In Residual Governance, Gabrielle Hecht dives into the wastes of gold and uranium mining in South Africa to explore how communities, experts, and artists fight for infrastructural and environmental justice.
Doctor Harris
A doctor in love with a resident. A resident in love with a patient. A patient in love with herself. Dr. Rachel Harris has always played by the book, until a mysterious woman arrives at the hospital after a grave accident, sending her world into a tailspin. As the patient lies in an induced coma, Dr. Harris finds solace in …
Doctor Torres
At 27, Nicole Hunt is a rising star in health and wellness, captivating audiences with her dynamic podcast and entertaining TikTok presence. In a special series for Heart Month, she sets her sights on interviewing some of the nation’s most prominent medical professionals, including the reclusive Dr. Inés Torres. Dr. Torres is a 40-year-old distinguished cardiologist with a reputation as …
Dreaming in Medieval
The Life of Pablo de Santa María and Beyond: A Novel Solomon Ha Levi is the chief rabbi of Burgos, in the Kingdom of Castile, but in 1391, after anti-Jewish riots raged throughout the land, he decided to convert to Christianity. He becomes a priest and takes the name Pablo de Santa María. In time, he is appointed Bishop of …
Blockchain Governance (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
An engaging and comprehensive exploration of how fundamental ideas in political and legal thought shape the governance of blockchain communities, and are, in turn, shaped by blockchain technology. How can digital cash truly be “trustless”? What does it mean that blockchain offers a new paradigm of the “rule of code”? How are decisions made when a blockchain system faces an …
Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders
Product management naturally incorporates empathy, psychology, and thinking outside the box in pursuit of the best design for products. But how often do you apply those same skills to your relationships with people in your company? By breaking the art of stakeholder management into simple lessons and frameworks, this practical book shows product managers how to manage the crucial relationships …
The Neurodivergence Skills Workbook
Written by neurodivergent psychologists for neurodivergent readers. This empowering workbook offers self-compassion skills to help you embrace who you are and thrive. As an autistic person or neurodivergent individual with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you may sometimes feel as if you’re living in a world that wasn’t designed for you. You may have sensory sensitivities, social difficulties, struggles with executive …
The ADHD Workbook for Teen Girls
Understand your unique brain, maximize your strengths, and find the confidence to shine with this engaging workbook—just for you. If you’re a teen girl with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—or suspect you may be—you’ve probably experienced a number of challenges in your life, including struggling in school, difficulty making friends, feeling like you have to be perfect, negative self-talk, fear of …
The Microdose Diet: The 90 Day Plan for More Success, Passion and Happiness
Microdose psychedelics safely and strategically to reach your goals. MORE! The Microdose Diet is your 90-day plan to uplevel your life. Who wouldn’t want MORE out of their life? More success, more money, more happiness, more passion. For most of us, though, this MORE is elusive. No matter how hard you’ve tried, you never seem to get there; there is …
Molly and the Twin Towers
Life in lower Manhattan is normal for Molly, her dads, and younger sister. But on September 11, 2001, everything changes. Molly and her younger sister, Adeline, are at school when the first plane hits the World Trade Center. When the Twin Towers fall, the city is thrown into chaos. Papa, a pilot, is flying, Dad can’t be reached, and Gran, …
Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom
“Common Ground is accessible to teachers at all levels yet firmly rooted in current questions of second language acquisition (SLA). One of its primary strengths is the authors themselves, both of whom are accomplished language teachers who understand the challenges and opportunities in communication-focused language teaching. Their experience, expertise, insight, and enthusiasm for language teaching translate into a book that …
Threshold: How Smart Homes Change Us Inside and Out
An urgent and cautionary examination of the totalizing effect of smart home technology on the lives of those who live in them—and those who don’t Smart homes are here—domestic spaces bristling with networked technologies that appear to enhance work, entertainment, logistics, health, and security. But these technologies may also extract a cost in attention, money, and privacy. In Threshold, communication …
Murder in Yellowstone
Murder, blackmail, and a female werewolf running loose in Yellowstone Park Private investigator Sara Flores has found a lot of missing women since she was turned werewolf. But this case is a mess. A young woman has disappeared. She was seeking evidence her father was murdered 11 years ago… That he didn’t die in a Wyoming snowstorm because he was …
Who is a Worthy Mother
Nearly every person in the United States is affected by adoption. Adoption practices are woven into the fabric of American society and reflect how our nation values human beings, particularly mothers. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, the renewed debate over women’s reproductive rights places an even greater emphasis on adoption. As a …
Doctor Stone
A decade ago, a tragic surgery forever altered the lives of Dr. Jackie Stone and Sarah Taylor. Haunted by the loss of that patient, Dr. Stone has since immersed herself in her work, believing that if she stays busy, she can escape the pain of her past. Sarah Taylor, now a determined intern at Manhattan’s prestigious Watson Memorial Hospital, finds …
Forgetting the Lost
