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This book explores the concealed mechanics behind purchasing decisionsexamining why buyers rarely act on logic alone, and how emotional, social, and contextual forces shape the moment of commitment far more than price or product features. It reframes assumptions about rational consumer behavior, revealing the deeper patterns that drive preference, hesitation, and loyalty.The book examines the tensions between what buyers say they want and what actually compels them to act, exploring how perception, framing, and trust operate beneath the surface of every transaction. It investigates the dynamics of desire and friction in the purchase journey, revealing how subtle shifts in positioning, timing, and language can recalibrate buyer response in ways that conventional marketing overlooks.Readers will explore how consumer behavior operates as a layered systemshaped by identity, social proof, scarcity, and narrativeand how understanding these underlying forces enables entrepreneurs and marketers to construct offers that resonate at a deeper level. The book also navigates the ethical dimensions of influence, examining how businesses can align persuasion with genuine value rather than manipulative pressure.

Ghislaine Maxwell was not a peripheral figure. Court records, FBI files, and investigative reporting place her at the operational center of a trafficking network that touched the highest levels of global power. Yet her backgroundand that of her father, Robert Maxwell, a known asset of foreign intelligence servicesraises questions that the documentary record invites historians to examine seriously.This book follows the evidence where it leads: through declassified intelligence files, court depositions, and corroborated testimony. It examines the documented connections between the Maxwell family and intelligence networks, the logistical role Little St. James Island played in the operation, and how institutional actors across multiple jurisdictions either failed to act or actively impeded investigation. The approach is archival and methodicaltreating each claim against its evidentiary basis, separating documented fact from speculation.For readers who want to understand not just what happened, but how a structure of protection was built and maintained, this book offers a rigorous, source-grounded account.

When you walk down the aisle of your local supermarket, the products you see seem to reflect consumer demand. You naturally assume the most popular and highest-quality items have organically earned their premium placement at eye level. This assumption is a carefully orchestrated lie.The modern grocery store is essentially a highly lucrative real estate market. Behind the scenes, massive corporations pay millions of dollars in secret "slotting fees" to guarantee their items are placed exactly where your hand naturally reaches. This invisible toll system creates an insurmountable barrier to entry for smaller, innovative brands. It is a rigged game where deep pockets, not product quality, dictate the options available to the public.This book exposes the ruthless B2B economics of the FMCG industry. It decodes the psychological mapping of supermarket architecture and reveals the brutal negotiation tactics used by retail monopolies to extract wealth from helpless suppliers.See the supermarket for what it truly is. Break free from the illusion of organic retail choice and understand the hidden financial forces guiding your hand to the shelf.

Sarah Rivers ha un piano: sopravvivere allultimo anno della prestigiosa New England Academy of Arts di Boston, vincere lambito premio Chrysalis e, possibilmente, non morire di overdose da caffeina e ansia da prestazione. È unartista di talento, con unanima piena di colori e un cuore nascosto dietro strati di insicurezze e felpe giganti. Il suo mondo, fatto di tele e amicizie tragicomiche, e un caos perfettamente controllato.Almeno fino a quando nellaula di letteratura non entra lui. Zachary Zeta, carismatico, brillante, con uno sguardo che non perdona e una voce al sapore di whisky. È tutto cio da cui Sarah dovrebbe stare alla larga: molto piu grande di lei, ma soprattutto il suo professore. Eppure, tra lezioni infuocate su Bukowski e analisi del desiderio, Sarah si ritrova di colpo a navigare in un territorio pericoloso, dove ogni passo verso il sentimento la allontana dalle ambizioni. Zac, dal canto suo, dietro la facciata impeccabile, combatte con i fantasmi di un passato che lo tormenta e un errore che ha giurato di non ripetere.E proprio quando lamore trovera il modo di farsi strada tra regole e paure, il destino interverra con forza devastante, strappandoli luno dallaltra e lasciando un solo interrogativo: puo esserci davvero qualcosa di nostro quando sembra tutto cosi sbagliato?

