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An exposé on the depths of the internet. From sex trafficking and fraud to government secrets and anonymous hacking groups.

This gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for major breakthroughs in tools for social, political, and religious control. 

Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about someone committing a violent, reprehensible, even evil, act. And each time it happens, before we know anything about the circumstances, we are already sure of one thing: We are nothing like that perpetrator. But how can we be so sure? After all, we are all human. In Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature, Professor Daniel Breyer takes us on a fascinating philosophical journey into many of the deepest and darkest questions that have engaged humanity for millennia.

Dark Psychology

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions.

With His gentle hand He wounded my neck And caused all my senses to be suspended. Part poetic masterpiece, part mystic treatise, The Dark Night of the Soul by 16th century Carmelite monk, St. John of the Cross, addresses the feeling of being forgotten by the Presence of the Almighty that every Christian desirous of walking more closely with God must pass through in order to learn to walk by faith and not by sight.

Every human life is made up of the light and the dark, the happy and the sad, the vital and the deadening. How you think about this rhythm of moods makes all the difference. Our lives are filled with emotional tunnels: the loss of a loved one or end of a relationship, aging and illness, career...

Snigdha Poonam’s Scamlands takes you to parts of the world where a scamster is born every minute. Beginning from the rural heartland of eastern India, where she grew up and ending in a shining city by the South China Sea, Poonam follows the networks of deceit across an invisible empire that...

Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? The conventional answer is that a popular uprising against "big government" led to the ascendancy of a broad-based conservative movement.

Dark Pools is the pacy, revealing, and profoundly chilling tale of how global markets have been hijacked by trading robots - many so self-directed that humans can’t predict what they’ll do next. It’s the story of the blisteringly intelligent computer programmers behind the rise of these ‘bots’. And it’s a timely warning that as artificial intelligence gradually takes over, we could be on the verge of global meltdown.

Kerry Daynes has worked with some of the most complex and challenging criminals in prisons and secure hospitals as well as the victims of crime. A large part of her day job is spent delving into the psyche of convicted men and women to try to understand what lies behind their actions and how to set them on the path to becoming law-abiding citizens. Welcome to the life of a forensic psychologist. No two days are the same. The people you work with are wildly unpredictable, sometimes frightening and often deeply frustrating. 

A CIA officer's inside account of how Libya's descent into rampant violence precipitated the harrowing overland evacuation of the entire US mission from Tripoli after being trapped in the city for weeks.   

V. C. Andrews and the secret life of girls.

Alex Calder dismantles the "Dark Ages" myth using archaeological evidence and surviving documents. Discover how Byzantine brilliance and Germanic adaptation reveal early medieval Europe as far more complex than Renaissance propaganda suggested. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

“In Dark Towers, David Enrich tells the story of how one of the world’s mightiest banks careened off the rails, threatening everything from our financial system to our democracy through its reckless entanglement with Donald Trump. Darkly fascinating and yet all too real, it’s a tale that...

Spiritualism may have lost its original steam-punk appeal, but it continues to thrive in Lily Dale, the town that talks to the dead.

Donna Nocturne is a noir-style cultural commentary series set inside a twilight car ride. Through sharp dialogue and restrained satire, Donna dissects social media, algorithms, nostalgia markets, and the attention economy. When everything becomes content, who’s directing the show?

The after-hours podcast from Go Nipless — more 5-star reviews than any other nipple cover brand in 12 countries, with over 1,000,000 pairs sold worldwide. Hosts Mia and Jess break down wardrobe disasters, real customer reviews, and the questions women are too embarrassed to Google — from beach weddings to backless dresses and every fabric-transparency nightmare in between. Sizes A through DD. Every episode ends the same way: don't go braless. Go Nipless.

Step right up to discover how America's carnivals masked exploitation, rebellion, and power beneath their glittering lights. From the World's Fair to Trinidad's revolutionary street fires and New Orleans' segregated parades, Barnaby Ellison Thatch reveals documented histories carnival operators didn't want you to see. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

This book provides essential insights on dark patterns and AI-powered deceptive design for anyone who wants to understand and challenge the pervasive influence of these hidden forces shaping our digital experiences. These hidden design strategies – from personalised user interface triggers to sophisticated backend systems – are often used to manipulate user behaviour in ways that benefit businesses at the expense of users.