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Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time-war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism-in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more divisive than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin engines of enlightenment-a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science.After thinking deeply about how a scientist views the world and about what Earth looks like from space, Tyson has found that terrestrial thoughts change as our brain resets and recalibrates life's priorities, along with the actions we might take in response. As a result, no outlook on culture, society, or civilisation remains untouched.In Starry Messenger, Tyson reveals just how human the enterprise of science is. Far from a cold, unfeeling undertaking, scientific methods, tools, and discoveries have shaped modern civilisation and created the landscape we've built for ourselves on which to live, work, and play. Tyson shows how an infusion of science and rational thinking renders worldviews deeper and more informed than ever before-and exposes unfounded perspectives and unjustified emotions.With crystalline prose and an abundance of evidence, Starry Messenger walks us through the scientific palette that sees and paints the world differently. From lessons on resolving global conflict to reminders of how precious it is to be alive, Tyson reveals, with warmth and eloquence, ten surprising, brilliant, and beautiful truths of human society, informed and enlightened by knowledge of our place in the universe.
In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, the anchoring of democracy in America and the fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals all grew out of Europe's dehumanising engagement with the "darkest" continent. Born in Blackness dramatically retrieves the lives of major African historical figures whose stories have been repeatedly etiolated and erased over centuries, from unimaginably rich medieval African emperors who traded with Asia; to Kongo sovereigns who heroically battled seventeenth-century European powers; to ex-slaves who liberated Haitians from bondage. In doing so, French tells the story of gold, tobacco, sugar and cotton-and the greatest "commodity" of all, the millions of people brought in chains from Africa to the New World, whose reclaimed histories fundamentally help explain our present world.
How terror was used by Zionist militias to transform Palestine into an apartheid settler state. The Israel-Palestine “conflict” is typically understood to be a clash between two ethnic groups—Arabs and Jews—inhabiting the same land. Thomas Suárez digs deep below these preconceptions and their supporting “narratives” to expose something starkly different: The violent take-over of Palestine by a European racial-nationalist settler movement, Zionism, using terror to assert by force a claim to the land that has no legal or moral basis. Drawing extensively from original source documents, many revealed here for the first time, Suárez interweaves secret intelligence reports, newly-declassified military and diplomatic correspondence, and the terrorists’ own records boasting of their successes. His shocking account details a litany of Zionist terrorism against anyone in their way—the indigenous Palestinians, the British who had helped establish Zionism, and Jews who opposed the Zionist agenda. Far from being isolated atrocities by rogue groups, the use of terror was deliberate and sustained, carried out or supported by the same leaders who then established and led the Israeli state. We are still living this history: The book proves that Israel's regime of Apartheid against the Palestinians and the continued expropriation of their country are not the result of complex historical circumstances, but the intended, singular goal of Zionism since its beginning.
You know your company is amazing. You say your company is amazing. But why should your customers believe you? In a crowded consumer courtroom full of shady advertisers claiming to be the best, fastest, and most caring, your brand is literally on trial - and you had better deliver the proof. In Prove It, StoryFuel founder Melanie Deziel and master of influence Phil M. Jones show you how to leverage every content marketing tool in the box to blast through doubt and win the case with your customers. Using real-world examples from trusted brands across dozens of industries, they'll walk you step-by-step through the process of identifying and categorizing your business promises - even the ones you don't realize you're making. You'll learn how to apply strategies like corroboration, demonstration, and education to a marketing context to show - not tell! - the convenience of your offerings, your comparability with the competition, your connection to your community, your competence in your industry, and your commitment to your values. And you'll discover the right format and platform to deliver each type of evidence to make sure your "jury of consumers" connects with your case. It's time to stand out from all the brands that shout "trust us, we're great!" at a skeptical audience. Your customers are waiting for you to prove it. So pick up this book and find out how.
“A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman “An absolute eye-opener.” —Frans de Waal A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkers A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin—the “anthropologist on Mars,” as Oliver Sacks dubbed her—transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired. Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, the ability to assemble furniture without crying? You are likely a visual thinker. With her genius for demystifying science, Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed, she reveals, and a more varied one, from the photo-realistic object visualizers like Grandin herself, with their intuitive knack for design and problem solving, to the abstract, mathematically inclined “visual spatial” thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking. She also makes us understand how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace. Rather than continuing to waste their singular gifts, driving a collective loss in productivity and innovation, Grandin proposes new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, and collaborating with visual thinkers. In a highly competitive world, this important book helps us see, we need every mind on board.
