Betsy Dovydenas is an artist who painted and wrote her story about joining a bogus church run by a bogus pastor. In more than 200 monoprints with narrative text, she tells the story of being tricked, sweet-talked, coaxed, manipulated, conned, coerced and exploited. In short, she was brainwashed. This book shows how it happened.
A harrowing account of brainwashing’s pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries This gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for major breakthroughs in tools for social, political, and religious control. Tracing these developments through many of the past century’s major conflagrations, Dimsdale narrates how when World War II erupted, governments secretly raced to develop drugs for interrogation. Brainwashing returned to the spotlight during the Cold War in the hands of the North Koreans and Chinese. In response, a huge Manhattan Project of the Mind was established to study memory obliteration, indoctrination during sleep, and hallucinogens. Cults used the techniques as well. Nobel laureates, university academics, intelligence operatives, criminals, and clerics all populate this shattering and dark story—one that hasn’t yet ended.
Black people are not dark-skinned white people, says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are a lot more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way out of no way! At this point in history, the idea of black inferiority sh...
Demonstrates how the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been overestimated, arguing that the overzealous application of brain science has undermined notions of free will and responsibility.
Brainwashed is the explosive exposé of the leftist agenda at work in today's colleges, revealed by firebrand Ben Shapiro—syndicated columnist, podcaster, radio show host, and one of today's most exciting conservative voices—who’s been on the front lines of the battle for America's young minds. This book proves once and for all that so-called higher education continues to sink lower and lower into the depths of liberal madness as close-minded professors turn their students into socialists, atheists, race-baiters, and sex-crazed narcissists. In this book, author Ben Shapiro asks three critical questions: Why are universities so biased? Why do students take their professors at face value? What can we do to stop it? In addition to outlining practical solutions as part of a multi-pronged strategy to deal with this problem, Brainwashed encourages students to consider the motives of their professors; pay attention to how professors use facts and editorialize during lectures; and ask questions, encourage debate, and think before buying into a professor’s mindset. Praise for Brainwashed: "Ben Shapiro's writing is smart, informative, and incisive. He is wise beyond his years without losing the refreshing fearlessness of youth." Ann Coulter, bestselling author of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Slander, and Treason "In Brainwashed, Shapiro tells the truth—that universities are forums of left-liberal indoctrination, where dissent is discouraged and penalized, with more restrictions on free speech rather any other part of American society. Parents who are paying for tuition might want to take note, and see what their hard-earned money is paying for." Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics "Welcome to P.C. 101. In this trenchant insider's expose, Ben Shapiro bears witness to the modern American campus freak show. You'll get up close and personal with the Marxist loons, moral relativists, multicultural zealots, and American-haters who are corrupting young minds. Brainwashed reveals the ignominious lows to which higher education has sunk. Get deprogrammed. Buy this book!" Michelle Malkin, nationally syndicated columnist and author of Invasion "Sharp thinking, tight writing, crazy-but-true stories: Ben Shapiro sees campus brainwashing and raises a national protest. This is a good book to give both freshmen who need warning and voters/alumni who need to take action." Dr. Marvin Olasky, University of Texas professor and editor-in-chief of World magazine "A worthy successor to God and Man at Yale and Harvard Hates America in exploring the belly of the academic beast." David Horowitz, founder of Students for Academic Freedom and author of Radical Son and Left Illusions "What Animal House did for the toga party, Brainwashed should do for American resistance to campus radicalism." Rusty Humphries, nationally syndicated radio talk show host
Betsy Dovydenas is an artist who painted and wrote her story about joining a bogus church run by a bogus pastor. In more than 200 monoprints with narrative text, she tells the story of being tricked, sweet-talked, coaxed, manipulated, conned, coerced and exploited. In short, she was brainwashed. This book shows how it happened.
Reveals how the power of sophisticated brand management affects not only the goods we buy and the movies we see, but also religion, education, government, and warfare. -- from publisher description.
Do you feel out of control with food and eating? Stuck in your own body? Bingeing, overeating, eating emotionally? Gaining weight and unable to maintain a healthy weight? Obsessing about foods 24/7? We have been made to believe all sorts of lies about our bodies, eating and how to sustain a healthy weight. We've been told that our body doesn't know how to maintain a healthy weight without calorie counting or exercise. We've been told that losing weight is as simple as eating less and burning more. We've been told that we have to restrict certain foods or we will become addicted and eat until we are sick and overweight. We've even been told that we overeat either because we are emotional eaters or because we need to fill a "void" in our lives. Our mindset has become so brainwashed by believing all this diet nonsense that we do not even know how to listen to our own body and how to eat normally. Diet-induced eating disorders have become more prevalent in today's society as we see the rise of unrealistic body standards and continuous cycle of yo-yo dieting that keeps us in prison in our own body not knowing that there is a better, much easier and natural solution to health and normal hunger cues that keeps you weight in a healthy place without an effort. When you implement strategies outlined in this book you will be able to: Recover from eating disorders and disordered eating habits Eat when hungry, stop when full naturally Lose all desire to binge and overeat. No more cravings! Eat whatever you want, when you want and how much you want. No guilt or obsessions around foods! Fast metabolism and healthy hormones! Much improved body image and mental health! Maintain a healthy weight effortlessly even without having to exercise! Lose weight without even trying, if overweight! If you want to experience any of this, then this book is for you. If you follow the steps outlined in these pages, you can have all that, too! Imagine how good it feels to do all these things, and how inspiring you are to everybody around you! And it's all because you took action and did not look back. You became the kind of person other people look at and say, "I don't know what she did, but I want that, too!" You can be that person! Scroll to the top and click the "buy now" button.
Tannim is a human mage fond of fast cars and loud music, working with the elf lord Keighvin to rescue runaway kids in serious trouble. But those kids are being used by Keighvin' enemies to bait a trap. Meanwhile, Tannim thinks he's found the right woman, but it seems she wants to kill him.
Gabriel has always viewed his Uncle Seanna through the starry-eyed wonder of childhood, regarding him as nothing less than a hero. Their reunions are filled with excitement, a testament to the bond they share. But as Gabriel grows older, he begins to see a different side of Seanna – one that’s dark and manipulative. As Seanna’s influence over Gabriel grows, the young man becomes ensnared in a web of deception and malevolence. However, when Gabriel finds love, his girlfriend recognizes the danger that Seanna poses. She sees the manipulative hold Seanna has over him and becomes determined to intervene. Can love break the chains of manipulation? And will Gabriel discover the true nature of his once-beloved uncle before it’s too late?