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'I adored it' Claire Lombardo'Feels like watching a master painter at work' Ann Napolitano'I inhaled this book in a weekend'…
Leslie JamisonSummer, California, 1970s.Sally Samuelson is eight years old and the course of her family's life is about to change. When her golden-boy brother Ellis, just graduated from high school, drives up the coast with his two best friends, he promises to be back in a week. But he does not return. After Ellis's unexpected death, the world of the Samuelsons never spins on the same axis again - especially after Julia, Ellis's girlfriend, shows up pregnant on their doorstep. And over the next four decades, the family fractures and rebuild, again and again - in a story that takes in love affairs, illnesses, late-in-life marriages and long-hidden secrets, and shows how brief intimate connections and heart-shattering losses can reverberate through generations.
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Contemporary romance, Romance
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A funny, razor sharp and sexy adult sports romance for fans of Alicia Thompson by romance author Jennifer Hennessy.⚾ Sports…
romcom⚾ Enemies-to-lovers⚾ Opposites attract⚾ Spicy!--------------------------------------Life's about to throw her a curveball!Sports Analyst Frankie Sullivan needs a win. As an expert at using data to predict games, the loss of a World Series threw her off her game. Fresh off a nasty divorce, and ready for a new chapter, the New York Eagles is Frankie's final shot at victory.But things just got a whole lot more complicated.Former baseball star Charles Avery, the Eagles' new manager, is Frankie's biggest enemy. At her last team, Charlie always made decisions with his heart, clashing with Frankie over her stats and data. This time shouldn't be any different, but Frankie can't seem to stop the way her heart jumps when he looks at her.She can't let anything happen with Charlie, but as the two attempt a daring move to take the Eagles to the top, her cool head mixed with Charlie's fiery heart might be the ultimate winning formula... --------------------------------------Praise for FOR THE RING:"FOR THE RING will call to the hearts of every baseball lover out there. The love of the game is intertwined in every chapter and transported me straight to the home of the Brooklyn Eagles. The forbidden workplace romance between Frankie and Charlie had me swooning wondering will they or won't they. And boy, does their chemistry practically steam from the pages." - Ally Weigand, author of FIRST BASE!"There's something incredibly empowering in reading the story of a woman who thrives in a male-dominated field. For the Ring is a breathtaking read, filled with heart, heat, and a strong female lead who knows what she wants and deserves every ounce of success. Truly captivating." - Kanitha P, author of the FULL THROTTLE series!"This is a sweet and charming, slow burn, opposites attract baseball romance. I really enjoyed it, I was invested i the characters and their relationship and their banter was really fun!" - Reader Review"It's a good day to talk about a lovely sport romance and it's even better when our two main characters are opposites that attract each other that guess what? they will absolutely fall in love!" - Reader Review
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General fiction, Historical fiction, War stories
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'A heart-breaking, moving, and soaring novel. An important literary feat from an exciting new voice' NGUYỄN PHAN QUẾ MAI, global…
best-selling author of The Mountains Sing and Dust ChildHong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong.As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a sheltered - if lonely - existence overseeing her daughter Qiang and managing the household alongside her devoted maid, Biyu.But when the Japanese army invade, the three women are scattered. Mingzhu is coerced into working for a Japanese captain. Qiang and Biyu escape the island, only to be forced into factory work then separated after an encounter with the East River Column Resistance fighters.The longer the brutal occupation lasts, the more determined the women are to resist. And as war rages around the world, each is holding onto the hope that the other is alive.Beautifully told and compulsively written, When Sleeping Women Wake is an utterly transporting story of female resistance and untold bravery, at once epic and intimate, heartbreaking and hopeful.Perfect for fans of Lisa See, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and Kristin Hannah.'A lushly romantic and impassioned story of women's agency and resilience' JUHEA KIM'Compelling, beautiful, and deeply moving . . . [a] stunning tale of love, loyalty and survival' WEINA DAI RANDEL'A breathtaking, important story of family, love and endurance . . . historical fiction at its finest' WIZ WHARTON
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History, United States history
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The story of colonists who were neither loyalists nor patriots during the American Revolution, told through the experiences of one…
transatlantic family At least one‑third of the colonial population were neutrals during the American Revolution, yet they have rarely featured in narratives that shape our ideas about the conflict. By following a single transatlantic family, the Crugers, historian Travis Glasson puts neutrals—the &“nobody men&”—at the center of this tumultuous period&’s history. Like most neutrals, the Crugers prioritized peace above any specific constitutional arrangement and sought ways out of the military struggle. The Crugers were prominent among prewar defenders of colonial rights, and their experiences once the shooting started, in places including New York, the island of St. Croix, and London, reveal the complex dilemmas that confronted those in the middle during the violent upheaval. The Crugers&’ dealings with each other—and with a cast of boldfaced names including Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Edmund Burke, John Wilkes, Lord North, and George Washington—illuminate how some people looked to chart alternate courses through perilous waters. Based on extensive research in the United States and Britain, Nobody Men humanizes what it meant to live through revolutionary civil war and recovers little‑known but essential histories of how new nations formed as an older empire broke apart.
