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Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Brings together, for the first time, the best of Gladwell's writing from The New Yorker in the past decade, including: the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill; the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz; spotlighting Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen; and the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer." Gladwell also explores intelligence tests, ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias," and...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Pitbull of Personal Development; Takes on Damn Near Everything; Larry Winget does not mince words, and in this latest addition to his straight; talking brand, one of the most iconic leaders of the personal development industry puts down in black and white, What's Wrong with Damn Near Everything. If you think the world is a mess, you already have a lot in common with Larry. The genius and power of his simple approach to turning around the parts...
10) Europas Werte: Wie Wir Zu Unseren Vorstellungen Von Richtig und Falsch Kamen. ein Historischer Essay
Author
Publisher
Ferdinand Schoningh GmbH & Co. KG
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Deutsch
11) Tanner lectures on human values: Volume 32,Groome, Cooper, Greenblatt, Jardine, Scheffler, Verghese
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Lexile measure
1440L
Language
English
Description
"Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/00022951-d.html.
The Asian and Russian financial crises have helped fuel a growing debate over the impact of culture on economic performance. In this useful guide to...
Series
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
This I Believe features eighty Americans-from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that the book's title begins. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others.Featuring many renowned contributors and essays by some not-so-famous people: a Brooklyn lawyer; a part-time hospital clerk in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; a woman who sells...