New Releases by Ryan Kelly

In a surveillance culture, the ubiquity of audio-visual recording devices has enabled the unprecedented documentation of private indiscretions, scandalous conversations, and obscene behaviors performed by both ordinary and high-profile people. From former President Donald J. Trump''s lewd banter on the infamous Access Hollywood video and leaked audio of celebrity racist tirades to outburst of violent hate speech posted daily to YouTube, contemporary media culture is awash in obscene performances of transgressive white masculinity. Such exposés are screened and viewed under the assumption that revealing secret prejudices will necessarily realize the promises of democracy and bring about a postracial and postfeminist future. This book addresses why the culture of public revelations has failed to hold the perpetrators accountable. Caught on Tape illustrates how public revelations constitute a symbolic and imaginary world for the public that is preoccupied with the obscene enjoyment of transgressive white masculinity: a compulsively repetitive experience of ecstatic and excessive pleasure-in-pain that arises from encounters with that which disturbs, traumatizes, and interrupts illusory notions of our coherent selves and reality. Caught on Tape argues that addressing race and gender inequality with the promise of scandalous hot mics and obscene private videos transforms antiracism and gender justice into disempowering forms of spectatorship that ultimately conceal the structural nature of whiteness, white supremacy, and patriarchy. The central argument of this book is that the spectators are the ones really caught on tape.

Civilian leaders interpret the value of war in terms of political ends, while military leaders often pursue victory itself as war''s object. An empowered military can therefore make war harder to end. Estimates from international conflict data show that termination of a war short of victory is more likely when civilian leaders become more politically dominant. However, civil-military consequences for war termination arise from more than outright shocks to political power. Survey experimental evidence demonstrates that senior U.S. military leaders can use typical political activities to recruit public support for persisting in wars and create costs for elected leaders who want to end them. Finally, qualitative analysis of the U.S. post-9/11 wars and text analysis of a new data set of congressional testimony yield evidence of military dissent and its influence on presidential policy decisions. Altogether, this dissertation moves beyond war termination''s civil-military problem, which is about whether and how to stop fighting, and sheds light on the problem of its civil-military politics, which is about how to define war''s end but also how to resolve competing claims.

The Untold Story of the Brave Men Who Endured the Greatest Survival Story of World War II. Inspired by a true Story. Philippines, 1942. Lance Corporal Melvin Sheya may be a Golden Gloves champion, a motorcycle dirt track racer and pool shark, but when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor and then shift their attack to the Philippines, he is just another US Marine trying to survive the merciless onslaught. Part of the largest surrender of US forces ever -- more than 70,000, he is thrust head first into a fight for his life. The deadly situations that will shape his destiny and transform him into a warrior come at an unrelenting pace. Enslaved as a POW, Mel must use all of his wit and will to stay alive and help save the rest of the prisoners from brutal fates.

Florence the Data Scientist and Her Magical Bookmobile is a picture book for young readers that explores and explains one of today''s most important and fastest-growing professions: data science! How can recording and analyzing data for patterns help make predictions about the future? Join Beatrice as she finds out. Beatrice loves four different things: reading, science, dragons, and swings! When a mysterious bookmobile drives down her street, the driver Florence knows exactly what books will delight all the kids in the neighborhood. But how?! Beatrice watches the scene throughout the day to record and analyze each of her friend''s responses to Florence''s same questions. Is Florence a psychic? Or is there a logical pattern at play? Can Beatrice ensure she answers to get the outcome she craves? Florence the Data Scientist helps young readers (and their parents!) understand the amazing predictive power of recording and analyzing trends and data.

