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Pro RESTful APIs with Micronaut: Build Java-Based Microservices with REST, JSON, and XML
by Sanjay PatniDiscover the RESTful technologies, including REST, JSON, XML, JAX-RS web services, SOAP, and more, for building today's Java-based microservices, big data applications, and web service applications using the Micronaut framework. This book is based on a course the Oracle-based author is teaching for UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley which covers architecture, design best practices, and coding labs. This book gives you all the fundamentals from the top down: from the top (architecture) through the middle (design) to the bottom (coding). This third edition is updated with chapters on Micronaut JAX-RS and Micronaut Security, along with overall code updates to account for Micronaut 4. This book is a must have for any microservices or web services application programmer or developer building applications and services for today's enterprises. After reading and using this book, you'll be competent in using Micronaut and RESTful APIs for building today's microservices. Source code for the examples and case studies is provided. What You Will Learn Discover the key RESTful APIs, including REST, JSON, XML, JAX, SOAP, and more Explore the Micronaut framework Use RESTful APIs for microservices for today's modern web services and data exchanges Harness Java, XML, JSON, REST, and JAX-RS in examples and case studies Apply best practices to your solution architecture and more Who This Book Is For Experienced Java and web programmers and developers who may be new to microservices and even cloud-native applications development
Quantum Security: Revolutionizing Network Security with Digital IDs (Apress Pocket Guides)
by Christopher MurphyIn a world where cybersecurity threats evolve daily, it’s time to leave traditional, flawed security models behind. This book introduces a groundbreaking approach that applies the quantum principle of superposition to user authentication. Just as a particle exists in multiple states until observed, a user’s presence on a network remains undefined until their Digital ID is verified. Once verified, their identity collapses into a single truth—eliminating any risk of impersonation or fraud. This book demonstrates how Digital IDs transform the very foundation of network security. Unlike conventional methods, where user identity is indirectly represented through data, this model ties a user’s existence directly to their Digital ID. By securing user presence—and absence—this new authentication model offers unparalleled protection from unauthorized access and common cyber threats like stolen credentials or malicious impersonation. It equips cybersecurity professionals, C-suite executives, and decision-makers with practical, actionable steps for seamlessly integrating this new technology into existing infrastructures. Readers will explore how Digital IDs create a secure, private interface when connected to the network, and how they prevent unauthorized actions when the user is absent. This innovative shift moves security from reactive mitigation strategies to proactive solutions that ensure both trust and control. What You Will Learn: The difference between indirect and direct authentication and how the current cybersecurity approach is fundamentally flawed. Practical steps for implementing digital IDs and direct user interaction to eliminate common cyber threats. How to shift from reactive mitigation strategies to proactive, long-term security solutions that significantly reduce vulnerabilities. Straightforward, actionable insights on how to transform current cybersecurity infrastructures for more robust protection. Who This Book is for: This book is written primarily for cybersecurity professionals such as CISOs, CTOs, CIOs, network architects, and IT security managers. These readers have a deep understanding of current cybersecurity challenges but are seeking innovative, more effective solutions to overcome systemic flaws in today’s network security models. Secondary audiences include business leaders and decision-makers in organizations, who need to understand the strategic importance of cybersecurity innovations like Digital IDs and Direct User Interaction. Tertiary audiences might include students or researchers in cybersecurity who want to explore alternative security models.
Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence: 4th International Conference, ICPRAI 2024, Jeju Island, South Korea, South Korea, July 03–06, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14892)
by Cheng-Lin Liu Arun Ross Christian WallravenThis volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, ICPRAI 2024, held in Jeju Island, South Korea, during July 03-06, 2024. The 69 full papers presented together with 08 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 135 submissions. The conference focuses on topics that includes advanced deep learning approaches for image and document processing, generative AI, novel analysis methods for medical data, and biometrics.
Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases: International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2023, Turin, Italy, September 18–22, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2133)
by Fabrizio Silvestri Rosa MeoThe five-volume set CCIS 2133-2137 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops held in conjunction with the Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2023, which took place in Turin, Italy, during September 18-22, 2023. The 200 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 515 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following tracks: Part I: Advances in Interpretable Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence -- Joint Workshop and Tutorial; BIAS 2023 - 3rd Workshop on Bias and Fairness in AI; Biased Data in Conversational Agents; Explainable Artificial Intelligence: From Static to Dynamic; ML, Law and Society; Part II: RKDE 2023: 1st International Tutorial and Workshop on Responsible Knowledge Discovery in Education; SoGood 2023 – 8th Workshop on Data Science for Social Good; Towards Hybrid Human-Machine Learning and Decision Making (HLDM); Uncertainty meets explainability in machine learning; Workshop: Deep Learning and Multimedia Forensics. Combating fake media and misinformation; Part III: XAI-TS: Explainable AI for Time Series: Advances and Applications; XKDD 2023: 5th International Workshop on eXplainable Knowledge Discovery in Data Mining; Deep Learning for Sustainable Precision Agriculture; Knowledge Guided Machine Learning; MACLEAN: MAChine Learning for EArth ObservatioN; MLG: Mining and Learning with Graphs; Neuro Explicit AI and Expert Informed ML for Engineering and Physical Sciences; New Frontiers in Mining Complex Patterns; Part IV: PharML, Machine Learning for Pharma and Healthcare Applications; Simplification, Compression, Efficiency and Frugality for Artificial intelligence; Workshop on Uplift Modeling and Causal Machine Learning for Operational Decision Making; 6th Workshop on AI in Aging, Rehabilitation and Intelligent Assisted Living (ARIAL); Adapting to Change: Reliable Multimodal Learning Across Domains; AI4M: AI for Manufacturing; Part V: Challenges and Opportunities of Large Language Models in Real-World Machine Learning Applications; Deep learning meets Neuromorphic Hardware; Discovery challenge; ITEM: IoT, Edge, and Mobile for Embedded Machine Learning; LIMBO - LearnIng and Mining for BlOckchains; Machine Learning for Cybersecurity (MLCS 2023); MIDAS - The 8th Workshop on MIning DAta for financial applicationS; Workshop on Advancements in Federated Learning.
Aesth-ethics: Of Hospitality in Art
by Dror PimentelThe question of hospitality is the most pressing question in contemporary thought: How can we host that which is utterly Other, that which resists all conceptualization, and thus disrupts the proper course of thought? In the current book, the discussion of hospitality is given a new conceptualization, and extended to the field of aesthetics: the event of hospitality does not occur in the face-to-face encounter with the other person, as Emmanual Levinas conceived of it, but rather in the encounter with the work of art itself. Writing about the event of hospitality—as it is eventuated in art—involves subverting the traditional precedence of theory over practice. This subversion is also evident in the indifference to traditional distinctions, such as those between poetry and visual art; modern art and classical art; international art and local art. Moreover, most of the artworks considered throughout are hybrid in character: they are suspended in the space between the visual and the verbal, whether they involve the verbal representation of a visual object (as in Rilke’s poem “Archaic Torso of Apollo”), or a visual representation of a verbal object (as in Anselm Kiefer’s work “Your Golden Hair Margarete”). The consideration of these and other works come together to give rise to a novel and original discourse on art that is termed “Aesth-ethics,” and which is presented for the first time in this volume.
Crime Fiction and Missing Persons Appeals to the Public
by Tim Grant Emily Powell Abigail Boucher Daniel Jenkin-SmithThis book draws upon genre fiction studies, forensic linguistics, and media studies to investigate the overlap between crime fiction conventions and the writing of missing persons appeals to the public. This book is based on a pilot project funded by the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, entitled 'Genre, Pacing, and Narrative in Police Missing Persons Appeals' (Aug 2021-Nov 2022). The authors identify a missing persons appeal as a literary and linguistic genre in its own right and illustrate the problems that arise when the appeals writing process goes unregulated or unstudied: there is currently little-to-no official, national police guidance, regulation, or standard procedure for writing a missing persons appeal in the UK. The authors also identify opportunities for improving the writing and delivery of appeals by further (and more intentionally) applying crime fiction conventions, narrative devices, and pacing, to maximise audience reach and increase the chances of recovering a missing person. This book will be of particular interest to genre fiction scholars (particularly those interested in crime fiction), forensic linguists, and media studies scholars.
