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Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
While other children were devouring the works of Enid Blyton and Beatrix Potter, Carla Valentine was poring through the pages of Agatha Christie novels - and that early fascination lead to her job as a pathology technician working in mortuaries and trained in forensics.
Nearly every Agatha Christie story involves one - or more commonly several - dead bodies, and for a young Carla, a curious child already fascinated with biology, these stories and these bodies were perfect puzzles.
Of course Agatha herself didn't talk of 'forensics' which, in the way we use it now, but each tale she tells twists and turns with her expert weave of human observation, ingenuity and genuine science of the era. Through the medium of the 'whodunnit', Agatha Christie was a pioneer of forensic science, and in Murder Isn't Easy Carla illuminates all of the knowledge of one of our most beloved authors.
The Art of Death Stranding
The official art book for Hideo Kojima's DEATH STRANDING.
After the collapse of civilization, Sam Bridges must journey across a ravaged landscape crawling with otherworldly threats to save mankind from the brink of extinction. From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience for the PlayStation(R)4 system, nominated for the DICE Game of the Year Award. In the near future, mysterious explosions have rocked the planet, setting off a series of supernatural events known as the Death Stranding. With spectral creatures plaguing the landscape, and the planet on the verge of a mass extinction, it's up to Sam Bridges to journey across the ravaged continent and save mankind from impending annihilation.
The Art of Death Stranding is packed with hundreds of pieces of concept art for the characters, equipment, locations and creatures featured in the game, as well as early and unused concepts, including artwork by acclaimed artist Yoji Shinkawa.
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The Invention of Sound
Chuck Palahniuk returns with the chilling tale, in classic Palahniuk tradition, of a father in search of his daughter, a young woman with a secret, and a malicious recording that can make "the whole world scream at the exact same time."
Private detective Foster Gates is a father is in search of his missing daughter, and sound engineer Mitzi harbors a secret that may help him solve the case. It's Mitzi's job to create the dubbed screams used in horror films and action movies. She's the best at what she does.
But what no one in Hollywood knows is the screams Mitzi produces are harvested from the real, horror-filled, blood-chilling screams of people in their death throes--a technique first employed by Mitzi's father and one she continues on in his memory--a deeply conflicted serial killer compelled beyond her understanding to honor her father's chilling legacy.
Soon Foster finds himself on Mitzi's trail. And in pursuit of her dark art, Mitzi realizes she's created the perfect scream, one that compels anyone who hears it to mirror the sound as long as they listen to it--a highly contagious seismic event with the potential to bring the country to its knees.
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Fabric : The Hidden History of the Material World
'Subtle, compendious and rich ... an emotive and serious work of what you might call history on the distaff side' - James McConnachie, The Sunday Times
'Dazzling ... Finlay's adventures, vividly recounted, make enthralling reading ... This book is equally an inspiration and an education' - Bel Mooney, Daily Mail
'I am wildly impressed by the depth of her research and the stories she finds' - Alexandra Shulman, author of Clothes... And Other Things That Matter
How is a handmade fabric helping save an ancient forest?
Why is a famous fabric pattern from India best known by the name of a Scottish town?
How is a Chinese dragon robe a diagram of the whole universe?
What is the difference between how the Greek Fates and the Viking Norns used threads to tell our destiny?
In Fabric, bestselling author Victoria Finlay spins us round the globe, weaving stories of our relationship with cloth and asking how and why people through the ages have made it, worn it, invented it and made symbols out of it. And sometimes why they have fought for it.
She beats the inner bark of trees into cloth in Papua New Guinea, fails to handspin cotton in Guatemala, visits tweed weavers at their homes in Harris, and has lessons in patchwork-making in Gee's Bend, Alabama - where in the 1930s, deprived of almost everything they owned, a community of women turned quilting into an art form.
She began her research just after the deaths of both her parents - and entwined in the threads she found her personal story too. The book became her journey through grief and recovery. It is her own patchwork.
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Messi - Bůh, který sestoupil na Zemi
"Bůh sestoupil na Zemi a jmenuje se Messi." Vzkázal světu Lionelův bývalý spoluhráč a střelec Barcelony Samuel Eto´o krátce po té, co Messi zapsal už před dvěma lety v El Clásiku proti Realu svůj barcelonský gól s číslem 500, a navíc gól vítězný.
