s script. With support, he recognized that his unique gift is being able to capture the attention of all kinds of people in all kinds of settings—boardrooms, locker rooms, churches, classrooms, even the streets—thanks to his wealth of experiences and command of language. Today, Thomas considers himself blessed to speak to an audience that is as large as it is diverse, from the rich and famous to kids struggling in school to young men in prison hoping for a new start. Thomas’s secrets of success have already helped hundreds of thousands on their journey, but this is his first guide to show you how to start today, right now. These critical first steps include deeply understanding yourself and the world around you, finding your why, accepting that you may have to give up something good for something great, and constantly stretching toward your potential. No matter where you are on your journey toward greatness, you owe it to yourself to become fully, authentically you. And Eric Thomas’s You Owe You can help get you there.

Somente quando você quiser o sucesso tanto quanto quer respirar, você o terá. Se você acha que o sucesso é para os outros, que apenas certo tipo de pessoa consegue realizar seus sonhos, Você se Deve Isso de Eric Thomas é seu despertar. A mensagem urgente de Eric para que você pare de esperar a inspiração e assuma o controle de sua vida é a que ele gostaria que alguém lhe tivesse dado quando era adolescente — perdido, sem-teto, sem escola e lidando com os desafios de ser um jovem negro nos Estados Unidos. "A visão de Eric transformará a percepção sobre sua mente e seu coração. Suas palavras são um presente para as pessoas no caminho do propósito. Você se Deve Isso é cheio de insights e orientações para aqueles que buscam seu eu interior." — Michael B. Jordan "Eric Thomas não perde tempo — ele o leva ao seu limite para ajudá-lo a encontrar a força interior que você nunca soube que tinha. Cada página de Você se Deve Isso contém lições valiosas, inspiração e a boa e velha verdade que o ajudará a trabalhar ainda mais duro, descobrir sua verdadeira motivação e decifrar o segredo do sucesso duradouro." — Ed Mylett, autor best-seller de O Poder de Ir Além.

"Infused with all the joy of the best teen movies, Kings of B''more is sure to be a big hit." —BuzzFeed Two Black queer best friends face their last day together with an epic journey through Baltimore in this magnetic YA debut by bestselling author of Here for It, R. Eric Thomas. A 2023 Stonewall Honor Book for Young Adult Literature With junior year starting in the fall, Harrison feels like he’s on the precipice of, well, everything. Standardized testing, college, and the terrifying unknowns and looming pressures of adulthood after that—it’s like the future wants to eat him alive. Which is why Harrison is grateful that he and his best friend, Linus, will face these things together. But at the end of a shift at their summer job, Linus invites Harrison to their special spot overlooking the city to deliver devastating news: He’s moving out of state at the end of the week. To keep from completely losing it—and partially inspired by a cheesy movie-night pick by his dad—Harrison plans a send-off à la Ferris Bueller’s Day Off that''s worthy of his favorite person. If they won’t be having all the life-expanding experiences they thought they would, Harrison will squeeze them all into their last day together. They end up on a mini road trip, their first Pride, and a rooftop dance party, all while keeping their respective parents, who track them on a family location app, off their trail. Harrison and Linus make a pact to do all the things—big and small—they’ve been too scared to do. But nothing feels scarier than saying goodbye to someone you love.

Named a Best Political Book of the Year by The Atlantic In the tradition of Notorious RBG, a lively, beautifully designed, full-color illustrated celebration of the life, wisdom, wit, legacy, and fearless style of iconic American Congresswoman Maxine Waters. “Let me just say this: I’m a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined. I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O’Reilly or anyone.”—Maxine Waters To millions nationwide, Congresswoman Maxine Waters is a hero of the resistance and an icon, serving eye rolls, withering looks, and sharp retorts to any who dare waste her time on nonsense. But behind the Auntie Maxine meme is a seasoned public servant and she’s not here to play. Throughout her forty years in public service and eighty years on earth, U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd district has been a role model, a crusader for justice, a game-changer, a trailblazer, and an advocate for the marginalized who has long defied her critics, including her most vocal detractor, Donald J. Trump. And she’s just getting started. From her anti-apartheid work and support of affirmative action to her passionate opposition to the Iraq War and calls to hold Trump to account, you can count on Auntie Maxine to speak truth to power and do it with grace and, sometimes, sass. As ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee and one of the most powerful black women in America, she is the strong, ethical voice the country has always needed, especially right now. Reclaiming Her Time pays tribute to all things Maxine Waters, from growing up in St. Louis “too skinny” and “too black,” to taking on Wall Street during the financial crisis and coming out on top in her legendary showdowns with Trump and his cronies. Featuring inspiring highlights from her personal life and political career, beloved memes, and testimonies from her many friends and fans, Reclaiming Her Time is a funny, warm, and admiring portrait of a champion who refuses to stay silent in the face of corruption and injustice; a powerful woman who is an inspiration to us all.

