Unforgettable Books
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Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America
A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren't attractive, well-spoken, demure, or sinless enough to receive their rightful place in history, until now, from New York Times bestselling author Therese Oneill. Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The 19th- and early 20th-century American women profiled in this collection were called all these names and worse when they were alive. And that's just fine. These glorious dames earned those monikers, and one hundred years later they can wear them proudly! They refused to conform to societal standards. They bucked everyday niceties and blazed their own trails. They were collectively unbecoming as women, but they forever changed what women can become. With irresistible charm and laugh-out-loud impertinence, New York Times bestselling author Therese Oneill chronicles the lives of eighteen unbecoming ladies whose audacity, courage, and sheer disdain for lady-like expectations left them out of so many history books. Curious readers will learn about forgotten heroines such as: -Dr. Mary Edwards Walker: who, despite being the only woman ever awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, was shunned and forgotten due to her insistence on wearing pants in public. -Elizabeth Packard: whose careful record of her own unjust incarceration in a 19th century madhouse by her husband (her crime: not wanting to be Presbyterian anymore) led to nationwide law reforms to protect the rights of those with mental health issues. -Lilian Gilbreth: best remembered for being the real-life mom of Cheaper by the Dozen but who probably should be remembered for scientifically removing the stigma of the sanitary napkin and designing the modern-day kitchen. -And many more! With dozens of illustrations and historical photographs throughout, Unbecoming a Lady shines a light on unforgettable, impressive women who deserve to be remembered.
$24.99
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Uncertainties in Environmental Modelling and Consequences for Policy Making (2009)
Mathematical modelling has become in recent years an essential tool for the prediction of environmental change and for the development of sustainable policies. Yet, many of the uncertainties associated with modelling efforts appear poorly understood by many, especially by policy makers. This book attempts for the first time to cover the full range of issues related to model uncertainties, from the subjectivity of setting up a conceptual model of a given system, all the way to communicating the nature of model uncertainties to non-scientists and accounting for model uncertainties in policy decisions. Theoretical chapters, providing background information on specific steps in the modelling process and in the adoption of models by end-users, are complemented by illustrative case studies dealing with soils and global climate change. All the chapters are authored by recognized experts in their respective disciplines, and provide a timely and uniquely comprehensive coverage of an important field.
$219.99
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Under a Distant Sky
Surviving another Oklahoma tornado. No problem. Almost drowning. Yikes. Discovering your boyfriend is from another planet? Life will never be the same. Seventeen year-old Rayah Willow's junior year at Arrow High School is coming to a close. What could be better than looking forward to a sweet summer romance? Talon Eastmon is charming and gorgeous, but he's different somehow. When Rayah learns he's an alien and has mysterious "gifts," she promises to keep his secret. But Talon's past is coming back to haunt him. Government officials from his planet need humans. They've gathered a list of five thousand names by spying on a popular social network, and Rayah is on the list. She's about to be swept up into Talon's world. Will he leave the refuge he's found on Earth to save her?
$12.49
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Under His Hat: The Story of Alice and Her Real Life Hatter: The Story of Alice and Her Real Life Hatter
'Alice in Wonderland' is a book loved worldwide by people of all ages. But 'Under His Hat' reveals other intriguing stories of Alice, who was known in real life as Alice Liddell, the daughter of Henry George Liddell, Dean of Christ Church College Oxford. Born into the privilege and wealth of English nobility, her real-life hatter was Coffee Johnny, an orphan. Introduced when Alice was very young during a family holiday to Ravensworth Castle, their affinity for each other lasted their lifetimes and he became her confidant and close friend. Their fascinating stories unfold in Tyneside, Windsor and Oxford in England at the start of the Industrial Revolution. The two become instrumental in inspiring Lewis Carroll to write his masterpieces. It is only much later learnt by the pair that Johnny was actually the illegitimate son of Dean Liddell, and so Alice's half brother.
