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DIE HERBERGE: Schicksalsbegegnungen in einer Wüstenoase Arye Dreyfus In einem felsigen, halb vergessenen Teil des Negevs beherbergt eine abgelegene Herberge Menschen, die sich völlig aufgegeben haben. Der Ort hat weder eine therapeutische Struktur noch die Weisheit einer Führungspersönlichkeit zu bieten. Es gibt keine politischen oder religiösen Bindungen und keine öffentliche finanzielle Unterstützung – keine Hemmschwellen für Neve Dror, und jeden Morgen gelingt es seinen Besuchern, ein neues menschliches Mosaik zu schaffen. Erstaunlicherweise wird das ungeschriebene Motto der Herberge „Du bist alles, was du hast“ öfter wahr. Männer und Frauen, Jung und Alt, internationale Prominente und soziale Außenseiter, agnostische Juden und gläubige Christen, lokale Geschäftsleute, Startups und reiche ausländische Erben gehen in diesem Wüstenrefugium ein und aus. Jeder Besucher ist zu erfahren im Umgang mit der Welt, um zu erwarten, dass die Narben auf seinem Rücken an diesem exotischen Zufluchtsort schnell verschwinden würden. Und doch werden Träume in der rauen Umgebung immer wieder zur Realität und Resignation gilt als Häresie. In diesem abgelegenen Teil der Welt, im Desert Inn, ist nichts illusorisch, nicht einmal eine unmögliche Liebesgeschichte zwischen einem vatikanischen Priester und einem israelischen Friseur. Die Herberge in Neve Dror ist jedoch keine erfundene Legende. Diese Geschichte beruht auf tatsächlichen Gegebenheiten. Arye Dreyfus, in Frankreich geborener Lehrer, beschreibt eine erschreckende Realität, doch sein sonnig israelisches Gemüt hat auch immer einen Blick für das Schöne. Er ist ein versierter Pädagoge und hauptsächlich in Europa und Afrika unterwegs. Er verurteilt nichts und romantisiert nichts, er erzählt nur eloquent die Geschichte einer dekadenten Gesellschaft, die fünfzig Jahre später nicht bereit zu sein scheint, sich mit ihrer eigenen Unbeständigkeit auseinanderzusetzen. Eine englischsprachige eBook Edition wurde Mitte 2018 veröffentlicht. 266 Seiten, 14 x 20,5 cm.
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Ted and Jimmy have just completed their studies at the Georgetown University School of Law. They are about to leave the dorm room they have shared and head for home, but they argue. Jimmy claims that in a few short years he will be a U.S. senator. His father is a well-known lawyer and he will get his son elected. Ted says there’s no way; Jimmy’s not the senator type! Professor Carter, much admired by these two former students, happens to be passing by. They ask him if there is, indeed, such a thing as a "senator type," and if he thinks Jimmy will be able to fulfill his ambition. Carter’s response comes in the form of a highly unusual suggestion: to join him on a tour around the world, with two weeks at different locations across the globe to help further his research. "The question about Jimmy," he says, "is much larger. It concerns extremely important, basic principles that determine the paths people take in their lives." They will learn why George is a bus driver who spends every day making roundtrips between Washington and Baltimore, and why Edward is the British ambassador to Egypt. They are also going to get an answer to the question they posed to begin with. What Professor Carter doesn’t mention is that he is staking his entire academic career on these two students. The real reason for the invitation is that Carter desperately needs their help in proving a theory he has developed, one that is jeered by his faculty colleagues. "Decide quickly," he tells them. "We’ll be leaving very soon…." This inspirational novel artfully hammers the notion that there is no real difference between a university professor and a custodial worker; only their professions differ. Period. Unlike what we were programmed to believe, no person is smarter than another, and no person is more foolish, either. People are just people. The Chinese woman bending over in a rice paddy – just like the chief justice of the Supreme Court – has desires, ambitions, and dreams, feels happiness, sadness, and pain. This seemingly obvious truth has been presented clearly and convincingly in this fascinating tale, which captures the reader's mind and imagination from start to the surprising end. It is a journey of discovery with the human being as its destination, and veers off the beaten track to view familiar concepts like equality and racism from an entirely different perspective. This challenging quest takes the reader from the slums of Bombay to a soccer field in Buenos Aires, then to Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood, and from there to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Scene by scene, the thread of the story gradually unravels, revealing the code that leads human beings to the places they are in life. Why indeed is George a bus driver while Edward is a British ambassador? Nobody's Fool provides the answer. Hillel Lerman is an industrial engineer who has managed a number of startup companies from their onset, some of them reaching a successful exit, and also established three startup ventures of his own initiative. For many years he has been exploring philosophy, particularly in the area of determination and free choice. The author is married, with four children and a growing gang of grandchildren. He wrote this book while on a business trip, out of a sudden impulse, without financial or other motivation.
