Search Results

"The particular genius of Binary Star is that out of such grim material it constructs beauty. It's like a novel-shaped poem about addiction, codependence and the relentlessness of the everyday, a kind of elegy of emptiness."-New York Times Book Review"Rhythmic, hallucinatory, yet vivid as crystal. G... More

An Entertainment Weekly 30 Hottest Books of the Summer Selection • A Refinery29 25 Books You’ll Want To Read This Summer SelectionOne of today’s most provocative literary writers—the author of the critically-acclaimed Sunshine State and the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award finalist Binary Star—... More

A Chicago Tribune Exciting Book for 2017 • A Buzzfeed Most Exciting Book for 2017 • A The Millions Great 2017 Preview Pick• A Huffington Post 2017 Preview Pick • A PW Spring 2017 Top 10 Pick in Essays & Literary Criticism“Brave, keenly observational, and humanitarian…. Gerard’s collection leaves an ... More

Sarah Gerard's star is rising. "- The Millions "Gerard's lyrical prose is like nothing you've ever read - and the same can be said for the arresting Binary Star, too. . . it kind of blew apart my mind. "- Bustle "Gerard has produced a powerful, poetic, and widely relatable novel that eludes easy cl... More

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Thoracic Image Analysis, TIA 2020, held in Lima, Peru, in October 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. COVID-19 infection has brought a lot of attention to lung imaging and the role of CT imagi... More

Compensation: Theory, Evidence, and Strategic Implications provides a comprehensive, research-based review of both the determinants and effects of compensation. Combining theory and research from a variety of disciplines, authors Barry Gerhart and Sara L. Rynes examine the three major compensation d... More

This book examines questions about the changing nature of security and insecurity in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Previous discussions of security in the Pacific region have been largely determined by the geopolitical interests of the Global North. This volume instead attempts to centre PICs’ se... More

Banish back pain forever! Are you one of the millions of lower-back-pain sufferers who is desperate for relief? Have you ever been stopped in your tracks by pain so excruciating you were afraid to move? Have you spent countless hours seeing medical professionals? Now, with 7 easy stretches done in j... More

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2019, held in Linköping, Sweden, in August/September 2020, in conjunction with the 19th IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP International Conference on Electronic Government (EGOV 2020) and the Int... More

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2021, held in Granada, Spain, in September 2021, in conjunction with IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV 2021), the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference ... More

In this rich and diverse collection, 28 writers describe what positive experiences they have had as an autistic person, and show how the most unexpected subject areas can be a source of the positive. They demonstrate that individuals can, and do, experience life in positive ways, sometimes in the fa... More

1968 and Global Cinema addresses a notable gap in film studies. Although scholarship exists on the late 1950s and 1960s New Wave films, research that puts cinemas on 1968 into dialogue with one another across national boundaries is surprisingly lacking. Only in recent years have histories of 1968 be... More

This book addresses up-to-date urban health issues from a systems perspective and provides an appealing integrated urban development strategy based on a 10-year global interdisciplinary research programme created by the International Council for Science (ICSU), and sponsored by the InterAcademy Part... More

À partir d’ancrages qui relèvent de la sociologie, de la linguistique, de la psychologie cognitive et de l’éducation, les chercheurs qui signent cet ouvrage collectif font état de la recherche et de la théorie sur la didactique du français en contexte de minorité linguistique.  Au fil des chapitres... More