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Intelligent Biomaterials: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications
by Zhe LiuThis book presents the latest advances in intelligent biomaterials, a fast developing area for disease diagnosis and treatments, health management and rehabilitations. In particular, this book focuses on versatile types of emerging intelligent biomaterials as well as their multiple roles in smart biosensors, tissue engineering, medical meta-data analysis, micro/nanorobotics and artificial intelligence-based theranostics. These state-of-the-art technologies and updated knowledge are expected to reshape the future trend of biomaterials, and more importantly integrate biomaterials and intelligence together as a single entity to serve human health improvements. On this basis, this book aims to elucidate the concept and domain of intelligent biomaterials, and discuss on their cutting-edge applications. It will provide a vast readership, including students, scientists, researchers and professional staff in the trans-disciplinary community, with a brand-new viewpoint to learn about the frontiers of intelligent biomaterials.
Artificial Intelligence and Complex Dynamical Systems (Understanding Complex Systems)
by Giorgos TsironisThis book serves as a comprehensive introduction to nonlinear complex systems through the application of machine learning methods. Artificial intelligence (AI) has affected the foundations of scientific discovery, and can therefore lend itself to developing a better understanding of the unpredictable nature of complex dynamical systems and to predict their future evolution. Utilizing Python code, this book teaches and applies machine learning to topics such as chaotic dynamics and time-series analysis, solitons, breathers, chimeras, nonlinear localization, biomolecular dynamics, and wave propagation in the heart. The consistent integration of methods and models allow for readers to develop a necessary intuition on how to handle complexity through AI. This textbook contains a wealth of expository material, code, and example problems to support and organize academic coursework, allowing the technical nature of these areas of study to become highly accessible. Requiring only a basic background in mathematics and coding in Python, this book is an essential text for a wide array of advanced undergraduate or graduate students in the applied sciences interested in complex systems through the lens of machine learning.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe at 50: Conflict Management During and After the Cold War
by Philip Terrence HopmannThis book traces the development of the OSCE from the opening of negotiations in 1973 of the Helsinki Final Act up to its 50th anniversary in 2025, focusing on the transition from a bridge between Eastern and Western Europe (and the US and Canada) during the final 15 years of the Cold War to its post-Cold war focus on managing conflicts in the post-communist regions of Europe after the Cold War. It analyzes developments in this region as a competition between realist and liberal/institutionalist ideas, arguing that the OSCE was constructed by its participating states as a liberal international institution that has succumbed to a renewal of "realist" ideas and actions that have reappeared in the first 25 years of the 21st century and have thereby threatened its effectiveness in enhancing security, cooperation and peace in Europe, culminating with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops: Istanbul, Turkey, June 30 – July 3, 2025, Proceedings, Part VI (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15891)
by Osvaldo Gervasi Beniamino Murgante Chiara Garau Yeliz Karaca Francesco Scorza Ana Cristina Braga Maria Noelia Faginas LagoThe fourteen-volume set LNCS 15886-15899 constitutes the papers of several workshops which were held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2025, held in Istanbul, Turkey, during June 30–July 3, 2025. The 362 full papers, 37 short papers and 2 PHD showcase included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 1043 submissions. In addition, the conference consisted of 58 workshops, focusing on very topical issues of importance to science, technology and society: from new mathematical approaches for solving complex computational systems, to information and knowledge in the Internet of Things, new statistical and optimization methods, several Artificial Intelligence approaches, sustainability issues, smart cities and related technologies.
Light Metals 2025 (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series)
by Les EdwardsThe Light Metals symposia at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition present the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology. The annual Light Metals volume has become the definitive reference in the field of aluminum production and related light metal technologies. The 2025 collection includes contributions from the following symposia: Alumina & Bauxite Aluminum Alloys: Development and Manufacturing Aluminum Reduction Technology Decarbonization and Sustainability in Aluminum Primary Processing: Joint Session of Aluminum Reduction, Electrode Technology, and REWAS 2025 Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production Melt Processing, Casting and Recycling Recycling and Sustainability in Cast Shop Technology: Joint Session with REWAS 2025 Scandium Extraction and Use in Aluminum Alloys
Dark Romanticism: Literature, Art, and the Body (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)
by Silvia RiccardiThis book explores the dark regions of Romantic imagination in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century literature and art. It uncovers the palpable and pleasing anxiety about the human body in the works of Henry Fuseli, William Blake, and Mary Shelley, focusing on the negotiations of pleasure and pain, life and death, beauty and monstrosity. Each of the works examined revolves in some manner around the breakdown of an idealized body in order to illuminate the transition from organic to fragmented form. This approach involves reorienting conventional accounts of Romanticism around the emergence of a visual paradigm. Engaging with cultures of print, aesthetic discourse, anatomical art, as well as natural historical knowledge circulating in England at the turn of the century, Dark Romanticism cultivates visual literacy and argues that literary and pictorial elements are inseparable when imagination is at work.
