Combining statistical analysis of public opinion, voting records, and economic data, the work shows that rising U.S. income inequality since the late 20th century has been reinforced by political processes that are far more responsive to affluent citizens than to middle- and lower-income voters. Policies such as tax cuts, deregulation, and budget priorities have tended to favor the wealthy, while electoral dynamics, campaign finance, and partisan strategies contribute to skewed representation and limited policy redress for the poor. The result is a political economy in which market forces and democratic institutions interact to concentrate income and influence at the top.

In 1914 Oxford, twin sisters Peggy and Maude work in the university press bindery—Peggy yearning for education and Maude content with the steady work. As World War I brings Belgian refugees to the city and upends daily life, Peggy's hopes, relationships and responsibilities are tested. The novel follows the sisters' bond and examines who has access to knowledge in a changing society.

A moving collection of portrait photographs and candid first‑person stories gathered from people around the world that captures intimate moments, personal struggles, humor and everyday life; the images and brief narratives reveal shared humanity, resilience and vulnerability, connecting readers to diverse lives through powerful, often surprising glimpses into ordinary people’s experiences.

A fresh, YA reimagining of the Robin Hood legend that follows a fiercely independent young woman who rejects the limited life laid out for her and becomes a force in Sherwood’s outlaw world. Trained in archery and deception, she stages daring raids, navigates shifting loyalties and romantic tension, and confronts what leadership, identity, and justice truly demand. The novel mixes action, political intrigue, and emotional stakes as she transforms from a sheltered life into a symbol of resistance.

A scholarly yet accessible exploration of the Orthodox understanding of Christ’s descent into Hades, tracing the doctrine through Scripture, patristic writings, liturgical texts, hymnography and iconography; it presents the descent as the decisive victory over death that liberates the righteous and inaugurates the cosmic transformation of the resurrection. The study examines historical development, theological nuances and pastoral implications, showing how this event is central to Orthodox soteriology and worship.

A bold retelling of a well-known epic that follows Sita from her miraculous origins and education in the court of Mithila to her rise as a fiercely intelligent warrior, stateswoman and moral philosopher; the narrative reframes familiar episodes—her marriage to a noble prince, life at court, exile and eventual abduction by a powerful adversary—as tests of agency, courage and leadership, exploring how she navigates politics, duty and personal conviction to become both a leader in her own right and the architect of a legend.

Cornwall, 1730. Red learns the Cornish Square of Sevens from her father, who before his death places her with a gentleman scholar and leaves a document with the method's secret. Raised in Bath, she uses fortune telling to delight high society while she pursues who her mother was and the enemies her father feared. Her search takes her to London, Devon, the Bartholomew Fair, and the grand houses of two powerful families, bringing the possibility of reward and the risk of grave danger.

An emotionally taut psychological thriller about an artist who begins producing paintings tied to memories she cannot explain; as the images surface details of a long-buried disappearance and tangled family secrets, she must unravel who she once was, who she can trust, and whether revealing the truth will bring healing or put her—and those she loves—at risk.

A sharp critique of contemporary economic life arguing that powerful institutions—corporations, financial interests, and a compliant expert class—systematically mislead the public with comforting myths and misleading statistics to protect their privilege; the book explains how advertising, propaganda, and expert opinion manufacture consent for harmful policies, deepen inequality, and weaken democratic accountability, while urging greater public scrutiny and institutional reform to correct the distortions that pass for sound economic management.

A quiet, intimate portrait of a young woman who moves to a provincial port town and struggles to keep everyday life intact as the Second World War draws closer and eventually engulfs her world; through small domestic details, creative scrap-making, and the rhythms of family and neighborhood, the narrative shows how scarcity, air raids, conscription, and loss reshape ordinary routines and relationships, while highlighting resilience, memory, and the human cost of conflict on civilians.

A brisk, accessible single-volume history that traces Poland’s thousand-year journey from medieval statehood through the partitions and insurrections, the twin cataclysms of Nazi and Soviet occupations, decades of communist rule, and the eventual rebirth of democracy after 1989. Blending political narrative with cultural detail and vivid portraits of key figures and movements, it explains how geography, external powers, and internal divisions shaped Polish identity and resilience, and how civic movements such as Solidarity transformed both the nation and the wider European order.

A clear-eyed analysis of how fossil-fuel interests and allied actors have shifted from outright denial to a subtler campaign of delay and diversion—promoting individual blame, sowing doubt, greenwashing, doomism, and narrow techno-fix narratives—to block meaningful policy; the book exposes these tactics, explains why focusing solely on personal choices is insufficient, and calls for defending climate science, countering misinformation, and pursuing systemic political and economic solutions (strong regulation, public investment in clean energy, and mass civic engagement) to achieve real emissions reductions.

A hybrid, multilingual poetic meditation that maps linguistic and bodily drift across seas and histories, assembling fragments—from Old Norse echoes and archival traces to contemporary reportage and spoken rhythms—into a collage about migration, memory, climate and the erosion of language and borders; through translation, repetition and sonic play it traces how words and people are carried, transformed and lost by currents of time, water and political movement.