Les bateaux de l''espoir Vichy, les réfugiés et la filière martiniquaise Entre la débâcle de mai-juin 1940 et la fin de l''année 1941, quelque 5 000 hommes, femmes et enfants gagnèrent la Martinique depuis Marseille à bord de cargos, échappant ainsi à l''Europe embrasée. Certains étaient juifs, d''autres républicains espagnols ou socialistes antinazis. Parmi eux, le révolutionnaire Victor Serge, le cinéaste Jacques Rémy ou la romancière Anna Seghers. L''épisode est peu connu, et pourtant cette filière se révéla être une formidable voie de secours. Fort de plus de vingt années de recherches en France, en Allemagne, en République Tchèque, en Amérique du Nord et aux Antilles, dans des archives publiques ou familiales, Éric Jennings raconte cette aventure exceptionnelle. S''intéressant aux questions liées aux migrations et aux luttes anticoloniales, l''auteur examine cette voie d''exil, contemple la traversée, l''arrivée à Fort-de-France et le ré-internement de la majorité des voyageurs par des autorités coloniales inquiètes de cet afflux de migrants. Il retrace également des rencontres, notamment entre des réfugiés et les chantres de la négritude, comme Aimé Césaire. Il explore enfin la clôture de cette route de secours, en insistant sur le rôle des autorités américaines. L''arrivée de réfugiés aux noms à consonance allemande avait fini par alarmer Washington... Les craintes d''aujourd''hui autour d''une potentielle cinquième colonne parmi une masse de réfugiés – et les terribles conséquences de ces craintes sur des opérations de secours – n''ont donc rien de nouveau.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today • From the creator of Elle’s “Eric Reads the News,” a heartfelt and hilarious memoir-in-essays about growing up seeing the world differently, finding unexpected hope, and experiencing every awkward, extraordinary stumble along the way. “Pop culture–obsessed, Sedaris-level laugh-out-loud funny . . . [R. Eric Thomas] is one of my favorite writers.”—Lin-Manuel Miranda, Entertainment Weekly FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TEEN VOGUE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • NPR • Marie Claire • Men’s Health R. Eric Thomas didn’t know he was different until the world told him so. Everywhere he went—whether it was his rich, mostly white, suburban high school, his conservative black church, or his Ivy League college in a big city—he found himself on the outside looking in. In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Thomas reexamines what it means to be an “other” through the lens of his own life experience. He explores the two worlds of his childhood: the barren urban landscape where his parents’ house was an anomalous bright spot, and the Eden-like school they sent him to in white suburbia. He writes about struggling to reconcile his Christian identity with his sexuality, the exhaustion of code-switching in college, accidentally getting famous on the internet (for the wrong reason), and the surreal experience of covering the 2016 election for Elle online, and the seismic changes that came thereafter. Ultimately, Thomas seeks the answer to these ever more relevant questions: Is the future worth it? Why do we bother when everything seems to be getting worse? As the world continues to shift in unpredictable ways, Thomas finds the answers to these questions by reenvisioning what “normal” means and in the powerful alchemy that occurs when you at last place yourself at the center of your own story. Here for It will resonate deeply and joyfully with everyone who has ever felt pushed to the margins, struggled with self-acceptance, or wished to shine more brightly in a dark world. Stay here for it—the future may surprise you.

"R. Eric Thomas didn''t know he was different until the world told him so. Everywhere he went--whether it was his rich, mostly white, suburban high school, his conservative black church, or his Ivy League college in a big city--he found himself on the outside looking in. In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Eric redefines what it means to be an ''other'' through the lens of his own life experience"--Publisher marketing.

Science is perfect in its answers. We just have to find the right questions to ask. When Carl, an artistic dreamer with a troubled mind takes on the challenge of thinking in a scientific manner, treasures are found that have implications for every man on Earth. Sometimes you have to wonder if you really want to know the answer.

