26 книг
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Столкновение цивилизаций Самюэль Хантингтон
ISBN: 978-5-17-135175-5 Год издания: 2021 Издательство: АСТ Язык: Русский РазвернутьСамюэль Филлипс Хантингтон (1927 – 2008) – американский исследователь-аналитик, социальный философ и политолог. Основатель ведущего в США политологического журнала "Международные отношения" ("Foreign Affair"). Автор многочисленных научных работ в области политики, международных отношений, теории демократии и социальных отношений. Наибольшую известность получила его концептуальная работа "Столкновение цивилизаций", раскрывающая динамику современных международных отношений сквозь призму цивилизационных процессов и связанных с ними конфликтов. "Столкновение цивилизаций" - один из самых популярных геополитических трактатов 90-х годов ХХ…
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Джонатан Хайдт
ISBN: 978-0465028023 Год издания: 2006 Издательство: Захаров Язык: Русский In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the world’s philosophical wisdom through the lens of psychological science, showing how a deeper understanding of enduring maxims-like Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, or What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger-can enrich and even transform our lives. -
Facts about Ireland
ISBN: 0-906404-12-6 Год издания: 1981 Издательство: Irish Printers Ltd Язык: Русский -
The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century George Friedman
ISBN: 978-0749007430 Год издания: 2009 Развернуть"Be Practical, Expect the Impossible." So declares George Friedman, chief intelligence officer and founder of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (Stratfor), a private intelligence agency whose clients include foreign government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Gathering information from its global network of operatives and analysts (drawing the nickname "the Shadow CIA"), Stratfor produces thoughtful and genuinely engrossing analysis of international events daily, from possible outcomes of the latest Pakistan/India tensions to the hierarchy of Mexican drug cartels to challenges to Obama's nascent administration. In The Next 100 Years, Friedman…
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Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome: A Life Course Approach Mary Harlow
ISBN: ISBN-10: 0415202019 Год издания: 2002 Издательство: Routledge РазвернутьThroughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social ageing, and with different emphases on the critical stages and transitions from birth to death. This volume is the first to highlight the role of age in determining behaviour, and expectations of behaviour, across the life span of an inhabitant of ancient Rome. Drawing on developments in the social sciences, as well as ancient evidence, the authors focus on the period c.200BC - AD200, looking at childhood, the transition to adulthood, maturity, and old age. They explore how both the…
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The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess Лу Шулер
ISBN: 978-1583333396 Год издания: 2010 Издательство: Michael Joseph Язык: Английский РазвернутьIn The New Rules of Lifting for Women, authors Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe and Alwyn Cosgrove present a comprehensive strength, conditioning and nutrition plan destined to revolutionize the way women work out. All the latest studies prove that strength training, not aerobics, provides the key to losing fat and building a fit, strong body. This book refutes the misconception that women will "bulk up" if they lift heavy weights. Nonsense! It's tough enough for men to pack on muscle, and they have much more of the hormone necessary to build muscle: natural testosterone. Muscles need to be strengthened to achieve a lean,…
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Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation Neil Howe
ISBN: 0375707190 Год издания: 2000 Язык: Английский РазвернутьBy the authors of the bestselling 13th Gen, the first in-depth examination of the Millennials--the generation born after 1982. "Over the next decade, the Millennial Generation will entirely recast the image of youth from downbeat and alientated to upbeat and engaged--with potentially seismic consequences for America." --from Millennials Rising In this remarkable account, certain to stir the interest of educators, counselors, parents, and people in all types of business as well as young people themselves, Neil Howe and William Strauss introduce the nation to a powerful new generation: the Millennials. They will also explain: Why…
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Tori Amos: Piece by Piece Tori Amos
ISBN: 0767916778 Год издания: 2006 Язык: Русский РазвернутьBook DescriptionFrom her critically acclaimed 1992 debut, Little Earthquakes, to the recent hit, Scarlet’s Walk, Tori Amos has been a formidable force in contemporary music, with one of the most dedicated fan bases in the industry. InTori Amos: Piece by Piece, the singer herself takes readers beyond the mere facts, explaining the specifics of her creative process—how her songs go from ideas and melodies to recordings and passionately performed concert pieces. Written with acclaimed music journalist Ann Powers, Tori Amos: Piece by Piece is a firsthand account of the most intricate and intimate details of Amos’s life as both a private…
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Twitter for Good: Change the World One Tweet at a Time Claire Diaz-Ortiz
