The Queen's Rising

Avoid «Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves» by Finding Your Voice Growing up in a family with significant wealth or a family business can often feel like an exercise in silence. What should you ask? Whom should you ask? When? Is it ever right to talk about such things? The Voice of the Rising Generation speaks directly to those who find themselves living in that silence, the so-called «next generation.» Great wealth or a family business can act like a «black hole,» sapping the dreams and aspirations of future generations who feel that they can never measure up to the fortune's founder. This book, written by a psychologist, an educator, and a wise counselor who single-handedly changed the landscape of family wealth, diagnoses with economy and precision the cause of entitlement and dependency. It is not too much money or too few chores. It is the failure of rising generations to individuate, that is, to pursue their dreams, develop their resilience, and find their voice. Many books are addressed to parents and grandparents who worry about the effects of wealth on their descendants. Almost alone in the field, this book speaks directly to 20-, 30- and 40-somethings, encouraging them—literally, giving them courage—to meet the challenge of integrating wealth's power into their lives, rather than disappearing into the black hole. Readers will: Come to understand the true causes of entitlement and dependency Identify the psychological characteristics of the rising generation and the challenges proper to its development Clarify their own dreams, work, and vocation Navigate personal relationships and communication within the context of wealth Recognize the special challenges faced when rising is delayed until mid-life. If you are a young person who is starting your life's journey and wondering about the effects of parental gifts, trusts, or a family business, this book will offer you questions, reflections, and lessons-learned to help you find your own way. If you are a parent, grandparent, elder, or mentor, The Voice of the Rising Generation can serve the young people in your life as a gift more precious than gold.

The definitive account of Barack Obama’s life before he became the 44th president of the United States – the formative years, confluence of forces, and influential figures who helped shaped an extraordinary leader and his rise – from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘Bearing the Cross’.Barack Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted the little-known state senator from Illinois into the national spotlight. Three months later, Obama would win election to the U.S. Senate; four years later he would make history as America’s first black president. Now, at the end of his second presidential term, David J. Garrow delivers the most compelling and comprehensive Obama biography – as epic in vision and rigorous in detail as Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’.Moving around the globe, from Hawaii to Indonesia to the American Northeast and Midwest, ‘Rising Star’ meticulously unpacks Obama’s life, from his tumultuous upbringing in Honolulu and Jakarta, to his formative time as a community organizer on Chicago’s South Side, working in some of the roughest neighborhoods, to Cambridge, where he excelled at Harvard Law School, and finally back to Chicago, where he pursued his political destiny. In voluminous detail, drawn from more than 1,000 interviews and encyclopedic documentary research, Garrow reveals as never before the ambition, the dreams, and the all-too-human struggles of an iconic president in a sure to be news-making biography that will stand as the most authoritative account of Obama’s pre-presidential life for decades to come.

Everyone has heard of Erdogan: Turkey’s bullish, mercurial president is the original postmodern populist. Around the world, other strongmen are now following the path that he has blazed. For the first time, ERDOGAN RISING tells the inside story of how a democracy on the fringe of Europe has succumbed to dictatorship. Hannah Lucinda Smith, Turkey correspondent with The Times of London, has witnessed all that has befallen Turkey and the wider region since the onset of the Arab Spring. From the frontlines of the wars in Syria and eastern Turkey, through the refugee crisis and the attempted coup against Erdogan, she traces how chaos in the Middle East has blown back on a country that was once heralded as the model of Islamic democracy. With access to key insiders, she also paints a vivid portrait of Erdogan’s descent from flawed democrat to staunch authoritarian.ERDOGAN RISING is a story rooted in Smith’s first-hand experiences of a country divided, told through the eyes of a rich cast of characters. She journeys into the Turkey where Erdogan commands a following so devoted they compose songs in his honour, adorn their houses with his picture, and lay down their lives to keep him in power. But on the other side – sometimes just a few hundred metres down the road – she also meets the Turks who are mourning the loss of the country they once knew.ERDOGAN RISING serves as a chilling warning of democracy’s fragility – and reveals how much people can change.