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Business and economics, Laws and statutes, Science and technology
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Copyright&’s profound impact on the online world as we know it This book is a captivating exploration of the…
profound impact of American copyright law on our online lives. By telling stories about hope, art, greed, and fear and how they have affected the legal dimensions of creativity and technological change, this book uncovers the hidden forces shaping our digital world. Gerardo Con Díaz examines the strange world of online copyrights from the 1990s to today&’s AI-driven era, showing how our ability to immerse ourselves in digital media depends on the erosion of what it means for people to own their creative works, online and offline. He delves into the often overlooked impact of digital ownership on privacy and self-expression in this fascinating field guide to the complex landscape of online rights.
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Biography, History
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A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti&’s fight for independence from French colonial…
rule &“My name has become a horror to all those who want slavery,&” declared Jean‑Jacques Dessalines as he announced the independence of Haiti, the most radical nation‑state during the Age of Revolution and the first country ever to permanently outlaw slavery. Enslaved for the first thirty years of his life, Dessalines (c. 1758–1806) joined the revolution that abolished slavery within the French colony. Then he became a general in the colonial army of the new French Republic. When it was discovered that France once again supported slavery, Dessalines declared war on his former allies. Fighting under the slogan &“Liberty or Death,&” his army forced the French to evacuate in late 1803. At the start of the new year, Dessalines declared independence from France and became the leader of a free Haiti. A hero to Haitians for centuries, Dessalines is portrayed abroad as barbarous and violent. Yet this caricature derives not from facts—as Julia Gaffield demonstrates with extensive new research—but from the fears of contemporary enslavers. Showcasing the man behind the myths, Gaffield reveals Dessalines&’s deep suffering, warm friendships, and unwavering commitment to destroying slavery, racism, and colonialism, and his bold insistence on his people&’s right to liberty and equality.
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Psychology, General non-fiction
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A multidisciplinary view of how our competitive and cooperative natures make us human For centuries, people have argued about…
whether humans are moral animals—good or bad, cooperative or competitive, altruistic or selfish. The debates continue today, dressed up in the language of modern science. In this book, Jonathan R. Goodman makes the case for synthesizing the two sides. Drawing on insights from anthropology, evolutionary biology, and philosophy, he argues that rather than being fundamentally cooperative or competitive, we are capable of being both—and of exploiting each other when there is an opportunity to do so. The core of invisible rivalry is how we make ourselves and others believe that we are acting cooperatively even as we manipulate those around us for our own benefit. In confronting this collective tendency toward self-interest, Goodman says, we can make the fundamental first step in fixing the breakdown of trust in society. Consequently, we will be better able to combat the myriad issues we face today, including widespread inequality, misinformation in a new technological environment, and climate change.
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Animals and wildlife
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The remarkable history of Britain and its animals, told through ten iconic species Have you ever wondered why we…
count sheep to get to sleep? Or where the phrase &“red herring&” comes from? Across British history, animals have been written about in poetry, painted in oils, and even recorded in law. Loved or feared, familiar or endangered, animals are everywhere to be seen. In this enchanting, beautifully illustrated study, Karen R. Jones takes a journey through the history of ten animals to show the extraordinary story of &“beastly&” Britain. Jones looks at animals including foxes and hedgehogs, newts and beetles, ghostly hounds and even the Loch Ness Monster. She reveals the place of animals in British cultural identity and sheds new light on the most iconic moments of British history, from the Black Death to World War II. The story of these isles may be told by human voices, but it is fully brought to life by listening to the squawks, bellows, and howls that make Britain what it is.
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A controversial Swahili classic by one of Tanzania&’s most revered writers, banned on publication and finally translated into English …
Teenage Rosa lives with her parents and four younger sisters in a village on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria, where she attends the local school and helps out on the family farm. Life would be relatively peaceful if it weren&’t for Rosa&’s father, who drinks to oblivion and abuses his wife and daughters. Initially relieved to be admitted into a residential school on the mainland, Rosa soon discovers that she&’s ill prepared for life outside her village. As she becomes accustomed to the attention—and manipulations—of men, she begins to understand her sexuality as a weapon. But this understanding, born of the need to survive in a world of double standards, comes with a price. Rosa Mistika is a radical narrative exploration of womanhood, maternal love, agency, and authority—and the first-ever Swahili novel to address issues of domestic violence, sexual coercion, and abortion. Through the story of a young woman and her community it poses the enduring question: To what degree are we responsible for the choices we make, and to what degree are we acted upon by forces outside our control?
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Journals and memoirs, General non-fiction
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A collection of stories by Penn alumni whose lives were transformed by engaging with the West Philadelphia communityFor over thirty…
years, the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships has served as the University of Pennsylvania’s primary vehicle for advancing civic and community engagement at Penn. The Netter Center develops and helps implement democratic, mutually transformative, place-based partnerships between Penn and its local geographic community of West Philadelphia. These partnerships advance research, teaching, learning, and service while improving the quality of life and learning in the community. One of the Netter Center’s primary objectives has been to educate Penn students to be creative, compassionate, ethical citizens who contribute significantly to improving the welfare of others—while they are students and throughout their lives and careers.Community-Engaged Scholarship is a collection of stories told by alumni of the University of Pennsylvania whose lives were profoundly shaped by engaging with the West Philadelphia community as students. Their reflections trace the linear relationship between their involvement in democratic community partnerships through Penn’s Netter Center and their current professional activities, primarily in academia, where they remain actively engaged in the struggle to build a more democratic and equitable society. The mutuality and humility that pervade these autobiographical accounts are the core of the democratic aspiration to which the Netter Center is and has always been dedicated. The stories are testimony to the Netter Center’s and founding director Ira Harkavy’s enduring influence on the next generation of community-engaged scholars and practitioners.Contributors: H. Samy Alim, Jeff Camarillo, Christina Cantrill, Tamara Dubowitz, Bernice Garnett, Rita Axelroth Hodges, John L. Jackson Jr., Jacqueline Kraemer, David Park, Jiyoung Park, Wendell Pritchett, Eric Schwartz, Margo Shea, Salamishah Tillet, Kim Van Naarden Braun, Michael Vazquez, Jason Yip, Andrew Zitcer, Michael W. Zuckerman.
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Fantasy
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When you discover the world you think you know is built on a lie, there&’s only one thing to do—uncover…
the truth. The mission to free Seth Miles and Jake Carson from the power-hungry Gerans took an unexpected turn when the Fridan team captured an enemy VIP, and Horvan Kojik and his shifter and human comrades found themselves plunged into a world of secrets that upended everything they thought they knew about their own history. Now they have a new mission, one that will take them into the enemy&’s stronghold, a place where many ancient secrets are kept, and the path they must follow is filled with betrayal, deception, and long-buried truths.What binds them is loyalty, passion… and love, the strongest weapon they possess.But will it be enough against the darkest of secrets?
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Social issues
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A timely revised and updated resource on abortion recovery Over half of the women who have abortions have some Christian…
religious affiliation, and they have believed that abortion was the solution to their problems. But now they live with shame, regret, and unacknowledged grief that leaves them suffering in silence. While they wonder if they've committed an unforgivable sin, women are afraid to turn to the church for support. After her own painful battle, Kim Ketola created the book she needed in her darkest moments. Through practical steps, biblical retellings, and personal experiences, Kim weaves a narrative of empathy and compassion that encourages women to stop nurturing hurt and living in the shadows. She reveals how God can heal hearts and create new identities. At the end of each chapter, readers will have the opportunity to reflect on God's love and providence, develop a loving conversation with Jesus, respond through nourishing exercises, and retune their minds with handpicked songs that demonstrate God's love and purpose. In this revised and updated resource, Kim paves the way out of darkness and into the light of God's grace. She proclaims that it's possible to find freedom in forgiveness and to experience peace in the loving arms of Jesus.