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Der Versuch, Maschinen das Denken beizubringen, hat den Status der Science-Fiction längst überschritten. Künstliche Intelligenz ist mittlerweile ein Forschungsfeld für Wissenschaftler verschiedenster Disziplinen. Ein Ansatz, die Funktionsweise der menschlichen Intelligenz auf dem Computer nachzubilden, hat seinen Ursprung in der Biologie und basiert auf Modellen von Neuronalen Netzen. Eric Thomas geht der Funktionsweise und den Anwendungsmöglichkeiten dieser Modelle nach. Dabei zeigt er, dass es nicht nur um die Frage geht, ob Neuronale Netze Maschinen das Denken beibringen können, sondern auch darum, wie nutzerfreundlich sich die Erstellung und die Simulation von Neuronalen Netzen durch Softwarelösungen gestalten lässt. Aus dem Inhalt: - Künstliche Intelligenz; - Neuronale Netze; - Künstliche Neuronale Netze; - Usability; - MemBrain;

This book tells the story of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the largest nonsectarian refugee relief agency in the world. Founded in the 1930s by socialist militants, the IRC attracted the support of renowned progressives such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Norman Thomas, and Reinhold Niebuhr. But by the 1950s it had been absorbed into the American foreign policy establishment. Throughout the Cold War, the IRC was deeply involved in the volatile confrontations between the two superpowers and participated in an array of sensitive clandestine operations. The IRC thus evolved from a small organization of committed activists to a global operation functioning as one link in the CIA''s covert network.

This textbook for ESL students gives a variety of topics with conversational dialogues, monologues, and questions. The focus is for young students to learn the conversational aspect of English, rather than strict forms of grammar and language usage. This text is a perfect companion for ESL teachers wanting to focus on speaking. Please note: The Kindle version of this book is good as a preview. Please buy the print version to use as a efficient lesson book.

The Grind is today''s new textbook for success. It not only provides its readers with insight on achieving their goals, but further aims to bring about their peak levels of performance on a consistent basis. Three words can sum up the soul of this book: whatever it takes. This book features many in-depth examples of practices from some of the most prominent entities in the business world including Donald Trump, Sean Combs, Howard Schultz, David Geffen, Sam Walton, Russell Simmons, and many others who have achieved success. Along with characteristics such as hard work, dedication, attention to details, perseverance, The Grind includes groundbreaking unorthodox strategies to give the reader a competitive edge. Every person has the potential to become successful; the only limitation is the person''s own self and the effort they are willing to contribute. It is solely a choice whether or not they will do what is necessary to position themselves for success, and this book is the definitive reference that will motivate and show readers how to do just that.

The criminogenic effects of a hostile view of relationships and low levels of self-control are among the most replicated in trait-based criminology. Some researchers in evolutionary anthropology and human development have argued that risky and antisocial behavior can be explained by bodily developments (often measured by pubertal timing) that occur in response to evolutionary pressures. Life history (LH) theory argues that environmental unpredictability and harshness in childhood cause accelerated development, which predicts risky sexual behavior. Researchers in the LH perspective have recently expanded their arguments to suggest that hostility, self-control, and externalizing problems are part of a reproductive strategy. This paper compares hypotheses stemming from LH theory and two traditional theories of crime and evaluates the value added by the LH perspective. Analyses indicate modest evidence for an LH explanation of crime. Other explanations for the relationships between pubertal timing and crime and implications for future research are discussed.

Uniting Mississippi applies a new, philosophically informed theory of democratic leadership to Mississippi''s challenges. Governor William F. Winter has written a foreword for the book, supporting its proposals. The book begins with an examination of Mississippi''s apparent Catch-22, namely the difficulty of addressing problems of poverty without fixing issues in education first, and vice versa. These difficulties can be overcome if we look at their common roots, argues Eric Thomas Weber, and if we practice virtuous democratic leadership. Since the approach to addressing poverty has for so long been unsuccessful, Weber reframes the problem. The challenges of educational failure reveal the extent to which there is a caste system of schooling. Certain groups of people are trapped in schools that are underfunded and failing. The ideals of democracy reject hierarchies of citizenship, and thus, the author contends, these ideals are truly tested in Mississippi. Weber offers theories of effective leadership in general and of democratic leadership in particular to show how Mississippi''s challenges could be addressed with the guidance of common values. The book draws on insights from classical and contemporary philosophical outlooks on leadership, which highlight four key social virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. Within this framework, the author approaches Mississippi''s problems of poverty and educational frustration in a novel way that is applicable in and beyond the rural South. Weber brings to bear each of the virtues of democratic leadership on particular problems, with some overarching lessons and values to advance. The author''s editorial essays are included in the appendix as examples of engaging in public inquiry for the sake of democratic leadership.

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Although beloved by performers and audiences alike, music scholars have generally viewed J.S. Bach''s Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis in meinem Herzen (Cantata 21) as one of the composer''s weaker compositions. In Tears into Wine, renowned Bach scholar Eric Chafe challenges the scholarly consensus, arguing that Cantata 21 is an exceptionally carefully designed work, and that it displays a convergence of musical structure and theological purpose that is paradigmatic of Bach''s sacred work as a whole.