ISBN: ISBN-10: 1118061934 Год издания: 2011 Издательство: Jossey-Bass РазвернутьThe official word from Twitter on how to harness the power of the platform for any cause. As recent events in Japan, the Middle East, and Haiti have shown, Twitter offers a unique platform to connect individuals and influence change in ways that were unthinkable only a short time ago. In Twitter for Good, Claire Diaz Ortiz, Twitter’s head of corporate social innovation and philanthropy, shares the same strategies she offers to organizations launching cause-based campaigns. Filled with dynamic examples from initiatives around the world, this groundbreaking book offers practical guidelines for harnessing individual activism via Twitter as a…
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The New Korea: An Inside Look at South Korea's Economic Rise Myung Oak Kim
ISBN: 9780814414897, 0814414893 Год издания: 2010 Издательство: AMACOM Язык: Английский РазвернутьIn 1953, South Korea was rated by the U.N. as the poorest country in the world. Five decades later, it is the fifteenth largest economy. Now, South Korea's decisions on how to manage its society and its role as a modern democracy while also establishing its policy regarding reunification with North Korea will determine where the country will go in the next fifty years. "The New Korea" examines the political, economic, industrial, and societal aspects of Korea today. Will it continue to enjoy an economic boom through new industries while competing against low-wage countries like China and India? Will it return to its role as a stomping…
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How To Think Like a Neandertal Thomas Wynn
ISBN: 978-0199742820 Год издания: 2012 Издательство: OUP USA РазвернутьThere have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals—some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours? In How to Think Like a Neandertal, archaeologist Thomas Wynn and psychologist Frederick L. Coolidge team up to provide a brilliant account of the mental life of Neandertals, drawing on the most recent fossil and archaeological remains. Indeed, some Neandertal remains are not fossilized, allowing scientists to recover samples of their genes—one specimen had the gene for red hair and, more provocatively, all had a gene…
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Сила Настоящего Экхарт Толле
ISBN: 9785906686572 Год издания: 2016 Издательство: София Язык: Русский Все проблемы, страдания и боль порождаются нашим эгоистичным умом, цепляющимся за свое ложное «я». Вырваться из его плена можно только через абсолютное присутствие в Настоящем — единственно реальном моменте жизни. Именно в Настоящем мы обретаем свою истинную суть, а также радость и понимание того, что целостность и совершенство есть не цель, а реальность, доступная нам уже сейчас.
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Stuxnet: The True Story of Hunt and Evolution Roman Poroshyn
ISBN: ISBN-13: 978-1499709223 Год издания: 2014 Издательство: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform РазвернутьComputer viruses can be confusing. They can also be fascinating. A new book by Roman Poroshyn is about a notorious computer virus Stuxnet. You might be wondering: there are so many computer viruses, why Stuxnet? What is so special about the Stuxnet computer worm? Stuxnet never managed to become the biggest, the scariest, or the most sophisticated malware. At the same time, because of some unexpected twists of fate, Stuxnet had become much more than just a computer worm. Stuxnet brought from shadows into spotlight some very serious issues with the Internet security ranging from stolen digital certificates and defenselessness of industrial…
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The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, and Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient Sheridan Prasso
ISBN: ISBN-10: 1586483943 Год издания: 2006 Издательство: PublicAffairs РазвернутьFew Westerners escape the images, expectations and misperceptions that lead us to see Asia as exotic, sensual, decadent, dangerous, and mysterious-from the tea-pouring, sexually available geisha girl to the Dragon Lady dominatrix and the effeminate or asexual Asian male. The Asian Mystique lays out a provocative challenge to see Asia and Asians as they really are, with unclouded, de-eroticized eyes. It traces the origins of Western stereotypes in history and in Hollywood, examines the phenomenon of 'yellow fever,' then goes on a reality tour of Asia's go-go bars, middle-class homes, college campuses, and corridors of power. It is required…
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The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis Richard J. Heuer
ISBN: 1907521232 Год издания: 2010 Издательство: Military Bookshop The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis has been required reading for intelligence officers studying the art and science of intelligence analysis for decades. Richards Heuer, Jr. discusses in the book how fundamental limitations in human mental processes can prompt people to jump to conclusions and employ other simplifying strategies that lead to predictably faulty judgments known as cognitive biases. These analytic mindsets cannot be avoided, but they can be overcome through the application of more structured and rigorous analytic techniques including the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses.
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Modern-Day Vikings: A Pracical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes Christina Johansson Robinowitz
ISBN: 1877864889 Год издания: 2001 A window into Swedish culture, Modern Day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes examines Sweden’s social model and underlying values. Christina Robinowitz and Lisa Carr provide a window into the Swedish heritage of self-sufficiency, fairness, egalitarianism and democracy, breaking through the stereotypes often associated with the country.