This volume contains the following crime stories:Killer Without a NameKiller without remorseKiller without mercyRuthless killerBlood-red muzzle flash licked out of the silencer of an automatic weapon. The shot was barely audible. There was a short pop!, and the snarling German Shepherd writhed on the ground. A brief twitch, and the animal lay motionless on the cold asphalt.The uniformed security guard raised his submachine gun. The mans face was wide with terror. Before the security guard could fire his weapon, there was a second pop.A red spot appeared on the security guards forehead and quickly grew larger. The man staggered. Then he fell flat on his face. He landed heavily on the asphalt.Two masked men stepped out of the darkness of the night.They wore dark clothing and balaclavas that left only their eyes uncovered. One of them was armed with an automatic weapon with a long silencer attached to its barrel. A sports bag slung over his shoulder.The other one was carrying a Uzi-type submachine gun.The man with the automatic device pointed at the dead guard."We need to move the dead man away from there. Hes lying right in the light," he whispered.

An unhappy family returns to Britain from a hot country, filling their suburban house with the glittering hoard they brought back from their exotic sojourn. But the sadness of A, the wife, dulls the shine of their treasure. The house grows quieter, darker. Daughter B learns to hide inside it, in a night-time world whose colours are undimmed by the tense misery of the daytime household. There she sails aquamarine seas on a thistledown boat, ponders the proliferation of dream-tigers, and watches dances and celebrations from the windows of a house whose rooms multiply and change position all the time. As daylight circumstances deteriorate, with her mothers death and Bs departure to boarding school, she becomes determined to take up permanent residence in the house of sleep. But there are night-time institutions determined to control her, and night-time battles to be fought, before she can come home to the dark forever. A kaleidoscopic autobiographical narrative, which speaks the language of childhood dreams which was once known to us all, this is a work of astonishing visual power and devastating loneliness.

A stunning flapped paperback edition of the classic tale of Mary Lennox and her journey from loneliness to belonging.Misselthwaite Manor has a secret. Hidden in its gloomy grounds, concealed by thorns and ivy, is a magical garden. It has been locked for ten years and will remain so until the arrival of Mary Lennox.Spoilt, selfish and disagreeable, the young orphan is determined to like nothing and nobody. But try as she might, Mary cannot resist the mystery of the secret garden. So, when a friendly robin leads her to the missing key, the door is opened at long last.With the help of Dickon, a village boy who can tame the wildest of animals, and her sickly cousin, Colin, Mary starts to heal not only the land but also her lonely heart. And as flowers begin to bloom again, the magic of the secret garden unfurls...Part of the new Pushkin Childrens Classics series of thrilling, magical and inspiring stories from around the world, which young readers will return to time and again.Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester, England, but moved to America as a teenager when her family fell on hard times. There she began writing stories for magazines in order to earn money and soon became a successful novelist. She is best known for creating timeless childrens books such as The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

