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Satan's Fire (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 9): A deadly assassin stalks the pages of this medieval mystery
by Paul DohertyAn attempt on the King's life draws Hugh Corbett into a deadly investigation... In Satan's Fire, the ninth Hugh Corbett mystery from Paul Doherty, strange fires and gruesome murders test the sleuth's investigative ingenuity to the full. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and Robin Hobb.1303 and the Old Man of the Mountain remembers back to when he nearly killed Edward I thirty years before. He now decides to release an imprisoned leper knight to avenge old grievances and take the King's life. A few months later, two nuns are returning to their monastery in York, where they are confronted by the horrific sight of a man hungrily being consumed by fire, the sickly smell of burning flesh lingering in the air. News of the grisly death greets Edward as he arrives in York for secret negotiations with the leaders of the military Templar Order. His unease deepens when an attempt is made on his life. When the assassin, wearing Templar livery, is found dead - having been engulfed by a mysterious fire - Edward immediately turns to his Keeper of the Secret Seal, Hugh Corbett, to investigate. What readers are saying about Paul Doherty:'Good plots, clever twists and mostly impossible to work out''Paul Doherty's depictions of medieval England are truly outstanding''Another brilliant story in the excellent Hugh Corbett series by a superb historical author'
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery: A Novel
by Clarence A. HaynesIn this sexy, page-turning debut, a high-powered publicist receives a threatening message and must confront her secret mystical past as ghosts prepare to invade our world."A must-read book for fans looking for a fresh, authentic voice in urban fantasy and horror." –Tananarive Due To be a client of Gwendolyn Montgomery—New York&’s most powerful publicist, at Sublime Creative—is to be infused with a certain oomph, a mysterious glamour. She seems to have created the ideal life with her handsome new boyfriend, the perfect match. But Gwendolyn has a legion of long-buried secrets that could unravel everything. After a grisly, bizarre incident at the Brooklyn Museum, Gwendolyn begins to realize that something nefarious is happening tied directly to her past, right as Fonsi Harewood comes back into her world. Fonsi is a queer Latinx psychic from the South Bronx who&’s caught up in a love triangle with a ghost and his mortal ex. He&’s able to communicate with the dead, and he comes with a dire warning for Gwendolyn, that the barrier between humans and spirits is weakening. Gwendolyn would prefer not to have anything to do with ghostly drama. Yet in order to get to the bottom of the spookiness derailing her life and threatening the world, she must face the demons she&’d long left behind. The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery is a sensuous, funny, mystical adventure that will leave you spellbound as you keep the pages turning.
Paradise
by Julie CohenKatie never stops moving-constantly changing her address, her boyfriends, her life. But every June, for a month, she goes back to Maine. To the old lake house her family calls Paradise.But one day Katie wakes up in a hospital bed in Maine, with no memory of the last eighteen months. From her current boyfriend to the global pandemic, Katie is lost. And everything at Paradise has changed, too... including her best friend in the world, Nic.Nic puts down deep roots. She still lives in the house where she grew up. She's the memory keeper of her family. And she's been in love with her best friend Katie for almost her entire life. Now Katie's claiming not to remember the night that destroyed their friendship forever. Is her amnesia real? Or does she just want to forget?And how can either of them move on, if only one of them remembers the truth?
The Hodder Bible Commentary: Leviticus (Hodder Bible Commentary)
by Katherine Davis50 volumes. 4 million words. Global representation.Engage with the latest theological thinking in this new, readable exposition of the Bible in 50 volumes. Covering all books of the Bible and including the full the Anglicised New International Version (NIV) text, the Hodder Bible Commentary series makes connecting scripture and scholarship easier than ever.Explore how the Bible intersects with 21st century life with commentary that is doctrinally sensitive and globally aware, sourced from a team of contributors representing a variety of cultural and ecclesiastical contexts from around the world.Designed to be accessible to all adult readers and particularly for those who preach, teach, and lead Bible studies, each book is split into manageable sections suitable for talks or study groups. Read the Bible text and the commentary side by side to gain a deep knowledge of scripture and the variety of interpretations that can be made from it.Be refreshed with new understanding. Be encouraged to apply your conclusions to life today.
