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646 lodi Nonfiction The Bright Side : Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World by Sumit Paul-Choudhury (Canongate) The science journalist, who lost his wife to ovarian cancer, investigates the potent emotional forces that drive us on in the face of great hardship. Why do we have this capacity for optimism, and what distinguishes it from wishful thinking? Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old : Thoughts on Ageing as a Woman by Brooke Shields (Piatkus) The former child actor looks back at her decades-long career under a frequently harsh spotlight and reflects that, despite her industry’s obsession with youth, age brings autonomy and freedom. Open Socrates : The Case for a Philosophical Life by Agnes Callard ( Allen Lane ) Professor of philosophy and a public intellectual for the internet age, Callard shows how Socrates can inform the way we live our lives – from romance to politics – nearly two and a half thousand years after his death. Hope : The Autobiography by Pope Francis ( Viking ) Pope Francis planned to release this memoir only after his death, but apparently “the needs of our times ... have moved him to make this precious legacy available now”. It will be the first ever papal autobiography. The Extinction of Experience : Reclaiming Our Humanity in a Digital World by Christine Rosen (Bodley Head) The columnist and commentator looks at the way technology erodes opportunities for in-person interaction – and urges us to reclaim the real-world experiences that make life worth living. Dare I Say It : Everything I Wish I’d Known about Menopause by Naomi Watts (Vermillion) When the Oscar-nominated actor began to experience symptoms of menopause at the age of 36, she was confronted with a vast gap in her own knowledge, but also in the advice and information available. Here she attempts to redress the balance. The Nazi Mind : Twelve Warnings from History by Laurence Rees (Viking) Popular historian Rees takes a psychological approach to the question of why senior Nazis and ordinary Germans were able to commit atrocities, and warns us of signs to look out for in contemporary life. The Loves of My Life : A Sex Memoir by Edmund White (Bloomsbury) The American novelist, critic and doyen of queer literature looks back, aged 84, at his own sexual past, from furtive encounters in the 1950s midwest to app-facilitated hookups in the 2000s. I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again : Turning Our Family Trauma of Chemical Submission into a Collective Fight by Caroline Darian ( Lagom) The daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, whose husband was convicted for repeatedly drugging and raping her over a number of years, tells her mother’s story, and attempts to give a voice to “all the invisible victims’’. Fiction Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips (Bloomsbury) Phillips’s first novel in seven years explores the complicated legacy of Windrush through the portrait of one West Indian man in London, from the 60s to the present day. Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan (Doubleday) The follow-up to the buzzy Bellies is another deft contemporary study of love, gender identity and social etiquette. Oromay by Baalu Girma, translated by David DeGusta and Mesfin Felleke Yirgu (MacLehose) A classic of Ethiopian literature, first published in 1983 and widely believed to have cost the author his life for its political satire, translated into English at last. Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (4th Estate) The pressure points of modern life – sex, identity politics, the influence of the internet – are probed in a provocative novel-in-stories from the American writer who Carmen Maria Machado has called “a pervert, a madman and a stone-cold genius”. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (Piatkus) The Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades, with dragons: the eagerly awaited third novel in the romantasy series that’s become a global phenomenon. Children’s People Like Stars by Patrice Lawrence (Scholastic) Lawrence’s first contemporary middle grade novel centres on fractured families, as three 13-year-old strangers are connected by a secret. YA The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn (First Ink) A warmly funny romcom debut in the Heartstopper vein from the actor and comedian. Nonfiction Resistance by Steve McQueen (4th Estate) The story of British activism through photographs, curated by artist and film-maker Steve McQueen, and accompanied by memories and reflections from Gary Younge, Paul Gilroy, Shami Chakrabarti and others. Source Code : My Beginnings by Bill Gates (Allen Lane) Harvard drop-out turned billionaire Gates tells the story of his childhood and the burgeoning interest in technology that would lead to his founding of the world’s most successful software company. The World after Gaza by Pankaj Mishra (Fern ) The author of The Age of Anger addresses the Israel-Gaza war and imagines its aftermath, including the necessary recalibration of notions of power, human rights and western moral leadership. Get In : The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer by Patrick Maguire, Gabriel Pogrund (Bodley Head) Investigative journalists Maguire and Pogrund go behind the scenes of Keir Starmer’s transformation of Labour, from his takeover of the party to the landslide of July 2024. Between Two Rivers : Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History by Moudhy Al-Rashid (Hodder ) Oxford academic Al-Rashid uncovers the history passed down to us through cuneiform, the wedge-based writing system preserved in everything from receipts for beer to copies of the epic of Gilgamesh. The Leopard in My House : One Man’s Adventures in Cancerland by Mark Steel (Ebury) “I feel like there’s a leopard in my house, locked in a room,” writes comedian Steel of the cancer that lay in wait to periodically turn his life upside down. A moving yet characteristically funny diary of diagnosis and treatment. Under a Pink Sky by Esther Ghey (Michael Joseph ) The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey reflects on grief, forgiveness and protecting young people from online harms. Fiction We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (Hamish Hamilton) The new Nobel laureate explores South Korea’s painful history, as a woman uncovers the collective memory of a 1948 massacre. The City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBride (Faber) McBride returns to the couple she first wrote about in The Lesser Bohemians, now looking back on their passionate relationship to see how love and circumstance can alter. The South by Tash Aw (4th Estate) From the Malaysian author of We, the Survivors, this first novel in a quartet about family histories and global transformation sees two boys drawn together over the course of a summer. Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser (Sort Of) A genre-busting inquiry into life and art, youth and Virginia Woolf, from the renowned Australian writer. Deviants by Santanu Bhattacharya (Fig Tree) The second novel by the author of One Small Voice follows the lives of three generations of gay men in India, struggling against taboos, criminalisation and social expectations. The Stolen Heart by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris Dralyuk (MacLehose) The second in the Ukrainian author’s crime series set in post-revolution Kyiv. Nonfiction The Golden Throne : The Curse of a King by Christopher de Bellaigue (Bodley Head) A follow-up to 2022’s The Lion House - which one critic dubbed “Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire” – tells the story of sultan Suleyman the Magnificent at the height of his power. Alive : An Alternative Anatomy by Gabriel Weston ( Jonathan Cape) A surgeon attempts to flesh out our understanding of the body by placing its workings in wider context: organ by organ, Weston makes connections between our biology and our everyday lives. Changing My Mind by Julian Barnes (Notting Hill Editions) In a series of five essays, the Booker prize-winning author ponders what it takes to change a mind, and how his has changed – from judgments about books to politics. The Age of Diagnosis : Sickness, Health and Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far by Suzanne O’Sullivan (Hodder ) Neurologist O’Sullivan offers a controversial critique of the explosion in diagnoses of ADHD, autism and long Covid, asking whether labels help or hinder treatment and recovery. The Ideological Brain : A Radical Science of Susceptible Minds by Leor Zmigrod ( Viking) Why are some of us so easily seduced by rigid, simplistic approaches to politics and morality? “Political neuroscientist” Zmigrod reveals the science behind dogma and shows us how to nurture cognitive flexibility instead. Spring : The Story of a Season by Michael Morpurgo (Hodder) A lyrical portrait of spring on the Devon farm where the author of Warhorse has lived for nearly half a century. Story of a Murder : The Wives, the Mistress and Doctor Crippen by Hallie Rubenhold ( Doubleday) Following The Five, which gave overdue recognition to the women murdered by Jack the Ripper, Rubenhold brings a revisionist eye to the case of wife-killer Dr Crippen. Fiction Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4th Estate) The first novel for a decade from the award-winning author of Americanah is a globe-spanning story following four women grappling with choices and regrets, love and heartbreak. Universality by Natasha Brown (Faber) The Assembly author returns with the tale of a man bludgeoned with a solid gold bar, an amoral banker, and a radical anarchist group. When a struggling journalist sets down her account in a long read that goes viral, the story becomes a twisty investigation into the power of language. Flesh by David Szalay ( Cape) This spare, propulsive novel from the Booker-shortlisted author follows teenage István from a tower block in Hungary to London, where he gets work as a driver to the city’s super rich. Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo (Chatto & Windus) The Chinese-born novelist and film-maker returns with a feminist reimagining of Moby-Dick, set against the backdrop of the American civil war. After her parents die, Ishmaelle leaves England for a life at sea, washing up in New York, where her cross-dressing cabin boy is joined on board whaling ship Nimrod by Captain Seneca, a Black free man and Muzi, a Taoist monk, whose i-Ching guides their search for the mythical white whale. Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Bloomsbury) Three young people come of age in post-colonial East Africa in the new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel prize in literature. At the turn of the 21st century, change is coming to Tanzania – but will the dreams of young servant boy Badar be realised along with those of his wealthier, more educated friends? Stag Dance by Torrey Peters (Serpent’s Tail) A party weekend in Las Vegas, a lumberjack dance in the backwoods and a future in which everyone must choose their own gender... New stories from the bestselling author of Detransition, Baby move between horror, romance, western and speculative fiction to explore the trans experience past, present and future. Nonfiction 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands (W&N) Sands, a human rights lawyer involved in the attempt to extradite Augusto Pinochet, returns to the case more than a quarter of a century later, tracing the sinister links between the Chilean dictator and senior SS officer Walther Rauff. The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward by Melinda Gates (Bluebird) According to its publisher, this memoir from the philanthropist and ex-wife of Bill Gates opens a “rare window into some of her life’s pivotal moments”. The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club : Surviving Iran’s Most Notorious Prison in 16 Recipes by Sepideh Gholian, translated by Hessam Ashrafi (Oneworld) Activist Gholian has endured several stints in Iran’s most feared political prison, Evin. Here she writes about life there though the lens of the small acts of culinary solidarity that give its inmates comfort. We Were There : How Black Culture, Resistance and Community Shaped Modern Britain by Lanre Bakare (Bodley Head) Guardian journalist Bakare eschews London to recount lesser known Black British histories from the 70s to the 90s, travelling to Birmingham, Bradford, Wolverhampton and beyond. Moral Ambition : Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference by Rutger Bregman (Bloomsbury) Why don’t you quit your job and use your transferable skills to make the world a better place? This is the question posed by economist and campaigner Bregman in a radically practical challenge to the footsoldiers of 21st-century capitalism. Nature’s Memory : Behind the Scenes at the World’s Natural History Museums by Jack Ashby (Allen Lane) Zoologist Ashby investigates the wonders displayed – and those locked away – in cabinets around the country, tracing the biases and ideologies inherent in museum collections and considering how they can be unpicked. Fiction Audition by Katie Kitamura (Fern) The author of Intimacies weaves a “Mobius strip” of two competing narratives about relationship and performance, as a celebrated actor dines in a Manhattan restaurant with a man young enough to be her son. The Best of Everything by Kit de Waal (Tinder) Family, childrearing and the power of kindness, from the author of My Name Is Leon. Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori (Granta) The follow-up to the Japanese phenomenon Convenience Store Woman considers a future where sex and family are radically reimagined. Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt (Cape) The acclaimed poet and memoirist’s debut novel is a rural English love story between two teenage boys. Sister Europe by Nell Zink (Viking) One wild night in Berlin brings together an elderly author, a trans teen, a troubled heiress, an Arabian prince and a dog. Eden’s Shore by Oisín Fagan (John Murray) His first novel, Nobber, was a dark delight; now comes a tale of greed and global upheaval in which an 18th-century Irishman finds himself stranded in Latin America. Nonfiction Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (Hamish Hamilton) The author of Underland returns with stories of rivers around the world: majestic, swift, mysterious and, yes, very much alive, but often imperilled by human actions. No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain by Rebecca Solnit (Granta) The latest collection of essays from writer and activist Solnit explores the possibilities opened up by difficult times, and how pressing forward despite uncertainty can lead to new ideas and solutions. The Heart-Shaped Tin by Bee Wilson (4th Estate) The baking tin of the title was used for food writer Wilson’s wedding cake, now a painful reminder of her recent divorce. She considers what connects us to the objects in our lives, weaving memoir with cultural history. Dianaworld : An Obsession by Edward White (Allen Lane) A global cultural icon while she was alive, in death Princess Diana’s influence has extended into the realm of myth and imitation. Edward White looks at her enduring legacy, from drag queens to Gen-Z obsessives. Speaking in Tongues by J M Coetzee, Mariana Dimópulos (Harvill Secker) A dialogue between Nobel prize winning novelist Coetzee and eminent translator Dimópulos discusses the slippery nature of language and intricate art of translation. How to Save the Amazon by Dom Phillips and contributors (Bonnier) In 2022 Phillips, who reported for the Guardian from Brazil, was killed with Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira while researching this book in a remote part of the rainforest; his colleagues and supporters have come together to finish it. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li (4th Estate) The unimaginable loss of her two sons to suicide is the subject of Chinese American novelist Li’s wrenching portrait of grief and the onward march of life. Homework by Geoff Dyer (Canongate) The memoir from the author of Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It conjures up coming of age in 60s and 70s England with much wryly observed detail. Fiction The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien (Granta) From the Booker-shortlisted author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing, a high-concept time-travelling meditation on fate, creativity, history and human migration. Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn ( Cape) The sequel to his 2021 novel Double Blind continues a fascination with fate, free will and family inheritance. A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi (Faber) More literary hijinks from the British writer, with the story of a woman who exists as seven different versions of herself - one for every day of the week. Ripeness by Sarah Moss (Picador) Travel and adventure, divorce and self-realisation; growing up and growing old are explored in a novel that moves between 60s Italy and contemporary Ireland. Ghost Wedding by David Park (Oneworld) Two men are separated by a century but bound by ghosts of the past in the latest from the acclaimed Irish writer. Twelve Post-War Tales by Graham Swift (Scribner) Stories about conflict and its aftermath – from the second world war to the pandemic – by the Waterland author. Gunk by Saba Sams (Bloomsbury) A fresh look at unconventional relationships and chosen family by the author of the award-winning story collection Send Nudes. Never Flinch by Stephen King (Hodder) A vigilante targets a high-profile feminist in King’s new crime thriller featuring private detective Holly Gibney. Vianne by Joanne Harris (Orion) A return to the world of Harris’s beloved 1999 novel Chocolat, beginning six years before Vianne stirs up a small French village by opening a chocolate shop. Graphic novels Spent by Alison Bechdel (Cape) From the author of Fun Home, comic autofiction in which a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel wrestles with personal and political challenges. Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson (Faber) The first graphic novel in 15 years by the author of Blankets and Habibi combines memoir, travelogue and cultural history. Nonfiction Empire Without End: A New History of Britain and the Caribbean by Imaobong Umoren ( Cape) Umoren, a historian at LSE, shows how imperial racial hierarchies survived decolonisation – and continue to affect day-to-day life in modern Britain. Electric Spark : The Enigma of Muriel Spark by Frances Wilson (Bloomsbury) The biographer of DH Lawrence and Thomas De Quincey returns to decode the life of the enigmatic novelist and short story writer, focusing on her turbulent 20s and 30s. Memoir by Jacinda Ardern (Macmillan) Ardern quickly became a recognisable figure on the world stage after she was elected in 2017, then the world’s youngest female head of government. Here she recounts her political formation and time in office. The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis ( Cape) Too often credited to a solitary savant visited by a flash of inspiration, great ideas should instead be attributed to the teams, networks, families and collaborators around them, argues writer and broadcaster Lewis. It Used to Be Witches: Under the Spell of Queer Cinema by Ryan Gilbey (Faber) The former New Statesman film critic embarks on a “non-chronological treasure hunt” through queer movies from several decades, spicing the journey with memoir and interviews. Fiction Helm by Sarah Hall (Faber) Hall’s 10th work of fiction is the story of a fierce and much-mythologised Cumbrian wind, from the dawn of time to the climate emergency. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (Cape) A follow-up to On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, the second novel from the Vietnamese-American poet portrays an unlikely friendship between a lost young man and an elderly widow struggling with dementia. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Hutchinson Heinemann) From the author of Daisy Jones & the Six, a sweeping romance set among the astronauts of the 1980s space shuttle programme. The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine (Sceptre) Debut novel by the acclaimed short-story writer about class and family in northern Ireland, in which three women are brought together when their teenage sons are accused of assault. The M öbius Book by Catherine Lacey (Granta) “Both nonfiction and fiction, with no beginning and no ending”, the American author’s latest genre-warping work came out of a relationship breakdown but evolved into a study of faith. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (Bloomsbury) Five years on from The Other Americans, a speculative novel about a world without privacy, in which state surveillance extends into our dreams. Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal (Serpent’s Tail) Following the impressive short-story collection We Move, this is an ambitious panoramic portrait of the ancient river and a plan to artificially reinstate it in present-day Punjab, exploring populist movements and national identity. Nonfiction Essays on Women by Caitlin Moran (Ebury) The author of How to Be a Woman and How to Build a Girl returns with more reflections on feminism, pop culture and the dilemmas of modern life. Fiction I’ll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom (Granta) A multigenerational family saga stretching from 1940s Paris to 21st‐century New York, from the author of White Houses. My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud (Bloomsbury) A coming-of-age portrait of sisterhood and betrayal from the author of Hideous Kinky. Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson (Michael Joseph) In the first adult thriller by the YA author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, a woman on the brink of death tries to solve her own murder. Men in Love by Irvine Welsh (Cape) Set straight after Trainspotting, Welsh’s latest focuses on his antiheroes in their 20s, moving from the craziness of youth towards genuine romance. Autocorrect by Etgar Keret (Granta) Yoga, aliens and angry squirrels: time runs in reverse in this irreverent collection of short stories. Children’s My Soul, A Shining Tree by Jamila Gavin (Farshore) From the award-winning writer, a novel about courage and friendship set during the first world war, for ages 8-12. Nonfiction Untitled Memoir by Nicola Sturgeon (Macmillan) The former Scottish first minister, who resigned in 2023 after nearly a decade in power, shares memories of her upbringing, political influences and time in power. Fiction Katabasis by RF Kuang (HarperVoyager) In the follow-up to Yellowface, two rival Cambridge academics must journey to hell and back to save the soul of their adviser. TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker (Granta) From the anarchic author of the Goldsmiths-winning H(a)ppy, a new comic novel about heckling, cultural disruption and online catastrophes. Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell (Picador) Blackly comic tales from the International Booker-shortlisted Argentinian author: her first collection in almost a decade. The Killer Question by Janice Hallett (Viper) The queen of dossier crime returns with a story of missing pub landlords which can only be solved by sifting through WhatsApp messages and lists of pub quiz questions. Nonfiction I Shop Therefore I Am: The 90s, Harvey Nicks – and Me by Mary Portas (Canongate) Britain’s “Queen of Shops” takes us back three decades to her time stalking the floor at Harvey Nichols, at the height of its Ab Fab-inspired cachet. Untitled Memoir by Lionel Richie (William Collins) The All Night Long singer charts his progress from 1940s Alabama, via crippling teenage shyness, to success with the Commodores and global fame as a solo artist. This Is for Everyone by Tim Berners-Lee (Macmillan) The creator of the world wide web reflects on his invention 35 years on, with characteristic optimism Indignity : A Double Investigation by Lea Ypi (Allen Lane) In her 2021 memoir Free, Ypi told the story of growing up communist in 80s Albania, only to have her world turned upside down as the regime fell. Indignity is billed as a “prequel”, tracing the story of her grandmother Leman, born during the last days of the Ottoman empire. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows : Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage by Steven Pinker (Allen Lane) The cognitive scientist and public intellectual asks what allows human beings to coordinate en masse, for good or ill – from stock markets to political parties to cancel culture. Fiction Glyph by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton) The second in Smith’s two-volume project promises to tell a story hidden in the pages of 2024’s fable of resistance to state control, Gliff. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai (Hamish Hamilton) Desai’s first novel since winning the 2006 Booker prize with The Inheritance of Loss is a family saga in which two young Indians in the US are torn between tradition and their own desires. The Housekeeper by Rose Tremain (Chatto & Windus) A story of forbidden love in 1930s England, based on the inspiration behind Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, and due to be adapted for film. The Two Roberts by Damian Barr (Canongate) A fictional reimagining of the entwined lives of working-class Scottish artists Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, who fell in love in the 30s and went on to join the bohemian set that included Bacon and Freud. Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Atlantic) In the follow-up to the Booker-listed My Sister, the Serial Killer, Eniiyi tries to escape a family curse. Venetian Vespers by John Banville (Faber) An unhappily married couple are caught up in a web of conspiracy while visiting Venice at the turn of the 20th century, in a standalone from the Booker winner turned crime writer. Circle of Days by Ken Follett (Quercus) The historical novelist imagines the creation of Stonehenge. Untitled Thursday Murder Club 5 by Richard Osman (Viking) After beginning a new series in 2024 with We Solve Murders, Osman returns to his retiree armchair detectives. A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay (Trapeze) There are rumours of a killer on the hospital wards in the debut novel from the author of This Is Going to Hurt. Poetry New Cemetery by Simon Armitage (Faber) The poet laureate’s new collection responds to Covid lockdowns and the death of his father. Children’s The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell (Bloomsbury) The second volume in the author’s magical fantasy series for ages 8-12, Impossible Creatures. Nonfiction The Future Is Peace by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon (Canongate) On the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks, two activists, one Israeli and one Palestinian, set out their plan for a sustainable peace. The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn (William Collins) Following her eerie examination of “post-human landscapes” Islands of Abandonment, Cal Flyn travels to wildernesses around the world, reflecting on “our deep yearning to be awed and inspired” by the most inhospitable places. Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith (Hamish Hamilton) A collection of essays that sets tributes to the dead, from Hilary Mantel to Martin Amis, alongside reflections on everything that fizzes with life and controversy, from art to relationships and the internet. 1929: Inside the Crash by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Allen Lane) This account of the most famous stock market meltdown in history uses private letters and diaries to build a 360-degree view of market meltdown. Diaries of Note by Shaun Usher (Faber ) Fans of the bestselling Letters of Note will appreciate these excerpts from the jottings of the great and good, from Patricia Highsmith to George Harrison. The Big Payback by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder (Faber ) National treasure Henry and charity chief Ryder, co-editors of 2022’s collection Black British Lives Matter, make the case for financial reparations to address Britain’s legacy of exploitation. Fiction Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan (Zaffre) James Bond is a minor character in this cosy spinoff by the author of the Inspector Chopra series; it focuses on Q, who finds himself ousted from his tech role at MI6 and back in his sleepy home town. Telenovela by Gonzalo C Garcia (Galley Beggar) A Chilean family living under Pinochet implodes, in the second novel from the author of We Are The End. Rainforest by Michelle Paver (Orion) Another supernatural adventure by the author of Dark Matter follows an Englishman into the jungle. Poetry The Book of Jonah by Luke Kennard (Picador) From the 2021 Forward prize winner, a new collection based around the reluctant prophet. Nonfiction Things That Disappear by Jenny Erpenbeck (Granta) German novelist and winner of the 2024 International Booker prize for Kairos returns with a collection of essays on “disappearing people, places and things”. The Battle of the Arctic by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (William Collins) Historian Sebag-Montefiore tells the story of the Arctic convoy by which the allies supplied the USSR during the second world war, braving icebergs, appalling weather and aerial attacks. Tigers Between Empires by Jonathan C Slaght (Allen Lane) The conservationist and author of Owls of the Eastern Ice traces the pawprints of the endangered Amur tiger, whose range straddles far eastern Russia and China. Fiction Pulse by Cynan Jones (Granta) Short stories from the author of Dig and The Cove show men pitted against nature. Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu (Canongate) One of the Granta Best of Young British Novelists considers what it means to be a young Black man in a hostile world. Poetry Namanlagh by Tom Paulin (Faber) The Northern Irish poet’s new collection explores history and memory. To explore any of the books featured, visit guardianbookshop.com . Delivery charges may apply.MML Investors Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Omeros Co. ( NASDAQ:OMER – Free Report ) by 19.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 18,600 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock after buying an additional 3,000 shares during the quarter. MML Investors Services LLC’s holdings in Omeros were worth $74,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Omeros by 7.2% during the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 59,339 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $235,000 after buying an additional 4,000 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new stake in Omeros during the 3rd quarter valued at $305,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in shares of Omeros by 130.6% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 12,388 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 7,016 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in shares of Omeros by 16.6% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 218,580 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock worth $887,000 after acquiring an additional 31,081 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Omeros in the 2nd quarter worth $105,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 48.79% of the company’s stock. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. RODMAN&RENSHAW upgraded Omeros to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Omeros in a report on Thursday, November 14th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Omeros from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. D. Boral Capital began coverage on shares of Omeros in a research note on Monday, December 23rd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $36.00 target price for the company. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Omeros in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $22.50. Omeros Stock Performance Shares of OMER stock opened at $11.68 on Friday. Omeros Co. has a fifty-two week low of $2.61 and a fifty-two week high of $13.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $676.86 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.06 and a beta of 1.96. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $7.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $5.41. Omeros Profile ( Free Report ) Omeros Corporation, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes small-molecule and protein therapeutics, and orphan indications targeting immunologic diseases, including complement-mediated diseases, cancers, and addictive and compulsive disorders. The company’s products under development include Narsoplimab (OMS721/MASP-2) that has completed pivotal trial for hematopoietic stem-cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA); that is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN); and Phase II clinical trial to treat COVID-19. 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BANGKOK — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels. The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and that smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi Motors also had agreed to join the talks on integrating their businesses. Honda will initially lead the new management, retaining the principles and brands of each company. Following is a quick look at what a combined Honda and Nissan would mean for the companies, and for the auto industry. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe, center, and Takao Kato CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, right, arrive to attend a joint news conference Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) The ascent of Chinese automakers is rattling the industry at a time when manufacturers are struggling to shift from fossil fuel-driven vehicles to electrics. Relatively inexpensive EVs from China's BYD, Great Wall and Nio are eating into the market shares of U.S. and Japanese car companies in China and elsewhere. People are also reading... Japanese automakers have lagged behind big rivals in EVs and are now trying to cut costs and make up for lost time. Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi announced in August that they will share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving to adapt better to dramatic changes in the auto industry centered around electrification. A preliminary agreement between Honda, Japan's second-largest automaker, and Nissan, third largest, was announced in March. A merger could result in a behemoth worth about $55 billion based on the market capitalization of all three automakers. Joining forces would help the smaller Japanese automakers add scale to compete with Japan's market leader Toyota Motor Corp. and with Germany's Volkswagen AG. Toyota itself has technology partnerships with Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. and Subaru Corp. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe, center, and Takao Kato, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, right, pose for photographers during a joint news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Nissan has truck-based body-on-frame large SUVs such as the Armada and Infiniti QX80 that Honda doesn't have, with large towing capacities and good off-road performance, said Sam Fiorani, vice president of AutoForecast Solutions. Nissan also has years of experience building batteries and electric vehicles, and gas-electric hybird powertrains that could help Honda in developing its own EVs and next generation of hybrids, he said. "Nissan does have some product segments where Honda doesn't currently play," that a merger or partnership could help, said Sam Abuelsamid, a Detroit-area automotive industry analsyt. While Nissan's electric Leaf and Ariya haven't sold well in the U.S., they're solid vehicles, Fiorani said. "They haven't been resting on their laurels, and they have been developing this technology," he said. "They have new products coming that could provide a good platform for Honda for its next generation." Nissan said last month that it was slashing 9,000 jobs, or about 6% of its global work force, and reducing global production capacity by 20% after reporting a quarterly loss of 9.3 billion yen ($61 million). Earlier this month it reshuffled its management and its chief executive, Makoto Uchida, took a 50% pay cut to take responsibility for the financial woes, saying Nissan needed to become more efficient and respond better to market tastes, rising costs and other global changes. Fitch Ratings recently downgraded Nissan's credit outlook to "negative," citing worsening profitability, partly due to price cuts in the North American market. But it noted that it has a strong financial structure and solid cash reserves that amounted to 1.44 trillion yen ($9.4 billion). Nissan's share price has fallen to the point where it is considered something of a bargain. A report in the Japanese financial magazine Diamond said talks with Honda gained urgency after the Taiwan maker of iPhones Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known as Foxconn, began exploring a possible acquisition of Nissan as part of its push into the EV sector. The company has struggled for years following a scandal that began with the arrest of its former chairman Carlos Ghosn in late 2018 on charges of fraud and misuse of company assets, allegations that he denies. He eventually was released on bail and fled to Lebanon. Honda reported its profits slipped nearly 20% in the first half of the April-March fiscal year from a year earlier, as sales suffered in China. Toyota made 11.5 million vehicles in 2023, while Honda rolled out 4 million and Nissan produced 3.4 million. Mitsubishi Motors made just over 1 million. Even after a merger Toyota would remain the leading Japanese automaker. All the global automakers are facing potential shocks if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on threats to raise or impose tariffs on imports of foreign products, even from allies like Japan and neighboring countries like Canada and Mexico. Nissan is among the major car companies that have adjusted their supply chains to include vehicles assembled in Mexico. Meanwhile, analysts say there is an "affordability shift" taking place across the industry, led by people who feel they cannot afford to pay nearly $50,000 for a new vehicle. In American, a vital market for companies like Nissan, Honda and Toyota, that's forcing automakers to consider lower pricing, which will eat further into industry profits. ____ AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher contributed to this report from Detroit. The safest cars in 2025 The safest cars in 2025 Airbags, advanced driver assistance features, and high-strength materials mean that the safest cars today are far better at protecting people from injuries than ever before. Although most new cars compare well to their predecessors, some stand above the rest. The safest cars for 2025 offer excellent occupant protection and also do a good job of preventing accidents from happening in the first place. Based on testing data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety , or IIHS, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , or NHTSA, these are some of the safest cars available today. Ranging from inexpensive compact cars and mainstream midsize sedans to stylish station wagons, posh luxury cars, and sporty coupes and convertibles, Edmunds shares a list that has something for just about everyone. For those who prefer a higher seating position and maybe some added practicality, Edmunds' list of safest SUVs is for you. Safest Small Cars 2025 Mazda 3 The stylish Mazda 3 has a lot to offer compact-car shoppers, including great looks, a composed driving experience, and reasonable fuel economy from its base 2.0-liter engine. It's also one of the safest cars in its class, earning a perfect five stars in NHTSA crash testing and sterling crashworthiness and collision avoidance scores from the IIHS. Its standard features are forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and lane departure prevention. 