An eclectic mix of essays and articles, Different Times, Different Places tells stories ranging from a young American doctor determined to stop a plague in southern Sudan to the son of a British engineer who styled himself as an "architect of air" and created an industry producing gigantic inflatable structures designed to help people meditate. An African American artist in Austin, Texas probes the depths of African American identity, while billionaire art collectors fly their pri...

That China has long dominated the lower end of the US manufacturing industry is old news. But authors Winter Nie and William Dowell enlighten readers to the looming reality that China’s extending global reach now threatens to squeeze out higher-end manufacturing markets, too--including technology, financial services, transportation, and energy. From the cost-efficiency of the Chinese marketplace, to the country’s strong business relationships and more efficient, fast-paced economy, to the ...

‘Exquisite and deeply felt’ VOGUE‘Beautifully rendered’ GRAZIA‘Magnificent … melds sharp insight with great heart’ NICOLA DINAN‘Thoughtful and beautifully compelling’ ALICE WINNA beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love and space from the award-winning author of the Women’s Prize longlisted Wandering Souls.28 January, 1986: Mom...

Series Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R FreemanHalf of all prescribed medicines are used in a sub-optimal manner and clinicians struggle to find ways of improving the situation. There is a move towards greater partnership with patients, but concordance (shared decision making between patients and healthcare professionals) is a growing challenge for the profession.This practical book offers numerous real life case studies to demonstrate the way the patie...

When evil clowns menace the screen, do we scream or laugh? When zombies converge to tear a victim limb from limb, do we cringe and hide our eyes, or shriek “What??! Play that again!!”? What about those instances when these seemingly opposite reactions happen at once? This is the phenomenon known as sLaughter.Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema: Sidesplitting sLaughter presents the first focused look at the moment in audience reception where screams and laughte...

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • In a dazzling ode to human inventiveness and the desire for meaning, four lives are entangled across time by one unfinished story, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s and destined to ripple across the centuries.“A joy...and a hauntingly beautiful exploration of what makes us human. It kept me up all night!” —MADELINE MILLER, #1 New York Times bestselling...

Brought to you by Penguin.A sweeping story of three generations of women who cross continents and decades to find truth, forgiveness and compassion.Incheon, 1985. A nameless baby is born in a minbak in South Korea and vanishes nine days later.London, 2008. When tragedy strikes, Hana faces ruin. She is forced to move her family – her teenage daughter Ada and ailing mother Youngja – into a single room with her, conver...

Arrival meets Wild Dark Shore in this captivating novel that follows a family over fifty years—a bold and compassionate exploration of the universe around us and what it truly means to be human.“The Radiant Dark is incandescent.” —Sarah Jessica ParkerIt’s March 1980, and Carol Girard and her husband are living an ordinary life in a small town in the Adirondacks. They have just had their first child, and though Car...

For readers of Ann Patchett and Celeste Ng, Penitence is a poignant exploration of love and forgiveness. It’s a suspenseful, addictive audiobook filled with literary insight that compels listeners to consider whether the worst thing we’ve ever done is all that defines us.**"**A deeply engrossing listen that will have you reflecting on guilt and forgiveness.”—Booklist“Plummer is a joy to listen to. ...

**The explosive New York Times bestselling dystopian romance from the author of Conform. After a devastating war, they risked everything to rebuild . . .Perfect for fans of romantasy and dystopian fiction where Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games.'Ariel Sullivan is a writer to watch' – Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses**Twenty-three-year-old Sasha Cadell knows time ...

****Patrick Radden Keefe's new book, London Falling, is on sale now**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION‘Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true’ – Time**In this thrilling story of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal:...

Brought to you by Penguin.When a Victorian fossil hunter discovers a baby pterodactyl, she vows to protect him with the help of a fellow scholar – her former fiancé – in this enchanting and transporting historical fantasy. Perfect for fans of Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries and A Natural History of DragonsMary Anning wants to be a geomagician – a paleontologist who uses fossils to wield magic – but since the Geomagic...