The Art of Wholesaling Properties: How to Buy and Sell Real Estate without Cash or Credit distills the experiences of two of the nations largest real estate wholesalers who, all told, have flipped over one thousand homes. Aram Shah and Alex Virelles present a step-by-step guide that explains how others may replicate their proven methods in their own wholesaling ventures.Reading this book will give investors the A-to-Z insights they need for cashing in on the fastest and mo...

Iannis Xenakis' Persepolis stood as witness to one of the most important events in modern human history, the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Its existence is owed to an invitation to participate in the 1971 Shiraz Arts Festival, which was overseen by Empress Farah Pahlavi. Like the Festival, and the extravagant celebratory party held the same year, Xenakis' symbolic paean to Persian history was polarizing. Many loved it, others detested it. Overwhelming but also subtle and precise in ...

How data surveillance, digital forensics, and generative AI pose new long-term threats and opportunities—and how we can use them to make better decisions in the face of technological uncertainty.In The Secret Life of Data, Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert explore the many unpredictable, and often surprising, ways in which data surveillance, AI, and the constant presence of algorithms impact our culture and society in the age of global networks. The authors...

This is the true story of Ahmad Chalabi, fraudster, statesman, banker, math whiz and aesthete, whose legendary charisma and charm -- and almost hypnotic powers of persuasion - helped propel the United States to war in Iraq. This extraordinary investigative biography - written by an Emmy Award-winning journalist who works for NBC's Investigative Unit -- exposes massive white-collar mischief, sophisticated international espionage operations, and political intrigue spanning the globe from Teh...

Words as uncut stones. A poet mines the soul of a generation.We feel it in our bones: something in the fabric of our democracy is fraying. We watch the news and sense a growing distance between the nation's founding promises and its present reality. We carry the weight of wars witnessed, freedoms eroded, and cycles of suffering that seem destined to repeat. We wonder whether our generation's legacy will be one of progress or of failure, and we search for language h...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Warren Buffett's most famous rule — never lose money — is treated as a joke. It isn't.A 50% loss needs a 100% gain just to break even. A 90% loss needs 900%. The arithmetic of recovery is far crueler than it feels in the moment, and the deepest losses are measured not in dollars but in years you never get back.Don't Lose Money First is a short, plain-spoken field guide to the five ways investors get permanently wiped out...

The Complete Works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton encapsulates an expansive array of literature that traverses genres ranging from historical novels to metaphysical essays. Bulwer-Lytton's prose is characterized by its ornate and evocative style, often integrating rich descriptive passages and complex characters that explore the depths of human experience. His works sit at the intersection of Romanticism and Victorian literature and reflect the prevailing philosophies and societal issues of his t...

Edward Bulwer Lytton's Eugene Aram is a dark historical romance built around one of literature's most unsettling paradoxes: a learned, gentle, charitable schoolmaster accused of murder. In its prefaces, the novel is presented as a deliberate turn toward tragic fiction, shaped by real history but freely reimagined to explore guilt, conscience, poverty, illness, and the crushing moral consequences of a single fatal act. Lytton honors Sir Walter Scott, defends Aram as a subject worthy of seri...

This CHOICE award-winning author has teamed up with two national, education technology experts to write a comprehensive book on technology for classroom and online learning for educators. Everything you need to know about using educational technology such as computer networking, peripherals, security, troubleshooting and maintenance, and teaching and learning with technology are covered. The book starts by reviewing the history of technologies, and then addresses the skill sets needed by a...

An exquisite debut collection on writing, exile, and rebuilding community after losing your homeland.In elegantly written and meticulously observed essays including “Afghanistan, the Beautiful Land of Endless Suffering,” “The Blood of Things,” and “Small Memories,” Jamaluddin Aram examines the complexities of his place of birth and the demands of forging a career in writing. He explores themes such as displacement, ethnic discrimination, and exile, balanced by the ...

This re-telling of the popular Korean folktale Byeol Ju Bu Jeon is full of humor and hijinks you won't want to miss!Meet Tokki. He’s a rabbit who lives in the forest. Tokki loves reading books and eating strawberries. And, more than anything, Tokki loves outrunning his foes.Now, meet Jara. He’s a softshell turtle who resides underwater near the Sea Palace. Jara loves his plants and his routine. And, more than anything, Jara loves the Sea King who r...

Committed Yahweh followers are forced to navigate military might, political power, and spiritual storms in an increasingly hostile dark world. Naaman, now touched personally by the mighty hand of Yahweh, must lead his family, iron ring, and three boys in the strange walk of faith not understood in their home of Damascus. As new followers of Yahweh, they find themselves pitted against Aram's darkness, its king, soldiers, Rimmon priests, assassins, and shaman warriors. Motivated by the dark ...