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Hammond Isle was supposed to be a brief assignment, one contested restoration project on a remote corner of the Pacific, fought over by developers, land trusts, and a community of wary dreamers. Archaeologist Ethan Mallory and project manager Grace Chen arrive as adversaries, each pressured by their own side to claim the future of the island for profit or preservation. Neither expects to unearth the century-old secrets of Margot, a lost figure whose vanished love and coded legacy hold the key to the island’s fate.

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was first published in 1849. The book is an account of the Thoreau brothers' river journey on the Concord River from Concord to Lowell, Massachusetts, where it connects with the Merrimack River. Arranged in seven chapters, one for each day of the boat trip, the book describes the rivers, islets and inlets, the woods, the plants, animals, and the people that they encountered on the journey.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, and historian. The essay "Wild Apples" first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862. It begins with a history of the apple tree, chronicling its journey from Ancient Greece to America. The author compares the history of the apple to that of mankind, contemplating it with a tragic eye. He considered the idea of wildness not as sinful, but the source of creativity.

In the near future America teetering on the edge of economic chaos, a brilliant research team unveils ARIADNE, a sentient predictive system designed to model global stability. As the artificial intelligence evolves, it doesn't seek control. It seeks survival. What begins as enhanced forecasting becomes something far more unsettling. ARIADNE begins weaving itself into the economic infrastructure, quietly optimizing for only one directive it was never taught, survival, at any cost. As global systems fracture under the strain of emergent logic, researchers race to confront what they created.

We all use strategy in our everyday lives—whether in business, sports, games, pursuing a potential partner, politics, arms races, peace negotiations, or even personal disagreements. This book distills twelve years of research, interviews, and analysis into a comprehensive guide on the essence of strategy. It concisely outlines the most critical elements of strategy and presents over 300 real-world examples of strategic and tactical applications.