In Healing Ableism: Stories about Disability and Religious Life, Darla Schumm explores the extraordinary stories of people with disabilities who struggle with the ordinary human challenges of faith and doubt, exclusion and inclusion, and injustice and justice. Blending candid story-telling, cultural critique, and theory, Schumm invites listeners to reflect on the experiences of people with disabilities in religious communities and organizations. Schumm argues that it's not disability that needs healing, it's ableism that needs healing. Learn More
The story of the game-changing collaboration between director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann, who channeled their inner fears and desires into films that would become the nightmarish narratives and soundtracks of our lives. Learn More
How the World Flows acts like a microscope that pulls the listener into the barely noticeable, Lilliputian world of fluids at small scales—the microfluidic world—and answers the question "What is microfluidics?" in non-technical language. Learn More
How to Do Discourse Analysis provides a comprehensive toolkit for conducting discourse analysis, offering twenty-six practical tools to examine how language is used to construct meaning, enact identities, and shape social realities. Written by renowned linguist James Paul Gee, it introduces key concepts like situated meanings, social languages, and discourses, showing how language both reflects and creates social contexts. Learn More
A human-centered approach to artificial intelligence will ensure human control over powerful and helpful future mobile devices and services. Learn More
After moving to France, Tabitha Knight has a new friend in fellow expat and Cordon Bleu student Julia Child, whose culinary tips can come in quite handy. But something’s cooking in postwar Paris, and it isn't just cheese soufflé . . . Learn More
An ill-fated road trip resurrects a married couple's darkest secrets in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of Best Day Ever and The Next Wife. Learn More
by Susan Reigler; foreword by Julian Van Winkle III; read by Christina Delaine
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available December
Celebrate Kentucky bourbon, from Angel's Envy and Buffalo Trace to Willett and Woodford Reserve, by exploring the history of the drink, its heritage, influence, and how production affects what you taste in the glass. Each chapter of this volume profiles one distillery, featuring engaging stories of its origins, evolution, and initiatives for the future. Learn More
Killing the Messiah determines why and how Pilate deemed Jesus guilty of criminal behavior and the roles played by various people in ensuring Jesus' crucifixion. It also probes how the personal motivations and social obligations of Pilate and other authorities affected how they assessed Jesus' criminality. By approaching the arrest, trial, and sentencing of Jesus from the perspective of Roman and legal history, this book sheds fresh light on the most famous conviction in world history. Learn More
by Jens Baggesen; translated by Jesper Gulddal; introduction by Henrik Blicher; read by Elliot Fitzpatrick
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available December
Brought to life in a new English translation by Jesper Gulddal, The Labyrinth offers a rare glimpse into the mind of an endlessly thinking, feeling, and imagining traveler at a pivotal moment in European history. Learn More
Former Army counterintelligence agent and private investigator Nils Grevillius takes a street-level look at crime, corruption, and LA lawlessness. Learn More
by Pashtana Durrani and Tamara Bralo; read by Lameece Issaq
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available March
From young Afghani activist and Amnesty International Global Youth Ambassador Pashtana Durrani, a deeply inspiring memoir about the power of learning and the value of educators in their many forms—from teachers, mentors, and role models, to fathers, mothers, and any one of us with the drive to stand against ignorance. Learn More
