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  Park - The Biography of Air...

  Vincent Orange

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  “A fine biography of one of the war’s greatest unsung heroes,” Royal Air Force Commander Keith Park (The Daily Telegraph).   “If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don’t believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgement and his skill, did to save not only this country, but the world.” So wrote Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder of Keith Park in 1947.   As commander of No. 11 Group, RAF Fighter Command responsible for the air defense of London and southeast England, Park took charge of the day-to-day direction of the battle. In spotlighting his thoughts and actions during the crisis, this biography reveals a man whose unfailing energy, courage, and cool resourcefulness won not only supreme praise from Winston Churchill, but the lasting respect and admiration of all who served under him.   Few officers in any of the services packed more action into their lives, and Park covers the whole of his career: youth in New Zealand, success as an ace fighter pilot in World War I, postings to South America and Egypt, the Battle of Britain, command of the RAF in Malta 1942–43, and finally Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of Southeast Asia under Mountbatten in 1945. His contribution to victory and peace was immense and this biography does much to shed light on the Big Wing controversy of 1940 and give insight into the war in Burma, 1945, and how the huge problems remaining after the war’s sudden end were dealt with.   Drawn largely from unpublished sources and interviews with people who knew Park, and illustrated with maps and photographs, this is an authoritative biography of one of the world’s greatest unsung heroes.  

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  In Her Own Words - The Political...

  Davis Truman

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  This book delves into Kamala Harris's powerful and nuanced speeches and offers an in-depth analysis of her use of language. A meticulous examination reveals how Harris's choice of words and pronouns, such as "we" and "I," is deliberately crafted to connect with her audience, balance personal authority with collective identity, and foster a sense of unity and shared purpose. 
  Kamala Harris presents herself as relatable and empathetic, aligning her experiences and emotions with her audience. Highlighting the importance of careful attention to language, this book underscores how understanding and analyzing the use of pronouns and vocabulary in political speeches can enhance our appreciation of rhetorical strategies. It also serves as a guide to utilizing these techniques effectively and safeguarding ourselves from manipulation, providing valuable insights into the art of persuasion and the intricate craft of political communication.

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  Being Cosmopolitan - A Political...

  Luke Ulas

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  What does it mean to be cosmopolitan? Typically, cosmopolitanism is understood as a broad moral orientation, involving some kind of commitment to global moral equality. On this understanding, to be cosmopolitan is simply to evidence that moral orientation oneself. By contrast, Being Cosmopolitan takes up a thoroughly political approach. The focus is on what it might mean, and what it is like, to be political in a distinctly cosmopolitan form. What it means to be cosmopolitan in this thoroughly political sense cannot involve appeal to any particular moral orientation, because politics is about, inter alia, the contestation of such orientations and commitments. Instead, this book offers an account that is based upon the internalization of particular kind of global "social imaginary," involving the imagination of a global public to which certain issues—or global public affairs—are understood to pertain. 
   
   
   
  Within which kind of global order is it possible, or comfortable, for a cosmopolitical agent to live? In answer to this question, the book argues against the viability of both a world of self-determining peoples, and of "pluralist" global visions—both of which are popular with moral cosmopolitan theorists.

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  Gaius Marius: The Life and...

  Editors Charles River

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  Julius Caesar is still remembered for winning a civil war and helping bring about the end of the Roman Republic, leaving a line of emperors in its place, but it’s quite possible that none of what Caesar did would’ve happened without the template for such actions being set 40 years earlier. At the time, when Caesar was in his teens, war was being waged both on the Italian peninsula and abroad, with domestic politics pitting the conservative, aristocratic optimates against the populist, reformist populares, and this tension ultimately escalated into an all-out war. One of the leading populares was Caesar’s uncle, Gaius Marius, a military visionary who had restructured the legions and extended the privileges of land ownership and citizenship to legionaries on condition of successful completion of a fixed term of service. In the late 2nd century BCE, Marius had waged a successful campaign against several Germanic tribes, and after earning eternal fame in the Eternal City, Marius was appointed a consul several times. In 88 BCE, he entered into conflict with his erstwhile protégé, the optimate Sulla, over command of the army to be dispatched against Mithridates VI of Pontus, a long-time enemy of Rome and its Greek allies.   
  Ironically, Marius’s reforms had made the legions fiercely loyal to their individual generals rather than the state, which allowed Sulla to march his army against Rome and force Marius into exile. With that, Rome’s first civil war was officially underway, but Sulla’s triumph proved short-lived. Just as Sulla departed for a campaign, Marius returned at the head of a scratch army of veterans and mercenaries, taking over the city and purging it of Sulla’s optimate supporters, and though Marius died in 86 BCE, his party remained in power. 

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  Senex and Puer with James Hillman

  James Hillman

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  James Hillman is the father of Archetypal Psychology. This rare program focuses on The Senex and Puer in Jungian Psychotherapy with James Hillman. 
   
  On April of 2010, Dr. James Hillman presented a weekend seminar in which he returned to a topic from his earlier days — Old and Young: Senex and Puer. These opposing yet complimentary archetypes have been cornerstones of Jungian psychology, but Hillman brought his examination of them squarely into the modern day.

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  Gender Difference-It Begins With...

  M.D. Louann Brizendine

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  We all know from personal experience that men and women see the world differently and interact differently.  Now we know why.  Louann Brizendine, M.D., is a neuropsychiatrist who shares some eye opening revelations based on extensive medical and scientific research about our brains and how they function.

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