A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth took place in Europe during the High Middle Ages, which transformed it from a world of small separate communities into a network of powerful kingdoms with distinctive cultures. In this vivid and provocative book, Robert Bartlett vividly shows how Europe was itself a product of colonization, as much as it was later a colonizer, and what this did to shape the continent and the world today.
ONE WOMAN'S QUEST TO REBUILD BRITAIN'S BROKEN BANKING SYSTEM'If there was ever a business book suitable for TV adaptation, this is it' FTIn the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash, the British banking industry had come to a standstill. Trust in the sector had been left in tatters and, despite the emergence of technologies which could revolutionise the customer experience, nobody wanted to upset the status quo. That was until Anne Boden decided to do something radical and start her own bank.Founder of Starling Bank, winner of Best British Bank three years running, in this awe-inspiring story Anne reveals how she broke through bureaucracy, successfully tackled prejudice to realise her vision for the future of consumer banking and revolutionised the entire industry forever. ***ONE OF THE TIMES TOP 5 BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020***'A banking blockbuster' The Observer Magazine'Sent shockwaves through the tight-knit world of UK tech and venture capital' Yahoo Finance
Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a good job to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life.
Presenting evidence that everyone should be hated, this guide contains bits of wisdom on such subjects as: the good life enjoyed by blacks, who shuffle through life unhindered by the white man's burdens; and the sad story of the industrious, intelligent Jews, whose entire reputation is sullied by their taste for the blood of Christian babies.
The definitive companion to the biggest TV series in the world - GAME OF THRONES. Packed with insightful essays and illustrated with detailed timelines, maps, infographics and photography. Exploring the complex stories, characters, relationships, this book covers everything from Season 1 to 7. Every fan should have this beautiful book to prepare for the finale to end all finales...
Søren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of the heart. Over about a decade in the 1840s and 1850s,
Originally published in 1823, "The Pioneers" is the first of Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, and the one that incorporates most fully his own experience of growing up in a town of the American frontier. The heart of the novel is a conflict over who owns America, and by what concept of right. The competing claims of Native Americans, Tory loyalists, roving hunters, and visionary cultivators are pitted against one another in the area of history, and the magical village of Cooper's youth becomes the scene in which a nation's destiny is forged. The novel also marks the invention of his enduring contribution to world literature: "Natty Bumpo, the Leatherstocking".
The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing rounds up the voices of women from across history to discuss the meaning and practice of feminism. This is a book that every person should read: the multiplicity of voices from various times and spaces allows wome
In Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes's Full Tilt, he lives life in the fast lane and she's along for the ride-with no brakes....Jamie Swift has one priority in quiet Beaumont, South Carolina: running the local newspaper. Romance runs se
Si no estuviera ya muerta, Delphie se moriría de vergüenza. Ha llegado al más allá vestida con el típico pijama raído que una preferiría que nadie viera y se ha topado cara a cara con el hombre más guapo que ha visto nunca. Y él le está sonriendo.Cuando ambos empiezan a hablar, todo lo demás pasa a un segundo plano... hasta que alguien aparece a toda prisa, les grita que ha habido un error y manda al atractivo desconocido de vuelta a la tierra.En un giro de los acontecimientos, a Delphie le proponen un trato para volver a su vida anterior y reencontrase con el misterioso hombre que, según ella, es su alma gemela.¿El problema? Solo dispone de diez días para dar con él.Diez días para conseguir que se enamore de ella.Ah, y además él no recuerda haberla conocido...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ORDER NOW to get a limited edition with blue-stained edges - available only on the first printing! This deluxe hardcover features metallic and embossed jacket effects and colored endpapers with exclusive character artwork. The #1 internationally bestselling phenomenon, When the Moon Hatched, is a fast-paced fantasy romance featuring an immersive, vibrant world with mysterious creatures, a unique magic system, and a love that blazes through the ages.The Creators did not expect their beloved dragons to sail skyward upon their end. To curl into balls just beyond gravity's grip, littering the sky with tombstones. With moons. They certainly did not expect them to FALL.As an assassin for the rebellion group Fíur du Ath, Raeve's job is to complete orders and never get caught. When a rival bounty hunter turns her world upside down, blood