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Most manipulation doesn’t feel like manipulation. It feels like common sense. Like consensus. Like loyalty. Like fear. Sometimes, it feels like your own idea. Manipulation: Recognize and Resist Psychological Control examines how people, groups, institutions, and systems shape what we perceive, believe, and do—often without our realizing that influencing is even taking place. The same mental shortcuts that allow us to navigate a complicated world can also be used against us. Intelligence alone is no defense.

A funny, practical, and refreshingly honest guide to learning languages without the gimmicks. Drawing from decades as a military linguist, language teacher, and student of languages including Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, French, and German, Michael Hacker explores how language learning really works—from grammar and vocabulary to immersion, fluency, and culture. Part memoir, part primer, and part field guide, Hacking Language is designed for curious beginners, aspiring polyglots, and anyone who wants to better understand language, culture, and the human language-learning machine.

A collection of short stories ranging from horror to dark fantasy. All the stories herein share the mouth-watering carnal expectation of a dark embrace, a thrilling and forbidden kiss that promises to shred moral constraints and open the path to a new life of acceptance.