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Changing Dimensions of Financial Services and Banking Regulation: Cases and Perspectives from India within an International Context
by Vasant C. JoshiThis book provides a review and preview of important emerging challenges facing financial regulators across the globe ranging from Federal Reserve (USA) to the Bank of Japan. It takes a perspective to anticipate where these challenges lie. Wherever appropriate, the book further examines these matters in the Indian context. Anticipating that central banks will be dealing with the after-effects of &“do what it takes&” monetary policy adopted during and after the financial crisis brought about by the pandemic, the book explores through its eleven chapters topics such as -- a balanced assessment of risk management with a particular focus on Basel III; a discussion on large technology, digital finance, and digital insurance; climate change and its attendant risks; cyber-crime; cryptocurrencies; impact of pandemic, bankruptcy, and so on. The book is aimed at banks staff, regulators, and accountancy firms as well as at graduate and post-graduate students specializing in economics, commerce,finance, and management.
E-Business. Generative Artificial Intelligence and Management Transformation: 24th Wuhan International Conference on E-business, WHICEB 2025, Guangzhou, China, June 6–8, 2025, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #549)
by Maomao Chi Yiliu Paul TuThe three-volume set LNBIP 549 - 551 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Wuhan International Conference on E-Business, WHICEB 2025, which was held in Guangzhou, China, during June 6-8, 2025. The total of 92 papers included in the proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 324 submissions. The papers have been organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Artificial Intelligence and New Ways of Working; Conversational Artificial Intelligence and Information Behavior; Data Analytics and Digital Governance; Data Intelligence and Social Computing on Digital Platforms; Digital Enablement and Digital Governance; Digital Innovation and Social Impact; Part II: Digital Technologies for Sustainable Development; Disruptive Technologies and Digital Transformation; E-business Strategy and Online Marketing; Emerging e-Commerce Initiatives Enables by Advanced Technologies; Engaging Technologies; Part III: Generative AI-enhanced Risk Analytics and Modelling; Healthcare Service and IT Management; Human-AI Integration in Organizations; Next-Gen Technologies and Social Commerce; Privacy and Security in Artificial Intelligence Generated Content; Transformative Digital Innovations: Education, Sports, and Entertainment; and General IS and Digital Business Topics.
American Government: Power & Purpose (Eighteenth Edition)
by Benjamin Ginsberg Theodore J. Lowi Stephen Ansolabehere Kenneth A. Shepsle Hahrie HanThe gold standard analytical approach, reimagined for today’s students With its star-powered scholar author team, led by the newest co-author Hahrie Han, and innovative Five Principles of Politics Framework, Power and Purpose prepares students to analyze contemporary politics in the book and in the real world. Hahrie Han brings the collective action principle into focus, with expanded coverage in the Eighteenth Edition. The Norton Illumine Ebook's new Check Your Understanding questions, together with InQuizitive, engage students in applying the Five Principles framework to American politics. This purchase offers access to the digital ebook only.
Governing Texas (Seventh Edition)
by Jason P. Casellas Anthony Champagne Edward J. Harpham Jennifer Hayes ClarkThe #1 book, with a new chapter on media and the most engaging digital learning experience The best-selling book for Texas government courses provides accessible, comprehensive coverage of how Texas government works, and includes vivid examples that illustrate the dynamism and relevance of Texas politics today. Written by an author team of engaged instructors who are active in political science, experienced in the classroom, and passionate about Texas politics, the Seventh Edition adds an exciting new chapter on Public Opinion and the Media, exploring the interplay between public opinion and public policy in Texas and the role that national and local media play in Texas politics. The Norton Illumine Ebook highlights the book’s key strengths with new videos and interactive features designed to engage students in the content, help them think critically, and keep them focused on chapter learning goals. This purchase offers access to the digital ebook only.
American Government: A Brief Introduction (Eighteenth Edition)
by Benjamin Ginsberg Theodore J. Lowi Stephen Ansolabehere Kenneth A. Shepsle Hahrie HanNew case-study framework brings American government to life. In the Eighteenth Edition, co-author Hahrie Han introduces an innovative new case-study framework that helps students see their own significance in the political system. Each chapter opens with a real-life example of a person whose engagement with government provides insights on a key question: If, when, and how do people matter in the American political system? The case is then woven through the chapter to introduce key concepts, and help students understand the significance of how the American political system affects our lives. Additional features and pedagogy in the Norton Illumine Ebook help students make sense of data—a long-standing hallmark of the book—and see how they can use evidence to answer questions about American government. This purchase offers access to the digital ebook only.
