What would you give up in order to follow your dreams? In his thrilling debut author David Sullivan takes you along the journey of Corey, a man that has overcome the odds of his home life and realized his gift when it comes to music, but what will be the price of his pursuit of fame and fortune? Will everyone he knows and loves become collateral damage on his way to the top? Taking you into the studio and the streets and the homes of characters you won't be able to forget, BLOOD SACRIFICE is a reminder for all of us that our actions have consequences and sometimes the cost of what we say we want is more than we are really willing to pay.

Sacrifice and Value: A Kantian Interpretation argues that we create values by making sacrifices. Values don't exist outside of us; they exist only when we give a gift without expecting a return. As Sidney Axinn demonstrates, we must have values in order to make decisions, to have friends or lovers, and to choose goals of any sort. Sacrifice is basic to almost everything of importance: care, love, religion, patriotism, loyalties, warfare, friendship, gift giving, morality. Axin uses Aristotle, Cicero, and Kant, and contemporary philosophers Oldenquest, Frankfurt, Friedman, Starobinski and others to analyze the role of sacrifice. A novel feature is the attention given to Kant's use of sacrifice. Sacrifice and Value will interest advanced students and scholars of philosophy_particularly value theory and moral theory_as well as women's studies, religion, political theory, and psychology.

Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young 'dog soldiers' (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their dogs by their side, through the inspirational words of their mothers.

This book unveils the strategies many great leaders used to hold their followers spellbound and obedient even unto death. The laws will teach you how to:1. Make each follower feel they are the most important piece of the puzzle2. Welcome enemy defectors but use them against their former benefactors 3. Control the finance and you control the people 4. Subtly lure them into a web, until disentanglement becomes impossible 5. Be careful with those whose advancement depend on your downfall 6. Never complete the task until you have received your desire or achieved your aim 7. Keep everyone busy. 8. Avoid too much extravagance by sub-leaders 9. Be generous in times of plenty etc Its a must read for every leader.

"Engrossing ... The book reads like a detective story."―The Washington Post It all started with a list of paintings. There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn't seen for years, were the names of the masters whose works once belonged to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo, and more. Pauline Baer de Perignon knew little to nothing about Strauss, or about his vanished, precious art collection. But the list drove her on a frenzied trail of research in the archives of the Louvre and the Dresden museums, through Gestapo records, and to consult with Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano. What happened in 1942? And what became of the collection after Nazis seized her great-grandparents’ elegant Parisian apartment? The quest takes Pauline Baer de Perignon from the Occupation of France to the present day as she breaks the silence around the wrenching experiences her family never fully transmitted, and asks what art itself is capable of conveying over time.

For over 200 years loyalty programs have hovered around enticing customers to come back for more. This book is a departure from what we have known and adhered to for the past 200 years It provides a new framework with four axioms of loyalty and four L&S Principles supported by over 30 true accounts. A new concept of Latency Factors, based on cognitive bias and mental patterns, that identifies the blind spots in our thinking, is also introduced in this book. The relevance of this book is timely as the world is witnessing rapid digital progress. Only if basic definitions are precise, then advanced algorithms will be useful for worthwhile human progress. This book alters the definition of customer loyalty as it is known to the world today. It offers a new context for measuring the factors of loyalty. The relevance of this book is apt as the world is witnessing rapid digital progress. Advanced algorithms can serve the cause of human progress only if basic definitions are precise. Mr. Ratan N Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, has endorsed my views and stressed in his Foreword that the inexorable digital progress generates a necessary call to action. "These advances highlight the need to revisit old definitions of customer loyalty which can no longer be defined merely by repeat purchase. The book proposes a new definition of customer loyalty and provides all the numerous new-age factors that affect it." Time and again, many have illustrated the inadequacy of the definition of 'customer loyalty' as it stands today. A Gartner Study titled "Customer Loyalty Myths Debunked" states: "Many companies try to drive customer loyalty by delighting customers -- exceeding their expectations with above-and-beyond service. This strategy is difficult and costly to deliver. Worse, it fails to provide a proportional increase in loyalty..." This book hopes to open up a new conversation on the subject. The central premise of the book is: Loyalty and Sacrifice are inseparable. In the case of war heroes and employees, sacrifice is well-recognized and celebrated. As regards customers, the big question is: are customers capable of sacrifice? In his Preface to my book, the legendary Lateral Thinking guru Dr. Edward de Bono emphasizes: "This book opens a new conversation, and I am hopeful this book will help a discussion on the hidden facets of loyalty."

The fate of the war-decimated kingdom of Hytanica falls into the hands of a former queen who is secretly in love with her enemy and a rebel who seeks retribution for her family's losses.