This book examines the leadership and legacy of Lee Hsien Loong, the third Prime Minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2024.Lee's tenure was a time of profound change within Singapore and its external environment. The chapters in this book recount how he led Singapore through several crises, including the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. The world was becoming multipolar, with relations between the United States and China turning confrontational and fraught. Bei...

The harrowing true story of the young boy who captured the heart of the nation when he testified in court, to find justice against those responsible for his brother’s death.Terry O’Neill was just ten years old when he stood up in court to testify against his brutal foster parents, accused of the manslaughter of his twelve-year-old brother, Dennis.Terry and his brother had been taken into care and moved through many foster homes until they came to live on the Shropshire farm...

A violent home invasion in Beverly Hills leaves a man dead and draws the FBI into Emily and Ben Miller's past. Agent McBride, upon seeing their camp tattoos, enlists their help in identifying a notorious Nazi camp commander. As Emily recounts the terror of Auschwitz and the daring escape that saved her life, buried secrets resurface, igniting a deadly chain of events.On an icy highway to Switzerland, Emily's family flees the Nazis, believing they've escaped—until a brutal betrayal ...

Wild Space—a far-flung sector of space in the distant future—has many tales to tell, fraught with adventure, romance, and tragedy.Ni'Linya is an indentured Felyan pleasure girl and the only friend of Cole, a human assassin for the Second Imperium, with whom she shares her bed and to whom he pours out his world-weary heart. In "The Hunter and the Tiger," one fateful mission to a hostile planet brings revelations and changes to the star-crossed couple, both tragic an...

The ‘Mozart of mathematics’ (New York Times) takes us on a tour of the core ideas of mathematical thinkingIn Six Maths Essentials, the renowned mathematician Terence Tao shows how mathematics has evolved from counting and geometry into a flexible set of tools for understanding an increasingly complex world. He moves effortlessly from children discovering infinity through play, to the numbers that underpin our online lives; from Johannes Kepler usi...

The “Mozart of mathematics” invites readers on a brief tour of six core ideas—numbers, algebra, geometry, probability, analysis, and dynamics—that capture the beauty and power of mathematical thinking for everyone.In Six Math Essentials, the renowned mathematician and Fields Medalist Terence Tao introduces readers to six central concepts that have guided mathematicians from antiquity to the frontiers of what we know today and now help us make sense of our ...

The ‘Mozart of mathematics’ (New York Times) takes us on a tour of the core ideas of mathematical thinkingIn Six Maths Essentials, the renowned mathematician Terence Tao shows how mathematics has evolved from counting and geometry into a flexible set of tools for understanding an increasingly complex world. He moves effortlessly from children discovering infinity through play, to the numbers that underpin our online lives; from Johannes Kepler usi...

A stag weekend in Amsterdam turns into the end of the world.Ethan's stag do was supposed to be forty-eight hours of canal bars, terrible decisions, and a wig he'll never live down. His four best mates have planned every embarrassing detail — right up until the plane lands and the trip stops being funny.When a night out leads the group past the gates of the Amsterdam Clinical Research Hospital, they stumble into something that was never meant to leave the bu...

Stop Running from the IRS and Start Leading Your Business.Are you a high-income professional or small business owner waking up in a cold sweat over an IRS notice? Are you paralyzed by the "Administrative Slop" of tax codes, penalties, and interest that seem to double overnight?Most people in your position fall into a dangerous trap. They seek help and find "Tax Relief Mills", predatory companies that promise to settle your debt for "pennies on the dollar" w...

American Film and the Culture Wars: Battleground in the Trump Era is an exploration of the relationship between American cinema and what many have referred to as the “Trump era,” the “Trump age,” or even the “Trump phenomenon.”This book contends that American cinema offers an insight into this fractious period and emerged as one of the primary battlegrounds on which a war of interpretation was fought, a frontline in what many refer to as t...

The Comedies of Terence comprise six plays by the Roman playwright Terence. Active in the 2nd century BCE, Terence’s works are celebrated for their refined wit, character development, and exploration of human nature. Unlike his contemporaries, who relied on slapstick humor, Terence emphasized realistic characters and moral dilemmas. His plays were heavily influenced by Greek comedy, particularly Menander, but adapted to suit Roman sensibilities.His plays are known for their sharp dialogue ...

Kineticman and the Modern Day Search for the Secret Empire is a civic superhero thriller about hidden power, dark money, data control, media manipulation, and legal loopholes. Kineticman learns revenge is weaker than proof, and that truth wins through records, courage, and organized people.