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The Irish Midwife: The brand-new, page-turning, romantic, heartwarming, heartbreaking and touching historical romance novel for 2025, set just before WW2 (The Irish Midwives)
by Seána TinleyCan she finally put herself first, in order to find love?Peggy Cassidy is a milly, working in the Belfast linen mills to just about get by. But Peggy also has another job - a secret one. She works as a handywoman - an illegal midwife, tending to the women of her community in their time of need.When Peggy is offered the chance to leave Belfast to receive formal midwifery training in Dublin, it sets off a chain of events that will change her life forever.But amongst her middle-class colleagues, Peggy must keep the truth about her past secret at all times. If the realities of her life in Belfast are revealed, she could lose everything she has worked for.And when she meets a well-to-do doctor down in Dublin, she must make a decision: should she protect her family and her history? Or can she let herself fall in love?The first book in a heartwarming new historical romance series, for fans of Dilly Court, Anna Jacobs, Rosie Goodwin and Call the Midwife. READERS ARE ALREADY LOVING THE IRISH MIDWIFE . . .'A gripping story, I couldn't put this one down and read it in one day!''A brilliant book that keeps you hooked''An excellent story . . . a most interesting insight into the lives and work of midwives throughout the 1930s''I read it in a matter of hours. The writing was excellent''A lovely read. Very interesting and as it was set in Ireland made it different. Gave me an insight into how things worked in this era'
The House of Wolf: The first in an iconic new historical fiction series from the much loved Sir Tony Robinson (The House of Aethelwolf)
by Tony Robinson'A page-turner full of historical intelligence, wit and heart' DAN JONESSir Tony Robinson - actor, presenter, historical expert and star of Blackadder and Time Team - makes his adult fiction debut with this earthy, entertaining and gloriously witty recreation of the Anglo-Saxons, Alfred the Great, and the making of England.'Brings the Anglo-Saxon world riotously to life' S.J PARRIS'A thrilling tale of ambition, betrayal and power' ALICE LOXTON'Entirely brilliant, a story and world vividly evoked' KATE WILLIAMS'Every bit and wise, witty and entertaining as you would expect from one of our greatest storytellers' MARK BILLINGHAM______RomeFather Asser is waiting to die.His idealism has landed him in a papal prison on trumped-up charges of heresy, until salvation arrives in an unexpected form. Cardinal Balotelli also dreams of a better world, free from the ravages of the Norlanders. He has a vital job for Asser, one that could shape the future of Europe.WessexKing Aethelwolf's power is fading, but none of his feckless children are fit to rule.His eldest sons would rather fight each other than the blood-thirsty Norland invaders. His daughter, Swift, is clever and cunning, but often blinded by her ambition. Finally there's Alfred, his once-promising younger son, whom nobody has seen in years.Then Wolf meets a young priest with a proposition from Rome that could change everything. LindisfarneRhiannon is a slave with a profound hatred for her Saxon captors. When she meets Guthrum, a Norlander hell-bent on wiping Wessex from the map, they set out on a journey of destruction.So begins an epic struggle between greed and idealism, ambition and betrayal, freedom and tyranny. Because change always meets with resistance and, on the path to power, nobody can be trusted.
Clown Town: Slough House, Book 9 (Slough House Thriller #21)
by Mick HerronThe brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*----'Mick Herron is our best and most topical spy writer' Ian Rankin'No one can rival Mick Herron' The Times'A superb thriller' The Spectator----Spies lie. They betray. It's what they do.Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. With time to kill, and with his grandfather - a legendary former spy - long dead, River investigates the secrets of the old man's library, and a mysteriously missing book.Regent's Park's First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn't appreciate threats. So when those involved in a covert operation during the height of the Troubles threaten to expose the ugly side of state security, Taverner turns blackmail into opportunity.Over at Slough House, the repository for failed spies, Catherine Standish just wants everyone to play nice. But as far as Jackson Lamb is concerned, the slow horses should all be at their desks.Because when Taverner starts plotting mischief people get hurt, and Lamb has no plans to send in the clowns. On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions and fool around, any harm that befalls them is hardly his fault.But they're his clowns. And if they don't all come home, there'll be a reckoning.
