This book examines the phenomenon of kidnap-for-ransom, a crime that has been described as a ‘modern scourge.’ It draws on a large body of data from across the world and utilizes a range of theories and concepts from the social sciences and business disciplines to analyse and explain its widespread use by criminals and pirates. Case studies are extensively utilized to illustrate general observations on kidnap-for-ransom. The book provides comprehensive coverage, including the latest manife...

Recent efforts to advance conceptualisations of racial hierarchies have led to the emergence of new debates about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of racism and racial domination. The chapters in this book address these questions by identifying both the mechanisms that produce racial hierarchies and the actors that keep these hierarchies operational, thereby anchoring the domination in its material manifestations, rather than subscribing to traditional theorisations.Featuring contributions from...

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five cen...

Eduardo Alemán provides a definitive institutional account of how Chile’s party system was remade—and ultimately undone—after authoritarian rule.In Political Institutions and Party System Change in Chile, Eduardo Alemán offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of Chile’s party system, tracing its evolution from the 1930s through the early 2020s. He begins with an analysis of how parties interacted before 1973, establishing a historical baseline both ...

"Days and Nights of Love and War is the personal testimony of one of Latin America's foremost contemporary political writers. In this fascinating journal and eloquent history, Eduardo Galeano movingly records the lives of struggles of the Latin American people, under two decades of unimaginable violence and extreme repression. Alternating between reportage, personal vignettes, interviews, travelogues, and folklore, and richly conveyed with anger, sadness, irony, and occasional humor, Galea...

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017A finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2016The brilliant new novel from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture and books to stay alive and keeps herself busy ...

Self Mastery is the most elusive of all human quests. A lifetime is never sufficient for most people. Learning to be the best that you can ever become demands the full faculties of the brain, the heart and the spirit. This search for the ultimate self begins with learning to think, using both rational, analytical and critical mind and the associative, creative, systemic and integrative mind. It then conjures that other way of knowing without knowing why you know. This is learning to intuit...

Eduardo Halfon's The Polish Boxer is the sparkling English debut from one of Latin America's most exciting new voices. Blurring the boundary between fiction and memoir, the tales within all reach for the beautiful and fleeting, whether through humour, music, poetry, or unspoken words. Throughout his encounters with fascinating collection of characters, the narrator - a Guatemalan literature professor and writer named Eduardo Halfon - pursues his most enigmatic subject: himself. Translated ...

In the heart of the Carpathians, where the mountains rise like guardians of ancient secrets, a story persists that never dies. It is a whisper that crosses the centuries, fed by fear, fascination, and the shadow of a single name: Dracula. Many believe the count is only a myth, a tale woven by superstitious minds to explain the inexplicable. But those who have felt the cold caress of the night know that the truth is far more terrifying. Because Dracula is not merely a figure of legend, but ...

In Achieving Financial Freedom, you will discover the key principles that differentiate those who achieve financial success from those who live paycheck to paycheck. This book provides practical steps and strategies to help you understand the true power of money, offering guidance on how to grow and multiply your wealth. Whether you re looking to escape the daily grind or take control of your financial future, this book will show you how to: Set clear and achievable financial goals Build a...

Book One, Preparing for Entrepreneurship, opens the curtains on A Trilogy on Entrepreneurship. As the title proclaims, Book One endeavors to take the entrepreneur through the step-by-step process of Opportunity Seeking, Opportunity Screening and Opportunity Seizing. The first step allows the entrepreneur to unravel the myriad possibilities in finding a good business venture by following any one of several proven methodologies. This is a creative and divergent thinking process. The second s...

Stage and Sell Your Home Book15 Simple Steps on How to Stage and Sell Your Home – Fast!Every year homeowners miss opportunities to make more money by not taking a little extra time and effort to stage their home and make it more attractive to buyers.In this revolutionary Itty Bitty Book, Eduardo Mendoza shows you how to use his proven, easy-to-do tips and low cost techniques to design a more beautiful home that everyone wan...