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For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: Passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in today’s dramatically reconfigured world, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. In Give and Take, Adam Grant, an award-winning researcher and Wharton’s highest-rated professor, examines the surprising forces that shape why some people rise to the top of the success ladder while others sink to the bottom.

Quand avez-vous changer d'avis la dernière fois ? "Cela ne marchera jamais !", "C'est trop compliqué !", "C'est comme ça qu'on a toujours fait !", ces phrases vous sont-elles familières ? Alors que nous évoluons dans un monde en mouvement permanent, que nous passons notre temps à remplacer nos biens matériels pour de plus performants, pourquoi restons-nous si souvent campés sur nos positions ? C'est que nous trouvons refuge dans le confort de nos convictions, nous nous entourons de personnes qui partagent nos idées et fuyons à tout prix la contradiction.

Plus bas que Terre ! Ayant - plus ou moins - survécu à son édifiante promenade cosmico-temporelle, le pauvre Arthur Dent savoure l'indicible plaisir de fouler à nouveau le sol de sa planète natale. Une planète jadis détruite par les terribles Vogons, sous le prétexte fallacieux de laisser passer une autoroute intergalactique... Pas de panique ! Car l'universellement exhaustif "Guide galactique" saura sans doute répondre à cet étrange paradoxe. Et peut-être élucidera-t-il un mystère plus angoissant encore : pourquoi les dauphins ont-ils disparu.

Est-il jamais trop tard pour sortir de la friend zone ? — Sérieux, tu ne vois pas le problème ? Cette amitié n’a rien de normal ! Et tu sais quoi ? J’en ai marre d’essayer de rivaliser avec... ça ! Il est grand temps que tu choisisses. Non, Kelsey, ne fais pas ça ! — C’est elle ou moi. Bree Camden et Nathan Donelson, le nouveau quarterback vedette d’une célèbre équipe de football américain, sont inséparables depuis des années. Amis, juste amis... Vraiment ? Lorsqu’une soirée un peu trop arrosée les contraint à prétendre jusqu’au prochain Super Bowl qu’ils sont en couple, ils s’aventurent sur un terrain glissant.

Pauvre Arthur Dent ! Apprendre qu'on est devenu père sans avoir... enfin rien fait pour ça, voilà de quoi ébranler le flegme le plus involontaire de toute la Galaxie ! Suffisamment, en tout cas, pour aller se saouler sur une lointaine planète, dans un modeste bar tenu par une légende - toujours ! - vivante du rock'n roll... Pas de panique ! Car l'imprévisible "Guide du voyageur galactique", décidément irremplaçable, dévoilera enfin tous les mystères d'une odyssée digne des plus belles pages de Marx - Groucho Marx - ; entre autres.

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last 15 years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until later that night, when a triple homicide occurs just down the street, opening a specter of violence that will haunt the Larkins for half a century.

We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door.

A dynamic remastering of the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast serial - Fit the First to Fit the Sixth - which spawned a phenomenal hitchhiking legend. The original series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, remastered by Dirk Maggs (director of the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases) to give a full, vibrant sound, now with Philip Pope’s version of the familiar theme tune and specially re-recorded announcements by John Marsh.

Delve into the insights of Brooks Adams (1848-1927), an influential American historian and a vocal critic of capitalism. Adams proposed that commercial civilizations experience predictable cycles of rise and fall. He argued that as populations cluster in large urban centers and engage in commercial pursuits, their insatiable thirst for wealth leads them to forsake spiritual and creative values. This unchecked greed breeds distrust and dishonesty, ultimately resulting in societal collapse. In his seminal work, The Law of Civilisation and Decay (1895), Adams traced the shifting centers of world ...

Positive, encouraging conversations about life and the word of truth. This journey we are on comes with a lot of trials but living in the Favor of God we can find peace in life's trouble.

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Hondo Velazquez was once a decorated Marine corporal. But now, having returned stateside to civilian life, he's taken a lowly job as a new deputy in Brooks County, Texas–a place where the border crisis has everyone on edge. For Hondo, it feels like a demotion, but when the bones of a mother and her child are unearthed on a remote oil ranch, Hondo is dragged back into a world he thought he left behind. Violence, death, pain. For a boy who grew up on the border, with blood mixed from both sides of the line, he feels a tribal drum-beat-calling to do what any dog does best: dig.

In a forest in Wealdstone, Joshua Shaw's mundane world collides with the extraordinary, when he is magically thrust into the world of Beyond — a beautiful place which shares a boundary with the cursed prison known as The Void. As the shackles holding back the darkness begin to weaken, Joshua must discover who he truly is and face his destiny. Tommy, Guardian of the doorway between worlds, and Nybor, leader of the White Falcons are on hand to guide him.

La consciencia plena es la práctica de conectarse conscientemente con el flujo inconsciente, donde se está tranquilo, en paz y firmemente presente en el momento, sin juicio, al mismo tiempo, enorme y creativamente productivo. La consciencia plena se suma a un estilo de vida saludable al ayudarnos a tomar conciencia cuando no estamos comprometidos en disfrutar los elementos saludables de nuestra vida. No espere más para descubrir EL SECRETO para una vida nueva y mejor.

Nequa or The Problem of the Ages stands as one of the pioneering feminist science fiction novels in the United States. First serialized in the newspaper Equity, it saw two editions published in Topeka, Kansas in 1900. The story takes readers on a thrilling voyage to the Arctic, where the ships captain is astonished to discover that when they reach a certain point‚Aîexpected to be near the North Pole‚Aîthe compass inexplicably indicates a southward journey. They have, in fact, sailed into the Earths interior, where they encounter the Altrurians, a society that has evolved into a more ...

Fight Science Made Simple is for fighters and martial artists who want to train harder, recover faster, and stay on the mat for life. Each week, we break down strength & conditioning, nutrition, recovery, and mindset into straightforward strategies you can actually use in training. Simple, practical, and backed by real fight science—so you can keep chasing your potential, performing at your peak, and becoming the fighter you’ve always wanted to be.

The S.H.I.F.T. Show™ — the rawest show on Earth. Hosted by ex-cop turned residential counselor Adam Blevins, this podcast is part gut-punch, part group hug, and part “did he just say that?” We drag shame into the light, laugh through the wreckage, and say the things nobody else will. Mental health, grief, healing, identity, it’s all fair game. If you’ve ever felt like too much or not enough, this show was made for you. Bring your mess. We’ll bring the mirror.

Step into a fascinating tale from 1835 as we explore the Moon Hoax, subtitled ‚AúA Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human Beings.‚Aù Originally serialized in the New York Sun, this story presented itself as a genuine account published in the Edinburgh Journal of Science, with renowned astronomer Sir John Herschel purportedly at the helm. The narrative claimed that Herschel‚As telescope had uncovered astonishing man-bats and a myriad of other creatures, alongside remarkable lunar landscapes. Published at a time when newspapers served as both entertainment and information...

Danger with Grainger was one of several series produced by Radio syndicator Harry S. Goodman in the mid-1950s. The episodes were recorded for Australia for syndication, particularly for the US market, where union contracts with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists couldn't keep radio drama profitable for networks in an era where radio advertising dollars were losing ground to television.Goodman's series tried to sound as American as possible by featuring as many US expats living in Australia living in Australia as possible. The case was led by Tennessee-born actor Harp ...