Fear Factor

In this "compelling scientific detective story," a leading neuroscientist looks for the nature of human kindness in the brains of heroes and psychopaths (Wall Street Journal). At fourteen, Amber could boast of killing her guinea pig, threatening to burn down her home, and seducing men in exchange for gifts. She used the tools she had available to get what she wanted, and, she didn't care about the damage she inflicted. A few miles away, Lenny Skutnik was so concerned about the life of a drowning woman that he jumped into the ice-cold river to save her. How could Amber care so little about others' lives, while Lenny cared so much? Abigail Marsh studied the brains of both psychopathic children and extreme altruists and found that the answer lies in our ability to recognize others' fear. And as The Fear Factor argues, by studying people who demonstrate heroic and evil behaviors, we can learn more about how human morality is coded in the brain. A path-breaking read, The Fear Factor is essential for anyone seeking to understand the heights and depths of human nature.

They’re not the students strolling across the bucolic liberal arts campuses where their grandfathers played football. They are first-generation college students—children of immigrants and blue-collar workers—who know that their hopes for success hinge on a degree. But college is expensive, unfamiliar, and intimidating. Inexperienced students expect tough classes and demanding, remote faculty. They may not know what an assignment means, what a score indicates, or that a single grade is not a definitive measure of ability. And they certainly don’t feel entitled to be there. They do not presume success, and if they have a problem, they don’t expect to receive help or even a second chance. Rebecca D. Cox draws on five years of interviews and observations at community colleges. She shows how students and their instructors misunderstand and ultimately fail one another, despite good intentions. Most memorably, she describes how easily students can feel defeated—by their real-world responsibilities and by the demands of college—and come to conclude that they just don’t belong there after all. Eye-opening even for experienced faculty and administrators, The College Fear Factor reveals how the traditional college culture can actually pose obstacles to students’ success, and suggests strategies for effectively explaining academic expectations.

How can kids swim with slimy snakes, munch on wiggly worms, and play their favorite party game? By playing Fear Factor Mad Libs: Ultimate Gross Out!Kids love the daring and disgusting, and Fear Factor Mad Libs: Ultimate Gross Out!serves up both, along with a big helping of fun! As a follow-up to our best-selling Fear Factor Mad Libs, kids will love grossing themselves out with the show’s signature “delicacy” challenges! To tie into the premiere of Fear Factor’s fifth season in September 2004, Fear Factor Mad Libs: Ultimate Gross Out!is sure to make Mad Libsfans ______ to their_____________________________!

75 of the grossest, scariest, and creepiest photos to show you what contestants are willing to try in order to win on a reality show.

At the nexus of high finance and sophisticated computer programming, a terrifying future may be unfolding even now. Dr. Alex Hoffmann’s name is carefully guarded from the general public, but within the secretive inner circles of the ultrarich he is a legend. He has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But one morning before dawn, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside mansion, and so begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to destroy him. Fiendishly smart and suspenseful, The Fear Index gives us a searing glimpse into an all-too-recognizable world of greed and panic. It is a novel that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be human—and it is Robert Harris’s most spellbinding and audacious novel to date.

Much of what we fear springs from erroneous beliefs, misunderstandings, and lies. But you shall know the truth and the truth will make you free! Fear will cause you to hide and disappear deep down inside. What's even more sinister, it can kill you. This book is not a promise that all fear will be wiped away like a spot on a mirror because ironically, some fear is good for us. It is intended to de-paralyze you to move beyond your fear and soar! "This class has been meaningful to me because coming in I actually felt my fears were over. However, I've found out that fears hide themselves behind other words. The class was very informative and well executed by the instructor, and because of attending, I'm now encouraged to step out of my self-imposed limitations." ~Minister Carl Diggs "I was afraid of death until I took this class." ~Dr. Lillie Jenkins

Fear has become a way of life in todays world. We are under a constant barrage of threatening news and the dread of sickness, violence, hate, and social instability. The Fear Factor shows how fear develops, ex-poses its roots, and provides biblically based solutions to our deepest anxieties. Using 1 John 4: 18, the author admonishes readers to allow perfect love to cast out fear in our lives. Readers will learn to identify causes of fear in their lives, including: Fear of Failure Fear of Death Fear of Change Fear of Man

Patriarchy does not respect national boundaries. It is unabashedly promiscuous in its influences and tethers. Yet, it does use nationalism very productively. An empty street at night. A crowded bus. A lecture hall. All sites of female fear, instilled in women and those who have been constructed female, from an early age. Drawing on examples from around the world - from Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa to Saudi Arabia, the Americas and Europe, Gqola traces the construction and machinations of the female fear factory by exposing its lies, myths, and seductions. She shows how seemingly disparate effects, like driving bans, street harassment, and coercive professors, are the product of the ever-turning machinery of the female fear factory, and its use of fear as a tool of patriarchal subjugation and punishment. Female Fear Factory: Gender and Patriarchy under Racial Capitalism is a sobering account of patriarchal violence in the world, and a hopeful vision for the work of unapologetic feminist imaginative strategies across the globe.

What if there really was a Fear Factory? What if there was actually a company whose business it was to manufacture fear? What would their mission statement be? How would they go about marketing their product to the consumer? Who would their competition be? And where would they set up operation? It's a rainy Seattle morning and account executive Steven Traynor is on his way to the most important business meeting of his life. But as the elevator ascends toward the client's office on the 14th floor of the Fearn Tower office building, Steven's life is about to change forever. In this book you will learn... - The only fears that come as "standard equipment" at birth - How fears are manufactured, bought, and "sold" at the Fear Factory - To identify the "triggering events" that cause fears - How to desensitize yourself to the things you fear - Ways to turn fear into the fuel needed to accomplish goals - Why you must do something everyday that scares you! - And how to put the Fear Factory out of business forever! The lessons that Steven learns on his wild journey through the Fear Factory are going to have a profound impact on his life... will it do the same for you? Come in and take a tour for yourself!