The Hodder Bible Commentary: 1 & 2 Kings (Hodder Bible Commentary)
by Nathan Lovell'Praise be to the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed on all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.'1 KINGS 8:56The book of Kings is much more than an historical record. It is the story of the remarkable faithfulness of God to build the Kingdom he promised, even when his own people reject it. And it is about how different this Kingdom is to everything else the world has ever known.Nathan Lovell's thought-provoking commentary helps us to understand not only Israel's history, but how it shapes and challenges us today. As God works amongst his people, we begin to catch a glimpse of an entirely new type of world order. On the surface Kings is a book about power and glory, but by reading more deeply we begin to see the truth of Jesus' words, 'Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.'About the Hodder Bible CommentaryThe Hodder Bible Commentary is a comprehensive 50-volume Bible commentary series. Doctrinally sensitive and globally aware, its goal is to encourage a deepened knowledge and understanding of Scripture.Accessible and insightful expository commentary explores the timeless message of the Bible and applies it to the challenges of today's world. Written by a range of authors and supported by consultant editors from around the world, it represents a diversity of church and cultural contexts.With the full text of the NIV Bible interspersed with the commentary for easy reference, this series is ideal for preaching, teaching and personal study.
I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends: a cosy YA timeslip romance with a gorgeous Korean setting
by Kylie Lee BakerBefore the Coffee Gets Cold meets Xo, Kitty in this cosy YA timeslip romance with a gorgeous Korean setting, cute cheesecake dates and a rogue time traveller you can't help but fall for. Here's one thing I know for certain: if I never see you again, the world will end.Yang Mina was born with the power to travel through time and has spent her life training to be an agent for the Descendants, a secret organisation which protects our timeline. But when she discovers that the Descendants are corrupt - and erased her sister from existence - her whole world unravels. Her only hope is Yejun, an irritatingly handsome but illegal agent. Can she ignore his charms long enough to restore the timeline, save her sister and pass her Calculus class?
The Great Gambon: Michael Gambon in his own words (and others)
by Milly EllisSir Michael Gambon was one of the greatest actors of the last 50 years, with a career that began as second spear carrier in Hamlet, alongside Anthony Hopkins (he had to lift Peter O'Toole - Hamlet - out of Ophelia's grave and was told he would never work again if he kept dropping him). He went on to star in plays by Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett, as well as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films .When Michael Gambon's memory began to fade, he found it increasingly difficult to remember his lines. Ultimately the job fell to Milly Ellis, to be his 'earwig', which she did for fifteen years, giving him his lines through an earpiece.This gave her the opportunity to see and hear him deliver some his most outstanding performances. As well as having chameleon-like abilities as an actor, Gambon was a legendary self mythologiser and this book celebrates the many outlandish stories he told about himself, as well as from those of his friends and fellow actors. Milly Ellis has woven the best of these - from the likes of Tom Hollander, Daniel Craig, Robert de Niro, Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins - into an affectionate tribute to this extraordinary man.
Earthworks
by Brian AldissA dead man is walking on the water - a sign of the political adventures into which Knowle Noland, ex-convict, ex-traveller and captain of the freighter Trieste Star, is about to stumble headlong.Knowles's world is one of choked, disease-ridden towns, robots and prison gangs tending the bare, poison drenched countryside. Ecology has become a meaningless word from the past. Only in Africa is the soil still fertile and the people still relatively vital. On the coast of Africa, Knowle runs his freighter aground; and there he meets Justine and the destructive destiny that purges him of guilt and frees him from hallucination.
Bellingham (Football Stories #11)
by Simon MugfordSay hi to Jude Bellingham, one of England's football superstars! This fantastic, fully illustrated unofficial picture book is based on the best-selling Football Superstars series. Inside, young readers will find the whole story of Bellingham's rise to fame, from a young player in his local club to the heights of a Real Madrid and England career. It's the perfect book for young Bellingham fans!
