The Art of Passing the Buck offers a simple, comprehensive explanation of how Wills and Trusts work. It reveals wealth retention, management and empowerment techniques you can use to build a family dynasty. Inheritance may often degenerate into legal battles, and/or dark whisperings among relatives. Who was cared for or neglected comes to the fore when reading the Will or setting up the Trust. Sometimes, siblings battle among themselves over who gets what, while parents become distraught making the myriad decisions related to their own passing. We explain how there can be a smooth transition when both Grantors and Beneficiaries have vital information. A must read for both givers and receivers of wealth, this book also covers: the history of Trusts, Trust types, Trustees and the law, privacy, who should not have a Trust, parenting and perpetual wealth, and heirs: the favored and the flawed. Emphasis throughout is on what works in the real world, based on decades of experience.

The Art of Passing the Buck, Vol I; Secrets of Wills and Trusts Revealed

Arthur, Charles

Self-Help

Charles Arthur Enterprises Trust

A How-to reference manual to ensure the best for the beneficiaries. Long range solutions-learn protocols to implement smooth trust administration! This is a legal reference book with: # Almost 600 pages of detailed information # Over 150 researched footnotes # 92 page Glossary # Over 275 word index

The Art of Passing the Buck, Vol 2

Which of Apple, Google and Microsoft had an office with a "drawer of broken dreams" ---and what (real) objects lay inside it? When did Microsoft have the chance to catch Google in making money from search ---and who vetoed it? Why did Google test 40 shades of blue on its users? How long did outside developers wait before asking to write apps for Apple's iPhone after Steve Jobs announced it? Who said that Microsoft should have its own music player -- and why did it fail? Digital Wars starts in 1998, when the internet and computing business was about to be upended -- by an antitrust case, a tiny startup and a former giant rebuilding itself. Arthur looks at what are now the three best-known tech companies and through the voices of former and current staff examines their different strategies to try to win the battle to control the exploding network connecting the world. Microsoft was a giant -- soon to become the highest-valued company in the world, while Apple was a minnow and Google just a startup. By February 10 2012, Apple was worth more ($462bn) than both Microsoft ($258bn) and Google ($198bn) combined. The chance had come from tumultuous battles between the three. To win their battles: Apple used design, the vertical model of controlling the hardware and software and a relentless focus on the customer to the exclusion of others. Microsoft depended on the high quality of its employees' programming skills and its monopolies in software to try to move into new markets - such as search and music. Google focused on being quick, efficient and using the power of data analysis - not human "taste" - to make decisions and get ahead of would-be rivals. With exclusive information from interviews with current and former employees of the three companies Arthur also addresses: - What the inventors of the hard drive used in the iPod thought it would really be used for - How Apple transformed the smartphone market - Which of Android or Apple forced Microsoft to abandon Windows Mobile - What happened to Microsoft's tablet plans

Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet

Business & Money

Industries

Kogan Page.

The first time that Apple, Google and Microsoft found themselves sharing the same digital space was 1998. They were radically different companies that would subsequently fight a series of battles for control of different parts of the digital landscape that would be world-changing. Arthur looks at what are now the three best-known tech companies and through the voices of former and current staff examines their different strategies to try to win the battle to control the exploding network connecting the world. To win their battles: Apple used design and a relentless focus on the customer to the exclusion of others; Microsoft depended on the high quality of its employees' programming skills and its monopolies in software to move into new markets; Google focused on being quick, efficient and using the power of data analysis to make decisions and get ahead of would-be rivals. Accessible and comprehensive, Digital Wars analyzes the very different cultures of the three companies and assesses exactly who are the victors on each front. The new edition is completely up-to-date to take into account receent developments such as the growth of Android, mini-tablets and Microsoft's Surface. It also includes a new chapter looking at how China moved from being the assembly plant for iPods and other music players, and smartphones, to becoming the world's biggest smartphone business -- while shutting out Google both as a search engine and smartphone provider.

Cyber Wars gives you the dramatic inside stories of some of the world's biggest cyber attacks. These are the game changing hacks that make organizations around the world tremble and leaders stop and consider just how safe they really are. Charles Arthur provides a gripping account of why each hack happened, what techniques were used, what the consequences were and how they could have been prevented. Cyber attacks are some of the most frightening threats currently facing business leaders and this book provides a deep insight into understanding how they work, how hackers think as well as giving invaluable advice on staying vigilant and avoiding the security mistakes and oversights that can lead to downfall. No organization is safe but by understanding the context within which we now live and what the hacks of the future might look like, you can minimize the threat. 
In Cyber Wars, you will learn how hackers in a TK Maxx parking lot managed to steal 94m credit card details costing the organization $1bn; how a 17 year old leaked the data of 157,000 TalkTalk customers causing a reputational disaster; how Mirai can infect companies' Internet of Things devices and let hackers control them; how a sophisticated malware attack on Sony caused corporate embarrassment and company-wide shut down; and how a phishing attack on Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta's email affected the outcome of the 2016 US election.

