The Nation-Free Recipe

Readers who finished the acclaimed 2018 first edition swiftly dove into a second reading. Why the page-turning intrigue? This enriched edition builds on the book’s fundamental magnetism for the open-minded - smiling at the wonders of human psychology woven subtly through seeming coincidences. Masterfully staged events feature an ascending cast, yet nothing is random. Will you love finding yourself challenged and enthralled? The recipe is served.

Europe endured grave suffering in the 20th century, as conspiring empires played citizens against each other. This book unlocks coded fairytales in political history, made more precious by its unexpected messenger. Readers can uncover how to adjust their interpretive keys, as the powerful secretly do.

Intelligence services bank on public ignorance and misunderstanding. This book checks their ledger. Next, it explores the dicey ‘Book of Ideas’ gifting game amongst spy agencies vying for influence. Other dispatches: Implanted ideological triggers as viral memes, the Iron Curtain as an extension of divisions sown by elites, cracks in the Cambridge spy ring novel, and why updating one’s mental maps is necessary for freedom.

Saimir A. Lolja, Assoc-Prof, Ph.D., PEng, BSc, BEd, Wharton School EDP, graduated in Chemical Engineering in 1987 and was a faculty member at the University of Tirana, Albania, 1987–2000. He relocated to Canada in 2000, researched at the University of Toronto 2000–2005, and lectured at Ryerson University 2002–2012. He is a scientific author and reviewer in Elsevier Science and Francis & Taylor Science journals. He authored the papers “The Proof of the Fermat’s Conjecture in the Correct Domain”, 2018, and “The Preservation of Albanian Tongue (Shqip) Since the Beginning”, 2019. His media contributions rest on history, holocaust, heritage, politics, elections, book reviews, science, psychology, and linguistics.