2025 Honda Civic With mature styling, a premium interior, and an efficient hybrid powertrain option, the 2025 Honda Civic is a great option if safety is a concern since it aces almost all of the IIHS' crash tests and earns a five-star safety rating from the federal government. It also comes standard with adaptive cruise control, lane departure prevention, and forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking. The Civic falls short slightly in the IIHS' updated moderate overlap front test, which now accounts for rear passenger safety, but even so, it's one of the safest cars in its class. 2025 Mini Cooper Reflective of parent company BMW, today's Mini Cooper is well constructed and features premium safety features that belie its small size, including automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning. Although the Mini hasn't been tested by NHTSA, the IIHS gives the Cooper its highest score of Good in the original driver-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, and side-impact tests. That said, the IIHS doesn't place the Cooper on its Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ lists since it hasn't been evaluated on the updated battery of passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, or side-impact tests. Expect the new-for-2025 Mini Cooper to earn decent crash ratings in those scenarios, especially since it shares its strong platform with the outgoing model. 2025 Toyota Prius With its recent redesign, the Toyota Prius transformed from a frumpy little caterpillar to a stylish and efficient butterfly. It also became a very safe hybrid hatchback. Perfect scores in all of its government and IIHS crash tests, as well as a sophisticated system of collision avoidance technology, earn it top marks. It's also one of our favorite cars on the market, period, as evidenced by its status as a 2024 Edmunds Top Rated vehicle. Safest Midsize Cars 2025 Honda Accord The Honda Accord is among the safest midsize sedans on the market today thanks to excellent crashworthiness scores and a competent standard collision prevention system. It's a Top Safety Pick+, beating out rivals like the Hyundai Sonata, Kia K5, and Subaru Legacy, and the Accord also earns a perfect five-star rating from NHTSA. Honda's hybrid-intensive product planning is on full display here—all but the two lowest Accord trims have a hybrid powertrain—and it's also among the most spacious cars in its class. 2025 Toyota Camry Like its Honda Accord rival, the Toyota Camry is also an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ with a five-star NHTSA rating. It also has a very impressive suite of driver assistance and safety technology, including lane departure prevention with active centering, full-speed adaptive cruise control, and automatic emergency braking. The Camry edges out the Accord in IIHS testing thanks to a more effective collision avoidance system, but both cars are remarkably well matched otherwise. 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 6 The fully electric Hyundai Ioniq 6 offers excellent safety and collision prevention, with excellent scores across the entire line of IIHS tests. The Ioniq 6 hasn't been tested for rollover resistance by NHTSA, but it earned a four-star front safety rating and a five-star side-impact rating in government tests. Like most EVs, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 comes standard with forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and lane departure prevention. It also offers up to 342 miles of all-electric driving in its longest-range trim level. Safest Luxury Cars 2025 Acura Integra The Acura Integra is a close mechanical cousin to the Honda Civic, so it's no surprise it does well in both the IIHS' and NHTSA's crash tests. The luxury hatchback is a Top Safety Pick+ and earns a perfect five stars in government testing. The AcuraWatch safety suite is standard on the Integra, bringing automatic emergency braking, lane centering, lane departure prevention, and adaptive cruise control. 2025 Mercedes-Benz C-Class The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a safe option in the popular small luxury sedan segment thanks to its good scores in IIHS crash testing. Mercedes' best-selling sedan also comes standard with automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, which helps it earn a Top Safety Pick award. However, it hasn't been tested by the NHTSA. 2025 Genesis G80 Both the Genesis G80 and the fully electric Genesis Electrified G80 earn a Top Safety Pick+ score from the IIHS thanks to their good scores on the agency's crash tests, as well as a comprehensive suite of active safety features that avoided collisions with simulated pedestrians. The internal-combustion-engine G80 earned a perfect five-star safety rating from NHTSA, and although the Electrified G80 hasn't been tested by the feds just yet, it should likely excel in those tests too. 2025 Genesis G90 The flagship Genesis G90 sedan competes with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series, and the South Korean automaker clearly hasn't skimped on safety in its fight against the establishment. Although it hasn't been subjected to the NHTSA array of tests, it aced almost all of its IIHS tests, and a long list of standard active safety and driver assistance features sets it apart from the stingy German makes that charge extra for them. Safest Station Wagons 2025 Volvo V60 With handsome styling and a well-finished interior, the Volvo V60 is a very appealing station wagon for those looking for such a thing. It's also quite safe, with good crashworthiness scores in the IIHS' original moderate overlap front and side-impact scores. Unfortunately, since it hasn't been tested with the updated versions of those tests, it didn't earn this year's Top Safety Pick award, but it was called a Top Safety Pick+ in 2022. NHTSA also gives the V60 a five-star safety rating. 2025 Mercedes-Benz E 450 All-Terrain Although the Mercedes-Benz E 450 All-Terrain isn't a traditional wagon — it follows the lifted almost-crossover formula shared with the Audi A6 Allroad and Volvo V90 Cross Country — we'll take what we can get in this dwindling category. The All-Terrain hasn't been tested by the IIHS or NHTSA, but a previous-generation E-Class earned a 2023 Top Safety Pick+ award, and Mercedes isn't the kind of company that goes backward when it comes to safety. The E 450 All-Terrain comes standard with automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, though, at this price, Benz should just make other active safety features standard. 