A foremost contemporary theory of social change explained that shows us how the future must be built day by day.Rehearsing the Future explores the work and legacy of James and Grace Lee Boggs, two of the most influential American radical thinkers of the twentieth century. Grace Lee Boggs earned a PhD in philosophy in the 1940s, though facing obstacles to an academic career as a young Chinese American woman, she left and became a political organizer in Detr...

A vibrant study of what Paul's teaching means for everyday Christian lifeIn this paradigm-shifting book, Michael J. Gorman helps readers see the apostle Paul's teaching from a fresh perspective—not as a set of abstract doctrines, but as lived theology.Drawing from a lifetime's worth of studying, writing, and teaching about Paul, Gorman explains how Pauline theology relates to real-life experiences of individuals and communities. While engaging key Pauline t...

This is the first book to fully examine – in depth and breadth – the topic of sport as soft power.With nation states increasingly realising the potential of sport as a geopolitical tool, and with sporting organisations becoming increasingly visible and influential as political actors on the global stage, this book explores the international politics of sport and the geopolitical trends that are likely to shape international sport for decades to come. The book begins by defining “so...

This book provides a beautifully illustrated overview of the physical science of mountains, showcasing the evocative and highly informative terrains of Ladakh. Readers are taken across the mountains and valleys of Zanskar, the Indus Valley, and Nubra, relating a story that took millions of years to tell. This story includes the geology and tectonics of the Himalayas alongside the creation of landscapes, the people that live within them, and the scientific understanding required for minds t...

'The Havana Syndrome is terrific - and terrifying. The authors have cut through the fog of secrets, screwups, and cover-ups to bring you this illuminating book. It will rob you of your sleep and send shivers up your spine.' TIM WEINER, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Mission and Legacy of AshesTHE TRUE STORY OF JOURNALISTS WHO UNCOVERED A NEW SECRET WEAPON THAT CAN STRIKE THROUGH WALLS WITHOUT LEAVING A TRACE......

In the pine woods of East Texas, the cicadas come every thirteen years. They emerge from the ground where they have waited in the dark, and they climb the trees, and they split their skins, and they sing.Mark Branch is thirteen the first time he hears them. Thirteen when he meets Tim Foster, who becomes the closest thing to a brother he will ever have. Thirteen when Terry Sanders moves to Beulah with her dark hair and her quiet opinions about Hemingway and theology and the proper w...

This is a book about the stories that films tell about dementia and the varied ways it's depicted in films from around the world. Dementia is a progressive disease linked to ageing which ranks among the leading causes of death worldwide, for which the cause remains unknown and there is no cure. Drawing on its incidence in his own family, Michael Chanan explores how films represent the condition: what they show, how they show it, and what they don't show and steer away from. Set within medi...

A literary-historical study of one of the most recurrent motifs in French and Francophone literature – the arrival in Paris – focusing on how it has been employed to explore the idea of Paris as a site of liberation.For centuries, people have attached various dreams to Paris. It is the capital of light, love, intellectualism, fashion, gastronomy, and revolution. Paris is also associated with freedom – whether sexual, social, intellectual, individual, or political. ...

What Remains of a Father is a work of contemporary literary fiction about fatherhood, estrangement, and the machinery people build to survive losing someone they love.Since his marriage ended, the narrator has kept a record: every visit, every message, every small proof that he is still the father he believes himself to be. The record is meant to keep him honest. Instead, it becomes the version of events he trusts more than his own memory -- the account he reaches for when...

In the early weeks of 2020, a small group of scientists recognized the growing danger of an emerging microbial threat. They quickly organized their colleagues into a collaborative team that met weekly, dedicated to innovating new approaches to combat COVID-19 as the pandemic unfolded. The resulting CrisiScience Collaborative would swell to hundreds of high-profile members, including Nobel laureate scientists, engineers, and business leaders—all of whom volunteered to anticipate and solve p...

A visually stunning graphic novel adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah**, this volume brings one of science fiction’s most pivotal stories to life in a bold, immersive new format.**Adapted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and illustrated by Michael Shelfer, Dune Messiah: Book 1 transforms the iconic sequel into a cinematic graphic experience.Rich, detailed artwork captures the scale of Arrakis and the complexit...

The first volume of Abrams ComicArts’ faithful graphic-novel adaptations of Dune Messiah**, part of the groundbreaking science-fiction series by Frank Herbert—timed to the release of the movie**In this epic second act of Frank Herbert’s classic Dune saga, the story of Paul Atreides—better known, and feared, as Muad’Dib—continues. As emperor of the known universe, he wields more power than any one man was meant to hold. Worshipped ...