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A novel perspective on scientific fraudhow undisclosed tweaks to research designs and model specifications fuel the credibility crisis in science.In The Credibility Crisis in Science, leading social scientists Thomas Plumper and Eric Neumayer argue that the most impactful fraud is crucially under-recognized. While data fabrication and manipulation are widely recognized as fraudulent, tweaksthe intentional selection of research designs and model specifications based on the results they giveare not. As a consequence, the credibility crisis in science is even more severe than both scientists and the public believe.The authors show how easily observational data analyses, experimental designs, and causal models are tweaked in ways that are extremely difficult, often impossible, to detect. They also argue that conventional strategies to deter, prevent, and detect fraud will not work for tweaks. They put forth two potential solutions: first, a classification system that categorizes data based on its susceptibility to manipulation and the probability of such manipulation being identified; and second, the proposal that journal editors and reviewers, rather than authors, select robustness tests.

An OB-GYN at the center of the Syrian refugee crisis recounts 9 months at the al-Hol campa place of violence, murder, and survivalImagine what its like to be pregnant and give birthor to try to care for and protect a family in the middle of hopelessness?This book is not about politics. It is about individual human beings in a dry, barren landscape. Up to 74,000 people at a timemostly women, babies, and childrenlive for years in tents and have no prospect of leaving because no country will have them.Maria Milland takes readers on a powerful, documentary journey to meet the pregnant and laboring women facing the difficult, harsh, and violent living conditions of al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. Her firsthand account provides vivid, unique, and honest insight into life inside the camp, which has never before been described to the outside world.Amidst the brutal everyday realities of the camp, the maternity ward is a safe space, where health problems, as well as existential challenges, are displayed and embracedand children are born. Behind towering fences, sprawling in the deserts nothingness, they spend their childhood deprived of fundamental human rights, and with the looming risk of growing into a new generation of Islamic fundamentalists.Beautifully written and carefully observed, this is not only a story of resilience and hope in the face of hopelessness, but also serves as a powerful reminder of our shared humanity.

Love is brewing as a barista falls for a reclusive artist struggling with the tragic aftermath of an accident in this charming, epic romance.Audrey Adams knows the exact routine for all her regular customers. Thats what happens when you work at the same Brooklyn coffee shop for years. So its completely normal that she notices Theo Sullivan, a shy new patron who comes in at exactly 8:17 a.m., right? And that this incredibly tall (and cute) man never drinks his coffee, always leaves a generous tip, only stays long enough to scribble in a notebook, and wears the same KN95 mask. Call it barista instincts or a reasonable reaction to Theos undeniable sweetness, but Audrey is crushing hard.Eagerly anticipating Theos visits, Audrey relishes the precious few minutes they chat every time he orders his large, extra-hot Americano. When an incident reveals the horrific facial scar hes hiding beneath his mask, Theo flees the cafe in shame, dropping his sketchbook and leaving a part of his broken heart behind.Audrey decides to find Theo, return his book, and confess her feelings. Before long, theyre inseparable, talking nonstop and meeting up for dates at the coffee shop.But Theo is reluctant to fully let Audrey into his heart. He continues to hide his scar and refuses to talk about his past. Their feelings are bubbling under the surface, but will Theoand the truth behind his accidentkeep him from finding the love theyve both been longing for?

The chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling authoran art conservators obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters, threatening both her sanity and her lifeMathilde "Tilly" Crewson, a thirty-nine-year-old mother and art conservator, is tasked with restoring The Mother. The painting, believed to be the work of a female surgeon-turned-artist after a personal tragedy, is the rumored fourth piece in a collection of only three known works. But this newly discovered painting, scarred by fire, holds more than meets the eye.Soon after receiving the painting, Tilly discovers shes unexpectedly pregnant, and strange, inexplicable occurrences begin: terrifying insect swarms, eerie visits from her long-deceased mother, and sinister whispers that invade her mind. As these malevolent forces intensify, Tilly comes to a harrowing realization: the only way to sever the perilous bond she shares with the painting is to destroy it. But The Mother has plans of her ownand theyre darker than Tilly could ever imagine. . . .