The inspirational final book from the legendary leadership expert Stephen R. Covey, internationally best-selling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. How do you live your best life, no matter your age? How should you approach the challenges and opportunities of middle to later life-like raising children, caring for parents, managing and inspiring others, and staying on top of your career and what comes next? In Live Life in Crescendo Stephen R. Covey sets out to answer these questions, outlining his vision for those in the prime of your life, whatever age you may be. To live life in crescendo is to continually grow in contribution, learning, and influence. In the same way that music builds on previous notes but leaves us anticipating the next note, a life builds on the past but unfolds in the future. The Crescendo Mentality urges readers to use whatever you have - your time, talents, skills, resources, gifts, passion, money, influence - to enrich the lives of people around you. Written near the end of his life and published posthumously, Live Life in Crescendo is a life-changing and life-affirming book infused with Covey's generosity and wisdom.
Britain's relationship with Russia is surprisingly under-explored. When the two formed a pragmatic alliance and fought together at Navarino in 1827, it was overwhelmingly the work of the British prime minister, George Canning. His death brought about a volte-face that would see the countries fighting on opposite sides in the Crimean War and jostling for power during the Great Game. It was not until the 1917 revolution that another statesman had a defining impact on relations between Britain and Russia: Winston Churchill opposed Bolshevism, yet he never stopped advocating diplomatic and military engagement with Russia. In the Second World War, he recognised earlier than most the necessity of allying with the Soviets against the menace of Nazi Germany - as well as the post-war threat to freedom posed by the Soviets themselves.Bringing us into the twenty-first century, Owen chronicles how both countries have responded to their geopolitical decline. Drawing on both imperial and Soviet history, he explains the unique nature of Putin's autocracy and addresses Britain's return to 'blue water' diplomacy. With Owen's characteristic insight and expertise, Riddle, Mystery, and Enigma depicts a relationship governed by principle as often as by suspicion, expediency, and outright necessity.
An inside account of the multi-billion pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art of deal-making. The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur. It describes Guy Hand's career in private equity, first at Nomura and then as head of his own company, Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years, involving everything from cinema chains and pubs to waste management, aircraft leasing and green energy. And it offers a brutally honest appraisal of the deal that almost bankrupted him - the acquisition of multinational music recording and publishing company EMI in 2007, just as a global financial crash loomed on the horizon. Above all, he gives the reader a real sense of what it's like inside the secretive world of private equity, describing in frank detail the pressures and rewards involved. Insightful and page-turning, The Dealmaker will prove inspirational and essential reading for all those who want to understand how huge business negotiations are done, and what makes one of private equity's biggest players tick.
For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence?Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses maplike structures to build a model of the world-not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought. A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the understanding of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word. One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2021One of Bill Gates' Five Favorite Books of 2021
The communication and leadership secrets of Jeff Bezos and how to master them, from the bestselling author of Talk Like Ted. Jeff Bezos is a dreamer who turned a bold idea into the world's most influential company, a brand that likely touches your life every day. As a student of leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way Amazonians write, collaborate, innovate, pitch, and present. He created a scalable model that grew from a small team in a Seattle garage to one of the world's largest employers. The Bezos Blueprint by Carmine Gallo reveals the communication strategies that Jeff Bezos pioneered to fuel Amazon's astonishing growth. As one of the most innovative and visionary entrepreneurs of our time, Bezos reimagined the way leaders write, speak, and motivate teams and customers. The communication tools Bezos created are so effective that former Amazonians who worked directly with Bezos adopted them as blueprints to start their own companies. Now, these tools are available to you.
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR “I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie...The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong.” — Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient "Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classics…Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. They are all clues.” -- New York Times Book Review A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party. The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast. And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?