Cyber Wars: Hacks that Shocked the Business World

Product Description 
An impassioned exploration of the ways in which social media has manipulated us all\n‘Witty, rigorous, and as urgent as a fire alarm’ Dorian Lynskey\n‘Cooly prosecutorial’ Guardian\nNobody meant for this to happen.\nFacebook didn’t mean to facilitate a genocide.\nTwitter didn’t want to be used to harass women.\nYouTube never planned to radicalise young men.\nBut with billions of users, these platforms need only tweak their algorithms to generate more ‘engagement’. In so doing, they bring unrest to previously settled communities and erode our relationships.\nSocial warming has happened gradually – as a by-product of our preposterously convenient digital existence. But the gradual deterioration of our attitudes and behaviour on- and offline – this vicious cycle of anger and outrage – is real. And it can be corrected. Here’s how. 
 Review 
‘Social media was meant to bring us closer together. Instead, it tore us apart. Charles Arthur has written the definitive account of how arrogance and greed got us into this mess, and how we might get out of it. Witty, rigorous, and as urgent as a fire alarm.’ -- Dorian Lynskey\n‘A guide to how the apps we use every day are hacking our politics, our society, and even who we are. It reads like science fiction, except he’s describing our world – right now.’ -- Ian Dunt\n‘Coolly prosecutorial’ ― 
Guardian\n‘A compelling account of how a handful of social media platforms came to dominate society and how to minimise the damage they cause, because “We can’t uninvent them”.’ ― 
Mirror\n‘The rapidity with which social media has come to dominate communications in this country – in less than two decades – has been breathtaking… Arthur helps bring the whole complex issue into greater focus here. He looks at the origins of social media, describing its early promise, and then follows the dangerous paths the phenomenon has been taking in recent years.’ -- Booklist\n‘Fascinating… As “connected” as we may feel on social media, 
Social Warming thoroughly shows how detached we’ve all become not just online but in real life too.’ ― 
Porchlight 
 About the Author 
Charles Arthur is a journalist, author and speaker, writing on science and technology for over thirty years. He was technology editor of the 
Guardian from 2005–2014, and afterwards carried out research into social division at Cambridge University. He is the author of two specialist books, 
Digital Wars and 
Cyber Wars.

Social Warming: How Social Media Polarises Us All

Science & Math

Technology

Oneworld Publications

'Witty, rigorous, and as urgent as a fire alarm' Dorian Lynskey 'Cooly prosecutorial'&nbsp;Guardian Nobody meant for this to happen. Facebook didn't mean to facilitate a genocide. Twitter didn't want to be used to harass women. YouTube never planned to radicalise young men. But with billions of users, these platforms need only tweak their algorithms to generate more 'engagement'. In so doing, they bring unrest to previously settled communities and&nbsp;erode our relationships.&nbsp; Social warming has happened gradually - as a by-product of our preposterously convenient digital existence. But the gradual deterioration of our attitudes and behaviour on- and offline - this vicious cycle of anger and outrage - is real. And it can be corrected. Here's how.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

During two centuries of independence from colonial rule, Haiti has developed into a society quite distinct from those found in the rest of the region. Hollywood-derived images of black magic and Graham Greene-inspired conceptions of a "nightmare republic" do scant justice to the reality of life for those who make up the third largest population in the Caribbean. How did the slaves of France's most prosperous colony defeat the armies of Napoleon, Spain, and Britain? Why did the U.S. occupation of 1915-34 fail to establish a plantation economy in Haiti? Haiti in Focus is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to this fascinating country. The guide explores the land, history and politics, economy, society and people, culture and environment, and includes tips on where to go and what to see.

In Focus Haiti: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture

Travel

Caribbean

Interlink Pub Group Inc

Social Warming: The Dangerous and Polarising Effects of Social Media

Sociology

During two centuries of independence from colonial rule, Haiti has developed into a society quite distinct from those found in the rest of the region. Hollywood-derived images of black magic, and Graham Green-inspired conceptions of a "nightmare republic" do scant justice to the reality of life for those who make up the third largest population in the Caribbean. This work addresses these questions, and provides an up-to-date guide to the people, politics and culture of this Caribbean nation.

Haiti In Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (Latin America In Focus)

History

Americas

Latin America Bureau (LAB)

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The Art of Passing the Buck, Vol I; Secrets of Wills and Trusts Revealed

The Art of Passing the Buck, Vol 2

Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet

Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet

Cyber Wars: Hacks that Shocked the Business World

Social Warming: How Social Media Polarises Us All

Social Warming: How Social Media Polarises Us All

In Focus Haiti: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture

Social Warming: The Dangerous and Polarising Effects of Social Media

Haiti In Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (Latin America In Focus)