$27.50
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Under the Oak Tree: Volume 2 (the Comic)
A long-awaited reunion and a fragile happiness . . . The second volume of the official webcomic based on the hit webnovel by Suji Kim. Riftan has returned from the royal capital just in time to deal with a group of rogue knights attacking the gates of Anatol. When the dust settles, he and Maxi finally have time to get to know each other properly, but Maxi struggles to show Riftan who she really is for fear that he will reject her. Even worse are her fears that the next time Riftan is called away he might never return. Determined to prove her worth and secure an unshakeable place in her new home, Maxi agrees to help the sorcerer Ruth create a new magical device. . .and discovers she might be capable of more than she could have ever dreamed. This volume collects episodes 25-45 of Under the Oak Tree, the #1 webcomic on MANTA.
$30.00
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Under Water
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, OPRAH DAILY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, DEBUTIFUL AND MORE! "In equal measure compelling and heart wrenching. " --Claire Messud "Overwhelming and exquisite-in a word, sublime." --Namwali Serpell "A novel of remarkable delicacy and power."--Katie Kitamura An intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic events After Marissa loses her mother at six, the most intimate relationship of her life begins. Her marine biologist father, determined to channel his grief into completing his wife's research, whisks her across the globe to Thailand. There she meets Arielle, and a fairytale friendship takes hold. During the week, the girls live at the resort owned by Arielle's parents; on the weekends they join the tight-knit community of researchers on a nearby island. Together the girls discover the fragile wonders of its reefs, forests, and beaches. Together they learn to dive into the deep, holding their breath for minutes at a time, as effortlessly synchronized as the manta rays they come to know by name. Together they learn to swim their way out of danger. But then comes a wave Arielle can't outpace, leaving Marissa gutted with loss. Years later, Marissa is back in New York, adrift and haunted by the memory of her friend. Over the course of two fateful days, as another cataclysm approaches the city and the past comes flooding back, she discovers how to sustain herself in a precarious world.
$29.00
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Undermoney
From a seasoned insider of global finance comes a "stimulating, relevant, and dramatic" (The Wall Street Journal) thriller about a group of American operatives who secretly take over the world's largest dark money fund--"a gripping thriller that takes you into the world of New York hedge funds, Russian money launderers, and DC power politics [that] makes you feel like you're actually there" (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice). When a US airdrop of billions of dollars disap-pears in the desert sands of Syria, only a small group of military operatives knows its ultimate destination or why it has been stolen. Their goal is no less than the restoration of America's geopolitical dominance on the global stage. Essential to this scheme are Greta Webb, a sophisticated CIA operative who is an expert on dark money, not to mention lethally skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and Elias Vicker, the damaged, dangerous soul who runs the world's largest hedge fund. To achieve its goals, the group must form dangerous alliances. One is with the hidden family that manages the largest private pool of capital that has ever existed. Another is with Fyodor Volk, the ruthless founder of Russia's most successful private military company, a mercenary with ties to Vladimir Putin. Volk has his eye on Greta. She would be wise to avoid him but cannot. Arcing from Manhattan's finest apartments to Washington, DC, from Middle Eastern war zones to private European bank vaults, Jay Newman's Undermoney follows the Americans as they are enmeshed in the world of dark money and confront ever-increasing danger. Ultimately, they must decide whether their objectives are worth the cost of sacrificing not just a few but potentially many human lives. "Unexpectedly timely" (The New Yorker), Undermoney is a "wildly entertaining peek behind the curtain of American politics, financial skullduggery, and high-stakes global conflict" (Nelson DeMille).
