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Would you be surprised that road rage can be good for society? That most crashes happen on sunny, dry days? Or that you can gauge a nation’s driving behavior by its levels of corruption? These are only a few of the remarkable dynamics that Tom Vanderbilt explores in this fascinating tour...

A terrorist bomb explodes during a South Korean celebration of the anniversary of the election of its first president. Alarms are raised in Washington. No one is claiming responsibility. The first suspect is North Korea. Could it be making a power play against South Korea and unification? If so, how will the U.S. respond? Paul Hood, Director of the Op-Center, must answer these questions. The Op-Center, a largely autonomous new agency which takes on the government's toughest security problems, is only six months old, and has never been given a foreign crisis until now.

Two-time New York Times best-selling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith show how leaders can achieve record-breaking results by quickly and effectively shaping their organizational culture to capitalize on their greatest asset - their people. Change the Culture, Change the Game joins their classic book The Oz Principle and their recent best seller How Did That Happen? to complete the most comprehensive series ever written on workplace accountability.

Los humanos contemporáneos han recorrido un largo camino en sus 70,000 años de paso por la tierra. Arte, ciencia, cultura, comercio: en la cadena evolutiva somos verdaderos ganadores. Pero lo cierto es que no siempre ha sido un viaje fácil y, a veces, muy puntualmente, hemos llegado a pifiarla de verdad.

Zur Schule gehen, hart arbeiten, sparen, ein Haus kaufen, Schulden begleichen und langfristig investieren - das ist für viele der schlechteste Weg, um reich zu werden! Robert T. Kiyosaki weiß, wovon er spricht: In seiner eigenen Vergangenheit erlebte er, dass es sein hart arbeitender "Poor Dad" nie zu etwas brachte, während sein Mentor "Rich Dad" Geld für sich arbeiten ließ und zu großem Wohlstand kam. Doch warum schaffen so viele Menschen den Schritt hin zur finanziellen Freiheit nicht?

Genau hier setzt MINDFLOW an, ein System, das Tom Mögele über viele Jahre erforscht und entwickelt hat. Die zentrale Frage lautet nicht: Welche Ziele setzen Sie sich und was können Sie erreichen? Sondern: Was sind Sie bereit anzunehmen? Was sind Sie bereit, in Ihrem Leben zu empfangen? In einem erhöhten Bewusstseinszustand, dem G4-Bewusstsein, in das Sie mithilfe dieses Buches einzutauchen lernen, sind alle Möglichkeiten vorhanden. Es ist alles da. Sie müssen nur bereit sein, es anzunehmen.

So trotzden Sie den Selbstzweifeln und bewahren dabei sogar Ihren Humor. Hermann ist der innere Kritiker, den wir alle kennen. Er lässt kein gutes Haar an uns und nörgelt herum, wo er nur kann. Zum Davonlaufen! Doch Hermann läuft mit. Egal, was wir tun, wir werden ihn nicht los. Denn er ist ein Teil unserer Persönlichkeit, der uns "eigentlich" nur helfen will. Tom Diesbrock weiß, wie Hermann tickt, und er verrät uns, wie wir die Dauerkritik unseres inneren Miesepeters entschärfen können.

In einer kalten Rauhnacht, nahe der niederländischen Grenze: Ein alter Bauernkotten steht lichterloh in Flammen, und die Leiche des Bauern liegt ­mit eingeschlagenem Schädel vor dem Haus. Oberkommissar Maik Bertram und seine Kollegen können den vermeintlichen Mörder bald fassen: Schultewolter, der vor Jahren auch den inzwischen pensionierten Heinrich Tenbrink niedergeschlagen hat. Doch Zeugen haben gesehen, wie Schultewolter den Toten aus dem brennenden Haus gezerrt hat. Warum würde ein Mörder sein Opfer retten wollen?