Where were you the night Lina Stavred went missing? 'A terrific twisting roller-coaster of a thriller.' PETER JAMES'Intensely gripping.' CHRIS WHITAKERThe case was closed. Lina Stavred went missing 20 years ago. A local boy confessed to her murder - but the body was never found. The records were sealed. Since then, the people of Adalen have avoided talking about that painful summer, preferring to leave the past untouched. But we know you remember. Now Lina's murderer has reappeared. This is detective Eira Sjoedin's chance to untangle years of well-kept secrets - but the truth is something Adalen would rather forget. 'Atmospheric, immersive and utterly compelling.' M. W. CRAVEN'Truly gripping!' J. M. DALGLEISH'Midsommar meets Mare of Easttown . . . A police procedural with panache.' O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINEREADERS CAN'T PUT IT DOWN:'Breathtaking!' 5* review'There are twists and turns and dead ends galore!' 5* review'A brilliant story with a very likeable police detective.' 5* review'Really loved this Scandi crime story. Had me guessing to the end!' 5* review**BOOK TWO, YOU WILL NEVER BE FOUND, NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!**
"A deeply compelling and immersive narrative about love, desire, loneliness and landscape."-Elif Shafak (on book 1 of the series)"Altan uses a Tolstoyan combination of the epic and the intimate to explore questions of national identity and historical narrative."-The Observer"Altan's descriptions of a stifling atmosphere of authoritarian repression in Istanbul in the early 1900s conjure up constant comparisons with today's Turkey."-The TLSThe third book in the Ottoman Quartet, set in the years leading up to WWI, is steeped in the tumultuous events and the political struggle that shaped 20th century Turkey, from the war against the Bulgarian army and the coup that resulted in the nation's one-party rule. Against this background, a tormented, obsessive love affair unfolds between Nizam, the son of Hikmet Bey, and Russian pianist Anya. This tapestry of love and war allows Altan to analyse the structure of male power and its degeneration into violence against women, uncompromising nationalism, and pervasive censorship. Atan confirms himself as a caustic, courageous writer, never afraid to denounce an arrogant and undemocratic power, allowing the reader to read between the lines the situation of contemporary Turkey.
From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbookmade into the Academy Awardwinning movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Coopercomes a poignant and hopeful novel about a widower who takes in a grieving teenager and inspires a magical revival in their small town. Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a heroeveryone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst, Karl. It is only when Eli, an eighteen-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins camping out in Lucas's backyard that an unlikely alliance takes shape and the two embark on a journey to heal their neighbors and, most importantly, themselves. From Matthew Quick, whose work has been described by the Boston Herald as ';like going to your favorite restaurant. You just know it is going to be good,' We Are the Light is an unforgettable novel about the quicksand of grief and the daily miracle of love. The humorous, soul-baring story of Lucas Goodgame offers an antidote to toxic masculinity and celebrates the healing power of art. In this tale that will stay with you long after the final page is turned, Quick reminds us that life is full of guardian angels.
Healing Through Words is a guided tour on the journey back to the self, a cathartic and mindful exploration through writing. This carefully curated collection of exercises asks only that you be vulnerable and honest, both with yourself and the page. You don't need to be a writer to take this walk; you just need to write - that's all.
The mesmerising new novel from Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement. The world is forever changing. But for so many of us, old wounds run deep. Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. 'Lessons is deep and wide, ambitious and humble, wise and substantial... McEwan's best novel in 20 years' New Statesman 'Superb... A wonderful author has delivered another mesmerising, memorable novel' Independent 'Lessons triumphantly achieves its primary aim of conveying the "commonplace and wondrous" intertwining of global history and everyday life' Daily Telegraph While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five years later, as the radiation from the Chernobyl disaster spreads across Europe, Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes and he is forced to confront the reality of his rootless existence and look for answers in his family history. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Covid pandemic and climate change, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, he seeks solace through every possible means -- literature, travel, friendship, drugs, politics, sex and love. His journey raises important questions. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape us and our memories? What role do chance and contingency play in our existence? And what can we learn from the traumas of the past?
She knew it wasn't a suicide... but can she prove it? Dr. Annick Boudreau is shaken when the Vancouver Police inform her that her patient, Danielle, has disappeared. A suicide note is proof enough for police to declare her missing, presumed dead. But to Annick, this can’t be an open and shut case. Having worked with Danielle through her depression, Annick is convinced that she was getting better. Determined to find out what happened to her patient, Annick finds herself at the centre of a dark, tangled web, but can she confront the threat that’s stalking her city, before the case is sealed for good? A gripping psychological mystery starring investigator Dr Annick Boudreau.
