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A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech in Penguin Classics. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself. On Some Lines of Virgil opens out into a frank discussion of sexuality and makes a revolutionary case for the equality of the sexes. In On Experience he superbly propounds his thoughts on the right way to live, while other essays touch on issues of an age struggling with religious and intellectual strife, with France torn apart by civil war. These diverse subjects are united by Montaigne's distinctive voice - that of a tolerant m...

A unique collection of advice for life, Baltasar Gracian's The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a philosophical gem, and perhaps the first 'self-help' book ever written. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Spanish with an introduction by Jeremy Robbins. Written over 350 years ago, The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a subtle collection of 300 witty and thought-provoking aphorisms. From the art of being lucky to the healthy use of caution, these elegant maxims were created as a guide to life, with further suggestions given on cultivating good taste, knowing how to refuse, the foolishness of complaining and the wisdom of controlling one's passions. Baltasar Gracian intended these ingenious, pragmatic aphorisms to challenge the mind, and recognised that few would be capable of applying them. In Jeremy Robbins's introduction to his penetrating new translation, he examines Gracian's place in Spanish literature and his previous works. Ro...

The groundbreaking international best-seller that turns everything you think about money, debt, and society on its head--from the "brilliant, deeply original political thinker" David Graeber (Rebecca Solnit, author of Men Explain Things to Me) Before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods--that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors--which lives on in full force to this day. So says anthropologist David Graeber in a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Renaissance Italy to Imperial China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words l...

Through the coming years I would experiment, various times, through trial and error, but many people were still not convinced that fish breeding was the future and providing food for the masses. I dug dams, at Orkney sewerage farm, started with duck, and fish project, then the portion I was renting was reclaimed by the Orkney municipality, for the enlargement of the sewerage plant and financially I could not continue on my own without having land to farm on. Product details Format Hardback | 52 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 6mm ...

The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. Inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559 530BC) after he captured Babylon, it is often referred to as the first bill of human rights, as it appears to permit freedom of worship throughout the Persian Empire and to allow deported people to return to their homelands. It is a valued object by people all around the world as a symbol of tolerance and respect for different peoples and different faiths, which is why a copy of the cylinder is on display in the United Nations building in New York. This lavishly illustrated catalogue is published to complement the first ever tour of the object to the United States, along with sixteen other objects from the British Museum's world-famous collection. Including a new authoritative translation of the Cyrus Cylinder by Irving Finkel, The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia offers a fascinating introduction int...

Filling your massage therapy practice is often the number one priority among new and veteran professionals. Unfortunately, there are too many massage therapists without a full practice. These are good or even expert massage professionals who have been well trained, who care and who have an excellent track record. Some struggle with their massage business and often find that advertising and marketing just doesn't get results - no matter what they try. What you'll find in this textbook is an easy to understand guide that will accelerate the growth of your practice. You'll find proven strategies and advice that will put you in the driver's seat of your career. And unlike your traditional massage business textbooks, it's written in fun, easy to read way that will keep you engaged from start to finish. It doesn't matter whether you are working full time or part time. This book is for any massage therapist or bodywork professional who is interested in having a mo...

Did you know that cacao beans are actually seeds (not beans) from the cacao tree? Technically speaking, this makes chocolate a fruit! Did you know that a single ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire more than 5 miles (8 km) long? Did you know that dolphins sleep with only half their brain at a time? The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Science Fact-O-Pedia is the ideal book for the intellectually curious mind. Loaded with nearly 2,000 fun facts and lots of fun comics and illustrations, this encyclopedia will arm you with hundreds of useless (and not so useless!) scientific tidbits--perfect for anyone looking to stimulate the mind or simply to impress at a party. Featuring a range of subjects, from anatomy and anthropology to physics and psychology, it's a virtual treasure trove of information! Product details Format ...

●内容を大まかに捉える練習●要点をまとめて答える練習●要約文を書く練習を通して、話者の言いたいことを適切につかむための練習が段階を踏んでできる構成になっています。テーマは日本の社会や文化に関する、〇新幹線のおでこ、〇体験プレゼント、〇女性専用車両、〇剣道、〇落語など、留学生が興味を持って聞けるものを集めました。音声は付属のCDのほか、動画をダウンロードして聞くこともできます。 Product details Format Hardback | 110 pages Publication date 11 Jul 2014 Publisher 3A Corporation ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique. A #1 New York Times bestseller! Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award! Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful. In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all sorts of challenges--and looks at the special powers those kids have as well. As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we come across someone who is different from us but we're not sur...

