High Public

Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, America’s most...

In the first half of the 20th century, Dunbar was an academically elite public school, despite being racially segregated by law. By the 1950s, Dunbar High School was sending 80 percent of its students to college. Today, as with too many troubled urban public schools, the majority of Dunbar students struggle with reading and math. Journalist and author Alison Stewart, whose parents were both Dunbar graduates, tells the story of the school’s rise, fall, and path toward resurgence.

(Second edition) From Louis Clark's Introduction to Money, Politics, and Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: "Author Dan Moldea focuses on three whistleblowers: Dr. Jon Oberg, Rod Lipscomb, and Dr. Jim Keen, as well as attorney David Halperin, a well-known and respected advocate of whistleblowers. Moldea traces the origins of the complex scandals that these whistleblowers exposed, identifies the allies and enemies they attracted, and illuminates the retaliation they have courageously endured. From these case studies, a powerful narrative emerges: Moldea shows his readers what happens when ...

I spent four years proving I belonged in his world. He told me I wasn't wife material. He said it over dinner. At the restaurant where I thought he was going to propose. Eric Barnwell looked me in the eye and told me I wasn't polished enough. Not connected enough. Not the right kind of woman for the life he was building. Three weeks later, he was with someone who was. He forgot one thing. I'm still the best Marketing Director his family's company has ever had. Then his older brother comes home. Luke Barnwell. Architect. Quiet. Steady. He doesn't care about image. He doesn't care about ...

Unleash Your Inner Alpha and Become the Man Every Woman Desires. Does the fear of rejection hold you back from approaching women you like? Have you ever wondered how some guys always seem to have women laughing and hanging on their every word, while you struggle to get even past a hello? If so, this is your solution: How To Flirt With Women: A Comprehensive Dating Playbook for Men to Master the Alpha Mindset, Build Confidence, and Attract High-Value Women. Think about it, no more sweaty palms or stumbling over your words. Just you, walking up to any woman, cool as a cucumber, knowing ...

New stocks can create some of the biggest excitement in the market — but they can also trap unprepared traders. Every year, private companies enter the public market through IPOs, direct listings, and major market debuts. Some become powerful long-term winners. Some explode with early momentum. Others collapse after the hype fades, leaving emotional traders holding painful losses. The difference is not luck. The difference is preparation. The Pre-IPO Trading Blueprint is a practical, step-by-step guide for traders and investors who want to understand how to research upcoming IPOs, ...

My fiancé and my best friend. The two people I trusted with everything. Six years. That's how long I spent building Jason's career alongside my own — writing the strategies, developing the frameworks, watching him take the credit. I told myself it didn't matter because we were a team. Because love means sacrifice. Then he didn't show up to our wedding, and the photos started circulating online. Him and Lexi. My maid of honor. Walking into a hotel together on the morning he was supposed to marry me. I stood at that altar in a twelve-thousand-dollar dress and told two hundred and forty ...

From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets. "A fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience." —Publishers Weekly, starred review Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the...

I spent three years building a life with him. He spent five months sleeping with my best friend. He didn't even try to hide it well. I found the messages seventeen days before our wedding. Hundreds of texts. Photos. Inside jokes about how I'd never find out. Mason Brooks looked me in the eye and called it a mistake. Then he asked me to marry him anyway. I walked out that night, and I haven't looked back. Then his twin brother knocks on my mother's door. Braden Brooks. Woodworker. Quiet. Honest. He doesn't perform for a room. He doesn't charm anyone on purpose. He just shows up, does the ...

I showed up early to surprise him at our anniversary dinner. He was already there with someone else. Ryan Malone didn't even try to make it believable. He said it was a business dinner. That the candles and roses and private dining room meant nothing. He actually said that while his junior associate's lipstick was still on his wine glass. I walked out of the restaurant and never looked back. Then his business partner starts calling. Noah Grant. Calm. Honest. Steady. He doesn't send flowers or beg for second chances. He just shows up at a coffee shop with documents proving my husband is a ...

I caught my fiancé in bed with my maid of honor. Ten months later, I married his brother. Ty Bernard didn't even try to lie well. He said it was a mistake, that she meant nothing, that five years together should count for more than one bad night. Except it wasn't one night. It was four months. My best friend, in my bed, in my house, while I was at work addressing wedding invitations. I pulled the ring off and never put it back on. Then his older brother shows up with a truck. Braden Bernard. Quiet. Steady. Honest. He doesn't make speeches or grand gestures. He just helps me pack Ty's ...