Race in America (Third Edition)
by Mustafa Emirbayer Matthew Desmond Karida Brown Victor RayThe most intersectional book equips students to engage with the most urgent issues of our time In the first edition of Race in America, Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer introduced a groundbreaking intersectional approach framed around social spheres. In the second edition, the authors built on this success with new examples and features in the text to help students see the “big picture” and how they can participate in the fight for racial equality. In this thoroughly revised third edition, new coauthors Karida Brown (Emory University) and Victor Ray (University of Iowa) employ their research and teaching experience to engage students in today’s most relevant issues surrounding race and racism. The unmatched media program for this book has been expanded to include the engaging Norton Illumine Ebook, which features embedded documentary film clips, Dynamic Data Figures, and comprehension questions. This purchase offers access to the digital ebook only.
A Scatter of Light
by Malinda Lo&“Full of yearning, ponderances about art and what it means to be an artist, and self-revelation, A Scatter of Light has a simmering intensity that makes it hard to put down."—NPR An Instant New York Times BestsellerLast Night at the Telegraph Club author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful queer coming-of-age story, this time set against the backdrop of the first major Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage. Aria Tang West was looking forward to a summer on Martha&’s Vineyard with her best friends—one last round of sand and sun before college. But after a graduation party goes wrong, Aria&’s parents exile her to California to stay with her grandmother, artist Joan West. Aria expects boredom, but what she finds is Steph Nichols, her grandmother&’s gardener. Soon, Aria is second-guessing who she is and what she wants to be, and a summer that once seemed lost becomes unforgettable—for Aria, her family, and the working-class queer community Steph introduces her to. It&’s the kind of summer that changes a life forever.And almost sixty years after the end of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, A Scatter of Light also offers a glimpse into Lily and Kath&’s lives since 1955.
You Started It
by Jackie KhaliliehBetter Than the Movies meets Olivia Rodrigo's Sour in a new YA romance novel from Something More author, Jackie Khalilieh.Seventeen-year-old Jamie Taher-Foster has big plans for senior year. She's made a list of things and places in Toronto she and her boyfriend of three years, Ben Cameron, need to check off before graduating. And the biggest plan of all: a very special night for the two of them at the upcoming Winter Formal. But then Ben arrives back home after a summer away with an unthinkable announcement: he wants to break up.And when Jamie discovers him with Olivia Chen the next day, she is determined to get him back. Even if that means fake dating the younger, curly-haired, TikTok dancer Axel Dahini, whose bicycle she accidentally ran over. Though she and Axel have nothing in common aside from their shared Arab heritage — she's a messy, type A with anxiety; he's carefree but meticulous — their forced time together brings them to better understand one another. And for Jamie, it just might mean learning that not all experiences or people need to be crossed off a list."You Started It is honest, wise, and wholeheartedly romantic, starring a cast of endearingly flawed characters who feel like real friends. A total delight." —Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda&“A true joy to read. Earnest and effortlessly charming, You Started It embodies everything I adore about YA rom-coms. Jackie Khalilieh has such a talent for writing nuanced characters you can&’t help but laugh with, cry with, and root for.&” —Ann Liang, New York Times bestselling author of I Hope This Doesn&’t Find You
How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir
by Molly Jong-FastInstant New York Times Bestseller &“With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, Jong-Fast achieves the memoir&’s transformative work of alchemy, arming us all with lines so good you won&’t just want to underline them, you will want to cut them out to share.&” —The Washington Post &“This raw, intimate memoir is a stunning portrait of difficult relationships and how we survive them.&” —People &“Molly Jong-Fast&’s memoir is mesmerizing, intimate, wise, unputdownable, crazily honest, heartbreaking, funny, illuminating—beautiful and painful at the same time, just like real life.&” —Anne Lamott From the political writer and podcaster, a ferociously honest and disarmingly funny memoir about her elusive mother&’s encroaching dementia and a reckoning with her complicated childhoodMolly Jong-Fast is the only child of a famous woman, writer Erica Jong, whose sensational book Fear of Flying launched her into second-wave feminist stardom. She grew up yearning for a connection with her dreamy, glamorous, just out of reach mother, who always seemed to be heading somewhere that wasn&’t with Molly. When, in 2023, Erica was diagnosed with dementia just as Molly&’s husband discovered he had a rare cancer, Jong-Fast was catapulted into a transformative year.How to Lose Your Mother is a compulsively readable memoir about an intense mother–daughter relationship, a sometimes chaotic upbringing with a fame-hungry parent, and the upheavals that challenge our hard-won adulthood. A pitch-perfect balance of acceptance and rage, humor and heart, How to Lose Your Mother tells a universal story of loss alongside a singular story of a literary life. This is a memoir that will stand alongside the classics of the genre.
