THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, updated with a new PrefaceThe essential blueprint for a better future, by Labour's economic mastermind‘Stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic’ Rory Stewart‘Refreshingly optimistic’ The Times‘No one has done more to re-inject sanity into our national policy’ Emily Maitlis'Everyone should read this book if they care...

Four Centuries of Speculation and Commodity MarketsFrom Tulips to Bitcoins is a fascinating look at big events in commodity and crypto markets from the Dutch Tulip Mania to Bitcoins today. It covers the Silver Thursday and the Hunt Brothers, the doom of Amaranth Advisors and Brian Hunter, Copper and the Congo, Gold, Rare Earths, Energy Metals, and Bitcoins, which rose from below 1,000 USD to above 20,000 USD within a year. These markets are on a crossroad ...

Learn how to heal all areas of your life with this comprehensive and accessible guide to the powerful practice of Reiki.Reiki is one of the most popular energy-healing systems, founded in Japan and now used all over the world. It's easy to learn, and everyone can benefit from it.Written by the founder of the Reiki Academy London, Torsten A. Lange, Reiki Made Easy is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the powerful Reiki healing system, showing how it ca...

The first book in an immersive & addictive fantasy series from the million-copy selling phenomenon Torsten Weitze that follows the epic journey of a young protagonist with nothing left to lose.When tragedy strikes her family, Niri finds herself penniless and alone in a city determined to turn their back on ‘her kind’.Her only possession is also her only hope - a copper coin that grants her admission to the prestigious Stormfell Academy, renowned for its mag...

Comprehensive C++23 resource offering deep coverage from syntax basics to advanced concurrency and standard library usage. Learn best practices to write secure, efficient, and modular C++ code with expert guidance.Key FeaturesIn-depth coverage of modern C++23 concepts ensuring comprehensive understanding of language featuresFocus on writing secure, maintainable, and efficient code for professional and scalable projectsPractical examples and rea...

Quantitative NMR (qNMR) has been around for a long time, but also has great potential to solve future problems in any quantitative analysis. As a primary method, it differs fundamentally from chromatographic methods: it is better described as a quantum mechanical balance. Successful implementation of qNMR requires certain attention to detail. 'qNMR - the handbook' is intended to be a guide for analysts to help understand the fundamental principles of NMR and the significant points relating...

A Gay Male "Story Of O" By Torsten Barring!This contemporary classic of gay male erotica details the life of handsome Peter Thornwell, a gay man with a yen for bondage and punishment. As chronicled by Torsten Barring, an acknowledged master of the genre, Peter Thornwell goes from misspent youth to scandalous film stardom. Throughout he is driven by an insatiable libido he can not control and a need to suffer. It is a journey in which he will meet, and submit, to men from all walks ...

Examining the consequences of greed in today's societyFear and greed are among the strongest motivators. They influence all our decisions. Every day, we see the lives of the fabulous and famous in the press, on TV, and on social media, and we envy them for their luxurious lifestyle. We want it all too!Games of Greed reveals how some of these people let greed get the better of them. This book connects the dots between the Panama Papers, Bernie Madof...

The book "Houseboat Small Talk" is on the German market since 2015 and has been released completely revised and updated in 2020. Meanwhile it is a basic book for all topics around waterways, canals and house boating. Already one hundred years ago the first English water tourists reached Germany with their boats, in order to explore the diversity of lakes, rivers and canals in the Northeast. Today you can follow suit in comfortable houseboats on upgraded waterways, and you can moor at moder...

A design handbook to orchestrate and manage flexible process-driven systems with Oracle BPM and SOA Suite 12cKey FeaturesLearn key principles to model business processes with BPMN and BPEL, and execute them in an SOA environment.Use best practices for composite applications, including service design and human interactions, and apply them in your daily projects.Design, implement, and optimize business processes with real-world examples illustrat...

Taking a detail-oriented, yet holistic approach to the body, is the underpinning of craniosacral osteopathy. This richly illustrated guide, which focuses on the special sense organs, orofacial pain, headaches and cranial nerves, will help you understand how specific dysfunctions arise, but also how they interrelate to wider patterns of dysfunction. Further chapters cover palpatory procedures, including examples of best practice, and guidance in training your palpatory perception.Wit...

Over the last few years, most books on photography have been focused on the new breed of cameras and how to master the digital imaging workflow. In The Art of Black and White Photography, author and photographer Torsten Andreas Hoffmann takes a different approach, focusing on image composition and image capture, with an emphasis on the creative aspects of black and white photography rather than on the digital workflow.After introducing the ground rules of ...