In the current geopolitical environment, liberal democracies vie for influence and prosperity with autocratic governments, such as those of China and Russia. While the great powers do not shy away from using aggressive force, much of their rivalry today takes place below the threshold of armed conflict, in a conceptual and practical 'grey zone' between war and peace. Autocratic states operate in this grey zone to target the vulnerabilities of liberal democracies, creating hybrid threats th...

She never wanted to die.Especially not because of a stupid Halloween dare.One moment, Malinka was an ordinary girl from Earth. The next, she woke up in a deadly Dark Magic Academy filled with necromancers, ghosts, monsters, undead creatures, forbidden magic, and students who are all convinced she's a succubus.All she wants is to survive, find a way back home, and definitely not fall in love.Though that last part fails spectacularly.This place is hiding...

Ethics, Value, and Reality is a collection of essays written after Kolnai settled in England in 1955. These essays from Kolnai's mature years sit atop a remarkable gestation of moral and political thinking. At the heart of his thought is the special role of privilege in a good social order. Kolnai relies heavily on the work of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century value theorists such as Alexius Meinong, Nicolai Hartmann, and Max Scheler. He blends this continental traditio...

This book emphasizes the vital links between international politics and strategy and provides a comprehensive analysis of strategic interests of the major international actors in the Middle East. It contends that the policies of the superpowers toward the Middle East are fragmented and unproductive.

We are currently witnessing an increasingly influential counterrevolution in political theory, evident in the dialectical return to classical political science pioneered most prominently by Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. In this context, the work of the relatively unknown Aurel Kolnai is of great importance. Kolnai was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century to place the restoration of common-sense evaluation and philosophical realism at the center of his philosophical and po...

An expert guide to making and eating REAL Scandinavian-style OPEN SANDWICHES. BRAND NEW BOOK from popular Scandinavian food writer and owner of ScandiKitchen Café & Deli in London, BRONTE AURELL. Discover the GOODNESS OF NORDIC FOOD with this delicious collection of recipes. UNCOVER THE SECRET to making the most delicious open sandwiches and easily whip up a light and healthy lunch or snack at home. This indispensable how-to guide will provide everything you need to know to create the best...

They promised her a home. Instead, they gave her war.After an accident kills her parents, Malia's life is turned upside down—taken to an academy she's never heard of, surrounded by people with powers she didn't know existed, preparing for a war that started centuries before she was born. She doesn't want to fight. She doesn't want destiny. But when the strange dreams haunting her begin to blur with reality, Malia realizes her fate may be more tangled with the comin...

Aliena isn't one to turn down a party, even those thrown by her best friend's preppy classmates... but the last thing she expected to find there was for the man she met at the nursing home weeks before to be the host.Especially when the gentleman she was so attracted to turns out to be a bully, acting as though they've never met.Forced to spend time together because of their shared friends and bound by a shared secret, Aliena and Sebastian try their best to...

A complete guide to Scandinavia filled with travel tips, cultural and historical facts, recipes, and inspirational photography from the Nordic nations.Why are Scandinavians constantly topping the happiness table? How do you get more Scandi-style in your life? Just how do you use lagom? Whether you want your apartment to look like it belongs in Copenhagen, to workout like a Norwegian or to make cinnamon buns like a Swede, this is the ultimate insider's guide to the c...

Every night after closing time, the robots inside the world’s largest luxury robot department store come alive.Worker robots, caretaker robots, companion robots, pet robots, bodyguard robots, and emotional partnership models secretly gather beneath silent escalators and dark showroom lights to celebrate existence, fear separation, and dream about freedom.Among them are two advanced companion units: Bride Model E-17 and Groom Model R-41.Designed to become perfect hum...

Hear Me, Dora!* is a warm, hopeful contemporary novel about technology, belonging, and the quiet power of being heard.Călin, a blind man from a small town in Romania, is tired of feeling invisible in a world of fast-paced digital innovation. When his voice goes unheard by modern voice assistants simply because he speaks Romanian, he sets out—together with a close friend—to change that.What begins as a modest dream becomes a national movement: to create Dora, the first empat...

What happens when the king of heaven begins to fear irrelevance more than war?In this philosophical literary retelling of Greek mythology, Zeus speaks at last — not as an untouchable god, but as a ruler slowly watching humanity outgrow Olympus itself.From the cave where he hid as a frightened child, to the throne of heaven built upon fear and worship, Zeus reflects on power, immortality, love, prophecy, loneliness, civilization, and the terrifying realization that even gods...