Ghana Cultural Art and History. Ghana Ethnical Custom and Local, Tradition The African devotion to his or her ancestors has been taken as the singular characteristic of African spiritual awareness, and so some early writers on African Indigenous Culture referred to African Traditional Religion as ancestor worship. That is, African spirituality in essence is the worship of dead and gone great, great grand-parents. Some early missionary writers on African traditional religion also confused African ancestors with spirits, and as a belief in spirit was considered superstitious, the veneration of the ancestors was seen as the cult of the spirits. a form of animism. Since Africans are said to be afraid of evil spirits ancestors it was concluded that therefore they have instituted the cult of the ancestors so as to placate them through sacrifices and thus avoid any harm from them. The dead are therefore likened to malevolent spirits and so these early writers on African Traditional Religion concluded that fear of spirits ancestors appears to lie at the root of the ancestor cult. That means they agreed with Henry Bergson, the French Philosopher, that fear first begat the gods. This is an unfortunate misrepresentation of the ancestor ritual and if the conclusion is valid then it means that Christianity, Islam etc. are equally founded on fear of evil spirits

Ivory Coast Political History. Art, Culture, Ethnic groups and Settlement. Central-West Côte d''Ivoire is a lush agricultural landscape, stuffed with rich banana, rice, and cocoa fields. The region is this West African nation''s equivalent of the corn belt of Iowa and Illinois. A long drive down stretches of road left pockmarked by the ongoing rainy season yields endless repetitions of the same scene: Tiny villages each home to only a few dozen farmers living in thatched-roof huts quietly tending to crops and livestock. Things are even more peaceful than usual now, as the Muslims that make up this area''s dominant religious affiliation celebrate Ramadan. But as you arrive in Yamoussoukro, the nation''s capital, a strange monument can be seen towering over the horizon: An enormous gilded cross that adorns the top of what is, by many accounts, the world''s largest church. Topping St. Peter''s Basilica in Rome by more than 80 feet, Basilica Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, sometimes called the "basilica in the bush," is a jaw-dropping and bizarre monument to the end of a period only a few decades ago when Côte d''Ivoire was competing against other newly-independent African nations to become the cultural and economic powerhouse of the continent

Angola Economic State, Oil boom and Political Stands. Angola achieved independence from Portugal in nineteen seventy-five, after which the competition between different movements that were vying to lead the country descended into civil war. The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, a Marxist-oriented group that included urban intellectuals, nominally led the country. It was opposed by two factions the National Liberation Front of Angola, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola. Oil is the backbone of the Angola''s economy. This sector makes up over 90 percent of the Country''s exports. The first oil surveys date back to nineteen hundred and six, and it was not until nineteen fifty-five that the first oil well was discovered. In nineteen sixty-six, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company discovered important oil reserves in Cabinda. From then on, oil started playing one of the most important roles in the Angolan economy, having surpassed coffee in oil exports as of 1973

Kenya Art and Culture, a History. The People, Economy, Government and Politics. Today there are around 42 different tribes in Kenya, with varying cultural identities and traditions that have, in some cases, become intertwined over time due to similarities in language and a sharing of the same environment. Visitors to Kenya have the unique opportunity to spend days in the homes of various tribal villages, learning and participating in their daily lives, and even in some cases attending ceremonies. While in the past the development of national parks, in some cases, caused displacement of tribes from traditional grazing areas, today many are employed in the management of conservancies or rangers to protect the wildlife they once kept their cattle safe from

"Examines white masculine victimhood by looking at the rhetoric of gender-motivated mass shooters, white supremacists, online misogynist and incel communities, survivalists and doomsday preppers, gun culture and political rallies, and political demagogues"-Provided by publisher"--

Do you need guidance and information on CPR? Do you need to understand the procedures and guidelines that govern the use of CPR? If you do, this pocket-sized reference guide provides you with all the information you need to conduct CPR safely and successfully. The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app for iPhone and iPad.

