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At a time when Steve Jobs was only a teenager and Mark Zuckerberg wasn't even born, a group of visionary engineers and designers - some of them only high school students - in the late 1960s and 1970s created a computer system called PLATO, which was not only years but light-years ahead in experimenting with how people would learn, engage, communicate, and play through connected computers.

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators know all too well.

The product of research around the globe and interviews with dozens of prominent scientists, God's Equation tells us it is almost as though Einstein were God's mouthpiece, revealing the most fundamental truths about our larger environment, truths scientists are just now confirming.

In this concluding volume of the Savarkar series, exploring a vast range of original archival documents from across India and outside it, in English and several Indian languages, historian Vikram Sampath brings to light the life and works of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, one of the most contentious political thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century.

Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times. Why? Because Saunders’ words tap in to a desire in all of us to lead kinder, more fulfilling lives. Powerful, funny, and wise, Congratulations, by the Way is an inspiring message from one of today’s most influential and original writers.

Picture yourself trapped in a traffic jam feeling utterly calm. Imagine being unflappable and relaxed when your supervisor loses her temper. What if you were peaceful instead of anxious? What if your life were filled with nurturing relationships and a warm sense of belonging? This is what it feels like when you've achieved emotional freedom.

Best selling author Amir Aczel ( God's Equation) delves into the riddle of infinity, religion and science with "mad" mathematician Georg Cantor, in what Booklist calls "an indispensable book for anyone interested in the darker side of intellectual progress."

Investigative reporter Katie Worth reviewed scores of textbooks, built a 50-state database, and traveled to a dozen communities to talk to children and teachers about what is being taught, and found a red-blue divide in climate education. More than one-third of young adults believe that climate change is not man-made, and science teachers who teach global warming are being contradicted by history teachers who tell children not to worry about it. Who has tried to influence what children learn, and how successful have they been?

Mangel ist nicht real. Mangel ist ein Irrtum im Geist. Und es ist Zeit, diesen Irrtum zu korrigieren und Reichtum - im Innen wie im Außen - zu erfahren und großzügig mit der Welt zu teilen! Ruediger Dahlke und Veit Lindau, zwei der bekanntesten spirituellen Lehrer, schreiben über ein unendlich wichtiges und hoch aktuelles Thema: das Mangelbewusstsein, das unser Leben beschwert, das uns unglücklich und tatsächlich innerlich und äußerlich arm und bedürftig macht, ja das sogar die negative Kraft hat, unsere Beziehungen zu zerstören und uns körperlich krank werden zu lassen.

From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale.

Bitfulness is being effortlessly mindful of your technology. In this short, practical book, Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani describe a framework to tune out the overwhelming noise of the internet. They empower you with tools to take back your time, attention and privacy from those who want to capture and sell it. They reveal their own personal systems, and how they stay on top of a constant flow of information.

Decades after his death, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar continues to uniquely influence India's political scenario. An optimistic advocate of Hindu-Muslim unity in his treatise on the 1857 War of Independence, what was it that transformed him into a proponent of "Hindutva"? A former president of the All-India Hindu Mahasabha, Savarkar was a severe critic of the Congress's appeasement politics.

Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration.

The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich and inspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the India's Struggle for Independence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes it has achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle for freedom.

Transform focuses on people management, which the author demonstrates is a very important pillar of success. That is because leadership and managing are the means, while the end impact is what they do to people.

In The Teacher Wars, a rich, lively, and unprecedented history of public school teaching, Dana Goldstein reveals that teachers have been embattled for nearly two centuries. She uncovers the surprising roots of hot button issues, from teacher tenure to charter schools, and finds that recent popular ideas to improve schools—instituting merit pay, evaluating teachers by student test scores, ranking and firing veteran teachers, and recruiting “elite” graduates to teach—are all approaches that have been tried in the past without producing widespread change.

Should money be the primary factor in picking a job? When do I pursue an MBA or a second MBA? Should I switch industries to move ahead? The Right Choice delves deep into the 10 frequently faced dilemmas in a person’s career, such as the ones listed above. The author shares his wisdom and experiences from his illustrious career as one of India Inc’s longest-serving CEOs. In his trademark straightforward and lucid style, he shares lessons and learnings on each of the 10 dilemmas. The book also contains insights and perspectives from 24 highly experienced professionals.

Viele Menschen hetzen durch ihren Alltag, Informationsflut und hohes Arbeitsaufkommen stressen zusätzlich. Aber anstatt hier gegenzusteuern, setzt man sich häufig noch selbst unter Druck. Das Ergebnis: Man erreicht seine hochgesteckten Ziele nicht, ist einfach nur erschöpft oder macht Fehler und fühlt sich fremdbestimmt. Der Bestsellerautor Jan Becker zeigt in seinem neuen Hörbuch, wie man den komplexen Anforderungen des modernen Alltags begegnen kann, ohne dass man sich verzettelt und einem der Stress zu sehr zusetzt. Mit seinen Mentaltechniken kommt man zur Ruhe, kann sich auf das Wesentliche konzentrieren, wird leistungsfähiger und zufriedener. So gelingt es, eine neue Perspektive auf das eigene Leben zu finden, es wieder aktiv zu gestalten und gelassen durch stressige Zeiten zu kommen.

On February 14, 2018, 17-year-old David Hogg and his 14-year-old sister, Lauren, went to school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, like any normal Wednesday. That day, of course, the world changed. By the next morning, with 17 classmates and faculty dead, they had joined the leadership of a movement to save their own lives and the lives of all other young people in America. It's a leadership position they did not seek and did not want - but events gave them no choice.

Alleinerziehende Mütter und Väter sind ganz besonderen Belastungen ausgesetzt. Um sich davon nicht unterkriegen zu lassen, brauchen sie innere Flexibilität, um sich auf die neue Situation einzulassen - und einen festen Glauben an sich selbst. Zum erfolgreichen Buch gibt es nun ein Best-of als Hörbuch - denn Zuhören geht auch dann, wenn man erschöpft ist. Alexandra Widmer zeigt mit vielen hilfreichen Tipps und Beispielen, wie der Umgang mit schmerzlichen Gefühlen, die Burn-out-Prävention und die Stressverarbeitung in dieser speziellen Lebensphase gelingen können.