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Christianity
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The Christian life is not meant to be a burden—it's a joy. Yet, we feel burdened by the world, the…
devil, and even our own hearts as they constantly whisper that we're not doing enough, growing enough, or believing enough. But what if "enough" isn't something we achieve—what if it's something already given to us? Enough with "Enough" is the next volume in our Letters of Encouragement series. It delivers 23 heartfelt letters written for women who feel the weight of measuring up. In this pages, you will be reminded that the gospel isn't about what we do—it's about what Christ has already done. Jesus is both the fulfillment of the law and the forgiveness of our sins, freeing us from the exhausting cycle of self-measurement. With grace-filled encouragement, this book invites Christian women to embrace their God-given vocations with joy and confidence. In Christ, we don't have to strive for "enough"—in him, we are enough.
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General fiction, Suspense and thrillers, Ghost and horror stories
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Every woman who has lived on this farm has died. Emily just moved in. When Emily Hauk's mother dies, it's time…
for her and her husband, Josh, to finally leave San Francisco. A farm in rural Nebraska is everything they want for a fresh start: clear skies, low costs, and distance from the grief back home. They should have asked why the farm was for sale. Three years ago, a teenage girl went missing from the farm. Soon after, the girl's mother mysteriously died. The deeper Emily digs, the more stories she finds of women with a connection to her new home who've met their own dark ends.The farmhouse was meant to be Emily's fresh start, but with each passing day, her sanctuary slips further away. The barn seems to move throughout her property, as though chasing her. Her mother's favorite music drifts across the corn. She swears she saw blood in one of the farmhand's trucks. And the screams that wake her are not foxes, no matter how many times her husband says otherwise.Despite Josh's skepticism, Emily feels the darkness that has seeped into the soil of her farm. And if she wants to claim this place as her own, she'll have to find the truth before whatever watches from the cornfield takes her too.
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Science and technology
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With contributions from experts from around the world, this handbook aims to systemize the existing experience and knowledge that can…
be used to the development of more efficient and controlled railway systems. As a result, this handbook showcases the modern methods, methodologies and frameworks for the development of DT and AI architectures and apparatus in the area of the existing railway systems and transport engineering tasks. The chapters cover such varied and specialized topics as the processes related to the transformation of a physical twin into a digital twin; the application of data-driven and physics-based simulation approaches in the development of digital twins; asset management application tasks with the implementation of DT and AI; and the experimental and field applications of the DT and AI concepts and technologies in railway transport system design and predictive maintenance tasks.Handbook on Digital Twin and Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Rail Applications is essential reading for engineers, practitioners and researchers involved in the development of railway transport and transit systems.
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General non-fiction, Science and technology
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This book explores the design and analysis of fractional-order and active disturbance rejection control, examining both the theoretical foundations and…
their practical applications.It covers fractional-order proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control, fractional-order active disturbance rejection (ADR) control, and the combined fractional-order PID-ADR control. The book begins with an analysis of the three-parameter fractional-order PID controller, demonstrating its application to the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) speed servo system, due to its comprehensive inclusion of proportional, integral, and differential elements. It then delves into active disturbance rejection control and periodic disturbance compensation, comparing the performance of each controller based on various parameters. This comparison enables readers to critically evaluate the advantages and limitations of each approach before implementation. Offering a thorough guide to fractional-order and active disturbance rejection control, the book also includes numerical methods for assessing and developing these systems.The book will be of particular interest to professionals working with numerical methods, fractional-order systems and control, PID controller, active disturbance rejection, control design, and production and is especially relevant to those in mechanical, industrial, and electrical engineering.
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Computers and internet
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Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 applications will revolutionize production, enabling smart manufacturing machines to interact with their environments. These machines…
will become self-aware, self-learning, and capable of real-time data interpretation for self-diagnosis and prevention of production issues. They will also self-calibrate and prioritize tasks to enhance production quality and efficiency.Computational Intelligence for Analysis of Trends in Industry 4.0 and 5.0 examines the trends in applications that merge three key disciplines: Computational Intelligence (CI), Industry 4.0, and Industry 5.0. It presents solutions using industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies, augmented by CI-based techniques, modeling, controls, estimations, applications, systems, and future scopes. These applications use data from smart sensors, processed through enhanced CI methods, to make smart automation more effective.Industry 4.0 integrates data and intelligent automation into manufacturing, using technologies like CI, Internet of Things (IoT), IIoT, and cloud computing. It transforms data into actionable insights for decision-making and process optimization, essential for modern competitive businesses managing high-speed data integration in production processes. Currently, Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 are undergoing significant transformations due to advances in applying artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, telecommunication technologies, and control theory. These trends are increasingly multidisciplinary, integrating mechanical, control, and information technologies. However, they face technical challenges such as parametric uncertainties, external disturbances, sensor noise, and mechanical failures. To address these issues, this book examines trends such as CI technologies as fuzzy logic, neural networks, and reinforcement learning and their application to modeling, control, and estimation. It also covers recent advancements in IIoT sensors, microcontrollers, and big data analytics that further enhance CI-based solutions in Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 systems.