2025 Audi A6 Allroad With a five-star NHTSA safety rating, standard forward collision warning and emergency braking, and excellent IIHS crashworthiness scores on its original tests, the Audi A6 Allroad does a good job protecting people (both passengers and pedestrians) from crashes. However, since the IIHS hasn't subjected the Allroad to its updated side and moderate front crash criteria, it lost its Top Safety Pick+ status in 2022. Still, it should be a fine option for luxury longroof shoppers. Safest Coupes and Convertibles 2025 Ford Mustang Both the Ford Mustang coupe and convertible perform well in crash testing. The coupe received a five-star safety rating from NHTSA, and both variants scored decently on all the IIHS tests they've undergone. They also come standard with forward collision warning, lane departure prevention, and automatic emergency braking. However, the IIHS needs to test both models on its updated criteria before it will rate them. 2025 Toyota GR86 Although the government hasn't tested it, the Toyota GR86 aced all of its IIHS crashworthiness tests when it was new for the 2022 model year. Unfortunately, since it hasn't been subjected to the IIHS' updated testing since then, it lost its Top Safety Pick+ status. Still, this is a fun-to-drive, sporty coupe that comes standard with a long list of active safety features, and it's reasonably priced to boot. 2025 Subaru BRZ Mechanically identical to the Toyota GR86, the 2025 Subaru BRZ achieves the same safety ratings—who would have thought? It likewise received a Top Safety Pick+ score in 2022 that lapsed when the IIHS updated its criteria for 2023, but like the Toyota, it has a long list of active safety features to go along with its lightweight, rip-roaring sports car attitude. 2025 Audi A5 The Audi A5 lost its traditional two-door coupe body style after 2024, but the five-door Sportback body style remains before it's replaced later in 2025. Although it hasn't seen the IIHS' more stringent test regimen, its original crashworthiness scores were good enough to earn it a Top Safety Pick award as recently as 2022. The Sportback is the only variant to be tested by the government, where it earned a five-star safety rating. This story was produced by Edmunds and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.

Croatia's incumbent president gains most votes for re-election, but not enough to avoid a runoffWASHINGTON — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington . As a Black woman, she just couldn’t see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President Donald Trump’s first term in January 2017. Even in an election this year where Trump questioned his opponent’s race , held rallies featuring racist insults and falsely claimed Black migrants in Ohio were eating residents’ pets , he didn't just win a second term. He became the first Republican in two decades to clinch the popular vote, although by a small margin. “It’s like the people have spoken and this is what America looks like,” said Smith, the Los Angeles-based founder of the advocacy social media agency, Get Social. “And there’s not too much more fighting that you’re going to be able to do without losing your own sanity.” After Trump was declared the winner over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris , many politically engaged Black women said they were so dismayed by the outcome that they were reassessing — but not completely abandoning — their enthusiasm for electoral politics and movement organizing. Black women often carry much of the work of getting out the vote in their communities. They had vigorously supported the historic candidacy of Harris, who would have been the first woman of Black and South Asian descent to win the presidency. Harris' loss spurred a wave of Black women across social media resolving to prioritize themselves, before giving so much to a country that over and over has shown its indifference to their concerns. AP VoteCast , a survey of more than 120,000 voters, found that 6 in 10 Black women said the future of democracy in the United States was the single most important factor for their vote this year, a higher share than for other demographic groups. But now, with Trump set to return to office in two months, some Black women are renewing calls to emphasize rest, focus on mental health and become more selective about what fight they lend their organizing power to. “America is going to have to save herself,” said LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of the national voting rights group Black Voters Matter. She compared Black women’s presence in social justice movements as “core strategists and core organizers” to the North Star, known as the most consistent and dependable star in the galaxy because of its seemingly fixed position in the sky. People can rely on Black women to lead change, Brown said, but the next four years will look different. “That’s not a herculean task that’s for us. We don’t want that title. ... I have no goals to be a martyr for a nation that cares nothing about me,” she said. AP VoteCast paints a clear picture of Black women's concerns. Black female voters were most likely to say that democracy was the single most important factor for their vote, compared to other motivators such as high prices or abortion. More than 7 in 10 Black female voters said they were “very concerned” that electing Trump would lead the nation toward authoritarianism, while only about 2 in 10 said this about Harris. About 9 in 10 Black female voters supported Harris in 2024, according to AP VoteCast, similar to the share that backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. Trump received support from more than half of white voters, who made up the vast majority of his coalition in both years. Like voters overall, Black women were most likely to say the economy and jobs were the most important issues facing the country, with about one-third saying that. But they were more likely than many other groups to say that abortion and racism were the top issues, and much less likely than other groups to say immigration was the top issue. Despite those concerns, which were well-voiced by Black women throughout the campaign, increased support from young men of color and white women helped expand Trump’s lead and secured his victory. Politically engaged Black women said they don’t plan to continue positioning themselves in the vertebrae of the “backbone” of America’s democracy. The growing movement prompting Black women to withdraw is a shift from history, where they are often present and at the forefront of political and social change. One of the earliest examples is the women’s suffrage movement that led to ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution , which gave women the right to vote. Black women, however, were prevented from voting for decades afterward because of Jim Crow-era literacy tests, poll taxes and laws that blocked the grandchildren of slaves from voting. Most Black women couldn’t vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Black women were among the organizers and counted among the marchers brutalized on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, during the historic march in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery that preceded federal legislation. Decades later, Black women were prominent organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police and vigilantes. In his 2024 campaign, Trump called for leveraging federal money to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government programs and discussions of race, gender or sexual orientation in schools. His rhetoric on immigration, including false claims that Black Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating cats and dogs, drove support for his plan to deport millions of people . Tenita Taylor, a Black resident of Atlanta who supported Trump this year, said she was initially excited about Harris’ candidacy. But after thinking about how high her grocery bills have been, she feels that voting for Trump in hopes of finally getting lower prices was a form of self-prioritization. “People say, ‘Well, that’s selfish, it was gonna be better for the greater good,''' she said. “I’m a mother of five kids. ... The things that (Democrats) do either affect the rich or the poor.” Some of Trump’s plans affect people in Olivia