A wide-ranging, reportage-driven exploration of contemporary queer life and politics across the globe, blending personal stories of activists and ordinary people with analysis of the legal, religious and cultural forces that shape struggles for recognition and safety; the book traces how globalization, colonial history and local traditions produce divergent trajectories of progress and backlash, showing both the gains of increased visibility and the persistent, sometimes violent, resistance to change, and argues for nuanced, place-specific solidarities rather than a single universal model of LGBTQ rights.

A thoughtful, accessible interpretation of the biblical story that treats one man’s catastrophic losses as a challenge to simplistic theodicies, rejecting the idea that suffering is divine punishment and instead emphasizing the limits of human understanding and the mystery of God; it follows his endurance and debates with well-meaning but wrongheaded friends, records his anguished protest before God, and draws practical lessons about preserving integrity, accepting uncertainty, and meeting suffering with compassion, solidarity, and moral courage rather than neat answers.

Grace Condry has spent a lifetime running from her past. Betrayed as a child by her only love and raised on the streets, she now hides in plain sight as queen of London's darkest corners. Ewan, Duke of Marwick, returns after a decade of searching, determined to win her back and make her his duchess. Grace vows revenge and keeps him close, but their reunion threatens the life she has claimed and the heart she swore he would never steal.

A plucky orphan raised in an English boarding school is sent to live with distant relatives in Manaus and, on the steamer journey and in the lush Amazon, discovers the extraordinary beauty and danger of the rainforest; she makes warm friendships with locals and fellow travellers, uncovers the selfish schemes of her supposed guardians, and ultimately finds courage, belonging, and a new kind of family far from England.

The book argues that contemporary Islamist militancy should be understood as a product of modernity rather than a throwback to premodern religious violence: its aims, methods and nihilism are shaped by modern political ideas, technology and disillusionment. It traces parallels between radical Islamism and other twentieth-century utopian movements, contending that resentment of secular modern life and the collapse of traditional certainties help explain the appeal of revolutionary violence. The work critiques simplistic Western responses and urges a more reflective, historically informed realism about the limits of political projects and the conditions that give rise to such movements.

A grittily realistic retelling of the Robin Hood legend narrated by the wandering minstrel Alan-a-Dale, following a skilled archer’s journey from village life to the brutality of the Crusades and back to England as the head of a band of outlaws. The story blends bloody combat, political intrigue and rough camaraderie as the group challenges Norman corruption and the scheming of Prince John, grounding familiar mythic figures in harsh social and historical detail. Themes of loyalty, justice and the making of a folk hero run throughout as personal survival and moral choice collide on the medieval road.

In Leningrad in 1968, Alexander Karpenko is, from an early age, clearly destined to lead his countrymen. After his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother flee and must choose at the docks between a container ship to America or to Great Britain. A coin toss decides his future. Spanning two continents and thirty years, the story follows his triumphs and defeats as an immigrant who ultimately faces the past he left behind in Russia.

Dangerous Beauty shares the author's experiences working as a safari guide in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Uganda. It also recounts the events of March 1999, when several tourists were killed in Uganda by Rwandan rebels fleeing from the Congo. The account links the author's guiding experiences across those four countries with a retelling of the March 1999 attacks.

In Vienna in 1911 Gustav Klimt finds a woman's body in the Danube canal and, while sketching her, she coughs and proves alive. Back at his studio Klimt and his model Wally tend the nearly feral woman who cannot remember who she is, and he names her Judith. She recalls being stranded in the Arctic a century earlier, locked in a crate by Victor Frankenstein and visiting the Underworld. Many people pursue her, including Geoff, a giant croissant eating devil dog of the North.

Set against the Roman siege of Masada, this lyrical novel traces the intertwined lives of four women who find each other on the mountaintop fortress and build a fragile, fiercely loyal community; tending doves, caring for children, practicing healing arts and preserving stories, they confront love, betrayal, faith and loss as they face the extraordinary choices forced by war and the cost of resistance.

Una raccolta di lettere morali indirizzate a un amico, che offre consigli pratici e meditazioni stoiche su come vivere virtuosamente: affrontare la morte e il dolore, governare la rabbia e i desideri, gestire ricchezza e perdita, coltivare tranquillità interiore, autodisciplina, amicizia e saggezza pratica. Il testo combina insegnamenti filosofici con esempi quotidiani e inviti all'esame di coscienza, proponendo esercizi di vita volti a trasformare la teoria in pratica e a conseguire libertà e serenità d'animo.

Norsemen sail across the Channel into the realm of the great Frankish emperor and confront a massive Crusader force. Aboard a dragon ship an English monk guards a book wrapped in cloth whose true worth is known only to him. At their leader's side is Raven, with a blood spot in his eye and magic in his soul, and he and Cynethryth, the runaway daughter of an English king, plunge into an epic clash of men and faiths.