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An insightful discussion of the seven immutable principles that power financial prosperity

In the newly revised and expanded second edition of The Strategic Millionaire: Seven Laws of Wealth The Rich Don't Tell You, veteran financial technology leader Armando Pantoja challenges the conventional mindsets that prioritize instant gratification and embrace immediate rewards in favor of strategies that emphasize long-term decision making, foresight, and calculated risk taking.

Pantoja explains how you can recognize emerging trends before they become mainstream and capitalize on opportunities early. He walks you through how to cultivate a mindset of abundance, build diverse networks, and invest in income-generating assets.

You'll also find:

• Strategies to build a balanced lifestyle that incorporates rest and collaboration
• Ways to build sustained productivity and progress toward realistic and ambitious financial goals
• Careful and clear discussions of the practical, hands-on laws that enable sustainable financial success

Perfect for entrepreneurs, founders, and other business leaders, The Strategic Millionaire is also a must-read for investors, traders, finance and tech enthusiasts, and anyone else interested in building a financially prosperous future.

Master your communication skills to become the leader you've always wanted to be

In Lead Like The Boss: The Bruce Springsteen Framework to Elevating Your Leadership, veteran strategist, marketer, and management consultant, Andy Freed, delivers a compelling and actionable message about leadership and communication for everyone expected to inspire others to perform at their best. Freed ditches the sterile, tired formulaic approach you'll find in most "leadership guides" and focuses squarely on the crux of leadership: clearly communicating with others in a way that captures their attention and persuades them to buy in.

Following the arc of Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen's legendary stage performances, the author demonstrates how to communicate your ideas to your followers and colleagues in ways that are authentic, intentional, and effective. You'll learn how to mold your communication style to match specific kinds of situations, encounters, and audiences. Lead Like The Boss shows you how to:

• Prepare for specific presentations and match the content and style of your message with the feelings you're trying to bring out in your audience
• Use consistent core messages to maintain alignment to company goals and vision
• Focus on the things your people and your company are doing right - and thanking them appropriately - to inspire loyalty and reward exceptional performance

Perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders, Lead Like The Boss is a must-read guide for everyone who is trying to guide their organization to the promised land of success.

The definitive history of U.S. defense strategy

Much of the history of U.S. defense over the course of 250 years has been a story of success. Insulated by two oceans and mostly friendly neighbors, but constantly ambitious abroad, America has dared mighty things and often achieved them, argues defense analyst Michael O'Hanlon. After growing into a continental power, largely through force of arms, during the first half of its history, it then led the way to coalition victories in two world wars, pursued peace in the Cold War, and has contributed to the most democratic period in human history. But it is a more "dangerous nation" than most citizens appreciate, given that its leaders, as well as its people, are highly self-confident and activist. O'Hanlon claims that only by understanding this "national DNA" can we hope to steer safely through the twenty-first century. He further argues that, in contrast to its consistently assertive grand strategy, there has been no single defining American "way of war" since 1775--a good thing, since what often worked for the country in the past may be of less relevance for the modern age.

An award-winning author argues for the necessity of cultural critics and intellectuals to American democracy

This incisive collection of essays investigates the moral imagination of modernism and our intellectual and political inheritance. George Scialabba offers a series of portraits of, and arguments with, American and European thinkers of the past hundred years, ranging from conservatives such as John Gray, William Buckley, and Jonathan Haidt to radicals such as Dwight Macdonald, Christopher Hitchens, and Bill McKibben.

In our moment of democracy under siege, with intellectual work popularly derided as only for "elites," Scialabba champions such thinkers as Richard Rorty, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Christopher Lasch, with their emphasis on democratic political culture and their faith in the capacities of ordinary people and the importance of intellectual work. This collection passes on these values "in a sealed envelope," as Rilke says of love between selfish lovers, for future generations to use in crafting their own "intelligent utopia."

A celebration of the beguiling power of literature, from one of the world's greatest storytellers

At the Pigeon Book Club, a circle of readers gathers for exhilarating meetings to discuss literature. The only requirements for entry are an all-encompassing love of books and the intuition that to read is to love and to love is to read. Xiao Sang, a department store clerk, wonders if life can ever be as captivating as a novel. Newlyweds Fei and Han Ma struggle to build a marriage as Han Ma discovers a surprising gift for storytelling. Xiao Ma, a hopeful dreamer, explores the possibility of romance with an older man. Bound by a shared passion for fiction, each book club member seeks to understand the relationship between the stories they read and the lives they lead, reveling in both the quotidian details and the ecstasy of aesthetics.