From the international bestselling author of the Outlander series, the terrific new novel featuring the ever-popular Lord John. 1760. Jamie Fraser is a paroled prisoner-of-war in the remote Lake District. Close enough to the son he cannot claim as his own, his quiet existence is interrupted first by dreams of his lost wife, then by the appearance of Tobias Quinn, an erstwhile comrade from the Rising. Lord John Grey - aristocrat, soldier, sometime spy - is in possession of papers which reveal a damning case of corruption and murder against a British officer. But the documents also hint at a far more dangerous conspiracy. Soon Lord John and Jamie are unwilling companions on the road to Ireland, a country whose castles hold dreadful secrets, and where the bones of the dead are hidden, in an epic story of treachery - and scores that can only be settled in blood. Product details F...

This series has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Help learners engage with and fully understand topics they are studying with an emphasis on mathematical thinking and working throughout. - Provide activities to increase student's subject knowledge and develop the skills necessary to think and work mathematically. - Engage learners with chapter openers that include historical notes with a cultural focus. - Support development of English language skills with the use of mathematical terms and activities to help facilitate effective teaching in classrooms with mixed English abilities. Product details Format Paperback | 264 pages Dimens...

Billions seek the answer to world's ills, conflicts, prejudices and injustice, and David Icke reveals what that is in his appropriately named new book, The Answer. It is not religious, economic or political, but something from which all else comes. There is nothing more important to turn the world around than for the content of this book to be globally known. The future of humanity depends upon it. Product details Format Paperback | 704 pages Dimensions 156 x 235 x 51mm ...

This workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with the TTMIK Level 1 lessons, which are available at TalkToMeInKorean.com, free of charge. Developed by a certified teacher to help you review and retain what you've learned in the TTMIK lessons, this workbook contains six main categories of review (vocabulary review, writing, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, fill in the chart, dictation) and many different types of exercises (matching, fill in the blank, multiple choice, dictation, draw a picture, translation, short answer and more). Product details Format Paperback | 130 pages Dimensions ...

Church health is measured by more than just numbers, but declining membership is often a key symptom of a church in crisis. The pastor of a dying church doesn't need to be told it is dying; he needs to find the way forward--and he needs hope. Author and pastor Andrew Davis offers readers the lessons he's learned in his own journey of leading church transformation, including - keeping Christ's ownership of the church central - being humble - choosing your battles wisely - empowering godly men to join in leadership - making prayer a priority - focusing on the Word - and more Church decline is not inevitable. Revitalize gives pastors the spiritual support they long for and the practical advice they need to turn their churches around and position them for greater health in the future. Product details Format ...

A hotshot Chicago ad agency owner uses a supercomputer to identify the most average man in America - to help big brand companies sell more products. Joe Meyers is a family guy who mows medians for the state of Indiana. He's reluctant at first, but his quick wit and warm heart make him a hit. Joe goes on a whirlwind tour of America that tests everything he values. Fiction, 362 pages. Product details Format Paperback | 366 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 19mm | ...

El propósito de esta investigación fue diseñar un Modelo Teórico que sustente la eficiencia hospitalaria mediante un enfoque gerencial, sistémico, basado en principios epistemológicos y metodológicos y fundamentados en políticas de mejoramiento de la gestión del Hospital Universitario "Antonio Maria Pineda" en Barquisimeto, Estado Lara. La investigación se fundamentó en la problemática del orden institucional como social. El estudio se insertó dentro del modelo cuanticualitativo, es una investigación de campo de carácter descriptivo no experimental, tipo proyectivo, epistemicamente se integra al modelo holístico. Utiliza lo cuantitativo; para conocer las políticas de eficiencia subyacentes en el hospital, allí se aborda la promoción, prevención, recuperación, rehabilitación y tratamiento a usuarios de los servicios. sobre el paradigma cualitativo se indagó sobre la gestión de directores de servicios. Estos paradigmas al complementarse dieron a conocer la realidad existente, t...

In his most extraordinary book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. These are case studies of people who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people or common objects; whose limbs have become alien; who are afflicted and yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. In Dr Sacks's splendid and sympathetic telling, each tale is a unique and deeply human study of life struggling against incredible adversity. 'Oliver Sacks has become the world's best-known neurologist. His case studies of broken minds offer brilliant insight into the mysteries of consciousness' - Guardian Product details Format ...

Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45 120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daughter and four sons. He appears as a man of kindly character and independent thought, studious and learned. Plutarch wrote on many subjects. Most popular have always been the 46 Parallel Lives, biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs (in each pair, one Greek figure and one similar Roman), though the last four lives are single. All are invaluable sources of our knowledge of the lives and characters of Greek and Roman statesmen, soldiers and orators. Plutarch's many other varied extant works, about 60 in number, are known as Moralia or Moral Essays. They are of high literary value, besides being of great use to people interested in philosophy, ethics and religion. The Loeb C...

