New Arrivals

With the way things are going, alien abduction doesn't sound all that terrible.HugoI'm not saying I've thoroughly enjoyed the three years I've spent in captivity on a pleasure planet, shaking my money-maker for intergalactic patrons... but, I mean, it hasn't been all bad. The...

With the way things are going, alien abduction doesn't sound all that terrible.HugoI'm not saying I've thoroughly enjoyed the three years I've spent in captivity on a pleasure planet, shaking my money-maker for intergalactic patrons... but, I mean, it hasn't been all bad. The...

In Imprisoned Minds, Erik Maloney tells the stories of men in prison that few people ever hear. Six gripping, first-person narratives of incarcerated men form his imprisoned mind concept: the men's unimaginable childhood trauma and neglect set them on a pathway for prison or...

Step into the world of Ina Garten, a beloved culinary icon who has inspired millions with her effortless blend of warmth, style, and simplicity. "INA GARTEN: The Culinary Icon of Simple Elegance" offers readers a delightful exploration of Ina's journey-from her early days as...

In the last decade, deep learning and word embeddings have made significant impacts on information retrieval (IR) by adding techniques based in neural networks and language models. At the same time, certain search modalities such as neural IR and conversational search have become more...

An upsurge in artworks negotiating the conditions of their own production, distribution, and reception has called attention to the infrastructural relations that shape the art world but have long been understudied. In response, this book introduces the concept of infrastructure aesthetics into the study...

Typography broken down into its most basic (and beautiful) forms to reveal the inherent voice within each shape.Inherent is a collection of concrete poems that uses poetic tools to reduce words and letters and characters to their structural components, celebrating the shapes we're used...

In In Search for Jesus, author Donald Pilson shares a touching story of family and friendship which poignantly demonstrates the profound inspiration possible in a life centered on faith. An enjoyable read for children and adults, In Search for Jesus shows that a personal...

From the 1920s through the 1970s, Howard University was home to America's most renowned assemblage of black scholars. This book traces some of the personal and professional activities of this community of public intellectuals, demonstrating their scholar-activist nature and the myriad ways they influenced...

Our lives are full of personal legend. Trivial details can feel fated, weighted with meaning. What happens when we start to see the words we speak as spells? Where do the lines of ritual, magic, and daily life blur? Inspired by Worth's professional tarot...

Patrick Morgan worked in the Las Vegas casino world for 34 years. During that time, he rose from janitor to manager of a casino on the famous Las Vegas strip. He saw it all and, in his memoir, he tells all: The crazy patrons...

This book discusses how the Covid pandemic has reshaped investment screening mechanisms, investment law and arbitration. Contributions from leading academics and practitioners offer a fresh perspective on the reform of the ISDS mechanism and investment treaties; security and public order risks in FDI screening;...

It's time to play eye spy--in the Arctic! This book invites readers to find cleverly camouflaged animals in the snowy white of the Arctic habitat. From polar bears to seals, the animals of Arctic are endlessly fascinating, as are the adaptations they have to...

What is hiding in the sand? It's the same color and laying flat as it can--can you spot it? Readers are engaged from the first page of this colorful book with a question of hide-and-seek! The basics of camouflage--like the cleverly hidden six-eyed spider...

"A beautifully gruesome detailing of two peculiar people." It's nearly Halloween, the sky won't stop weeping, and from the guts of Olympia's Eden Valley Psychiatric Unit emerges nineteen-year-old Leo Welch, staggering blindly into the streets of an unfamiliar city where her only company is...

So many animals can be found in the forest! Some come out at night, others bask in the sun; some are big, others are tiny. What many have in common is that they like to hide! Readers and invited to a game of hide-and-seek...

There are hundreds of thousands of species living in the world's oceans that we know about. How do they survive and thrive underwater? One way is through camouflage! Readers are asked to spot the hidden animal in the full-color photographs found in the engaging...

In the Shadow of the Global North unpacks the historical, cultural, and institutional forces that organize and circulate journalistic narratives in Africa to show that something complex is unfolding in the postcolonial context of global journalistic landscapes, especially the relationships between cosmopolitan and national...

Across cultures, democracies struggle with intolerant groups, misinformation, social media conspiracies, and extreme populists. Egalitarian cultures cannot always withstand this swing towards the irrational. In Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy Stephen Ward combines history and evolutionary psychology for a comprehensive view of...

I Shall Impersonate a Man is an autobiographical look of the life of James W. Morris, Jr. It is captivating to observe his 74 years of traveling the world first as an Army brat in a family of seven, studying and becoming an architect,...