Forms of Inequality and the Legitimacy of Governance, Volume One (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology)
by Italo Pardo Giuliana B. PratoThis edited volume uses ethnographic cases to examine social, political, and economic inequality in diverse urban settings. This book is couched in the idea that ethnographically based analysis helps to bring out the nature and interconnections between different forms of inequality and sheds light on the major forces that combine to create inequalities. Ethnography also helps to identify the dynamics that undergird the principle of freedom of thought and of action—a key principle, that is, of associated life in a democracy—and recognize empirically that these dynamics not only protect difference but increase it, for they underpin the freedom of the individual to use their talents to manage their lives and achieve their goals. This first volume in a two-part series focuses on legitimacy, governance, labour and urban change, and stereotypes and individual choice. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociocultural anthropology, sociology, politics, socio-legal studies, urban change, and education.
Hello There, Sunshine
by Tabitha BrownFrom America’s Mom—actress, New York Times bestselling author, NAACP Award–winning personality, and Emmy-winning host Tabitha Brown—comes an upbeat, inspiring story about finding your own light."Hello there, sunshine!"Every morning, young Tabitha wakes up and greets the sun. She loves how it brings everyone JOY. But one day she wakes up and the sun is missing! So Tab hops on her strawberry shortcake bike with her puppy in tow and makes it her business to find the sun.Can she do it? Or will Tabitha find out that sometimes the shine we're looking for is inside of us?A perfect pick for fans of What Do You Do with an Idea?, You Matter, and Just Because, Brown’s children's debut is a marvelous read-aloud and a great gift that will remind the youngest reader to always stay positive.
May Contain Murder: A Novel
by Orlando MurrinWorse things happen at seaPaul Delamare has been roped into accompanying his old friend on a luxury cruise aboard the magnificent super-yacht Mal de Mer. It’s all plain sailing until his friend’s priceless necklace is stolen and everyone falls under suspicion.Every chef for himselfAs Paul races to catch the thief, the ship begins to drift off-course, veering into the storm-lashed mid-Atlantic. Then one of the passengers is found dead in mysterious circumstances, in a pool of coffee and surrounded by cake crumbs.Voyage of the damnedIt’s all hands on deck to catch the killer, but Paul soon discovers guests and crew are harbouring deadly secrets. And if he can’t get to the bottom of the mystery soon, he’ll be sleeping with the fishes.
Serge & Roscoe
by Len VlahosTwo mismatched rescue dogs, Serge, an otterhound on the verge of retirement, and Roscoe, a border collie fresh out of the academy, are forced to team up to save the day when a wildfire ravages a Colorado forest. Roscoe is a Search and Rescue Force rookie who doesn’t play by the rules. Serge is a veteran of the Force, looking forward to a well-earned retirement. Roscoe can’t wait to make his first rescue, while Serge just wants to get through the next three days so he can finally just . . . chillax.But when the largest fire Colorado has ever seen starts tearing through the forest, it’s all paws on deck for the Search and Rescue team. Serge and Roscoe are thrown together as partners, and with lives on the line, there’s no time for them to not get along. Will this mismatched team figure out how to work together to save the day? Get your woof on in this story of bravery, adventure, and doggy snacks from beloved author and longtime bookstore owner Len Vlahos.Perfect for fans of Max: Dog, Hero, Marine and Zootopia.
Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech
by Maureen DowdA sly and chatty collection of the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist’s most notorious celebrity profiles.Shining a white-hot spotlight on America’s famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd’s most compelling style features and profiles. Using her signature wit and incisive commentary as a scalpel, Dowd dissects influential cultural elites, including:Leading Hollywood women from Uma Thurman to Jane Fonda to Greta GerwigSilver screen foxes such as Paul Newman, Idris Elba, and Ralph FiennesFunny people like Tina Fey, Mel Brooks, and Larry DavidFashionistas from Andre Leon Talley to Ann Roth to Tom FordAnd media and tech titans like Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and Peter ThielNotorious is the perfect antidote to our current political malaise and an intimate, gossipy romp through the culture of celebrity from a legend in American journalism.
The Journal of African American History, volume 110 number 1 (Winter 2025)
by The Journal of African American HistoryThis is volume 110 issue 1 of The Journal of African American History. JAAH is the leading scholarly publication in the field of African American history. Published by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the JAAH publishes original scholarly articles and book reviews on all aspects of the African American experience. The JAAH embraces ASALH's mission of promoting, researching, preserving, interpreting, and disseminating "information about Black life, history, and culture to the global community."
Mother Sauce: Italian American Family Recipes and the Story of the Women Who Created Them
by Lucinda Scala QuinnFrom home cook and author Lucinda Scala Quinn, a cookbook containing 100 iconic and beloved Italian-American recipes from the last century. In America today, everyone loves nonna's cooking—think spaghetti, lasagna, and pizza. Italian families arrived in the U.S at the beginning of the twentieth century, and mammas brought with them the skills and ingredient know-how to fashion a whole new cuisine in spite of living in poverty and ostracization from their new country. Their fathers, husbands, and sons then monetized these dishes outside the home in the form of Red sauce joints. Rarely are these women actually credited as the true founders of the Italian-American cuisine. In her latest book, Lucinda Scala Quinn cooks classic Italian-American recipes, and along the way shares their origin and gives credit to the incredible women who developed our cherished Italian dishes. Home cooks and food lovers alike will delight in this masterful collection of America&’s favorite comfort foods, from Baked Ziti and Sausage and Pepper Hoagies to Chicken Marsala and Cannolis. With gorgeous recipe shots, archival photos, ingredient sidebars, and cultural essays, Mother Sauce brings nonna&’s cooking to kitchens everywhere.
Fool's Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All
by Susan Crabtree Jedd McFatterAn investigation that shows how the most ambitious figures in the Democratic Party want to transform the rest of America into the progressive dystopia that is California. Take a close look at today&’s Democratic Party power brokers and you&’ll quickly realize most of them share one thing in common: California. Residents are fleeing the Golden State in droves. Catastrophic wildfires—fueled by years of corruption and collusion between elected officials and colossal utility companies—continue to devastate communities. The state's homelessness crisis is the worst in the country. Drug-related deaths are skyrocketing. And violent crime and smash-and-grab retail theft is now commonplace. For too many across the state, pursuing the Californian Dream is now a fool&’s errand. But what people don't know is what&’s driving these failures, why California&’s leaders have allowed them to spiral and how this contagion could spread to every other city and town in the United States if it isn&’t exposed for what it is: failed far-left social experiments. From the investigative research team behind Peter Schweizer&’s runaway bestsellers comes Fool&’s Gold, a hard-hitting work of journalism that tells the untold story of the dark side of the Democratic Party&’s Californian elites and the toll they&’ve taken on the entire country. One of Schweizer&’s top investigators, Jedd McFatter, has teamed up with award-winning investigative journalist Susan Crabtree to expose the most powerful names in politics: Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Adam Schiff, among others. Their investigation exposes: • The most powerful and ambitious politicians and family dynasties and their questionable association with convicted criminals and unsavory business partners. • World-class con artists and their schemes to defraud, plunder, and literally poison the people and institutions of America—including the illegal alien drug dealers getting rich and avoiding prison and deportation while killing Americans with fentanyl and other illicit drugs. • Myriad schemes in which officials line their own pockets and sell out to the Chinese government, along with other foreign interests. • You&’ll see how California&’s elites retain political power at the national and international scale through secrecy and deception. How did the Golden State become this tarnished? And more importantly, why is California&’s corrosion continuing? This explosive book warns that Gavin Newsom is actually right when he often declares, &“As goes California, so goes the nation.&” America&’s future is inextricably tied to California because of its sheer size and the enormous influence of its political figures who remain dead set on controlling the White House for decades to come—and turning the rest of America into California. It&’s a story the mainstream media would prefer to keep hidden.
Yassou: The Simple, Seasonal Mediterranean Cooking of Greece
by Shaily LipaFrom an Israel cookbook author and TV personality, celebrate the original Mediterranean diet with this "delicious journey" (Adeena Sussman, author of Shabbat and Sababa). Greek food, born of the land where sun meets sea, is built on the delicious, healthy pillars of abundant fresh vegetables and fish, olive oil, whole grains, legumes, artisanal cheeses, and fruit—accompanied by an occasional glass of wine. This food&’s everlasting appeal is captured in the recipes and gorgeous photographs of Yassou, inspired by the spirit of the word used to greet a loved one or a friend, perhaps when inviting them to share a bite. From beloved mezes like Tzatziki, Fried Zucchini, and Shrimp Saganaki through a menu of stuffed vegetables, soups for all seasons, grilled mains like souvlaki, and savory pies like Spanakopita, these 80 must-make dishes are steeped in tradition and as easy to prepare as they are thoroughly pleasurable to serve and eat.
Rebel Queen: The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster
by Susan PolgarA real life Queen&’s Gambit, this captivating memoir tells the story of one of the most renowned women in chess history, Susan Polgar, taking on a sexist establishment and rewriting the rules of what women could achieve against the oppressive backdrop of Cold War Eastern Europe. Born to a poor Jewish family in Cold War Budapest, Susan Polgar would emerge as the one of the greatest female chess players the world had ever seen—the highest rated female player on the planet and the first woman to earn the men's Grandmaster title. As a teenager in 1986, she became the first woman to qualify for the men's World Chess Championship cycle, later achieving the game's triple crown, holding World Championship titles in three major chess time formats. Yet at every turn, she was pitted against a sexist culture, a hostile Communist government, vicious antisemitism, and powerful enemies. She endured sabotage and betrayal, state-sponsored intimidation, and violent assault. And she overcame all of it to break the game's long-standing gender barrier and claim her place at the pinnacle of professional chess, before going on to coach other players and build two separate college chess dynasties. Before her improbable rise, it was taken for granted that women were incapable of excellence in the game of chess. Susan Polgar single-handedly disproved this belief.
The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School (The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class #5)
by Eliot SchreferMeet the kids in Mrs. Z&’s wacky and wonderful third-grade class! Wyatt Hill has a stepbrother with a lot of opinions, a stuffed lizard who knows everything Wyatt wants to say, and the beginnings of a voice that might end up surprising the whole school. Nobody knows anything about Wyatt Hill. He&’s the quiet giant of Mrs. Z&’s class, sure . . . but his classmates wonder what is he like? What does he like? What does he do? (Does he play the ukelele?) And it often seems like his stepbrother and stepsister don&’t get him either. But Wyatt knows who he is. He adores his stuffed lizard, Lizzie, and the lively conversations they share. He notices who&’s having a bad day and thinks about why the boys and girls in Mrs. Z&’s class don&’t play together at recess. He&’s starting to put words down on paper to express all the things he feels inside. And when quiet Wyatt decides to speak up, it just might cause a revolution—on the playground and at home. Both sweetly poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, with black-and-white illustrations by Pura Belpré Honor artist Kat Fajardo, Wyatt&’s story invites readers into Mrs. Z&’s class where friendship and fun rule the school, from New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer. Perfect for!★ My Weirdtastic School fans★ Reluctant readers★ Classroom read-alouds★ Andrew Clements fans★ Quiet kids★ Lizard lovers★ Aspiring writers Read them all! The Kids in Mrs. Z&’s Class have plenty of stories to share! Emma McKenna, Full out (#1) Rohan Murthy Has a Plan (#2) Poppy Song Bakes a Way (#3) The Legend of Memo Castillo (#4) Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School (#5) — available for preorder now! Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage (#6) — available for preorder now! Olive Little Gets Crafty (#7) — available for preorder now! Synclaire Fields Knows the Score (#8) — available for preorder now! *The Kids in Mrs. Z&’s Class is an innovative series where every book is written by a different all-star author and features a different kid in the same third-grade class. They can be read in any order!
The Next One Is for You: A True Story of Guns, Country, and the IRA's Secret American Army
by Ali WatkinsFrom New York Times reporter and Pulitzer finalist Ali Watkins, the long-buried story of how a group of Philadelphia gunrunners armed the IRA at the height of the Troubles—a true-crime saga that illuminates Irish America&’s central role in the conflict and its legacy. Northern Ireland, 1975. Violence has erupted on the streets of Belfast. After years as a sleepy, guerilla army, the IRA is clashing with Loyalist gangs and heavily armed British soldiers. But the Troubles have spilled beyond the small island: An ocean away, in the heart of Philadelphia&’s Irish enclave, a teenage girl finds a letter in her mailbox. Inside is a bullet, and the message is clear: The next one is for you or your family. As celebrated New York Times reporter Ali Watkins reveals in this exquisitely reported nonfiction thriller, the conflict in Northern Ireland might have gone very differently had it not been for a small, ragtag band of carpenters, family men, and fugitives in the United States. The Philadelphia Five, as they came to be known, supplied the Irish Republican Army at its moment of greatest need, bolstering the fight for a united Ireland but fueling the Troubles at an untold cost. This small group of Irish nationalists smuggled hundreds of rifles, rocket launchers, explosives, and armor-piercing bullets across the Atlantic Ocean and into Northern Ireland. Whether they were skimming money from innocuous-seeming charities, coolly slipping weapons into hidden compartments of vans and houses, or scouring local graveyards for the names of dead Irishmen to use on federal firearm forms, the gunrunners approached their mission—to unite Ireland under one flag, by any means necessary—with ruthless poise, even as European and American investigators closed in, members of their own movement began to turn on them, and bodies stacked up on all sides. A gripping tale of crime, rebellion, and the hazy line between them, The Next One Is for You is the definitive account of America&’s hand in the Troubles—a conflict whose resonance is still felt today, in the United States and Ireland alike.
Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses
by Peter WolfIn the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood’s I Am a Camera and Truman Capote’s The Dogs Bark, Waiting on the Moon is a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong. <p> Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers” whose artistic inclinations influenced both his love of music and his initial desire to become a painter. Stories of his loving and sometimes eccentric parents complement scenes depicting a very young Bob Dylan as he arrived on the Greenwich Village folk scene. Reflections on Wolf’s studies in Boston—where he shared an apartment with David Lynch—are braided with accounts of first love, an untraditional literary education, and early musical influences such as Muddy Waters. <p> After Wolf joined the J. Geils Band as their front man and his musical fame grew, he rubbed shoulders with other notables who left significant impressions on him, including members of the Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock, and Van Morrison. <p> Wolf’s marriage to Faye Dunaway is presented in a clear yet balanced and nuanced light. Told with gentle humor and often heart-rending poignancy, the word portraits in Waiting on the Moon provide a revealing glimpse of artists, writers, actors, and musicians as they work—the creative forces that drive them to achievement; the demons they battle; the patterns of their human relationships. They are meant to inspire not only empathy but also admiration. Like Isherwood, Wolf remains “a camera with its shutter open.” <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Liquid: A Love Story
by Mariam RahmaniThe Marriage Plot meets The Idiot in this brilliant debut, which tells the story of a young Muslim scholar stuck in the mire of adjunct professorship in Los Angeles who decides to give up her career in academia and marry rich, committing herself to 100 dates in the course of a single summer. By midsummer reality hits, taking her—and her project—to Tehran. The unnamed Iranian-Indian American narrator of Liquid has always believed herself to be the smartest person in the room. And from an early age, she and her best friend—a poet-turned-marketer named Adam—have turned their noses up at other peoples&’ riches. But two years after earning a PhD from UCLA, the narrator is no closer to the middle-class comfort promised to her by the prestige of her fancy, scholarship-funded education and the successes of her immigrant parents. Jokingly, Adam suggests she just "marry rich." But our protagonist, whose PhD thesis compared Eastern and Western views of marriage in film and literature, takes the idea seriously. She makes a spreadsheet and outlines a goal: 100 dates with people of all genders and a marriage proposal in hand by the official start of the fall semester. What follows is a whirlwind summer packed with dating: martinis sans vermouth with the lazy scion of an Eastside construction empire; board games with a butch producer who owns a house in the hills and a newly dented Porsche; a Venmo request from a &“socialist&” trust fund babe; and an evening spent dodging the halitosis of a maxillofacial surgeon from Orange County. Only a tragedy in Tehran and an overdue familial reckoning can alter the narrator&’s increasingly manic trajectory and force her to confront the contradictions of her life in Los Angeles. And as doubts begin to creep in about her marriage project, it suddenly seems possible that the eligible prospect she&’s been looking for has been beneath her nose the entire time. For fans of Kaveh Akbar and Elif Batuman, Liquid delivers a modern tale of romance, loss, and belonging like no other. Mariam Rahmani&’s gorgeous high-wire satire explodes off the page with verve and originality in this riveting spin on the classic romantic comedy.
An Autoethnography of Queer Invisibility: On Shame, Passing, and Identity Suicide (Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives)
by David PurnellThis book recounts a personal journey of self-acceptance, focusing on the author's creation and reliance of a persona (Paul D. Drevlin) as a defense mechanism against societal and familial pressures.Beginning with a childhood marked by traumatic events, the author begins his desire of invisibility, later adopting the persona of Drevlin to navigate societal expectations and challenges, including his struggles with identity, sexuality, and religious conservatism. This book explores how the persona initially provided protection, safety, and acceptance to eventual self-realization that the persona was more a prisoner than a protector.The aim of this book is to open discussion regarding the shifts in acceptance experienced by the LGBTQ+ community over the years. It underscores the importance of family (whether that be birth family or family of choice) and peer support, community acceptance, and the changing dynamics of LGBTQ+ landscapes. The book also aims to stress the significance of fostering an inclusive society and respecting the diverse identities of individuals, advocating for understanding, empathy, and collective efforts toward equality and acceptance.Suitable for students studying LGBTQ+ studies, gender studies, sociology, psychology, social work, and creative writing, this book will also appeal to non-academic readers who may find the cultural and family themes significant to their own lives.