The Colonels Plute is set in the 1970s and 1980s, when plutonium was thought to be vital to the UKs nuclear energy programme. The book includes short but important appearances by famous people, such as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, President Ronald Reagan, Tony Benn, and Arthur Scargill, as well as members of the IRA, and Greenpeace, the leading environmentalist group at the time.The story centres, however, upon ordinary people: a family with working links to Sellafield, where much of the UKs plutonium is still stored (until some use is found for it). The head of the family is Sergeant Len Stanton, a policeman, who left the West Midlands with his family for a better paid job with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary; a healthier lifestyle for all of them in the Lake District. Lens wife, Rita, died of cancer, and Len is becoming an increasingly embittered man.Lens son-in-law, Tony Miles, is a process worker working with radioactive materials and married to Jenny. They have a seven-year-old son, Jamie. The boy has leukaemia and is being treated at the world-famous Christie Hospital in Manchester. Jenny is convinced that Jamies condition has been caused by her husbands work. Len begins to think this may be true, persuaded by a local doctor, who has pointed the finger at Sellafield as the cause of a cancer cluster he claims to have identified in a small village close to the sprawling Sellafield site. The doctors claims are picked up by the national press, causing panic among those with children, or expecting them.All of this is of little interest to Gaddafi who is desperate to obtain plutonium, convinced that it will give him more authority at home and the status abroad to help him become a major international, respected figure. He has tried to obtain plutonium from several countries but without success. He turns his attention to Sellafield, which is known to have the biggest stockpile of plutonium in the world. He approaches the IRA for assistance, reminding its leaders that he has provided them with finance and weapons for decades. "Now it is payback time," he tells the IRA representative attending the colonels 25th anniversary celebration of his coup in Libya. Eventually, after a lot of soul searching, a deal is reached.Many of the cases of plute held in the Sellafield plutonium store have been there for decades, and potentially explosive nitrogen gas has built up in them. If this happened, plutonium, in powder form, could spread over the countryside, the government deciding that all the cans must be repackaged. It is not going to be easy. It will involve moving the cans around the Sellafield site and in and out of makeshift storage facilities, providing an obvious opportunity for theft.Len Stanton sees whats going on but turns a blind eye to it. The IRA succeeds in stealing a small amount of plute for the colonel. It is shipped to Libya and promptly impounded as soon as the ship arrives in Libya. The source of the information about its movements is Michael Quinn, thought by Greenpeace to be one of their most enthusiastic supporters (and by the IRA as one of their own silent members).He is in fact employed by Americas Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA. His main contact in Libya is Captain Hassan al-Rida, the colonels aide-de-camp, the leader of a group of young Libyan officers who want Gaddafi removed, dead or alive. They believe he has dissipated his nations oil wealth supporting other countries rather th...

The eighteenth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Childrens Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters. With beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon.Jasmines dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals and keeping them out of trouble. Unfortunately, this often means she gets into hot water herself...The perfect Easter book for animal lovers! Gorgeously illustrated, this is a heartwarming tale of an abandoned chick who finds friendship in an unlikely place... A little chick is abandoned by her mother and left for dead after a terrible accident.Jasmine rescues the tiny bird and nurses her back to health but she is again rejected by her family. An old cockerel takes the little chick under his wing, saving her from a buzzard attack and showing that friendship can be found in the most unlikely of places.Brilliant storytelling that will make you laugh and cry, this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation. Perfect for readers aged seven and up.Check out Jasmines other adventures: A Piglet Called Truffle A Sheepdog Called Sky A Kitten Called Holly and many more! "Perfect for the young animal enthusiast" The Guardian"Quality storytelling with a hint of Dick King-Smiths Sophie books" The Bookseller

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE WASHINGTON POST, VULTURE, LIT HUB, THE MILLIONS, CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKSIn a sprawling complex in Delhi, the sons and daughters of SP Chopra, one of Indias political architects, live together vying for influence in a family shaped by the great mans legacy.Sachin Chopra leaves for America, with his bride Gita following not long after, as the newlyweds are eager to forge their own lives beyond the pressures of the family compound. Yet Delhi remains an inescapable force, one that keeps pulling them back, even as Gita is menaced by Sachins predatory uncle, Laxman. Meanwhile, Vibha, Laxmans sister, tries to keep the peace and the reputation of the family intact even as she wrestles with her own exile.As India erupts in violence and long-buried secrets come to light, the embattled Chopras must reckon with the cost of power, the weight of tradition and the shifting nature of love and allegiance. Equal parts brilliant family saga and piercing political drama, The Complex is a virtuosic novel of revenge and redemption, ambition and undoing, loyalty and love, by a lauded voice in contemporary fiction.

