Collective Light Emission: Many quantum emitters covers several recent and essential topics related to collective light emissions from many quantum emitters. Light–matter interactions in quantum systems form one of the complicated dynamical systems. Owing to its complexity, researchers have developed new means and techniques to investigate such systems with better control of parameters and better precision to observe interesting phenomenon. These advancements provide new insights ...

The Routledge Dance Studies Reader has been expanded and updated, giving readers access to thirty-seven essential texts that address the social, political, cultural, and economic impact of globalization on embodiment and choreography.These interdisciplinary essays in dance scholarship consider a broad range of dance forms in relation to historical, ethnographic, and interdisciplinary research methods including cultural studies, reconstruction, media studies, and popular cu...

Wars in this century are radically different from the major conflicts of the 20th century--more amorphous, asymmetrical, globally connected, and unending. Choreographies of 21st Century Wars is the first book to analyze the interface between choreography and wars in this century, a pertinent inquiry since choreography has long been linked to war and military training. The book draws on recent political theory that posits shifts in the kinds of wars occurring since the First and Se...

The woman who can see all possible futures is dating the man who can see the only foreordained future. A wildly popular slapstick filmmaker is drawn, against his better judgment, into working with a fascist militia against a background ofsocial collapse. Two friends must embark on an Epic Quest To Capture The Weapon That Threatens The Galaxy, or else they’ll never achieve their dream of opening a restaurant. A trans woman is captured by an agency that brutally forcesdetransit...

It’s Robin’s eighth birthday and it seems like everyone has forgotten—until a thundery figure bursts through the door. It’s the Cat-Headed Wanderer, who hasn’t been seen since their mom and uncle were children! The night is transformed as Robin is whisked away to an otherworldly party in a treehouse full of song, dance, and newfound friends. But as the evening draws to a close, Robin must learn to bridge the gap between their two very different worlds.Here’s a spellbinding story ab...

Now an HBO series starring Kathryn Hahn!“Light, zingy, and laugh-out-loud funny” (People), the New York Times bestselling novel about sex, love, and identity as seen through the eyes of a middle-aged woman and her college freshman son.A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve Fletcher is struggling to adjust to her empty nest. One night she receives a text from a...

A trans detective working for the District Attorney’s office takes on the twisty, poignant cold case murder of a local trans woman—and her investigation unravels the threads of a county-wide conspiracy as well as a personal mystery that’s haunted her since childhood.When Lieutenant Lauren Kelly is exiled to the Homicide Cold Case Unit at the DA’s office, she knows her superiors are sticking her there as punishment until she can quietly retire. That way, no one can ...

Grace Woodhouse has left a lot behind. She used to have a great friend group, an amazing girlfriend, and a right foot set to earn her a Division I football scholarship—before she came out as trans. As senior year begins, Grace is struggling to find her place in early transition, new social circles, and a life without football. But when her skills as the best kicker in the state prove to be vital, her old teammates beg her to come out of retirement, dragging her back into a sport—into a way...

Named a Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year: The explosive debut novel about family, power, and privilege from the creator of the award-winning Mad Men.Mark and Karen Breakstone have constructed the idyllic life of wealth and status they always wanted, made complete by their beautiful and extraordinary daughter Heather. But they are still not quite at the top. When the new owners of the penthouse above them begin construction, an unstable stranger penetra...

**Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, VOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, NPR and THE ROOT"[A] cutting take on race and class...part dark comedy, part surreal morality tale. Disturbing and delicious." —People"You’ll gulp Senna’s novel in a single sitting—but then mull over it for days.” –Entertainment Weekly**From the bestselling author of Caucasia and Colored Television, a subvers...

This New York Times best-seller has earned universal acclaim, including starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Booklist . With hits like Election and Joe College to his credit, author Tom Perrotta has established himself as a master of satire. Unhappily married Sarah passes her days at the local playground with her three-year-old daughter. When happily unemployed Todd (also married) and Sarah meet, their attraction is immediate. They begin a passionate...

****Longlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize**Finalist for the 2018 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize**Finalist for the 2018 Lambda Literary Award**A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2017**A Quill & Quire Reviewers' Book of the YearAn unflinching, sage and mesmerizing portrait of an open relationship, Next Year, For Sure defies expectation and heralds the beginning of a bright writing career.**After nine years together, Kath...