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and the Moscow Art Theatre (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)
by Inna SolovyovaThis is an authorized translation of Nemirovich-Danchenko (Moscow, 1979) by Inna Solovyova, historian, author, and senior researcher of the Moscow Art Theatre Archives.Untranslated before now, it is the only comprehensive account of the life and work of Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858–1943), co-founder with Konstantin Stanislavsky of the Moscow Art Theatre and one of the pioneers of the art of directing. Nemirovich-Danchenko was one of the few prominent theatre practitioners who lived and worked from Russia’s Tsarist period through the inception and consolidation of its Soviet period. Thus, it is also a story about the development of Russian society and culture during the last half of the nineteenth century and the Soviet half of the twentieth century. Additionally, it explores the Moscow Art Theatre’s interpretive and production work on the plays of Chekhov, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, and many others. The central theme of the book focuses on the contingent dialectical relationship between artists and their changing socio-political realities.The author’s narrative is stylistically informal and based on archival documents, most of which are referenced here for the first time in English and will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre and performance studies.
Writing and Other Familiar Things: Autoethnographic Possibilities (Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives)
by Ronald J. PeliasWriting and Other Familiar Things: Autoethnographic Possibilities puts on display a number of distinct ways of structuring essays that can be used in qualitative research and creative writing.The book takes as its subject an assortment of things. Part 1 approaches writing from a variety of perspectives, addressing distinct aspects of writing such as the power of the written word, the prevalence of writing in our daily lives, and the writing process itself. Part 2 takes on a variety of subjects, including seashells, hands, conundrums, masks, teaching, COVID, partners, hats, gardening, parents, politics, and hope.By presenting various structural possibilities, the book might be described as a “how-to” book for any writer interested in a variety of creative approaches to writing essays.
California Politics Is Local: Voting Behavior and Special Districts (Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance)
by Brett L. Savage Jacob SutherlandIn California Politics Is Local, Brett L. Savage and Jacob Sutherland argue that California politics should be viewed through a local lens due to the unique nature of the principal–agent relationship present in local governments around the state. Local governments make up the most common form of government in the United States and are responsible for a wide variety of public goods, services, and policies that affect their community members’ lives daily. This is especially true in California, which is home to 58 counties, 482 cities, 1,037 school districts, and nearly 2,000 independent special districts. However, many questions remain regarding California local politics, especially when it comes to the principal–agent relationship between local representatives and community members.By leveraging a variety of recent case studies about the contestation of civil rights and public goods and utilizing several novel datasets, Savage and Sutherland present a comprehensive understanding of California local politics as it stands in the twenty-first century. Specifically, they provide one of the first studies dedicated to examining the opinions and perceptions held by special district representatives about the nature of their roles as community representatives, and they expand upon theories of participation at the local level pertaining to issue and office salience for different demographic and political groups.California Politics Is Local brings a fresh perspective to students and scholars of urban affairs, political institutions, civic engagement, and public policy in the Golden State.
Interdisciplinary Rheumatology: Rheumatology and Pulmonology (Interdisciplinary Rheumatology)
by Marcy B. Bolster Kristin B. HighlandCertain diseases may involve organ systems that cross the boundaries of specialties. For instance, a patient with scleroderma can develop interstitial lung disease, or a patient with relapsing polychondritis can have the clinical manifestation of subglottic stenosis. This book represents a collaboration between specialties, helping clinicians recognize the implications of disease both within their own specialty and in the overlapping specialty. Here, leading experts from the fields of rheumatology and pulmonology provide a masterclass in the care of patients with systemic illnesses that involve the immune system and the lungs.Key Features: Provides an evidence-based clinical approach to the patient with pulmonary manifestations of rheumatic disease Details cutting-edge research with input from the world’s leading experts Discusses possible future directions for research and advancement