Sein Geld hat der spleenige Start-up-Unternehmer Gregory Hollister größtenteils in der Kryptowährung Bitcoin angelegt. Als er bei einem Unfall ums Leben kommt, beginnt die Suche nach seinem Privatvermögen. Das hat der paranoide Kalifornier gut versteckt. Wo befindet sich der digitale Schatz, den die Medien bereits Montecrypto nennen? Hollisters Schwester beauftragt den Privatdetektiv Ed Dante, das verschwundene Geld aufzuspüren. Dante recherchiert und stellt bald fest, dass etliche Personen hinter Montecrypto her sind.

Amerikanische Militärs werden ohne erkennbares System in ihrem privaten Umfeld attackiert. Jahrelang unbehelligte CIA-Agenten werden überraschend im feindlichen Ausland aufgegriffen. Das Muster wiederholt sich um den ganzen Globus, denn unbekannte Hacker haben eine Sicherheitslücke in Servern von Regierung und Nachrichtendiensten gefunden und geben hochsensible Daten in die Hände der Feinde. Das nächste Angriffsziel wird Präsident Jack Ryan sein. John Clark und der Campus müssen die undichte Stelle finden, um das Schlimmste zu verhindern.

L'inimicizia, il sospetto, la rivalità tra Occidente e Oriente sono argomenti antichi, se si pensa che è proprio per indagare le sotterranee radici storiche di questa animosità che Erodoto compose le sue Storie, nel v secolo a.C. Eternate nell'opera dello storico di Alicarnasso - e in seguito nelle cronache ellenistiche, romane, medievali, per tacere delle molteplici rielaborazioni letterarie e filmiche -, le figure e le vicende delle Guerre persiane sono saldamente inscritte nell'immaginario occidentale.

For anyone worried about any type of brain ailment, ranging from the chronic conditions to simple brain fog and fatigue, this essential guide covers the full spectrum of prevention to treatment. We've all experienced brain fog—misplaced keys, forgotten facts, a general feeling that you're just...

In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin's theory as a 19th-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacies, bogus claims, and empirical evidence that is all but disintegrating under an onslaught of new scientific discoveries. Bethell presents a concise yet wide-ranging tour of the flash points of modern evolutionary theory. Bethell's account is enriched by his own personal encounters with of some of our era's leading scientists and thinkers.

Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to talk with some people and not with others? It’s simple - you speak the same language! This doesn’t mean that you both speak English or have a similar dialect. It means that you connect with them on some level. In selling, building trusting relationships is all about understanding people who are different from you and being flexible enough in your communication skills to relate to them. This is a learned skill!

From June 1967 to June 1968, Tom Johnson accumulated an astonishing 1,600 flying hours piloting the UH-1 "Iroquois" - better known as the "Huey" - as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most decorated units of the Vietnam War, and helped redefine modern warfare. Johnson's riveting memoir takes us into key battles and rescue missions, including those for Hue and Khe Sanh. In harrowing detail, he tells of being shot down in the battle of A Shau Valley, of surviving enemy attacks during the Tet Offensive, and of a death-defying nighttime river rescue.

When their master, Vertigan, is kidnapped, Elio and his friends are determined to try and rescue him. Using a powerful artefact, they forge a magical doorway into a forbidding underground world teeming with Skaven ratmen! Hopelessly outnumbered, Elio, Kiri, Alish, Thanis and Kaspar must use all of their cunning if they are to find Vertigan and escape alive....

The incredible story of the first African American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave...

This is an audiobook about AI and AI risk. But it's also more importantly about a community of people who are trying to think rationally about intelligence, and the places that these thoughts are taking them, and what insight they can and can't give us about the future of the human race over the next few years. It explains why these people are worried, why they might be right and why they might be wrong.

In their remarkable debut political thriller, Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Imogen Robertson open the doors to The House, a place of ambition, hope, friendship...and betrayal. Once allies, Labour MP Owen McKenna and Conservative Minister Philip Bickford now face each other across the House of Commons as bitter enemies. Then the reappearance of a figure from their past forces them to confront the choices that led to the tragic downfall of their former housemate, Jay.

A 2018 Nautilus Book Award Winner for Business and Leadership! The founder of Menlo Innovations and author of the business culture cult classic Joy, Inc offers an inspirational guide to leaders seeking joy in the challenge of leading others. Rich Sheridan's Joy, Inc. told the story of how his...