F1 Insider: Notes from the Pit Lane
by Ted Kravitz'A fascinating and unique insight from one of F1's most formidable reporters.'Toto WolffFrom Australia and Italy to China and the U.S, Ted Kravitz - hailed as an 'icon' and 'one of the most high-profile voices in F1' - is the fan's eyes and ears in the pit, followed by millions of F1 fans eager to see what's going on behind the scenes. His 'Ted's Notebook' series is essential viewing for the fan, and his insights are fascinating, fun and accurate.For the first time, F1 INSIDER: Notes From The Pit Lane brings his unique view and knowledge of the past, present, and future of the world's most glamorous, complex, and fascinating sport to life. Drawing from his own inimitable style, crafted with over two decades of working in, mixing with, and immersing himself throughout F1, Ted provides an insider's view of the inner circle of Teams, drivers and all things F1.
Books - A Manifesto: Or, How to Build a Library
by Ian PattersonThis is a book about books, about the subversive power of reading and the strange, enduring magic of books as objects. Ever since childhood, books have been at the centre of Ian Patterson's life, as a poet, teacher, translator, bookseller and collector. As he constructs the last of many libraries, he makes an impassioned case for the radical importance of reading in our lives - from Proust to Jilly Cooper, from golden-age detective novels to avant-garde poetry. Wise, irreverent and exhilaratingly wide-ranging, Books: A Manifesto reminds us that poems know things that we might not yet know ourselves, urges us to seek out the puzzles alive in the art of translation and celebrates the singular elasticity of the 'bookshop minute'. But even more than this, the book insists on reading not as a luxury but a necessary part of reality: we live within language, and when we think, it's with the tools that reading gives us. Our time of cultural and political crisis demands more than books - but without them, and without the breadth of knowledge, sense of history, awareness of alternatives and hope for the future they offer, things will not get better. At once a primer for enriching your own library and a manifesto for why that matters, this book is an invitation to a deeper, richer world of thought and feeling - and a reminder of just how much books matter.
Tony Blair: The Prime Ministers Series (The Prime Ministers)
by Steve RichardsWas Tony Blair a visionary, impatiently looking ahead, or a leader trapped by his past: Labour's vote-losing 1980s and the dominance of Margaret Thatcher? Was the party's move to the right under Blair necessary in order for them to win, or could they, after 18 years of Tory rule, have afforded to be more daring, more left-wing, than their leader wished to recognise?In Steve Richards' short, provocative and highly engaging new biography, he argues that Blair was often the opposite of what we remember him being; perceived as a 'moderniser,' he sought to strengthen the traditional institutions that partly define the UK, from the monarchy to the military; while to Margaret Thatcher's public appreciation he partly cemented her economic legacy rather than move on from it. And, while he was viewed as messianic over Iraq, he was in fact being characteristically expedient, clinging to the orthodoxy in which the UK stands shoulder to shoulder with the US in war.But the UK in 2007 was undoubtedly a different country to the one it had been in 1997 - from devolution, which played its part in establishing peace in Northern Ireland, to civil partnerships and a revived NHS, Blair left Britain in a better place than it had been. While his legacy has been overshadowed by the Iraq war, Tony Blair re-establishes a more rounded view of his time in office, and shows that the challenges facing Blair were the ones that still face Labour today.
SAS: The True Story of One of the SAS's Most Dangerous Assault Missions
by Tony Hoare'Tony is the real deal.' Andy McNabSierra Leone, 2000.While on patrol as part of a peacekeeping mission, eleven British soldiers are kidnapped.The captors are a dangerous rebel group known as the West Side Boys. Fuelled by alcohol and drugs, the behaviour of the rebels is notoriously unpredictable. How long the soldiers have, no one knows. Rescuing them becomes the British military's highest priority, and so they bring in the SAS for Operation Barras, a mission that will go down in special forces history.After negotiations break down, there are fears that the men being held in the compound could be executed at any moment, but there is no easy way in to save them. The only option is to shock the enemy on their home turf. A plan is put in place. The ambush begins.Told from the perspectives of multiple people involved in the operation, and with Tony Hoare's expert insight into the forces, this is a heart-pounding retelling of one of the SAS's most dangerous missions.