This is the most accessible work yet from the celebrated writer Can Xue: a utopian comedy and a work of profound joy, a love song to literary inspiration and the remarkable beauty of the ordinary. The Enchanting Lives of Others explores what it means to know and be known to others through the transformative power of reading.

A philosopher journeys back to the mystics to learn how to live with uncertainty in the twenty-first century

How do we live when we don't know what to believe, or who to believe, or how we could even know? In this deeply felt book, philosopher James K. A. Smith explores how radical uncertainty can be liberating, opening us to another way of being. The pain of his own profound uncertainty led Smith to a surprising source for modern consolation: the mystical experiences of St. Teresa of Ávila, St. John of the Cross, and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing. These mystics testify to a deeper truth beneath distraction, anxiety, and fear: love.

Drawing on ancient traditions of contemplation as well as on contemporary novels, poetry, film, and paintings, Smith speaks to the fundamental yearnings that persist in late modernity, including the philosophical quest for knowledge and certainty. He shows us how the gifts of the Christian contemplative tradition and the riches of creative works embody a liberating spirituality that recovers the fullness of being human.

In bringing a philosopher's questions to the mystics, Smith brings a mystical heart back to philosophy.

Beep, Honk, Vroom! Lift the flaps and explore a busy world of vehicles in this fun, interactive book perfect for babies and toddlers!

This delightful lift-the-flap book combines colorful illustrations with soft felt flaps for a hands-on learning adventure! Follow a little boy as he travels to school, spotting buses, trucks, and cars along the way. The soft felt flaps are easy for small hands to lift, supporting fine motor skills and sensory development making it the perfect tool for active learning. Littles ones will love lifting the flaps to reveal hidden friends and surprises at every turn!

Interactive Lift-the-Flap Fun: Discover cars, trucks, buses, and more surprises under each flap! Built for Little Hands: Sturdy, tear-resistant flaps are made for repeated exploration and sensory play Bright, Engaging Illustrations: Colorful, playful artwork captures the excitement of busy streets Supports Early Learning Skills: Boosts fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, observation, and counting concepts Part of the Flip the Felt Series: Explore more hands-on adventures with the other books in the series!

Learn how to make restaurant-quality dishes at home with this accessible, achievable, and delicious collection of 75 recipes from the award-winning chef and owner of Olmsted, Patti Ann's, and Five Acres.

"Trust Greg's ability to guide you through these dishes, and you'll quickly become the dinner-party hero among your friends and family."--Grant Achatz, chef and restaurateur

Much of the fancy technique you see at restaurants doesn't really matter. You can get the nearly same effect with infinitely less work, and it's more fun and you might actually do it. Many of tropes of fine dining cookbook recipes--the hyperspecificity, the rigidity of the recipes--they don't matter either. Nothing Matters . . . but Delicious.

In this cookbook-like-no-other, award-winning chef and restaurateur Greg Baxtrom invites you into his energetic kitchen, sharing his honest and encouraging methodologies for exquisite dishes. Nothing Matters . . . but Delicious gives home cooks of all abilities the confidence and techniques to never quit on their culinary journey.

Filled with sidebars containing helpful tips and lessons, like how to recover from cooking mistakes, and photographs and infographics to assist you every step of the way, readers will delight in this guide to culinary perfection. Recipes flow from easy to complex, with beginner recipes like Simple Ribeye with Roasted Root Vegetables and Easy Peasy Mac & Cheesy to the more complicated Bouillabaisse and Indoor S'more.

With a slew of broken-down tips and easy-to-digest guidance, Nothing Matters . . . but Delicious has something for everyone.

From the creator of the highly popular Kardashian Kolloquium comes a new media manifesto for the TikTok age, blending theory and cultural analysis to explain the meteoric rise of the Kardashians and explore what their fame can teach us about the way media functions today

"By far the best book I've ever read on celebrity in the twenty-first century."--Leigh Stein, author of Self Care

"Dekonstructing the Kardashians is Ways of Seeing for the Instagram Age."--Maris Kreizman, author of Slaughterhouse 90210

Since 2007, Kim Kardashian and the extended Kardashian family have been mesmerizing--and scandalizing--America. Whether we've liked it or not, we've been inundated with stories of their social lives, scandals, and reality show shenanigans and have witnessed the subsequent ascent of their multibillion-dollar fashion, beauty, and media empire. But the question remains: Why are the Kardashians so famous in the first place? And what does this tell us about the new media that have delivered them to us?