‘Essential reading for anyone interested in Turkey and its future.’ Literary Review‘Essential reading full stop.’ Peter Frankopan‘It is a must.’ The TimesWho is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and how did he lead a democracy on the fringe of Europe into dictatorship? How has chaos in the Middle East blown back over Turkey’s borders? And why doesn’t the West just cut Erdogan and his regime off?Hannah Lucinda Smith has been living in Turkey as the Times correspondent for nearly a decade, reporting on the ground from the onset of the Arab Spring through terrorist attacks, mass protests, civil war, unprecedented refugee influx and the explosive, bloody 2016 coup attempt that threatened to topple – and kill – Erdogan.Erdogan Rising introduces Turkey as a vital country, one that borders and buffers Western Europe, the Middle East and the old Soviet Union, marshals the second largest army in NATO and hosts more refugees than any other nation. As president, Erdogan is the face of devotion and division, a leader who mastered macho divide-and-rule politics a decade and a half before Donald Trump cottoned on, and has used it to lead his country into spiralling authoritarianism.Yet Erdogan is no ordinary dictator. His elections are won only by slivers, and Turkey remains defined by its two warring cults: those who worship Erdogan, the wilful Muslim nationalist with a tightening authoritarian grip, and those who stand behind Ataturk, the secularist, westward-looking leader who founded the republic and remains its best loved icon – now eighty years dead.Erdogan commands a following so devoted they compose songs in his honour, adorn their homes with his picture, and lay down their lives to keep him in power. Erdogan Rising asks how this century’s most successful populist won his position, and where Turkey is headed next.

Основатели группы Dan Hill и Kevin Kruger начали с хита 1960-х группы The Animals - House of the Rising Sun, песни считающейся американской народной. Алан Прайс из The Animals, аранжировавший песню, утверждал, что на самом деле The House Of The Rising Sun - никакая не американская, а самая что ни на есть английская народная песня XVI века про бордель в лондонском районе Сохо. Это потом ее увезли в Америку эмигранты, и песня легко адаптировалась в Новом Орлеане. В духе "Не жди меня, мама, заблудшего сына, твой сын уж не тот, что был вчера". Там правда, немного другие слова, но суть та же. Хилл с Крюгером, кажется, решили добавить в нее именно бордельного духа, в виде томного женского шепота "It's hot!" (Горячо!) и оргазменных стонов. При прослушивании на большой громкости песня вызывает смущение у соседей.

House of the Rising Sun продолжительностью 14 с половиной минут заняла целую сторону пластинки. Вероятно Хилл и Крюгер не стали особо заморачиваться с названием своего нового проекта, оно родилось из первой же записанной ими песни - Hot R.S. - это сокращение от House of the Rising Sun. В Советском Союзе его в шутку расшифровывали как Горячий Русский Самовар. У многих эта музыка, наверняка, вызовет приятные воспоминания.

На второй стороне тоже навеянные эротикой диско-номера Slow Blow и Delta Queen.

В Slow Blow Крюгер не только демонстрирует свои способности барабанщика, но и выказывает знание богатой местной "ударной" африканской кухни, громыхая на каких-то диковинно звучащих, гремящих, звенящих барабанах, барабанчиках и барабашках. И даже делает нечто типа брейк-бита, без которого нынче не обходится ни одна танцевальная вещь. Необычно в Slow Blow также, что эротичные вздохи исходят от мужской, а не женской - как это бывает в 99 из 100 случаев - половины ("Помедленнее!"). Но название - на слэнге означает медленный оральный секс - все объясняет.

В Delta Queen все возвращается на круги своя - приятный женский голос страстно шепчет "Honey-Honey" и "Delta Queen".

