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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Read by the author. In one of the most extraordinary true crime stories ever published, Broken Plea questions what really happened in the house on King Road—and the results of that investigation, still unfolding in real time, will astound you. Was there more...

Bloomsbury presents We Are Bellingcat written and read by Eliot Higgins. _____________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION _____________ 'John le Carré demystified the intelligence services; Higgins has demystified intelligence gathering itself'...

After his retirement from the Marine Corps in the early 1930s, General Smedley D. Butler embarked on a national lecture tour, where he gave his speech about how commercial interests benefit from war. The speech was well received and he wrote an expanded version of it, which was published as War Is A Racket. The work was published by Reader's Digest as a condensed book supplement, which added to its popularity.  

When Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman, News Corporation, blew up more than $870 million buying Star TV from Richard Li in the early 1990s, analysts were dismayed. Why on earth had Murdoch invested in a pan-Asian broadcaster that was neither fish nor fowl? More than twenty-five years later...

Brought to you by Penguin. Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them. Most of us don't know it, but we are living in the world's greatest era of civil wars. While violence has declined worldwide, civil wars have increased...

A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court.   

Our basic right to healthy food is at risk. What can we do? Written in an astute, engaging style, armed with examples from her own homesteading lifestyle, small farmer Nicole Faires' Food Confidential gives you the tools to fight the intangible battles as well as the practical ones.

Wie sauber ist unsere Mobilitätswende wirklich? Es ist ein Rohstoff, der unseren batteriebetriebenen Alltag am Laufen hält: Kobalt. Abgebaut wird es überwiegend in der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Kongo – unter dramatischen Menschenrechtsverletzungen. Welche Industrie steckt hinter unseren sauberen E-Autos, Smartphones und Laptops? Der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Aktivist Siddharth Kara ist auf seinen Reisen in die von Milizen kontrollierten Bergbauregionen bis tief in das finstere Herz unseres fossilen Kapitalismus vorgedrungen.

"The Law" by Frédéric Bastiat is a seminal work in political philosophy and economics, offering a robust defense of individual liberty and property rights against the encroachments of government.

"Copaganda" is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media. It stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. As the United States incarcerates five times more people per capita than it did in 1970—despite record low crime rates—a sprawling and profitable punishment bureaucracy spends a lot of time and money to manipulate what we think that bureaucracy does and why.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This audiobook provides a clear and structured guide to English criminal law, covering the core principles, leading cases, and practical rules governing criminal liability in England and Wales. Topics include actus reus, mens rea, causation, strict...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This audiobook provides a clear and structured guide to English contract law, covering the core principles, leading cases, and practical rules that shape contractual relationships in England and Wales. Topics include contract formation, offer and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This audiobook provides a clear and structured guide to the legal system of England and Wales, covering the institutions, sources of law, constitutional principles, and processes that shape the operation of the English legal system. Topics include the...

Three San Francisco traders become internet gambling pioneers after launching the first fully online sports book, but the fix is in as the professional sports leagues flex their muscle to game the system and turn its founders into fugitives, proving that no bet’s a sure thing. Before the...

In diesem Buch beantwortet Dr. med. Rüdiger Burkard nahezu jede Frage, die sich zum sensiblen Thema Freitodbegleitung in Deutschland stellt: was das Urteil aus Karlsruhe wirklich bedeutet, wie eine Begleitung in der Praxis abläuft und wo ihre Grenzen liegen. Dabei ist dieses kein Ratgeber...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. They locked him up, but they couldn’t stop him from learning the system. Inside prison, one man turns confinement into an education. As he studies the laws, procedures, and loopholes used against people like him, he begins fighting back from behind...

Domine a contabilidade forense e a investigação de fraudes para rastrear desvios e blindar sua carreira corporativa. Perfeito para ouvir no trajeto para o escritório, este áudio mergulha você na tensão de um caso prático de ocultação de recursos. Transforme números frios em provas...

حوّل شغفك الفني إلى دخل مستدام عبر فهم إدارة الأعمال الموسيقية وبناء مسيرة مهنية قوية في سوق شديد المنافسة. سواء كنت فنانا صاعدا أو منتجا يسعى لترسيخ استقلاليته...

Traduci i silenzi della scena del crimine scoprendo come l'analisi del DNA e la tossicologia incastrano i colpevoli. Minuscoli frammenti di materia raccontano storie chimiche invisibili a occhio nudo, colmando il divario tra un delitto efferato e il suo autore. Questo percorso esplora...

Viva a dramática história política de uma nação forjada por guerras, crises federais e lutas por igualdade. Transforme seu trajeto diário em uma imersão histórica tensa e intelectualmente instigante. Acompanhe delegados divergentes negociando o futuro de um país fragmentado e...