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER36 ways to improve your writingTwo writers show you how to turn a worthy sentence into a memorable one. Starting where The Elements of Style leaves off, Good Writing can improve your book, your essay, your memo, your blog post, speech, or script. These essential rules for persuasive language work on any type of writing, and anyone can learn them quickly.Each rule is accompanied by examples and a lively pair of essays, the first by Neal Allen, who developed the list of tips over the course of his journalism and corporate careers; the second by his wife, Anne Lamott, acclaimed author of Bird by Bird and nineteen other nonfiction works and novels. The authors dont always agree on the specifics, but they are passionate about making better sentences.As Neal writes, These rules economize, favor the plainspoken and the specific, keep the readers attention sharp, and in other ways show respect for the audiences time and desire for novelty.Some rules are fundamental: Use strong verbs. Remove the boring stuff. Twist cliches. Some are more subtle: Draw on all five senses. Give your sentence a finale. Along the way, Good Writing addresses practicalities such as finishing projects despite challenges, trusting editors, and knowing when to break the rules to serve your story.Whether youre a novice writer or a seasoned author, this entertaining guide will revolutionize your approach to crafting sentences.

A practical witch must sabotage her beloved sons ascension to the throne in order to keep the kingdom from ruin, in this delightful cozy fantasy from the author of The Ruthless Ladys Guide to Wizardry.Once upon a time, a somewhat wicked witch named Gretsella lived in a cozy little cottage in the Dark Forest of Brigandale. She dispensed herbs and tinctures at reasonable prices, met with her slightly oddball coven on a regular basis, and had absolutely no need of any further company whatsoever, thank you very much. But then one afternoon, Gretsella came home to find a screaming infant on her doorstep.Against all her better judgement, she took the baby in. She named him Bradley. Eighteen years later, Bradley has grown into a bafflingly likable young man under Gretsellas extremely tolerantone might even say dotingeye. But the witchs hopes for an unremarkable yet fulfilling life for her son are shattered when small woodland animals start prophesying that he is the lost prince and should ascend to the throne. Bradley ignores Gretsellas advice that prophecies and talking chipmunks are to be avoided at all costs, and sets off for the capital. But soon confusion and chaos are reigning, and scheming courtiers are using Bradley for their own ends. Sometimes a witch has to roll up her sleeves and take matters into her own cauldron. So Gretsella resolves to bring about the downfall of her darling son

From an acclaimed Indigenous chef comes an extraordinary cookbook that weaves powerful storytelling with 125 intertribal recipes to heal our bodies and restore our foodwaysfeaturing a foreword by bestselling novelist and fellow Oaklandian Tommy Orange.Chef Crystal Wahpepah has used her growing platform to tell the little-known history of Oaklands tight-knit Native American communities, which were relocated from reservations across the country to the San Francisco Bay area in the 1950s. Crystals powerful message to reconnect to our foodways and transform generational trauma into strength as well as her healing dishes have been seen on Food Networks Chopped and Beating Bobby Flay.The rise of corporate agriculture around the world relies on singular and often genetically modified monocultures plus lots of chemicals and soil additives to produce massive crop yields. And while this approach may economically make sense on paper to feed multitudes at the lowest price point possible, it has harmed our physical health, emotional well-being, and the very creation that supports life. This truth applies not just to Indigenous people, who have been harmed by the federal commodified foods program, but to all of us who have come to rely on cheap and easy processed foods to feed our families. We no longer get the nutrients we need from our food and spend lots of money on supplementing our diets. We develop chronic diseases that can be avoided and even cured through eating habits.Eat with the seasons, cure your disconnection with the land, and cook colorful, delicious food rooted in the oldest traditions including: Three Sisters Veggie Bowls Sweet Blue Cornbread with Huckleberry Compote Indigenous Popcorn Balls with Edible Flowers Strawberry-Sumac Salad with Maple-Sage Vinaigrette Bison Roast with Chokeberry Rub Smoked Salmon Dip with Red Chilies and Chips Acorn Muffins, and much more A Feather and a Fork includes 125 recipes developed in collaboration with ethnobotanist and food sovereignty advocate Linda Black Elk to explore the environmental, spiritual, physical, and social benefits of each dish as well as raise awareness of and support for indigenous food producers who are preserving heirloom foods and traditions.