Rising Stars Collection – 12 glamorous intense romances by four marvellous rising star authorsVolume One – For One Night OnlyRECKLESS NIGHT IN RIO by Jennie Lucas ‘All you need to do is…pretend to love me. ’The task should be easy for Laura Parker – after all, Gabriel Santos is outrageously good-looking, it’s for one night only, and he is offering her a million dollars…TO LOVE, HONOUR AND BETRAY by Jennie Lucas Callie Woodville had imagined her wedding day since she was a little girl…She thought she’d found the perfect man in her boss Eduardo Cruz—but, ‘Get out!’ wasn’t exactly the morning-after treatment she’d hoped for.A NIGHT OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY by Jennie Lucas Lilley’s fairy-tale wish is about to be granted. She’ll swap her grey suits for a fabulous dress and killer heels, and dance the night away with the man every other woman wants…but only for one night.Volume Two – Married on PaperTHE ARGENTINE’S PRICE by Maisey Yates It’s time for the housekeeper’s son to collect his dues… Lazaro Marino will stop at nothing to reach the top. He’s climbed his way out of poverty, but there’s still one thing that’s been denied him: entry into the highest echelons of society.THE INHERITED BRIDE by Maisey Yates Princess Isabella desperately didn’t want to marry the Sheikh to whom she was betrothed… And there was more to the darkly handsome, dark-hearted desert stranger escorting her back to the altar than met the eye…MARRIAGE MADE ON PAPER by Maisey Yates When ambitious public relations expert Lily Ford signs a contract with hot-shot property tycoon Gage Forrester, she signs her life away!Volume Three – One Reckless DecisionMAJESTY, MISTRESS…MISSING HEIR by Caitlin Crews As formidable as the desert he wishes to rule, Sheikh Tariq bin Khalid Al-Nur is furious that he cannot take the throne until he marries. But he cannot wed until he’s rid his dreams of Jessa Heath…KATRAKIS’S LAST MISTRESS by Caitlin Crews Notorious Nikos Katrakis was looking for a new mistress when, out of the blue, heiress Tristanne Barbery offered herself to him. Could satisfaction and revenge really be that easy to obtain?PRINCESS FROM THE PAST by Caitlin Crews Behind the imposing walls of the castle, free-spirited Bethany Vassal discovered that her whirlwind marriage to Prince Leo Di Marco was nothing like the fairy tale she’d imagined.Volume Four – Keeping Her CloseIN CHRISTOFIDES’ KEEPING by Abby Green When one night with ruthless playboy Rico Christofides leaves her pregnant, Gypsy Butler is determined to spare her unborn baby the heartache of her own childhood. But a shock meeting is about to change her plans…THE CALL OF THE DESERT by Abby Green Twelve years ago Julia lost her heart to Sheikh Kaden in the scorching Burquati desert.THE LEGEND OF DE MARCO by Abby Green Rocco de Marco. Legendary financier and billionaire. Waitress Gracie O’Brien’s first meeting with Rocco was memorable and the second is unforgettable.

Август 1983 года, это день ежегодной вечеринки Нины Ривы в честь окончания лета, и предвкушение достигло апогея. Все, кто хоть что-то собой представляет, хотят быть рядом со знаменитыми Ривас: серфингистка и супермодель Нина, братья Джей и Хад и их обожаемая младшая сестренка Кит. Вместе братья и сестры являются источником восхищения в Малибу и во всем мире - особенно как дети легендарного певца Мика Ривы. К полуночи вечеринка полностью выйдет из-под контроля. К утру особняк Рива будет охвачен пламенем. Но прежде чем вспыхнет первая искра в предрассветные часы, алкоголь польется рекой, заиграет музыка, и любовь и секреты, которые сформировали эту семью, всплывут на поверхность. Книга на английском языке.August,1983, it is the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone who is anyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: surfer and supermodel Nina, brothers Jay and Hud, and their adored baby sister Kit. Together, the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over - especially as the children of the legendary singer Mick Riva.By midnight the party will be completely out of control.By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames.But before that first spark in the early hours of dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family will all come bubbling to the surface.

"Commodities Rising, part memoir and part investment guide, provides a unique and practical perspective that is based on a rare combination of professional experiences." -Donald F. Larson, Senior Economist, World Bank «Jeffrey Christian brings twenty-five years of commodity market experience to his thoughtful and insightful new book. A keen analyst, Christian debunks many commodity market myths. There has been a substantial underinvestment in commodity research of late. His book is a 'must-read' for any investor wishing to avoid the pitfalls present in physical commodity investments.» -Terrence F. Martell, PhD, Saxe Distinguished Professor of Finance, Director, Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College, CUNY;Public Governor, New York Board of Trade «If you've read one of the recent 'commodity craze' books, you'll appreciate the more careful, thorough account Christian provides here. His anecdotes and analysis will convince you that this is truly an insider's assessment.» -Peter A. Biebel, Vice President, Director of Futures Research, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. «In addition to its depth, Christian's book is extremely reader-friendly, presenting commodity issues from various angles. I strongly recommend to anyone interested in commodities that they read this book; and to those still unfamiliar with the subject, I recommend that they take a look. The rewards will be significant, intellectually and possibly financially.» -Takamasa Akiyama, Professor of Development Economics, Nihon University, Mishima, Japan, and Senior Advisor, Foundation for Advanced Studies onInternational Development (FASID), Tokyo, Japan Analyze the current commodity environment and look out over the next few years to identify potential profit situations in Commodities Rising. You'll learn how commodities can be used to reduce risk and increase returns in a balanced investment portfolio. Author and commodities expert Jeffrey Christian debunks much of the misinformation currently circulating about commodities and provides a reasoned reality-check you can use to evaluate the claims and promises of various publications and brokerages in the commodity field. Specific issues addressed throughout this book include: the variety of commodity investments?exchange traded funds, stocks, futures, and options; commodities in the global economy; commodity trading/investing strategies. Filled with in-depth insights and engaging anecdotes gleaned from the author?s 30 years in the commodity markets, this is an invaluable resource for the serious investor or trader.