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In this monumental historical novel of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, Lev Arkady survives the murder of his entire family in the closing days of World War II. Rescued by the ultimate showman and huckster, Old Amos, a character as memorable as Falstaff, Lev survives by becoming the ultimate chameleon.Penny Fullerton lives the good life of a 1950s Los Angeles teenager, experiencing the early death of her parents, sexual awakenings, and young heartbreak. She and Lev meet for one glorious evening in Vienna. They will not see each other again for twenty-seven years.In the interim, Lev befriends Karol Wojtyla, who will eventually succeed to the Papal throne. He succeeds as an international showman. When his life is endangered due to his involvement with anti-communist forces, he is catapulted to England, where he becomes an "American" star of 1960s pirate radio. Later, he participates at the dawn of revolutions that will topple Communism. Meanwhile, Penny achieves unexpected success, rising to the top of a small startup company—FedEx.When they finally meet again, Penny is a widow. Lev has never married. The magic between them ignites anew. They share a dramatic, life-threatening adventure in the Caucasus and, ultimately, a highly satisfying climax when they realize that the meaning of life is getting over fear and making the world a better place for having lived in it.This is Hugo Gerstl, author of ten novels, at his very best. Arcade is guaranteed to cement and increase his worldwide reputation! Published By Pangæa Publishing Group, 2019. 436 Pages, 23 cm x 15 cm
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+ Enlarge Picture Nobody’s Fool – Warum wir genau da landen, wo wir hingehören von Hillel Lerman Ted und Jimmy haben ihr Studium an der Georgetown University School of Law abgeschlossen.Sie sind gerade dabei, ihr Studentenwohnheim zu verlassen und wieder nach Hause zu fahren, da geraten sie in einen Streit.Jimmy behauptet, dass er in wenigen Jahren ein US-Senator sein wird.Sein Vater ist ein bekannter Anwalt, und er wird dafür sorgen, dass sein Sohn gewählt wird.Ted sagt, dass dies unmöglich sei. Jimmy sei kein Senator-Typ! Die beiden treffen Professor Carter, der von den beiden Ex-Studenten sehr verehrt wird.Sie fragen ihn, ob es überhaupt so etwas wie einen „Senatoren-Typ“ gibt und, wenn ja, ob er glaubt, dass Jimmy seinen ehrgeizigen Plan in die Realität umsetzen wird.Carters Antwort kommt in Form eines höchst ungewöhnlichen Vorschlags:Sie sollen ihn auf einer Reise um die Welt begleiten, bei der sie jeweils zwei Wochen an verschiedenen Orten bleiben, um seine Forschungen voranzutreiben.„Die Frage über Jimmy“, sagte er, „ist viel weitreichender.Sie betrifft extrem wichtige, grundlegende Prinzipien, die den Weg bestimmen, den Menschen in ihrem Leben einschlagen.“Sie lernen, warum George ein Busfahrer ist, der Tag für Tag zwischen Washington und Baltimore hin und her fährt, und warum Edward der britische Botschafter in Ägypten ist.Sie erhalten außerdem eine Antwort auf die Frage, die sie am Anfang ihres Abenteuer gestellt haben. Was Professor Carter jedoch nicht erwähnt, ist, dass er seine ganze akademische Karriere auf diese beiden Studenten setzt.Der wahre Grund für die Einladung ist, dass Carter dringend ihre Hilfe beim Nachweis einer Theorie braucht, die er entwickelt hat und die von seinen Kollegen in der Fakultät verspottet wird.„Entscheidet euch schnell“, sagt er ihnen.„Wir fahren in Kürze los...“ Dieser inspirierende Roman legt Zeugnis dafür ab, dass es keinen wirklichen Unterschied zwischen einem Universitätsprofessor und einem Hausmeister gibt. Nur ihre Positionen unterscheiden sich.Das ist alles.Im Gegensatz zu dem, was zu glauben wir programmiert wurden, ist keine Person klüger als eine andere, und keine ist dümmer.Menschen sind nur Menschen.Die chinesische Frau, die sich im Reisfeld bückt – ebenso wie der oberste Richter des obersten Gerichts – alle haben Wünsche, Ambitionen und Träume, fühlen Freude, Trauer und Schmerz. Diese scheinbar offensichtliche Wahrheit wird klar und überzeugend in dieser faszinierenden Geschichte präsentiert, die den Leser von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite (mit ihrem überraschenden Ende) fesselt.Sie ist eine Entdeckungsreise in die Menschlichkeit. Sie führt abseits der ausgetretenen Pfade zu Begriffen wie Gleichheit und Rassismus aus einer völlig anderen Perspektive. Diese anspruchsvolle Reise führt den Leser aus den Slums von Bombay zu einem Fußballfeld in Buenos Aires, dann in das Stadtviertel Borough Park in Brooklyn, und von dort aus in die Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Szene für Szene entwickelt sich der Faden der Geschichte allmählich und enthüllt den Code, der Menschen an ihren Platz im Leben führt.Warum ist George ein Busfahrer und Edward ein britischer Botschafter?Nobodys Fool liefert die Antwort. Hillel Lerman ist ein Industrie-Ingenieur, der eine Reihe von Startup-Unternehmen von Anfang an begleitet hat. Einige dieser Unternehmen sind sehr erfolgreich geworden. Er hat außerdem drei Startup-Unternehmen selbst gegründet.Seit vielen Jahren beschäftigt er sich mit Philosophie, vor allem im Bereich Prädetermination und freier Wille. Der Autor ist verheiratet, hat vier Kinder und eine wachsende Gruppe von Enkelkindern.Er schrieb dieses Buch auf einer Geschäftsreise, aus einem plötzlichen Impuls, ohne finanzielle oder andere Motivation.
