The Japanese and Chinese have been creating bonsai trees for centuries and it is now an internationally popular pastime. This compact and stylish guide will provide everything you need to know to grow bonsai successfully, including shaping with wires, watering, seasonal maintenance, tackling common ailments, choosing the right container, feeding and repotting. A directory of over 90 of the most popular species, illustrated with beautiful photographs, will enable you to find the tree that i...

For everyone from beginners to masters, the one essential book to growing, grooming, and caring for your bonsai tree.Bonsai is the ancient craft of carefully regulating the growth and shape of trees in order to produce miniature versions of mature trees. Dating back over one thousand years to ancient Japan, bonsai trees are some of the most beautiful and meticulously looked-after plants in the world, and in recent years bonsai have exploded in popularity in the Wes...

世界一流企業也在學靜觀腦科學實證的心志訓練法六星期靜觀課程 每日生活小練習全面提升專注力、覺察力、自我了解、堅毅力、情緒掌控力及溝通力！你知道人類有很多無意識行為嗎？正是這些不知不覺的習慣，拖累你前行。練習靜觀，訓練心志，重新掌控自己的腦袋，全方位提升自己的六大核心能力。你有試過以下情況嗎？＋明知要努力工作和學習，手卻不由自主滑起手機來，不能自控＋有一些人生目標，明知將來會後悔，卻總是沒有行動，遇到困難又放棄＋腦海中有很多恐懼和憂慮，無形中阻礙自己進步＋每一天都不知不覺、漫無目的地虛度了我們總是將念頭與行動掛鉤，培養出諸多不良習慣。以靜觀訓練心志，就是讓我們學習掌控腦袋，選擇下一步行動，重奪對自己人生的主導權。

Pivotal Leadership is a unique anthology that curates thought-transforming articles written by CEOs, entrepreneurs, and seasoned leaders themselves—no fuss and straight from the masters’ mouths! Discover their secrets on how to be effective leaders amid the toughest challenges wherein the toughest calls—the pivotal choices—have to be made, as well as gain refreshing insights on innovation and persuasion, all distilled from real-world experiences and business expertise and all pour...

Kopfschmerzen zählen zu den führenden Leitsymptomen in der Medizin und spielen folglich nicht nur in der Neurologie, sondern auch in zahlreichen anderen klinischen Fächern wie etwa der Allgemeinmedizin, der HNO- und Augenheilkunde sowie der Zahnmedizin eine wichtige Rolle. Bei der Diagnosestellung wie auch bei der erfolgreichen Behandlung von Kopfschmerz-Syndromen ist regelhaft ein interdisziplinärer bzw. interprofessioneller Ansatz geboten. Der vorliegende Band stellt den aktuellen Wissen...

In "Unitarian Christianity," William Ellery Channing articulates a compelling vision of faith grounded in reason and moral integrity. Channing's eloquent prose combines philosophical depth with accessible clarity, addressing contemporary religious debates of the early 19th century. The book stands as a pivotal manifesto for Unitarianism, emphasizing a rational approach to spirituality, the importance of individual conscience, and the inherent goodness of humanity, challenging orthodox view...

In "Slavery," William Ellery Channing delivers a profound and impassioned critique of the institution of slavery, articulating the moral, philosophical, and humanitarian arguments against this entrenched practice. Written in the early 19th century, Channing's prose is characterized by its clarity, fervor, and ethical conviction, reflecting the transcendentalist influence of the time while confronting the socio-political structures that perpetuate human bondage. The book serves as a signifi...

Learn to lead others, while managing yourself.Becoming a manager for the first time means mastering a new set of business and personal skills. HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers Collection offers the ideas and strategies to help get you there. Included in this set are HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Ac...

New Confucian Horizons: Essays in Honor of Tu Weiming represents both a sustained reflection on Tu Weiming’s legacy from those who have worked with him and an original contribution to the field of intercultural dialogue that Tu himself spent a lifetime cultivating. The importance of Sino-American intellectual relations in an era of mounting geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China scarcely requires explanation. Tu Weiming’s work has significantly deepened Sino-Amer...

On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster. Building on such events and lessons, Crisis Communications features an international cast of top contributors exploring emergen...

YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD.Red tape. Catch-22s. Circular chains of command. Whether you're a customer or co-worker, bureaucracies drive us all insane. Even management is just a cog in a vast machine. Information, items, and even people get lost in the system, never gone but never found. No one seems to notice the insanity surrounding them... or if they do, they keep it to themselves. After all, those who notice and call attention to it ten...

Research delivers a multitude of approaches to value creation, represented here as a set of definitions, perspectives and interpretations of how tourists, as customers, create value alone and with others. Now updated throughout, Creating Experience Value in Tourism, 2nd Edition provides a clarification of these approaches as well as a practical translation as to how they can work within industry. Including a framework to distinguish among key resources or antecedents of customer value, thi...