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  Intimate Subjects - Touch and...

  Simeon Koole

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  An insightful history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain told through a single sense: touch. 
    
  When, where, and who gets to touch and be touched, and who decides? What do we learn through touch? How does touch bring us closer together or push us apart? These are urgent contemporary questions, but they have their origins in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain, when new urban encounters compelled intense discussion of what touch was, and why it mattered. In this vividly written book, Simeon Koole excavates the history of these concerns and reveals how they continue to shape ideas about “touch” in the present. 
    
  Intimate Subjects takes us to the bustling railway stations, shady massage parlors, all-night coffee stalls, and other shared spaces where passengers, customers, vagrants, and others came into contact, leading to new understandings of touch. We travel in crammed subway cars, where strangers negotiated the boundaries of personal space. We visit tea shops where waitresses made difficult choices about autonomy and consent. We enter classrooms in which teachers wondered whether blind children could truly grasp the world and labs in which neurologists experimented on themselves and others to unlock the secrets of touch. We tiptoe through London’s ink-black fogs, in which disoriented travelers became newly conscious of their bodies and feared being accosted by criminals. Across myriad forgotten encounters such as these, Koole shows, touch remade what it meant to be embodied—as well as the meanings of disability, personal boundaries, and scientific knowledge. 
    
  With imagination and verve, Intimate Subjects offers a new way of theorizing the body and the senses, as well as a new way of thinking about embodiment and vulnerability today.

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  Niki de Saint Phalle: A short...

  5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies,...

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  Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptress and art genius: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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  The Emerald Tablet of Thoth -...

  Hermes Trimegistus, Tim Zengerink

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  What if you could access a cryptic artifact of alchemical lore believed to hold the secret of creation and personal evolution? 
  Revered through millennia, The Emerald Tablet is a cornerstone of Hermetic philosophy. Adapted for the contemporary seeker, this edition reveals the tablet’s encoded meanings and explores its timeless message of unity, transformation, and the divine interplay of all things—lighting the path toward inner growth and spiritual enlightenment. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation: 
  - The fundamental principles of Hermetic and alchemical thought 
  Insights into the unity of mind, matter, and spirit 
  - Practical ways to apply esoteric wisdom for personal evolution 
  - A symbolic guide to understanding the cosmos and your place in it 
  Imagine unraveling centuries of mystic tradition, tapping into an ancient wellspring of wisdom that continues to inspire scientists, philosophers, and spiritual explorers alike. The Emerald Tablet beckons you to awaken your hidden potential. 
  Embrace the knowledge once thought reserved for initiates. Get your copy now and begin your journey toward spiritual transformation.

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  The Dark Wire Exposed - The True...

  Roberts R. Kevin

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  For years, some of the world’s most dangerous criminal networks believed they had outsmarted law enforcement.
   
  They relied on a secure communication system to plan drug shipments, launder money, negotiate violence, and coordinate global operations—confident their messages were invisible.
   
  They were wrong.
   
  The Dark Wire Exposed reveals how a covert operation infiltrated global organized crime by controlling the very system criminals trusted. Investigators were able to monitor activity in real time, track networks across continents, and gather intelligence on an unprecedented scale.
   
  Through detailed reporting, the book uncovers the hidden infrastructure behind modern crime—and the strategy that brought it down. Smugglers, financiers, and enforcers communicated openly, unaware their trust had become their greatest weakness. Their messages exposed not only criminal plans, but routines, rivalries, and mistakes.
   
  But access came at a cost.
   
  As the operation expanded, investigators faced difficult choices—when to intervene, when to wait, and how to balance secrecy, ethics, and public safety. The deeper the surveillance, the greater the risk of exposure.
   
  When secrecy collapsed, the consequences were global. Arrests followed across multiple countries, networks unraveled, and trust disappeared overnight. The operation also sparked debate about surveillance, privacy, and the limits of law enforcement in the digital age.
   
  Written with the pace of a thriller and the depth of investigative journalism, this book explores modern crime, intelligence, and control. It is a story of systems, decisions, and consequences that continue to shape how crime is fought—and how communication is trusted.
   
  This is the inside story of a historic sting operation—and its lasting impact.

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  Leaving Nothing to Chance -...

  Carl Knight

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  The most influential theory of distributive equality to have emerged since John Rawls's justice as fairness is luck egalitarianism, which aims to neutralize the distributive effects of luck. The standard form, brute-luck egalitarianism, advanced by Richard Arneson, G. A. Cohen, and Ronald Dworkin, allows the unequal consequences of option luck (the results of deliberate gambles) to stand while neutralizing the unequal consequences of brute luck (the results of unchosen risk). Luck egalitarians have responded by moderating their view, and even in some cases by accepting the core of relational egalitarianism, which is now in the ascendency.Leaving Nothing to Chance reverses this retreat from luck egalitarianism, presenting a bold new theory of equality that overcomes criticism of luck egalitarianism by reinterpreting and strengthening its core commitment to equalizing the effects of luck. The book further pursues the goal of luck neutralization by opening or "greying" the black box of responsibility, rejecting personal identity in favor of a thin account of what matters for prudence and responsibility, and defending a moral rather than prudential account of the value of choice. Leaving Nothing to Chance shows that the problems of brute-luck egalitarianism's partial luck neutralization can instead be overcome by fully neutralizing luck.

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  The Teachings of Ptahhotep - The...

  Hilliard III Asa G.

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  The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World is a profound piece of wisdom literature attributed to Ptahhotep, an ancient Egyptian vizier of the Fifth Dynasty. This timeless text provides ethical guidance and practical advice on living a virtuous and harmonious life. Addressing themes such as humility, justice, leadership, and respect for others, the teachings reflect a deep understanding of human nature and societal values. Believed to be one of the earliest written records of moral philosophy, this book not only offers a glimpse into the intellectual and spiritual foundations of ancient Egypt but also provides insights that remain relevant to modern readers seeking wisdom and balance in their lives.

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