A CBC and Globe and Mail Spring Book Pick In this debut novel, a young woman in the Rocky Mountains, separated from the ancestral rhythms of her home in Scotland, turns to ancient rituals to find solace and connection. With shades of Olga Tokarczuk, Ali Smith, and Rachel Cusk, Hovel is a book for those fascinated by female interiority.Homesickness takes many forms. Alone in the mountains because of her husbands job, occupied by little more than online video captioning she calls kitten work, our narrator becomes fascinated by the not-long-gone life of her Scottish ancestors, a time when the lamplighter took the night off for the full moon, girls bathed their faces in morning dew, and people sang to the seals. Her husband, however, is unsure of the emotional efficacy of cooking by candlelight, peeing in the woods, and writing vexed letters to the mayor about the birds living in the doomed aspens behind their apartment building. Especially because the letters are being read, out loud, at the town meetings attended by unimpressed neighbours. But our narrator is bewitched by the liminality of memory. In a novel of compelling poetic precision and depth, Ross captures the lengths we go to for connection when were alone, following threads of personal history and fascination to conclusions one can only reach when theres too much time on ones hands and its too cold to go outside.

A Best Book of the Year So Far by The New YorkerIn this achingly beautiful novel of trauma, memory, and identity, two Iraqi men struggle to start a new life in the United States after the Gulf War.Sami, a retired doctor, lives with his son and grandchildren in Brooklyn. As he tries to navigate this new city, it becomes increasingly clear he is losing his memory due to dementia. Every day he sinks deeper into old memories of a life in Iraq before the war.Omar arrived in the US with no family. He has run away from Baghdad with a fake identity. As a deserter, he was punished by having an ear cut off, an unmissable mark of shame. From Detroit to a farm in New Jersey, Omar works menial jobs, creates a new identitycomically passing as Puerto Ricanand dreams of reconstructive surgery to get his ear, and his dignity, back.As their stories unexpectedly converge Of Loss and Lavender creates a moving portrait of life in exile, deftly exploring the aftermath of war and relocation.

A paradigm-shifting textbook that teaches graduate students in economics how to use economic models to interpret data.Offering a new pedagogical paradigm, this textbook delivers a ready-made economics course covering the general concepts that unify different approaches to bringing economic models to data. Jesse Shapiro presents core ideas in quantitative economics as an abstract, cohesive whole and introduces canonical models that can be used across a wide range of applications. This course-in-a-book exposes students to stylized applications of these models that illuminate their foundations as well as recent research articles demonstrating the models broad applicability. Provides a coherent, generalized approach to making model-based inferences in empirical economics Introduces central concepts and canonical models in quantitative economics Features applications of modern research topics Suits self-paced learning and classroom use alike

A comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to active inference and the free energy principle for an engineering-focused audience.This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of the foundational material needed to understand the interdisciplinary, fast-moving field of active inference from first principles. Using a simple, conversational style free of proofs, lemmas, and theorems, Sanjeev Namjoshi brings together theory and technical material in one self-contained text. The book first explains the general statistical framework used in active inference models and then introduces fundamental concepts in machine learning and statistics, connecting them to the active inference perspective. Featuring worked examples, simulations, and detailed walk-throughs of concepts, this user-friendly text aims to expand the readership of active inference to an engineering-focused audience. Provides a one-stop-shop for understanding the foundations and applications of active inference and the free energy principle Makes a complex, interdisciplinary subject accessible to students and professionals beyond the neurosciences Covers discrete and continuous state-space formulations of active inference as well as state-of-the-art extensions to base active inference methods Features extensive appendices and supplemental resources

An adorable board book starring Alice from Disney Alice in Wonderland about opposites and self-acceptanceillustrated in the adorable Disney Baby art style!Alice visits Wonderland and finds a drink that will make her small and a food that will make her big! As she dreams about all the things she could do if she were a different size, she learns that shes perfect just the way she is! With sturdy board pages, this sweet and simple story about self-acceptance is the perfect way to introduce little ones to Alice and all her Wonderland friends!