With simple definitions of the most frequently used words, alongside stories that give more context and colour, The Startup Lexicon is an incredible primer for anyone interested in one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors in the business world.
The Corporate Startup is a practical guide for established companies that aspire to develop and sustain their innovation capabilities.• The world around us is changing rapidly. There is now more pressure on established companies to innovate.• The challenge most companies face is how to develop new products for new markets, while managing their core business at the same time.• The principles and practices outlined in this book provide companies with a blueprint of how to manage innovation while they execute on their core business.• The Corporate Startup provides frameworks, visualizations, templates, tools and methods that can be easily applied to develop new products and business models.
The secret to super-success in whatever you do is closer than you think . . . Uncovering the seven keys to super-success in life and business can be a simple as reading a tale, a parable, if you will, especially when the teller of the tale is the best-selling co-author of the Wall Street classic “The Fall of the House of Hutton” and the founder and CEO of the fin-tech startup, StockSquirrel, John Feloni. FORGE A MEANINGFUL PATH TO SUCCESS WHEN YOU DISCOVER THE COVENANT SECRET Uncovering the seven keys to super-success in life and business can be a simple as reading a tale, a parable, if you will, especially when the teller of the tale is the best-selling co-author of the Wall Street classic “The Fall of the House of Hutton” and the founder and CEO of the fin-tech startup, StockSquirrel, John Feloni. “The Covenant Secret” tells the story of a fresh-out-of-business-school and intensely-focused-on-money entrepreneur, Bill Rand, whose startup company is not doing too well. Unbeknownst to him, Bill is about to embark on a journey of discovery guided by Tom Crawford, one of the world’s great entrepreneurs, a journey that will change Bill’s life — as well as his fortunes. Travel with Bill as he learns the answers to these pressing and timely questions – – What is business REALLY about?– Is business solely about the money?– Where do people fit into the business equation?– How are misconceptions holding you back from your full potential?– What’s at the heart of this new “stakeholder capitalism” idea?– What changes can you make to maximize your efforts?– Who (or what) are you ultimately serving with your business and in your life? These are questions that, once answered, will open doors for you in life just as much as in business. “The Covenant Secret” takes the reader through all of the pivotal aspects of good business: investors, shareholders, customers, partners, employees, the communities they serve, and the planet on which we live. As you will see, all of these constitute what you will come to call the “Covenant Secret.” The author wrote this business exemplum thirty years ago — and the message is relevant today, more than ever. As you read this wonderful modern-day parable, you will come to the undeniable conclusion that, in business and life, it’s about people and relationships. In fact, you’ll see that they are the only things that matter. CONTENTSIntroduction Chapter 1: People Are Stupid!Where the young man experiences difficulties in his business Chapter 2: It’s the People, Stupid!Where the young man meets his mentor in a new way of thinking Chapter 3: Relationship ManagementWhere the young man learns the secret of successful relationships Chapter 4: GratitudeWhere the young man understands the truth about gratitude Chapter 5: CustomersWhere the young man learns that the law of success is service Chapter 6: PartnersWhere the young man comprehends the importance of trust and integrity Chapter 7: Investors/ShareholdersWhere the young man sees the power of influence as well as its source Chapter 8: Employees/Co-workersWhere the young man comes to know the value of passion Chapter 9: CommunityWhere the young man encounters the power of his beliefs Chapter 10: The Relationship ProfessionalWhere the young man learns the complete Covenant Secret
