"EVERYONE SEES WHAT YOU APPEAR TO BE, FEW EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU REALLY ARE." The Prince stunned Europe at the time of its publication with its defense of relentless strategies on how to gain power and its disregard of traditional forms of morality. Machiavelli was inspired by his own experience of working for the swirling Florentine republic, dismissing old principles of political theory and accepting the intricate, ephemeral composition of politics. Machiavelli was famous for centuries with The Prince, his witty and derisive work about power liaisons. The main topics of this ground-breaking, and prominent, writer is that being adaptable is the way to being successful and that efficient leadership is sometimes only attained by sacrificing morality.

Samad Behrangi (24th July 1939 - 31th August 1967) was an Iranian teacher, social critic, folklorist and short story wirter. He was best known for his story called The Little Black Fish. He portrayed the lives of the children of the urban poor and used allegorical themes and symbols to criticise the Shah’s regime in his stories. He died at the age of twenty eight. Throughout his short life he had always tried to teach children about life and he had never given up teaching.One Peach, A Thousand Peaches is a story of a friendship between two poor boys and a peach tree. Sahip Ali and Polat find a peach in the landlord of the village’s garden which is protected by a greedy gardener, and they decide to plant its seed. However, one day life separates them and the peach tree whose only aim is to ...

Within these pages, we experience Istanbul life,the “you and me” that is this place’s heartbeat. Around us swirl the amazing colors of many rainbows and dozens of scents. Here the Istanbulites-Armenian, Greek, Kurdish, Jew, Alawite, Christian, the rich, the poor, the conservative, the marginal-all bear witness to Istanbul’s many-faceted selves. This novel of hope is a small reflection of what some people call “utopia” and is foremost a story about living in harmony.Lose yourself in İstanbul’s streets while wandering with me as we explore you, me, our lives, our loves, our unfulfilled feelings and wishes, our dreams, fears, hopes, loneliness, struggles, and the daily ups and downs of our fellow millennials. The meaning of İstanbul, Turkey, and the world is “you” for me. They are all “me” an...

The columns in this volume are chronicles of the transformation of the Middle East order from a Japanese point of view in a peculiar moment of history when the humankind has been experiencing a great transformation and turning points. The book is going to be a searchlight which light the path of the international politics in the Middle East and East Asia, in which a steady change is going on and accelerated under the dark night of COVID-19 pandemic. Satoshi Ikeuchi is Professor of Religion and Global Security at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. He specializes in the Middle East politics and organizes the RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies which is the meeting point of research on the international and regional studies.

"Introduction to Economics" is the first course that introduces you to the fundamentals of economic reasoning. It involves rationality, mathematics and experience. Today, the notion no longer seems to be convincing. Generally, economics revolves around a central concept called homo economicus which refers to a prototype of a rational, economic human being. In other words, it describes an individual who acts independently and who tries to match limited resources to unlimited needs. Nonetheless, this rational being does not exist anymore. We are living in a world full of people who spend more than they earn, confuse needs with desires, "sacrifice their future happiness for familiar unhappiness". How did we become like this? When and why did the economics lose this rational human being? What ...

This "Invasion of Love" series, comprised of three books, will create a brand new "invasion movement" in the world. The book you are holding in your hands is the 1st book in this series, and it is your first step… "The Path" "The Path" is a journey of love… That begins with you and ends with you… It is a journey upon which an apprentice sets forth, The breath of a nay player, A lover's heartbeat, A child's smile, A seed reuniting with the soil… It is the roadmap depicting an utterly different world, One that you have dreamt of within the depths of your heart… This is not simply a book imparting knowledge. These pages have been designed to alter your life. Everything in this book has been put together meticulously-from the practical applications to the breathing exercises, from