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A wake-up call for creatives who need that inspiring kick to finally create the thing they've been meaning to make, while celebrating the journey of trying, learning, and failing. Over the last eight years, Jason Bacher and Brian Buirge of Good F*cking Design Advice (GFDA) have made a name for themselves in the international design community, inspiring creatives, artists, and entrepreneurs with their products, weekly e-mails, and most important, their unorthodox advice about work ethic and the creative process. Do the F*cking Work is a collection of 100 beautifully packaged pieces that showcase their irreverent advice-inspiration that will help unstick even the most dedicated procrastinators. Covering everything from drinking your morning coffee to handling productive criticism, from embracing failure to rejecting the status quo, their insights upend conventional thinking and teach you to embrace and celebrate the journey of creation-the joy of trying, failing, learning, and sometimes failing again. To make something good we have to make some mistakes. Bacher and Buirge teach you to embrace the unknown and to f*cking laugh at yourself during the process. There is a method to their madness-a surprising reassurance that is baked into their bluntness. We're all trying, messing up, and trying again. And there's joy to be found in that-something we often overlook in our rush to get everything done and get it right the first time. With personal insights, actionable advice, stylish visuals, and lots of colorful language, Do the F*cking Work will leave you feeling renewed and inspired, and will make you see that the value of work is as much about the process as the outcome.

'Joan Didion at a startup' Rebecca Solnit'I've never read anything like Uncanny Valley ' Jia Tolentino'This is essential reading' StylistAt twenty-five years old, Anna Wiener was beginning to tire of her assistant job in New York publishing. There was no room to grow, and the voyeuristic thrill of answering someone else's phone had worn thin.Within a year she had moved to Silicon Valley to take up a job at a data analytics startup in San Francisco. Leaving her business casual skirts and shirts in the wardrobe, she began working in company-branded T-shirts. She had a healthy income for the first time in her life. She felt like part of the future.But a tide was beginning to turn. People were speaking of tech startups as surveillance companies. Out of sixty employees, only eight of her colleagues were women. Casual sexism was rife. Sexual harassment cases were proliferating. And soon, like everyone else, she was addicted to the internet, refreshing the news, refreshing social media, scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. Slowly, she began to realise that her blind faith in ambitious, arrogant young men from America's soft suburbs wasn't just her own personal pathology. It had become a global affliction.Uncanny Valley is a coming of age story set against the backdrop of our generation's very own gold rush. It's a story about the tension between old and new, between art and tech, between the quest for money and the quest for meaning - about how our world is changing forever.

Napínavý thriller s legendárním špionem Gabrielem Allonem! Od hlavy až k patě byla oblečená do drahých vlněných plédů. Všechno na ní se zdálo dokonale spořádané. Perfektní. Přes auru luxusu, jež se kolem ní vznášela, působila skromně. Ale bylo tu ještě něco dalšího… Na exkluzivní soukromou školu ve Švýcarsku nastoupí nová dívka s havraními vlasy a velkýma černýma očima, již obklopuje tajemství. Říká se, že je dcerou bohatého egyptského obchodníka. Ale není. Ve skutečnosti je jejím otcem Chálid bin Mohamed, budoucí král Saúdské Arábie. Když je jeho jediné dítě uneseno, požádá o pomoc muže, o němž ví, že ji najde dřív, než bude pozdě. Co se stalo, nemůže se odestát Gabriel Allon, legendární šéf izraelských tajných služeb, strávil většinu svého života bojem proti teroristům, včetně vražedných džihádistů financovaných Saúdskou Arábií. Korunní princ Chálid slíbil, že jeho země všechny vazby na stoupence radikálního islámu zpřetrhá. Jen z toho důvodu se Gabriel rozhodne mu pomoci. Stanou se spojenci v tajné válce o kontrolu nad Blízkým a Středním východem. V sázce je nejen život dítěte, ale také stabilita v této oblasti a trůn Saúdské Arábie. Oba muži mají své úhlavní nepřátele, oba muži mají co ztratit…

Sing your heart out this Christmas with a whole choir of characters, in the showstopping new picture book from number one bestselling author David Walliams, illustrated by the artistic genius, Tony Ross! There's more than one star of the show this Christmas... In fact, there's a whole choir of them! Warble the walrus LOVES to sing. Unfortunately, she is not very good at it! And when her atrocious warbling causes an avalanche, the other walruses leave her all alone. But when you SING like no-one is listening, SOMETIMES, they start to hear you... The perfect Christmas gift for anyone who loves to laugh or sing, this brand-new story from David Walliams is a delightfully wonderful warble about doing what makes you HAPPY, and being LOUD about it!