$19.99
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Underspin
"In its competing love and critique of the sport, Underspin is as zippy as an Olympic file." --The Financial Times "An eruption of a debut." --Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars Stay True meets Headshot in this intimate, bruising coming-of-age novel about the short and tumultuous life of a charismatic and enigmatic table tennis prodigy, as seen through the eyes of those pulled into his orbit. Ryan Lo begins playing table tennis at age eight, under the tutelage of his brilliant but ruthless coach Kristian, who sees talent in him that might be nurtured into greatness. Throughout an adolescence circumscribed by Kristian's demanding behavior, Ryan forms jealousy-fueled and mutually adoring friendships with his teammates and competitors, falls in love with fellow table tennis star Anabel Yu, and above all, wins championships. By twenty-one, Ryan ascends all the way to the German Bundesliga, the highest echelon of international table tennis, just as he was supposed to, but he doesn't stay there. It is clear to all that Ryan Lo was meant to be the greatest in the world. Instead, he abandons competition and is dead before his twenty-fifth birthday. What happened? In crisp, evocative prose, Underspin masterfully delves beneath the relentless pressure that forges a champion, considering adolescence, estrangement, and the great injustices committed within our closest relationships. A love letter to an underdog sports circuit and a tender exploration of love, loss and abuse, Underspin is a bildungsroman and literary puzzle for readers of Rita Bullwinkel, Hua Hsu, Susan Choi, and Brandon Taylor.
$27.00
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Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind: Opening the Black Box (2009): Opening the Black Box
Interest in the functioning of the human mind can certainly be traced to Plato and Aristotle who often dealt with issues of perceptions and motivations. While the Greeks may have contemplated the human condition, the modern study of the human mind can be traced back to Sigmund Freud (1900) and the psychoanalytic movement. He began the exploration of both conscious and unconscious factors that propelled humans to engage in a variety of behaviors. While Freud's focus may have been on repressed sexuality our focus in this volume lies elsewhere. We are concerned herein with the expression of the cognitions, motivations, passions, intentions, perceptions, and emotions associated with entrepreneurial behaviors. We are attempting in this volume to expand on the work of why entrepreneurs think d- ferently from other people (Baron, 1998, 2004). During the decade of the 1990s the eld of entrepreneurship research seemingly abandoned the study of the entrepreneur. This was the result of earlier research not being able to demonstrate some unique entrepreneurial personality, trait, or char- teristic (Brockhaus and Horwitz, 1986). It was both a naïve and simplistic search for the "holy grail" of what made entrepreneurs the way they are. However, many of the researchers in this volume have never gave up the belief that a better und- standing of the mind of the entrepreneur would give us a better understanding of the processes that lead to the creation of new ventures.
$169.99
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Undiagnosed: The Ugly Side of Dyslexia: The Ugly Side of Dyslexia
In UNDIAGNOSED, The Ugly Side of Dyslexia, Emmy nominated actor Ameer Baraka depicts how coming of age in the murderous streets of 1980s New Orleans collided with an unrecognized learning difference. Incarcerated for manslaughter at the age of fourteen, Ameer must reconcile his past with the will to persevere through the misconception that he's unable to learn. At age twenty-three, Ameer re-enters the prison system, where he reclaims an education denied to so many who struggle to read. His rage transforms into determination to help other inmates and young people recognize that through perseverance and education, there is an alternative to living a life of crime and a method to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline. Stories speak louder than statistics, and in this tale of redemption, the good we do is measured by what we've overcome and the lives we inspire after discovering our truth. Ameer Baraka is an award-winning and Daytime Emmy Nominated Actor, author, dyslexia advocate, youth mentor, and prison coach. Born to humble beginnings in New Orleans, Ameer's early life was as gloomy and as ill-fated as a young life could have been. In and out of the prison system as a kid for transgressions ranging from youthful indiscretions to major crimes, he was seemingly on a one-way trip to oblivion. Almost illiterate when he went to prison, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and learned to read in his mid-twenties while behind bars. Seeing how education and ability to read have changed his life, Ameer is dedicated to inspiring young people with his message that they, too, can overcome meager beginnings and obstacles in their way to eventually triumph through hard work, dedication, strong faith, and the pursuit of education.