The High Cost of Good Intentions is the first comprehensive history of these federal entitlement programs. Combining economics, history, political science, and law, John F. Cogan reveals how the creation of entitlements brings forth a steady march of liberalizing forces that cause entitlement programs to expand. This process - as visible in the 18th and 19th centuries as in the present day - is repeated until benefits are extended to nearly all who could be considered eligible, and in turn establishes a new base for future expansions.

In 1992, the deadliest year in Chicago’s history, seven-year-old Dantrell Davis was shot and killed in front of his elementary school inside the public housing complex Cabrini-Green. What happened to Dantrell led to a truce among Chicago’s gangs, but it also ignited a national panic about poverty and violence in America’s cities. Dantrell’s name would soon be used to demolish all of Chicago’s high-rise public housing, displacing tens of thousands of low-income families.

My husband took his mistress to Paris. I took everything else. Gavin Duncan didn't even try to come up with a good lie. He said it was a business trip. That the twenty-nine-year-old travel influencer draped across his hotel suite was a consulting client. He actually said that under oath, in a deposition, while his own business partner's forensic audit was proving he'd spent a quarter of a million dollars of our money on another woman. I didn't cry. I called five divorce attorneys in one afternoon to conflict them all out, hired a sixth, and started building a case so airtight that the judge...

I was pregnant with his baby when I found him in our bed with my best friend. He didn't even look sorry. Jordan Nash told me he'd been sleeping with Farrah since the Fourth of July. He said he was leaving. He said I'd be fine. That I'd figure it out. He walked out that night with a quiet click of the door, and he never came back. Then his older brother shows up looking for him. Justin Nash. Residential remodeler. Quiet. Patient. Steady. He doesn't perform for anyone. He doesn't say things he doesn't mean. He just fixes what's broken, shows up when he says he will, and means every word. ...

I was seven months pregnant when he broke up with me at our favorite restaurant. He said he wasn't happy. His assistant's perfume was still on his collar. Derek Wellman didn't even try to make it convincing. He said he felt held back. That we wanted different things. He actually said this while I was carrying his child and he was already sleeping with someone else. I drove to my mother's house and never went back. Then my landlord's handyman shows up to fix a leaky faucet. Russell Brooks. Quiet. Steady. Good with his hands. He doesn't make promises or grand gestures. He just keeps coming ...

Instant New York Times Bestseller A love letter to the rookie in all of us: Singer-actor Joshua Bassett's fearless memoir in verse about surviving the darkest moments of fame, addiction, and mental health struggles—and finding hope on the other side. "We're all figuring it out as we go along...

How YOU can earn five to six figures a month without a degree! What if you could comfortably pay for that $5 cappuccino every morning, without having to check your wallet first? Or if you could eat diner at your favorite restaurant more often than you'd have to worry about paying the bills? What if your job would only consist of sitting in front of a computer, working comfortably from home on your own schedule? No more everyday chores around the house, no more paying to go swimming when you have your own pool at home, imagine this ideal lifestyle right in front of you and imagine how you ...

My husband and my sister. The two people who were supposed to love me the most. Four months. That's how long Daniel and Chloe had been sleeping together in hotel rooms booked under a fake name. Daniel told me he wanted a divorce. Told me to pack a bag. Told me the house — the one I designed down to the last tile — was his now. He forgot one thing. I'm an interior designer. I notice what doesn't fit. And nothing about Daniel's finances had been fitting for a long time. Hidden accounts. A shell company. A secret condo. Over eight hundred thousand dollars tucked away where he thought no ...

He celebrated our anniversary in bed with my best friend. Lance Rhodes didn't even try to lie well. He said it was a mistake. That it meant nothing. That we could work through it. He said I was overreacting. He actually said that while she was still getting dressed in my bedroom. I called a divorce attorney from a hotel at eleven o'clock that night. I never looked back. Then his older brother starts showing up. Gabe Rhodes. Custom home builder. Quiet. Patient. Steady. He doesn't make speeches. He doesn't make promises he can't keep. He just fixes what's broken, shows up when he says he will...