From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account"of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up (Eric Foner). The novel and fiery thesis of Break It Up is simple: The United States has never lived up to its name--and never will. The disunionist impulse may have found its greatest expression in the Civil War, but as Break It Up shows, the seduction of secession wasn't limited to the South or the nineteenth century. It was there at our founding and has never gone away. With a scholar's command and a journalist's curiosity, Richard Kreitner takes readers on a revolutionary journey through American history, revealing the power and persistence of disunion movements in every era and region. Each New England town after Plymouth was a secession from another; the thirteen colonies viewed their Union as a means to the end of securing independence, not an end in itself; George Washington feared separatism west of the Alleghenies; Aaron Burr schemed to set up a new empire; John Quincy Adams brought a Massachusetts town's petition for dissolving the United States to the floor of Congress; and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison denounced the Constitution as a pro-slavery pact with the devil. From the "cold civil war" that pits partisans against one another to the modern secession movements in California and Texas, the divisions that threaten to tear America apart today have centuries-old roots in the earliest days of our Republic. Richly researched and persuasively argued, Break It Up will help readers make fresh sense of our fractured age.

Breaking up with someone is a major pain—unless you hire someone to do it for you. Known by her clients as “The High School Heartbreaker,” Amelia Marie Bedford is the perfect picture of a social chameleon and the number one breakup artist in multiple schools. She demands top dollar for her professional breakup services, and there are more than enough girls willing to pay, especially right before prom. Everything’s business as usual until David, one of the boys she’s been hired to dump, throws her for a loop by showing genuine interest in something other than her looks. With clients piling up, Amelia must decide if David’s intentions are honest, or if there’s something else going on behind his gorgeous green eyes.

Your friends tell you that time heals all wounds, but you wonder what happens if it does not. This guide helps mend your heart and put your life back on track. You will learn the fundamentals of relationships and why yours did not work out. You will get to know what to expect from heartbreak — betrayal, competition, self-attack, and denial — and how to best handle it. With this helpful prescription to heal your heart, you can bring the light back into your life, learn the rules about your ex and moving on gracefully so you can mend the pieces of your broken heart and move on to a brighter and better you.

The tough economic times can affect even the most stable relationships. Breaking up isnt the only answer; it can be rough both emotionally and financially. But by taking stock of your relationship with your partner and a little work, you can stay together and be happy. In this self-help book, actress Stacey Nelkin and therapist Paul Schienberg collaborate and offer ideas to help you jump-start your love life. Filled with relevant real-life illustrations and stories, You Cant Afford to Break Up offers insightful and thought-provoking tips for saving relationships. It teaches you how to: Achieve open, honest communication to invigorate your relationship Use fantasy, acting, and the power of imagination to inject your relationship with variety and excitement Spice up your relationship while staying within your personal boundaries Focus on the emotional connections between romance and finance Geared toward couples in all stages of a relationship, You Cant Afford to Break Up encourages you to be proactive and use your imagination to be sexy and have fun. You cant afford to break up; save your relationship and save money. All you need is an empty wallet and a dirty mind.

A break up is a battle! - When your partner breaks up, you end up in a life crisis zone! - It is a space filled with emotional challenges, questions, doubts, fears, anxiety, challenging choices, confusion and much more! - IT IS TOUGH! - Your life is under attack! - And nothing in your existence prepared you for it - You end up asking for advice and support from friends and family which often confuses you even more! - So! This book is YOUR battle plan to win this challenge! - It is the result of 10 years of successful coaching experience getting men and women to get their life back - I cover dozens of break up scenarios and give you the EXACT tactics you need to use to recover from it FAST! - I answer in depth questions like: Why did she break up? - Should you stay friends with your ex? - What if you have to work together? - What if you can't stop thinking about her? - The top break up pitfalls and how to avoid them for sure - Why trying to get back together is so often a huge waste of your time and energy - How to make sure this break up or divorce doesn't trigger a snow ball effect that negatively impacts on your career or health - How to successfully get back in the dating game - ETC. - These are not some shallow ready made tips, ok?! - They are in depth tested BATTLE strategies to WIN! - These are 200 pages of DYNAMITE! - My writing style is direct and simple - I don't lose you in complex existential questions - On the contrary, I tell you EXACTLY what you need to hear in simple terms - I am a professional life coach and have been successfully doing this recovery work with men and women for many years and I am amazed to see how fast people get back on track with their lives when they are armed with the right strategies! - By the way, this material is targeted both for divorce and break up situations - I am 100% sure that this book will radically shift the way you see this life challenge and put you back on the happiness track in no time! - To your power and unlimited potential - Today a new stage in your life starts - Don't delay it! YOUR time has come!

This evidence-based, user-friendly guide presents a 30-day digital detox plan that will help you set boundaries with your phone and live a more joyful and fulfilling life. “I wrote The Anxious Generation to help adults improve the lives of children. Many readers have asked me for a version of the book aimed at helping adults and teens help themselves. Catherine Price has written the best such book.”—Jonathan Haidt Do you feel addicted to your phone? Do you frequently pick it up “just to check,” only to look up forty-five minutes later wondering where the time has gone? Does social media make you anxious? Have you tried to spend less time mindlessly scrolling—and failed? If so, this book is your solution. Award-winning health and science journalist and TED speaker Catherine Price presents a practical, evidence-based 30-day digital detox plan that will help you break up—and then make up—with your phone. The goal: better mental health, improved screen-life balance, and a long-term relationship with technology that feels good. This engaging, user-friendly guide explains how our smartphones and apps are designed to be addictive and how the time we spend on them is increasing our anxiety and damaging our abilities to focus, think deeply, form new memories, generate ideas, and be present in our most important relationships. Next, it walks you through an effective and easy-to-follow 30-day plan that has already helped thousands of people worldwide break their phone addictions and feel more fully alive. Whether you need help for yourself or for your family, friends, students, colleagues, clients, or community, How to Break Up with Your Phone is the ultimate guide to digital detoxing. It’s guaranteed to help you put down your phone—and come back to life.

In this classic text, first published in 1977, Tom Nairn memorably depicts the 'slow foundering' of the United Kingdom on the rocks of imperial decline, constitutional anachronism and the gathering force of civic nationalism. Rich in comparisons between the nationalisms of the British Isles and those of the wider world, thoughtful in its treatment of the interaction between nationality and social class, The Break-Up of Britain concludes with a bravura essay on the Janus-faced nature of national identity. Postscripts from the Thatcher and Blair years trace the political strategies whose upshot accelerated the demise of a British state they were intended to serve. As a second Scottish independence referendum beckons, a new Introduction by Anthony Barnett underlines the book's enduring relevance.