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BPMN Pocket Reference: A Practical Guide To The International Business Process Model And Notation Standard BPMN Version 2.0 Kenneth J Sherry
ISBN: 1470067838 Год издания: 2013 Издательство: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Язык: Английский РазвернутьThe BPMN Pocket Reference is a guide to each BPMN notation as described in the Version 2.0 specification. The individual notations are described clearly using individual graphical diagrams showing how they are depicted. Each notation is explained with a brief description and examples of use. Notations can be easily referenced by the detailed table of contents giving the exact page of the notation and examples. The book is divided into 20 chapters: Activity Notations, Task Types, Call Activities, Connectors, Messages, Conversations, Choreography, Artefacts, Gateways, Process Pools and Swimlanes, Start Events, End Events, Inline Intermediate…
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Don't Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health Aaron Carroll
ISBN: ISBN-10: 031253387X Год издания: 2009 Издательство: St. Martin's Griffin Язык: Английский РазвернутьPeople have more access to medical information than ever before, and yet we still believe "facts" about our bodies and health that are just plain wrong. DON'T SWALLOW YOUR GUM! takes on these myths and misconceptions, and exposes the truth behind some of those weird and worrisome things we think about our bodies. Entries dispel the following myths and more: - You need to drink 8 glasses of water a day - Chewing gum stays in your stomach for seven years - You can catch poison ivy from someone who has it - If you drop food on the floor and pick it up within five seconds, it's safe to eat - Strangers have poisoned kids' Halloween…
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The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape Harm de Blij
ISBN: ISBN-10: 0199754322 Год издания: 2010 Издательство: Oxford University Press Язык: Английский The world is not as mobile or as interconnected as we like to think. As Harm de Blij argues in The Power of Place, in crucial ways--from the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of opportunity--geography continues to hold billions of people in its grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively. From our "mother tongue" to our father's faith, from medical risks to natural hazards, where we start our journey has much to do with our destiny. Hundreds of millions of farmers in the river basins of Asia and Africa, and tens of millions of shepherds in isolated mountain valleys from the Andes to Kashmir, all live their lives much as their distant ancestors did, remote from the forces of globalization. Incorporating a series of persuasive maps, De Blij describes the tremendously varied environments across the planet and shows how migrations between them are comparatively rare. De Blij also looks at the ways we are redefining place so as to make its power even more potent than it has been, with troubling implications. -
Дорога к рабству Фридрих Август фон Хайек
ISBN: 978-5-17-160208-6 Год издания: 2023 Издательство: АСТ Язык: Русский РазвернутьФридрих Август фон Хайек (1899—1992) — один из крупнейших философов и экономистов ХХ века, лауреат Нобелевской премии по экономике. "Дорога к рабству" — ключевое произведение Фридриха Августа фон Хайека, в котором великий ученый не только убедительно и справедливо критикует социалистическую идеологию и экономику, но и доказывает неотвратимость превращения социалистических правительств в тотали-тарные диктатуры. Причины варварства и насилия тоталитарных режимов же, по Хайеку, следует искать в осуществлении государственного вмеша-тельства в рыночную экономику, в перспективе ведущем к угнетению и подавлению принципов правового государства и…
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The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its Sources (SUNY series in Israeli Studies) Uri Bar-Joseph
ISBN: ISBN-10: 0791464814 Год издания: 2005 Издательство: State University of New York Press Язык: Английский РазвернутьBased on many formerly undisclosed intelligence and military documents, the secret protocols of discussions on the eve of the war, and interviews with relevant figures, The Watchman Fell Asleep is a compelling account of Israel s intelligence failure before the 1973 Arab attack known as the Yom Kippur War. The Hebrew version of this book was awarded the Tshetshik Prize for Strategic Studies on Israel's Security in 2001, and the Israeli Political Science Association s Best Book Award in 2002. Available here in English for the first time, Uri Bar-Joseph has crafted an authoritative explanation of the most traumatic event in Israel's stormy…
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Дизайн привычных вещей Дональд Норман
ISBN: 978-5-00117-651-0 Год издания: 2018 Издательство: Манн, Иванов и Фербер Язык: Русский Даже умный человек чувствует себя подчас дураком, пытаясь сообразить, на какую кнопку нажать, чтобы включить свет, как разжечь духовку и что делать с дверью — тянуть, толкать или раздвигать. Причиной тому дизайн, забывающий о нуждах пользователей и основах когнитивной психологии, считает автор книги Дональд Норман, человек, которого газета Business Week назвала "одним из влиятельнейших дизайнеров в мире". Норман рассматривает обычные ошибки пользователей и предлагает дизайнерам различные способы предотвратить их. Он объясняет основные требования пользователей и знакомит читателя с классическими ошибками дизайнеров.
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Chinese Dreams Ананд Гиридхарадас
Язык: Английский What does the next generation of Chinese want -- besides economic growth? A report from China on the country's search for meaning, by Anand Giridharadas, columnist for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times online, and author of "India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking."
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A Gentle Introduction to Unqualified Reservations Mencius Moldbug
Язык: Английский This manuscript is a lightly edited compilation of the Gentle Introduction series from Unqualified Reservations by Mencius Moldbug. It has been prepared with permission from the author.
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How (not) to Achieve Freedom Stefan Molyneux
Год издания: 2005 For the past several hundred years - really since the late 18th century - intellectuals, priests, philosophers, academics and activists of every stripe and hue have been striving with all their considerable intellectual and moral might to place theoretical and practical limits upon the power of the state. The original American experiment was at least intellectually founded upon the ideal of creating a government by and for the people, with the express knowledge that the state was a dangerous servant and a terrible master...
