NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESThe electrifying, untold story of the women born into the most deadly and obscenely wealthy of the Italian mafias – and how they risked everything to bring it down.The Calabrian Mafia—known as the ’Ndrangheta—is one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world, with branches stretching from America to Australia. It controls seventy percent of the cocaine and heroin supply in Europe, manages billion-dollar extortion rackets, brokers ill...

'My name is Tay Raining, and this is my brother Ellstone. I wonder if you've heard of us … I have a birthmark shaped like a question mark on my hand, I think it might mean something but I'm not sure what. My brother is probably important too, though I can't imagine how. I'm rambling now, sorry. The point is … the point is, we are the Rainings, and we're here to save you.'War is brewing in Kyland, as the shadowy, spell-weaving vumas rebel against the human government, but both sides...

In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by his friend, development economist Jeff Sachs, and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. "They're not sleeping," Sachs told him. "They're in malarial comas. A few days later, they were all dead." Chambers had long avoided the public eye, but this moment sparked his determination to coordinate an unprecedented, worldwide effort to eradicate a dise...

Transform your life by thinking critically, Solve Problems, and Achieve Success in weeks, even if you've struggled to understand them!Do you find yourself drowning in a sea of information, struggling to make clear decisions, or feeling paralyzed by the fear of making the wrong choice at work?Are you longing to communicate your ideas confidently but falling short because you can't articulate them?Perhaps you're frustrated by your inability to solve complex problems. ...

"The Awakening" depicts Captain John Riley's death as a "quantum leap" into a surreal realm of impossible architecture and shimmering light. He becomes a spectral observer, grappling with his paradoxical existence – alive yet dead, present but unseen. The alien city hums with energy, its inhabitants communicating through light and movement, a language incomprehensible to Riley. Initially despairing, a flicker of hope emerges as he seeks to understand this new reality. He observes the ether...

Trying to be confident in today's world is tough. Brutal, actually.When was the last time you got on social media and thought,"Man, that really helped me feel better about myself?"Give me a break!Sound familiar?Then hop in; we're going for a ride.OK, so you've got some confidence issues. Of course you do! Who doesn't these days? In a world wh...

In this book Alex Perry explores how humanitarian activities across the world, including those of celebrities like George Clooney and others brought pressure to bear that resulted in the creation of South Sudan as a separate state. This at a time when senior diplomats believed the chances of the new nation surviving and thriving were slim. Predictably, it seems an outcome that should have solved problems, reduced violence and saved lives has produced a fresh wave of bloodshed. Perry opens ...

If the world is flat, as Thomas Friedman says, then aren't some people going to be falling off the edge? Award-winning Time Magazine correspondent Alex Perry (China, India, and Africa) takes us on an unforgettable journey to some of the planet's most remote and dangerous places to explore the sharp end of globalization. Combining sharp analysis with breathtaking frontline reporting, Perry's quest takes readers from Maoist rebels in Nepal to Indian suicide bombers and Indonesian pirates. We...

A vivid, powerful, and controversial look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing it to think again.Africa has long been misunderstood -- and abused -- by outsiders. Correspondent Alex Perry traveled the continent for most of a decade, meeting with entrepreneurs and warlords, professors and cocaine smugglers, presidents and jihadis. Beginning with a devastating investigation into a largely unreported war crime-in 2011, when the US ...

Published in the immediate aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo assassinations in Paris in January 2015, Alex Perry's latest book examines the the question of what it is that drives young people to reject the society in which they have lived and been educated, in the name of radical causes. Perry follows a group of young British muslims, radicalised through contacts made online, and shows how their normal teenage vulnerabilities are exploited with catastrophic consequences. A journey that begins...

Charlotte's Web meets My Sister's Keeper in this charming story told from the alternating perspectives of a boy with a fatal heart condition and the pig with the heart that could save his life.Jeremiah’s heart skips a beat before his first soccer game, but it’s not nerves. It’s the first sign of a heart attack. He knows he needs to go to the hospital, but he’s determined to score a goal. Charging after the ball, he refuses to stop…even if his hear...

As seen in The New YorkerAn unprecedented look inside a deadly and obscenely wealthy branch of the Italian mafia and the electrifying story of the women who risked everything to bring them down.The Calabrian Mafia—known as the ’Ndrangheta—is one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world, with branches stretching from America to Australia. It controls seventy percent of the cocaine and heroin supply in Europe, ...