HOT WAX: An electric, rock and roll fuelled story of one band's rise to stardom and one women's quest for answers - for fans of Emma Cline and Taylor Jenkins Reid
by M. L. Rio'Sensory and visceral from page one . . . M. L. Rio is a force to be reckoned with' JENNIFER EGAN'The sleaze of the Stooges, the energy of the Ramones and the glamour of the Cramps - Hot Wax is a pure foot-on-the-monitors, amps-up-to-ten rock 'n' roll classic' MAT OSMANA vivid and immersive tale of one woman's reckless mission to make sense of the events that shattered her childhood, and made her who she is.Summer, 1989: ten-year-old Suzanne is drawn like a magnet to her father's forbidden world of electric guitars and tricked-out cars. When her mother remarries, she jumps at the chance to tag along on the concert tour that just might be Gil and the Kills' wild ride to glory. But fame has sharper fangs than anybody realized, and as the band blazes up the charts, internal power struggles set Gil and his group on a collision course destined for a bloody reckoning - one shrouded in mystery and lore for decades to come. The only witness to a desperate act of violence, Suzanne spends the next twenty-nine years trying to disappear. She trades the music and mayhem of her youth for the quiet of the suburbs and the company of her mild-mannered husband Rob. But when her father's sudden death resurrects the troubled past she tried so hard to bury, she leaves it all behind and hits the road in search of answers. Hitching her fate and Gil's beloved car to two vagabonds who call an old Airstream trailer home, she finds everything she thought she'd lost forever: desire, adventure, and the woman she once wanted to be. But Rob refuses to let her go. Determined to bring her back where she belongs, he chases her across the country - and drives her to a desperation all her own. Drenched in knock-down drag-out rock and roll, Hot Wax is a raucous, breakneck ride to hell and back - where getting lost might be the only way to find yourself and save your soul.
The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures)
by Katherine RundellReturn to the magic of the Archipelago in the dazzling sequel to the runaway, #1 New York Times bestseller Impossible Creatures, hailed as &“an instant classic&” (Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal Winner for The One and Only Ivan)!*This spectacular book features foil and embossing on the jacket, full-color designed endpapers, and brilliant stained edges*Christopher Forrester woke to find a dragon chewing on his face—and his heart leapt for joy! He&’d been dreaming of going back to the Archipelago, the secret cluster of islands where all the creatures of myth still live, and here was his summons.But there is a poison spreading in the Archipelago. Rooting it out will involve a daring rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, a stealthy entrance to a dragon&’s lair, and a death-defying plan to save a prisoner held in the heart of a castle. At the center of this storm is Anya: a small girl with a flock of birds at her side, a new-hatched chick in her pocket, and a ravenous hunger for justice.Katherine Rundell&’s second thrilling installment in the Impossible Creatures series involves castles, dragons, and revenge—the things of which great stories are made. The splendors within are brought to life with more than fifty illustrations, including a map and a bestiary of magical creatures.
Kierkegaard and Phenomenology (Elements in the Philosophy of S?ren Kierkegaard)
by Kevin HartIs Kierkegaard a phenomenologist? Much depends on what we take 'phenomenology' to mean, since the word has been stretched in all possible directions since Edmund Husserl wrote his major works. What have phenomenologists made of his writings? This question is easier to answer: he has been a constant reference point for many of them, although there is little agreement about his significance. This short book argues that he is a phenomenologist in the context of discovery, not justification. One finds attention to attunements in Kierkegaard, and one also finds modes of bracketing and reduction. Even so, his styles of thinking phenomenologically differ from those of most writers in this philosophical school. His phenomenology takes a theological path, one that leads from 'world' to 'kingdom,' and one that often turns on what he calls 'the moment.'