The story in this novel is utterly implausible – and yet it happened. One of the world’s leading museums, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, commissioned a piece from leading American sculptor Richard Serra to celebrate its inauguration in 1986. A sculpture weighing thirty-eight tons which one fine day… simply vanished into thin air. Nobody knew how it had disappeared, when it had happened, or who was responsible. A mixture of nonfiction novel and fictionalized reportage, combining the bizarre with the hallucinogenic, Masterpiece employs the pace of a thriller to reconstruct a case that poses some disturbing questions. How could something like this have happened? How does a copy become an original? What even is contemporary art? And what was the true fate of the famous, huge and immensely heavy steel sculpture that evaporated? Might it reappear one day? “I am especially amazed by the generosity of this polyphony. More than a stylisticaudacity, I see it as proof of great sensitivity. The author speaks masterfully of contemporaryart, addressing the relationship between the original and the copy and the collective dimension of a work. It also inspires a keen awareness of history. Even more impressive, it offers a scathing vision of our present, and more particularly our political present. It is admirable to have succeeded in turning a work as rectangular as Equal-Parallel / Guernica-Bengasi into a prism that refracts the world so powerfully”.Benjamin Burguete, editor at Le Bruit du Monde (France)
In every industry, there are companies that take off. They effortlessly hire talented people, attract loyal customers, create cool products and make lots of money. These companies seem to stand out and scale up quickly with support from investors, partners and the media. Sadly, most companies don’t perform this way. Most entrepreneurs aren’t building anything of value. They work hard, make sacrifices, struggle, dream, plan and strive, but in the end, it doesn’t pay off. This book sets out a method for building a business that becomes a valuable asset. It focuses you on transforming your organisation into something scalable, digital, fun and capable of making an impact. It’s time to, stand out, scale up and build a business that has a life of its own. Start now by reading this book.
2008 Best Books Award Winner in the category Business: Computers/Technology/Internet - USA Book News. Service Oriented Architecture is all the rage these days. Dozens, if not hundreds of books are published on it, and more seem to show up every day. This book isn't awash with buzzwords and jargon. In truth, this book will probably be shunned by the SOA eltie. Rather than focus on the front end, this book focuses on the back end. That Heritage data silo/application where all of the other books just draw a box with "connect somehow" written on it. Most of them try to sell some expensive midleware along the way. Management can and should read the first five chapters in the book. These chapters aren't technical and may very well open their eyes. The remaining chapters are for those programmers given the "connect somehow" task. While OpenVMS is the Heritage platform of choice in this book and Ubuntu is used for the front end development, developers from other platforms should get a lot of ideas by reading this book.
Nineteenth-century musical Italy is, according to Bruno Barilli's famous definition, 'the country of melodrama', and the theatre is its space par excellence, and La Scala favoured the establishment of Milan as the capital of the opera industry. This requires an articulate and complex organisation that, in addition to the artists, includes agents, impresarios and technical personnel in the sector and enables the 'turnkey' transfer of Italian opera performances to the other side of the planet. And in Milan, the Teatro alla Scala was built with the intention of being the centre of this production system. The theatre, inaugurated in 1778, was built thanks to the obstinate, tenacious and passionate determination of the most illustrious families of the Lombard aristocracy, after a fire had destroyed the Regio Ducal Teatro on the night of 25 February 1776. It was the nobles who entirely financed the construction of the new Teatro Grande at La Scala, receiving in exchange a box with an adjoining dressing room.
Alibaba, Samsung, Toyota – Asia is home to some of the world's biggest, most innovative and most trusted brands. As the global economy undergoes massive disruption in the wake of Covid-19, what are the new brands emerging from the region? Which brands will be the next big thing? Take a deep dive into Asia's most promising brands, ranging from Korea’s fast-expanding Go Pizza and Singapore’s Kinobi edu-tech platform to Vietnam’s automobile wunderkind, VinFast. Through wide-ranging interviews with the brands’ founders and management teams, author Jörg Dietzel uncovers what makes each of them tick, and distils invaluable lessons for every business out there looking to take off in the post-Covid world.
