BUSINESS & MARKETING After answering the question, “How and why do consumers adopt brands,” author Norty Cohen takes it the next step with a new question: “How Does Your Brand Become A Sticker On A Laptop?” Using the latest research, Cohen digs deep into the psyche of brand fans to understand how they amplify brands […]
BUSINESS | MANAGEMENT Do you read reviews before making a purchase on-line, downloading an app or even taking an Uber ride? Studies show that almost 97% of us do. Do you seek out the negative reviews before making a purchase online? Studies show we almost all do that, too. Do you believe it when a […]
LITERARY THRILLER After the war, Eden Lumas escapes to South America, but his past follows him. Driven by a thirst for adventure, Eden Lumas enlists as a volunteer for the Waffen-SS, at the outbreak of the Second World War. He joins the German Army at the Eastern Front, only to find himself taking part in […]
ESSAY | SOCIETY What are French people getting up to in bed? Jane Mossuz-Lavau has been investigating this field for a year in order to find out the truth. Through long hours of interviews, she has collected testimonials from men and women, young and old, from all walks oflife and from all sexual orientations. From […]
BUSINESSS | MANAGEMENT We grew up believing that we could trust our friends, teachers, newspapers, social media feeds, corporations and politicians. That’s not the case anymore. Misrepresentation, exaggerated truths, and outright fake news have become a world-wide phenomenon. Finding truth in today’s world is like searching for a needle in a haystack and it is […]
CRIME | SUSPENSE | THRILLER Indonesia A new genre, halfway between SAS and James Ellroy. — Christine de Villiers A woman is live on Facebook. She has fled from her family who have ruled over a small country in the Persian Gulf for years. Masked men break into her room, gag her and cut off all communication. […]
HUMOR | GRAPHIC NON-FICTION The hilarious graphic novelist at her finest: welcome to the world of Anne Boudart! The hilarious and mischievous adventures of a young woman from Marseille who, when her boyfriend is transferred to Amsterdam, must resign herself to leaving the South of France, with it’s climate and it’s croissants, to face the […]
CRIME FICTION The latest novel from the writer of the acclaimed Mala Vida is a thriller set with a fascinating historical background. A woman’s body, burnt, handcuffed and with a bullet in her neck is found in a park in Madrid. Diego Martin, an investigative radio journalist met the victim 20 years earlier… in Argentina. […]
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Practice meditation with children Meditation is a successful way of securing emotional stability in children. It teaches them to express themselves in ways that will help them understand and control their emotional being. A large range of emotions, such as happiness jealousy, anger and fear are constantly confronting children, and this can also […]
ESSAY | POLITICS At last: a clear and unbiased book to explain the new ideas in politics. Where do the concepts of ‘universal income’, ‘the commons’, ‘transhumanism’, ‘antispecism’, ‘heteropatriarchy’, ‘blockchain’, ‘digital currency’, ‘uberisation’ and ‘degrowth’ come from, and where are they leading us? These ideas have all burst into contemporary public debate in reaction to […]