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"The Roach of the Sea How the poor mans protein became a luxury meal" tells the improbable rags-to-riches story of the lobster. In 17th-century America, lobsters were so abundant they washed up on beaches in piles. They were considered "sea cockroaches," fit only for fertilizer, prisoners, and indentured servants. There were even laws forbidding masters from feeding lobster to their servants more than three times a week because it was cruel.Food historian Emily Cook tracks the transformation. With the advent of canning and railways, lobster could be shipped to inlanders who didnt know its reputation. Chefs rebranded it with butter and status.This book is a case study in perceived value. It illustrates how marketing and scarcity can flip an object from garbage to gold, proving that taste is often more about culture than flavor.

"The Energy Illusion How the smartest guys in the room built a house of lies" dissects the collapse of Enron. In 2000, Enron was named "Americas Most Innovative Company" for the sixth year in a row. It claimed revenues of $100 billion. By 2001, it was bankrupt.Financial journalist Robert Powell explains the complex "Mark-to-Market" accounting fraud. Enron booked potential future profits as actual money today. When the cash didnt materialize, they hid the debt in shell companies. The book also details how traders manipulated the California power grid, causing rolling blackouts to spike prices."The Energy Illusion" is the ultimate case study in corporate culture gone wrong. It shows what happens when a company values stock price over integrity and how 20,000 employees lost their pensions because of the greed of a few executives.

We loudly demand freedom, yet when we receive it, we are often terrified by the infinite expanse of possibilities. Why We Fear Freedom examines one of the deepest paradoxes of human existence: the drive for autonomy alongside a simultaneous longing for restrictive structures. We deconstruct the psychological mechanics that lead us to trade our freedom for the perceived security of attachments, ideologies, and rigid routines. It is the analysis of the burden of individual responsibility in a modern world.We examine the evolutionary roots of our need for belonging and why standing alone is often equated with danger by our primal brain. Learn how to recognize the unconscious programs that keep you in dependencieswhether in relationships, at work, or in your own thinking patterns. This book offers no simple recipes for happiness but a technical understanding of the internal chains we forge for ourselves to escape the fear of the unknown. It is a journey into the core of your identity and the structures of your will.Become the architect of your own liberation. In this work, we show you how to integrate the principles of freedom, psychology into your life to achieve a sovereignty that others only admire from afar. It is about returning to causality in a world of symptoms. Understand the mechanics behind your fear and use this knowledge as a lever for a truly self-determined life. Freedom is not the absence of structure, but the ability to choose your own. Break the trance of dependency and step into the light.

"The Happy Cage Why everything we think about addiction is wrong" revisits the revolutionary "Rat Park" experiments of the 1970s. Standard addiction studies put a rat alone in a cage with two bottles: water and heroin-water. The rat always chose the drugs and died.Psychologist Rebecca Miles explains how Bruce Alexander changed the variable. He built a "Rat Park" with toys, food, and other rats for sex and socializing. In this environment, the rats tried the drugs but didnt become addicted. They preferred their social lives.This book argues that the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, but connection. It challenges the "War on Drugs" and explains why soldiers returning from Vietnam (where heroin was rampant) didnt remain addicts once they returned to their families.

"The Hundred Hour War Did a soccer match really start a war?" investigates the 1969 conflict between El Salvador and Honduras, famously known as the "Football War." Tensions exploded during the qualifying matches for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, leading to riots in the stadiums and eventually a four-day military invasion.Historian Carlos Field explains that soccer was just the spark, not the fuel. The real causes were land reform, immigration, and trade disputes. However, the image of fan violence turning into aerial dogfights (the last in history to use piston-engine planes like the Corsair) captivated the world.This book serves as a grim reminder of how nationalism can weaponize sports. It deconstructs the myth while acknowledging that for four days in July 1969, the line between a game and a battlefield completely vanished.

Throughout history, encounters between distinct cultures generated profound transformationsexchange of goods, technologies, and ideas alongside conflict, conquest, and cultural destruction. These moments of contact revealed how societies interpreted difference, negotiated power imbalances, and adapted foreign practices while defending indigenous traditions. This history examines major cross-cultural encounters, analyzing dynamics of exchange and domination that reshaped civilizations on both sides of contact.Drawing on travel accounts, missionary records, archaeological evidence, and indigenous sources, the narrative explores encounters across continents. Alexanders conquests created Hellenistic synthesis blending Greek, Persian, and Indian elements. Roman expansion incorporated Celtic, Germanic, and Near Eastern peoples into imperial framework. Islamic expansion transmitted Greek philosophy, Indian mathematics, and Chinese technologies across three continents. Mongol Empires Pax Mongolica enabled unprecedented Eurasian exchange.The book examines European overseas expansions transformative impact. Portuguese navigators encountered African kingdoms, Asian empires, and American civilizations, initiating sustained contact that fundamentally altered global relationships. Columbian Exchange transmitted crops, animals, diseases, and peoples between hemispheres, reshaping economies, diets, and demographics worldwide. Spanish conquistadors destroyed Aztec and Inca empires through military technology, indigenous alliances, and epidemic disease. Indigenous peoples resisted, adapted, and selectively adopted European practices while maintaining cultural continuity.

