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How did a balloonist circumnavigate the earth without fuel? How did an inventor design a device that creates electrical power from human footsteps? How did the WHO figure out how to treat and reduce the transmission of Ebola? They all used alien thinking. For over a decade, innovation experts Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux and Michael Wade have studied individuals around the world who have made leaps of creative genius. Their research shows that they are five patterns of thinking that distinguish true innovators from the rest of us.

Once upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest. While foraging for food, the woodcutter’s wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl.

Applications de rencontre, objets connectés, pornographie… même dans nos vies amoureuses et sexuelles, les algorithmes font la loi ! Les algorithmes s’invitent dans nos vies amoureuses et sexuelles. Des applications de rencontre aux objets connectés, en passant par la pornographie à la demande, ils influencent désormais, et bien plus que nous le soupçonnons, nos perceptions, nos comportements et notre quête de l’amour. Dans son nouvel essai, Aurélie Jean explore les bouleversements induits par cette "algorithmisation" des sentiments et de la sexualité.

Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75 percent of employees around the world feel disengaged at work every day. The Way We're Working Isn't Working offers a groundbreaking approach to reenergizing our lives so were both more satisfied and more productive, on the job and off.

Nie wieder wollte Kommissar Dupin auf dem Meer ermitteln. Doch in seinem neuen Fall verschlägt es ihn vor die äußerste Westküste der Bretagne. Auf die einzigartige Île de Sein, wo mehr Kaninchen als Menschen leben, der Frisör per Boot kommt und einst mächtige Hexen und sogar der Teufel persönlich hausten. Am Tag nach der keltischen Sommersonnenwende, nur zwei Tage vor dem 75. Geburtstag seiner Mutter steht Kommissar Dupin bis zu den Knöcheln in Fischabfällen. In der Auktionshalle von Douarnenez liegt die Leiche einer Fischerin. Ihr wurde die Kehle durchtrennt.

Leading in a Non-Linear World leads listeners through a groundbreaking set of science-based strategies to help them face rising demand, uncertainty and change posed by disruptive technologies and seismic shifts in globalization. The book shows how our mindset, more than our knowledge and expertise, has the potential to be our greatest asset in facing the future. Jean Gomes reviews the latest brain research revealing that our mindset is the interplay of feeling, thinking, and seeing, and how we can build it to significantly increase our wellbeing and performance.

An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, dubbed "the Swampers."

One of the most significant literary events of the century, the discovery of manuscript pages containing early drafts of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time put an end to a decades-long search for the Proustian grail. The Paris publisher Bernard de Fallois claimed to have viewed the folios, but doubts about their existence emerged when none appeared in the Proust manuscripts bequeathed to the Bibliotheque Nationale in 1962. The texts had in fact been hidden among Fallois's private papers, found upon his death in 2018.

In the book Abandonment to Divine Providence (published in 1851), he teaches the believer to submit to God’s will and to enjoy his loving presence. Abandonment is a term used by mystic writers to signify the first stage of the union of the soul with the divine, by conforming to God's will. Abandoning an outcome to God is to follow the path of peace. Originally written as letters for the direction of Nuns, the book is an excellent guide for Christians yearning to attain resignation and peace.

On the morning of 20 June 1837, an 18-year-old girl is called from her bed to be told that she is Queen of England. The young queen’s first few years are beset with court scandal and malicious gossip: There is the unsavoury Flora Hastings affair, a source of extreme embarrassment to the queen; the eternal conflict between Victoria and her mother; and the young queen’s hatred for Sir John Conroy, her mother’s close friend. Then there is the Prime Minster, Lord Melbourne - "Lord M" - worldly cynic and constant companion to the queen, himself a veteran of many a latter-day scandal.

Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist, but is best known for his findings in the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. Much of his enduring popularity is due to his engaging manner of writing about the lives of insects in biographical form. In The Story Book of Science the wonders of plant and animal life are shared by an adult in conversations with three children.

Scholar, philosopher, and expert in the study of human capacity Jean Houston invites us into her home for a remarkably intimate look at her life and philosophy - from her earliest childhood memories to her profound vision for the future

Quelque part en Europe, 35 000 ans avant notre ère. Petite fille Cro-Magnon de cinq ans, Ayla est séparée de ses parents à la suite d'un violent tremblement de terre. Elle est recueillie par le clan de l'ours des cavernes, une tribu Neandertal qui l'adopte, non sans réticence, ayant reconnu en elle la représentante d'une autre espèce, plus évoluée. Iza, la guérisseuse, Brun, le chef et Creb, le magicien lui enseignent les règles de la vie communautaire, leurs rites, leurs peurs, leurs audaces.

Todos somos conscientes de que la inteligencia emocional es un factor crítico en el éxito profesional y personal. Pero conocer la inteligencia emocional no es lo mismo que saber cómo emplearla para mejorar y avanzar profesionalmente. Inteligencia emocional 2.0 desarrolla un programa paso a paso con 66 propuestas prácticas para potenciar su inteligencia emocional y mejorar cuatro tipos de habilidades básicas: el autoconocimiento, la autogestión, la conciencia social y la gestión de las relaciones.

The findings of historians and archaeologists open a thrilling world of discovery as they bring their methods and insights to the iconic stories of the Bible. These 24 content-rich lessons take you on a multidimensional journey through the Bible, from Genesis to the Crucifixion, seen through the lens of the latest historical and archaeological research.

Am malerischen Fluss Belon, dort, wo die weltberühmten Austern gezüchtet werden, zwischen Klippen, Zauberwäldern und dem Atlantik, entdeckt eine eigensinnige alte Filmdiva kurz vor Ostern die Leiche eines Mannes. Nur wenig später erreicht Kommissar Dupin ein Anruf aus den sagenumwobenen Hügeln der Monts d’Arrée, um die sich Legenden von Feen und dem Teufel ranken. Auch dort wurde ein Toter gefunden. Doch niemand kennt seine Identität.

Concarneau, die "blaue Stadt" am Meer, kurz vor den Pfingsttagen. In der berühmten Altstadt Ville Close feiern die Bretonen mit Musik und Tanz den Auftakt des Sommers, und alles könnte so wunderbar heiter sein. Gäbe es nicht plötzlich einen Toten – genau vor Kommissar Dupins Lieblingsrestaurant L'Amiral. Wer hatte es auf Docteur Chaboseau abgesehen? Einen Arzt, der großes Ansehen genoss und aus einer der einflussreichsten Familien der Gegend stammte. Während Dupin noch fieberhaft nach Anhaltspunkten sucht, kommt es zu einem Anschlag, der die gesamte Stadt in Aufruhr versetzt.

Nurse Millie Sullivan is now Nurse Millie Smith, having married aspiring MP Jim Smith. The war has ended and the NHS has just come into action, so the nurses are busier than ever as the community realise that they no longer have to pay for the services. Minor ailments need attention, babies need to be helped into the world and some of the larger-than-life characters need keeping in line so Millie has enough drama to deal with without having to deal with more from home.

One quilt binds three generations of Amish women. Enjoy the gift of a brand new romance from New York Times best-selling author Wanda E. Brunstetter, along with stories by her daughter-in-law, Jean and granddaughter, Richelle.

In an Italian monastery, an infamous sculptor lays on his death bed. During Mimo's final hours, he reveals his life story: his impoverished childhood, his unlikely rise to fame and most importantly, his meeting with Viola, the daughter of a powerful aristocratic family. Mimo and Viola are instantly drawn to one another. Together, they traverse the unrest of the twentieth century. While Mimo becomes a celebrated artist, Viola fights to claim her education and independence.