'A modern day re-telling of Robin Hood, Book One of The Ravenhood series is set to be a viral read . . . giving us all the steam. Buckle up.' - Glamour MagazineKate Stewart's Ravenhood Trilogy is a gritty, sexy, romantic, modern day take on Robin Hood with breathtaking twists. "In your heart of hearts, if you didn't have to choose, would you?"The deal is simple: all nineteen-year-old student Cecilia Horner has to do is survive a year in the small town of Triple Falls, living with her estranged father and working at his factory. In return, he'll not only pay her college tuition but will hand over a small fortune that will enable Cecilia to help her single mother. . . But everything changes when she meets sexy local Sean on her first day of work. He introduces her to his close knit circle of friends - including the enigmatic Dominic - a group who live by their own rules and brandish the same raven tattoo . . . Cecilia has always played it safe, but, blinded by her growing feelings for Sean and Dominic, she's determined to enjoy her last summer of freedom and be open to new experiences no matter where they might lead . . . This unconventional love story is a white knuckle ride filled with suspense, steam, addictive bad boys, action, and ALL OF THE FEELS. Books in this bestselling series are Flock, Exodus and The Finish Line.
'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far' SFX Review Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best Anne Enright, Guardian A triumph of storytelling i paper A joy. 'Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart Daily Mail ____________ The first short story collection in ten years from the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo MacArthur genius and Booker Prize-winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of December The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose - wickedly funny, unsentimental, and perfectly tuned - Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: here is a collection of prismatic, deeply resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality. 'Love Letter' is a tender missive from grandfather to grandson, in the midst of a dystopian political situation in the not-too-distant future, that reminds us of our obligations to our ideals, ourselves, and each other. 'Ghoul' is set in a Hell-themed section of an underground amusement park in Colorado, and follows the exploits of a lonely, morally complex character named Brian, who comes to question everything he takes for granted about his 'reality.' In 'Mother s Day', two women who loved the same man come to an existential reckoning in the middle of a hailstorm. And in 'Elliott Spencer', our eighty-nine-year-old protagonist finds himself brainwashed - his memory 'scraped' - a victim of a scheme in which poor, vulnerable people are reprogrammed and deployed as political protesters. Together, these nine subversive, profound, and essential stories coalesce into a case for viewing the world with the same generosity and clear-eyed attention as Saunders does, even in the most absurd of circumstances. ____________ 'The only way to experience Saunders s oblique, farcical, tragic world is to dive right in. It will take the top of your head off, but it s worth it The Times 'The world s best short story writer Liberation Day is great art' Daily Telegraph
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A wonderful collection, brilliant and often moving ... Both mind-expanding and cosmic while utterly rooted in our urban reality' NEIL GAIMAN 'One of the great fiction minds of his generation' ROLLING STONE In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work and features many never-before-published pieces, international bestselling author and legendary creator of From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and other modern classics, Alan Moore, presents nine stories full of wonder and strangeness, each taking us deeper into the fantastical underside of reality. In A Hypothetical Lizard, two concubines in a brothel for fantastical specialists fall in love, with tragic ramifications. In Not Even Legend, a paranormal study group is infiltrated by one of the otherworldly beings they seek to investigate. In Illuminations, a nostalgic older man decides to visit a seaside resort from his youth and finds the past all too close at hand. And in the monumental novella What We Can Know About Thunderman, which charts the surreal and Kafkaesque history of the comics industry over the last seventy-five years through several sometimes-naive and sometimes-maniacal people rising and falling on its career ladders, Moore reveals the dark, beating heart of the superhero business. From ghosts and otherworldly creatures to theoretical Boltzmann brains fashioning the universe at the big bang, Illuminations is exactly that - a series of bright, startling tales from a contemporary legend that reveal the full power of imagination and magic. 'One of the most significant fiction writers in English ... Moore s influence can be felt everywhere in our literature, on our screens, in our politics' GUARDIAN
يكتب يعرب العيسى قصة مايك الشرقي بنفس استقصائي ، يجمع بين الصحفي والسيري ، السياسي والاجتماعي ، التفلسف والطرافة ، في سياق ملاحقته لقصة الرجل الذي سيصبح مسيحا دجالا . صحيح انها رواية عن شخصية تصعد الى القوة والسيطرة والنفوذ ، لكن الصحيح ايضا أنها تروي في الوقت ذاته ، المسارات الحزينة لتاريخ هذا الشرق المحكوم بالفساد والحروب والذي يسير الى نهاياته بقدم واثقة .
استوحت عدلي روايتها من سحر الفيوم وفنون العمارة فيها وآثارها الضاربة في عمق التاريخ، ومن حضارة روما ومتاحفها العريقة. ورسمت ملامح المشهد السردي، وأبعاده، ووظيفته الأيديولوجية، من خلال حكايتين اثنتين أساسيتين تسردهما الرواية وتقارن بينهما. الأولى تعود إلى القرن الأول بعد الميلاد، والثانية إلى أواخر القرن العشرين وصولا إلى القرن الواحد والعشرين. وعلى هذا التباعد في الزمن الروائي فإن ثمة تقاطعا في الأمكنة الروائية، ذلك أن شخصيات الحكايتين تجوب الأماكن عينها، وتشترك في طريقة التفاعل مع الأماكن ومواجهة العقبات التي تضعها الحياة في طريقها.
