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A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist’s search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, decades ago—inspired by the author’s own family history Birmingham, 1929: Robert Lee Harrington, a master carpenter, has just moved to Alabama to pursue a job opportunity, bringing along his pregnant wife and young daughter. Birmingham is in its heyday, known as the “Magic City” for i...

This accessible study examines the Holocaust¿s ¿forgotten victims¿ ¿ Jews and other victims who suicided from 1939 to 1945. Using diaries, survivor memoirs, and survivor interviews, the manuscript places suicide victims and their experiences into the traditional Holocaust narrative.

The picturing of ancient sites and artifacts to convey information links visual reporting with the workings of the imagination and indicates that the study of antiquity has always had a hybrid identity: part artistic and part scientific.

“Max in the House of Spies is everything you could hope for in a book, ” -R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder, White Bird, and Pony“Espionage! Secrets! Suspense! If you’ve ever dreamed of being a spy, this book is for you.” -Alan Gratz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee and Projekt 1065Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London.Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the first time in his life. But n...

This book centers on normal families of holomorphic and meromorphic functions and also normal functions. The authors treat one complex variable, several complex variables, and infinitely many complex variables (i.e., Hilbert space).

Stepback into the Roaring Twenties with F. Scott Fitzgerald's timeless masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, now reimagined as a stunning illustrated edition. Featuring gorgeousillustrations by Jorge Coelho, this edition brings the glamour and excess ofthe Jazz Age to life, while showcasing the beauty of Fitzgerald's prose.Whether you're a longtime fan of this American classic or discovering it forthe first time, The Great Gatsby: An Illustrated Nove...

An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass the full trajectory of the cosmos and the passage of a single human life. Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to st...

Aimed at undergraduate students of statistics and researchers interested in the philosophical foundations of statistics. Of interest to philosophers of science, as well as a general audience interested in puzzles and paradoxes.

Aimed at undergraduate students of statistics and researchers interested in the philosophical foundations of statistics. Of interest to philosophers of science, as well as a general audience interested in puzzles and paradoxes.

This book details the impact of flooding on our environment, and the ways in which communities, and those that work with them, can act to manage the associated risks.

A book on self-care and astrology that describes the energy of each sign and how to align your self-care practices with the astrological seasons, including material on birth charts, lunar cycles, and rituals.

Press Here meets Bill Nye the Science Guy in this interactive STEM picture book about forces and motion.Welcome to the physics lab! In this picture book, young scientists use their imagination to bring experiements to life. They poke whipped cream in the illustrations, tilt the book to roll a ball down a ramp, and slide beanbags to test friction. After predicting what will happen next, eager readers turn the page to see the results.Educator an...

Guest artists Riccardo Burchielli (DMZ), Patricio Delpechi, and Emily Scnall join Stephen Graham Jones—New York Times best-selling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw—for a mission to the Ice Age exploring America’s pre-Columbian past!When Martin and Tawny’s children disappeared, the couple barreled into the desert to track them down at any cost. Instead, they ran afoul of another group of rovers who claimed to be saving...

Even children experience lonely moments. When they do, this book reminds them that you will always be there, and God is right there too. Max Lucado's comforting words reinforce the thought that no matter what happens--the good and bad, the firsts and lasts--children will never be alone . . . just in case they ever wonder.

Even children experience lonely moments. When they do, this book reminds them that you will always be there, and God is right there too. Max Lucado's comforting words reinforce the thought that no matter what happens--the good and bad, the firsts and lasts--children will never be alone . . . just in case they ever wonder.

Say The Thing offers fresh and easy-to-remember guidance for navigating life's trickier conversations, and encourages readers to effectively communicate and set boundaries in a variety of environments and on a number of topics.

This fourth edition lays out the ways and means for practitioners to tackle the deprivation and destitution of service users.

This fourth edition lays out the ways and means for practitioners to tackle the deprivation and destitution of service users.

The book argues that despite its limitations, the UPR mechanism with its inclusive, cooperative and collaborative framework, is an important human rights mechanism with the potential to evolve over time into an effective cooperative tool for monitoring human rights implementation.

This book explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Jesuit contributions to the rhetorical tradition established by Isocrates, Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian.