A portrait of former Miss Spain and Miss World, Lady Margarita is commissioned by her husband, Lord Charles Elliot, in honor of her upcoming birthday. But, before her birthday, Margarita is brutally murdered.Police Commissioner Rivera has a clear-cut suspect: The artist of the portrait. Did she really do it?The Commissioner soon discovers flaws in the evidence. He sets out on a trail of clues leading through three countries to solve the case and find the true murderer.

Discover how the world's leading companies have added value to their company by rewiring the brand creation processBrand Rewired showcases the world's leading companies in branding and how they have added value to their company by rewiring the brand creation process to intersect strategic thinking about intellectual property without stifling creativity.Features interviews with executives from leading worldwide companies including: Kodak, Yahoo, Kraft, J.Walte...

AI is not just a tool. It's a new creator and a new risk. Artificial intelligence is transforming how companies innovate, create, and compete. But with this transformation comes a legal and strategic minefield.Generative AI tools can produce valuable assets or create unintentional IP violations. Training data may be unknowingly scraped, reused, or leaked. And companies that fail to align their IP strategies with AI use risk litigation, brand damage, and even board liability. This b...

Every woman in Spainis frightened!A serial rapist is at large -She could be his next victim!Detective Marielena Cortez-Rivera, now a permanent member of the San Anton Police Department, gets involved in finding the assailant.In her attempt to find the villain, she travels all across Spain to search for clues and discovers facts that eventually bring him to justice.

Philosophy has long puzzled over the relation between mind and brain. This volume presents some of the state-of-the-art reflections on philosophical efforts to 'make sense' of neuroscience, as regards issue including neuroaesthetics, brain science and the law, neurofeminism, embodiment, race, memory and pain.

Acknowledged as the nation’s foremost expert on audience development involving America’s growing multicultural population by the Arts and Business Council, Donna Walker-Kuhne has now written the first book describing her strategies and methods to engage diverse communities as participants for arts and culture. By offering strategic collaborations and efforts to develop and sustain nontraditional audiences, this book will directly impact the stability and future of America’s cultural and ar...

No boardroom in any industry is safe from new market threats in this time of rapid technological growth. We’ve all heard the stories of corruption by CEOs at WeWork and Theranos and witnessed whistleblowers revealing crises at Wells Fargo and Uber. The board’s responsibility in this time shifts from protecting not just shareholders, but all stakeholders. Disruption in the Boardroom delves into the details of modern corporations and how governance and oversight can lead us into an ...

In the context of the 2016 presidential election, which was rife with charges of sexist actions, this book explains how common such behavior is among executives, why law doesn't protect victims, and how female professionals can bring change.Who do you report sexism to when the offender owns the company?"Overt and intentional sexism" against women by powerful men in politics, business, academia, and across the white-collar world in public and private institu...

A self-made millionaire shows you how to make millions while living life on your own termsAt just eighteen years old, Matt Morris founded his first marketing business. At twenty, he dropped out of college to pursue business full-time. At twenty-one, he was homeless and deeply in debt, living out of his car. It was then that he made a life-changing decision to re-invent himself and his career. By twenty-nine, Matt was a self-made millionaire. How did he do it?

Cognitive science is a cross-disciplinary enterprise devoted to understanding the nature of the mind. In recent years, investigators in philosophy, psychology, the neurosciences, artificial intelligence, and a host of other disciplines have come to appreciate how much they can learn from one another about the various dimensions of cognition. The result has been the emergence of one of the most exciting and fruitful areas of inter-disciplinary research in the history of science. This volume...

Imagine if your work allowed you to use all your talents and pursue all your interests - not just the ones that pay your rent, but also the ones that float your boat. Sounds impossible right? It isn’t, as many successful men and women can now attest. ONE PERSON/MULTIPLE CAREERS: A New Model For Work/Life Success by Marci Alboher charts a new path to career satisfaction: becoming a “slash.” Be they lawyer/ministers, recruiter/innkeepers, or CEO/moms, the true winners in today’s workplace ar...

Competitive advantage. The value chain. Five forces. Industry structure. Differentiation. Relative cost. If you want to understand how companies achieve and sustain competitive success, Michael Porter’s frameworks are the foundation. But while everyone in business may know Porter’s name, many managers misunderstand and misuse his concepts.Understanding Michael Porter sets the record straight, providing the first concise, accessible summary of Porter’s revolutionar...