They told us ESG was about saving the planet. They told us it was about fairness, responsibility, sustainability.But the truth is darker. ESG isn’t reform — it’s a racket. A system of hidden fences built around every citizen, every business, every nation. Fences of debt. Fences of data scores. Fences of endless fees and compliance rules.And behind it all? Mark Carney. Banker turned global consigliere. The man who rebranded the oldest mob trick in the book — the VIG — into a...

What is Echolocation? The ability to "SEE" objects using sound instead of sight.Echolocation is a fundamentally simple skill that many blind people use daily to navigate and understand their environment. This skill is sometimes misunderstood, but it's far more realistic and much easier than you may think.The author demystifies the growing practice of active echolocation in a way that anyone can understand, and gives the reader simple exercises, examples, and lessons as a st...

This cinematic narrative reconstructs the final year of John F. Kennedy’s life, dramatizing his covert war against the four pillars of entrenched American power: the CIA, the Federal Reserve, the military-industrial complex, and the shadowy oligarchs of Wall Street. Blending verified transcripts, personal reflections, and vivid fictionalized scenes, this book imagines the fate of a president determined to restore America’s soul — and the machine that rose to destroy him.

Sensei Peter Freedman's light-hearted view of the development of martial arts, past and present, gives us an appreciation for what has been done, and anticipation of what is still to be discovered. Sensei Freedman's diverse, real-world martial arts experience is shocking and even frightening at times, but he has taken the high road at every opportunity and gone on to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the mayor of Boston for outstanding contributions to the city. Since the age of 15...

Everyday Extortion rips the mask off Canada’s hidden crime boss economy — the shadow system of utilities, groceries, housing, banking, insurance, telecoms, and taxes that bleeds ordinary households dry.From inflated admin fees to grocery oligopolies, from rent-gouging REITs to the crushing weight of debt, investigative storyteller Tim Johnson shows how Canadians are being harvested day after day through legalized corruption. Drawing on global case studies, mafia metaphors, and shar...

For decades, Canadians have been told to carry the weight: ballooning bills, gouging fees, debt traps, privatized healthcare, and housing treated as an investment product. Like Atlas, households strain under the ball of burdens — until one day, they simply drop it. Atlas Unchained is the story of that release: the Golden Rule that ties all costs to wages, the Clawback Clause that resets housing to reality, and the tribunals that strip the masks from banks, insurers, and politician...

Grandmaster Wong is a fourth-generation successor of the renowned Southern Shaolin monastery in Putian, China. Living in Malaysia, he travels the world spreading the "greatness of kung fu" throughout the world through the Shaolin Wahnam institute. Learn about the masters Sifu Wong studied under and hear stories of how he trained and how he has been working to improve kung fu teaching methods to share his art with the world.In this book we talk about how Qi Gong can help to heal tod...

The Wallet Racket pulls back the curtain on the hidden system bleeding Canadians dry. From sky-high grocery bills to never-ending admin fees, from predatory debt traps to taxes that punish households while corporations skate free, this book exposes how everyday life has been turned into a rigged racket.Tim Johnson takes readers through the crime-boss economy that has captured Canada — where utilities, banks, telecoms, and real estate empires all demand their cut, while ordinary fam...

A slot-by-slot analysis of every NBA Draft since 1947. "Best" and "Featured" players are identified at each slot, along with recapsand statistics. The Top 30 slots include the five best players ever selected ine ach slot. Also included is a worst-to-first ranking of each draft in NBA history.

Tragedy in Crimsonis award-winning journalist Tim Johnson's extraordinary account of the cat-and-mouse game embroiling China and the Tibetan exile community over Tibet. Johnson reports from the front lines, trekking to nomad resettlements to speak with the people who guard Tibet's slowly vanishing culture; and he travels alongside the Dalai Lama in the campaigns for Tibetan sovereignty. Johnson unpacks how China is using its economic power around the globe to assail the Free Tibet...

A timely and inspiring exploration of how nations fall asleep at the wheel — and what it takes for ordinary people to wake up. Blending story, reflection, and hard truths, this book looks at everyday struggles like rising costs, digital distractions, and the silent pressure of debt. Yet it is also about resilience — how communities build lanterns of hope, and how fellowship can light a new dawn. Written in a style that is raw but soothing, this is not just a book about problems, but about ...

Anyone in a leadership position is only too aware that we live in uncertain times: disaster can strike any business, at any time, and usually without warning. Public institutions, too, face a range of threats – from global recession, resurgent terrorism and a stream of appalling natural disasters. For leaders in such organisations, these crisis situations can present both opportunities and threats. How they lead through such challenging times will propel their careers to new heights – or d...