Ovšem dnes už je na více než 700 vstřelených brankách při dosažení 50 hattricků ve všech soutěžích, mimořádností nejsou ani čtyři góly v zápase. Suma sumarum 50 branek za sezonu, více než gól v jednom zápase! Podobně jako Cristiano Ronaldo. Oba si na posledních dvanáct let podmanili fotbalový i sportovní svět. Větších celebrit v něm zřejmě nenajdeme. Oproti skvělému Portugalci má však ve vlastnictví o jeden čerstvý klenot navíc. Na sklonku roku 2019 získává už svůj šestý Zlatý míč pro nejlepšího fotbalistu planety a poprvé obdrží Cenu Laureus, je vyhlášen nejlepším sportovcem světa.
Lionel, dnes společně právě s Cristianem - po boku Pelého, Maradadony a Cruijffa - jeden z nejlepších fotbalistů historie a technicky nepochybně nejvybavenější hráč, nepřestává za svou úžasnou kariéru děkovat také dvěma obyčejným a zároveň výjimečným ženám. Matce, a především babičce. Obě nesou pro Lea vzácné jméno Célia.
"Posílám vzkaz mojí babičce, která mě k fotbalu přivedla, ale už se nemůže dívat, kam jsem se díky němu dostal."
Maminka, vynikající kuchařka, o své matce, tedy oné skvělé babičce, mimochodem umné cukrářce, prozradí: "Trvala na tom, aby Leovi dovolili hrát, když ještě neměl věk, byl nejmladší a nejmenší. ‚Přihrajte Lionelovi, tomu malému chlapci, protože on umí střílet góly,' vykřikovala vždycky. "A byla to ona, přesvědčila nás, abychom mu koupili kopačky."
Cesta, jakou Leo, dodnes v podstatě skromný kluk, k velké slávě ušel, se podobá příběhu z fantastického filmu. Jejím základem bylo, že od svých čtyř let miloval balon. "Drobek", jak mu říkali, v jedenácti míč ovládá jako nějaký kouzelník, ve škole s ním všichni chtějí hrát, protože střílí nejvíc gólů.
Jenže - jak fotbalová nebesa nadělí Leovi talent, tak mu v předpubertálním věku ubírají na výšce. Nedostává se mu růstového hormonu a ve dvanácti třinácti zůstává sotva na sto třiceti centimetrech! Trpasličí chlapec, navíc často nemocný, byť se jeví jako génius, přece nikdy nedoroste do velkého fotbalu, vidí trenéři. Fyzicky hru prostě nezvládne. Mají strach Lea vůbec postavit, hrozí, že ho mnohem urostlejší protihráči zadupou do země. Kdo si tohle vezme na triko?
Nejdříve tradiční klub z Rosaria, Atlético Newell´s Old Boys. Když chlapec oblékne jeho červenočerné barvy, má sedm let, ovšem tehdy ještě nikdo o jeho budoucích strastech netuší. Válí jako fotbalový bůžek, takže se nad jeho chatrným růstem pomalu nikdo nezamýšlí. První otazníky přicházejí a jejich rébus nastává po Leových desátých narozeninách. Resumé vyhlíží jednoznačně. Pokud se chce jedinečný talent prosadit, musí podstoupit náročnou hormonální léčbu. Kdo ji ale zaplatí, když rodiče, pomalu zoufalí Célie a Jorge, prostředky nemají? Po složitých peripetiích přelétne třináctiletý Lionel deset tisíc kilometrů do akademie Barcelony, výjimečné líhně La Masia. Modročervení "blaugranas" v roce 2000 zatím spíše pouze tuší, že získávají unikátní talent, ale že se stávají vlastníky nejcennějšího fotbalového klenotu současnosti, poznávají až o pár let později. Leo zatím pod dohledem nejlepších odborníků vyroste k 169 centimetrům.
V necelých osmnácti oblékne dres prvního týmu Barcy a současně přivede Argentinu k titulu mistrů světa dvacetiletých. Už v roce 2009, ve svých dvaadvaceti, poprvé získá Zlatý míč pro nejlepšího fotbalistu planety. Vystřídá na trůnu Cristiana Ronalda a pak nejcennější individuální trofej zvedne jako první fotbalista historie nad hlavu hned šestkrát (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 a 2019)!