spills, hearts break, and Raeve finds herself imprisoned by the Guild of Nobles-a group of powerful fae who turn her into a political statement.Crushed by the loss of his great love, Kaan Vaegor took the head of a king and donned his melted crown. Now on a tireless quest to quell the never-ebbing ache in his chest, he is lured by a clue into the capitol's high-security prison where he stumbles upon the imprisoned Raeve ...Echoes of the past race between them.There's more to their story than meets the eye, but some truths are too poisonous to swallow."A wild ride that thrills as much as it enchants . . . This remarkable book is an instant classic." - Thea Guanzon, New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars"When The Moon Hatched breathes new, beautiful life into the genre, as Sarah A. Parker weaves lyrical prose with undeniable chemistry. I laughed, I cried, I got everything out of this. It's an absolutely stunning fantasy world that everyone should sink their teeth into." - Raven Kennedy, internationally bestselling author of The Plated Prisoner series
Imagine finding the love of your life only to lose him 1000 years ago. Nordic professor Erik Jonsson lived a life of dull routine: predictable, consistent, and alone. That was until Tone Thorgilsdottir showed up in class. Awakening long dormant passions, T
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 208, Publishers: Panini Publishing Ltd, Author: Bill Jemas, ISBN-13: 9781904159070, Date of issue: 2007
Es gibt Familien, in die wir nicht hineingeboren werden. Die Xtravaganzas sind so eine Familie: glamourös, humorvoll und voller Temperament - trotz aller Widrigkeiten.New York, 1980. Eine gerade aus heutiger Sicht extrem interessante Subkultur formiert sich: die Ballroom-Szene. Junge Menschen, die endlich ihre wahre Identität ausleben wollen, finden in ihr ein neues Zuhause. Doch der Preis dafür ist extrem hoch.Angel, eine frischgebackene Dragqueen, trifft auf Hector, der davon träumt, Profitänzer zu werden. Die beiden verlieben sich ineinander und gründen zusammen das "Haus of Xtravaganza", die erste Latino-Familie in der Ballroom-Szene, in der Kids aus ärmsten Verhältnissen Zuflucht finden und in aufwendig gestalteten Bühnenshows ihre extravaganten Outfits präsentieren. Hinzu kommen Venus, ebenfalls eine Dragqueen, die davon träumt, einen reichen Mann zu finden; Juanito, ein stiller Junge, der seine Zeit ausschließlich an der Nähmaschine verbringt, und Daniel, der sich weder als Mann noch als Frau versteht. Sie sind zwischen 14 und 19 und damit alle noch Teenager, die ihren katastrophalen Familienverhältnissen entfliehen und sich ihre eigene kleine Familie aufbauen. Die Charaktere, deren Vorbilder in der preisgekrönten Dokumentation "Paris is Burning" (1990) zu sehen sind, müssen überleben in einer Welt, die sie nicht anerkennt. Sie kämpfen mit allen Mitteln um Anerkennung und nicht zuletzt ums blanke Überleben, denn ein grausames neues Virus namens AIDS macht die Runde.
Este libro permite al peque?o lector convertirse en un héroe querescata animales tan solo pasando de página. Mediante la simple eingeniosa utilización de transparencias, colores vibrantes y unahistoria que no precisa de palabras para hacerse entender, los ni?osson los narradores de este libro. Pueden decidir el futuro de cadaanimal, haciéndolo cambiar de escenario con tan solo pasar de página:de un hábitat claramente inapropiado para la vida salvaje, devolvemoslos animales a su entorno natural.
LAS MEJORES ILUSTRACIONES DE TSUBASA ENEL VOLUMEN QUE COMPLETA LA SERIE!Las mejores ilustraciones de CLAMP de los últimos tomos deTsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, donde descubrimos a Sakura,Mokona, Fye, Kurogane y Xiaolang con los magnífi cos ropajesy composiciones de las reinas del manga.
En 1455, se celebra en la ciudad alemana de Meinz un juicio contraJohannes Gutenberg, acusado de falsi?car y comerciar con librosapócrifos. Mientras, el terror se ha apoderado del Monasterio de lasAdoratrices de la Sagrada Canasta, un lujurioso burdel a orillas delRhin: varias de sus meretrices han sido brutalmente asesinadas. ¿Quérelación puede tener con los crímenes el célebre inventor de laimprenta? Un misterioso documento, El libro de los placeresprohibidos, parece contener todas las respuestas. A través de unaimpecable reconstrucción de los escenarios medievales, FedericoAndahazi nos sumerge en un thriller histórico de impecable factura enel que se entremezclan con maestría intriga y suspense, erotismo ysensualidad. Un cóctel explosivo para una lectura adictiva.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo
A deluxe edition of super-charged, original and classic short stories. Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse, time travel, robots and more this brilliant collection brings together the best of today's writers with an eclectic range of sf masters including H. Rider Haggard, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip Frances Nowlan, Edward Page Mitchell and Jack London.
Unique format offers 13 great stories in Spanish — from classics by Cervantes and Alarcon to contemporary works by Borges and Goytisolo. Complete faithful English translations on facing pages. Includes Spanish to English vocabulary, biographical-critical introductions, more.