The Nation at Sea: The Federal Courts and American Sovereignty, 1789–1825 (Studies in Legal History)
by Kevin ArlyckThe Nation at Sea tells a new story about the federal judiciary, and about the early United States itself. Most accounts of the nation's transformation from infant republic to world power ignore the courts. Their importance, if any, was limited to domestic politics. But the truth is that, in the critical decades following the Constitution's ratification, federal judges decided thousands of maritime cases that profoundly shaped the United States' relations with foreign nations. Judges ruled on the legality of naval captures made by European powers, regulated the conduct of American merchants, and tried pirates and slave traders who sought profit amid the turmoil of transatlantic war. Kevin Arlyck's vivid reconstruction of this forgotten history reveals how, over time, the federal courts helped realize an increasingly bold conception of American sovereignty, one that vindicated the Declaration of Independence's claim to the United States' place 'among the powers of the earth.'
Feminist Imagining in Polish and Ukrainian Theatres (Elements in Women Theatre Makers)
by Ewa Bal Kasia LechThis Element explores how women theatre artists in Ukraine and Poland – separately and together – respond to their dynamically shifting socio-political realities after the early 2010s events: the pro-European Maidan Revolution in Ukraine and the traditionalist, anti-European governance in Poland, both of which ignited mass women's protests. Engaging with diverse works – new writing, adaptations of classics, musicals, puppetry, and devised productions – Feminist Imagining features artists that explore the connections between patriarchy-rooted violence, gendered nationalism, women's reproductive rights, and decolonial critique. These underpin their transcultural and intersectional alliances and their proposals for concrete scenarios that redefine the past, present, and future, creating specific feminist imaginaries and epistemologies situated in Central-Eastern Europe. The Element captures the feminist turns in Polish and Ukrainian theatres, highlighting the practices of women artists from the so-called Eastern Europe, whose voices have long been nationally and internationally silenced.
The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Theatre (Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance)
by Brad Kent David KornhaberThe first panoramic survey of its kind, The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Theatre is a wide-ranging guide to modernism's myriad theatrical manifestations and permutations. Covering such diverse movements as naturalism, symbolism, expressionism, surrealism, dadaism, futurism, and absurdism and ranging over many genres, including comedy, tragedy, the play of ideas, agitprop, and epic theatre, the book provides a comprehensive examination of how theatre was shaped by modernism – and in turn shaped it – as it was practised around the globe. Arranged into two halves focusing respectively on theatrical forms and major themes, the volume features chapters examining how modernist playwrights, scenographers, actors, and directors engaged with such key social, political, and cultural issues of the day as philosophy, science, religion, sexuality, gender, race, intermediality, and interculturalism. An authoritative resource for students and researchers alike, this Companion attests to the pertinence of theatre and modernism both historically and in the contemporary world.
Black Catholic Worlds: Religious Geographies of Eighteenth-Century Afro-Colombia (Afro-Latin America)
by Bethan FiskCentring the lived experiences of enslaved and free people of colour, Black Catholic Worlds illustrates how geographies and mobilities – between continents, oceans, and region – were at the heart of the formation and circulation of religious cultures by people of African descent in the face of racialisation and slavery. This book examines black Catholicism in different sites – towns, mines, haciendas, rochelas, and maroon communities – across New Granada, and frames African-descended religions in the region as “interstitial religions.” People of African descent engaged in religious practice and knowledge production in the interstices, in liminal places and spaces that were physical sites but also figurative openings, in a society shaped by slavery. Bringing together fleeting moments from colonial archives, Fisk traces black religious knowledge production and sacramental practice just as gold, mined by enslaved people, again began to flow from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic world.
