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Tradwife scams, pickleball craze, pimping kids for social media content … the Freischins never met a cultural moment they didn’t exploit.Orphaned and separated as young children, the Freischin sisters are nothing if not survivors. Now, in middle age, Pearl is blindsided by a sexual harassment allegation at the school where she’s taught for decades, while her sister Scarlett is left penniless after her husband is imprisoned for embezzling. Meanwhile, Pearl’s son Dec...

A brilliantly illuminating and darkly comic tale of the ongoing financial and political crisis in America.The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The grifter class—made up of the largest players in the financial industry and the politicians who do their bidding—has been growing in power, and the crisis was only one terrifying manifestation of how they’ve hijacked America’s political and economic life.Matt Taibbi has combined deep...

Entertaining. Touching. Shocking. Fast-paced.Sit down and buckle up as you read these true-life stories of life on the streets and in some of South Africa's busiest casualties.In Tales from my Stethoscope, author Bruna Dessena, an Advanced Life Support paramedic with more than 23 years' experience, takes you behind the scenes of accidents, sudden illness, shootings and human revelry gone wrong. You'll experience the fun and excitement of Johannesburg on a Saturday night … b...

The dramatic story behind the most audacious power grab in American historyThe financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The stunning rise, fall, and rescue of Wall Street in the bubble-and-bailout era was the coming-out party for the network of looters who sit at the nexus of American political and economic power. The grifter class—made up of the largest players in the financial industry and the politicians who do their bidding—has been growing in power for a...

Tradwife scams, pickleball craze, pimping kids for social media content . . . the Freischins never met a cultural moment they didn't exploit.Orphaned and separated as young children, the Freischin sisters are nothing if not survivors. Now, in middle age, Pearl is blindsided by a sexual harassment allegation at the school where she's taught for decades, while her sister Scarlett is left penniless after her husband is imprisoned for embezzling. Meanwhile, Pearl's son...

Jade thought her act had everyone fooled.She was dead wrong.Word of mouth—and a talent for acting—has made Jade Fortuna the most sought-after medium in Venice Beach. Business is booming until she meets the one person who can see through her act—a boardwalk busker named Charlie, whose unique gift has earned him a following of his own.Jade and Charlie have nothing in common—she peddles lies and he can't help but see the truth—but neither of them can deny the attraction...

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year"A must-read for anyone wanting to better understand what has already happened here in America and what lies ahead if Trump is reelected in November…. A magisterial account of the money and violence behind the world's most powerful dictatorships." – Washington PostIn this shocki...

This trilingual poem book was written for you rodnoi rahvaz, my kith and kin, who are on a journey to reconnect with your Karelian identity and culture. The Karelian poems in this collection are written in the Southern Dialect of Karelian Proper, commonly called Suvikarjala. Each poem is translated into Finnish and English. Tämä kolmekieline runokniiga on kirjutettu teilä, rodnoi rahvas, ket oletta karjalazen identitietan da kul'ttuuran lujendamizen matalla. Kniigan karjalankielizet runot ...

Projects fail. Some say 40% of all IT projects fail, some say 70%. And it has been that way for years.Each project fails for its own reasons but they all share one thing in common: the Project Model.Could it be the project model itself which creates failure?In this tour de force Allan Kelly explains why the project model is a poor fit for managing software development. Working from industry recognized definitions of project...

When Yogita, his beloved daughter, is born blind, Mohan’s world undergoes a radical transformation. The additional demands of being a new father while managing a faltering business force him to question his past choices and redefine what it means to live a meaningful life.Told with unflinching honesty, Myopia explores the beauty and pain of parenting a child with unique challenges and the gifts of resilience, acceptance, and spiritual growth that arise from suffering. Moha...

In podcast form, this audiobook presents part of a CIfA archaeology conference talk and a section of the thesis defense of a 750‑page Classical (Roman) Archaeology master’s thesis awarded full marks at the University of Pisa.Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great and Mariamne the Hasmonean princess, lived at the intersection of Roman power and Judaean identity. This study examines his rise, political career, and sudden death, drawing on archaeological evidence, coi...

A homeless man is mysteriously abducted. A journal is left on the edge of a subway platform, filled with stories about a world that doesn't exist. Not far from here a scientist is murdered in cold blood. The only clues are his burned down lab. A magnetically propelled motorcycle, and a man walking around New York City with the last living falcon on the planet.Imagine a world where your every thought, your every move, is filtered through The Central Lens Network. Now imagine being a twelve-...