Urea Transporters: Principle and Function of Urea Transport (Subcellular Biochemistry #118)
by Baoxue Yang Jeff M. SandsThis book intends to report the new progress of studies on urea transporters. The mechanisms and physiological functions of urea transporters across biological membranes are subjects of long-standing interests. Although urea represents roughly 40% of all urinary solutes in normal human urine, the handling of urea in the tissues has been largely neglected in the past and few clinical or experimental studies report data on urea. Unlike recent physiological books that mostly focus on water and electrolyte physiology，the aim of this book is to stimulate further research in new directions by providing novel and provocative insights into the further mechanisms and physiological significance of urea transport in mammals. This book offers a state-of-the-art report on recent discoveries concerning urea transport and where the field is going. It mainly focuses on advances made over the past 30 years on the genetics, protein structure, molecular biology, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology of urea transport in mammalian cell membranes. It will help graduate students and researchers to get an overall picture of mammalian urea transporters and may also yield benefits for pharmaceutical companies with regard to drug discovery based on the urea transporter. This is the 2nd edition of the book. It builds upon the foundational insights of the previous edition, featuring expands content with new chapters and updated chapters to deepen understanding of urea transporters' mechanisms, functions, and significance, reflecting the latest advancements in this research area.
Long Range Inductive Power Transfer (CPSS Power Electronics Series)
by Dianguo Xu Yijie Wang Jianwei Mai Peng GuThis book is inductive power transfer (IPT) in power electronics. In order to improve the coupling coefficient, improve the quality factor, and control the harmonics, the method of analysis and design of the IPT system is proposed. By increasing the coupling coefficient of the magnetic coupling structure and improving the quality factor of the system, the efficiency of the system is improved and the distance of IPT is extended. The applicable readers are scholars, undergraduates and postgraduates in the field of power electronics.
European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2024 (European Yearbook of International Economic Law #15)
by Markus Krajewski Jörg Philipp Terhechte Marc Bungenberg Andreas R. Ziegler Christina Binder Jelena Bäumler Christian J. Tams Giesela RühlAs global economic governance faces mounting challenges—from climate change to geopolitical shifts—the 2024 edition of EYIEL revisits the enduring debate of fragmentation vs. integration in international economic law. Exploring trade, investment, sustainability, and human rights, this volume examines the evolving interplay between economic regulation and pressing global concerns. With insights from leading scholars, it asks: Are we moving towards greater legal cohesion or deeper disintegration?
Demenz ist vermeidbar: Mit vielseitiger und koordinativ anspruchsvoller Bewegung geistig vital bleiben
by Ulrich Scheuerl Peter RieckmannWer seinen Körper durch vielseitige Bewegung regelmäßig auf Trab hält, kann das Demenz- und Alzheimerrisiko reduzieren. Das Buch eines ambitionierten Rentners und eines international anerkannten Neurologen mit Schwerpunkt Hirngesundheit widmet sich diesem wichtigen Präventionsthema. Zu Beginn führen vier Kapitel in die Theorie der Demenzvermeidung ein und erläutern, warum koordinative Bewegung für die Erneuerung des Gehirns so wichtig ist. Die nächsten Abschnitte widmen sich der praktischen Umsetzung von unterschiedlichen körperlichen Aktivitäten. Es werden eine große Auswahl von Übungen sowie sportliche Maßnahmen für motivierte Anfänger oder bereits ambitionierte Sportler vorgestellt. Besonders berücksichtigt werden Personen, denen Bewegung schwer fällt oder die erste Anzeichen von Demenz verspüren. Mit dieser Anleitung kann ein aktiver Lebensstil leicht nachgeahmt werden. Ganz genau nach dem Credo des Buches: Nur altersgemäßer Ausdauersport, wie Radfahren oder Walking ist zu wenig, er stärkt zwar Herz und Kreislauf, fordert aber zu wenig das Gehirn. Ein Praktiker der Bewegung und ein Kenner des Gehirns haben gemeinsam aufgeschrieben, wie man durch gezielte Bewegung das Gehirn im Alter gesund erhalten kann, selbst wenn man seinen grauen Zellen im Leben einiges zugemutet hat. Das Buch will motivieren sich vielseitig und gezielt zu bewegen und richtet sich an Menschen unterschiedlichen Alters, die mit abwechslungsreicher Bewegung und anderer Aktivitäten geistig vital bleiben wollen.
ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach, Vol II
by Subhash Todi Rajesh ChawlaThe third edition of this highly successful book includes up-to-date notes on the step-wise management of clinical emergencies encountered in everyday intensive care units (ICU). Each thoroughly revised chapter provides concise information for point-of-care treatment, making it a practical guide clinicians can refer to on a daily basis at work while traveling, or just to expand their knowledge. Volume 2 of ICU Protocols covers topics in the endocrine and metabolic systems, oncology, trauma, toxicology, envenomation and thermoregulation, obstetrics, perioperative care, pediatrics, and ICU procedures. Pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, nephrology, and infectious diseases are covered in the first volume of ICU Protocols. This two-volume book is a must-read for intensivists, critical care specialists, junior trainees, and residents working in ICUs. It is also relevant as course material for workshops on critical care, and essential for all hospital-based libraries. &“This book provides junior trainees with an introduction to the management of problems common to the critical care unit.&” David J Dries, Doody&’s Book Reviews, March 2013, for the first edition of ICU Protocols.
Contrastive Linguistics (Peking University Linguistics Research #1)
by Ping KeThis book serves as an introduction to contrastive linguistics - the synchronic study of two or more languages, with the aim of discovering their differences and similarities, especially the former, and applying these discoveries to related areas of language study and practice. It discusses the principles and methods, and contrasts English, Chinese, German, and other languages at phonological, lexical, grammatical, textual, and pragmatic levels, focusing more on the useful insights contrastive analysis provides into real-world problems in fields such as applied linguistics, translation and translation studies, English or Chinese as a foreign language, and communication than on the discipline itself.
Constructing Worlds of Labour: Coverage and Generosity of Labour Law as Outcomes of Regulatory Social Policy (Global Dynamics of Social Policy)
by Irene Dingeldey Ulrich Mückenberger Heiner FechnerThis open access book simultaneously addresses both the segmenting and the egalitarian function of individual labour law, in almost all countries of the world, in some chapters following up from its origin to the present. Its socio-legal approach fills gaps for sociological, legal and historical research of regulatory social policy. Labour law is dealt with both in qualitative (theoretical, hermeneutic and historical) and in quantitative manner (with the leximetrics method developing new ways to measure generosity and coverage of law). This is a groundbreaking contribution to regulatory social policy research. By indicating the relevance and the mechanisms of legal segmentation for labour market segmentation, unequal opportunities and social stratification it provides evidence for the assumptions that social segmentation does not only stem from market forces, but also from the law itself. Even the rising impact of egalitarian law cannot fully cope with legal segmentation. The book chapters place particular emphasis on the development in countries of the Global South.
The Mathematical Heritage of Guido Weiss (Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)
by Anita Tabacco Fernando Soria Fulvio Ricci Eugenio Hernández Marco Maria PelosoThis work is a tribute to the life and work of Guido Weiss, a mathematician whose profound contributions shaped the field of harmonic analysis over a span of more than six decades. His groundbreaking research, from pioneering real and complex analysis to his later work on wavelets, continues to influence generations of scholars. More than just a researcher, Guido was a mentor, collaborator, and friend to many, creating a global community of mathematicians. His charisma and generosity fostered lasting professional and personal connections across continents, touching lives far beyond academia. This volume features contributions of collaborators, students, and colleagues of Guido, who had a particularly intense relationship with him. From a heartfelt remembrance of Guido Weiss to advanced discussions on spectral synthesis and wavelet theory, this collection contains a diverse landscape of mathematical results. Readers will delve into topics such as the compactness of bilinear commutators, the intricacies of analytic families in extrapolation theory, and the intersections of time-frequency analysis with modern learning techniques. With contributions to Hardy spaces, Haar multipliers, and crystalline measures, this book serves both as a tribute to past achievements and a beacon for future exploration.
