Author: Mathias Enard File Type: epub Exiled from his family for religious transgressions related to his feelings for his cousin, Lakhdar finds himself on the streets of Barcelona, hiding from both the police and the Muslim Group for the Propagation of Koranic Thoughts, a group he worked for in Tangier, Morocco, not long after being thrown out on the streets by his father. Lakhdars transformations, from a boy into a man, from a devout Muslim into a sinner, take place against the backdrop of some of the most important events of the past few years the violence and exciting eruption of the Arab Spring and the devastating collapse of Europes economy. If all that isnt enough, Lakhdar reunites with a childhood friend, one who is planning an assassination, a murder Lakhdar opposes.

Author: Joseph Turow File Type: epub A revealing and surprising look at the ways that aggressive consumer advertising and tracking, already pervasive online, are coming to a retail store near you By one experts prediction, within twenty years half of Americans will have body implants that tell retailers how they feel about specific products as they browse their local stores. The notion may be outlandish, but it reflects executives drive to understand shoppers in the aisles with the same obsessive detail that they track us online. In fact, a hidden surveillance revolution is already taking place inside brick-and-mortar stores, where Americans still do most of their buying. Drawing on his interviews with retail executives, analysis of trade publications, and experiences at insider industry meetings, advertising and digital studies expert Joseph Turow pulls back the curtain on these trends, showing how a new hyper-competitive generation of merchantsincluding Macys, Target, and Walmartis already using data mining, in-store tracking, and predictive analytics to change the way we buy, undermine our privacy, and define our reputations. Eye-opening and timely, Turows book is essential reading to understand the future of shopping.**Review[Joseph Turows] book offers invaluable insights about in-store data-gathering, including frank observations from unnamed industry sources. . . . Valuable reading for shoppers and retailers alike. ---Kirkus Book Description Most Americans move through stores unaware of the beacons, lighting, sound signals, bar codes, and purchase histories that retailers use to track them and to decide how to treat them. In this timely and eye-opening call to attention, media expert Joseph Turow details this unfolding shopping revolution and assesses its repercussions.