ZeBible, nouvelle édition, c’est :• Le texte version Nouvelle Français courant• + de 3 300 commentaires mis à jour• jaquette réversibleEt toujours :• 71 portraits de personnages• Introductions au monde de la Bible• + de 20 programmes de lecture• + de 30 parcours thématiques• Vocabulaire, glossaire• Chronologie• Répertoire, concordance• Cartes
The CSB Study Bible is designed to help you know and be transformed by God's Word. The Bible features the highly readable, highly reliable text of the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) that keeps Scripture primary on every page.To inspire you
This popular paperback study and devotion Bible includes maps and a variety of reader's aids. The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books appear as a section between the Old and New Testaments and are commonly accepted by the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Eastern
This is a biography of Martin Heidegger chronicling his ideas, with their debt to Heraclitus, Plato, and Kant, and his personal commitments and betrayals. The author combines accounts of the philosophy with the details of the loves and lapses that tripped this intellectual.
The New York Times bestseller and one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2005. In the tradition of This Boy's Life and The Liar's Club , a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. §J.R. Moehringer grew up captivated by a voice. It was the voice of his father, a New York City disc jockey who vanished before J.R. spoke his first word. Sitting on the stoop, pressing an ear to the radio, J.R. would strain to hear in that plummy baritone the secrets of masculinity and identity. Though J.R.'s mother was his world, his rock, he craved something more, something faintly and hauntingly audible only in The Voice. At eight years old, suddenly unable to find The Voice on the radio, J.R. turned in desperation to the bar on the corner, where he found a rousing chorus of new voices. The alphas along the bar--including J.R.'s Uncle Charlie, a Humphrey Bogart look-alike; Colt, a Yogi Bear sound-alike; and Joey D, a softhearted brawler--took J.R. to the beach, to ballgames, and ultimately into their circle. They taught J.R., tended him, and provided a kind of fathering-by-committee. Torn between the stirring example of his mother and the lurid romance of the bar, J.R. tried to forge a self somewhere in the center. But when it was time for J.R. to leave home, the bar became an increasingly seductive sanctuary, a place to return and regroup during his picaresque journeys. Time and again the bar offered shelter from failure, rejection, heartbreak--and eventually from reality. § In the grand tradition of landmark memoirs, THE TENDER BAR is suspenseful, wrenching, and achingly funny. A classic American story of self-invention and escape, of the fierce love between a single mother and an only son, it's also a moving portrait of one boy's struggle to become a man, and an unforgettable depiction of how men remain, at heart, lost boys.
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country. Senator
The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Vietnam War--based on the celebrated PBS television series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick More than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its memory continues to loom l
Este libro parte desde la historia de sus padres, la duda sobre lafecha de su nacimiento, su adolescencia, sus viajes, su lucha en Cuba, su trabajo diplomtico y su aciago final en la sierra de Bolivia.
Discover how to change the lives of the people around youIn You Can Change Other People, the world's #1 executive coach, Peter Bregman, and Howie Jacobson, Ph.D., share the Four Steps to help the people around you make positive change -- even if they've been stuck for years.The authors rely on over 50 years of collective professional experience to show you exactly what to say to influence those around you for the better. Changing the way you talk will stop you from being perceived as a critic, and turn you into a welcomed and effective ally. You'll learn how to:* Disarm their defensiveness and increase their confidence to act* Turn people's biggest problems into even bigger opportunities* Ensure accountability and follow through without making them dependent on youNo one wants to be changed; but change and personal growth are critical to success, and more importantly, to a fulfilled life. You Can Change Other People is a must-read for those who want to improve their impact with co-workers, family members, and everyone in between.
Learn to get what you want without burning bridges. In this revised and updated edition of the renowned classic The Power of Nice , negotiations expert, sports agent, New York Times bestselling author, attorney, business leader and educator, Ron Shapiro, shares the key principles of effective negotiation through a combination of a time-tested process, anecdotes, and exercises. Drawing on his unparalleled experiences from the worlds of sports, law, business and politics, as well as dealing with life issues common to us all, Shapiro takes you through the steps of his systematic approach: The Three Ps, Prepare-Probe-Propose. Learn how to use the process to empower you in negotiations. Regardless of your level of experience or the extent of your confidence, you will get what you want while building stronger relationships for the future. This updated edition contains: significant new material including an expanded view of its applicability to a broad array of business and life challenges a new streamlined version of the Preparation Checklist a more precise understanding of the concept of WIN-win a Foreword by Cal Ripken, Jr. and an Epilogue highlighting negotiation lessons from the life of Nelson Mandela.The book also provides a link to reinforcement of its lessons through the website of the Shapiro Negotiations Institute. Whether you are negotiating with, among others, a customer or client, a boss or government official, or even setting a teenager's curfew or getting a last seat on an airplane, this invaluable guide will help you read the other side and bring the power of human psychology and a time-tested process to the negotiating table. If you're tired of uneven "compromise" and the feeling of being manipulated, turn the tables for good with The Power of Nice , and learn strength from the master himself.