لحكامنا أخطاء عندما يعلموننا الطاعة ، لأنهم يعلموننا العبودية ولا يعلموننا العدالة ، الذين يبحثون عن الحرية لن يتعلموها عند حكام الدنيا ، وللحياة خيارات واردة الحدوث ، ونحن كالاطفال الذين سبقوا نموهم الطبيعي وفي مستشفى العالم الدنيوي المجنون يحن قلبه وليس عقله ، فالمجانين لا يكذبون .. وعدالة العرب كعدالة العنكبوت يأكل أفراد العائلة الواحدة حق بعضهم البعض في تمرد على الحق وليس التمرح على الظلم ...
هذا الكتاب عن الحبّ ولكن ليس رواية عاطفية. هذا الكتاب عن الحب مع إضافة عبارتين إلى هذه المفردة. الحب “في بيروت” و“عبر الديجيتال”. تخيّلوا معي كيف سيكون شكل العلاقات العاطفية في مدينة معطوبة وعبر سلك سريع ورقيق.
يهل انتابك يومًا الشعور بالضيق؟ هل شعرت بالتوتر ذات مرة؟ هل سبق لك أن شعرت بالقلق؟ هل شعرت من قبل بالهم، أو الاستياء، أو الألم؟ هل سبق لك أن أصابك الحزن، أو الاكتئاب، أو اليأس؟ هل شعرت ذات مرة بالتعاسة أو مررت بمزاج سيئ؟ إذا سبق لك أن شعرت بأي من هذه المشاعر ذات مرة، فإن حياتك إذن، حسب "أنتوني دي ميل او ، عبارة عن فوضى . قد ترى أنه من الطبيعي أن تصيبك مشاعر سلبية على مدار اليوم، ولكن ليس من المفترض أن تسير الحياة على هذا النحو، فبمقدورك أن تعيش حياتك بالكامل من دون ألم، أو ضيق، أو قلق، أو خوف، وأن تعيش في سعادة مستمرة. تُظهر لنا الحياة أن ثمة طريقة دائمًا لوضع حد لمعاناتنا، وأن ثمة مخرجًا دائمًا من كل موقف صعب نمر به، ولا سيما المواقف المعقدة، ولكننا لا نرى هذا المخرج، فنحن غارقون في مشكلاتنا، وغافلون عن المخرج الماثل أمام أعيننا مباشرة من جميع المشكلات للأبد.!
مثل هذا الكتاب بؤرة ما نقاتل من أجله يوميًّا في شركة جو آند ذا جوس، وهو بناء علامة تجارية تتطلع إلى مستويات غير مسبوقة من الأهداف الأسمى في تكوين العلاقة بين موظفينا ومكان عملنا. هذا أمر لا بد منه لأي شخص طموح في الحياة». كاسبار باس، المؤسس والرئيس التنفيذي لشركة جو آند ذا جوس
يوضح الكتاب، الذي بين يديك، مبدأ التواصل الخالد ويستكشفه، ثم ينتقل به إلى مستوى أعلى؛ وهو التواصل الفعال، والكتاب مليء بمقولات عن كيفية التواصل في علاقات ملتزمة، وستساعدك مبادئ الفعالية البشرية أنت وشريك حياتك على الازدهار، بغضِّ النظر عن موطنك أو ظروفك. كما يستعرض هذا الكتاب الرائع كيف استكشف ستيفن كوفي وزوجته ساندرا وأبناؤهما - وأفراد آخرون من عائلتهما - العادات السبع، وحاولوا أن يعيشوا وفقًا لها، وقد عرفتُ - أنا جون - ستيفن طوال حياتي؛ فهو أخي الأكبر، ورأت زوجتي جين مدى تأثيره في حياتي، وقد شاهدنا معًا علاقة ستيفن وساندرا السعيدة والملتزمة التي أثرت في أجيال، ونحن ممتنَّان لتأثيرها الرائع في حياتنا الشخصية والزوجية، ونشهد بأنهما كانا دائمًا قدوة رائعة في الشراكة الفعالة والسعيدة والحقيقية.