Examining issues of power, gender, and religion in the ancient world, Perpetua's Journey: Faith, Gender, and Power in the Roman Empire is a graphic history set in Roman Africa in 203 CE that tells the story of the Christian martyr Perpetua. The Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis, also known as The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, is the first extant diary authored by a Christian woman. Vibia Perpetua was a young mother who lived in Roman Africa and, at the age of twenty-two, chose to publicly proclaim her Christian faith. She died as a result of her actions, though she did not die alone; she was part of a group of Christian martyrs, including several slaves, who were placed in prison and then executed in Carthage during the birthday celebrations of Emperor Septimius Severus's son in 203 CE. Perpetua's diary contains her account of the days leading up to her martyrdom. Perpetua's Journey occupies a space between the many works designed primarily for spe...

* Worldwide telecom spending was over $4 trillion in 2004, and virtually all 12 million businesses in the U.S. buy phone and other telecom services* Our book shows people at small and medium-sized businesses how to make sense of telecom lingo and get the best deals* Includes an overview of the major players in the telecom industry and an easy-to-understand explanation of the existing telecom infrastructure* Helps people pinpoint the telecom services best suited to their business needs, understand billing, and troubleshoot problems* Covers emerging industry trends, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and how they can help businesses cut costs Product details Format Paperback | 384 pages ...

Dieser Band der Fachwirt-Literatur für den Handlungsbereich "Schaden- und Leistungsmanagement" behandelt die Themen eines Wahlbausteins der Fortbildung zum Fachwirt für Versicherungen und Finanzen im Bereich "Betriebliche Kernprozesse". Es baut auf dem Band "Sachversicherungen für private und gewerbliche Kunden" aus dem Bereich "Produktmanagement" auf. Die 2. Auflage wurde neu überarbeitet und auf die Bedingungswerke "Proximus 3" und "Proximus Gewerbekunden 1" angepasst. Im Handlungsbereich "Schaden- und Leistungsmanagement" soll die Fähigkeit nachgewiesen werden, komplexe Schaden- und Leistungsfälle dem Grunde und dem Umfang nach prüfen und die Regulierung oder die Ablehnung vornehmen zu können. Dabei sollen rechtliche Vorschriften angewendet, betriebliche Abläufe berücksichtigt und die Interessen von Kunden und Versicherern abgewogen werden. Diese Fähigkeiten für die Sparten der gewerblichen Sachversicherung, der...

You can achieve your business dream. Beat the odds as you learn from the best - including Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates - and turn your idea into an amazing and profitable enterprise. The Business Book helps you over the hurdles facing every new business, such as finding a gap in the market, securing finance, employing people, and creating an eye-catching brand. It is a plain-speaking visual guide to 80 of the most important commerce theories including chaos theory, critical path analysis, market mapping, and the MABA matrix. Its graphics and flow diagrams demystify complicated concepts and explain the ideas of seminal business thinkers, such as Malcolm Gladwell's "tipping point", Michael Porter's "five forces", and Meredith Belbin's theories on effective teamwork. It shows that you can succeed with stories of rags-to-riches entrepreneurs, including the founders of Hewlett-Packard, who began their global enterprise from their garage. Whether y...

The religion of the ancient Greeks has lain dormant for too long. In Hellenismos, Tony Mierzwicki shows how to bring it back in all of its primal glory. Learn how to forge personal relationships with the ancient Greek deities. Recreate the practices of the Greeks and enjoy the richness of their spiritual practice. Explore this accessible introduction to Greek reconstruction and discover: Ancient Greek history and culture Deities, Daimones, and Heroes Simple daily observances and personal practice The lunar cycle and monthly, yearly, and festival observances How to incorporate reconstruction and magick into Pagan or Wiccan practice Controversial issues regarding Greek reconstruction Product details Format Paperback | 288 pages ...

In the classroom, ABC looks like a great way to manage a company's resources. But many executives who have tried to implement ABC on a large scale in their organizations have found the approach limiting and frustrating. Why? The employee surveys that companies used to estimate resources required for business activities proved too time-consuming, expensive, and irritating to employees. This book shows you how to implement time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC), an easier and more powerful way to implement ABC. You can now estimate directly the resource demands imposed by each business transaction, product, or customer. The payoff? You spend less time and money obtaining and maintaining TDABC data--and more time addressing problems that TDABC reveals, such as inefficient processes, unprofitable products and customers, and excess capacity. The authors also show how to use TDABC to link strategic planning to operational budgeting, to enhance the due diligence process for mergers an...

How the hidden trade in our sensitive medical information became a multibillion-dollar business, but has done little to improve our health-care outcomes Hidden to consumers, patient medical data has become a multibillion-dollar worldwide trade industry between our health-care providers, drug companies, and a complex web of middlemen. This great medical-data bazaar sells copies of the prescription you recently filled, your hospital records, insurance claims, blood-test results, and more, stripped of your name but possibly with identifiers such as year of birth, gender, and doctor. As computing grows ever more sophisticated, patient dossiers become increasingly vulnerable to reidentification and the possibility of being targeted by identity thieves or hackers. Paradoxically, comprehensive electronic files for patient treatment--the reason medical data exists in the first place--remain an elusive goal. Even today, patients or their doctors rarely have easy access to comprehensive records ...