Best Selling Books 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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

"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"--

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!

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.

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

I Dream of Comets and Shooting Stars is a beautiful collection of poems and short stories about dreams, the realm of the imagination and the beauty and dangers that they can bring. In this book you will find stories of lost love, dreams unpursued, yet also the beauty of the imagination, and the victory of a fledgling soul.

From the collective wisdom of more than two dozen experts, the Southeast Psych''s Guide for Imperfect Parents is full of practical advice for parents of kids at all ages and stages. The authors are all psychologists, licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, or other mental health professionals who write in first-person and share personal stories that engage the reader. Drawing from their personal and professional experience, as well as the most up-to-date research, they bring you this amazing parenting reference that you will use throughout the years.

Kurdistan History and suppression. The Europe of the East, Turkey, Iraqi, Iran, Syria, Asian Kurds. Kurds are united by language and culture, but divided by politics and religion. The Kurds are notoriously fractious, with political formations based on diverse formal ideologies, as well as more traditional clan-based rivalries. Most Kurds are Sunni, some are Shia, and a few are Yazidi. This complexity produces interesting results, as in late 2014 when the Islamist government of Turkey allowed "good" Kurds from Iraq to relieve the siege of Kobane, while prohibiting such aid from the "bad" Kurds of the secular Kurdish groups in Turkey and Syria. The Kurd population, stretching across at least 4 countries, with a diaspora in many more, historically has been hard to quantify. In 1987, estimates suggested that probably numbering close to 16 million kurds, inhabits the wide arc from eastern Turkey and the northwestern part of Syria through Soviet Azerbaijan and Iraq to the northwest of the Zagros Mountains in Iran, respresented the population of what has been referred to as "Kurdistan." About half of all Kurds worldwide lived in Turkey. Most of the rest lived in adjacent regions of Iran, Iraq, and Syri

Max Gamer is an awesome Aspie who uses his special abilities to become a superhero. The authors don''t consider Asperger''s a disorder. Instead, they see it as a potential gift that can include some amazing skills. While some define it by deficits, this book focuses on strengths that give these individuals the resilience and confidence they need to rise to their potential.

Riley, a shy straight-A student, struggles to balance her first year of college with new friends, a reunion with her estranged sister, and a secret virtual relationship that begins to consume her time, attention, and energy.

Ryan was encouraged to write a short story for children as part of his Year 10 studies.

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.