لعل ما تتطلبه مرحلة المراهقة-من تحقيق التوازن بين أداء كومة الفروض المنزلية التي لا تبدو لها نهاية أبدا، و أداء الأنشطة غير المدرسية، ثم إيجاد وقت للاستمتاع بمرافقة الأصدقاء و التعامل مع مشكلات تلك المرحلة - يجعلها مرحلة صعبة للغاية، و إن إيجاد طرق صحية للتعامل مع هذا التوتر قد يكون أكثر صعوبة(اقرأ: لا تتصفح مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي للمماطلة). لقد حان الوقت لتتبنى الوعي التام مع هذا الكتاب، ستجد في هذا الكتاب مفكرة هادفة تساعدك على إيجاد الوقت الذي تخصصه لرفاهيتك. ومن خلال هذه الأنشطة و المقولات التحفيزية، و العبارات التعزيزية، وتمارين التأمل الممتعة التي تمس حياتك وجميع المشكلات المصاحبة لها، ستكون قادرا على مواجهة تحديات المستقبل،ربما تكون الحياة قاسية،لكن ينبغي ألا تكون نظرتك إليها كذلك! اختر الوعي التام مع هذا الكتاب الذي بين يديك.
يقدم هذا الكتاب الأدوات والطرق الأهم في دورة التفكير التصميمي، وبناء على أكبر دراسة دولية في استخدام التفكير التصميمي، فأن هذا الكتاب يتضمن تفسيرات لأشهر طرق التفكير التصميمي من خبراء هذا المجال. إن التعليمات البسيطة ونصائح الخبراء والنماذج والصور التطبيقية، تجعل هذا الكتاب مصدراً قيماً خاصة للمبتدئين في التفكير التصميمي، وهو ملائم للمفكرين التصميمين الذين يريدون اعتياد على الأدوات بشكل سريع ومكثف، وهو التكملة المثالية للكتاب الأكثر مبيعاً The Design Thinking Playbook.
متى يكون عدم المعرفة أكثر قيمة من المعرفة؟لماذا تكون غالبًا في أفضل حالاتك عندما تكون جديدًا في مشروع ما، أو تقوم بأداء شيء للمرة الأولى؟كثيرًا ما طرحت على نفسي هذه التساؤلات؛ فعندما بلغت الرابعة والعشرين من عمري، بعد عام واحد فقط من تخرجي في كلية إدارة الأعمال، تم الزج بي في وظيفة إدارية؛ وذلك نتيجةً للظروف أكثر منها للقدرات. كنت أعمل في شركة أوراكل، التي كانت وقتها لا تزال شركة برمجيات
Victime d'un AVC, un romancier de 71 ans se retrouve en panne d'inspiration. La commande de Satanic Majesties, mini-série sur les Rolling Stones, est accueillie comme une opportunité inespérée. Lui qui méprise les biopics et le milieu du cinéma se prend progressivement au jeu. Apaisé, il peut poursuivre sa scandaleuse relation avec Esther, sa ravissante belle-fille de 23 ans. Prix Renaudot 2022.
Belle jeune fille élevée dans l'aristocratie anglaise, Alexandra Wickham semble promise à un brillant destin. Mais, à l'aube d'un nouveau conflit mondial, elle souhaite se rendre utile. Infirmière bénévole et polyglotte, elle est repérée puis recrutée par le renseignement britannique, qui la forme au métier d'espionne. Elle s'efforce de dissimuler sa double vie à Richard, son amoureux.
Enquête sur la relation amoureuse entre le duc et la duchesse de Windsor. Edward VIII renonce à son trône pour Wallis Simpson, une Américaine divorcée. Mais en 1950, celle-ci fait la connaissance de Jimmy Donahue, un jeune homosexuel de vingt ans son cadet dont elle s'entiche. Ils entament une relation adultérine et forment avec le duc un trio inséparable.
May Dodd, une jeune bourgeoise de Chicago, rejoint un convoi de femmes blanches destinées à épouser des guerriers cheyennes afin d'échapper à l'asile. Devenue la femme d'un chef indien, elle entreprend en 1877 un voyage vers Chicago avec Chance Hadley, Horse Boy et Martha Atwood. Elle espère y retrouver ses enfants. Récit du destin de l'héroïne de la trilogie Mille femmes blanches.
La vie du narrateur, un jeune professeur d'histoire, est bouleversée lorsqu'il rencontre Waldo Woodson Jr. Ce dernier est le responsable des discours de la députée Teddy Ruiz. Le narrateur est fasciné par la personnalité et la culture de Waldo qui devient pour lui un modèle. Ils travaillent ensemble pour la députée, mais la politique est un univers sombre et complexe pour le jeune idéaliste.
