Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this book offers expert insight into the business and management of the FIFA World Cup, arguably the biggest sporting event in the world.The book takes the reader from the initial stages of bidding and hosting decisions, through the planning, organisation, and delivery phases, to assessment of the longer-term legacies of the competition. It introduces the global context in which the World Cup takes place, surveying the history and evo...

Learn to analyze biological data in both Python and R-even if you have never written a line of code.Modern biology runs on data. Whether you are sequencing genomes, surveying ecosystems, or measuring gene expression, turning messy spreadsheets into clear answers is now as essential a lab skill as the pipette. Working with Biological Data in Python and R is the hands-on, beginner-friendly introduction written specifically for biology students and researchers...

Have you ever felt,that there is something higher,or could be something higher than the ordinarυ things of everyday life?In this book,the author shows you,not only from theoretical knowledge,but also from personal experience,what it means to have experiences of another kind and how it can be achieved.By approaching this book with an open mind,you can realise about their nature,and if you are enough,to live them in your own life.

A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and science and technology studies. Though varied in their methodologies, whether ethnography, data analysis, or archival...

Some leaders make headlines. Others make history.For decades, Althea Garrison has remained one of the most fascinating—and overlooked—figures in American politics. Her extraordinary journey from the small town of Hahira, Georgia, to the halls of the Massachusetts State House is a story of perseverance, conviction, and the courage to stand firm when the world demands that you step aside.In Althea: The Politics of Courage, award-winning author Gabriel Christo brings readers i...

AI for a Just World: Power, Liberation, and the People Left Behind examines how contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) systems are reshaping social, political, and economic life and how prevailing narratives of neutrality and efficiency obscure their unequal consequences. Bringing together critical scholarship from across disciplines, this book investigates how AI redistributes power, produces new forms of exclusion, and reconfigures longstanding structures of inequality.

A TIKTOK sensation!An unforgettable dark romantic fantasy novel about the siren with a taste for royal blood and the prince who has sworn to destroy her."Stellar world building and nonstop action will keep readers hooked on this twisted reimagining of 'The Little Mermaid'." - Booklist OnlinePrincess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes ...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThis action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms.Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into t...

Return to the world of TikTok sensation, TO KILL A KINGDOM for a dark and romantic fantasy adventure!In this Rapunzel-inspired fantasy, a young witch, groomed to steal souls for an immortal king, meets the reckless, rebellious boy to whom her fate is tied.For sixteen years, Selestra has been trapped in her tower on the Floating Mountain, preparing to take her mother's place as the King's Witch, who foretells deaths in the Festival ...

**In a world of impossible curses, shadow demons and deadly Fae assassins, who will rule?PRE-ORDER the breath-taking adult romantasy from the bestselling author of To Kill A Kingdom . . .--**THALIA MORROW has only ever known the life of a Scion, guarding the Library and all of the world's curses that are contained within its walls. Until the Library is ransacked, and her brother taken by demons.Desperate to find her only family, Tha...

From Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom, comes The Night Hunt, a dark fantasy romance about a monstrous girl who feeds on fear and the Gods-cursed boy who falls in love with her.Atia is a monster who feeds on fear. As the last of her kind, she hides in the shadows of the world to escape the wrath of the unpredictable Gods. Silas is a Herald, carrying messages and ferrying the dead as punishment for a past he can’t remember. Strippe...

From Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom, comes Princess of Souls, a Rapunzel-inspired YA fantasy romance about a teen witch groomed to steal souls for an immortal king and the reckless, rebellious boy to whom her fate is tied.For sixteen years, Selestra has been trapped in her tower on the Floating Mountain, preparing to take her mother’s place as the King's Witch, who foretells deaths in the Festival of Predictions. Outrunning you...