Empty Smiles (Small Spaces Quartet #4)
by Katherine ArdenNew York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden thrills once again in the finale to the critically acclaimed, bone-chilling quartet that began with Small Spaces.It&’s been three months since Ollie made a daring deal with the smiling man to save those she loved, and then vanished without a trace. The smiling man promised Coco, Brian and Phil, that they&’d have a chance to save her, but as time goes by, they begin to worry that the smiling man has lied to them and Ollie is gone forever. But finally, a clue surfaces. A boy who went missing at a nearby traveling carnival appears at the town swimming hole, terrified and rambling. He tells anyone who'll listen about the mysterious man who took him. How the man agreed to let him go on one condition: that he deliver a message. Play if you dare. Game on! The smiling man has finally made his move. Now it&’s Coco, Brian, and Phil&’s turn to make theirs. And they know just where to start. The traveling carnival is coming to Evansburg.Meanwhile, Ollie is trapped in the world behind the mist, learning the horrifying secrets of the smiling man's carnival, trying everything to help her friends find her. Brian, Coco and Phil will risk everything to rescue Ollie—but they all soon realize this game is much more dangerous than the ones before. This time the smiling man is playing for keeps.The summer nights are short, and Ollie, Coco, Brian, and Phil have only until sunrise to beat him once and for all—or it&’s game over for everyone.
Across So Many Seas
by Ruth BeharNEWBERY HONOR WINNERSYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD HONOR WINNER "As lyrical as it is epic, Across So Many Seas reminds us that while the past may be another country, it's also a living, breathing song of sadness and joy that helps define who we are." --Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.In 1492, during the Spanish Inquisition, Benvenida and her family are banished from Spain for being Jewish, and must flee the country or be killed. They journey by foot and by sea, eventually settling in Istanbul.Over four centuries later, in 1923, shortly after the Turkish war of independence, Reina&’s father disowns her for a small act of disobedience. He ships her away to live with an aunt in Cuba, to be wed in an arranged marriage when she turns fifteen.In 1961, Reina&’s daughter, Alegra, is proud to be a brigadista, teaching literacy in the countryside for Fidel Castro. But soon Castro&’s crackdowns force her to flee to Miami all alone, leaving her parents behind.Finally, in 2003, Alegra&’s daughter, Paloma, is fascinated by all the journeys that had to happen before she could be born. A keeper of memories, she&’s thrilled by the opportunity to learn more about her heritage on a family trip to Spain, where she makes a momentous discovery.Though many years and many seas separate these girls, they are united by a love of music and poetry, a desire to belong and to matter, a passion for learning, and their longing for a home where all are welcome. And each is lucky to stand on the shoulders of their courageous ancestors.
Where Is Yellowstone? (Where Is?)
by Sarah Fabiny Who HQWhich famous national park features a geyser that shoots water 185 feet into the air and thousands of American bison? Journey into the history of Yellowstone and its famous wildlife, canyons, rivers, forests, and more in this illustrated book for young readers! From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map!Established in 1857 as the first national park in the United States, Yellowstone has been drawing visitors to its beautiful landscape for over 150 years. Before it became a national park, the region was home to Native Americans for over 11,000 years, including the Shoshone, Lakota, Crow, Blackfoot, Flathead, Bannok, and Nez Perce tribes. Today, tourists come to the park from all over the world to camp and to visit the famous Old Faithful geyser and the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest super volcano in North America. The many animals that live in Yellowstone include bison, black and grizzly bears, elk, wolves, and more than three hundred species of birds. Yellowstone is so large that it has land in three different states -- Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Learn the rich history of one of America's most beloved national parks in this book perfect for young explorers.