During World War I, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) rose to prominence as an effective, militant union and then was destroyed by a devastating campaign of repression launched by the federal government. This book documents the rise and fall of this important industrial labor organization. The Industrial Workers of the World—or "Wobblies," as they were known—included legendary figures from U.S. labor history. Joe Hill, "Big Bill" Haywood, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn have become a part of American popular folklore. In this book, author Eric T. Chester shows just how dynamic a force the IWW was during its heyday during World War I, and how determined the federal government was to crush this union—a campaign of repression that remains unique in U.S. history. This work utilizes a wide array of archival sources, many of them never used before, thereby giving readers a clearer view and better understanding of what actually happened. The book leads with an examination of the three key events in the history of the IWW: the Wheatfield, CA, confrontation; the Bisbee, AZ, deportation; and the strike of copper miners in Butte, MT. The second part of the book deconstructs the IWW''s responses to World War I, the coordinated attack by the federal government upon the union, and how the union unraveled under this attack.

"Avec quelle rage l''antigaullisme s''acharne à propager la légende de "la résistance de Londres" ! Aux uns comme aux autres, j''oppose la vérité : la France libre fut africaine". Voilà ce que soutenait fort justement Jacques Soustelle, ethnologue tôt rallié à l''homme du 18 juin. Car à l''automne 1940, le Royaume-Uni n''apportait à la France libre ni combattants, ni matières premières, ni territoires. Le domaine du général de Gaulle s''étendait alors de la frontière tchado-libyenne au fleuve Congo. Sans ces territoires, quelle crédibilité, quelle reconnaissance internationale, quel argument pouvait-il invoquer contre Vichy qui se targuait de la "fidélité" de l''Empire ? Alors que la geste des combattants levés en Afrique du Nord et de l''Ouest comme les hauts faits de la résistance intérieure sont aujourd''hui bien connus, le sort de l''Afrique équatoriale française et du Cameroun, bastions gaullistes de la première heure, est demeuré injustement ignoré. Ce livre entend, pour la première fois, porter le regard sur ces territoires appelés à soutenir de leurs hommes et de leurs richesses l''étendard de la croix de Lorraine. La résistance à l''Allemagne nazie, à l''Italie fasciste et au régime de Vichy ne fut pas seulement portée en métropole par les héros de l''armée des ombres ; elle fut aussi, dès le mois d''août 1940, une odyssée africaine dont cet ouvrage, fondé sur des archives inédites, entend retracer le cours.

''J.S. Bach''s Johannine Theology'' is a fertile examination of this group of fourteen surviving liturgical works. Renowned Bach scholar Eric Chafe investigates Bach''s theology with the composer''s St. John Passion, concentrating on its first and last versions.

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"This is where you change your course from a life of disappointments, failures, broken promises, selfish ambitions and mediocrity to one of self-fulfilling accomplishments. Greatness Is Upon You is composed of 24 tried and tested principles from my own life..." p. 4.

Democracy and Leadership: On Pragmatism and Virtue presents a theory of leadership drawing on insights from Plato’s Republic, while abandoning his authoritarianism in favor of John Dewey’s democratic thought. The book continues the democratic turn for the study of leadership beyond the incorporation of democratic values into old-fashioned views about leading. The completed democratic turn leaves behind the traditional focus on a class of special people. Instead, leadership is understood as a process of judicious yet courageous guidance, infused with democratic values and open to all people. The book proceeds in three parts, beginning with definitions and an understanding of the nature of leadership in general and of democratic leadership in particular. Then, Part II examines four challenges for a democratic theory of leadership. Finally, in Part III, the theory of democratic leadership is put to the test of addressing problems of poverty, educational frustration, and racial divides, particularly aggravated in Mississippi.

Une utopie coloniale. Telle est Dalat, surnommée "la ville de l''éternel printemps", réplique miniaturisée de la France que Paul Doumer, alors gouverneur général, fait bâtir en 1900, avec l''aide du docteur Yersin, sur les hauts plateaux indochinois pour être à la fois un lieu de repos et de sécurité et un nouveau centre de pouvoir. Terrain de jeu des Français, capitale fédérale indochinoise en 1946 et siège non officiel du pouvoir jusqu''en 1955, Dalat représente pendant des décennies un puissant symbole de domination et de contrôle. C''est son histoire et, à travers elle, l''histoire de l''Indochine coloniale française et du Vietnam postcolonial que propose ce livre une histoire haute en couleur, à la fois globale et locale, qui débute dans la brutalité à l''apogée de l''impérialisme européen, survit à deux conflits mondiaux et une guerre coloniale, et croise des questions étonnamment actuelles : les peurs climatiques, la violence coloniale, les épidémies tropicales transmises par les moustiques, les tentatives pour contrôler à partir d''une zone sécurisée un territoire ethniquement diversifié, les rapatriements réguliers des troupes impériales, les stratégies coloniales du "diviser pour mieux régner", et le tourisme colonial.