Perfect for fans of Ben Winters and Cory Doctorow. In this thrilling near-future novel, the secret to eternal life is closely guarded by people who will do anything to protect it--even if it means destroying everything in their path.Set in Washington D.C. in the near future, climate change has hit hard, fires are burning, unemployment is high, and controversial longevity treatments are only available to the very rich. Enter resourceful young police detective, Jen B...

Margaret Atwood meets Raymond Chandler meets Greta Thunberg: Jen Lu is back on the case when the death of a lawyer sparks an even more intriguing mystery in Michael Kaufman’s second book in the thrilling series.It’s March 2034, six months after D.C. police detective Jen Lu and Chandler, her sentient bio-computer and wannabe tough guy implanted in her brain, cracked the mystery of Eden. The climate crisis is hitting harder than ever: a mega-hurricane has devastated ...

Work hard in school, graduate from a top college, establish a high-paying professional career, enjoy the long-lasting reward of happiness. This is the American Dream—and yet basic questions at the heart of this competitive journey remain unanswered. Does competitive success, even rarified entry into the Ivy League and the top one percent of earners in America, deliver on its promise? Does realizing the American Dream deliver a good life? In Redefining Success in America, psycholog...

Just Call Me Bob is a story about a computer programmer who built a career around AI technology. He looks back on his life full of various successes and the dramatic changes that have occurred over the last eighty years. Bob's reflections demonstrate the incredible changes mankind will face with the onset of AI technology. The evolution of man will be significantly changed by AI and the innovations associated with robotic advancement. This story is a fictional version of what the future ma...

I am pictured here with my grandson, Bryce, who encouraged me to write "The Heroes of Rho". His knowledge of superheroes was helpful in the creation of the characters in the book.I hope those who read this fictional tale will enjoy the exploits of these superheroes that battle evil and protect mankind. Bryce and I enjoyed developing the characters in this book, and we hope you enjoy reading about their adventures.

“For too long the struggle for the rights of women and girls was seen as women’s business. Of course, it’s equally men’s business and stops being such a struggle when it’s seen that way. This reframing gives us a chance to understand violence against women as deeply toxic for us all.” —Phumzile Mlambo–Ngcuka, UN Under–Secretary–General and Executive Director of UN WomenThe Time Has Come explores how a patriarchal culture that has given power to men comes a...

THAT WHICH FLOWS AS ONE A Struggle to Love Everybody wants to be loved; not everybody is. How many of us spend significant portions of our lives looking for the perfect relationship? How many agonize over the emptiness of our lonely lives? And still how many of those who do finally attain their dream partnerperhaps their soul matefind that the fruit of their relationship rots long before it ever matures? Why do so many of us seem to struggle to locate our ideal mate, and why do we feel inc...

High in the Andes is a spiritual adventure novel charting the fantastic events that happen to its main character, Narada. On an archeological tour through the ruins of Peru he stumbles across a secret and mysterious attraction. Beyond his wildest amazement, Narada is actually drawn back to his former Incan colleagues of the priestly class with whom he lived 450 years ago. Therein begins an extraordinary process of self-discovery, reflection, and ancient memory recall as Narada receives the...

Written by and for men, the ultimate guide to becoming a strong male ally in the 21st centuryIn just one generation, age-old ideas about women have been swept aside . . . but what does that have to do with men? Authors Michael Kaufman and Michael Kimmel, two of the world's leading male advocates of gender equality, believe it has everything to do with them -- and that it's crucial to educate men about feminism in order for them to fully understand just how importan...

A new field of inquiry and growing interdisciplinary area, men′s studies, is just now beginning to develop its own distinctive methodologies and perspectives as demonstrated in the pages of Theorizing Masculinities. This first major compilation of new theoretical work on men begins by presenting ideas borrowed from the disciplines that have fostered the study of masculinities: sociology, psychoanalysis, ethnography, and inequality. The following chapters explore many issues central to the ...

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic. Bloomsbury Academic publish acclaimed resources for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as the general reader, across a broad range of subjects including Archaeology, Art & Visual Culture, Biblical Studies, Business & Management, Drama & Performance Studies, Economics, Education, Film & Media, History, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Music & Sound Studies, Philosophy, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, Religious ...

“For too long the struggle for the rights of women and girls was seen as women’s business. Of course, it’s equally men’s business and stops being such a struggle when it’s seen that way. This reframing gives us a chance to understand violence against women as deeply toxic for us all.” ―Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN WomenThe Time Has Come explores how a patriarchal culture that has given power to men comes a...