The subject of "design thinking" is the rage at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press-due in large part to the work of IDEO, a leading design firm, and its celebrated CEO, Tim Brown, who uses this book to show how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business. The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that most innovations come from a process of rigorous examination through which great ideas are identified and developed before being realized as new offerings and capabilities. Change by Design explains design thinking, the collaborative process by which the designer's sensibilities and methods are employed to match people's needs, not only with what is technically feasible, but what is viable to the bottom line. Design thinking converts need into demand. It's a human-centered approach to problem solving that helps people and organizations become more innovative and more creative. Introduced a decade ago, the concept of design thinking remains popular at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press-due in large part to work of IDEO, the undisputed world leading strategy, innovation, and design firm headed by Tim Brown. As he makes clear in this visionary guide-now updated with addition material, including new case studies, and a new introduction-design thinking is not just applicable to so-called creative industries or people who work in the design field. It's a methodology that has been used by organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, to increase the quality of patient care by re-examining the ways that their nurses manage shift change, or Kraft, to rethink supply chain management. Change by Design is not a book by designers for designers; it is a book for creative leaders seeking to infuse design thinking into every level of an organization, product, or service to drive new alternatives for business and society.

Perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur and Elizabeth Acevedo, Jasmin Kaurs stunning debut novel is a collection of poetry, illustrations, and prose. scream so that one day a hundred years from now another sister will not have to dry her tears wondering where in history she lost her voice The six sections of the book explore what itmeans to be ayoung woman living in a world that doesnt always hear her and tell the story of Kiran as she flees a history of trauma and raises her daughter, Sahaara, while living undocumented in North America. Delving into current cultural conversations including sexual assault,mental health, feminism, and immigration, this narrative of resilience, healing, empowerment, and love will galvanize readers to fight for what is right in their world.

Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author, combines lessons both from history and from modern organizational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help executives build cultures that can weather both good and bad times. Ben Horowitz has long been fascinated by history, and particularly by how people behave differently than you'd expect. The time and circumstances in which they were raised often shapes them-yet a few leaders have managed to shape their times. In What You Do Is Who You Are, he turns his attention to a question crucial to every organization: how do you create and sustain the culture you want? To Horowitz, culture is how a company makes decisions. It is the set of assumptions employees use to resolve everyday problems: should I stay at the Red Roof Inn, or the Four Seasons? Should we discuss the color of this product for five minutes or thirty hours? If culture is not purposeful, it will be an accident or a mistake. What You Do Is Who You Are explains how to make your culture purposeful by spotlighting four models of leadership and culture-building-the leader of the only successful slave revolt, Haiti's Toussaint Louverture; the Samurai, who ruled Japan for seven hundred years and shaped modern Japanese culture; Genghis Khan, who built the world's largest empire; and Shaka Senghor, a man convicted of murder who ran the most formidable prison gang in the yard and ultimately transformed prison culture. Horowitz connects these leadership examples to modern case-studies, including how Louverture's cultural techniques were applied (or should have been) by Reed Hastings at Netflix, Travis Kalanick at Uber, and Hillary Clinton, and how Genghis Khan's vision of cultural inclusiveness has parallels in the work of Don Thompson, the first African-American CEO of McDonalds, and of Maggie Wilderotter, the CEO who led Frontier Communications. Horowitz then offers guidance to help any company understand its own strategy and build a successful culture. What You Do Is Who You Are is a journey through culture, from ancient to modern. Along the way, it answers a question fundamental to any organization: who are we? How do people talk about us when we're not around? How do we treat our customers? Are we there for people in a pinch? Can we be trusted? Who you are is not the values you list on the wall. It's not what you say in company-wide meeting. It's not your marketing campaign. It's not even what you believe. Who you are is what you do. This book aims to help you do the things you need to become the kind of leader you want to be-and others want to follow.

