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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Into the Crooked Place begins a gritty two-book YA fantasy series from Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom.The streets of Creije are for the deadly and the dreamers, and four crooks in particular know just how much magic they need up their sleeve to survive.Tavia, a busker ready to pack up her dark-magic wares and turn her back on Creije for good. She'll do anything to put her crimes behind her.Wesley, the closest thing...

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...

Moth was doing just fine in the Sunder, happy to forget his days topside, until a figure from his past appears with a puzzling message.He realises how murky his memories have gotten. How restless he feels. Perhaps he wasn't content after all...it was simply easier to forget the pain of the past, and start anew. Now that fate has come calling, he feels the pull in him grow stronger than ever, dragging him back to the surface to face a terrifying reality.Moth and the ...

In 1898, a book of fiction told the story about the sinking of an "unsinkable" Atlantic liner.Fourteen years later, it happened.Someone began to notice the patterns.When Robert Morganson boards the Titanic in April 1912, he carries with him a copy of Futility—a novella whose eerie similarities to the ship's design, voyage, and fate grow more disturbing with every page.A rational man, he resists superstition... but the evidence becomes impos...

Pain is often treatable but doctors, medical professionals, and patients don't understand the intricacies of chronic pain. Millions who suffer from pain become hopeless. With Aches and Gains, Dr. Paul Christo, a Johns Hopkins physician and leading pain specialist sheds new light on what it means to live with and overcome chronic pain. Dr. Christo shares celebrity interviews, including Naomi Judd, Lisa Swayze, Montel Williams, Ally Hilfiger, and Clay Walker, from his Sirius XM radi...