The most valuable companies in the world today—from Uber to Airbnb and Visa—own remarkably few physical assets. Instead, they master the economics of multi-sided platforms. They act as invisible matchmakers, connecting distinct groups of users and extracting massive wealth simply by facilitating the transaction. This strategic playbook breaks down the complex architecture behind platform capitalism. It explains the critical challenge of the "chicken-and-egg" problem: how to attract buyers ...

Bringing together the results of sixty years of research in typology and universals, this textbook presents a comprehensive survey of Morphosyntax - the combined study of syntax and morphology. Languages employ extremely diverse morphosyntactic strategies for expressing functions, and Croft provides a comprehensive functional framework to account for the full range of these constructions in the world's languages. The book explains analytical concepts that serve as a basis for cross-linguis...

In 1980, Professor Robert Smyth, a man who carries an unearthly secret, is teaching pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His lecture makes clear to his students that the practice of treating the energy-based human body with pharmaceuticals has proliferated within the last one hundred years and is now the leading cause of death in society. What’s more, the use of pesticides has brought an additional load of poisons to the human and animal body. Continual use of these chemicals ...

Millionaire Success Habits: Discover the Secrets of How Millionaires Set and Achieve Their Goals to Reach SuccessDepending on where you live, becoming a millionaire is the standard for being comfortable and wealthy. It is feasible to amass this level of money. It does, however, necessitate a strong dedication, hard work, deferred gratification, and a rich mind-set. If you want to succeed, you must develop a millionaire mind-set and thinking. This can be achieved by changing one's w...

In 1945, the new Labour government in Britain had two choices in pursuit of their programme of social change. They could use government orders and coercion, an extension of wartime siege economy; or they could try to persuade the people that their way was best for Britain. Morale-boosting propaganda directed towards the British public had been tried in the two wars against Germany, but this was the first time that the techniques were used in peacetime. First published in 1989, Coercion...

"A collection of outstanding ghost stories" from a Scottish historian who "tell[s] a beautifully chilling story" ( Undiscovered Scotland).Dark Encounters is a collection of classic and elegantly unsettling ghost stories first published in 1963. A spine-tingling collection, these tales are set in the brooding landscape of Scotland with an air of historic authenticity—often referring to real events, objects, and people. From a demonic text that leav...

Success Habits of High Achievers Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: Millionaire Success Habits and The Power of Self DisciplineDepending on where you live, becoming a millionaire is the standard for being comfortable and wealthy. It is feasible to amass this level of money. It does, however, necessitate a strong dedication, hard work, deferred gratification, and a rich mind-set. If you want to succeed, you must develop a millionaire mindset and thinking. This can be achieved by changing one's w...

This writing represents the culmination of fifty years of practical ministry, walking out the Word of God and taking His promises quite literally - the product of which is an extremely blessed life. In this book, Jim Croft draws on his personal experiences in living the Word and applying it as the unerring foundation of the “life more abundant” that all believers are entitled to. This book teaches that believers can easily cultivate an accompanying dynamic that has great power and that the...

This is a brief history of the development of microscopy, from the use of beads and water droplets in ancient Greece, through the simple magnifying glass, to the modern compound microscope. The technology and optical theory are developed in a straightforward manner, and this leads to a description and explanation of the most modern technologies in electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy as well as the new scanning probe microscopies. A series of very interesting applications ...

COVER ARTSteve HickmanNOVELSThe Purple Sickle Murders, by Freeman Wills CroftsInspector French investigates a deadly scheme—and a girl too scared to stay silent.The Daughter of the Dawn, by William Reginald HodderA lost race. A cursed secret. Who dares awaken the mysteries of Hinauri?SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTER...

This book, first published in 1992, examines the changing post-Cold War changing patterns of security in Europe by analysing the major themes, the primary security organisations and the policies of countries at the forefront of the security debate. Leading experts discuss the problems of nationalism, the difficulties of peacekeeping in Europe, and the future of NATO.

Diamonds are forever, but lives are fleeting. In the heart of London's diamond district, a murder shatters the secure world of Duke and Peabody. Their head clerk lies slain beside a plundered vault, a trail of stolen gems the only clue. Enter Inspector French, a methodical genius with an unwavering focus. Armed with reason and deduction, he delves into a labyrinthine case. A cryptic message, a web of alibis, and a trail leading across continents - can French untangle the truth behind the b...