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Snake Oil is a breath of fresh air for business owners and entrepreneurs who seek to navigate the murky waters of digital marketing, squeeze more profit from their sales funnels, focus on projects that are verifiably important, and build a highly-scalable marketing operating system inside their business.

The remarkable life and career of Edmond J. Safra: the most successful banker of the second half of the 20th century, protector of the global Sephardic Jewish community, philanthropist, and collector. From the age of fifteen to a career spanning Europe, and North and South America, across six languages, Safra built a global financial empire while staying true to his family legacy.

Lawrence Stevenson served two tours of Cyprus as a United Nations peacekeeper during the 1970s and 1980s, and saw an island at war with itself with no hope of resolution in sight. Those experiences, and Cyprus's intractable division between East and West, haunted him deep into adulthood. Now, fifty years later, he returns to the tiny island in the Eastern Mediterranean as its chances of a peaceful reunification are fast running out. Relying o...

Our lives are more controlled by computers and algorithms than we understand, but who controls the computers? Artificial Intelligencia steps behind the veil into the world of hackers, intelligence agents, surveillance systems, quantum computing, and deadly international competition.A junior Chinese police detective stumbles onto a global plot that has control of camera and computer systems tracking billions of humans, including people who seem...

The manifesto that launched the Situationist International into the public eye and sparked an uprising is back. With the story of its creation and the histories of its publication told for the first time.

Minding our own business, while leaving other peoples to mind theirs, was the basis of the United States' successful foreign policy from 1815 to 1910. Best described in the works of John Quincy Adams and carried out by his successors throughout the nineteenth century, this is the foreign policy by which America grew prosperous and in peace. This policy also remains the commonsense philosophy of most Americans today. America's Rise and Fall ...

This book is a collection of very traditional Swedish treats and some variations that include a Miette twist, assembled from the last three summers author Meg Ray spent running a café on the small island of Rödlöga in the Baltic Sea. The recipes were written and tested in the author's bungalow house in Oakland, her tiny apartment in Paris and the kitchen on Rödlöga. Miette and the Swedish Midsommar is organized in chapters by breads, cookies...

On January 28, 2020, the Trump peace plan was unveiled at the White House. The following 11 months, concluding with the signing of the Israel-Morocco normalization agreement, comprised one of the most fascinating and impactful periods of U.S. foreign policy in a generation. The Middle East was given real respite from what had been an almost perpetual state of strife. But then, in less than 150 days, the White House's next occupant succeeded in...

Gates to a Global Empire gathers evidence and throws light on the dangers of philanthrocapitalism, which is boosting the corporate takeover of our seed, agriculture, food, knowledge and global health systems--manipulating information and eroding democracies globally. Over the last 30 years it has emerged as a major force, able to derail the international agenda and push our future, and the future of our planet, towards extinction and ecologica...

Did the Covid virus jump naturally from an animal species to humans, or did it escape from a laboratory experiment? In this essay, science writer Nicholas Wade explores the two scenarios and argues that, on present evidence, lab escape is the more likely explanation. His inference is based on specific research being conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Institute's lack of adequate safety precautions, together with the continuin...

From a leading European figure in finance and economics, a look at the once and future role of central bankers-the pivotal players in shaping the global economy.

The ultimate inspirational, visually appealing, and tactical sales guide for sales professionals who don't like reading complex, boring, sales books.

Damon DiMarco's Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 (20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition), eternally preserves a monumental tragedy in American history through the voices of the people who were in New York City on that fateful day. At the same time, the individuals featured in the book speak to the myriad ways by which Americans rose to meet the challenges presented by 9/11, and celebrates the many heroes that are found within its pages....

A Meteor of Intelligent Substance" "Something was Missing in our Culture, and Here It Is" "Liberties sure is needed in these times."In a short time since its launch, Liberties - A Journal of Culture and Politics, a quarterly, has become essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues and causes of our time. The writers in Liberties offer deep experience from across borders, national identities, political affiliations a...

Fledgling democracy and human rights movements challenge autocrats throughout Asia. What role will the US play in the region in a post-Trump world?

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD." - Matthew 5:9 'Let me tell you about why I love Richard Nixon…NOT like…NOT admire…NOT respect…ALL THOSE THINGS…but LOVE! And so did my mother and father…in our household Richard Nixon was a god." - Ben Stein From Ben Stein, New York Times bestselling author, humorist and former speech writer for both Nixon and Ford administrations - a powerful (and humorous) thinker on ...

WINNER GOURMAND COOKBOOK AWARD for Best Indian Cuisine Cookbook"What a seductive book this is, a tantalizing world of flavors waiting to be cooked, tasted, experienced . . . but the scope of the book is much larger, including a personal and well-told story of Bengali cuisine. I love this book!" - Deborah Madison, author of The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone Now expanded with over 60 new recipes and a new photo section, this perennial favo...

A fascinating look at the history and future of this mega-region binding Mexico and the United States."-Earl Anthony Wayne, US Ambassador to Mexico (2011-2015)Two of the most important cities in North America are so physically close they would touch were they not separated by a wall at the US-Mexico border. That border has been a flashpoint of contention for centuries. And yet, the untold reality in San Diego and Tijuana is that tens of thousa...

“Better to fight for something than to live for nothing.” — General Patton George S. Patton is undoubtedly the most colorful and controversial US Military Commander of the Second World War. His behavior, character, and even his performance on and off the battlefield is often viewed through the lens of current mores, rather than in historical context. In the closing days of the war, Patton had the opportunity to seize Berlin, Prague, and vast t...