En 1937, Ruth, jeune femme juive, et Clara, communiste, décident de fuir l'Allemagne ensemble et trouvent refuge à Shanghai. Institutrice, la première tombe amoureuse d'un maître en calligraphie et donne naissance à une fille, Bo Xiao-Nao, avant de mourir sous les bombes américaines en 1945. Pour survivre, Bo Xiao-Nao ne peut compter que sur Clara et sur un carnet secret laissé par sa mère.
Dans ce carnet, Yeva, 12 ans, réfugiée dans un centre d'accueil à Budapest après avoir fui la guerre en Ukraine avec sa grand-mère, raconte l'attente, la peur, les souvenirs, l'injustice, l'urgence.
Ces lettres adressées aux jeunes constituent une profession de foi intellectuelle et morale de ce militaire, chef d'état-major des armées de 2014 à 2017. Elles ouvrent un chemin pour réapprendre à aimer la France et retrouver l'espérance.
Agatha Raisin découvre un cadavre dans un parc pendant sa pause déjeuner. La victime, connue sous le nom de l'Amiral, a été empoisonnée. L'inspecteur divisionnaire Wilkes pense que l'homme, qui avait un penchant pour la bouteille, aurait ingéré un herbicide contenu dans une bouteille de rhum. Toutefois, cette thèse ne convainc pas l'enquêtrice.
Quatre nouvelles personnes viennent boire une tasse au café Funiculi Funicula dans l'espoir de voyager dans le passé. Gôtarô souhaiterait revoir un ami décédé, Yukio veut exprimer à sa mère son regret de n'avoir pas été assez présent, Katsuki cherche à retrouver la femme qu'il n'a pas pu épouser et Kyioshi, un vieil enquêteur, aimerait offrir à son épouse un cadeau exceptionnel.
Ludivine Vancker, profileuse, est amenée à enquêter sur les nombreux crimes du tueur en série Charon, le passeur de morts.
Entre mai et juillet 2021, quinze écrivains ont passé chacun trois jours et trois nuits à l'abbaye de Lagrasse, entre Carcassonne et Narbonne. Ils témoignent de cette expérience, durant laquelle ils ont partagé la vie de prière et de travail des quarante moines vivant sur les lieux.
Une histoire de famille qui commence avec Guccio Gucci et son premier magasin à Florence en 1921 et se poursuit avec ses fils. Aldo développe la marque sur le marché international et s'installe à New York, Vasco s'occupe de la production à Florence, Rodolfo s'attache à asseoir la maison en Italie. Mais femmes, enfants, argent, amour et intérêts viennent bouleverser cette chronique.
Etudiante, Winona Farmington souhaite faire carrière dans l'édition à New York. Elle doit cependant interrompre ses études pour s'occuper de sa mère malade dans le Michigan. Des années après, coincée dans une relation amoureuse médiocre et sans perspective professionnelle, elle part en Angleterre, à Haversham, le village où se déroule sa série télévisée préférée, Beauchamp Hall.
Une adolescente qui grandit en banlieue parisienne vit une épopée tragi-comique, entre le combat avec son corps, sa relation avec ses parents, son évolution à l'école et ses rêves d'une ascension sociale qui lui permettrait de vivre de l'autre côté du périphérique.
Un soir, Yes, une jeune chienne, parvient à s'échapper de chez un zoophile et surgit chez un vieux couple formé par Sophie, une romancière, et Grieg, son compagnon. Elle, la narratrice, aime la marche en forêt tandis que lui vit retiré du monde. Une relation forte et enrichissante naît entre Sophie et Yes jusqu'au drame. Prix Femina 2022.
Fondée sur la pensée de Platon, Spinoza, Nietzsche, Jung, Bergson et Girard, une réflexion philosophique sur le désir confronté aux problématiques de la société contemporaine comme le consumérisme, le mimétisme social ou l'insatisfaction permanente. L'auteur explique l'importance de s'orienter vers des activités ou des personnes qui apportent de la joie et nourrissent l'élan vital.
Automne 1944, Rudi Graf, jeune ingénieur allemand, invente une puissante rocket pour explorer la Lune. Mais son rêve prend rapidement fin lorsque Hitler cherche à détruire l'Angleterre. Depuis les côtes néerlandaises, Rudi et son ami Wernher, ingénieur aérospatial et officier dans la SS, font en sorte de mener à bien ce projet.
