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The Chinese economy appears destined for failure, the financial bubble forever in peril of popping, the real estate sector doomed to collapse, the factories fated for bankruptcy. Orlik games out what will happen if the bubble that never pops finally does. The magnitude of the shock to China and the world would be tremendous. For those in the West nervously watching China's rise as a geopolitical challenger, the alternative could be even less palatable. 

In a world awash with literature that lionizes the primary leader—the charismatic visionary, the transformative CEO, the inspirational speaker—this book aims to shift the focus. It turns the spotlight onto the unsung heroes, the individuals who operate in the critical but often overshadowed roles that make leadership effective. Specifically, "In Service of Giants" is tailored for those in second-in-command positions, advisors to key decision-makers, and individuals in middle management.

Division agent Maira Kanhai is alive. Maira Kanhai has gone rogue. When Brenda Wells learns that her old recruit’s—and close friend’s—watch has turned red, she refuses to believe it. Yet the agents sent to track Maira down have irrefutable evidence saying otherwise.

In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge—a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded.

This Thomas Paine Classic Collection contains three of Thomas Paine's most notable books: Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man. Born during the Age of Enlightenment and one of America’s Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine wrote incredible works that continue to resonate with people in the modern world. Inside this collection, you’ll find some of Thomas Paine’s most famous and influential works, from his arguments against the Church to the nature of government and revolution.

Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas Sowell's life-long education in the school of hard knocks, a journey that took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place.

Adapted from the story by Thomas Hardy. A woman and a man... words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her - it’s an old story. Yes, it’s an old, old story. It happens all the time – today, tomorrow, a hundred years ago. People don’t change. But this story, set among the green hills of southern England, has something different about it.

Open and Relational theology just makes sense... at least that's what most people say when they discover it. This podcast offers 3-minute short episodes -- "shorts" -- on this perspective on God. Episodes offer insights, inspiration, and information, and a few are posted each week. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord hosts this podcast. He's a best-selling author, world-renown speaker, and leading voice in this burgeoning field. Dr. Oord directs a Center and Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology too. Subscribe if you're tired of conventional theology and want a perspective that both makes sense and...

Ever since the Green Poison epidemic transformed the United States, the Division has worked tirelessly to push the nation back from the brink of collapse. The new food infrastructure brings hope... until Division agent Maira Kanhai finds an alarming disruption in the critical Texan oil refineries: a group of environmental extremists set on keeping the transformed world free from fossil fuels.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Two is the second instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Two features 13 essential classic novels from Jane Austen; Edith Wharton; Leo Tolstoy; D.H. Lawrence, and many more, alongside selected poetry from Christina Rossetti; Elizabeth Browning; and Emily Dickinson. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including Joanne Froggatt, Adjoa Andoh, Jonathan Keeble, and many more, this is your new go-to collection to catch up on those classics you've always wanted to hear.

The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume One is the first instalment in our classics collection focusing on the most important and iconic novels, stories, and poems of the 20th century. Featuring 18 essential modern classics from Orwell, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Woolf, and many more, and read by a cast of incredible narrators including Iwan Rheon, Ben Allen, Karen Cass, Nathan Osgood, amongst others, this is an essential addition to your library.

A towering figure in the pantheon of twentieth-century literature, Thomas Mann has often been perceived as a dry and forbidding writer—"the starched collar," as Bertolt Brecht once called him. But in fact, his fiction is lively, humane, sometimes hilarious. In these fresh renderings of his best short work, award-winning translator Damion Searls casts new light on this underappreciated aspect of Mann's genius.

Jack lever med sin mamma och de är mycket fattiga. Så fattiga att de inte kan köpa mat. En dag måste Jack gå till marknaden för att sälja deras ko Doris. På väg till marknaden möter Jack en man. Mannen köper Doris för fem förtrollade bönor. Jacks mamma blir naturligtvis rasande...

"Jag rycker till av smällen när stolen far i golvet. Gode Gud, låt det gå fort! Och ge mig en möjlighet att döda de båda svinen!" Året är 1875 och läkekonsten söker nya vägar. Den misslyckade studenten August och glädjeflickan Katarina lockas in i den karismatiske vattendoktorns...

Seriemördare har alltid fascinerat mänskligheten. Vad är det som får en människa att med berått mod ta livet av sina medmänniskor? Vilka är drivkrafterna bakom deras ondskefulla gärningar? Det här en bok om några av mänsklighetens onda själar: seriemördare. Du träffar sexton olika...

Eric har allt man kan önska sig - en framgångsrik karriär, en vacker familj och ett liv i lyx under Mallorcas sol. Men när hans äktenskap faller sönder tvingas han konfrontera ovälkomna sanningar om pengar, kärlek och förlust. Fångad mellan arbetslivets krav och en personlig kris får...

Under ett par vårdagar inträffar händelser som ruskar om den idylliska kuststaden Kronehamn: Ett brutalt rån av en juvelerarbutik, ett attentat på puben "Den Glada Spädgrisen", och det egendomliga försvinnandet av stadsparkens trädgårdsmästare. Den luttrade kommissarie Conny Hagel...

En ungdomsbok om mystiken kring ett av de guldföremål som finns i Guldrummet på Historiska museet. "Jakten på Månliljan" är en fartfylld och delvis sann berättelse om Anna och hennes kompis Stella. En natt hör Anna Larsdotter sina föräldrar samtala om hennes lillebror Karl. Anna får...

Adam dras in i gängkriminalitet. Och det blir bara värre och värre. Runt Adam finns vuxna som vill hjälpa. Men deras naivitet gör att de inte förstår hur indragen Adam är i ungdomsgänget. Och när han till slut vågar berätta för polisen, kan det vara för sent. Kommer han att bli...

Nattbok C består av 100 korta strofer om sömnlöshet, skrivkramp och pandemiavstånd. Första dikten är daterad 11/3-20, då det första dödsoffret för Coronapandemin i Sverige konstaterades. Sista dikten skrivs 750 dagar senare då pandemin anses vara över. "Poeten ligger sömnlös och...