Flora Stormer and the Wishing Stone: Book 4 (Flora Stormer #4)
by Isabella HarcourtFlora Stormer is off on another adventure! The next book in the exciting series combining the magic and adventure of Jumanji with a message celebrating difference and self-acceptance.Flora Stormer's friend Pavan has invited her on an adventure of a lifetime to his homeland of India! His long-lost sister Naya, a famous explorer, has got in touch to ask for his help. She tells them about a magic stone that grants wishes to anyone who touches it - but it's been lost for hundreds of years. Pavan thinks this stone is his only chance to get his family back and is determined to find it.But getting this stone is no easy task. They'll have to trek through forests, face dangerous storms and avoid terrifying animals! And there's something about Naya that makes Flora suspicious . . . Can Flora find the wishing stone and help Pavan, or will it be lost in the forest forever?Praise for Flora Stormer and the Golden Lotus:"A fun, pacy story with a delightful heroine and a powerful message," Cath Howe, author of Ella on the Outside."There's a little bit of magic and a whole lot of heart in Flora's inspiring adventure!" Lucy Strange, author of Our Castle by the Sea.
The GLP-1 Handbook: Eating well when taking weight loss medication
by Ian MarberOzempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Saxenda all promise weight loss, but how can we eat well when we're eating less?Taking weight-loss medication can be transformative as it offers liberation from a lifetime of dieting. But when you have a smaller appetite, good nutrition often takes a backseat - and it's common to miss out on the vital nutrients needed to build long-term health.Drawing on twenty-five years of clinical experience, nutrition expert Ian Marber shares evidence-backed guidance, simple day-to-day menu ideas and supplement advice to help you eat well when eating less. Ian's holistic approach to wellbeing prioritises protecting muscle and managing side-effects so that you can build lasting health while losing weight.The GLP-1 Handbook is your essential guide to understanding how the medication works, what to expect and how to adapt your diet and lifestyle - because weight loss should never come at the cost of your wellbeing.With a foreword by Dr Ellie Cannon
Kiss Marry Kill: the gripping new thriller from the #1 bestseller
by Laura MarshallThree best friends. One life-changing choice. KissAngela runs a dating agency and is an expert at connecting over fifties looking for the one.MarrySara has lost her husband and is forcing herself to speed-date in the hope of finding love again.KillHelen lives with her controlling partner, Brian - but she's been keeping his abusive behaviour a secret from her friends.Until she can't hide it any longer.Not long after telling her friends the truth, Brian has a shocking accident - and all three women are implicated. Sure, they all wanted to see him dead. But they couldn't be capable of murder. Could they?Every romance ends one of three ways. It's kiss, marry - or kill...
Phytohormones: Important Player in Combating Plant Abiotic Stress
by Kapil Gupta Amit Joshi Dinesh Yadav Keshawanand TripathiPlant hormones regulate development and physiological status of plants, including stress responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. Numerous phytohormonal signaling-based processes have been exploited for obtaining stress-tolerant or stress-resistant plants and improved crop vigor and productivity. Recent advances in gene editing technologies like CRISPR/Cas9 has opened new areas of plant biotechnological approaches for improving plant/crop variety and stress tolerance.Phytohormones: Important Player in Combating Plant Abiotic Stress provides an updated understanding of plant hormone biology, signaling, cross-talk among different plant hormones under multiple environmental stresses, along with latest biotechnological approaches, functional genomics, and gene editing examples of phytohormonal signaling to obtain stress tolerance in plants.Aimed at a diverse readership, including plant and algal biotechnology researchers, stress biologists, scientists, educators, and students, the book serves as a valuable resource for those interested in plant physiology, molecular biology, and biotechnology. Its comprehensive coverage of phytohormonal roles in stress responses makes it pertinent for both academic research and practical applications in agriculture and environmental sciences.Features:· In-Depth Analysis of Phytohormone Functions.· Exploration of Hormonal Crosstalk Under Stress Conditions.· Functional Genomics and Phytohormonal Signaling.· Advances in Gene Editing Technologies.· Physiological Significance in Algal Stress Responses.This book serves as a reference book for researchers and scientific investigators and may also be used as a textbook for a postgraduate and graduate-level students that need to understand the physiology and molecular biology of abiotic stress tolerance.