Proximity-Dependent Protein Biotinylation: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology #2953)
by Petra Van DammeThis volume explores the cutting-edge of proximity-dependent protein biotinylation approaches, focusing on innovative biotin ligase (BioID) and peroxidase-based methods, like APEX. Spanning a diverse array of biological systems, including bacteria, zebrafish, plants, and mammals, this collection showcases methods that aid in the identification of protein interactions, localization, membrane topology, trafficking, and secretion dynamics. Additionally, the book features applications at the host/microbe interface and for the use of tissue-specific biotinylation for studying interorgan communication, as well as in silico validation methods. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, detailed lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step and readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and expert tips for troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Proximity-Dependent Protein Biotinylation: Methods and Protocols serves as an essential guide for researchers advancing the study of proxeome biology.
Action Research in Action: Thinking and Using Soft Systems Methodology Between Reality and Actuality (Translational Systems Sciences #46)
by Kenichi UchiyamaThis is the first book to provide the fundamental backbone for the field of action research (AR). One of the main characteristics of AR is to achieve a kind of learning based on experience through action in the real world, connecting and reconciling theory and practice by reflection for / in / by action. A standard form of AR has not yet been found, however, because it is difficult for conventional academicians to effectively bridge the gap between objectivity in theory and subjectivity in practice. For the past 50 years, soft systems methodology (SSM) has developed the methodology to deal with subjectivity by rigorously adhering to a coherent guideline of a systemic means for discussion— for example, accommodation (i.e., living with different individual worldviews). The author began to reinterpret SSM from an Eastern context at Lancaster University (UK), and received a Ph.D. at the London School of Economics, introducing the &“actuality&” point of view. This idea originated with the eminent Japanese psychiatrist Bin Kimura, who argued that schizophrenics do not lose touch with reality but with actuality. That is, there are two aspects of the world, reality and actuality, based on Latin res (&“thing&”) and actio (&“action&”). They can recognize all things of the world as &“reality&” as expressed by that noun but cannot comprehend with a feeling of reality the predicate &“actuality&”. Introducing actuality into SSM as a new dimension opened a new perspective in SSM both theoretically and practically. This topic is discussed in detail in Part II of this book. Part I contains three chapters. Chapter 1 provides a basic conceptual overview of SSM. Chapter 2 provides an actual trace of the evolution of SSM over the last 25 years. One topic that is expected to become the subject of serious practical application of SSM in the future is its application to resilience. This is discussed in some detail in Chapter 3. The actuality aspect of SSM has been used for more than 20 years in various contexts, yielding many good results. Among those are a new explanation of accommodation using paleo logic or predicate logic; a new management cycle based on actuality, such as learning for / in / by action; and the novelty of the methodological tool itself. Those 20 years of learning authenticate the guideline for the way of discussion or agreement that is relevant to actuality. Especially in the recent Covid-19 pandemic, it has oriented the restoration of actuality in the digital-based society, where actuality is deadened. This result is also dealt with in Part I.
Redefining the Monetary Standard in the Digital Age: Digital Innovations and the Future of Monetary Policy
by Livio StraccaThis book discusses the future of money and monetary policy in an increasingly digital world. Despite the rise of digital currency, the monetary regime, with its key features centered on fiat money, has remained essentially unchanged since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s. This book explains the economics of money in a digital world in simple terms and plain language built on the most recent academic literature. While the book considers a scenario of continuity where change is more cosmetic than real, it also envisages a very different monetary future to the one that exists now. By drawing on research and policy, the book offers predictions on the monetary future and outlines a vision for money in 2050. Written by a senior central bank staff member, this insider take will be of interest to academics, students, practitioners, and policymakers interested in monetary policy and digitalization.
