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Inside Northern Ireland's Special Branch

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In the early hours of 30 April 2003, twelve armed and uniformed officers accompanied by four plain-clothes detectives burst into Alan Barker's house. They stayed for hours, turning over rooms, seizing documents, impounding computers, files and anything else that interested them. The family were treated as terrorist suspects, the operation resembling so many others in Northern Ireland during the ... Read more

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Co-Existence

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Discover the fascinating story behind Rolex, the world’s most iconic luxury watch brand. In The making of a status symbol, acclaimed business historian Pierre-Yves Donzé offers a captivating and deeply researched exploration of how a small Swiss watch company transformed itself into a global emblem of success, wealth and prestige.Challenging the myth that Rolex’s dominance is solely due to ... Read more

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Voices from the Valley

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A Sort Of Life

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Families share how they have maintained and grown their wealth from generation to generation.While creating wealth is a wonderful achievement, business families are also concerned with how their wealth is used to support their values, the lives of their children and the well-being of the community. Over several generations, families who are successful in growing their wealth have been able to ... Read more

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Families share how they have maintained and grown their wealth from generation to generation.While creating wealth is a wonderful achievement, business families are also concerned with how their wealth is used to support their values, the lives of their children and the well-being of the community. Over several generations, families who are successful in growing their wealth have been able to
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Turmoil In Punjab

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by Ramesh Inder Singh ...

Punjab went through a politically turbulent period between 1978 and 1994, triggered by the rift between Sikhs and Nirankaris, and fuelled by the operations Blue Star, Woodrose and Black Thunder I and II. Narrated as an eyewitness account by Ramesh Inder Singh, then the district magistrate of Amritsar, and later the chief secretary of Punjab, this book affords an insider's view of the events that ... Read more

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The LEGO Story

How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination

by Jens Andersen ...

An International Bestseller“Absolutely essential reading for every LEGO fan.” —BlocksThe definitive history of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company’s archives and rare interviews with the founding family who still owns the company"This book tells the story of how my family built the LEGO brand." —Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former President/CEO of the LEGO Group and 3rd generation ... Read more

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The Hospital

Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town

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How to Rule the World

An Education in Power at Stanford University

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**The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year (So Far) by Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Apple Books"A rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that ‘sets the agenda for the planet’ . . . in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker.” —The New York Times"If Baker’s portrait of Stanford could be its own movie ... Read more

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Nintendo Magic: Winning the Videogame Wars

by Osamu Inoue ...

Back in the 80s, Nintendo ruled the home-entertainment market with the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). But then rival Sony introduced PlayStation, which featured advancements and cutting-edge technology that put Nintendo's Super-NES to shame. Nintendo quickly lost its dominant market share to Sony and found itself floundering. In 2006, Nintendo released Wii at the same time Sony introduced ... Read more

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The FinTech Nation

Excellence Unlocked in Singapore

by Varun Mittal, Lillian Koh ...

Singapore's FinTech journey has been a story of relentless pursuit of excellence to build a global financial service hub with limited means and lots of aspirations. The slogan of 'Dream big. Start small. Move fast' has rallied regulators, startups, investors, corporates and everyone else to achieve a common goal.One of the critical superpowers of Singapore is a national character built on survival ... Read more

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Spy Shadow

A nerve-shredding espionage novel full of suspense

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The Eskimo and The Oil Man

The Battle at the Top of the World for America's Future

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The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's traditional people. As the ice melts and oil companies venture north, the polar regions may become the next Panama Canal, the next ... Read more

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Shadows

Co-Existence

Empire of Pain

More Everything Forever

The making of a status symbol

Careless People

Voices from the Valley

The Story of the Car

Co-Intelligence

Red Carpet

The Uncertainty Solution

No More Tears

Power Trip

Co-Intelligence

A Sort Of Life

Borrowed from Your Grandchildren

Turmoil In Punjab

The LEGO Story

The Hospital

How to Rule the World

Nintendo Magic: Winning the Videogame Wars

The FinTech Nation

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The Eskimo and The Oil Man