Close Reading and Its Alternatives: An Essential Reader (Routledge Literature Readers)
by Mun-Hou LoClose Reading and Its Alternatives provides an up-to-date and consolidated history of the literary and analytical technique and philosophy of close reading. It offers an essential guide to the features and genealogies of close reading, and how it intersects with literary theories like feminist criticism, queer theory, cultural studies, digital humanities, game studies, and more.Divided into five parts, the book contains 21 influential essays on close reading and on alternative methods that have arisen in the past few decades. These primary texts are contextualized by and analyzed in six original and insightful introductions. These works combine to trace the invention of close reading around the time of New Criticism. The book then shows how close reading evolved when it is taken up by poststructuralist thought, such as Marxism, deconstruction, and New Historicism. Turning to the twenty-first century, the volume explores the rise of the critiques of close reading that are distinguished by their attempts to offer alternative methods: distant reading; reparative reading, just and surface reading, and thin description; and too-close reading.Close reading is inescapably central in the field of literary studies, and beyond. This comprehensive resource will enhance understanding and enrich the reading experience of students and teachers of literature.
Sustainable Biotechnological Remedial Frameworks for the Rejuvenation of Heavily Polluted Environments
by Lucas Meili Naveen Dwivedi Shubha DwivediThis book discusses advanced research in mitigation of heavily polluted environments through a sustainable biotechnological remedial framework along with their role in betterment of conventional treatment methods. It includes a sustainable biotechnology-based approach to rejuvenate the heavily polluted environment, highlighting the technical, scientific, regulatory, safety, and societal impacts. It discusses current sustainable solutions and contemporary challenges of bioremediation of environmental pollutants using biotechnology-based interventions.Features: Provides understanding of biotechnology-based sustainable framework and its potential in rejuvenation of heavily polluted environments. Discusses nature-based solutions as a sustainable tool for net-zero emission transition and emerging economies. Provides the latest information and innovative scaffold as a support tool for fixing the heavily polluted environmental issues in a sustainable way. Sheds light on future research needs on advances of biotechnological intervention in managing the complicated environmental issues. Highlights the importance of multi-disciplinary research and integrated bioengineering systems. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in waste management, environmental engineering, biotechnology and clean technologies.
Data Science and Machine Learning: Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition)
by Dirk P. Kroese Thomas Taimre Zdravko BotevPraise for the first edition:“In nine succinct but information-packed chapters, the authors provide a logically structured and robust introduction to the mathematical and statistical methods underpinning the still-evolving field of AI and data science.”- Joacim Rocklöv and Albert A. Gayle, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 49, Issue 6“This book organizes the algorithms clearly and cleverly. The way the Python code was written follows the algorithm closely—very useful for readers who wish to understand the rationale and flow of the background knowledge.”- Yin-Ju Lai and Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, Biometrics, Volume 77, Issue 4The purpose of Data Science and Machine Learning: Mathematical and Statistical Methods is to provide an accessible, yet comprehensive textbook intended for students interested in gaining a better understanding of the mathematics and statistics that underpin the rich variety of ideas and machine learning algorithms in data science.New in the Second EditionThis expanded edition provides updates across key areas of statistical learning: Monte Carlo Methods: A new section introducing regenerative rejection sampling - a simpler alternative to MCMC. Unsupervised Learning: Inclusion of two multidimensional diffusion kernel density estimators, as well as the bandwidth perturbation matching method for the optimal data-driven bandwidth selection. Regression: New automatic bandwidth selection for local linear regression. Feature Selection and Shrinkage: A new chapter introducing the klimax method for model selection in high-dimensions. Reinforcement Learning: A new chapter on contemporary topics such as policy iteration, temporal difference learning, and policy gradient methods, all complete with Python code. Appendices: Expanded treatment of linear algebra, functional analysis, and optimization that includes the coordinate-descent method and the novel Majorization–Minimization method for constrained optimization. Key Features: Focuses on mathematical understanding. Presentation is self-contained, accessible, and comprehensive. Extensive list of exercises and worked-out examples. Many concrete algorithms with Python code. Full color throughout and extensive indexing. A single-counter consecutive numbering of all theorems, definitions, equations, etc., for easier text searches.