Peaks and Valleys is a story of a young man who lives unhappily in a valley until he meets an old man who lives on a peak, and it changes his work and life forever. Initially, the young man does not realize he is talking with one the most peaceful and successful people in the world. However, through a series of conversations and experiences that occur up on peaks and down in valleys, the young man comes to make some startling discoveries. Eventually, he comes to understand how he can use the old man's remarkable principles and practical tools in good and bad times and becomes more calm and successful himself. Now readers can take a similar journey through the story and use what you find to your advantage in your own work and life.
Organizational culture is a quiet, but driving, influence on our perception of a company, whether as a consumer or as an employee. For instance, we know Southwest Airlines as laid back and friendly. We think of Google as innovative. To almost every well-known company we can assign a character. It is now well recognized that corporate culture has a significant impact on organizational health and performance. Yet, the concept of corporate culture and culture management is too often tantalizingly elusive. In this book, Flamholtz and Randle define culture, identifying and explaining the five key dimensions that determine it: a customer orientation; a people orientation; a process orientation; strong standards of performance and accountability; innovation and openness to change. They explain why culture is a critical factor in organizational success and failure--a key determinant of financial performance. Then, they provide a theoretically sound, highly practical, and field-tested method for managing corporate culture--presenting a set of international and domestic cases that show how actual companies have leveraged culture as the ultimate source of sustainable competitive advantage. In addition to well-known companies such as Starbucks, Ritz-Carlton, American Express, IBM, and Toyota, the text presents lesser known culture stars, such as Smartmatic and Infogix. While other titles on culture have focused too heavily on the organization as a psychological being, or on academic studies of culture as a business lever, "Corporate Culture" draws on empirics to present a go-to, must-read guide for leveraging corporate culture as a source of competitive advantage and as a means of impacting the bottom line.
Want a profit-enhancing Customer Experience? Forget about your customers and concentrate on your employees.The Employee Experience helps organizations attract and retain top talent but also reveals the secrets for building a deeply engaged workforce. With deep insights into the dynamics of trust and mutual expectations, this book shows that before you can deliver a transcendent customer experience (CX), you must first build a superlative employee experience (EX). This is not about creating a worker's utopia, and it does not mean that work must be easy; employees are responsible for managing expectations and meeting the organization's requirements. But by establishing a clear set of expectations and promises--collectively known as the Contract--and upholding it consistently, employers can build the essential trust that leads to powerful employee engagement. The data are unambiguous: organizations with engaged workforces are more profitable, enjoy greater growth, and win the battle to keep the most talented personnel.Employees who have a fulfilling, rewarding work experience perform better, achieve more, and bring more value to the organization. The Employee Experience teaches you to leverage the full potential of your people to transform your future:* Make the employee experience a core part of your strategy* Understand employee expectations and bridge the 'Expectation Gap'* Establish a rock-solid Contract that breeds trust and confidence* Build a culture of support and achievement* Turn employee engagement into an exceptional customer experience, profit, and growthCreating a transformative employee experience is not about stock options or foosball in the break room. It's about respecting the role your people play in representing your brand and building your business. When you give talented people the space to achieve and thrive, they'll give your customers an experience your competitors can't duplicate. The Employee Experience shows you where extraordinary companies start. . . and how to build one.
Explores why smart people are encouraged to act stupidly at work, for example, the institutional blindness in the financial services which led to the crisis of 2008.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, yo
Was ist los im Internat? Die drei !!! verbringen eine Ferienwoche auf einem alten Gutshof. Bald bekommen sie es mit einem Geheimbund, Spuk und krummen Geschäften zu tun. Smartphones sind im Internat verboten. Lösen sie diesen Fall auch ohne digitale Hilfsmittel? Ermittlungen voller Witz und Spannung.
Tras la caída del Imperio, y antes del surgimiento de la Primera Orden, un cazarrecompensas solitario conocido como el Mandaloriano viaja por el borde exterior de la galaxia. Cuando descubre que su nuevo objetivo es un bebé, el Mandaloriano decide proteger al Niño a toda costa.
The Thea Sisters are just about to head off on their separate family vacations when they receive a call from Will Mystery. Once again, there is trouble in one of the imaginary kingdoms A crack has been discovered in one of the maps in the Hall of Roses.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 320, Publishers: Head of Zeus, Author: Annelise Gray, ISBN-13: 9781800240582, Date of issue: 2021