The Legacies
by Jessica Goodman"Our new favorite thriller." – COSMOPOLITAN A glitzy YA thriller set in New York City elite social circles, filled with backstabbing and blackmail, twisty secrets, and a dead body, from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman.Perfect for fans of Euphoria, Holly Jackson, and Jessica Knoll.An invitation for membership to the exclusive Legacy Club in New York City is more than an honor. It gives lifetime access to power and wealth beyond any prep school doors, as Legacy Club members always look out for their own. That is, after you make it through a rigorous week of events and the extravagant gala, the Legacy Ball.It&’s not surprising when Excelsior Prep seniors Bernie Kaplan, Isobel Rothcroft, and Skyler Hawkins are nominated as Legacies; their family pedigrees have assured their membership since birth—even if they're all keeping secrets that could destroy their reputations. But scholarship kid from Queens Tori Tasso is the surprise nominee no one saw coming. She&’s never fit in this world of designer bags, penthouse apartments, and million-dollar donations. So what did she do to secure her place?The evening of the Legacy Ball arrives, and everyone expects a night of luxury and excess, haute couture, and plenty of hushed gossip.No one expects their secrets to come out.Or for someone to die trying to keep them hidden.
Eagle Strike (Alex Rider #4)
by Anthony HorowitzAlex Rider is now an IMDb TV/Amazon Original Series!Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author! Sir Damian Cray is a philanthropist, peace activist, and the world's most famous pop star. But still it's not enough. He needs more if he is to save the world. Trouble is, only Alex Rider recognizes that it's the world that needs saving from Sir Damian Cray. Underneath the luster of glamour and fame lies a twisted mind, ready to sacrifice the world for his beliefs. But in the past, Alex has always had the backing of the government. This time, he's on his own. Can one teenager convince the world that the most popular man on earth is a madman bent on destruction--before time runs out?
Change of Heart
by Falon BallardA workaholic is faced with striving for the one goal she never wanted: love.Campbell Andrews despises exactly three things in life: incompetence, tardiness, and love stories. Making partner at her law firm at thirty-four, she has no time for anything or anyone else. And certainly no respect for those who choose love over work. That is, until she wakes up in Heart Springs—her own personal hell.The good news? She&’s not dead. She&’s been magically transported to a small town straight out of the Hallmark channel, complete with a meddling mayor, seasonal festivals, and friendly townsfolk. Cam can&’t stand it, but in order to make it back to her real life, she has to fulfill three tasks . . . foremost among them, experience true love. It seems impossible. But anything&’s possible with a change of heart.
Rachel Calof's Story: Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains
by Rachel Calof"Calof's [story] has the 'electricity' one occasionally finds in primary sources. It is powerful, shocking, and primitive, with the kind of appeal primary sources often attain without effort. . . . it is a strong addition to the literature of women's experience on the frontier." —Lillian SchlisselIn 1894, eighteen-year-old Rachel Bella Kahn travelled from Russia to the United States for an arranged marriage to Abraham Calof, an immigrant homesteader in North Dakota. Rachel Calof's Story combines her memoir of a hard pioneering life on the prairie with scholarly essays that provide historical and cultural background and show her narrative to be both unique and a representative western tale. Her narrative is riveting and candid, laced with humor and irony.The memoir, written by Rachel Bella Calof in 1936, recounts aspects of her childhood and teenage years in a Jewish community, (shtetl) in Russia, but focuses largely on her life between 1894 and 1904, when she and her husband carved out a life as homesteaders. She recalls her horror at the hardships of pioneer life—especially the crowding of many family members into the 12 x 14' dirt-floored shanties that were their first dwellings. "Of all the privations I knew as a homesteader," says Calof, "the lack of privacy was the hardest to bear." Money, food, and fuel were scarce, and during bitter winters, three Calof households—Abraham and Rachel with their growing children, along with his parents and a brother's family—would pool resources and live together (with livestock) in one shanty.Under harsh and primitive conditions, Rachel Bella Calof bore and raised nine children. The family withstood many dangers, including hailstorms that hammered wheat to the ground and flooded their home; droughts that reduced crops to dust; blinding snowstorms of plains winters. Through it all, however, Calof drew on a humor and resolve that is everywhere apparent in her narrative. Always striving to improve her living conditions, she made lamps from dried mud, scraps of rag, and butter; plastered the cracked wood walls of her home with clay; supplemented meagre supplies with prairie forage—wild mushrooms and garlic for a special supper, dry grass for a hot fire to bake bread. Never sentimental, Caolf's memoir is a vital historical and personal record.J. Sanford Rikoon elaborates on the history of Jewish settlement in the rural heartland and the great tide of immigration from the Russian Pale of Settlement and Eastern Europe from 1880–1910. Elizabeth Jameson examines how Calof "writes from the interior spaces of private life, and from that vantage point, reconfigures more familiar versions of the American West." Jameson also discusses how the Calofs adapted Jewish practices to the new contingencies of North Dakota, maintaining customs that represented the core of their Jewish identity, reconstructing their "Jewishness" in new circumstances.
Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin and Free
by Susan Peirce Thompson PhDA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBright Line Eating has helped thousands of people from over 75 countries lose all their excess weight and keep it off. Are you ready to join them?In this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and biology, Bright Line Eating explains why people who are desperate to lose weight fail again and again:It&’s because the brain blocks weight loss.Bright Line Eating (BLE) is a simple approach designed to reverse that process. By working with four &“Bright Lines&” — clear, unambiguous, boundaries — Susan Peirce Thompson shows us how to heal our brain and shift it into a mode where it is ready to shed pounds, release cravings, and stop sabotaging our weight loss goals.Best of all, it is a program that understands that willpower cannot be relied on, and sets us up to be successful anyway.Through the lens of Susan&’s own moving story, and those of her Bright Lifers, you&’ll discover firsthand why traditional diet and exercise plans have failed in the past. You&’ll also learn about the role addictive susceptibility plays in your personal weight-loss journey, where cravings come from, how to rewire your brain so they disappear, and more. Susan guides you through the phases of Bright Line Eating —from weight loss to maintenance and beyond —and offers a dynamic food plan that will work for anyone, whether you&’re vegan, gluten-free, paleo, or none of the above.Bright Line Eating frees us from the obesity cycle and introduces a radical plan for sustainable weight loss. It&’s a game changer in a game that desperately needs changing.&“Bright Line Eating ushers in an end to cravings, an end to dieting, an end to that constant, exhausting, soul-sucking loop in your head about food and calories and pounds. . . . Living Happy, Thin, and Free is your birthright.&” — Susan Peirce Thompson
Machine Learning for Business Analytics: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications in Python
by Galit Shmueli Peter C. Bruce Nitin R. Patel Peter GedeckMachine Learning for Business Analytics: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications in Python is a comprehensive introduction to and an overview of the methods that underlie modern AI. This best-selling textbook covers both statistical and machine learning (AI) algorithms for prediction, classification, visualization, dimension reduction, rule mining, recommendations, clustering, text mining, experimentation, network analytics and generative AI. Along with hands-on exercises and real-life case studies, it also discusses managerial and ethical issues for responsible use of machine learning techniques. This is the second Python edition of Machine Learning for Business Analytics. This edition also includes: A new chapter on generative AI (large language models or LLMs, and image generation)An expanded chapter on deep learningA new chapter on experimental feedback techniques including A/B testing, uplift modeling, and reinforcement learningA new chapter on responsible data scienceUpdates and new material based on feedback from instructors teaching MBA, Masters in Business Analytics and related programs, undergraduate, diploma and executive courses, and from their studentsA full chapter of cases demonstrating applications for the machine learning techniquesEnd-of-chapter exercises with dataA companion website with more than two dozen data sets, and instructor materials including exercise solutions, slides, and case solutions This textbook is an ideal resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate level courses in AI, data science, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is also an excellent reference for analysts, researchers, and data science practitioners working with quantitative data in management, finance, marketing, operations management, information systems, computer science, and information technology.
