How the cult of capitalism reshaped the American university—and hollowed it out from within.Over the past several decades, American universities have been remade as engines of entrepreneurial ambition. Technology transfer offices, business incubators, pitch competitions, innovation hubs, and leadership centers now sit at the heart of campus life, radically altering how institutions describe their purpose, structure curricula, and imagine student success. The St...

From the New York Times best-selling historian, a portrait of one of America’s most storied military leaders.As general of the Union army and president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant faced problems as grave and demanding as any in the life of the nation: civil war, an ultimately thwarted project of Reconstruction, the early years of the sordid Gilded Age, and the battle for African American rights and freedom. But in life and in death, the general’...

In his follow-up to Uruk: A Novel of the First City , James Zwerneman continues his stunning, action-packed historical adventure series set in ancient Mesopotamia.Jakka has taken his army and Ki , the genius who helped establish Uruk, north to a rich copper mining village to reestablish Magog's empire. He starts building a fort, mining copper, recruiting warriors, growing fields of Ki's wheat, and extracting tribute from ...

The dead are rising. The systems are failing. And somewhere in the darkness, someone is still listening.Caleb Mercer is an overnight emergency dispatcher accustomed to answering people on the worst nights of their lives. Naomi Reyes rebuilds damaged buildings for a living and knows when something cannot be repaired. Neither is prepared for the night the dead begin getting back up.As Madison, Wisconsin collapses around them, hospitals become death traps, eme...

In the second and third centuries, Christian martyr narratives were written to evoke spectacle. In Dying in Style, James Petitfils demonstrates how these accounts transform scenes of suffering into displays that assert the dignity and ethical distinction of Christians during a time of widespread belittlement and persecution.Attending to physicality, clothing, gestures, and facial expressions, Petitfils reads early Christian martyrdom accounts as performative literature cra...

For the first quarter of the twentieth century the names Enos Mills and Estes Park were virtually synonymous. Mills’ base of operations was his rustic mountain inn at the foot of Longs Peak, where he wrote some sixteen books and scores of magazine and newspaper articles familiarizing the nation with the scenic wonders and animal life of the Rocky Mountain West. Rocky Mountain National Park owes its existence to the tenacity and vision of Enos Mills. The straightforward stories Mills told o...

Fully illustrated, this is the first book to examine US Pacific War tactical airpower at its peak, in the last and greatest island campaign, Okinawa.The battle for Okinawa turned out to be the last major campaign of World War II, and the largest amphibious invasion of the Pacific War. After years of improvement, Okinawa saw American tactical aviation at its most effective, yet little has been written about how the huge and complex air operation here was organized a...

A lost letter. A beachfront Christmas. And the love she never expected to find again.Joy Eaton hasn' t decorated a Christmas tree since her husband died. This year, a lost letter— Peter' s forgotten anniversary gift— sends her and her young son, Samuel, back to the beachfront hotel where she and Peter once honeymooned, hoping distance might quiet the ache that home cannot.Instead, a mix-up lands them in a penthouse suite beside Mark Swanson, the hotel' s owne...

In the dynamic sphere of international business, the role of a global manager is more complex and vital than ever. This textbook crucially departs from the typical Western gaze on cross-cultural management, while offering a unique three way viewpoint taking into account the student, theoretical and practitioner perspectives on every issue. Each chapter explores a key area of cross-cultural management, and includes insights from leading practitioners, contemporary case studies and managemen...

Scott Bradley James, like the US Navy in which he serves, is uncertain of the course he sails, both in war and love. While the threat of defeat that loomed over the first half of America’s war against Japan is behind him, much danger lies ahead. Disastrous mistakes can still be made—and they will be. For James and his comrades, their cost will be high indeed—both at sea against a fanatic foe, and on the home front in relations of the heart.Reminiscent of Herman Wouk’s War and R...

In Goodman Village, Dillon Delaney reluctantly takes onhis second murder case when a man, initially thought to be an outsider, is found dead at the village movie night. Driven by his deep belief that in the end only kindness matters, Dillon investigates to bring answers to the victim's family. While navigating a budding romantic subplot, he braves quiet biases and terrifying warnings to ensure a discarded life gets the justice it deserves.

Is cryptocurrency the answer to all our problems? Or, is it just funny money from space?In Both Sides of the Coin, two of the world’s leading ETF analysts cut through the hype and hysteria to deliver a clear, grounded guide for everyday investors. From the downfall of FTX to the launch of the first bitcoin ETFs, this book traces the rise, crashes, and resilience of cryptocurrency.Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart explain how ETFs have transformed c...