Judy Piatkus launched Piatkus Books at a time when women were not expected to be entrepreneurs. With no university degree, professional qualifications or financial backing, she taught herself how to be a publisher while also looking after a young family that included a child with cerebral palsy. This is the story of how Judy built Piatkus from a startup operating out of her spare room into a global self-help empire.
What if men were forced to be female for a day? What if a global wealth tax turned into an addictive game for the super-rich? Bright Matter can be read as a humanistic manifesto between hope and surrender. 13 stories that explore unconventional behaviour and introduce new kinds of borders with huge media acclaim. Each story is a brief, tight twist on the modern world, its contradictions, and the personal struggle to find direction within it. Funny, absurd, tragic, unexpected. These visions of utopian social innovations for the future nonetheless remain closely tied to our present daily lives and ever-never-changing human nature. The narratives open up unthinkable paths; traveling down them may, at times, feel like sex in space. Not as technically constructed as the work of Ted Chiang, and not as pessimistic about human nature as Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, Kaufmann’s stories target a growing audience of individuals who feel doubt about themselves and about the future. Without giving pre-formatted answers, she takes doubts and desires seriously and explores different possible ways forward. Without any media spending, the book has been widely recognised and has already received a number of excited reviews. The 13 stories in Bright Matter address the questions we all carry around with us: what the hell is going on? And: where are we going? Sample translations into English available.
In the early 1990s, Mexican journalist Chespirito Diaz arrived in Washington willing to win in life and save the world. He was far from imagining that he would be the cause of a war. When Rachel Woodberg, a daughter of the American elite, with an obsession for adventure, proposed an unorthodox report on a gang summit, Chespirito realized that he was treading dangerous ground. Hypnosis is the novel of that decisive decade, between Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993 and the Iraq war in 2003, and can be read as a reflection on the nature and origins of collective persuasion in the contemporary world. A story that is only beginning.
The Future of Science is Female: From saving the oceans, to giving us all better fro-yo, these badass women have us covered. Take 22-year old Dominique Barnes. She was worried about all the dolphins and whales killed during shrimp farming. So the marine biologist created a tasty plant-based shrimp alternative: Nuff said. What about your pooch’s poor health? Holly Fanz’s animal biome startup has that covered. This book shares the fascinating, complicated stories of how this diverse group of women got started — from the perspective of those still working it out as they go along. Forget the ivory tower of accomplishment, learn about the everyday drama, tears, and adventures these badass ladies face as they race to fix everything the men f**d up. This book will inspire future female founders to turn their dreams into a reality.
Globalization, developments in technology, and new business models are transforming the way products and services are conceived, designed, made, and distributed in the U.S. and around the world. These forces present challenges - lower wages and fewer jobs for a growing fraction of middle-class workers - as well as opportunities for "makers" and aspiring entrepreneurs to create entirely new types of businesses and jobs. Making Value for America examines these challenges and opportunities and offers recommendations for collaborative actions between government, industry, and education institutions to help ensure that the U.S. thrives amid global economic changes and remains a leading environment for innovation. Filled with real-life examples, Making Value for America presents a roadmap to enhance the nation's capacity to pursue opportunities and adapt to transforming value chains by widespread adoption of best practices, a well-prepared and innovative workforce, local innovation networks to support startups and new products, improved flow of capital investments, and infrastructure upgrades.
Set in the early 20th century Graphite is a novel pertaining to the opposites. Between the inauguration of the infamous Muslim Brotherhood clan & the liberal movements emerging in Egypt at the time the characters undergo a struggle as envisaged through the heroine Nawal Aref. Nawal is not only the envoy to the Sorbonne in Paris for completion of her university studies but also the companion of Dorreya Shafiq the icon of women’s liberation & rights in Egypt at the time. In the background are characters that truly reflect the melting pot the then young Egypt was; with a mixture of population encompassing Egyptians, Jews, Armenians & Greeks. Through the personal struggle & strife of Nawal on a background of real & well studied historical events the novel goes on to portray life in that era particularly where it comes to domestic & social oppression of women and their subsequent demands. This is relayed over the period the novel takes place starting in 1928 through 1951. Graphite was nominated for the long list of the Arab Booker Award as well as being extremely well received by noted critics among whom are Dr. Salah Fadl & Mr. Alaa Al Deeb.