Adaptive Tai Chi: An Accessible Practice for Empowering Body and Mind
by Zibin GuoA simple and inclusive Tai Chi program, completely modifiable with helpful illustrations, that empowers people of all physical abilities to experience the transformative qualities of this art. Includes sequences for standing/moving, stationary standing, seated, and wheelchair.In Tai Chi Chuan, the traditional Chinese martial and healing art, we learn to overcome challenges by empowering the mind and transforming the body. Adaptive Tai Chi offers an innovative approach that speaks to this powerful idea and makes Tai Chi accessible and beneficial to people with a range of physical conditions or ambulatory impairment.The slow, circular, flowing, and graceful movements of Tai Chi require little space and no equipment, making it an ideal practice for people with different physical abilities (it&’s been included in the Paralympics since 2008). Adaptive Tai Chi introduces readers to the culture, philosophy, and physiology of Tai Chi—and gives readers four completely illustrated practices, each modified for different physical abilities, including conventional standing/moving, stationary standing, seated, and wheelchair sequences.Along with the complete illustrated adaptive Tai Chi sequences, Guo includes notes and philosophical insights into each practice. The complete program offered in Adaptive Tai Chi allows everyone to access the profound benefits of Tai Chi practice.
The Joy of Connections: 100 Ways to Beat Loneliness and Live a Happier and More Meaningful Life
by Dr. Ruth K. WestheimerNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In Dr. Ruth&’s final book, the iconic therapist offers an urgent guide to combating loneliness with 100 ways to increase connectivity right now, based on insights from her life story and her unparalleled career.&“Dr. Ruth&’s strategies are essential for building the kinds of bonds that will reduce loneliness and transform lives.&”—Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness ProjectWhen Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm that loneliness &“represents an urgent public health concern&”—exacerbated by social media overuse, the residual effects of the pandemic, and the lack of meaningful relationships—trusted therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer knew that her unique perspective and expertise could help. Long beloved for breaking stigmas around sexual problems, Dr. Ruth made it her mission to help individuals break free from the bonds of hopelessness and isolation.We are social animals. We have a shared desire to connect and create lasting relationships with the people around us. But the heaviness of loneliness can make this feel impossible. Dr. Ruth, with Emmy Award–winning journalist Allison Gilbert and longtime collaborator Pierre Lehu, tackles the subject with compassion and her trademark no-nonsense approach. She provides practical and creative strategies for finding friends, community, and intimacy. And it&’s anchored by Dr. Ruth&’s own story, from the horrific loneliness of losing her family in the Holocaust to living in an orphanage to rebuilding her life in America and eventually becoming a world-renowned sex therapist.With 100 concrete and innovative opportunities that can be put to use immediately, The Joy of Connections isn&’t only an action-oriented guidebook on overcoming loneliness from one of the most well-respected therapists of our time; it&’s also the vital kick in the pants we all need in order to start seeking—and finding—deep and lasting human connections.
Artificial Wisdom: A Novel
by Thomas R. WeaverIn this propulsive near-future thriller, a journalist uncovers a plot that will upend the order of our world, involving a mysterious murder, a global political battle between a human politician and an AI, and the fight for survival in a climate-ravaged landscape.In 2050, investigative journalist Marcus Tully is still grieving the loss of his wife and unborn child in the deadly heatwave that struck the Persian Gulf ten years ago.Now, the world is both burning and drowning, and the decision has been taken to elect a global leader to steer humanity through the worsening climate apocalypse. The final two candidates are ex-US president Lockwood, and Solomon, an Artificial Intelligence.As election day races closer, Tully begins to unravel a conspiracy that goes to the highest level. Then Solomon&’s creator is murdered, and Tully is pulled in to find the culprit.As the two investigations intertwine in ways he could never have imagined and the world hurtles ever closer to the brink, Tully must find the truth, convince the world to face it and make impossible choices to secure the future of the species.But will humanity ultimately choose salvation over freedom, whatever the cost?