Gordon’s immediate community, which is why she struggled to get behind the “Black women rest” wave. Gordon, a New York-based lawyer who supported the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s presidential nominee, Claudia de la Cruz, worries about who may be left behind if the 92% of Black women voters who backed Harris simply stopped advocating. “We’re talking millions of Black women here. If millions of Black women take a step back, it absolutely leaves holes, but for other Black women,” she said. “I think we sometimes are in the bubble of if it’s not in your immediate circle, maybe it doesn’t apply to you. And I truly implore people to understand that it does.” Nicole Lewis, an Alabama-based therapist who specializes in treating Black women’s stress, said she’s aware that Black women withdrawing from social impact movements could have a fallout. But she also hopes that it forces a reckoning for the nation to understand the consequences of not standing in solidarity with Black women. “It could impact things negatively because there isn’t that voice from the most empathetic group,” she said. “I also think it’s going to give other groups an opportunity to step up. ... My hope is that they do show up for themselves and everyone else.” Brown said a reckoning might be exactly what the country needs, but it’s a reckoning for everyone else. Black women, she said, did their job when they supported Harris in droves in hopes they could thwart the massive changes expected under Trump. “This ain’t our reckoning,” she said. “I don’t feel no guilt.” ____ AP polling editor Amelia Thomson DeVeaux and Associated Press writer Linley Sanders in Washington contributed to this report.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023 , spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the center said in posting about his death on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors . He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners . He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian , would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine. His statehouse initiatives included environmental protection, boosting rural education and overhauling antiquated executive branch structures. He proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the slain civil rights leader’s home state. And he decided, as he received presidential candidates in 1972, that they were no more talented than he was. In 1974, he ran Democrats’ national campaign arm. Then he declared his own candidacy for 1976. An Atlanta newspaper responded with the headline: “Jimmy Who?” The Carters and a “Peanut Brigade” of family members and Georgia supporters camped out in Iowa and New Hampshire, establishing both states as presidential proving grounds. His first Senate endorsement: a young first-termer from Delaware named Joe Biden. Yet it was Carter’s ability to navigate America’s complex racial and rural politics that cemented the nomination. He swept the Deep South that November, the last Democrat to do so, as many white Southerners shifted to Republicans in response to civil rights initiatives. A self-declared “born-again Christian,” Carter drew snickers by referring to Scripture in a Playboy magazine interview, saying he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” The remarks gave Ford a new foothold and television comedians pounced — including NBC’s new “Saturday Night Live” show. But voters weary of cynicism in politics found it endearing. Carter chose Minnesota Sen. Walter “Fritz” Mondale as his running mate on a “Grits and Fritz” ticket. In office, he elevated the vice presidency and the first lady’s office. Mondale’s governing partnership was a model for influential successors Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Biden. Rosalynn Carter was one of the most involved presidential spouses in history, welcomed into Cabinet meetings and huddles with lawmakers and top aides. The Carters presided with uncommon informality: He used his nickname “Jimmy” even when taking the oath of office, carried his own luggage and tried to silence the Marine Band’s “Hail to the Chief.” They bought their clothes off the rack. Carter wore a cardigan for a White House address, urging Americans to conserve energy by turning down their thermostats. Amy, the youngest of four children, attended District of Columbia public school. Washington’s social and media elite scorned their style. But the larger concern was that “he hated politics,” according to Eizenstat, leaving him nowhere to turn politically once economic turmoil and foreign policy challenges took their toll. Carter partially deregulated the airline, railroad and trucking industries and established the departments of Education and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He designated millions of acres of Alaska as national parks or wildlife refuges. He appointed a then-record number of women and nonwhite people to federal posts. He never had a Supreme Court nomination, but he elevated civil rights attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the nation’s second highest court, positioning her for a promotion in 1993. He appointed Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve chairman whose policies would help the economy boom in the 1980s — after Carter left office. He built on Nixon’s opening with China, and though he tolerated autocrats in Asia, pushed Latin America from dictatorships to democracy. But he couldn’t immediately tame inflation or the related energy crisis. And then came Iran. After he admitted the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979 by followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Negotiations to free the hostages broke down repeatedly ahead of the failed rescue attempt. The same year, Carter signed SALT II, the new strategic arms treaty with Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, only to pull it back, impose trade sanctions and order a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Hoping to instill optimism, he delivered what the media dubbed his “malaise” speech, although he didn’t use that word. He declared the nation was suffering “a crisis of confidence.” By then, many Americans had lost confidence in the president, not themselves. Carter campaigned sparingly for reelection because of the hostage crisis, instead sending Rosalynn as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy challenged him for the Democratic nomination. Carter famously said he’d “kick his ass,” but was hobbled by Kennedy as Reagan rallied a broad coalition with “make America great again” appeals and asking voters whether they were “better off than you were four years ago.” Reagan further capitalized on Carter’s lecturing tone, eviscerating him in their lone fall debate with the quip: “There you go again.” Carter lost all but six states and Republicans rolled to a new Senate majority. Carter successfully negotiated the hostages’ freedom after the election, but in one final, bitter turn of events, Tehran waited until hours after Carter left office to let them walk free. At 56, Carter returned to Georgia with “no idea what I would do with the rest of my life.” Four decades after launching The Carter Center, he still talked of unfinished business. “I thought when we got into politics we would have resolved everything,” Carter told the AP in 2021. “But it’s turned out to be much more long-lasting and insidious than I had thought it was. I think in general, the world itself is much more divided than in previous years.” Still, he affirmed what he said when he underwent treatment for a cancer diagnosis in his 10th decade of life. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes,” he said in 2015 . “I’ve had a wonderful life. I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” ----- By Bill Barrow for the Associated Press Associated Press journalist Alex Sanz contributed to this report.