More Monthly Problem Gems
by Hongwei Chen Roberto TaurasoMore Monthly Problem Gems is a sequel to Monthly Problem Gems (CRC Press, 2021). This book covers a broader range of math problems. In addition to analysis problems, problems from number theory, combinatorics, algebra, and geometry are included. The book offers problems to promote creative techniques for problem-solving and undergraduate research. Each problem is selected for its natural charm, the connection with an authentic mathematical experience, originating from the ingenious work of professionals, and ready developments, all into well-shaped results of broader interest. Each problem provides either a novel application of a familiar theorem or a lively discussion of multiple solutions. Special attention is paid to informal exploration of the essential assumptions, suggestive heuristic considerations, and roots of the motivations of the problem. This text then presents a new type of problem-solving. It will challenge and stimulate math problem-solvers at varying degrees of proficiency. Since the selected problem gems contain sophisticated ideas and connect to important current research, this book is also geared toward graduate students in math and engineering. Many of the problems in this book were originally offered in The American Mathematical Monthly.
**Missing**: Creating Chinese International Students at Home (Bourdieu and Education of Asia Pacific)
by Kun Dai Xiaoyuan LiSince the implementation of the Open Door Policy, studying abroad, or Chinese Liuxue, has undergone significant transitions. This book reveals how Chinese students prepare for Western universities through international schooling. It explores their motivations and strategies within China’s evolving educational landscape.Using surveys, interviews, field observations, and policy analysis, the authors uncover how families navigate the tension between meritocracy and global higher education. Through an innovative approach to analyzing students’ pre-mobility experiences, the authors trace students’ pathways through international schools and agencies, showing how these institutions bridge the Chinese and Western educational systems. Key insights include the ‘field-habitus match’ concept, which explains successful and complex transitions, and how international education adapts to local values.This book is an essential resource for educators, international school administrators, policymakers, and scholars of the sociology of education, transnational studies, and Asian education. It is also useful for librarians and professionals in global student services.
Dementia Care and Provision in the Majority World: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Care in Low- and Middle-income Nations (Aging and Mental Health Research)
by Iracema Leroi Kim-Huong Nguyen Hany Ibrahim Agustin IbañezThis novel volume offers a comprehensive examination of dementia epidemiology, diagnosis, and care across lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly exploring diverse and culturally inclusive perspectives on understanding, diagnosing, and managing dementia.Arguing that living well with dementia, tailoring research and interventions to local contexts, and prioritising primary and secondary prevention efforts are of critical importance to the health outcomes of those affected by dementia, this book goes beyond common approaches in high-health-resourced regions to explore health disparities, societal and cultural influences, and economic inequities often present in regions of LMICs. Truly international, these chapters champion a pluralistic and multi-dimensional approach, taking diverse and culturally relevant aspects into consideration to review the challenges and advancements in dementia care. Ultimately, the necessity for diverse and equitable approaches across regions is emphasised.This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of dementia research, gerontology and ageing within LMICs, as well as the sociology of health and illness more broadly, including the global health ecosystem. The book may also appeal to clinicians who are developing dementia services.
The Non-Post-Socialist City: Urban Policymaking in Central and Eastern Europe (Routledge Contemporary Perspectives on Urban Growth, Innovation and Change)
by Łukasz DrozdaThe Non-Post-Socialist City examines contemporary urban policies through case studies of six cities in four states across Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union (CEE/FSU) region.This book adopts a rarely used approach in the study of so-called post-socialist cities—combining several years of in-depth empirical research with a broad comparative frame. Building on this foundation, it analyzes urban policymaking processes in Leipzig (Germany), Warsaw and Krakow (Poland), Tallinn (Estonia), and Kyiv and Lviv (Ukraine). The monograph interprets these dynamics through the author’s concept of diluted post-socialism, which highlights not only trajectories rooted in the Soviet-dominated era but also a range of pre- or nonsocialist legacies that interact with—and often complicate—the few decades of now-defunct state-socialist rule. Particular attention is given to four policy fields: mobility, green infrastructure, housing, and spatial planning. While these domains pose broadly similar dimensions across the six cities, their organization reveals a highly diverse urban landscape that is too often flattened under the “post-socialist” label.The book is intended for scholars, analysts, students, and anyone interested in urbanization processes in the former Eastern bloc, as well as in the impact of the global populist turn on urban policymaking within this region and in a broader urban context.
Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age
by Jonathon W. PenneyIn Chilling Effects, Jonathon W. Penney explores the increasing weaponization of surveillance, censorship, and new technology to repress and control us. With corporations, governments, and extremist actors using big data, cyber-mobs, AI, and other threats to limit our rights and freedoms, concerns about chilling effects – or how these activities deter us from exercising our rights – have become urgent. Penney draws on law, privacy, and social science to present a new conformity theory that highlights the dangers of chilling effects and their potential to erode democracy and enable a more illiberal future. He critiques conventional theories and provides a framework for predicting, explaining, and evaluating chilling effects in a range of contexts. Urgent and timely, Chilling Effects sheds light on the repressive and conforming effects of technology, state, and corporate power, and offers a roadmap of how to respond to their weaponization today and in the future.
The Making of Brazilian Amazonian Societies: A Study in Ethnographic and Spatial History (Cambridge Latin American Studies)
by Mark HarrisAmazonia presents the contemporary scholar with myriad challenges. What does it consist of, and what are its limits? In this interdisciplinary book, Mark Harris examines the formation of Brazilian Amazonian societies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focusing predominantly on the Eastern Amazon, what is today the states of Pará and Amapá in Brazil. His aim is to demonstrate how the region emerged through the activities and movements of Indigenous societies with diverse languages, cultures, individuals of mixed heritage, and impoverished European and African people from various nations. Rarely are these approaches and people examined together, but this comprehensive history insightfully illustrates that the Brazilian Amazon consists of all these communities and their struggles and highlights the ways the Amazon has been defended through partnership and alliance across ethnic identities.
Selling Healing: Creative Arts and Health Communication in Ghana
by Ama de-Graft AikinsThe intersections between arts, creativity and health are of significant importance in the humanities and social sciences. Arts and health research, for example, suggests that the arts offer participatory and transformational alternatives to traditional health communication. However, concepts and methods are predominantly informed by Global North research, and critical insights from arts traditions elsewhere remain to be fully integrated into common models. Ghana offers a unique case study for examining local and global dynamics in arts-based health communication, because of the country's rich art traditions as well as its place in global history and in the global imagination. Healing art forms like music and sculpture have evolved through intentional cross-cultural borrowings, as well as through changes imposed through slavery, colonialism and post-colonial political systems. Selling Healing tells a polyvocal story of how Ghanaian art forms intersect with health, illness and healing, inviting a re-imagining of health communication in global health.
Crises, War, and Diplomacy: Lessons for World Politics
by John A. Vasquez Andrew P. OwsiakWhy do some international crises between major states escalate to war while others do not? To shed light on this question, this book reviews fifteen such crises during the period 1815–present, including the Crimean War, The Franco-Prussian War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War. Each chapter places the crisis at hand in its historical context, provides a narrative of the case's events that focuses on the decision-makers involved, theoretically analyses the case's outcome in light of current research, and inductively draws some lessons from the case for both scholars and policymakers. The book concludes by exploring common patterns and drawing some broader lessons that apply to the practice of diplomacy and international relations theory. Integrating qualitative information with the rich body of quantitative research on interstate war and peace, this unique volume is a major contribution to crisis diplomacy and war studies.
Being Human in the Digital World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
by Valerie Steeves Beate RoesslerBeing Human in the Digital World is a collection of essays by prominent scholars from various disciplines exploring the impact of digitization on culture, politics, health, work, and relationships. The volume raises important questions about the future of human existence in a world where machine readability and algorithmic prediction are increasingly prevalent and offers new conceptual frameworks and vocabularies to help readers understand and challenge emerging paradigms of what it means to be human. Being Human in the Digital World is an invaluable resource for readers interested in the cultural, economic, political, philosophical, and social conditions that are necessary for a good digital life. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.