The Lost Story: A Novel
by Meg ShafferNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspired by C. S. Lewis&’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game.&“This is the book you&’ve been waiting for.&”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls and the North Bath TrilogyAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAs boys, best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell went missing in a vast West Virginia state forest, only to mysteriously reappear six months later with no explanation for where they&’d gone or how they&’d survived. Fifteen years after their miraculous homecoming, Rafe is a reclusive artist who still bears scars inside and out but has no memory of what happened during those months. Meanwhile, Jeremy has become a famed missing persons&’ investigator. With his uncanny abilities, he is the one person who can help vet tech Emilie Wendell find her sister, who vanished in the very same forest as Rafe and Jeremy.Jeremy alone knows the fantastical truth about the disappearances, for while the rest of the world was searching for them, the two missing boys were in a magical realm filled with impossible beauty and terrible danger. He believes it is there that they will find Emilie&’s sister. However, Jeremy has kept Rafe in the dark since their return for his own inscrutable reasons. But the time for burying secrets comes to an end as the quest for Emilie&’s sister begins. The former lost boys must confront their shared past, no matter how traumatic the memories. Alongside the headstrong Emilie, Rafe and Jeremy must return to the enchanted world they called home for six months—for only then can they get back everything and everyone they&’ve lost.
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
by Brené Brown Tarana BurkeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox, Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Brown, and moreNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND BOOKRIOTIt started as a text between two friends.Tarana Burke, founder of the &‘me too.&’ Movement, texted researcher and writer Brené Brown to see if she was free to jump on a call. Brené assumed that Tarana wanted to talk about wallpaper. They had been trading home decorating inspiration boards in their last text conversation so Brené started scrolling to find her latest Pinterest pictures when the phone rang.But it was immediately clear to Brené that the conversation wasn&’t going to be about wallpaper. Tarana&’s hello was serious and she hesitated for a bit before saying, &“Brené, you know your work affected me so deeply, but as a Black woman, I&’ve sometimes had to feel like I have to contort myself to fit into some of your words. The core of it rings so true for me, but the application has been harder.&”Brené replied, &“I&’m so glad we&’re talking about this. It makes sense to me. Especially in terms of vulnerability. How do you take the armor off in a country where you&’re not physically or emotionally safe?&”Long pause.&“That&’s why I&’m calling,&” said Tarana. &“What do you think about working together on a book about the Black experience with vulnerability and shame resilience?&”There was no hesitation.Burke and Brown are the perfect pair to usher in this stark, potent collection of essays on Black shame and healing. Along with the anthology contributors, they create a space to recognize and process the trauma of white supremacy, a space to be vulnerable and affirm the fullness of Black love and Black life.
The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
by Stefan Timmermans Pamela Prickett&“A rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity.&”—Matthew Desmond, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Poverty, by America&“A work of grace . . . Both cleareyed and disturbing, yet pulsing with empathy.&”—The New York Times (Editors&’ Choice)FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE • ONE OF THE ATLANTIC&’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • AN NPR AND BOOKPAGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFor centuries, people who died destitute or alone were buried in potters&’ fields—a Dickensian end that even the most hard-pressed families tried to avoid. Today, more and more relatives are abandoning their dead, leaving it to local governments to dispose of the bodies. Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? And what is the meaning of life if your death doesn&’t matter to others?In this extraordinary work of narrative nonfiction, eight years in the making, sociologists Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans uncover a hidden social world. They follow four individuals in Los Angeles, tracing the twisting, poignant paths that put each at risk of going unclaimed, and introducing us to the scene investigators, notification officers, and crematorium workers who care for them when no one else will.The Unclaimed lays bare the difficult truth that anyone can be abandoned. It forces us to confront a variety of social ills, from the fracturing of families and the loneliness of cities to the toll of rising inequality. But it is also filled with unexpected moments of tenderness. In Boyle Heights, a Mexican American neighborhood not far from the glitter of Hollywood, hundreds of strangers come together each year to mourn the deaths of people they never knew. These ceremonies, springing up across the country, reaffirm our shared humanity and help mend our frayed social fabric.Beautifully crafted and profoundly empathetic, The Unclaimed urges us to expand our circle of caring—in death and in life.
The Politics of Global Ocean Regions (Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security)
by Christian Bueger Rebecca Strating Elizabeth MendenhallThe oceans are not just vast expanses of blue, but dynamic political spaces shaped by complex regional dynamics. In this fascinating study, the authors advance a novel analytical framework for the study of the politics of global ocean regions. They shed new light on the complex interactions in ocean spaces such as the Arctic, Indo-Pacific or Indian Ocean. Written by leading experts in different ocean regions, the book demonstrates how important, yet diverse and complex regional maritime politics are. Its emphasis on the emergence, organization, and effects of global ocean regions provides a useful framework for guiding future research. The book will be essential reading for students and analysts interested in regionalism, the oceans, and the governance of global commons.