Single Figures

In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty-five great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics.

Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets and astronauts into space. Among these problem solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation.

JOCK, SPORT, MEATHEAD, PLAYER. I hate them all. Especially this one. He's rude, he's crude and he thinks he is God's gift to women. James Fitzpatrick might have started out on the wrong side of the tracks, but his skills on the football field have brought him fame and glory. Now he's forgotten where he came from. Hell, he's even forgotten me, the snot nosed brat from next door. So much so that he hits on me when he comes in to eat at the barbecue place I work at to pay my way through school. But the jokes on him when I turn him down in front of all his meathead buddies. No one has ever ...

There are hundreds of books on parenting, and with good reason - becoming a parent is scary, difficult, and life-changing. But when it comes to books about parenting identity, rather than the nuts and bolts of raising children, nearly all are about what it's like to be a mother. Drawing on research in sociology, economics, philosophy, gender studies, and the author's own experiences, Father Figure sets out to fill that gap.

There's a cardinal rule in football that you never break. You don't mess around with another player's girl and you don't touch the coach's daughter. Well, I've never been good at following the rules. Belinda Carmichael is uptight, prissy and the hottest girl I've ever seen. She's also the head coach's precious baby girl. And she's entirely off limits. The trouble is, I didn't know who she was when I met her. And she had no idea I was her daddy's newest star player. It was her job to show me around campus, and I showed her a lot more than that. But we fumbled the ball – she never told a ...

Meet Robbie, someone who’s lived a hard knock life until the day he met Donna, his adoptive mother. She set him up in life, but she kept a lot of secrets from him . . . to her deathbed. Meet Damian, someone who’s had it a lot easier overall, but made some costly mistakes along the way. His parents are alive, but have removed themselves from his life. It’s almost as if they’re saying, what goes around comes around. But everyone else has forgiven him. Meet a town with some quirky ideas that’s determined to love, support, and welcome all. Its name is Summer Breeze, an old lumber town...

People who have been paired up for years don’t always understand what it’s like to be single after losing someone you love, being deeply hurt or betrayed, or being unable to find a suitable person to date in the first place. It’s difficult, nowadays, in the 21st century! And when you have standards for yourself, it’s even more of a challenge.

Let me show you how southern boys do it... I learned early that a fist or a smile could get me out of any situation, but it was my swing that got me into the big leagues. Now I'm in the spotlight, and the team's owner wants me to be their charity spokesman. I only agree because the lady in charge is hotter than a picnic in hell on the Fourth of July. Camille Rivers is the most stubborn woman I've met in my life. She's everything I should stay away from, but I can't keep my hands off her. Half the time I can't tell if she wants to kiss me or push me off the roof, but she stops complaining ...

Amy I've been crushing on the handsome firefighter, Scott, that lives next door for years. And, now that I'm an adult, I want him more than ever. There's only one problem: Scott's my best friend's dad. Scott I know it's wrong to want my daughter's best friend, but I can't help myself. Amy's the most charming, smart, and drop-dead s#xy woman I've ever met in my entire f*$king life. Every time I see Amy, I just want to pin her against the wall and tear her clothes off. But, I can't - she's my daughter's best friend. I have to resist the overwhelming urge to act on my desires. I just don't ...

Kate Bogart is a desperate mother on the run... Butch Sullivan is a gnarly giant of a man with a heart too big for his own good... Jake Sullivan refuses to let another woman take advantage of his brother, no matter how tempting she is... Nothing will ever be the same … Kate Bogart is a fierce, resilient mom on the run again to escape her uber-rich, controlling husband. In the middle of the desert, her beater-car dies and her life changes forever. For seven-year-old Sunni Bogart, this is the day she opens her heart to a stranger who sees beyond her intellectual disability and makes her ...

In October 1993, a young Russian woman embarked on a new chapter in an unfamiliar land–England. Little did she know that this journey would forever alter the course of her life. In a candid and compelling narrative, she recounts her naive beginnings, her unexpected love story with an Englishman, and the sudden disappearance that shattered her world.