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  Summary: Killing the Killers:...

  Scott Campbell

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  This summary book is meant to complement the original. It is not intended to replace the fine book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, #1 bestselling authors. 
  Readers soon find themselves injected into the worldwide war on terror, which started more than two decades ago on September 11, 2001. 
  America went into battle mode as the World Trade Center towers crumbled, the Pentagon burned, and a tiny number of passengers fought frantically to prevent a third jet from carrying out its murderous flight plan. Killing The Killers tells the story of America's long struggle against radicals who plotted and carried out not just the 9/11 atrocities but hundreds of others throughout the globe, finally destroying whole countries in their pursuit for power. 
  Killing The Killers follows the United States' fight against Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Libya, and elsewhere, as well as specific targets of these organizations' most renowned commanders. O'Reilly and Dugard provide an irresistible narrative of our era's most crucial battle with new detail and well-sourced material.

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  Shrinking Elephants - Untangling...

  Genevieve Hawkins

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  Conflict is an opportunity. Use it wisely and you will unlock value in you, your team and your organisation. Conflict exists in every organisation. Sometimes very obviously. Sometimes quietly. Very few love it. If you are frustrated with yourself for not stepping in; with others, for not playing ball; with the politics that get in the way of getting results; with the clearly dysfunctional teams; then this book is for you. A companion to Mentally at Work, but also a stand-alone book, it takes the science of our brains and the reality of the workplace and gives you practical tools to more effectively navigate the elephant in the room, to decrease conflict. In reading this book you will:Learn how to identify the elephants that are blocking effective problem solving.Start to understand the underlying unconscious reactions and blind spots, that are at the heart of growing elephants.Build confidence in elephant shrinking, that helps you learn about yourself, build trust-based relationships, and stop wasted energy in your organisation.Know how to look after your mental health and that of others, through louder conflict issues, coming out the better for it.Scale elephant shrinking in your team.We live in a complicated world that needs more elephant shrinkers. Start learning to become one today! This book is targeted at people in leadership roles. It helps them to better understand how they influence workplace culture and how they can create psychological safety at work through how they lead. It helps leaders to become caring scientists, using intentional actions to influence the brain chemicals in the people they work with to untangle conflict and, in doing so, unlock value in themselves, their team and their organisation.

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  Clifty Falls State Park -...

  Paul Wonning

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  Clifty Falls Indiana State Park offers visitors excellent hiking, camping, picnicking opportunities as well as serving as a gateway to historic Madison and Jefferson County. 
  Hiking 
  Hikers will find almost 15 miles of hiking trails ranging from rugged to easy. Hike along the rugged Clifty Creek canyon, enjoy delightful woodland wildflowers and bask in the fragrant woodlands. 
  Camping 
  Clifty Fallls State Park campgrounds offer visitors several different camping experiences ranging from modern electric campsites, primitive camping and youth campground facilities. 
  Waterfalls 
  Enjoy the four waterfalls in the park, from majestic Clifty Falls to Little Clifty, Tunnel and Hoffman Falls. 
  Madison - Jefferson County 
  Madison, in Jefferson County, Indiana is one of Indiana's oldest towns and has oodles of historic sites for visitors to learn the fascinating history of this charming town on the Ohio River. The book Clifty Falls State Park can serve as your tourism guide for Madison and Jefferson County. 

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  The Balkan Wars - A...

  History Retold

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  Discover the complex and often turbulent history of the Balkans with this fascinating book.  
  From ancient times to the present day, this book covers the key events and factors that have shaped the region, and provides a nuanced and complex understanding of the ongoing challenges faced by the Balkans today. 
  The book begins with the impact of Ottoman rule on the Balkans, which lasted for nearly 500 years and left a lasting imprint on the region's culture and identity. From the 18th century onward, various Balkan states began to push for independence from the Ottoman Empire, leading to a series of conflicts and wars that eventually resulted in the establishment of independent Balkan states. 
  The book then moves on to explore the role of the Balkans in World War I and II, including the experiences of Serbian soldier and nationalist Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked the First World War. The Second World War saw the region caught in the crossfire between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, with devastating consequences for the region's people and economy. 
  With detailed research and engaging writing, this book is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of the Balkans and the complex factors that have led to its ongoing conflict and division. 
  Get your copy now and discover the fascinating history of the Balkans.

