Frozen mammals of the Ice Age, preserved for millennia in the tundra, have been a source of fascination and mystery since their first discovery over two centuries ago. The 1979 find of a frozen, extinct steppe bison in an Alaskan gold mine allowed paleontologist Dale Guthrie to undertake the first scientific excavation of an Ice Age mummy in North America and to test theories about these enigmatic frozen fauna. In this brilliant remaking of the death of a wooly bison over 36,000 years ago,...

I swore to myself that I’d never cross that line with her.But when Savannah Monroe, my chief operations officer, shows up on my doorstep with a proposition that starts with her in my lap and a promise of *just this once…*breaking the rules suddenly seems so enticing.At fifteen years my junior and the smartest woman I’ve ever met, she’s by far the greatest asset at Baxley Tech.From the moment I hired her, we had a connection—as friends, as a mentor.

He warned me he'd ruin me, but I begged him to anyway.I**'ve always been the good girl. The one who follows the rules, colors inside the lines, never makes waves.**But there's more to me than anyone knows. A hunger. A desire to break free and finally live.And then I met him. Cyrus Gates.Billionaire. My ethics professor. The most ruthless CEO in Chicago.When his dark eyes lock with mine, something electric passes between us—s...

My dad's teammate needs a nanny and I need a job. Sounds perfect, right? Except for my massive crush on him . . . the one he knows all about.LarsI just found out I’m a dad. My one-night stand dropped a baby bombshell in my local bar where I was celebrating my team’s win. Then she fled, leaving me holding my new daughter. Thank God for Adeline. The daughter of my teammate and closest friend on the Chicago Rebels, she practically raised her little sister and ...

She built a school no man would control. He built an empire by never surrendering control.In Gilded Age Chicago, Evelyn Price has staked everything on the academy she founded for Black girls—a place where education means independence, dignity, and a future no one else gets to dictate.Then Nathaniel Brooks enters her life.Wealthy, powerful, and accustomed to solving problems with money and influence, Nathaniel offers the school the financial security Evelyn desperate...

He still sees me as a little girl… it’s time to introduce him to the woman I’ve become.BlairResolving never to be under anyone’s thumb again, I leave my controlling, uber-rich father. My studio apartment is sketchy and my job pays minimum wage, but I can finally be myself. Then a chance meeting with my father’s hunky-as-hell billionaire business partner, Dalton Barnes, leaves me reeling. I’m convinced my teenage crush can ...

When people imagine 1920s Chicago, they usually (and justifiably) think of Al Capone, speakeasies, gang wars, flappers and flivvers. Yet this narrative overlooks the crucial role the Windy City played in the modernization of America. The city's incredible ethnic variety and massive building boom gave it unparalleled creative space, as design trends from Art Deco skyscrapers to streamlined household appliances reflected Chicago's unmistakable style. The emergence of mass media in the 1920s ...

In Argentina, tango isn’t just the national music—it’s a national brand. But ask any contemporary Argentine if they ever really listen to it and chances are the answer is no: tango hasn’t been popular for more than fifty years. In this book, Morgan James Luker explores that odd paradox by tracing the many ways Argentina draws upon tango as a resource for a wide array of economic, social, and cultural—that is to say, non-musical—projects. In doing so, he illuminates new facets of all musica...

We live in an age of media saturation, where with a few clicks of the remote—or mouse—we can tune in to programming where the facts fit our ideological predispositions. But what are the political consequences of this vast landscape of media choice? Partisan news has been roundly castigated for reinforcing prior beliefs and contributing to the highly polarized political environment we have today, but there is little evidence to support this claim, and much of what we know about the impact o...

An essential look at how and why backlash movements are inherent to US policymaking.The most successful policies not only solve problems. They also build supportive coalitions. Yet, sometimes, policies trigger backlash and mobilize opposition. Although backlash is not a new phenomenon, today’s political landscape is distinguished by the frequency and pervasiveness of backlash in nearly every area of US policymaking, from abortion rights to the Affordable Care Act.

It has been called the last great American sports story, a quest that has spanned more than a century and captivated millions of fans. In 2016, the Chicago Cubs were at last baseball's champions, breaking the Curse of the Billy Goat and shedding the label of "lovable losers" once and for all. Led by manager Joe Maddon and built around rising stars Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, the Cubs brought the Fall Classic back to the ivy-covered confines of Wrigley Field for the first time since 1945...

Today people all over the globe invoke the concept of culture to make sense of their world, their social interactions, and themselves. But how did the culture concept become so ubiquitous? In this ambitious study, Andrew Sartori closely examines the history of political and intellectual life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Bengal to show how the concept can take on a life of its own in different contexts.Sartori weaves the narrative of Bengal’s embrace of culturalism into a wor...