Résultats pour "A" dans Professionnels et universitaires

Death is a certainty, but what happens in the lead-up - and in its aftermath - is anything but predictable. Nobody knows this better than those who work with death every day. There's no time for an existential crisis when your 9-to-5 involves responding to fatal plane accidents, transporting...

In Science Nonfiction: Behind the Scenes in University Research, scientist and educator Darren J. Lipomi offers an insider’s account of how scientific discovery works in the real world. Drawing on two decades inside elite laboratories and public universities, he explains how discovery is funded, who bears the risk, and why the people doing the most creative work often occupy the most precarious positions.

From a mud-walled home in rural China to boardrooms in New Jersey, In Through the Window traces Lintao Lu’s extraordinary rise. Born into a world of famine and political upheaval, Lu overcame every obstacle—language barriers, poverty, cultural bias—to become a multilingual engineer, a patent-holding innovator, an entrepreneur, and a trailblazer in the industry.

Georg Forster drang in die entferntesten Regionen der bekannten Welt vor und stellte mit seinen radikalen Ideen zu Menschlichkeit, Gleichheit und Freiheit die Denkweisen des 18. Jahrhunderts infrage. Andrea Wulf zeichnet das Porträt eines brillanten, unerschrockenen jungen Mannes, der mit 17 Jahren an Cooks zweiter Weltumsegelung teilnahm – einer Reise zwischen der eisigen Antarktis und den üppigen Inselwelten des Südpazifiks.

Georg Forster drang in die entferntesten Regionen der bekannten Welt vor und stellte mit seinen radikalen Ideen zu Menschlichkeit, Gleichheit und Freiheit die Denkweisen des 18. Jahrhunderts infrage. Andrea Wulf zeichnet das Porträt eines brillanten, unerschrockenen jungen Mannes, der mit 17 Jahren an Cooks zweiter Weltumsegelung teilnahm – einer Reise zwischen der eisigen Antarktis und den üppigen Inselwelten des Südpazifiks. Dort erforschte er Natur, Menschen und Kulturen und brachte einen tiefen Glauben an die Gleichheit der Menschen zurück, der seiner Zeit weit voraus war.

The grand finale to Wolfram Eilenberger's epic narrative of philosophy in the Twentieth Century, The Haunted Present follows the footsteps of Theodor W. Adorno, Susan Sontag, Michel Foucault, and Paul K. Feyerabend, to reveal the true fault lines of our era It is the winter 1949: Theodor W...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to create an 8-figure empire from scratch? In her newest book, The Antidote to Fear, Kris Murray answers that question. She shares her story of overcoming fears and challenges as a company founder and single mom of two kids. Discover the key strategic moves she made that you can model, while looking fear in the face. Ten "antidotes" to fear are shared along with exercises and real-world examples you can use in your own journey. Murray has been called a disruptor, a blue ocean strategist, and even a life-saver.

In this practical and inspiring guide, Abigael Mojaro shares powerful lessons on personal growth, resilience, and professional success. Through real experiences and actionable strategies, this book helps listeners develop the mindset needed to overcome challenges, build discipline, and create lasting progress in their careers and personal lives. Whether you are seeking motivation, direction, or practical tools to improve your future, this audiobook offers insights that can help transform the way you think and approach success.

The Story of One William Foraker is a deeply moving, true account of a family's battle with the devastating impact of untreated mental illness. Written by parents Phyllis and David Michael Foraker, this gripping narrative follows the life of their son, William, whose bright future was slowly derailed by the insidious grip of paranoid schizophrenia. Told with raw honesty and compassion, the book sheds light on the heartbreaking realities faced by families navigating a fractured mental healthcare system.

Paula Blankenship, founder of Heirloom Traditions paint company and Forbes-dubbed “Queen of Paint,” had an unconventional path to building a business empire, all while navigating many of life’s unexpected turns. Her story is a blueprint for anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or convinced they need to tear everything down to start over. As Paula’s life proves, meaningful change doesn’t require a complete life overhaul, unlimited resources, or perfect timing.

