Financial Technology: A Comprehensive Introduction offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most transformative forces in contemporary finance. This essential guide explains how FinTech is fundamentally reshaping financial transactions, institutional operations, and global financial engagement.Blending theory with practical insights, the book traces FinTech's history and examines its influence across modern financial institutions, including banks, insurers, investm...

Every notification, open tab, and synced application promises seamless efficiency, yet modern workers feel more scattered and exhausted than ever.The Friction Manifesto challenges the cult of digital convenience. When software removes all resistance, it also removes deliberation, contemplation, and original problem-solving. This book outlines a pragmatic counter-movement rooted in strategic friction: using analog tools like index cards, physical whiteboards, and signal-blocked spac...

This chilling guide, illustrated throughout with photographs, examines some of the world's most notorious cults and the evil deeds of their leaders.Some individuals have such a magnetic personality that they can attract a hugely devoted following. Their faithful disciples happily ignore the misdeeds of their leader and even commit evil on their behalf. With religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs to guide them, cults can lead to some of the most disturbing events of the mode...

There are some who chose to kill and kill again. These terrifying criminals often hide in plain sight, waiting for their moment to strike and remaining undetected for years until the urge to commit ever more atrocious crimes finally leads to a mistake. Coming from every corner of the globe and from every walk of life, these killers represent the darkest aspects of humanity.In this revealing collection, Al Cimino examines the crimes and lives of the killers and their unfortunate vic...

It is often thought that only men can be serial killers. But some women have been guilty of equally horrific crimes, committing brutal murder after brutal murder. From deadly serial killers seeking revenge on a world that wronged them to sadists who delighted in the pain of their victims and coldly calculating killers who planned out their every move, Evil Women examines some of the worst crimes committed by women.This book features such horrifying cases as:• Aileen...

Zander Griffin is born into a family of extraordinary individuals, from directors of government organizations to agents with superhuman abilities. All his life, he has longed for a purpose beyond standing on the sidelines while his mother masters her powers and his aunt leads special operations.When an unexpected threat appears, Zander surprisingly saves the day but is left with doubts. He soon realizes he might have magic of his own. Determined to uncover the truth, he sets off on a journ...

THIS CASE WILL CLOSE. THE DAMAGE WON'T.Detective Sergeant Water Kascade is still hunting the corruption he swore to root out of the Toronto Police Service. When an extremist group's protest at Queen's Park erupts into violence, nineteen people fall and a twenty-four-hour deadline begins.Kascade follows investigations through political turmoil, rumours of criminals being robbed and a network funding the violence from the inside. But as the deadline ticks down, every answer r...

In a moment marked by transnational gender, climate, health, and human rights crises, the question of how to build feminist solidarities across difference has never been more urgent. This book amplifies the rich genealogies and ongoing conversations that shape studies of transnational feminist rhetorics (TFR), asking what solidarity can mean and do under contemporary global conditions.With case studies from Africa, South Asia, China, Latin America, and Australia, among others, this...

In a moment marked by transnational gender, climate, health, and human rights crises, the question of how to build feminist solidarities across difference has never been more urgent. This book amplifies the rich genealogies and ongoing conversations that shape studies of transnational feminist rhetorics (TFR), asking what solidarity can mean and do under contemporary global conditions.With case studies from Africa, South Asia, China, Latin America, and Australia, among others, this...

"My clothes are different, my face is different, my hair is different, but I am somebody. I am black, brown, white. I speak a different language. But I must be respected, protected, never rejected. I am God’s child. ⁣I am somebody.” —Jesse JacksonFew figures loom as large as Reverend Jesse Jackson in the history of American civil rights. From marching in the 1960s with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to forming the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, to his historic presidential ...

Discover the wonderful world of cacti and succulets with the practical , comprehensive and richly illustrated guide. Cacti and succulents are more popular than ever and can be grown as houseplants, in a greenhouse or outdoors as part of garden design. This definitive book outlines what succulent plants are, the habitats they come from and how to grow them to their best. Extensive directories showcase the many wonderful varieties available, together with stunning photography of stems, leave...

In this provocative and thoughtful new book, Kenan van de Mieroop-Al Bahrani explores how capitalism, racism, debt, and inheritance operate through a politics of time, where history is never simply the past but actively shapes the present.Demands that reparations be paid for slavery and European colonialism have echoed around the world, igniting a fierce debate and exposing the historical foundations of today's inequalities. The Weight of Nightmares argues that reparations...