In this picture book celebrating the power that even the smallest of us have to protect the natural world, a kid saves the most important tree in the forest from being chopped down."The mother tree feeds the younger trees through their roots," Momma explains to Sadie on their morning walk. Theyve arrived at Sadies favorite tree: a mother tree, an ancient beech, with a trunk as thick as an elephants leg. Sadie is amazed by all the work it does in the hidden world beneath the soil.But days later, Sadie sees an orange circle spray-painted on the beech. When Momma tells her this means loggers are going to chop it down, Sadie is distraught. Is there anything she can do to save her beloved mother tree?Filled with lush artwork, this picture book is a moving reminder that, though healing our Earth will take time, standing up for one majestic tree is a great way to start.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS CHOICE LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE The intimate, sweeping tale of one Palestinian mans restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope"Generations are captured here, loss and pain and miraculous attempt at renewal. A beautiful work." Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain Gang All-Stars"Suffused with tenderness." The New York TimesAll his life, exile has been the shadow stitched to the sole of Sufiens shoe.Born in Palestine on the precipice of 1948s Nakba, Sufien is forced to leave the only home hes ever known, the one on the hill with a beautiful blue door. This is the precise moment when time stops making sense. He spends the rest of his life propelled forward, always on the wayalthough in search of what, he is never quite sure. In the dusty, oil-rich desert of Kuwait, he meets his first love and decides he must leave his family. In a small Italian university town, he spends his youth wrapped up in the sweet promise of the West and the forgetful assurance of wine. When life takes him to a gritty New York, he discovers his true vocation and falls for a Jewish woman born into a wholly different world. Finally, he finds himself recalled to the wild, vast open skies of the desert, in Arizona.Sufiens life spans friendships lost and maintained, a stint selling leathers at a tanners stall, the ineffable company of cats, and the freedom of the open road, the glowing pride of fatherhood, Sufi myths, prophetic dreams, and visions of the afterlifeand always, always, no matter how far he chases joy, the sweet, treacherous song of a balcony urging him to fly, to fall, to fall. The lyrical pages of Paradiso 17 weave in and out of time and space, beginning at the end and ending at the beginning. They are haunting, haunted with grief, struck through, as Dante once wrote, with the arrow that the bow of exile / shoots first, and yet they throb with lightnot just the light that Sufien sees as he approaches his own end, but the brilliant light of a life lived.Like all of our dead, Sufien still speaks, the book begins. Listen, this is his story.

A funny and adorable look at the age-old cats vs dogs issue that will appeal to cat lovers and dog lovers as well as anyone looking for a story about accepting big changes.Lulus life was good. She had a window seat in the sun, tuna for breakfast, salmon for dinner, and a comfy lap for long naps. And then her mother said the worst thing a loving cat mom could ever say: Were getting a rescue dog to keep you company! Lulu didnt want a dog! Think of the germs! Slobber on her water bowl. Drool on her toys? Her worst nightmare. And Gus was all that and more. Of course Gus was obsessed with Lulu and followed her everywhere. Whats a fine feline to do?In this sweet tale of opposites forced to live together, Lulu learns to appreciate the canine brother she never wanted but ultimately needed. This story will be a great conversation starter for anyone looking to address new siblings and other big changes.

Ann Rowers forgotten turn-of-the-millennium classic that looks at the lives of Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning with obsessed, louche brilliance.Maybe it was the car, the dangerous thrill of driving around, fast. Im from the suburbs. I love driving, especially a red car, even a rental. Nothing is really mine. Maybe thats what I love. Is that sick? I skidded a little, taking a turn too quick, looking at the water not the road. I knew the roads werent that safe. There had been many famous accidents out here. I almost did a JacksonJackson Pollocks drunk car tree Saturday night death on this same road. But I was struggling to eat a muffin, not slugging from a pint like he must have been, while juggling his scared girlfriend and her terrified friend.Separating from her long-term partner Jack and beginning a passionate affair with a much younger female student, the narrator of Lee and Elaine takes time off to write. Leaving Manhattan for an off-season Springs, East Hampton rental and haunting the Green River Cemetery where artistic giants of the mid-twentieth century are buried, she becomes obsessed with the lives and friendship of Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning, who were both artists and the wives of famous men. They were always so peripheral, she writes. Suddenly I wanted to find out about these women. Find them, period.First published by Serpents Tails in 2002, the novel was republished as an ebook in 2013 by Emily Books. Written with Rowers trademark louche and brilliant, mouthy, and deceptively casual style, it remains a forgotten classic of the turn of the millennium. With piercing and hilarious straightforwardness, the narrator turns the process of unearthing art-world gossip and tearing down her own lifes substructure into a searching and original examination of sexuality and friendship, art and ambition.