In Dekonstructing the Kardashians, MJ Corey, creator of the viral social media presence Kardashian Kolloquium, brings us not only the definitive chronicle of the family that's captivated a nation, but, perhaps more important, the story of how media has transformed in the internet age and how it continues to transform us as individuals and as a culture at large. Part media theory, part cultural analysis, Dekonstructing the Kardashians interweaves history from the past fifty years of Western media--from the Old Hollywood studio system, to the advent of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, to tabloid culture and beyond--with analysis of the cultural influence Kim Kardashian wields over us all and the influences that have shaped her in kind. In so doing, Corey offers proof that the Kardashians are, in fact, the First Family of our image-saturated and deeply divided nation, while also demonstrating how they hold the keys to understanding the disjointed, self-referential reality of our current era.

A personal chronicle of three key legal privacy battles that have defined the digital age and shaped the internet as we know it.

From a seasoned leader in the field of digital privacy rights.

Throughout her career, Cindy Cohn has been driven by a fundamental question: Can we still have private conversations if we live our lives online? Privacy's Defender chronicles her thirty-year battle to protect our right to digital privacy and shows just how central this right is to all our other rights, including our ability to organize and make change in the world.

Shattering the hypermasculine myth that our digital reality was solely the work of a handful of charismatic tech founders, the author weaves her own personal story with the history of Crypto Wars, FBI gag orders, and the post-9/11 surveillance state. She describes how she became a seasoned leader in the early digital rights movement, as well as how this work serendipitously helped her discover her birth parents and find her life partner. Along the way, she also details the development of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which she grew from a ragtag group of lawyers and hackers into one of the most powerful digital rights organizations in the world.

Part memoir and part legal history for the general reader, the book is a compelling testament to just how hard-won the privacy rights we now enjoy as tech users are, but also how crucial these rights are in our efforts to combat authoritarianism, grow democracy, and strengthen other human rights.

Join the Gilmore Girls as they celebrate the people who raised them and the family they found along the way--from Richard and Emily to Mia, Sookie, Luke, and the rest of quirky residents of Star Hollows--in this beautifully illustrated storybook appropriate for fans of all ages.

This picture book captures what fans of all ages love about Gilmore Girls--the quirky, lovable characters of Stars Hollow and the bonds they built throughout the series!

Lorelai and Rory share a mother/daughter relationship that makes them uniquely the Gilmore girls. Their loving bond is found in everything from early morning birthday wakeup calls to late night movie marathons, dance contests, and the most unhealthy midnight snacks. And even though Lorelai's relationship with her parents may be strained at times, they are still bound by love and Friday Night Dinners.

But the Gilmore girls have another family that they found in a picturesque little town many miles--and maybe even an entire world--away from the place Lorelai was raised. From Sookie and Lane, to Babette and Miss Patty, and especially including Luke, this family has impacted the lives of the Gilmore girls in so many ways. They may be a little quirkier than the aunts and uncles and cousins that Lorelai grew up with, but they have filled Rory's childhood and both of their lives with interesting characters, unique experiences, and lots and lots of love.

Take a journey through the dark side to learn the history of the Sith and its evil allies, as told from the perspective of Emperor Palpatine . . . otherwise known as Darth Sidious.

Explore the collected knowledge of the dark side, with imagery featuring its most mysterious figures. Learn about infamous Sith practitioners--such as Darth Maul, Asajj Ventress, Darth Vader, and Kylo Ren--and discover the powerful, and sometimes unnatural, Force abilities wielded by Sith Lords. Uncover the captivating stories behind some of the galaxy's most diabolical villains in Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith.

UPDATED EDITION: This completely redesigned edition of Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith includes all-new information conveyed through recent TV series, publishing, and films released since the first edition.

Essential life lessons from the world of chess--from making smarter choices to building focus and confidence--from a former U.S. champion.

Chess is the art of the possible--after all, there are more possible chess moves than atoms in the universe.

Chess players are experts in considering their options, allowing them to seize an opportunity, idea, or move that no one else saw. Two-time U.S. chess champion Jennifer Shahade calls this "thinking sideways." And in today's hyper competitive world, thinking sideways can help you win at life.

In Thinking Sideways, Shahade shows you don't have to be a great chess player to think more like a chess player. From building mind palaces to crafting decision trees, she reveals the most useful strategies from the ancient game that we can use in our daily lives. Drawing on examples from business, sports, and psychology, as well as her own experiences touring the world as a chess and poker player, Shahade transforms our understanding of what success looks like, and how to achieve it for ourselves.

This book is not about playing chess better, or even playing chess at all--it's about how thinking sideways can propel you to success and happiness.