The Knowing the Bible series is a resource designed to help Bible readers better understand and apply God''s Word. These 12-week studies lead participants through books of the Bible and are made up of four basic components: (1) reflection questions help readers engage the text at a deeper level; (2) "Gospel Glimpses" highlight the gospel of grace throughout the book; (3) "Whole-Bible Connections" show how any given passage connects to the Bible''s overarching story of redemption, culminating in Christ; and (4) "Theological Soundings" identify how historic orthodox doctrines are taught or reinforced throughout Scripture. With contributions from an array of influential pastors and church leaders, these gospel-centered studies will help Christians see and cherish the message of God''s grace on every page of the Bible. In this 12-week study through the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, pastor Ryan Kelly offers insights into God''s character through the stories of the prophet Samuel and Israel''s first kings, Saul and David. With the inauguration of a monarchy in Israel, we see God''s continued care for his people as he raises up leaders and promises to be faithful to his covenant by establishing a kingdom that will never pass away.

Food Television and Otherness in the Age of Globalization examines the growing popularity of food and travel television and its implications for how we understand the relationship between food, place, and identity. Attending to programs such as Bizarre Foods, Bizarre Foods America, The Pioneer Woman, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Man vs. Food, and No Reservations, Casey Ryan Kelly critically examines the emerging rhetoric of culinary television, attending to how American audiences are invited to understand the cultural and economic significance of global foodways. This book shows how food television exoticizes foreign cultures, erases global poverty, and contributes to myths of American exceptionalism. It takes television seriously as a site for the reproduction of cultural and economic mythology where representations of food and consumption become the commonsense of cultural difference and economic success.

This Training Guide is amongst one of the most resourceful and informative out there. Packed full of reliable and tested information - written by a highly experienced Trainer. Easy to read, and in-depth in its nature - you will thoroughly enjoy your journey through it, all while expanding your knowledge. It contains a wealth of interesting facts and reliable information, along with detailed advice for owners.This is one book that is certainly a must-have addition to your collection.

From the perspective of cultural conservatives, Hollywood movies are cesspools of vice, exposing impressionable viewers to pernicious sexually-permissive messages. Offering a groundbreaking study of Hollywood films produced since 2000, Abstinence Cinema comes to a very different conclusion, finding echoes of the evangelical movement’s abstinence-only rhetoric in everything from Easy A to Taken. Casey Ryan Kelly tracks the surprising sex-negative turn that Hollywood films have taken, associating premarital sex with shame and degradation, while romanticizing traditional nuclear families, courtship rituals, and gender roles. As he demonstrates, these movies are particularly disempowering for young women, concocting plots in which the decision to refrain from sex until marriage is the young woman’s primary source of agency and arbiter of moral worth. Locating these regressive sexual politics not only in expected sites, like the Twilight films, but surprising ones, like the raunchy comedies of Judd Apatow, Kelly makes a compelling case that Hollywood films have taken a significant step backward in recent years. Abstinence Cinema offers close readings of movies from a wide spectrum of genres, and it puts these films into conversation with rhetoric that has emerged in other arenas of American culture. Challenging assumptions that we are living in a more liberated era, the book sounds a warning bell about the powerful cultural forces that seek to demonize sexuality and curtail female sexual agency.

Ogni mese torna il meglio dei fumetti legati a Star Wars! In contemporanea col cartaceo! In questo numero: Luke Skywalker e Wedge Antilles si sono fatti catturare dall’Impero per scoprire come il Colonello Bircher riesca a seguire ogni movimento della flotta Ribelle, mentre Ian e Ciube dovranno vedersela a colpi di folgoratore con Boba Fett. E in più Dart Fener dovrà sventare un attentato alla vita dell’Imperatore!

Ogni mese torna il meglio dei fumetti legati a Star Wars! In contemporanea col cartaceo! In questo numero: Ian e Chewbecca messi all’angolo dagli imperiali! La Principessa Leila e Wedge Antilles affrontano la morte mentre Luke Skywalker è costretto a improvvisare. E tutto sotto l’occhio malevolo di Dart Fener! E una nuova avventura ha come protagonista l’Oscuro Signore dei Sith: dopo aver eliminato otto assassini incaricati di ucciderlo, affronterà il nono che si rivelerà più coriaceo del previsto!

