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John Wanamaker famously observed that "half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half." Indeed, though advertising is pervasive in our society, how it works (if and when it works) is not a question most of us can answer. In this Very Short Introduction...

Are nuclear arsenals safe from cyberattack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? Are we standing at the edge of a major technological challenge to global nuclear order? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed in Andrew Futter's groundbreaking study of the cyber threat to nuclear weapons.

Destructive forces have been eroding the University of Cape Town, Africa’s leading university. This audiobook tells the sad, true tale of what has been transpiring. It is a saga of lunacy, criminality, pandering, and identity politics. The mad and the bad–the deranged, deluded, the depraved–have been granted endless latitude in bullying and abusing others.

1916, Bois de Bolante, France. The battles in the trenches are raging fiercer than ever. In a deserted mineshaft, French sappeurs discover an unconscious man, and nickname him The Mole. Claiming he has lost his memory, The Mole is convinced that he's dead, and that an other has taken his place. The military brass considers him a deserter, but front physician and psychiatrist-in-training Michel Denis suspects that his patient's odd behavior is stemming from shellshock, and tries to save him from the firing squad.

Texts from Dad: Hilarious dad releases The Coronavirus Chronicles, inspired by viral texts to daughter during lockdown. Peter Barber’s Coronavirus Chronicles takes listeners on a unique journey through 57 days of lockdown, unraveling the musings, opinions, and downright irreverence Barber would text his daughter daily. The texts rapidly gained global notoriety after being turned into a blog, and now a much-called-for book.

Alejandro Juron, guitarist of the famous poet and folk singer Victor Pérez who's been executed by the junta, is released from the infamous prison “The Last Supper.” The underground resistance wants Alejandro to participate in its fight again. But Alejandro has changed.

After meeting his old friend Tom, Robert Bruce is commissioned to help Tom find the daughter he never knew. But, even before he can begin his quest, Robert is drawn to a murder investigation. Closely guarded family secrets, and crooked cops, both seem to have something to do with the killing. Dedicated to unraveling the mystery, Robert swears he will find the killer - and Tom's daughter. With bodies piling up and clues hard to come by, can Robert solve the case, find Tom's missing daughter, and help his friends along the way? Listen, as his investigation leads to disaster.

Pangloss would have been right at home in a post-truth, social media world. You can imagine the tweets, “I was hanged and survived #soggyrope,” or, “#nosyphilisnochocolate.” Candide, written in 1759, was never more relevant than today. Blind obeisance and denial, barbarous villainy, greed, and rapacity, are all in a day’s toil for the young Candide. And this is in the best of all possible worlds!