Lionel a Christiano, novodobí giganti fotbalu, pořádají střelecké dostihy. Co na tom, že Ronaldo vstřelí v jedné sezoně za Real Madrid 60 branek, když Messi jich v Barce zapíše 73, a překoná i legendu Gerda Müllera. Leo se v jediném ročníku Champions League raduje čtrnáctkrát, aby ho pak Cristiano v roce 2014 překonal hned sedmnácti zásahy. Lionel by se mohl pyšnit celou řadou fantastických statistik, chlapec z Rosaria však jen skromně řekne: "Lámání rekordů je výsledkem několika věcí: ve fotbale se to však stane, když vám k tomu pomůže tým. Myslím si, že se pořád učím nové věci, a určitě tady bude vždycky něco, co se dá zlepšit."
Messi a Ronaldo jsou z jiné planety. Přemohli to, co bylo, a předběhli i to, co bude. A Diego Maradona, mistr světa z roku 1986, už o osmnáctiletém Leovi bez obav prohlásí: "Viděl jsem hráče, který převezme mou úlohu v argentinském fotbale. Jeho jméno je Messi a je mým nástupcem. On mě jednou nahradí a bude nejlepší na světě."
Diegova předpověd se naplňuje, až na jediné. Zatímco Leo vyhraje s Barcelonou vše, co je možné, krom jiného deset španělských titulů a čtyřikrát Champions League, jako kapitán Albicelestes zatím dosáhne "jen" na světové stříbro na Mondialu v Brazílii. A tak toužebně vzhlíží k zisku Světovému poháru na MS v Kataru 2022 a myslí na svůj největší sen. "Chtěl bych se stát s Argentinou mistrem světa."
Vydejme se na Messiho neuvěřitelnou cestu dlážděnou výsostným uměním velkého hráče a posetou fotbalovými diamanty.
Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Adventures of a French Woman in London
A funny, heartfelt graphic memoir about living in foreign countries, and finding one's place both at home and abroad.
In this delightful graphic novel, Lucie Arnoux chronicles her adventures around the world. Growing up in Marseille as a misfit with a passion for drawing, she decides to settle in London to pursue her dream career as a comics writer. Je Ne Sais Quoi shows us London through the eyes of a mischievous and clear-sighted young French woman, the joys and pains of being an outsider and, ultimately, how to live life to its fullest.
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The Power of Words
There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity, about the manipulation of language by the powerful, the obligations of individuals to one another and the needs - for order, equality, liberty and truth - that make us human. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series.
This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey Of Angela Merkel
'An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader' WALTER ISAACSON
From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People
An intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful - and elusive - woman in the world.
Angela Merkel has always been an outsider. A pastor's daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany, she spent her twenties working as a research chemist, only entering politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And yet within fifteen years, she had become chancellor of Germany and, before long, the unofficial leader of the West.
Acclaimed author Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of this unlikely ascent. With unparalleled access to the chancellor's inner circle and a trove of records only recently come to light, she teases out the unique political genius that is the secret to Merkel's success. No other modern leader has so ably confronted authoritarian aggression, enacted daring social policies and calmly unified an entire continent in an era when countries are becoming only more divided. Again and again, she's cleverly outmanoeuvred strongmen like Putin and Trump, and weathered surprisingly complicated relationships with allies like Obama and Macron.
Famously private, the woman who emerges from these pages is a role model for anyone interested in gaining and keeping power while staying true to one's moral convictions. At once a riveting political biography, an intimate human portrait and a revelatory look at successful leadership in action, The Chancellor brings forth from the shadows one of the most extraordinary women of our time.
Untold Tales of Spiderman The Complete Collection 1
Join acclaimed tale-spinner Kurt Busiek, the legendary scribe of MARVELS, as he delves into the past once more to weave an intricate web of "lost" stories from Peter Parker's earliest days as the Amazing Spider-Man! First, Peter must come to terms with his Uncle Ben's death -- and learn how best to honor his memory -- as he takes his first fledgling steps as a crimefighter! Then, swing along with Spidey for a series of untold gems, as the newly minted Spider-Man encounters the Human Torch, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture, Sandman and more classic characters -- along with new friends and foes including Batwing, Bluebird and the Scorcher -- on his way to becoming Marvel's premiere super hero! But what are the shocking secrets of Peter's first love, Betty Brant?
COLLECTING: Amazing Fantasy (1995) 16-18, Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995) 1-14
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The V&A Sourcebook of Pattern and Ornament
The wealth of surface pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation in the many objects that enrich our lives is testament to the inventiveness of designers and craftspeople around the globe and throughout history.