Circling the Sun: A Novel
by Paula McLainNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS • &“Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.&”—Ann Patchett, Country LivingThis powerful novel transports readers to the breathtaking world of Out of Africa—1920s Kenya—and reveals the extraordinary adventures of Beryl Markham, a woman before her time. Brought to Kenya from England by pioneering parents dreaming of a new life on an African farm, Beryl is raised unconventionally, developing a fierce will and a love of all things wild. But after everything she knows and trusts dissolves, headstrong young Beryl is flung into a string of disastrous relationships, then becomes caught up in a passionate love triangle with the irresistible safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and the writer Baroness Karen Blixen. Brave and audacious and contradictory, Beryl will risk everything to have Denys&’s love, but it&’s ultimately her own heart she must conquer to embrace her true calling and her destiny: to fly.Praise for Circling the Sun&“In McLain&’s confident hands, Beryl Markham crackles to life, and we readers truly understand what made a woman so far ahead of her time believe she had the power to soar.&”—Jodi Picoult, author of Leaving Time&“Enchanting . . . a worthy heir to [Isak] Dinesen . . . Like Africa as it&’s so gorgeously depicted here, this novel will never let you go.&”—The Boston Globe&“Famed aviator Beryl Markham is a novelist&’s dream. . . . [A] wonderful portrait of a complex woman who lived—defiantly—on her own terms.&”—People (Book of the Week)&“Circling the Sun soars.&”—Newsday&“Captivating . . . [an] irresistible novel.&”—The Seattle Times&“Like its high-flying subject, Circling the Sun is audacious and glamorous and hard not to be drawn in by. Beryl Markham may have married more than once, but she was nobody&’s wife.&”—Entertainment Weekly &“[An] eloquent evocation of Beryl&’s daring life.&”—O: The Oprah Magazine
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
by Shane Hawk Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.NATIONAL BESTSELLER • SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY • LOCUS AWARD FINALISTA bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: &“Are you ready to be un-settled?&” &“Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock.&” —Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little HeavenFeaturing stories by: Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce K. Young Wolf • Mathilda Zeller Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai&’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home. These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples&’ survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (25) (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series #25)
by Alexander McCall SmithIn this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith&’s beloved No. 1 Ladies&’ Detective Agency, Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi take on an intriguing new case and uncover surprising truthsIn the rolling hills just outside Gaborone, surrounded by a grove of acacia trees, lies The Great Hippopotamus Hotel. With spacious rooms overlooking the Botswanan countryside and a fine and loyal staff, the hotel has served as a refuge to weary travelers for many years. But a sudden string of misfortunes threatens to ruin the hotel&’s reputation. Food poisoning befalls an unlucky diner, laundry mysteriously disappears from the drying line, and a scorpion stings one of the guests. Mishap after mishap, until it seems these incidents are more than simple coincidences—something foul is afoot.Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are on the case to find out who could be responsible for these unfortunate events. The answer at first seems clear, especially when they find out Violet Sephotho is involved. But as they dig deeper, they realize that the solution is not as simple as it initially seems. Meanwhile, one of Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni&’s most important clients has asked him to source a sports car, putting him in a ticklish position as the man&’s wife seems to be unaware of the purchase and the client is taking great pains to keep it that way. Nevertheless, with a healthy dose of good humor and kindness, Mma Ramotswe and her associates must help restore the reputation of the hotel and prove that even the most difficult situations can be remedied with honesty and compassion.
Cloud Atlas (20th Anniversary Edition): A Novel
by David Mitchell#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A new edition of the timeless, structure-bending classic that explores how actions of individual lives impact the past, present and future—from a postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in fictionFeatures a new afterword by David Mitchell and a new introduction by Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowOne of the New York Times&’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the CenturyCloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California. Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite. The novel careens, with dazzling virtuosity, to Belgium in 1931, to the West Coast in the 1970s, to an inglorious present-day England, to a Korean superstate of the near future where neocapitalism has run amok, and, finally, to a postapocalyptic Iron Age Hawaii in the last days of history.But the story doesn&’t end even there. The novel boomerangs back through centuries and space, returning by the same route, in reverse, to its starting point. Along the way, David Mitchell reveals how his disparate characters connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky.As wild as a video game, as mysterious as a Zen koan, Cloud Atlas is an unforgettable tour de force that, like its incomparable author, has transcended its cult classic status to become a worldwide phenomenon.
