"By the time I started school at four years old, all my classmates knew we had Mob connections."That's how Robert and Carol Teitelbaum's Hiding in Plain Sight begins. Reader-be-warned, this one isn't for the faint of heart: strap yourselves in for a bumpy ride-a-long with the Chicago Mob filled with tension, drama, and true crime grit.Without giving too much of the story away for readers, I will say that Robert Teitelbaum's parents, Esther and Abraham Teitelbaum, were both Mob attorneys fo...

What if your Siri or Alexa took over your life, controlling your career your dating life and even your doctor visits?Our story begins quite innocently with Harry's new cell phone and will take you on an adventure you won't want to put down. You will laugh, cry, sit on the edge of your chair.Virtual love and Other Disasters will make you think about where our electronics are taking us. Who is listening and watching?

Frogs and Snails and Mobster Tales takes readers on an intimate childhood journey as the son of Al Capone's attorney, Abe Teitelbaum, struggled to survive abuse and neglect while a carousel of mobsters rotated through his confused life. It reveals how an innocent child struggled to develop resilience in an environment ripe with greed and entitlement. Robert has dedicated his life to helping those in extreme need. Behind the veil of "Frogs and Snails and Mobster Tales: Growing up in Al Capo...

Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned...

Brought to you by Penguin.Steve Bannon in the United States. Olavo de Carvalho in Brazil. Aleksandr Dugin in Russia. All rising to power in the past decade. All affiliated with an obscure philosophical movement called Traditionalism.Since the early 20th century, Traditionalism has defined itself against modernity and Enlightenment values. Traditionalist thinkers such as René Guénon and Julius Evola celebrated hierarchy, denounced the idea of progress, and r...

An explosive and unprecedentedinside look at Steve Bannon's entourage of global powerbrokers and the hiddenalliances shaping today's geopolitical upheaval.In 2015, Bloomberg News namedSteve Bannon “the most dangerous political operative in America.” Since then,he has grown exponentially more powerful—and not only in the United States. Inthis groundbreaking and urgent account, award-w...