The best non-diet book for those looking to embrace a positive and satisfying relationship with food.This empowering guide, crafted by experts in the fields of nutrition, psychology, and self-development, offers a refreshing approach to breaking free from the dieting cycle and cultivating a healthy relationship with food and body.In this comprehensive handbook, you'll uncover sixty practical and insightful lessons that will help you embrace your unique body...

A fascinating exploration of how algorithms penetrate the most intimate aspects of our psychology—from the pioneering expert on psychological targeting.There are more pieces of digital data than there are stars in the universe. This data helps us monitor our planet, decipher our genetic code, and take a deep dive into our psychology.As algorithms become increasingly adept at accessing the human mind, they also become more and more powerful at controlling it...

When the brutal death of a provincial court judge triggers an investigation into a $5 million embezzlement scheme, citizens of Pineview, a small community in central Canada, are left grappling with the shock and sudden tragic loss. In the midst of the town’s turmoil, Vivian Clarke, a young lawyer, together with Bruce Hathaway, an indigenous RCMP detective, navigate the maze of clues and false leads in an attempt to solve the mystery of the murder and fraud. Their close professional involve...

A new view of the way modernist fiction writers tried to solve the problem of time.Do our fictions transform time? Do they cultivate the temporal environment? Such was the hope—or the fantasy—at work in many modernist novels for which time was not only the major subject but also an object of reparative aspiration. Aimed at a kind of stewardship of time, these fictions constitute a practice of modernist time ecology: an effort to restore those landscapes of time tha...

He used to play a dangerous game, running cash for the mob. Now he calls himself Tango, and he lives in a little village rising like a small island out of the rocky sea of the Andes. He's made a few friends since he arrived, with whom he's got a lot in common: they've all got secrets from their past, and they're not exactly who they say they are. One by one, their secrets are revealed in a storm of violence when old friends come knocking, demanding past debts be paid. High up in the Bolivi...

When his past caught up with him in South America, Tango took care of the situation and made a new friend along the way, Mario. The two men leave the desert behind for the open sea, but when Mario grows bored sailing around the Caribbean, they stop on the tiny island where Tango's grandfather lives. What should have been a nice family visit, however, quickly turns into a violent confrontation. Trouble has a way of finding him (or is it the other way around?), but Tango's got a knack for ge...

A professional. A man of few scruples, nerves of steel, and a steady trigger finger. A man whose crimes might be catching up with him. A man on the verge of cracking. Archaia presents The Killer, a hardboiled, noir series chronicling one man's journey through some seriously bad mojo. This omnibus collects The Killer Volumes 1 & 2.

"Dickensian Inns & Taverns" by B. W. Matz is a captivating exploration of the vibrant and often whimsical world of inns and taverns during the time of Charles Dickens. The book delves into the rich tapestry of social life in Victorian England, highlighting how these establishments served as crucial meeting points for characters from all walks of life. Matz's vivid descriptions transport readers to the bustling streets of London, where the aroma of hearty meals and the sound of laughter fil...

There’s no going back in this pulse-pounding finale!The Killer has followed the truth to its end…and now must face the consequences of what his relentless pursuit has uncovered.With Barbara’s true intentions coming to light, can the Killer escape the deadly trap that’s been set, or will he be caught in a web of betrayal?Writer Matz and artist Luc Jacamon deliver a tightly wound conclusion of suspense and cold-bloode...

Behind the gilded doors of Wall Street and the velvet curtains of Broadway theaters lived one of America's most enigmatic figures. Otto Kahn commanded an empire that stretched from railroad fortunes to opera houses, from diplomatic back-rooms to artistic salons where the cultural destiny of a nation was shaped. This is the electrifying story of a German-Jewish immigrant who became the invisible architect of American high culture, a financier whose patronage launched careers and whose polit...

Statuesque, alluring and a literal femme fatale … Felicity Brown, former waitress, former call-girl and pretend nurse, nearly caused the end of XIII when she murdered for his money the man he believed might be his father. But crime doesn’t pay in the end, and Felicity is forced to flee from the FBI. Thus begins a bloody escape that will take the black widow to Costa Verde, into the arms of a dictator and in the middle of a revolution that will soon draw in none other than … XIII!

"Illuminating. . . . [Tribe and Matz] offer well-crafted overviews of key cases decided by the Roberts Court [and] chart the Supreme Court's conservative path." — Chicago TribuneFrom Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has profoundly affected American life. Yet the court remains a mysterious institution, and the motivations of the nine men and women who serve for l...