In this powerful edition, 18 high-achieving women from Scottsdale share their personal journeys to earning six figures and beyond while redefining success on their own terms. These are stories of resilience, reinvention, and rising above doubt to create thriving careers and businesses. Six-Figure Chicks is more than a book —it’s a movement. Each chapter is a blend of truth-telling and practical advice, offering real strategies to help you build your own six-figure path with purpose, clarity, and confidence.

When surgeons completed the world’s first hand transplant in 1998, it was supposed to be a moment of triumph. Never before had a dead man’s limb been grafted onto the living, and the possibilities for amputees, accident victims, and those born with congenital defects were nothing short of extraordinary. But the patient they chose—Clint Hallam, a businessman from New Zealand who longed to hold both of his children’s hands, embrace his wife, and play the piano again—wasn’t who he claimed to be.

For many years, Diane Ravitch was among the country’s leading conservative thinkers on education. The cure for what ailed the school system was clear, she believed: high-stakes standardized testing, national standards, accountability, competition, charters, and vouchers. Then Ravitch saw what happened when these ideas were put into practice and recanted her long-held views. The problem was not bad teachers or failing schools, as conservatives claimed, but poverty.

The missteps, the abysmal timing, the pitiful, stumbling overreach, none were recent developments. All were part of an early onset failure, all wired into my DNA from the start. The symptom that was my fledgling frack company, but the cause, the reason, that was all me. I’ll make a hurried, overly zealous decision to do something, then just do it. I’ll assume that if I do, I’ll land on my feet. The bedrock of all my assumptions has always been Why shouldn’t I land on my feet? Why though? Why so damned cavalier? It is because I am an entrepreneur.

You don't have to get beaten up to get beaten down. Andrew Regal spent decades working his way up in the high-stakes landscape of television news. He was often deflated, downtrodden, and defeated during the time of his most acute workplace trauma, which left him anxiety-ridden, alone, ashamed, sleepless, and contemplating suicide. Despite this, readers will find Regal humorous, sympathetic, resilient, and relatable. He is uniquely qualified to aid those who, like him, have suffered while trying to be the best possible employees.

A debut memoirist reflects on his career as a high school teacher and coach in this essay collection... The topics include the author’s experiences coaching multiple sports and the differences between teaching at private versus public schools... Burke eschews a standard chronological narrative for a more reflective approach that positions autobiographical vignettes as metaphors for the themes and lessons that undergirded his career...

Lessons on life and business you are guaranteed to find nowhere else. The true, larger-than-life story of George "Boe" Boedecker, his fire to succeed, his "don't just break the rules but make up new ones" attitude, his partners, his light bulb moment, the ridiculous origin story (of both shoe...

One More Light takes you on a journey with veteran firefighter and paramedic James Geering. As each chapter unfolds, the heart-wrenching stories are coupled with a unique physical and mental health perspective about preventing tragedy and unnecessary suffering. It’s about maximizing the wellness and fulfillment of one another. But most of all, this is a book that ultimately leaves you with the hope that, with us at our best, we have a fighting chance to thrive in an uncertain world.

Thinkers and Dreamers invites listeners to relive the lives of remarkable individuals, tracing their journeys from childhood and everyday experiences to the heights of genius. At the heart of the book lies a fundamental question: How does an individual become a catalyst for social progress? The answer unfolds through the stories of these thinkers and dreamers. It is found not only in their discoveries, but in their sacrifices: the courage to devote one’s life to an ideal. Beyond compelling narratives, the book reveals the pivotal decisions that reshaped history.

February 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years. It is also the birthday of Thais - author Anne-Dauphine Julliand's darling daughter - who died of a genetic disease. Thais lived just shy of her fourth birthday. She had a short life but good one. As this special day is about to reappear on her calendar for the first time since her daughter passed away, Anne-Dauphine struggles with how to mark this momentous occasion. She wants to live fully on this special day: Thais would have been eight years old.