"The Highlighter Trap Why your favorite study method is useless" is a wake-up call for students. Based on the comprehensive 2013 review by Professor John Dunlosky, it reveals that the most popular study techniqueshighlighting, rereading, and summarizingare also the least effective. They create an "illusion of competence" (it feels like youre learning, but you arent).Education expert Sarah Wright presents the alternatives that actually work: "Active Recall" (testing yourself) and "Spaced Repetition" (spreading study out over time). These methods feel harder and more frustrating, which is exactly why they workthe brain has to struggle to retrieve information.This book is a practical guide to studying smarter, not harder. It encourages students to put down the neon pen and pick up the flashcards.

History remembers Rome, Byzantium, and the Ottomansbut countless smaller kingdoms rose with equal ambition, only to vanish from collective memory. This exploration examines polities that briefly flourished before external pressures, internal weaknesses, or sheer contingency ended their expansion and erased their legacies.Through archaeological evidence and fragmentary chronicles, discover kingdoms like the Khazar Khaganate, which controlled Eurasian trade routes before collapsing into obscurity. Follow the Srivijaya maritime empire, whose naval dominance shaped Southeast Asian commerce for centuries before leaving minimal traces. Witness the Bulgar Khanates transformation from steppe power to forgotten footnote. Understand how the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia balanced Crusader and Muslim powers before geographic vulnerability sealed its fate.Each case reveals factors that determine imperial survival beyond military strengthgeographic position, succession stability, cultural adaptability, economic resilience, diplomatic flexibility. Documentary sources show how these kingdoms viewed themselves as permanent fixtures, while archaeological remains mark the material traces of their vanished grandeur.These civilizations were not historical footnotes during their existencethey commanded armies, minted coins, built cities, shaped regional politics. Their disappearance from historical consciousness was neither inevitable nor deserved, but the result of specific conditions that can be reconstructed and analyzed.

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"Thuvia, a Donzela de Marte" acompanha Carthoris de Helium e o brilhante inventor Thurid em sua busca por Thuvia, uma nobre princesa sequestrada em meio a intrigas políticas em Marte. À medida que an

Es lo mismo? (Davvero e lo stesso?) e un insieme di storie personali dellautore, di personaggi contemporanei e non, che hanno saputo mantenere integra la propria identita, che hanno lottato per le proprie idee, rispondendo con il loro agire che NO es lo mismo.Nel mondo attuale, soffocato, manipolato, oppresso dal materialismo e lindividualismo, questi racconti sono un incoraggiamento a lasciare aperte le porte al sogno, allimmaginazione e allutopia. Laddove prevale la distrazione di massa e il contenitore e piu importante del contenuto, questi esempi, concreti e reali, ci ricordano che e importante far sentire la voce del nostro pensiero, nonostante questo grigio e assordante silenzio.Se si sogna da soli, e solo un sogno. Se si sogna insieme, e la realta che comincia.Proverbio

Tiny Turtle 32, a heartwarming and educational photographic picture book perfect for children ages 5 to 10. Follow her, a curious baby sea turtle, as she hatches from her egg and braves the sandy shore to find the ocean for the very first time. Along the way, she learns about courage, resilience and strength of character. She asks the children if they have had similar feelings and the book provides space for children to reply, with their own drawings or writing. These beautiful original photographs from turtle rescue in Kefalonia, with a couple of AI photographs, show gentle life lessons. Tiny Turtle 32 shares her emotions, provides space for discussion and also helps young readers understand the importance of protecting sea life and our oceans.Ideal for bedtime or the classroom this book is perfect for parents, teachers and caregivers looking to inspire curiosity and compassion in young readers, creating special moments between child and caregiver, creating a space to discuss feelings or draw pictures when words cannot be found.The book has a factual section detailing Loggerhead Turtle facts. A donation from each book sale will be collected and sent to Wildlife Sense in Kefalonia for their continued conservation work with the Turtles.

