A SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN STAFF FAVORITEA MARKETPLACE BEST BOOK OF 2025A BOOKSHOP BESTSELLERA TOP 40 MEMOIR ON AMAZON“A really smart memoir about getting strong, inside and out… this book inspired me to take it up a notch and start power-lifting (and I love it).” —Cheryl StrayedAfter an abusive relationship, the death of her father, and a running injury that left her limpin...

In a world where pop-culture is saturated with zombie mania comes... another zombie book... where the word Zombie is only used once. The reader will follow Parker, an ex World War III army medic who must deal with annoying hallucination ghosts, neo government corruption, hot deserts, hords of not-zombies that are totally zombies, and an angry Mexican who is friend but almost kills him.

From the most visible woman writing about weightlifting today, a "profoundly engrossing" memoir and manifesto about how lifting helped dissolve her allegiance to diet culture; taught her to be at home in her body; and led her to grow every kind of strength (Elizabeth Greenwood).In A Physical Education, Casey Johnston recounts how she ventured into the brave new world of weightlifting, leaving behind years of restrictive eating and endless cardio. Woven thr...

This anthology explores tensions between the individualistic artistic ideals and the collective industrial realities of contemporary cultural production with eighteen all-new chapters presenting pioneering empirical research on the complexities and controversies of comics work.Art Spiegelman. Alan Moore. Osamu Tezuka. Neil Gaiman. Names such as these have become synonymous with the medium of comics. Meanwhile, the large numbers of people without whose collective action no comic boo...

"This high-spirited, richly imagined, and brave novel is a delight to read... Smart and hilarious."— Kirkus ReviewsJoyous, fast and funny, Scott Johnston’s Campusland is a satiric howl at today’s elite educational institutions—from safe spaces to tribal infighting to the sheer sanctimony. A wickedly delightful audiobook that may remind you of Tom Wolfe and David Lodge.Her room sucks. Her closet isn’t big enough for ...

A Chronicle of Horrors invites readers on a chilling journey through time—each story an echo from a different decade, where fear evolves but never dies. From crumbling manors and gaslit streets to neon nightmares and haunted futures, this anthology traces the dark pulse of humanity across the ages. Every era has its monsters. Every age leaves its scars.All proceeds will be donated to Scares That Care.

Conclusions are only the beginning.The time has come for three friends, Tonic, Briny, and Facet to face their biggest test, the Conclusions, and decide their futures! It is an exciting time, but it also brings uncertainty. Are they good enough? Are they doing the right thing? How does anyone choose their life's journey? With the help of a mysterious tome from a long lost explorer, the trio sets off on an adventure to truly discover who they are, where they belong, and how powerful ...

Labor and Global Justice: Essays on the Ethics of Labor Practices under Globalization combines conceptual and theoretical perspectives across a multiplicity of relevant differences, both geographical and disciplinary, to develop a transnational perspective on labor and justice. Through its multidisciplinary, transnational approach and its engagement with public policy, the contributors advance urgent contemporary debates around work and clearly demonstrate the necessity of articulating the...

In this innovative title, celebrated trainer and trauma practitioner Laura Khoudari brings a fresh approach to healing after trauma, using strength training as an embodied movement practice. Compassionate, witty, and fastidiously researched, Khoudari's debut, Lifting Heavy Things, is a breakthrough title that will empower and inspire you to develop resilience and build emotional and physical strength through working out with weights, while mindful of the ways that trauma can compr...

From the bestselling author of Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle that will change the way you think about what moves us through the world.“Remarkable ... A singular book about the true meanings of strength and flexibility, about our ability to define who we are and who we might be.”—Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain Multi...

A celebrated strength trainer and trauma practitioner offers a fresh and empowering approach to healing and thriving after trauma.In this innovative title, celebrated trainer and trauma practitioner Laura Khoudari brings a fresh approach to healing after trauma, using strength training as an embodied movement practice. Compassionate, witty and fastidiously researched, Khoudari’s debut, Lifting Heavy Things, is a breakthrough title that will empower and inspire you to develop resili...

A black porter publicly whips a white English gentleman in a Gloucestershire manor house. A heavily pregnant African woman is abandoned on an Indonesian island by Sir Francis Drake. A Mauritanian diver is despatched to salvage lost treasures from the Mary Rose . . . Miranda Kaufmann reveals the absorbing stories of some of the Africans who lived free in Tudor England.From long-forgotten records, remarkable characters emerge. They were baptised, married, and buried by the Church of ...