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Behind the scenes in Silicon Valley, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock) is a sought-after adviser to heads of companies and heads of state. On each episode of his podcast, Masters of Scale, he sits down with a guest from an all-star list of visionary founders and leaders, digging into the surprising strategies that power their company’s growth. In this book, he draws on their most riveting, revealing stories - as well as his own experience as a founder and investor - to distill the secrets behind the most extraordinary success stories of our times.

William and Jim Reid, brothers and founding members of The Jesus and Mary Chain—a band that bridged the gap between the punk explosion and the emergence of grunge and Britpop—chronicle the chaos, confusion, and stories behind their music.

On July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado, a man in dark body armor and a gas mask entered a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises with a tactical shotgun, a high-capacity assault rifle, and a sidearm. Soon twelve were dead and fifty-eight were wounded. A Dark Night in Aurora uses the twenty-three hours of unredacted interview transcripts never seen by the public and Reid’s research to bring the listener inside the mind of a mass murderer. The result is chilling, gripping study of abnormal psychology and how a lovely boy named Jimmy became a killer.

Welcome to four more tales of sexual submission and domination, where defiance is met with harsh punishment. Following on from Sex Slaves, this second compilation delves deeper in to the relationship between Master and slave, Mistress and pupil. Feel the agony of sexual denial and the pleasure derived by administering it. Feel what it is like to be begged for sexual release. The power!

The lovely redhead Hazel is a small town girl with exactly the innocence and charm that Miles Hetherington is looking for. Under his influence, the naive 22 year old gives in to her repressed sexual desires, and when Miles invites her to work for him at his London Hotel she jumps at the chance. What Hazel doesn't realise is that Miles is an experienced Master with the intention of turning her into a full time sexual slave to serve at his newest enterprise, Bondage Hotel.

A sex slave. For most the thought is one of horror. The degradation, the humiliation and desperation. To use another to satiate your own kinky sexual needs. You are the Master in total control of their mind and body, of their will. To command them and they obey. Naked. On their knees. Sprawled face down. Tied up. Gagged. Any way you desire them. Their body ready and compliant. They are yours. A sex slave. Be honest. Haven’t you ever dreamed of having one?

Welcome to volume three of the Sex Slaves series. Welcome to the Abused. Introducing four more tales of abduction and forced submission, of a life of sexual servitude. Where your Master must be served well...or else suffer the consequences! We tell of distant lands with palaces of depravity where young virgins are deflowered; of islands with hidden dungeons and torture chambers; and a cabin deep in the woods where no one will hear you scream.

Welcome to the fifth volume in the Sex Slaves series by Mars Audio Books - Sex Slaves 5: Rough Love. This compilation comprises more stories of exotic slave-training compounds, abduction and forced submission, of a life of sexual servitude - where you must serve your master well...or else suffer the punishing consequences.

Maxine Osborne discovers a massive fraud being perpetrated in her company and takes her findings to CEO Andrew Morrison. She’s unaware that Morrison and his fellow directors, Carlo Crespi and Dawnelle O’Keefe, are the authors of the fraud, and that they’re in league with the Japanese owner of the company, Ozeki Shimatsu. It’s clear to the Directors that Maxine cannot be allowed to reveal what she knows, and desperate action must be taken. In a meeting to discuss her findings, she’s seized, handcuffed, gagged and stripped of her clothes.

Meri and Alain Danvers first appeared in Against Her Will: The Abduction of Kat Bloom. Now their story continues....Police Captain Alain Danvers is madly in love with his new bride and she with him. But Meredith is quite a handful! When police business forces an early end to their honeymoon, Meri takes off in a rage. To earn her way back into her husband’s good graces, she’ll need to grovel at his feet. But this is just the beginning.

Stan, Jack and Mike set off for a week of hunting in the wilderness, but it's not just guns and backpacks that they bring along. As they've done in the past, they hire a sexy young co-ed to provide the night-time entertainment. This year's girl, Susan, has been warned to expect some pretty kinky sex, but the game gets started all too fast for the wary newbie. When the company makes camp for the night, she's ordered to strip and give all three men a first taste of her voluptuous body.

Karl, a good looking Danish guy; and Asha, an extraordinarily beautiful Asian woman, both work in the UK headquarters of a European cell phone operator. He finds her attractive, intelligent, and great company. Asha admits she likes Karl, but when he asks her out, she turns him down and he is left feeling puzzled. While attending a senior management meeting in Prague, Karl suggests that Asha be offered a sales position. She interviews, is offered the job, and as a thank-you Asha goes on a date with Karl.

Desperately wanting to get away from home for the summer, Dori Hammond, talks her father into sending her to a summer riding school. However, she quickly learns that this is not a traditional riding school, and its unusual training methods are cause for alarm. However, having signed the required contract, she and the other students are obliged to submit to a rigorous training regimen. Unbeknownst to them, they’ll be methodically transformed into human ponies. Though the girls may resist the humiliating treatment, they often experience an overwhelming sexual satisfaction....

This compilation comprises more stories of exotic slave training compounds; abduction and forced submission; of a life of sexual servitude—where you must serve your Master well...or else suffer the punishing consequences.

This compilation comprises more stories of slave auctions and training compounds; abduction and forced submission; of a life of sexual servitude - where you must serve your Master well...or else suffer the punishing consequences.

Shipwrecked on Marquis Island, three couples are drawn to an aging estate house. Its caretaker tells them the bizarre sexual history of the island, and then presents them with The Marquis Book of Pleasure, an unusual volume of erotica that lures the three women into submission and their husbands toward crude and dominant desires.

In Summer School, Lucy von Holt arrived at the Vermont Riding School for Pony Girl training and BDSM encounters after a tumultuous trip across the Atlantic. All courtesy of her weirdo boyfriend, who was unhappy that she would not sleep with him. This sequel, After School, tells the rest of the story. Lucy is shipped back to Europe on an air freighter and ends up in a convent in Bulgaria where the nuns happily go about improving her demeanor and, among other things, her Pony skills.

Thousands of years ago in another kingdom, there was a great battle between the forces of good and evil. She stayed behind to serve the king. He followed Lucifer and was cast out of heaven. Distance and loyalties come between the guardian angel and the fallen angel, but there was one thing time couldn’t destroy. Despite the fact that Sonya watches over human souls and Nimbus seeks to ruin them, neither one has ever stopped loving each other. But angels and demons are forbidden to mate.

The CEO of Nextwave hires Brandon to test the security of their exciting new product, the Brainset, which allows users to communicate directly with the internet through a web of sensors installed directly on their brains. Brandon discovers that the company's beautiful and bitchy VP of Marketing, Hannah, has secretly installed her own Brainset. Hannah is livid when Brandon decides to conduct his security tests on her rather than on the five official testers, but she quickly discovers that she is powerless to stop him.

Martin Groves, a 26-year-old ‘love rat’, has been cheating on his wife, Kirsty, for nearly three years. When she finally discovers his infidelity, she throws him out and Martin lands at a B&B run by Emma, an officer in the local prison. While his new landlady is pleasant enough, Martin quickly learns that her husband left her for a barmaid, and she’s become particularly hostile to men. When she assigns her new boarder a number of domestic chores, he willingly agrees. And so begins Emma’s deliberate scheme to make Martin her slavish houseboy.