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Philosophy
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After some friendly pestering from six of his students curious about his thinking about immigration, a philosophy professor invites them…
to present their own ideas to him over a series of meetings throughout the term. This book is about their conversations.These dialogues introduce the reader to the most important ethical and political questions about immigration. They begin by considering the claim that significant levels of immigration pose a threat to the very civilization of the West, where the immigration issue is a particularly vexed one. The chapters that follow consider the economics of immigration, whether or not the state is justified in its efforts—or even obliged—to control immigration, and whether everyone has a right to move or if only refugees can make so strong a claim. The final chapter considers the implications of a philosophy of immigration on the ideal of an open society. Throughout the book, there is a strong emphasis on addressing the conceptual questions that are vital for making any headway in understanding practical issues. What is a refugee? What are rights? What is an open society? Indeed, what is immigration?Key Features: Written as a friendly engagement between six thoughtful but skeptical students who hold a variety of views, and a philosophy professor, who insists he’s just trying to work out the answers with their help rather than convince them of one right answer; Engages with the immigration debates in philosophy, economics and politics, without presupposing any specialist knowledge; Includes discussion of the historical and institutional aspects of immigration, so the conversation is never simply about abstract or hypothetical cases; Concludes with a substantive theory about how to think about immigration and the free society to prompt further reflection.
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Business and economics, Economics
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In recent years, there has been an unprecedented shift in the attitudes of young individuals towards the key economic issues…
they encounter as they embark on their adult lives. Sociologists have identified two distinct generations, namely Generation Y and Generation Z, which exhibit behaviours contrary to those of their parents and older generations. The reasons behind these shifts are shared across European countries, where these generations have experienced lives characterized by peace, cultural diversity, globalization, economic stability, relative economic and social well-being, as well as parental care and education.Addressing a gap in the economic literature, this book uniquely bridges the current understanding of youth with empirical evidence specific to Central and Eastern European Countries, represented by Poland and Czechia. Germany was taken as an example of a Western European Country. The novelty lies in identifying the contemporary trends and determinants shaping the decision-making process of young adults regarding the labour market, savings and investments, job satisfaction, retirement, and sustainable consumption. The book draws on a theoretical foundation from both economic and sociological perspectives. The book comprises ten interconnected chapters, each contributing to the central theme of youth intentions and attitudes toward economic/financial issues. The summary is presented from the perspective of contemporary megatrends.The target audience includes students and researchers in fields related to contemporary economic challenges—such as economics, psychology, and sociology. Given the challenges faced by young adults from post-socialist states, implementing the policy recommendations in the book may contribute to reducing the gap between them and their counterparts in Western European countries. Institutions involved in social policy, including both non-governmental organizations and public entities, will also find the policy implications to be of interest.
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General non-fiction
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In this new second edition of The Power of Feminist Theory: Domination, Resistance, Solidarity, Amy Allen diagnoses the inadequacies of…
previous feminist conceptions of power, and draws on the work of a diverse group of theorists of power, including Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, bell hooks, and Hannah Arendt, in order to construct a new feminist conception of power.The conception of power developed in this book enables readers to theorize domination, resistance, and solidarity, and, perhaps more importantly, to do so in a way that illuminates the interrelatedness of these three modalities of power. The new edition of this foundational text includes substantial new material on intersectionality and power, transnational feminism and power in relation to homonationalism and neo-imperialism, and empowerment feminism. It addresses important criticisms of Foucault, Arendt, and Butler that have been raised by Black feminists, critical philosophers of race, postcolonial theorists, and Marxists.The Power of Feminist Theory: Domination, Resistance, Solidarity is an essential text for students engaging with feminist analyses of power, feminist theory and feminist political thought.