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We are proud to present the next book of a 20-volume edition of classics of the erotic genre published before World War II. A total of 104 titles are included, most of them from the pen of authors who, for obvious reasons, wished to conceal their real names. This approach, on the other hand, allowed them to give free reins to their unbridled imagination and go wild, so that the eroticism in their works is at times over the top, remaining the benchmark for the authors of contemporary obscen...

Negotiating is something that we all do, whether at work or at home. But what if we come across someone who just won’t give in? How can we defend ourselves against manipulation? And how do we say ‘no’ without compromising a deal?Legend has it that the Kremlin school of negotiation was born in Russia in the 1920s, under the rule of Joseph Stalin, and it still has its followers and advocates to this day.Using the official Kremlin method and years of business experience, Igor ...

The book 'Urban Jungle' is a source of green inspiration and a collection of creative plant ideas for everyone who wants to bring more green into their homes and daily lives. The book takes us on an inspiring voyage through five green homes across Europe which prove that living with plants is beautiful, creative, individual and sometimes even arty. Additionally the book features numerous plant styling ideas from successful international bloggers of the Urban Jungle Bloggers community, simp...

Igor Kryan's unorthodox book Hammer of Witches: Book of Boobs created 537 years after the original Hammer of Witches written by Henricus Insistor. That ancient Malleus Maleficarum started it all: witchcraft, inquisition, downfall of men and rise of feminism. German Clergyman Henricus Insistor blamed women for lust and sorcery, two mortal sins. Yet, the new satirical Hammer of Witches: Book of Boobs is a very controversial work that serves as a final nail to the coffin to late Medieval and ...

The power of the ever-increasing tools and algorithms for prediction and their paradoxical effects on risk.The Age of Prediction is about two powerful, and symbiotic, trends: the rapid development and use of artificial intelligence and big data to enhance prediction, as well as the often paradoxical effects of these better predictions on our understanding of risk and the ways we live. Beginning with dramatic advances in quantitative investing and precision...

Victorian Passions: Volume I opens a 21-volume anthology of pre-World War II erotic classics, featuring 104 titles mostly written under pseudonyms or anonymously. This first collection includes eight stories that explore unrestrained desire across 18th- and 19th-century settings. Authors such as Beauregard de Farniente, Jean-Charles Gervaise De Latouche, John Cleland, Fougeret de Montbron, Restif de la Bretonne, Jonathan Richardson, and anonymous writers shaped these narratives wi...

Conversations with Igor Stravinsky is the first of the celebrated series of conversation books in which Stravinsky, prompted by Robert Craft, reviewed his long and remarkable life. The composer brings the Imperial Russia of his childhood vividly into focus, at the same time scanning what were at the time the brave new horizons of Boulez and Stockhausen with extraordinary acuity.Stravinsky answers searching questions about his musical development and recalls his ass...

“Death and Discord”: War has always had rules. Death has always had an ending. Until now. As war erupts overseas and violence spills into major cities, Ares, Goddess of War, uncovers a rupture in the natural order. Souls are torn loose, and ancient forces feed on deaths that refuse to finish. With Thanatos at her side, Ares traces the disturbance from fire-scarred alleys and blood-soaked crime scenes to a livestreamed vigilante tragedy that thrusts rising heroine Pulse and the enigmatic Re...

When a fallen hero rises on an autopsy table, Ares discovers something far worse than resurrection. Souls are being torn apart before they can pass on. As the Keres descend to feed, Ares is forced into a brutal confrontation that leaves the dead walking, and the balance of life and death in ruins. To stop what’s coming, she assembles a dangerous coalition: A firestarter with a criminal past, a detective who trusts no one, and a rogue vigilante guided by something ancient. But as the world ...

The morning after a legendary bad decision, Crystal wakes up hungover, half-dressed, and sprawled across a taxidermy peacock in a trashed Vegas penthouse. Worse? Her ex is on the couch, and the priceless Egyptian idol she drunkenly stole is cracked, glowing, and very much cursed. When a cult of Bastet-worshipping fanatics kicks down the door and a soul-eating jackal-spirit rises from the shattered relic, Crystal is forced to unleash her chaotic alter ego, the Lynx, whether she’s ready or n...

When the Keres, ancient spirits of violent death, begin spreading through modern-day Manhattan, Ares, Goddess of War, is forced to assemble an unlikely team of damaged survivors, reluctant heroes, and dangerous outsiders to stop an escalating supernatural outbreak before it consumes the city. But as the body count rises and the dead begin moving with terrifying purpose, the Warmaidens uncover a far greater threat hiding behind the chaos: Eris, Goddess of Discord, is using human suffering t...

My Big Wimmelbooks® offer kids ages 2 to 5 hours of seek-and-find, hands-on learning and fun—and now, as My Little Wimmelbooks®, they’re small enough to carry around everywhere!In these one-of-a-kind picture books, every page is bursting with life—and tons to discover! Children as young as age 2 have a blast pointing out recognizable things—a blue tricycle, a hungry dog, a piggyback ride—while older kids can follow the star characters from page to page, telling the...