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From the man who coined the term "net neutrality," author of The Master Switch and The Attention Merchants, comes a warning about the dangers of excessive corporate and industrial concentration for our economic and political future. We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in...

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to...

'A masterpiece' Peter Pomerantsev 'Powerful' Serhii Plokhy 'Fascinating' Daily Telegraph A history of Russian violence waged against Ukraine across the centuries. Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. And yet this attack was in fact the latest episode in a...

WINNER OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY BOOK AWARD In Cara Robertson’s “enthralling” book, The Trial of Lizzie Borden, “the reader is to serve as judge and jury” (The New York Times). Based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence, this true crime narrative of the Lizzie...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the award-winning scientist who identified the bones of Richard III in a Leicester carpark and genetically analysed Hitler, discover the myth-busting book that provides a window into the world of modern genetics and reveals the extraordinary true stories and...

The fusion of distributed artificial intelligence with highly autonomous military systems ushers in a type of lightning-quick conflict that has never been seen before. Yet this is more than a revolution in military affairs; it is a revolution in human affairs that will transform the 21st century defense and security environment. Advances in AI will fundamentally change the human condition, and with it, a profoundly human undertaking war.

 In today's society, work takes up a vast proportion of the time and energy of ordinary people. Although use of the phrase "work-life balance" is now commonplace in the media and ordinary conversation, people work longer hours than ever before. However, rather than purely a means to an end in terms of supporting oneself financially, the workplace is a place to develop skills and talents and build lasting friendships. 

'This book is NUTS! – in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride through the heaven and hell of modern Russia' PETER POMERANZEV 'Written with all the pace and energy of a John Grisham novel … An incredible true story and a great read!' BILL BROWDER 'An astonishing glimpse...

What do you do when divine law and the justice demanded by your conscience clash? Muslims have wrestled with this problem since the earliest caliphates. The mazalim courts, dating back to the eighth century, were the answer: courts where any subject could appeal directly to an Islamic ruler...

Most people do not avoid estate planning because they do not care. They avoid it because it feels uncomfortable, confusing, expensive, emotional, or too far away to matter today. Life does not wait until we feel ready. Luck or Control is a practical and deeply personal guide to understanding estate planning as more than paperwork. Lorenz shows that an estate plan is not just about money, death, taxes, or legal documents. It is about love, dignity, preparation, and making sure the people you care about are not left guessing when you can no longer speak for yourself.

The Revocable Living Trust Handbook is a practical, plain-English guide for anyone who wants to better understand revocable living trusts and how they fit into a complete estate plan. This book explains how a living trust works during life, what happens at incapacity and death, why trust funding matters, and how related documents such as a will, financial power of attorney, healthcare power of attorney, living will, HIPAA authorization, and disposition instructions work together.

Voorkom familieconflicten en dure fouten bij erfenissen. Leer hoe je een testament en schenkingsakte fiscaal slim en zonder drama opstelt.

I was an active duty Army JAG for 20 years. When I retired in 2006, I was approached to work as Principal Deputy Chief Defense Counsel for the Military Commissions Defense Organization (MCDO): the team defending people held at Guantánamo Bay in the Bush administration's "war on terror".

The Legal Consent: How Child Marriage Is Sanctioned by Law is a rigorous investigative examination of how legal systems across the Middle East and South Asia continue to authorize sexual access to children under the protection of marriage.

Het eerlijke verhaal van de passie en beproevingen van politiewerk, en hoe agenten omgaan met dagelijkse incidenten, innerlijke strijd en mentale overbelasting vanuit hun roeping.

“No scientist communicates better than Sue Black.”—Val McDermid From the internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and bestselling author of All That Remains comes an insider history of forensic science told through its pioneers and its landmark cases CSI would have us believe...

The pressures that separate us have a common root: our tendency to cast people and groups in irreconcilable terms – or the process of "othering." This book gives vital language to this universal problem, unveiling its machinery at work across time and around the world. To subvert it, john a. powell and Stephen Menendian make a powerful and sweeping case for adopting a paradigm of belonging that does not require the creation of an "other." This new paradigm hinges on transitioning from narrow to expansive identities.

l have taken every single lesson, strategy, and tactic learned and distilled them into one 4-step blueprint. It's called the "Law Firm Growth Acceleration Model." And it's the key for exponential revenue growth without wasting your time, your money, or working 100+ hours in your practice. In this book, you'll discover:

"Copaganda" is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media. It stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. As the United States incarcerates five times more people per capita than it did in 1970—despite record low crime rates—a sprawling and profitable punishment bureaucracy spends a lot of time and money to manipulate what we think that bureaucracy does and why.

'Thrilling…has the snap of a Hollywood script…compelling.' Wall Street Journal The gripping true story, that reads like fiction, of how legendary FBI Special Agent Martin Suarez went deep undercover – and lived a double-life for years – to infiltrate Colombia's most insidious drug...