A travers sa collection de tee-shirts, l'écrivain japonais livre des souvenirs, des anecdotes sur sa vie quotidienne, ses voyages, ses rencontres, son goût pour la bière, sa pratique de la course à pied, l'inspiration de certaines de ses nouvelles, entre autres.
120 autrices et auteurs livrent leur vision de la Terre à travers un court texte.
S'appuyant sur des témoignages et des documents inédits, l'auteur brosse le portrait de la proxénète Madame Claude. Née Fernande Grudet dans un milieu populaire d'Angers, elle découvre le milieu de la prostitution lorsqu'elle s'installe à Paris. Entre les années 1960 et 1970, elle est l'une des femmes les plus puissantes de la République française.
Le destin d'une femme qui, depuis toujours, entend l'histoire de personnes qui se sont rencontrées au bon et au mauvais moment, qui s'aiment en secret ou jusqu'à leur mort ou bien qui pensent avoir tout raté.
"Les livres sur Beyrouth ne traitent que de la guerre. Comme si cette ville n'avait d'autre thème à offrir que celui du drame. Dans ce cas, parler de la nourriture beyrouthine en littérature serait une transgression ?"Pendant les 961 heures que Ryoko Sekiguchi a passées à Beyrouth, soit près d'un mois et demi, elle a dégusté 321 plats. Ce qui devait initialement être un livre de cuisine dresse aussi le portrait d'une ville, dont la riche culture se nourrit des personnes qui y vivent. Grâce aux histoires que les Beyrouthins lui ont racontées, l'autrice "fait revenir" - comme des oignons dans une poêle - un passé heureux qu'elle tente de préserver de l'oubli.
Entre son couple qui s'enlise et son quotidien d'infirmière, Elynn a l'impression de ne pas évoluer dans sa vie. Afin d'ouvrir une brèche dans sa routine, elle s'inscrit à un club de sport. Cette initiative déclenche alors une réaction en chaîne qui, de rencontres vivifiantes en expériences hasardeuses, libère peu à peu Elynn de tout ce qui la retenait d'exprimer sa vraie nature.
Rentrés en catastrophe au pays, trois enfants qui se demandent pourquoi leur mère ne l’a pas fui, découvrent un manuscrit écrit de sa main… Le récit d’un exil. Celui d’une Française au Moyen-Orient. Des ruines d’une contrée qui l’a paradoxalement reconstruite et du regard sur deux univers qu’elle interroge, surgissent les apprentissages et les luttes, les doutes et les deuils, les beautés et les bontés du chemin, le choc des cultures qui se dépassent, le choc des sensibilités qui se transcendent, les démons conjurés et les secrets. Ceux d’une rive et ceux d’une autre. Tant le monde d’après convoque celui d’avant. Sur fond de douleurs et d’errances, d’héritages de générations et de nécessaires pardons, une ode à la transmission et la transcendance. Une lettre d’amour à des enfants, à des parents, à des lieux, à la vie. Un roman comme une longue réconciliation.
A 34 ans, Joy se trouve insignifiante et sombre dans la tristesse. Elle travaille dans une agence de marketing qui facilite les contacts entre les célébrités et de grandes marques. Joy se met beaucoup de pression pour réussir sa carrière. Chargée de préparer le dixième anniversaire de l'agence, elle collabore avec Benjamin et ses amis pour l'organisation et découvre une autre façon de vivre.
A l'occasion de ses soixante-dix ans de règne, cet album illustré retrace l'itinéraire de la reine Elizabeth II, reine d'Angleterre depuis le 6 février 1952, au lendemain du décès de son père George VI.
Ce roman démystifie le destin de Lawrence d'Arabie et explore les facettes méconnues de la vie de cet ancien archéologue et fin lettré devenu un fabulateur. Sous son image d'ami des peuples opprimés, il obtient traîtreusement la sympathie des Arabes et du prince Fayçal pour les placer sous le joug de l'Empire britannique en vertu d'accords secrets franco-anglais sur le partage du Moyen-Orient.
Après un grave accident, Noémie Chastain, une capitaine de la police judiciaire parisienne, est envoyée dans le petit village d'Avalone bien malgré elle. C'est alors que le cadavre d'un enfant disparu vingt-cinq ans auparavant est découvert. L'enquête bouleverse à la fois le quotidien des villageois et la reconstruction de la policière. Prix Maison de la presse 2019, prix Relay 2019.
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