This richly illustrated, easy-to-navigate sourcebook presents more than 1,000 historic and contemporary examples of pattern and ornamentation from around the world, each one succinctly identified and explained. Arranged thematically, it is unique among pattern books, as it includes examples not only of surface pattern but also of three-dimensional ornamentation and embellishment.
Two-dimensional pattern is ubiquitous, no matter what the age of an object or where it was created. From Japanese kimono and William Morris fabrics to Chinese porcelain and contemporary furniture, such works reveal humanity's unceasing desire to combine pattern with design. Just as prevalent are examples of three-dimensional embellishments that go far beyond the requirements of their practical use: an acrylic handbag has a carved motif of insects and wildflowers, a cobalt-blue pottery ewer has a dragon's-head spout and an early 19th-century fruit plate is shaped like a seashell.
Designers working today are as fascinated and inspired by pattern and ornament as they have always been. This expertly compiled selection will appeal to designers, artists, illustrators and other creatives from all disciplines as well as anyone interested in visual and material culture.
With 1146 illustrations in colour
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Twenty Five Thousand Days of Memories
Architekt, profesor a autor mnoha odborných publikací M. Rajniš se rozhodl sepsat vzpomínky ze svého života plného cestování, netradičních zvratů, úspěchů i pádů. Jako buřič a provokatér, který si celý život razí svojí cestu, chce čtenáři ukázat, že i člověk, nýmand, kterého málem strčili do pomocné školy, může žít bezvadný život. Přál bych si, aby se čtenář při mým vyprávění odvázal, začal mluvit slangem a vychutnal si krásně vyslovený český nadávky, který se skví jako pralinka na dortu.
Prof. Ing. arch. Martin Rajniš (* 16. května 1944, Praha) je český architekt a urbanista, spoluzakladatel České komory architektů, několika architektonických kanceláří a zakladatel ateliéru Huť Architektury. Jako pedagog působil na VŠUP v Praze a na Technické univerzitě v Liberci. Je známý především jako autor nové Poštovny na Sněžce nebo Majáku a muzea Járy Cimrmana v Jizerských horách. Věnuje se experimentální architektuře a vztahu architektury k přírodě a k lidské společnosti.
Martin Rajniš o knize Skutečně mám dobrou paměť a už řadu let mě připadalo potřebný podělit se o příběhy, který jsem za posledních 70 let zažil. Osud mi do cesty přihrál milý stvoření, Magdu (Křížkovou) Šebestovou, která mý košatý zhruba, 100 hodinový vyprávění převedla do 900 stran textu, z kterejch posléze vznikl na 120 stranách týhle knihy koncentrovanej elixír toho, podle nás, nejlepšího. Myslím, že čtenáře budou bavit i krásný fotky, mimo jiný i z mejch četnejch exotických cest, kterých tam bude víc než stovka. Dílo se jmenuje 25 344 dnů vzpomínek, což vystihuje 71 let mého života, během něhož jsem toho zažil skutečně hodně dětství ve staré Praze s nejrůznějšími výchovnými experimenty svého otce, časy chudoby a vzdoru proti bolševikovi, byl jsem dvanáctkrát v kriminále. Strávil jsem čtyři roky na moři, přeplul na malé lodi s jednou krásnou holkou Atlantik. Projezdil jsem stovky tisíc kilometrů po pouštích, divočinách, pralesech, projel jsem horní toky Amazonky, byl jsem v nejzapadlejších koutech Nové Guiney. Ale zároveň jsem řídil jako architekt velké ateliéry a rukama mi prošlo ve stavebních nákladech skoro 14 miliard korun. Zažil jsem Paříž coby bezdomovec i jako nositel světové ceny za architekturu
Spolupráce s Magdou (Křížkovou) Šebestovou Magdu jsem poznal koncem sedmdesátých let, když jsme v době třeskutýho bolševizmu dělali pavilon na výstavu do Kanady já jako mladej architekt a ona jako hosteska. Pamatoval jsem si ji ještě z doby, kdy jako malá holka zpívala s Jiřím Suchým v Semaforu. Potom jsme se dlouhý roky neviděli a až při rozhovoru pro Xantypu kterej se mnou přišla udělat,jsem si uvědomil, jak se umí ptát, jak se umí bezvadně tvářit a hlavně jak skvěle umí psát tak jsem jí nabídl, že bychom spolu mohli zkusit to moje vzpomínání napsat a ona, zaplať pánbůh, kývla...