Worlds collide when four young women begin college at the prestigious New York University. Shy, literate Riley, overachieving but naive Lona, laid-back West Coaster Ren, and working-class girl Merissa claim newfound freedom living in the big city. But that freedom comes at a price: roommate drama, mysterious love interests, school troubles, and family conflicts. Welcome to adulthood! New York Four is a smart, charming, and stunningly rendered page-turner from the New York Times best-selling duo Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly. This edition collects the entire series under one cover for the first time.

The book of Philippians challenges Christians to remember their true identity as citizens of God''s kingdom, especially when faced with difficult circumstances and painful trials. Helping us grasp the Apostle Paul''s gospel-centered exhortation to endurance, this guide explains the biblical text with clarity and passion—encouraging us to joyfully imitate Christ in the midst of hardship. Over the course of 12 weeks, these studies explore books of the Bible and: Ask thoughtful questions to spur discussion Show how each passage unveils the gospel Tie the text in with the whole story of Scripture Illuminate the doctrines taught in each passage Invite you to discover practical implications Help you better understand and apply God''s Word

When biblical studies adopted the language of intertextuality, it began using it in conjunction with other vocabulary--inner-biblical exegesis and interpretation, echoes, allusion--all of which it uses to signify when a biblical text refers to another text that appears elsewhere in Bible. This study examines the way such academic language is shaped by and shapes the assumptions of biblical scholarship. It examines the nature of linguistic signs and applies the insights of this examination to evaluating the language of reference in the study of the Hebrew Bible. The study concludes that the lanquage and theory of literary allusion is the best suited for enriching the academic discourse on the relationship of referential texts in the Hebrew Bible. It discusses methodological criteria for detecting allusion informed by a theoretically developed understanding of literary allusion.

An exploration of the character and evolution of disgust and the role this emotion plays in our social and moral lives.

After a fake Tommy Taylor novel is released, the author''s son, the real Tom Taylor, must find the truth and confront the darkest secrets that surround him.

This dissertation advances a cohort perspective to analyze trends in racial and educational disparities in U.S. adult mortality. The project is organized around three themes. First, I emphasize that recent temporal changes in U.S. adult mortality risk are rooted in cohort forces. Unfortunately, much of the mortality literature has failed to account for the fact that the sociohistorical conditions of U.S. cohorts have changed dramatically, and these changes have tremendous implications for population health and mortality trends. My work clearly shows the pitfalls of omitting these cohort effects from analyses of U.S. adult mortality risk. Second, I illustrate that because exposure to social and health conditions have changed over time, resources in adulthood are growing increasingly important in shaping U.S. adult mortality risk. In this regard, my findings also highlight growing disparities in U.S. mortality across race/ethnic gender groups. Third, I advance a cohort theory of U.S. mortality, drawing from both "fundamental cause" theory and a life course perspective of mortality but couching them in a cohort framework to highlight the importance of historical changes in U.S. social and health contexts in both childhood and adulthood. This cohort perspective is then used to analyze three central topics in the U.S. mortality literature: the black-white crossover in older-adult mortality, the growing educational gap in U.S. adult mortality, and the origins and persistence of black-white inequalities in U.S. adult mortality. I estimate hierarchical age-period-cohort cross-classified random effects models using National Health Interview Survey-Linked Mortality Files between 1986 and 2006 to simultaneously analyze age, period, and cohort patterns of U.S. adult mortality rates. I find (1) the black-white crossover is a cohort-specific phenomenon, (2) educational disparities in U.S. adult mortality rates are growing across birth cohorts, not time periods, and (3) racial disparities in U.S. adult mortality rates stem from cumulative racial stratification across both cohorts and the life course. Such findings have direct consequences for both mortality theories and policy recommendations. Only by considering the disparate sociohistorical conditions that U.S. cohorts have endured across their life courses can we fully understand and address current and future health disparities in the United States.