Charting twelve turbulent years of modern Ukrainian history, from the Maidan protests of 2014 to Russias full-scale invasion in 2022 and beyond, Ukraine Unbroken is a powerful cycle of short plays about courage, truth and survival in the face of an existential threat.Across five gripping plays by some of todays most acclaimed British and Ukrainian writers, this volume explores the resistance and resilience of a nation determined to remain free.Always by Jonathan Myerson depicts a married couple held hostage in a hotel in 2014 as their son protests in Maidan Square below.Five Day War by David Edgar takes a darkly comic and sinister look at the ambition and delusion of Russias 2022 Special Military Operation, the invasion that was not an invasion.Three Mates by Natalka Vorozhbyt, translated by Sasha Dugdale, explores the shame of survival in a darkly humorous confession from a Ukrainian man hiding from conscription.Wretched Things by David Greig tells the story of Ukrainian front-line troops who have captured a wounded soldier and must decide whether to risk their own lives to save his.Taken by Cat Goscovitch confronts the harrowing reality of the twenty thousand Ukrainian children stolen by Russia, following one mothers search for her daughter.This collection includes a foreword from Nicolas Kent, who conceived and directed the project at Arcola Theatre, London, in 2026. He produced and directed the Olivier Award-nominated play cycle The Great Game Afghanistan at the Tricycle Theatre, London, where he was Artistic Director.

Six of the best recent short stories, disassembled by their authors. Magic & Mechanics features six phenomenal stories, each followed by an interview with its author exploring how it was written. An innovative anthology revealing the inspiration, the ideals and the work involved in great writing. An essential book for everyone interested in how fiction works

I have a voice in the University, Im in the House of Lords, I have this lovely permanent home. Everythings hunky-dory. I just need a bit of help.Jim Hacker is back - older, but perhaps not wiser, utterly bewildered by the world today. Hoping for a quiet retirement as Master of Hacker College, Oxford, instead Jim finds himself facing a very modern crisis: cancelled by the college committee.Enter the delightfully devious Sir Humphrey Appleby, who has lost none of his love for Latin phrases and obstructive bureaucracy. But when faced with meddling students, faculty Fellows and the reality of old age itself, it might at last be time for him to say, Im Sorry, Prime Minister . . . Im Sorry, Prime Minister is the final chapter of the BAFTA-winning political comedy first seen in the 1980s television series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.The play was first performed at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester, in September 2023, and transferred to the Apollo Theatre, London, in February 2026.Enjoyable and touching . . . honours a magnificent comic project.GuardianDeliciously rueful.Daily Telegraph

Hiatos contém 81 poemas breves divididos em três séries: Corpos, Tecidos e Hábitos. Os tecidos integram os corpos, que se moldam pelos hábitos. Os versos são permeados pela disjunção, por palavras en

Embora minha vida — como todas as vidas — seja uma história, ela não daria um livro. Seria, mais ou menos, assunto para uma conversa com outras vidas.E foi o que resolvi fazer: escrevi o que me vinha

Gravel Rides Northumberland showcases 15 of the best gravel bike rides across North East England. From 10 to 104 kilometres in length and covering a variety of terrain, there is something for every gravel cyclist.From the gentle beauty of the Reiver Trails and South Tyne Trail to the wild uplands of Kielder and the Cheviots, Gravel Rides Northumberland captures the regions full variety. Riders can enjoy peaceful commons, hidden forests and rolling valleys, with everything from easy lowland spins to remote and challenging routes through the most dramatic and rewarding landscapes of Northumberland and the North Pennines.Researched, ridden and written by local author Jordan Matthews, the routes feature clear and easy-to-use Ordnance Survey maps; easy-to-follow directions; details of distance, timings and difficulty gradings; stunning action photography; refreshment stops and local knowledge; and a detailed appendix. Also included is a link to downloadable GPX files.

Se a sua meta é ter um imóvel nos Estados Unidos, este livro mostra o caminho.Com base em sua experiência de vida e na atuação direta com centenas de clientes, a autora apresenta um guia objetivo, pr

Em um cenário de crescente violência urbana, Carros Blindados: Um guia determinante aos profissionais de segurança surge como uma resposta essencial ao mercado de proteção pessoal. Profissionais de s

Você já se sentiu "diferente", como se enxergasse o mundo por outro ângulo?Em Uma terapeuta com pensamento invertido, Adriana Miranda compartilha sua jornada de vida e atuação como terapeuta ocupacio