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Way of the Househusband 5
It's a day in the life of your average househusband-if your average househusband is the legendary yakuza "the Immortal Dragon"!
A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it's not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what should be mundane household tasks are anything but!
Tatsu is ambushed by a yakuza with a beef, and there's only one way to settle things-an epic rap battle! But this throwdown is only a warm-up for the buffet battle yet to come, because when you're the Immortal Dragon, you don't choose the househusband life, it chooses you!
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The Chancellor : The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
'An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader' WALTER ISAACSON
From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People
An intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful - and elusive - woman in the world.
Angela Merkel has always been an outsider. A pastor's daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany, she spent her twenties working as a research chemist, only entering politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And yet within fifteen years, she had become chancellor of Germany and, before long, the unofficial leader of the West.
Acclaimed author Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of this unlikely ascent. With unparalleled access to the chancellor's inner circle and a trove of records only recently come to light, she teases out the unique political genius that is the secret to Merkel's success. No other modern leader has so ably confronted authoritarian aggression, enacted daring social policies and calmly unified an entire continent in an era when countries are becoming only more divided. Again and again, she's cleverly outmanoeuvred strongmen like Putin and Trump, and weathered surprisingly complicated relationships with allies like Obama and Macron.
Famously private, the woman who emerges from these pages is a role model for anyone interested in gaining and keeping power while staying true to one's moral convictions. At once a riveting political biography, an intimate human portrait and a revelatory look at successful leadership in action, The Chancellor brings forth from the shadows one of the most extraordinary women of our time.
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The Reinvention of Humanity
The riveting story of the pioneers who redefined conceptions of 'normality' in the early twentieth century. Under the guiding eye of cultural anthropologist Franz Boas, these scientist-explorers - most of them women - made intrepid journeys into far-flung communities all over the world, where they documented radically different social approaches that overturned Western assumptions about human diversity andchallenged the era's scientific consensus. Here, the boundary-breaking lives and achievements of Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Ella Deloria and Zora Neale Hurston are brought fully into light for the first time, showing how their trailblazing discoveries helped shape the moral universe we inhabit today.
My Encyclopedia of Very Important Oceans
This exciting introduction to oceans will take curious minds on incredible adventures across the seven seas!
This charming children's encyclopedia is full to the brim with fascinating facts about life on and under the waves. Little learners can dive in and learn the most important things about the curious creatures that call the oceans home, their habitats and how to conserve them.
Inside the pages of this ocean encyclopedia, you'll find:
- A vibrant encyclopedia for curious 5-9-year-olds filled with fun facts about weird and wonderful ocean creatures, unbelievable deep-sea adventures, essential conservation efforts, and much more!
- The perfect balance between text and images while seamlessly blending photography with illustration
- Content that is comprehensive, detailed, and educational written in a friendly, witty, and fun manner accessible to young readers but doesn't talk down to them
From the birds that fly high about the sea down to the tiny creatures lurking on the ocean floor, this sea book for children will take kids on an adventure into the great unknown! My Encyclopedia of Very Important Oceans is an exciting introduction to life in earth's oceans. Little adventurers can explore forgotten shipwrecks, swim with fabulous fish and other weird and wonderful underwater animals!
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Win Conflicts, Secure your Power Position & Status
What this book can do for you: You support certified climate protection projects, receive compact information and checklists from experts (overview and press reviews in the book preview) as well as advice proven in practice, which leads step by step to success - also thanks to add-on.
Because if you want to represent your opinion in companies, achieve something and change something, you have to assert yourself against others. But that does not necessarily mean putting out the infamous elbows. Success and retention of power are usually the result of a sophisticated strategy and a tactically clever approach that secures one's own status in companies and organizations. If you also take a closer look at the methods of successful strategists, you will find that they are often the result of excellent concepts and correct decisions. This book shows what really matters in conceptual design and strategically important decisions.
We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance. For this purpose, we gather in each book the best experts in their field as authors - detailed biographies in the book - , who give a comprehensive overview of the topic and additionally offer you success planner workbooks in printed form.
Our guidebooks are aimed primarily at beginners. Readers who are looking for more in-depth information can get it for free as an add-on with individual content as desired. This concept is made possible by a particularly efficient, innovative digital process.