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  Funerary Texts and Spells of...

  Editors Charles River

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  In addition to being ubiquitous parts of daily life, Egyptian religion and mythology were also complex, and while Egyptian society was polytheistic like other ancient civilizations, that’s where the comparisons end. Religion was so pervasive that it heavily influenced funerary practices and the belief in an afterlife, and deities like Osiris and Isis (who are still well known today) had become so firmly ingrained that even the Ptolemaic pharaohs, who considered themselves purely Greek, embraced Egyptian deities and assimilated the Greek and Egyptian cultures. In fact, Cleopatra often had herself depicted as Isis.  
  Given the abundance of funerary artifacts that have been found within the sands of Egypt, it sometimes seems as though the Egyptians were more concerned with the matters of the afterlife than they were with matters of the life they experienced from day to day. This is underscored most prominently by the pyramids, which have captured the world’s imagination for centuries. The pyramids of Egypt are such recognizable symbols of antiquity that for millennia, people have made assumptions about what they are and why they exist, without full consideration of the various meanings these ancient symbolic structures have had over the centuries. Generations have viewed them as symbols of a lost past, which in turn is often portrayed as a world full of romance and mystery. This verbal meaning has become associated with the structures through the tourism industry, where intrigue obviously boosts ticket sales. In fact, the Egyptian pyramids are so old that they were also drawing tourists even in ancient times. In antiquity, the Great Pyramid of Giza was listed as one of Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, and it is the only one still surviving today. 

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  Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own...

  Tom Burgis

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  'Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves' SUNDAY TIMES 
  'If Orwell were with us today, he'd be writing books like this' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 
  'Breath-taking and jaw-dropping' PETER FRANKOPAN 
  'A true-life thriller' ANNE APPLEBAUM 
  From the bestselling author of Kleptopia comes a true story about Cuckooland – a world where the rich can buy everything – including the truth. 
  Everywhere, the powerful are making a renewed claim to the greatest prize of all: to own the truth. The power to choose what you want reality to be and impose that reality on the world. 
  For three years, Tom Burgis followed a lead that took him deeper and deeper into Cuckooland – the place where the rich own the truth. The trail snaked from the Kremlin to Kathmandu, Stockholm to the Steppe, from a blood-soaked town square in Uzbekistan to a royal retreat in Scotland. Burgis hunted down oligarchs, developed secret sources and traced vast sums of money flowing between multinational corporations, ex-Soviet dictators and the west’s ruling elites. And he found one man who wanted the power to bend reality to his will. 
  This book tells an astonishing story: a tale of secrets and lies that reveals how fragile that truth can be. Whether it’s in Kazakh torture chambers or the UK’s High Court, the lords of Cuckooland are seizing control of the truth. They decree what stories may be told about war and money and power, what we are permitted to know – and more importantly, what we are not. 
  From the bestselling author of Kleptopia, Cuckooland is a deeply reported work of non-fiction that reads like a thriller. It is a story of how globalisation and technological revolution have combined to imperil the foundation of free societies: that the truth belongs to the many, not the few. 
  Cuckooland by Tom Burgis, the Sunday Times bestselling author, is a non-fiction exploration of corruption and misconduct in the 21st century. The book delves into the world of white-collar crime in modern Russia, providing a unique perspective on the intersection of business, economics, and political history. 
  For fans of Oliver Bullough (The Last Man in Russia), Tim Marshall (Divided), Bill Browder (Orden de embargo. Una historia real de blanqueo de dinero, asesinatos y...), Chris Blackhurst (The World's Biggest Cash Machine), and Eliot Higgins (We Are Bellingcat). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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