Will Trent a Sára Lintonová se vracejí v jedinečném krimi thrilleru autorky bestsellerů New York Times! Záhadné únosy Jedné letní noci je z parkoviště nákupního centra neznámými útočníky unesena doktorka z výzkumného Střediska pro prevenci a kontrolu nemocí. Nikdo neví, co za jejím únosem stojí, a policie stále tápe. Stop po únoscích je zatraceně málo. Zničující exploze O měsíc později jednoho klidného nedělního odpoledne předměstím Atlanty otřese ohlušující rána… následovaná během chvíle druhým zničujícím výbuchem. Bombový útok je zacílen na jedno z nejlidnatějších a nejdůležitějších míst v Atlantě – Emoryho univerzitu, kde se nacházejí dvě nemocnice, ústředí FBI a Středisko pro prevenci a kontrolu nemocí. Nemilosrdný nepřítel Soudní lékařka Sára Lintonová a Will Trent, zvláštní agent Georgijského úřadu pro vyšetřování, se ocitají uprostřed hrůzy – přímo ve středu spiknutí, které ohrožuje desítky tisíc nevinných životů. Když útočníci unesou Sáru, Will ani na chvíli nezaváhá a tajně se vydává na misi, aby zachránil ženu, kterou miluje, a zabránil největšímu masakru v dějinách lidstva.

Nicka nikdy nenapadlo, že by se mohl zamilovat, dokud se v jeho uměleckém souboru neobjevila přitažlivá, i když trochu záhadná primabalerína Ruth. Ta Nicka velmi obdivuje a tajně ho miluje. Pro oba je však tím nejdůležitějším v životě balet. Při společné práci to mezi nimi viditelně jiskří a své city již nedokážou déle skrývat. Jenže Nick je přesvědčený, že láska tanečnímu umění nesvědčí, a chce po své partnerce, aby ze sebe při tancování vydala všechno… Ruth má teď před sebou těžký úkol – přesvědčit ostražitého Nicka, že právě láska dokáže dát tanci zcela nový rozměr!

BLOOD HEIR is the first book in an epic new series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the conman she must trust to clear her name of murder. Princess Anastacya Mikhailov of Cyrilia has lived her life in safety, hidden behind palace walls. But when she is framed for her father's brutal murder, she must leave behind everything she has ever known to find his killer and prove her innocence. And there is only one person corrupt enough to help her - Ramson Quicktongue. A cunning, silver-tongued crime lord of the Cyrilian underworld, Ramson has his own sinister plans - though he might have met his match in Ana. Because in this story, the princess might be the most dangerous player of them all. A YA epic with a bloody twist, BLOOD HEIR is perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard, Sabaa Tahir, and Sarah J. Maas.

Filled with incredible color photos and fun facts, this unofficial fan guide tells the full story of the global phenomenon Blackpink. The girls of Blackpink are more than just pretty faces. Since they debuted in 2016, the group has broken record after record, played shows across the globe, and built up a dedicated fan army of BLINKS. Now they're one of the biggest K-pop groups the world has ever seen. And they're only just getting started. Read the whole story of Blackpink's rise to fame in this extensively researched unofficial biography. Find out everything you need to know about Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rose from their trainee days to their current lives as idols. Full of high-quality photos and fun facts, this unofficial guide is a must-have for all BLINKS and K-pop fans!

Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author combines lessons both from history and modern organisational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help us build cultures that can weather both good and bad times. The times and circumstances in which people were raised often shape them - yet a few leaders have managed to shape their times. In this follow-up to the bestselling business classic The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz turns his attention to a question crucial to every organisation: How do you create and sustain the culture you want? This book is a journey through cultures ancient to modern, spotlighting models of leadership and culture-building from the samurai to prison gangs. Along the way, it answers fundamental questions: Who are we? How do people talk about us when we're not around? How do we treat our customers? Can we be trusted? Because who you are is not the values you list on the wall. It's not what you say in a company-wide meeting. It's not your marketing campaign. It's not even what you believe. Who you are is what you do. This book will help you do the things needed to become the kind of leader you want to be - and others want to follow.

