Lina Shtern helped define one of the most important ideas in modern neuroscience: the blood-brain barrier.But her life was also a story of other barriers — borders, languages, exile, Jewish persecution, Soviet ideology, prison walls, and the brutal line between truth and power.Born in the Russian Empire and educated in Geneva, Shtern became the University of Geneva’s first woman professor before moving to the Soviet Union, where she rose to the highest ranks ...

People with ADHD are up to five times more likely to start a business. Forty percent of self-made millionaires are dyslexic. Seventy-two percent of entrepreneurs identify as neurodivergent.So why does every business book assume your brain works like everyone else's?Brains That Build is the first practical entrepreneurship guide written specifically for neurodivergent founders. If you have ADHD, autism, dyslexia, AuDHD, or any combination of neurological differences...

In 1940, as Europe was closing around them, thousands of Jewish refugees stood outside the Japanese consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, holding papers, rumors, and fading hope.Inside the consulate, Chiune Sugihara faced a choice no rulebook could solve. Tokyo had requirements. The refugees did not meet them. The Soviet occupation was tightening. Germany waited to the west. Consulates were closing, borders were hardening, and every delay could become a death sentence.Sugihara was ...

A marathon so chaotic it nearly destroyed the Olympic marathon itself.On August 30, 1904, thirty-two runners lined up in St. Louis for what was supposed to be an Olympic test of endurance. What followed was one of the strangest, most dangerous, and most darkly absurd races in sports history.The course was dusty, hilly, brutally hot, and barely controlled. Water was almost nonexistent—not simply by accident, but because organizers believed restricted hydration...

Darkest Obsession is a spicy BWWM dark romance about sworn enemies on a boarding college campus — a talented hip-hop dancer and an English billionaire.Clover Robinson came to an elite boarding college to escape her past — not to become the center of every rumor on campus. When a ruthless, tattooed crew captain sets his sights on her, walking away isn't an option.Thomas Bainbridge is danger wrapped in privilege: cold, obsessive, and used to ...

Across organisations, AI conversations are everywhere — pilots, tools, productivity, urgency. But stay in those conversations a little longer and something else surfaces: a quieter set of questions about identity, judgement, and worth. Not what can AI do, but what is it doing to us?AI, Anxiety and Authority is about the gap between what organisations say about AI and what their people are experiencing. Drawing on more than twenty years of organisation dev...

‘If you’ve finished Heated Rivalry and want to keep that high going… Look no further!! This book is IT.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐COLD ICE. HOT SECRETSNHL captain Nick Tiernan has always played it safe. He’s responsible for leading his team to victory—and that’s all that matters.Then Matt bursts into Nick’s world. Charismatic, openly gay, and gorgeous, Matt is the frontman of a rock band whose queer euphoria lights up every stage he steps on. Their ch...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud funny” (Los Angeles Times) and “brilliantly original” (Booklist, starred review) novel of a man attempting to navigate a color-coded world.“A rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness.”—The Washington PostWelcome to Chromatacia, where the Colortocracy rules society through a social hierarchy based ...

**The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling *Shades of Grey—*in an EXCLUSIVE EDITION for North American readers, complete with a never-before-published short story“Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett.” —The Independent**Welcome to Chromatacia, where life is strictly regulated by one’s limited col...

“A swoon worthy romance wrapped in courage, solidarity, and queer happiness!”—Mason Deaver, bestselling author of I Wish You All the BestUnionizing his job wasn’t on Eli Goldstein’s summer bucket list—but neither was falling for his irritatingly self-righteous and handsome school rival. Sparks fly on the picket line in this hilarious, coming-of-age rom-com that’s perfect for fans of Jason June, Page Powars, and A.M. Woody!...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •The first novel in the renowned Thursday Next series, which “combines elements of Monty Python, Harry Potter, Stephen Hawking, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (The Wall Street Journal).“A literary wonderland [that] recalls Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker series [and] the works of Lewis Carroll.”–USA TodayMeet Thursday Next, “part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry” (Mi...

A teenage foundling finds herself at the center of a magical prophecy in this humorous fantasy adventure by a New York Times–bestselling author."Fforde's talent for world-building, his skewed sense of humor and his searing satire come through full force."— New York Times Book ReviewIn the good old days, magic was indispensable; it could both save a kingdom and clear a clogged drain.But now magic is fading. Drain clean...