A Queer Film Classic on Luchino Visconti's lyrical and controversial 1971 film based on Thomas Mann's novel about a middle-aged man (played by Dirk Bogarde) vacationing in Venice who becomes obsessed with a youth staying at the same hotel as a wave of cholera descends upon the city. The book analyzes its cultural impact and provides a vivid portrait of the director, an ardent Communist and grand provocateur.Will Aitken's novels include Realia and Terre Haute. Arse...

Most prospecting fails before the first conversation ever happens.Not because sellers lack effort, tools, or activity--but because buyers don't see a reason to change. They're comfortable enough. Busy enough. Unconvinced enough to ignore you.Gap Prospecting explains why.In this book, Keenan and Will challenge the modern obsession with outreach volume, personalization tricks, and "clever" messaging. They show that prospecting breaks down whe...

Antigone Undone offers an urgent and mesmerizing account of the creative and destructive power of great art.In 2015 Will Aitken journeyed to Luxembourg for the rehearsals and premiere of Anne Carson’s translation of Sophokles’ 5th-century BCE tragedy Antigone, starring Juliette Binoche and directed by theatrical sensation Ivo van Hove.In watching the play, he became awestruck with the plight of the young woman at the centre of the action. ...

You can get two times, 10 times, or 100 times more leads than you currently are without changing anything about what you sell....This book contains the playbooks that took me from sleeping on my gym floor to owning a portfolio of companies that generate $200 million per year in less than a decade. Want to know the biggest difference between those two time periods? How many leads I was getting.The problem is—most business owners don’t know how to get leads.

Career advice that actually works from a straight-shooter recruiterDid you know the average job search takes more than five months? That’s because today’s job market is more challenging—and more confusing—than ever. How are we supposed to get hired, get paid, and get ahead in our careers? Why is everything so complicated and gatekept?That’s where Emily the Recruiter comes in. Using her years of experience as a recruiter and career coach, she pulls back the ...

You sleep (hopefully) for 8 hours. You work (at least) 8 hours. What are you doing in those remaining 8 hours of your day, and more importantly, what are the other 8 hours doing for you? To the bleary-eyed worker who doesn't have time to stop and catch his breath, the idea of having 8 hours may sound absurd. If that's you, this is your wake-up call. THE OTHER 8 HOURS provides a blueprint that will help you carve out more time in your day and find the inspiration to spend that free time in ...

The LinkedIn insider’s guide to how the new job search really works—and how to make it work for you.No one disputes that LinkedIn is the world’s biggest job market. So it’s about time that someone with the inside scoop explained how to make the most of it. Here, from two LinkedIn experts and former employees, is the definitive guide that demystifies the massive site and gives every reader—from the newly minted college graduate to the midlife career-changer—the most...

"How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?” Janet Malcolm asks at the beginning of this extraordinary work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair, of course, is Gertrude Stein, the modernist master whose charm was as conspicuous as her fatness” and thin, plain, tense, sour” Alice B. Toklas, the worker bee” who ministered to Stein’s needs throughout their forty-year exp...

How to Start a Side Hustle is a fun and easy-to-read guide that will help you design a viable business model and bring your ideas to market. Packed with practical tips, hacks and advice from both professional business people and unconventional company founders, this pocket-sized guide will take you through the process of starting your own business in a straightforward and accessible way.This book will help you to identify your passion and purpose, refine your busin...

Create systems that run every aspect of your business-so you don't have to.You didn't start your business just to become a slave to it, but how do you get things done the way you want when you're not there? Self-made millionaire and entrepreneurial expert Brad Sugars shows you how. Brad walks you step-by-step through the entire process of systemizing your business. Discover how to:Recognize the ways systems can dramatically increase productivity and p...

In this easy-to-follow, 10-step program, marketing expert Jim Hopkinson will help you get the the raise you deserve.Using this book, you will be able to confidently and effectively negotiate your salary. With helpful tips and questions throughout, this book gives readers the tools to conquer "the evil HR lady."While other books or websites might list a few standard bullet points on the subject from an expert in the HR field, Jim takes a "novel approach," we...

Colleges and universities used to teach art history to encourage connoisseurship and acquaint students with the riches of our artistic heritage. But now, as Roger Kimball reveals in this witty and provocative book, the student is less likely to learn about the aesthetics of masterworks than to be told, for instance, that Peter Paul Rubens' great painting Drunken Silenus is an allegory about anal rape. Or that Courbet's famous hunting pictures are psychodramas about "castration anxiety." Or...