Book Description
The Wise El series are cartoon books with aphorisms to guide, inspire and motivate - with a touch of visual humour.
Author : Euphrosene Labon
Publisher : Euphrosene Labon Art And Books
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 18,10 MB
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1905402244
The Wise El series are cartoon books with aphorisms to guide, inspire and motivate - with a touch of visual humour.
Author : Euphrosene Labon
Publisher : Euphrosene Labon Art And Books
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1905402260
An offbeat look at life's bigger picture
Author : Euphrosene Labon
Publisher : Floreo Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 25,7 MB
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 190540218X
Author : Guy Kawasaki
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,16 MB
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0525538623
Silicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life and the lessons we can draw from them. Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom about entrepreneurship, venture capital, marketing, and business evangelism, which he's shared in bestselling books such as The Art of the Start and Enchantment. But before all that, he was just a middle-class kid in Hawaii, a grandson of Japanese immigrants, who loved football and got a C+ in 9th grade English. Wise Guy, his most personal book, is about his surprising journey. It's not a traditional memoir but a series of vignettes. He toyed with calling it Miso Soup for the Soul, because these stories (like those in the Chicken Soup series) reflect a wide range of experiences that have enlightened and inspired him. For instance, you'll follow Guy as he . . . Gets his first real job in the jewelry business--which turned out to be surprisingly useful training for the tech world. Disparages one of Apple's potential partners in front of that company's CEO, at the sneaky instigation of Steve Jobs. Blows up his Apple career with a single sentence, after Jobs withholds a pre-release copy of the Think Different ad campaign: "That's okay, Steve, I don't trust you either." Reevaluates his self-importance after being mistaken for Jackie Chan by four young women. Takes up surfing at age 62--which teaches him that you can discover a new passion at any age, but younger is easier! Guy covers everything from moral values to business skills to parenting. As he writes, "I hope my stories help you live a more joyous, productive, and meaningful life. If Wise Guy succeeds at this, then that's the best story of all."
Author : Nicholas Pileggi
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1504041623
The true story behind the Martin Scorsese film: A “riveting . . . account of how organized crime looted the casinos they controlled” (Kirkus Reviews). Focusing on Chicago bookie Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal and his partner, Anthony Spilotro, and drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Mafia classic Wiseguy—basis for the film Goodfellas—Nicholas Pileggi reveals how the pair worked together to oversee Las Vegas casino operations for the mob. He unearths how Teamster pension funds were used to take control of the Stardust and Tropicana and how Spilotro simultaneously ran a crew of jewel thieves nicknamed the “Hole in the Wall Gang.” For years, these gangsters kept a stranglehold on Sin City’s brightly lit nightspots, skimming millions in cash for their bosses. But the elaborate scheme began to crumble when Rosenthal’s disproportionate ambitions drove him to make mistakes. Spilotro made an error of his own, falling for his partner’s wife, a troubled showgirl named Geri. It would all lead to betrayal, a wide-ranging FBI investigation, multiple convictions, and the end of the Mafia’s longstanding grip on the multibillion-dollar gaming oasis in the midst of the Nevada desert. Casino is a journey into 1970s Las Vegas and a riveting nonfiction account of the world portrayed in the Martin Scorsese film of the same name, starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone. A story of adultery, murder, infighting, and revenge, this “fascinating true-crime Mob history” is a high-stakes page-turner (Booklist).
Author : Amy Crouch
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1493426834
It's time to take our power back We can barely imagine our lives without technology. Tech gives us tools to connect with our friends, listen to our music, document our lives, share our opinions, and keep up with what's going on in the world. Yet it also tempts us to procrastinate, avoid honest conversations, compare ourselves with others, and filter our reality. Sometimes, it feels like our devices have a lot more control over us than we have over them. But it doesn't have to be that way. In fact, we deserve so much more than what technology offers us. And when we're wise about how we use our devices, we can get more--more joy, more connection, more out of life. Tech shouldn't get in the way of a life worth living. Let's get tech-wise.
Author : Arthur Meier Schlesinger
Publisher :
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 29,94 MB
Release : 1927
Category : United States
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Page : 492 pages
File Size : 14,71 MB
Release : 1927
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Author : Bernhard Lang
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780754666189
Bernhard Lang, known for his contributions over several decades to biblical anthropology, offers in this volume a selection of essays on the life and literature of the ancient Hebrews. The subjects range from the Hebrew God, the world-view of the Bible, and the formation of the scriptural canon, to peasant poverty, women's work, the good life, and prophetic street theatre. The stories of Joseph, Samson, and the expulsion from Paradise are told, and in a departure from the Old Testament, the priestly origins of the Eucharist are considered. Insight into the Hebrew mentality is facilitated by the arrangement of the essays, reflecting the three strata of the ancient society: the peasants, with their common concerns of fertility and happiness; warriors, their martial pursuits, and the divine Lord of War; and the wise - prophets, priests, and sages.
Author : Branka Arsić
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 28,68 MB
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780674050730
Arsić unpacks Ralph Waldo Emerson’s repeated assertion that our reality and our minds are in constant flux. Her readings of a broad range of Emerson’s writings are guided by a central question: what does it really mean to maintain that everything fluctuates, is relational, and so changes its identity?