New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics: MESROB 2025 (Mechanisms and Machine Science #186)
by Giuseppe Carbone Doina Pisla Med Amine Laribi Said ZeghloulThis book contains the papers of the 9th International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots (MESROB) which was held in Poitiers, France, on July 2-4, 2025. The main topics include: design of medical devices, kinematics and dynamics for medical robotics, exoskeletons and prostheses, anthropomorphic hands, therapeutic robots and rehabilitation, cognitive robots, humanoid and service robots, assistive robots and elderly assistance, surgical robots, human–robot interfaces, haptic devices, medical treatments, medical lasers, and surgical planning and navigation. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists, demonstrating that medical and service robotics will drive the technological and societal change in the coming decades. Chapter "A Pneumatic HandHeld Device for Finger Active Tele-rehabilitation" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
The Structure of Fair Solutions: Achieving Fairness in an Optimization Model (Synthesis Lectures on Operations Research and Applications)
by John Hooker Özgün Elçi Peter ZhangThis book provides a novel and unifying perspective on the structural properties of fair solutions in optimization formulations. The book also addresses a growing interest in incorporating fairness into the models that lie behind many business and public policy decisions. Since there are several ways to formulate fairness mathematically, the authors characterize optimal solutions that result from different formulations with the aim of informing the choice of an appropriate model for a given application. The focus is on fairness criteria that combine efficiency with fairness since typically both are important in practice. Most of these results are new and do not appear in the current literature. The book is directed towards a wide range of audiences including practitioners, researchers in mathematical optimization, and welfare economists. In addition, this book: Presents practical linear, nonlinear, or mixed integer programming formulations and a wide variety of fairness models Includes detailed proofs that provide insight into the properties of each criterion Provides guidelines for selecting a fairness model and the tendency to incentivize cooperation or competition About the Authors Özgün Elçi, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist on the Modeling and Optimization team at Amazon. John Hooker, Ph.D. is University Professor of Operations Research and T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Emeritus, at Carnegie Mellon University. Peter Zhang, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference Engineering Innovations and Sustainable Development (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #648)
by Valentina MantulenkoThis book presents the contributions from the 4th International Conference Engineering Innovations and Sustainable Development, held in Samara, Russia, on February 27, 2025. By presenting international research on various sustainability issues, it includes topics such as current trends in industrial and agricultural development, innovations in the construction and transport sectors, problems concerning the financing of innovative activities and governmental support for innovations, and engineering competences and skills in the era of new technologies. It also covers the economic, environmental, and informational aspects of sustainable development in the context of innovations. Finally, the book addresses theoretical and practical aspects by studying the phenomenon of sustainability and engineering development in terms of comparing international experiences. It provides significant value for scientists, teachers, and students of higher educational institutions, and specialists, who are researching sustainable development issues in the era of engineering innovations.
Catalina: A Novel
by Karla Cornejo VillavicencioNATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom &“[A] sparkling fiction debut.&”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors&’ Choice)&“[A] fresh and unflinching take on the campus novel.&”—People (Ten Best Books of the Year)&“Diabolically charming and magnetic.&”—Ira GlassFINALIST FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, themWhen Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for Catalina, least of all her own complicated, contradictory, ruthlessly probing mind. Now a senior, she faces graduation to a world that has no place for the undocumented; her sense of doom intensifies her curiosities and desires. She infiltrates the school&’s elite subcultures—internships and literary journals, posh parties and secret societies—which she observes with the eye of an anthropologist and an interloper&’s skepticism: she is both fascinated and repulsed. Craving a great romance, Catalina finds herself drawn to a fellow student, an actual budding anthropologist eager to teach her about the Latin American world she was born into but never knew, even as her life back in Queens begins to unravel. And every day, the clock ticks closer to the abyss of life after graduation. Can she save her family? Can she save herself? What does it mean to be saved?Brash and daring, part campus novel, part hagiography, part pop song, Catalina is unlike any coming-of-age novel you&’ve ever read—and Catalina, bright and tragic, circled by a nimbus of chaotic energy, driven by a wild heart, is a character you will never forget.