The Quiet Tenant: A novel
by Clémence MichallonNATIONAL BEST SELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • &“A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying.&” —James Patterson, #1 best-selling author A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM: HIS 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, HIS GIRLFRIEND—AND THE ONE VICTIM HE HAS SPARED"Intelligent and suspenseful." —Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World&“All…of the expected suspense and psychological tension, but offering a story about women—the ones who didn&’t know the evil that lurked within, the ones who tried to placate or fight but still perished, the ones who might actually survive. Haunting but never prurient…truly unforgettable.&” — Alafair Burke, author of The WifeAidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a somewhat beloved figure in the small upstate New York town where he lives. He&’s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. But Aidan has a dark secret he&’s been keeping from everyone in town and those closest to him. He&’s a kidnapper and serial killer. Aidan has murdered eight women and there&’s a ninth he has earmarked for death: Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed, fearing for her life. When Aidan&’s wife dies, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter Cecilia are forced to move. Aidan has no choice but to bring Rachel along, introducing her to Cecilia as a &“family friend&” who needs a place to stay. Aidan is betting on Rachel, after five years of captivity, being too brainwashed and fearful to attempt to escape. But Rachel is a fighter and survivor, and recognizes Cecilia might just be the lifeline she has waited for all these years. As Rachel tests the boundaries of her new living situation, she begins to form a tenuous connection with Cecilia. And when Emily, a local restaurant owner, develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself drawn into Rachel and Cecilia&’s orbit, coming dangerously close to discovering Aidan&’s secret.Told through the perspectives of Rachel, Cecilia, and Emily, The Quiet Tenant explores the psychological impact of Aidan&’s crimes on the women in his life—and the bonds between those women that give them the strength to fight back. Both a searing thriller and an astute study of trauma, survival, and the dynamics of power, The Quiet Tenant is an electrifying debut thriller by a major talent.
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
by Anne ApplebaumNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The Times "A masterful guide to the new age of authoritarianism... clear-sighted and fearless.&”—John Simpson, The Guardian "Especially timely."—The Washington PostWe think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents.But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran. Corrupt companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The police in one country can arm and train the police in another, and propagandists share resources and themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America.International condemnation and economic sanctions cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements, from Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow, don't stand a chance. The members of Autocracy, Inc, aren't linked by a unifying ideology, like communism, but rather a common desire for power, wealth, and impunity. In this urgent treatise, which evokes George Kennan's essay calling for "containment" of the Soviet Union, Anne Applebaum calls for the democracies to fundamentally reorient their policies to fight a new kind of threat.
Recent Advances in Transportation Systems Engineering and Management—Volume 2: Selected Proceedings of CTSEM 2023 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #545)
by C. Mallikarjuna S. N. Suresha K.V.R. Ravi Shankar C.S.R.K. PrasadThe book presents select proceedings of the 9th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM 2023). It broadly covers areas of transportation engineering, namely traffic engineering and safety, transportation planning and pavement engineering. In particular, the book delves into the current research in specific areas including but not limited to intelligent transportation systems and applications, public transport planning and management, urban and regional transportation planning, freight transport and logistics, traffic flow modeling and management, highway design and maintenance, pavement materials and characterization, accident investigations and crash preventive measures, pedestrian facilities and safety, pavement design and construction, pavement evaluation and management, and sustainable transportation. It also sheds light on topics like Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data and the Internet of Things (IoT), and their application in transportation systems. This book will be a valuable resource for researchers and professionals in transportation engineering and civil engineering.
