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  Steve Jobs: Secrets of Success...

  New York Angelo

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  Steve Jobs' Secrets of Success in Business unveils the key principles that made Steve Jobs one of the most iconic and successful entrepreneurs of all time. From his visionary thinking to his relentless pursuit of innovation, Jobs transformed industries and created a lasting legacy with Apple. This book explores his unique approach to leadership, emphasizing simplicity, design, and user experience as the cornerstones of his success. Through real-world examples like the iPhone, iPod, and MacBook, readers will learn how Jobs' ability to think differently, demand excellence, and inspire creativity propelled Apple to global dominance. Packed with actionable insights, this book is a must-read for entrepreneurs, business leaders, and innovators looking to build extraordinary businesses that challenge the status quo.

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  Before the Law - From their pens...

  Franz Kafka

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  Franz Kafka was born on 3rd July 1883 in Prague, then in Bohemia, the eldest of 6, into a middle-class Jewish family. 
  Life for the young Kafka and his passion for literature was often made an ordeal by his over-bearing and domineering entrepreneur of a father.   
  In 1889 Kafka was sent to the Deutsche Knabenschule, an elementary school in Prague. His father would only allow him to be educated in German-speaking schools and even went so far as to limit visits to the synagogue to four a year. 
  In 1901 he graduated from the classics-oriented Altstädter Gymnasium. Kafka did well there and across a large range of subjects.  He now enrolled at the Charles Ferdinand University, to study chemistry, but quickly switched to law for which he obtained his degree in June 1906 and then performed the mandatory year of unpaid service as clerk at the civil and criminal courts. 
  A job at an Italian insurance company left him little time to write and after a year he took another job with the Worker's Accident Insurance Institute for the Kingdom of Bohemia where he stayed until ill health led to his resignation in 1922. 
  Although he saw work as a means to pay the bills and to allow him time to write, he received several promotions and was noted as a good employee. 
  By 1917 Kafka was suffering from tuberculosis, which required frequent periods of convalescence. Interspersed with this, were several intense affairs before he settled in Berlin with Dora Diamant, a 25-year-old kindergarten teacher who herself having left the ghetto now influenced Kafka's interest in the book of Jewish law, the Talmud. 
   
   
  Kafka’s on-going health was littered with problems. Apart from TB there were several other ailments, including migraines, insomnia, boils, depression, all usually brought on by excessive stresses and strains. He attempted to counteract all of this by naturopathic treatments, a vegetarian diet and consuming large quantities of unpasteurized milk. 
  His tuberculosis still worsened. He returned to Prague, where he died on 3rd June 1924. He was 40.

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  The Invisible Man

  H. G. Wells

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  The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. An enthusiast of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction.
  A mysterious man, Griffin, arrives at the local inn owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hall of the English village of Iping, West Sussex, during a snowstorm. The stranger wears a long-sleeved, thick coat and gloves; his face is hidden entirely by bandages except for a fake pink nose; and he wears a wide-brimmed hat. He is excessively reclusive, irascible, unfriendly, and an introvert. He demands to be left alone and spends most of his time in his rooms working with a set of chemicals and laboratory apparatus, only venturing out at night. While Griffin is staying at the inn, hundreds of strange glass bottles (that he calls his luggage) arrive. Many local townspeople believe this to be very odd. He becomes the talk of the village with many theorizing as to his origins.
  Famous works of the author Herbert Wells: "The Time Machine", "The War of the Worlds", "The War in the Air", "The Island of Dr. Moreau", "The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H.G. Wells", "The Invisible Man", "When the Sleeper Wakes", "The First Men in the Moon", "The Food of the Gods", "The Magic Shop".

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  Crime and Punishment -...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  What if you could confront the darkest corners of the human mind, explore the nature of guilt, and uncover the path to redemption? 
  Crime and Punishment: Dostoevsky’s Exploration of Guilt, Redemption, and Justice brings you Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterpiece of psychological and moral complexity, thoughtfully translated and adapted for today’s readers. 
  Set in the grim streets of 19th-century St. Petersburg, Crime and Punishment follows Raskolnikov, a troubled young man who commits a terrible crime and descends into guilt and self-doubt. Through his journey, Dostoevsky examines morality, desperation, and the search for redemption.What You’ll Discover:The Depths of Human Psychology – Witness Raskolnikov’s torment as he battles guilt and consequence.The Struggle for Redemption – Explore how forgiveness and atonement emerge from despair.A Reflection on Justice and Morality – Question the meaning of crime, punishment, and true justice.Accessible for Today’s Readers – Experience Dostoevsky’s brilliance in a clear, modern translation. 
  Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment remains a gripping, thought-provoking exploration of guilt, justice, and the human psyche. 
  Dive into a story that challenges your beliefs, stirs your emotions, and reveals the fragile balance between darkness and light. 
  Get your copy today and experience the timeless brilliance of one of literature’s greatest works.

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  How to Be Unmothered - A...

  Camille U. Adams

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  For generations, the women of Camille U. Adams's family have left their daughters. Some follow the siren call of rum, the centuries-old vice which alighted on Trinidad's shores from European ships. Others flee the behind-closed-doors beatings of husbands, fathers, and brothers, rushing into any arms that offer refuge. Some simply disappear, their passage marked by unkept promises and open wounds. 
   
   
   
  As a young girl, Adams finds solace in Trinidad's whispering fever grass, sweet ixora flowers, and the cradling branches of the rose mango tree―all of their roots connecting her to the land's long memory. But where flora gives way to the rank pavement of Covigne Road, gunshots echo and men amass in the doorways of derelict garages, their mouths and hands promising violation. Home offers no safety: just an explosive father, cowed sisters, and a mother whose only reprieve is control. Cloying, suffocating, the maternal embrace threatens to blot out all else. Is it better to be choked, or not to be held at all? 
   
   
   
  Tormented by her mother's presence and haunted by her absence, Camille U. Adams's dazzling debut is a breathtaking account of survival and self-determination, reimagining the meaning of escape, its cost, and what comes after.

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  Snakes and Ladders - Navigating...

  Andrea Leadsom

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  "Gasp-inducing" – Laura Kuenssberg
  "Jaw-dropping" – The House
  "A must-read" – Iain Dale
  "Fascinating" – Iain Duncan Smith
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  In the high-stakes world of politics, there are superb highs and terrible lows – and never more so than in the period since 2010. Few are better placed to give an insider's view of the turmoil than the Rt Hon. Dame Andrea Leadsom MP.
  From taking to the stage at Wembley as a key figure in the campaign to leave the European Union, through two leadership bids, Cabinet intrigue and squaring off against an increasingly erratic Speaker, Andrea's very personal account tracks the ups and downs of a life in politics and particularly the challenges for female MPs.
  In this updated edition, which sheds new light on the fraught leadership campaigns of 2022, Andrea argues that political careers don't always – as is so often claimed – end in failure, and explains how, like a game of snakes and ladders, politics is often about getting yourself into the right place at the right time.

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