This special hardback edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of first publication with a brand-new foreword by O'Brian's stepson and biographer, Nikolai Tolstoy, and artist's note by Geoff Hunt, and includes the complete text of the previously unavailable Men-of-War, O'Brian's fascinating guide to the world of Aubrey/Maturin. Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O'Brian's now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship's surgeon and an intelligence agent. It contains all the action and excitement which could possibly be hoped for in a historical novel, but it also displays the qualities which have put O'Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war, of weapons, food, conversation and ambience, of the landscape and of the sea. O'Brian's portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute. His power of characterisation is above all masterly. This brilliant historical novel marked the debut of a writer who has grown into one of the most remarkable literary novelists now writing, the author of what Alan Judd, writing in the Sunday Times, has described as 'the most significant extended story since Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time'.

From the creator of the wildly popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast comes a story about loving, about searching - and about the courage you need when you find the unexpected. For fans of Stephen King, Serial, Twin Peaks and of course the eponymous number one iTunes podcast itself. Keisha Lewis mourned the loss of her wife, Alice, who disappeared two years ago. There was a search, there was grief beyond what she thought was possible. There was a funeral. But then Keisha began to see her wife, again and again, in the background of news reports from all over America. Alice isn't dead. And she is showing up at the scene of every tragedy in the country. Keisha shrugs off her old life and hits the road as a trucker - hoping on some level that travelling the length of the country will lead her to the person she loves. What she finds are buried crimes and monsters (both human and unimaginable), government conspiracies, haunted service stations and a darkness far older than the highway system it lies beneath. Inspired by the eponymous podcast, Alice Isn't Dead is a story about loving, about searching - and about the courage you need when what you find is terrifyingly unexpected. Cast in the fluorescent lights of midnight diner-signs, this story is as big as the open road and as intimate as the darkness of a trucker's cab: perfect for fans of Stephen King, Serial, Twin Peaks and American Gods.

Jared MacKade nepochybuje o tom, že si umí pevně stát za svým a nikdy se k žádné výzvě neobrátí zády. Proto když ho jeho právnické povolání přivede za Savannah Morningstarovou, její nezdvořilost a chladná odtažitost ho neodradí – právě naopak ho láká. Savannažina pobuřující přímost a zároveň hříšná přitažlivost Jareda nutí, aby se k ní neustále vracel. Jaká tajemství před ním Savannah skrývá? Podaří se mu je někdy odhalit? Čím víc Jared Savannah poznává, tím je odhodlanější zůstat s ní navždy.

Co se stane, když se v boji proti zločincům spojí lord a pastorova dcera? Jeden z nejžádanějších svobodných mládenců v Londýně, lord Kit Cavanaugh, konečně našel smysl života, ale do manželství se rozhodně nežene. Přestože ho uhánějí bohaté a vlivné matky dospívajících dcer, Kit má v hlavě jen svou kariéru – touží totiž v Bristolu vybudovat loděnici Cavanaugh Yachts. Slečna Sylvia Buckleberryová má už věk na vdavky, ale ani ona o manžela nestojí. Její vášní je totiž škola pro chudé děti, kterou v Bristolu zřídila. Jenže teď do jejích plánů zasáhl muž, o němž doufala, že se s ním už nikdy nesetká – lord Cavanaugh! Zdá se, že kvůli jeho zájmům bude muset svou školu zavřít! Ale Sylvia se jen tak snadno nevzdá! Brzy vyjde najevo, že existuje ještě někdo, kdo usiluje o zrušení nejen školy, ale i loděnice. Řada sabotáží donutí Kita i Sylvii ke spolupráci, aby odhalili hanebné ničemy, kteří ohrožují jejich budoucnost – a jak si oba záhy uvědomí – jejich společné štěstí.