Brain Tumor Segmentation, and Cross-Modality Domain Adaptation for Medical Image Segmentation: MICCAI Challenges, BraTS 2023 and CrossMoDA 2023, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2023, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 12 and 8, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14669)
by Alessandro Crimi Spyridon Bakas Ujjwal Baid Sylwia Malec Monika Pytlarz Reuben Dorent Ruisheng Su Navodini WijethilakeThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Brain Tumor Segmentation Challenge, BraTS 2023, as well as the Cross-Modality Domain Adaptation Challenge, CrossMoDA 2023. These events were held in conjunction with the Medical Image Computing for Computer Assisted Intervention Conference, MICCAI 2023, during October 8-12, 2023. The 37 full papers presented in this volume were selected form 23 submissions. They describe the research of computational scientists and clinical researchers working on brain lesions, and specifically glioma, multiple sclerosis, cerebral stroke, traumatic brain injuries, vestibular schwannoma, and white matter hyper-intensities of presumed vascular origin.
Fließgewässerrenaturierung mit strukturverbessernden Maßnahmen: Von der Zustandserfassung bis zur Erfolgskontrolle (Wasser: Ökologie und Bewirtschaftung)
by Michael Seidel Volker LüderitzWie können strukturverbessernde Maßnahmen an Fließgewässern wirksamer umgesetzt werden? Dieses Buch zeigt die Bedeutung der Erfolgskontrolle als Grundlage der Optimierung von Revitalisierungsmaßnahmen an Fließgewässern. Sowohl etablierte als auch neu entwickelte Methoden und Verfahren sind vorgestellt. Es ist besprochen, wie der Fließgewässerzustand erfasst wird, warum Ziele realistischer und konkreter als bisher üblich zu formulieren sind und warum die Wiederherstellung von Funktionen und Prozessen so wichtig ist. Mit welchen Maßnahmen vor diesem Hintergrund vorrangig begonnen werden sollte, ist ebenso dargestellt wie die Frage, auf welche Weise der Erfolg objektiv und effizient bewertet werden kann. Insgesamt entsteht ein besseres Grundverständnis für das Thema sowie für die Wasserrahmenrichtlinie. Ziel des Buches ist, dass Maßnahmen in der Praxis geeigneter priorisiert, wirksamer geplant und umgesetzt werden können. Können Erfolge besser aufgezeigt werden, fördert dies die Akzeptanz in der Öffentlichkeit.
Organising the Health Care Workforce: Strategic Responses to the Challenges and Dilemmas Faced by Health and Care Services (Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare)
by Mark Exworthy Yvonne ZurynskiThis book explores some of the most daunting workforce challenges in healthcare services in history. These challenges are not new, but reflect decades of under-investment and lack of strategic planning. According to the World Health Organization, there will be a global shortage of 18 million health workers by 2030, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. This book draws upon the best papers from the international Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) conference, which took place at the University of Birmingham in 2022, hosted by the Health Services Management Centre. The OBHC conference is linked to the Society for Studies in Organising Health Care (SHOC), a learned society affiliated to the UK Academy of Social Sciences. Taking an international approach, this edited volume incorporates the highest quality papers submitted by members of the society and Key themes explored include clinical leadership in times of crisis, human resource management in homecare, and organisational behaviour and the health care workforce. With its in depth coverage, this book will appeal to international healthcare practitioners.
Draw Resonance (Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications #990)
by Mathias Bechert Benoit ScheidThis monograph presents many novel aspects of draw resonance, which remains an important field of research in the context of material processing. Draw resonance is used in film casting and fiber spinning at a large industrial scale for the production of polymer films, glass sheets and fibers.The book provides the most complete and coherent picture of draw resonance instability that is available so far in literature, treating all physical aspects together in a consistent and unprecedented way. The argumentation focuses on the physics underlying the observed phenomena, which comprise gravity, inertia, surface tension (for fibre spinning), necking (for film casting), viscoelasticity and thermal effects, all intricately affecting the threshold of the draw resonance. Thus, for the first time, the (de-)stabilizing mechanisms of draw resonance are unraveled, while many stability maps are provided for practical use.To complete the educational aspect, input files for the free software AUTO-07p are made available online, allowing readers to obtain most of the data provided in the monograph.An indispensable book for graduate students, researchers and professionals in material processing.