Advances in heritable genome editing, such as with CRISPR-Cas9, promise to ensure that some possible future children with genetic disorders are not created — but at what cost to equality? If only certain kinds of people are brought into existence, do we risk undermining the very foundations of social justice?This groundbreaking volume brings together leading philosophical, ethical, and legal scholars to explore the implications of selecting future children.Examining this ur...

Freedom and adventure are things Asha can only dream about in secret. From a young age, she's carried a responsibility far too heavy for her shoulders. Now that she runs a real estate agency with her half-sister, life hasn't gotten any quieter.Vincent has always resisted the rigid expectations of his conservative parents, who expect him to take over the family business. With no real plans or commitments tying him down, he travels the world, taking life as it comes.What begi...

Book 1 in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Worth SeriesA New Body...A New Life...An Old Flame?Lizzie Hampton is literally a shadow of her former self. Having lost half her body weight, she's headed to her small hometown to test out her new body on an old flame...

This comprehensive second edition provides a pedagogical introduction to cell mechanics and mechanobiology. featuring quantitative descriptions of key concepts and solved examples throughout. The textbook demonstrates how understanding cellular responses to mechanical forces allows us to predict cell behavior and functionality in various environments.Introduction to Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology, Second Edition, asks key questions about the quantitative concepts that c...

A groundbreaking examination of how the Affordable Care Act built public trust, withstood opposition, and redefined civic engagement. Can a bold new social program cultivate a supportive constituency, even as it is buffeted by political turbulence? In Against All Odds, Lawrence Jacobs, Ling Zhu, and Suzanne Mettler track the improbable journey of the Affordable Care Act, from its launch and fraught implementation, through years of fiery resistance to today, when i...

Maxim Thorn is a ruthless Alpha, a mobster king who rules his pack with an iron fist.He’s also my only hope.As a shifter from the wrong side of the tracks who’s just been rejected by my abusive fated mate, I don’t have a lot of options in this city.I have no choice but to make a deal with the devil.But that doesn’t mean I’m powerless. I have an ace up my sleeve, a bargaining chip Maxim can’t resist. He wants revenge on my pac...

Book 1 in the Freshman Roommates Series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mara Jacobs.I didn’t believe in love at first sight, until I first saw Lucas Kade.I was giving swimming lessons to children when I first saw him. Turns out one of the kids was Lucas’s little brother. So, I’d be seeing a lot more of Lucas. And that was just fine with me.I had a lot going on—a freshman at an elite college, first time...

Reading isn't a distraction from success. It's the foundation of it."A vital resource for readers determined to think more clearly in a world driven to digital distraction."-BookLife"Perennial good advice, and well delivered... A passionately argued case for building a regular reading habit."-Kirkus Reviews- 2025 BookLife Prize - Quarter Finalist -Reading ra...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mara Jacobs comes Book 1 in the Anna Dawson mystery series.My name is Anna Dawson, and I'm a gambler.And like any gambler will tell you, sometimes that’s good, and sometimes...not so much. And sometimes it’s an outright problem.I love Vegas, and I love the life I've built, but when one of my friends is murdered, and another one shot at, I know I need to take a serious lo...

It’s a fairy tale as old as time…Everyone in Bourbon Falls knows Delaney Brooks doesn’t need a man—including Delaney. So when a storm sends her niece’s car hydroplaning into the town hermit’s bushes, it’s nothing Del can’t handle herself. But the winds also cause costly damage to the roof of her family’s beloved bookstore, and Del accepts it’s time to seek help.Isaac Manning never intended to be the bad guy. But a slanderous post went viral, and he’s forced...

Books 1-3 in the New York Times bestselling Worth Series3 best friends - 3 new lovesBook 1:Worth The WeightA New Body...A New Life...An Old Flame?Lizzie Hampton is literally a shadow of her former self. Having lost half her body weight, she's headed to her small hometown to test out her new body on an old flame.Just a harmless fling to get h...

One woman on the run.Four dangerously sexy bodyguards.And a war brewing that will change the shifter world forever…I’m living on borrowed time, fighting for survival against a deadly new virus that has no cure and a cult doing its best to brainwash me. But when a mysterious note shows up on my windowsill one night, its chilling message--Run, Wren--launches me out of the frying pan and into the fire.Within hours, everything I thought I ...