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If you've ever wondered how products capture the zeitgeist before it's even defined, "Selling Blue Elephants" provides a captivating insight. It explores a groundbreaking method for product development that will intrigue anyone with a keen interest in marketing or anyone who's fascinated by how consumer needs are anticipated and met, sometimes even before consumers themselves are aware of them.

Mossad could be an interesting read for someone who is fascinated by espionage and spy thrillers. The book follows the secret operations of the Israeli intelligence agency and gives an inside look at their operations. The most fascinating feature of the book is the detailed accounts of its top-secret missions, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the world of intelligence agencies.

A journey to the front lines of the battle for the future of American cities, uncovering the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification -- and the lives that are altered in the process.The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don't realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as vibrant, equitable spaces hangs in the balance.Peter Moskowitz's How to Kill a City takes readers from the kitchen tables of hurting families who can no longer afford their homes to the corporate boardrooms and political backrooms where destructive housing policies are devised. Along the way, Moskowitz uncovers the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification in New Orleans, Detroit, San Francisco, and New York. The deceptively simple question of who can and cannot afford to pay the rent goes to the heart of America's crises of race and inequality. In the fight for economic opportunity and racial justice, nothing could be more important than housing.A vigorous, hard-hitting expose, How to Kill a City reveals who holds power in our cities-and how we can get it back.

Recommended for those intrigued by spy action. Enjoy riveting first-hand accounts from behind the scenes of some of the Mossad's most dangerous missions, including the capture of notorious Nazi executioner Adolph Eichmann and the elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Learn about the best intelligence service in the world and the history behind it.