Bestseller do New York Times.Da autora de Comer, Orar, Amar.Descubra a criatividade e viva em pleno.Viver a vida com mais paixão, menos angústias e em toda a sua plenitude: é este o desafio dA grande

Three friends. One boat. Countless disasters.In Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K. Jerome delivers one of the funniest travel novels ever written. When three friendsand a mischievous dogset off on a boating holiday along the River Thames, simple plans quickly turn into comic misadventures.Packed with witty observations, absurd situations, and timeless British humor, this classic novel captures the charm of friendship and the comedy hidden in everyday life.Lighthearted, clever, and endlessly entertaining, Three Men in a Boat remains a masterpiece of Victorian humor.Embark on a hilariously unforgettable journeydownload Three Men in a Boat today.

Four voyages. Strange lands. A sharp mirror to humanity.In Gullivers Travels, Jonathan Swift follows Lemuel Gulliver on extraordinary journeys to fantastical worldswhere tiny people rule miniature kingdoms, giants tower over mankind, and reason challenges human pride.Beneath its adventurous surface lies powerful satire, critiquing politics, society, science, and human nature with wit and irony.Both a thrilling tale of exploration and one of the greatest works of English satire, Gullivers Travels remains a timeless masterpiece of imaginative fiction.Perfect for students, classic literature lovers, and readers who enjoy intelligent humor.Embark on a journey that is both fantastical and thought-provokingdownload Gullivers Travels today.

A quiet Dublin residence. A presence that will not rest.In An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, Sheridan Le Fanu delivers a chilling tale of supernatural terror set within the walls of a seemingly ordinary lodging house.When unexplained noises, shadowy apparitions, and sinister disturbances plague the residents, a dark secret begins to surfaceone tied to guilt, justice, and restless spirits.Subtle, atmospheric, and psychologically unsettling, this classic ghost story showcases Le Fanus mastery of Gothic suspense and supernatural fiction.Perfect for readers who appreciate refined Victorian horror and eerie literary tales.Enter the haunted houseif you daredownload this classic ghost story today.

Queen Clytemnestras life is shaped by loss, power, and the brutal demands of a world that only sees her as the wife of a tyrant and the mother of heirs. In Clytemnestras Bind, Susan C. Wilson reimagines the story of one of Greek myths most reviled women from her own perspective.After her family is destroyed and her first husband killed by Agamemnon, she is forced into a marriage that should have been her undoing. Instead she survives, labours to protect her children, and wrestles with what it means to be queen in a society where male ambition tramples on human life.This intimate and emotionally charged retelling places motherhood, loyalty, and the search for agency at the heart of mythic history. Wilsons richly detailed Bronze Age world and vivid characterisation bring Clytemnestras fierce love, grief, and resilience into sharp and compelling focus.Perfect for readers of feminist myth retellings such as Circe, The Song of Achilles, and The Silence of the Girls, Clytemnestras Bind shows how a woman judged by history must find her own path.

Eight Days: a thrilling British mystery with twists up to the last page...After nearly a year out of the game, former soldier turned private detective John "Slim" Hardy takes what he hopes will be an easy comeback case in the quiet Cornish town of Launceston. The disappearance in mysterious circumstances of local schoolgirl Emily Martin left police clueless. After being missing for eight days, her sudden reappearance left them equally baffled. Apparently unharmed, Emily claimed no memory of her period of abduction, and in time, the investigation faded.Two years later, as her relationship with her daughter falls apart, Emilys desperate mother Georgia turns to Slim, wanting answers.Her eight days missing has changed Emily, so much so that Georgia is unsure the girl is even her daughter at all ...From the author of The Man by the Sea and The Clockmakers Secret, comes another stunning mystery, one which will keep you guessing to the last page.

Luca is a very bright and sensitive boy, for somebody he is even a prodigy of intelligence, but this matter is making his life difficult in middle school, where his classmates call him Little Mister Precocious. His real fragility, however, is emotional: the absence of a father and a busy mother, who periodically leaves as a volunteer, make him feel lonely at times. In those moments, and not only, Luca amuses himself by formulating curious theories, including this fatidic one of the moods in the wardrobe. There is a very precise relationship between the mood we wake up in and the clothes we choose to wear, a relationship that Luca explains with interesting working hypotheses. The theory will be put to the experimental test with his mother: after all, she is the one who inspired it!

Traumatised by a recent case, private investigator John Slim Hardy tries to create a new life for himself on the remote Cornish coast. However, when he is recognised by a local woman, he is unable to resist the draw of a dark mystery which has left a long shadow over the village.Fourteen years earlier, a local man, Richard Maynard, died in mysterious circumstances. The only witness was his five-year-old daughter, Ellen. Now, Richards sister, Wendy, wants answers. But the only person who might have them is Ellen, now a wraith haunting the dark recesses of a nearby town.Was Richard murdered? And if so, by whom?And does Ellen have the answers? Or only more questions?When the Wind Blows is a dark mystery of small town lies and deceit, and secrets that remain buried until the last page from Jack Benton, the acclaimed author of The Man By the Sea and The Clockmakers Secret.