The Coin: A Novel
by Yasmin ZaherFinalist for the Gotham Book PrizeShortlisted for the Swansea Dylan Thomas PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mindThe Coin&’s narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory, and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed from the start.In New York, she strives to put down roots. She teaches at a school for underprivileged boys, where her eccentric methods cross boundaries. She befriends a homeless swindler, and the two participate in an intercontinental scheme reselling Birkin bags.But America is stifling her—her willfulness, her sexuality, her principles. In an attempt to regain control, she becomes preoccupied with purity, cleanliness, and self-image, all while drawing her students into her obsessions. In an unforgettable denouement, her childhood memories converge with her material and existential statelessness, and the narrator unravels spectacularly.In enthralling, sensory prose, The Coin explores nature and civilization, beauty and justice, class and belonging—all while resisting easy moralizing. Provocative, wry, and inviting, The Coin marks the arrival of a major new literary voice."[A] smart, sneering novel of capital and its consequences . . . In a spiraling, hallucinogenic plot, The Coin draws a dotted line between the narrator&’s grandmother&’s garden in Palestine and a splatter of excrement on New York City subway tiles; between her grandfather&’s birthplace of Bisan—'now a low-income town in Israel, housing mostly Jewish families from Morocco and no Palestinians'—Stokely Carmichael and a Gucci window display appropriating the language of revolution . . . The whiplash feels intentional, funny in an absurdist way, like the narrator&’s existential seesawing between jaded American consumerism and the sadness and guilt of displacement . . . The novel&’s power is not in cohesion, but in chaos." —Lauren Christensen, The New York Times Book Review
The Golf 100: A Spirited Ranking of the Greatest Players of All Time
by Michael ArkushA rollicking ranking of the greatest golfers of all time, past and present, brimming with the intimate stories and perspective only a longtime golf writer like Michael Arkush can muster.So, who&’s the best of 'em all? Tiger Woods? Jack Nicklaus? Bobby Jones? Ben Hogan? Golf fans will disagree until the end of time, but one thing is certain: For well over 100 years, the sport has provided its share of spectacular careers and indelible moments. And what about fan favorites such as Phil Mickelson, Nancy Lopez, and Lee Trevino? Where do they rank on the list? Or modern players like Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Nelly Korda, and Justin Thomas. Did they make the final cut—and if so, where?In a joyride through golf history itself, New York Times bestselling author Michael Arkush establishes a ranking system that places a heavy emphasis on the game&’s major championships and profiles the most accomplished and impactful golfers ever—men and women, known and unknown. Arkush captures the flair, as well as the flaws, of athletes who are intensely competitive, funny, peculiar, or larger-than-life. Crafted from hundreds of interviews and longtime relationships developed over a quarter century, The Golf 100 is an immensely entertaining read.
How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
by Mariann Edgar BuddeA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHow We Learn to Be Brave is an inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C.On January 21, 2025, many Americans were introduced to Bishop Mariann Budde thanks to what The New York Times called &“an extraordinary act of public resistance.&” During her prayer service for Donald J. Trump&’s second inauguration, Bishop Budde addressed the president directly, imploring him &“to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now,&” from those who are part of the LGBTQ+ community to immigrants and refugees.But for Bishop Budde, this moment was the culmination of a lifetime spent thinking about those pivot points when we&’re called on to push past our fears and act with strength. With How We Learn to Be Brave, she teaches us that being brave is not a singular occurrence; it&’s a journey that we can choose to undertake every day.Here, Bishop Budde explores the full range of decisive moments, from the most visible and dramatic (the decision to go), to the internal and personal (the decision to stay), to brave choices made with an eye toward the future (the decision to start), those born of suffering (the decision to accept that which we did not choose), and those that come unexpectedly (the decision to step up to the plate). Drawing on examples ranging from Harry Potter to the Gospel According to Luke, she seamlessly weaves together personal experiences with stories from scripture, history, and pop culture to underscore both the universality of these moments and the particular call each one of us must heed when they arrive.With Bishop Budde&’s wisdom, readers will learn to live and to respond according to their true beliefs and in ways that align with their best selves. How We Learn to Be Brave will provide much-needed fortitude and insight to anyone searching for answers in uncertain times.
Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History
by Aki J. PeritzA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearNeave Book Prize shortlist Al Qaeda did not stop after 9/11. Its reign of terror continued with bombings and mayhem across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. But its frustration grew as the group failed to fundamentally undermine America and its allies. Five years later the time was ripe for another spectacular mega-plot. Fresh from masterminding the London Underground carnage, one veteran operative set in motion a new operation to destroy passenger aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean—and kill thousands of people in the process. Disruption tells the story of that conspiracy and the heroic efforts by the intelligence services of the United States, Great Britain, and Pakistan to uncover and crush it. From the streets of London to the training camps of Pakistan to the corridors of power in Washington DC, the story unfolds with murders, double-crosses, probes, jailbreaks, and explosions. Former counterterrorism analyst Aki J. Peritz brings the story to life with vivid imagery, interviews with top intelligence officials, and never-before-seen declassified documents. Disruption is the not-to-be-missed account of the race to stop a terrorist conspiracy that would have remade our world—forever.