The publisher is also involved in numerous, well-documented charitable projects, e.g. on climate protection, and supports the quality of neural machine learning and international understanding through its translation from German into English.
Editor Simone Janson is chairwoman, publisher, and best-selling author. She was also one of the 20 most important German bloggers and columnist of renowned media - more about her in Wikipedia.
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8,09 €
Suspense! Present like in Hollywood
What this book can do for you: You support certified climate protection projects, get fast compact information and checklists from experts (overview and press reviews in the book preview) as well as in practice tested advice, which leads step by step to success - also thanks to add-on.
Because Alfred Hitchcock already knew: If you want to convince people, you have to attract their attention and create excitement. Who is bored, however, only causes disinterest. And only those who are noticed can inspire at all. Many celebrities and politicians are already leading the way and making targeted use of their impact and charismatic appearance. Everybody has something to say and some specific rhetorical tips and tricks, the exciting structure of the own presentation as well as the targeted use of gestures and facial expressions help to convey the own message convincingly. This book helps to speak in front of an audience, to structure presentations, perform and build up impact as well as to improve charisma and charisma decisively for a self-confident public appearance.
We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance. For this purpose, we gather in each book the best experts in their field as authors - detailed biographies in the book - , who give a comprehensive overview of the topic and additionally offer you success planner workbooks in printed form.
Our guidebooks are aimed primarily at beginners. Readers who are looking for more in-depth information can get it for free as an add-on with individual content as desired. This concept is made possible by a particularly efficient, innovative digital process.
The publisher is also involved in numerous, well-documented charitable projects, e.g. on climate protection, and supports the quality of neural machine learning and international understanding through its translation from German into English.
Editor Simone Janson is chairwoman, publisher, and best-selling author. She was also one of the 20 most important German bloggers and columnist of renowned media - more about her in Wikipedia.
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8,09 €
Break the Rules! Say No without Scruples
What this book can do for you: You support certified climate protection projects, receive compact information and checklists from experts (overview and press reviews in the book preview) as well as advice proven in practice, which leads step by step to success - also thanks to add-on.
Because success is achieved by those who know their limits, but skilfully break the often unwritten rules. And in fact you live better and easier if you don't try to please everybody. But especially in important situations, many people have scruples about not meeting other people's expectations and simply saying "no". This is often due to fear of devaluation or sanctions, false politeness, too high expectations of oneself or feelings of guilt. With these negative feelings, however, you are in the way when it comes to asserting yourself. This book shows how, despite all reservations, the skilful breaking of rules works.
We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance. For this purpose, we gather in each book the best experts in their field as authors - detailed biographies in the book - , who give a comprehensive overview of the topic and additionally offer you success planner workbooks in printed form.
Our guidebooks are aimed primarily at beginners. Readers who are looking for more in-depth information can get it for free as an add-on with individual content as desired. This concept is made possible by a particularly efficient, innovative digital process.
The publisher is also involved in numerous, well-documented charitable projects, e.g. on climate protection, and supports the quality of neural machine learning and international understanding through its translation from German into English.
Editor Simone Janson is chairwoman, publisher, and best-selling author. She was also one of the 20 most important German bloggers and columnist of renowned media - more about her in Wikipedia.
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A Bright Ray of Darkness
'Ethan Hawke is a true writer and his duality as an artist is skilfully reflected in A Bright Ray of Darkness. Hawke circles, descends, and crawls into his characters skin. Grimy shadows pass over the footlights, into the bowels of the theatre, where a struggling actor, perhaps mirroring the writer, seeks the vine of redemption, and claws his way into becoming. Bright Ray is a riveting work.' PATTI SMITH
The first novel in nearly twenty years from the acclaimed actor/writer/director, A BRIGHT RAY OF DARKNESS is a book about art and love, fame and heartbreak -- a blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut just as his marriage implodes.
A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair; and a passionate love letter to the world of theatre, A Bright Ray of Darkness showcases Ethan Hawke's gifts as a novelist as never before.
Hawke's narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, still half-hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on as he clumsily, and sometimes hilariously, tries to manage the wreckage of his personal life with whisky and sex. What saves him is the theatre: in particular, the challenge of performing Shakespeare in his Broadway debut under the leadership of a brilliant director. Searing, raw, and utterly transfixing, A Bright Ray of Darkness is a novel about shame and beauty and faith, and the moral power of art.
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