Most children are afraid of the dark. She knows better. Six-year-old Madeline Galloway knows she’s unlikeable. Unlovable. Uncanny. But when she encounters a strange man she believes to be a fallen angel, will her abilities save her life—or ruin it? Set in coastal North Carolina in the 1940s, this powerful novella can be enjoyed as a standalone, or as a …
Unruly Figures
A fascinating look at the lives of twenty rebels and rule-breakers throughout history and what made their contributions to society—in science, politics, art, and more—transformative. By the author and host of the popular Unruly Figures Substack newsletter and podcast. Unruly Figures gives you access to the lives and often untold stories of twenty of history’s most fascinating individuals. Of all …
Werewolf PI Seeks Missing Mom
“I want my mom back for Mother’s Day,” says a 12-year-old girl. Taking this case will cause problems for private investigator (and secret werewolf) Sara Flores. Problems with an evil man who thinks of women like property. Problems with a Sheriff who Sara barely escaped before. Problems with memories of her own mother. Could she turn the case down? Not …
Remote and Hybrid Work – What Everyone Needs to Know
In Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Barbara Z. Larson addresses key questions regarding the contemporary workplace: what is the difference between virtual work and remote work? How common is remote work, and what changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Is there a particular type of person who is better suited for remote work? What are the …
Off Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandries for Living in Outer Space
Can we do better in space than we’ve done here on Earth? We’ve pinpointed the destination, refined the technology, designed the habitat. Are we forgetting something? A timely reminder that it’s not just rocket science, this book explores the all-too-human issues raised by the prospect of settling in outer space. Accordingly, her work highlights the complex ethical challenges that accompany …
Security Chaos Engineering: Sustaining Resilience in Software and Systems
Cybersecurity is broken. Year after year, attackers remain unchallenged and undeterred, while engineering teams feel pressure to design, build, and operate “secure” systems. Failure can’t be prevented, mental models of systems are incomplete, and our digital world constantly evolves. How can we verify that our systems behave the way we expect? What can we do to improve our systems’ resilience? …
192 Days Missing
When a billionaire wants you dead… how do you survive? Alaska Brown hasn’t been seen since she disappeared from a casino parking lot. The cops say she left willingly. The FBI isn’t looking. Private investigator Sara Flores has found nine missing people since she was turned into a werewolf. Her secret gives her an edge, but in this case it …
Navigating Life with Multiple Sclerosis
This book will serve as a practical guide for meeting the challenges of this life-long disease. MS may cause a myriad of symptoms and varies greatly from person to person. The authors demystify MS and offer practical solutions and guidance based upon their extensive combined clinical and research experience. The book tackles many of the common symptoms experienced by the …
If This Is Love
1870. The onset of the Gilded Age. Times are changing, and so are the ideals centered around women, but Kat Darlington’s troubles go much deeper than the world’s inequality, and they occur closer to home. One of five sisters in an affluent Manhattan family, Kat is a passionate young artist who yearns for adventure and a world where women have …
Poster Girl
It’s 1942. America’s at war. Cynical young gossip columnist Jane Benjamin joins FDR’s Office of War Information propaganda unit, aiming to replace big league gossip queen Hedda Hopper and get syndicated across the country. Jane scours the shipyard for a picture perfect Wendy-the-Welder poster girl to boost ship production by coaxing women into the workforce and to get her own …
Werewolf for Hire
Will her first case be her last? Book One (novella) of the Sara Flores, Werewolf P.I. Series Lillian Knudsen, a war vet, amputee, and local shooting range owner, has someone out to kill her, but she’s clueless as to who. Thankfully, she isn’t clueless about where to turn for help. Werewolf Sara Flores got her P.I. license for one reason …
The Artifice of Intelligence
AI is becoming ubiquitous. Whatever its arrival portends for our future, whether riches or ruin, it cannot be avoided. The Artifice of Intelligence explores two questions at the heart of a theological response to AI. Is it possible for human beings to have authentic relationships with an AI? How does the increasing presence of AI change the way humans relate …
Why Tammy Wynette Matters
With hits such as “Stand By Your Man” and “Golden Ring,” Tammy Wynette was an icon of American domesticity and femininity. But there were other sides to the first lady of country. Steacy Easton places the complications of Wynette’s music and her biography in sharp-edged relief, exploring how she made her sometimes-tumultuous life into her work, a transformation that was …
Mass Shootings in America
This work examines mass shootings in the United States, focusing on events from 1966 to 2016. In addition to providing essential information about each shooting, it surveys underlying causes of such events and potential reforms to prevent future ones. This book is an informed and informative resource for understanding the reasons for and consequences of mass shootings in America. It …
Sisters of the Sweetwater Fury
Great Lakes galley cook Sunny Colvin has her hands full feeding a freighter crew seven days a week, nine months a year. She also has a dream—to open a restaurant back home—but knows she’d never convince her husband, the steward, to leave the seafaring life he loves. In Sunny’s Lake Huron hometown, her sister, Agnes Inby, mourns her husband, a …
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