A warm, intimate novel that reminds us of the richness that can be found all throughout our livesby the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv and Open HouseThis gentle story of appreciation for the people and things that make up a life will renew your spirit.Oprah Daily (Best Books of Spring)As ninety-two-year-old Florence "Flo" Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the woman who grew up next door to her, describing the items Flo is leaving Ruthie in her will. But as it goes on, telling surprising stories about those little things Flo will leave behind (What could possibly be the worth of a rubber band kept in a matchbox tied up in red ribbon?), an unforgettable portrait of the life she has lived emerges.The letter starts off as an autobiography in things, but it turns out to do much more than that: ultimately, it will transform Flo and those around her. In the time she has left, Flo decides to take herself up on tiny dares. She encourages Ruthie to reconsider her impending divorce by sharing a startling, long-buried secret about her own perfect-seeming marriage. Flo has never had a pedicure before now, and as long as shes going to a beauty parlor, she arranges to have a blue streak put in her hair, too. And as these adventures lead her to make new friends, Flo helps them, too, find the fulfillment that living a full life has led her to understand.Full of Elizabeth Bergs characteristic mix of warmth, humor, and poignancy, Life: A Love Story is a reminder that whatever your circumstances, as long as youre alive, you can keep on investing in life. The joy will inevitably follow.

A hands-on companion to the beloved bestseller The Unshaming Waya step-by-step guide to free yourself from shame and traumaWith practical prompts, personal reflections, and self-help exercisesIn his bestselling The Unshaming Way, author, mental health expert, and professor David Bedrick taught us how we can release ourselves from our histories of trauma and abuse, from the stigmas that steal our true happinessfrom our shame. The experience of reading this revolutionary perspective on how we become our authentic selves was so powerful that one reader wrote, Nothing has helped me more in all my years to be able to love and appreciate myself more fully.Here, Bedrick has returned with a companion workbook that makes his evidence-based method more accessible than ever, through thoughtful questions and write-in exercises that walk us through the three keys to healing our shame: seeing, feeling, and believing. By going through The Unshaming Way Workbooks guided reflections, Bedrick teaches us how to unburden ourselves of complex and childhood trauma. We learn how to trust ourselvesto look for not whats wrong with us, but whats right. We learn how to free ourselves from the compulsive idea that we need to be fixed. And we learn how to protect ourselves from the hurt others can cause us when we havent yet discovered who we are and what we need. Through this thoughtful, inspiring self-study, we can finally each become the empowered person we always knew we couldand deserve tobe.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Provence, 1970, a lively, dramatic account of the rise of French nouvelle cuisine, and the renegade chefs of the 1960s and 70s who revolutionized modern cooking.In The Secret History of French Cooking, Luke Barr takes readers inside the culinary rebellion that upended the staid French food world and reinvented the role and cultural importance of chefs and restaurants. The very idea of the chef as creatoras innovator, artist, auteurcan be traced back to the legendary Paul Bocuse, Michel Guerard, and the Troisgros brothers, among other colorful characters. The techniques they pioneered-- fresh food, globally inspired ingredients, shorter cooking times, and avant-garde methods-- both shocked and inspired the restaurants of the day.The book also tells the largely unknown story of a group of women chefs, including Simone Lemaire, Christiane Massia, and Olympe Nahmias, who fought for recognition in the all-male culinary establishment of the 1970s, and the villainous, all-powerful food critic who cast a shadow over the era.This is a tale of rivalries, global success, and a ferocious backlash; of celebrity, money, politics, and incredibly delicious food. The Secret History of French Cooking reveals the origins of modern food and restaurant culturethe way we eat today.

Poems of tender knowledge, buoyant survival, and Black, trans embodiment.The simple yet fraught experience of embodiment lies at the thrumming heart of Kelsey L. Smoots SOULMATE AS A VERB. Bodies make love possible, they enable tender connection and transmit electric joy, all while leaving one vulnerable to discord and abuse, heartbreak and grief. Like a body, Smoots daring poetry metabolizes cruelty, seeking the tender knowledge and kinships that allow for buoyant survival. The subjectivity of a Black, trans self becomes a prism, shining a variegated intellect on everything from suburbia to Palestine, top surgery to police violence. By utilizing forms such as kwansaba, calligram, Craigslist personals, and golden shovels, SOULMATE AS A VERB revels in structures that locate poet and poem in a lineage of innovative and contemporary Black, queer verse. Kelsey L. Smoot dazzles.