$19.99
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Unforgivable: An Abusive Priest and the Church That Sent Him Abroad: An Abusive Priest and the Church That Sent Him Abroad
The first book to expose how the Catholic Church systematically covers up scandal by moving abusers across borders. Clerical sexual abuse is as global as the Roman Catholic Church, with bishops moving credibly accused priests not simply between parishes but also across international borders. Unforgivable follows the movement of one such perpetrator from the Great Plains of central Minnesota to the Indigenous highlands of Guatemala, where this priest had access to children and even raised one as his own. Although Father David Roney is at the center of this particular story, author Kevin Lewis O'Neill offers ample evidence that offshoring priests is a common practice. These maneuvers and the callous indifference of the Church--even once caught red-handed--reveal the limits of justice. They also lay bare the disturbing fact that the scale of clerical sexual abuse is far bigger than anyone has yet considered. Rigorously researched and viscerally important, this book raises urgent questions about holding the Catholic Church accountable.
$29.95
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UNIT 3877 - FIELD AGENT THREE-MONTH ESPIONAGE FICTION SUBSCRIPTION
Field Agent - Three-Month Espionage Fiction Subscription The Field Agent 3-Month Subscription is an espionage book subscription delivering one spy novel per month for three months, each paired with a digital intelligence briefing. This premium book subscription is designed for readers of espionage fiction, geopolitical thrillers, and intelligence-themed literature. Each month includes a hand-selected espionage or intelligence thriller novel and a structured digital intelligence briefing that provides context, and tradecraft insights. The subscription focuses on curated book selection rather than algorithm-based recommendations. What’s Included 3 espionage or intelligence thriller novels (1 per month) 3 intelligence briefing documents with analysis and context Monthly delivery over a 3-month period Editorial selection based on narrative quality and realism Key Features Monthly curated espionage book subscription Intelligence-style digital briefing included with each book Focus on spy fiction, geopolitical thrillers, and intelligence narratives Hand-selected titles from established and emerging espionage authors Fixed 3-month duration subscription plan Excellent gifting option Ideal For Readers interested in: espionage fiction spy novels and intelligence thrillers geopolitical and political fiction curated book subscription services literary thriller collections How It Works Subscription begins immediately after purchase. One book and accompanying digital intelligence briefing are shipped each month for three consecutive months. Shipments follow a monthly fulfillment schedule. Tracking is provided upon dispatch. Target Audience This subscription is designed for readers of high-quality espionage fiction and intelligence thrillers, including fans of authors such as John le Carré, Mick Herron, Daniel Silva, and Charles Cumming. Current Assignment: Operation Ransom This assignment places you inside the shadow world of Gabriel Allon — a realm of stolen intelligence, high-stakes negotiation, and covert operations where loyalty is tested and every decision carries consequences. The mission is built around Ransom by Daniel Silva. Your assignment package includes the hardcover novel and a classified digital intelligence briefing examining the novel’s tradecraft, operational methods, geopolitical stakes, and the real-world intelligence themes behind the story. Mission Profile Primary Asset: Ransom by Daniel SilvaGenre: Espionage Thriller · Political Thriller · International SuspenseOperational Theater: Europe, and global intelligence networksOperational Tempo: Strategic, suspenseful, and relentlessly pacedKey Intelligence Topics: Intelligence operations, hostage negotiation, geopolitical conflict, deception, loyalty, power, and the hidden battles shaping world events Field Assessment Amazon Readers: 4.8/5 from 78 ratings You'll appreciate this assignment if you enjoy: Slow Horses and Red Sparrow Authors like Mick Herron, Daniel Silva, Charles Cumming, Olen Steinhauer, David McCloskey, and John le Carré Subscription Terms 3-month fixed subscription plan Cancel or manage subscription through account settings Each monthly shipment is fulfilled separately Start Your Three-Month Subscription Your three-month subscription delivers 3 consecutive monthly intelligence assignments. The 3 monthly assignments are delivered sequentially; if you skip a month, your membership extends until all 3 assignments have been delivered.
$120.00
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