What’s our planet really like?Are humans mostly good or bad?Is civilization heading in the right or wrong direction? How many rhetorical questions can you ask before it gets boring?One bewildered, insignificant ape believes he has answers to these questions. Michael Mackay Richards is one of around 400 Homo sapiens—0.000000001% of people who’ve ever lived—to have visited over 150 of the world’s 195 countries. Which last time he checked, was officially quite a lot of countries....

WINNER: Axiom Business Book Award 2025 - Bronze Medal, Digital MediaFINALIST**:** 2025 International Book Awards - Motivational CategoryThe ideal business is productive, collaborative and innovative. But how can you bring these qualities into your organization? The solution is to build a resilient culture.This is a groundbreaking guide to lasting success through practical a...

Bouleversements technologiques, accélération du rythme de la vie professionnelle, transformation climatique des entreprises, travail hybride : le travailleur moderne est confronté à des défis uniques. Pour les relever, il n'a jamais été aussi important d'être résilient. Mais lorsqu'il s'agit d'améliorer la résilience individuelle, d’une équipe ou d’une entreprise, la voie à suivre n’est pas toujours claire. Jusqu'à aujourd'hui.La culture de la résilience vous accompagne ét...

This SpringerBrief discusses the rise of the smart grid from the perspective of computing and communications. It explains how current and next-generation network technology and methodologies help recognize the potential that the smart grid initiative promises. Chapters provide context on the smart grid before exploring specific challenges related to communication control and energy management. Topics include control in heterogeneous power supply, solutions for backhaul and wide area networ...

From the early 1870s until his death in 1902, John Mackay was among the richest men in the world and was without a doubt the wealthiest man to emerge from Nevada’s fabulous Comstock Lode. Author Michael J. Makley explores how, from his beginnings as a poor Irish immigrant, John Mackay developed a strong work ethic that distinguished him for the rest of his life. He came west to seek his fortune in the California Gold Rush and then moved on to Virginia City, Nevada, where he dealt in mining...

The most charismatic figure to emerge during the struggles for the independence of Ireland was undoubtedly Michael Collins. This remarkable biography, which draws on much hitherto unpublished material, charts the dramatic rise of the country boy who became head of the Free State and the commander-in-chief of the army.

Betwixt and Between Liminality and Marginality: Mind the Gap offers an interdisciplinary thinking on “the marginal” within society. Using the framework of Victor Turner’s earlier notions of liminality, the book both challenges Turner’s symbolic anthropology, and celebrates its continued influence across disciplines, and under new theoretical constraints.Liminality in its simplest forms provides language for meaningful approaches to articulate transition and change. It also represent...

E-artnow präsentiert Ihnen den Sammelband mit den einflussreichsten Schriften zur Philosophie der Anarchie: Michael Bakunin und die Anarchie (Ricarda Huch) Gott und der Staat (Michael Bakunin) Gesammelte Schriften (Erich Mühsam) Proudhon: Eigentum ist Diebstahl (Fritz Mauthner) Anarchismus, Sozialdemokratie und revolutionäre Taktik (Wilhelm Liebknecht) Die Anarchisten (John Henry Mackay) Der Freiheitsucher (John Henry Mackay) Memoiren eines Revolutionärs (Peter Kropotkin) Die Große Französ...

Many Church members may not realize that the birthplace of Mormonism is not just a cut-and-dried bit of historical trivia. In fact, the place where the Church was established was rarely mentioned by the early Saints, and initial Church publications referring to the organizational meeting mistakenly claimed it happened in Manchester, New York. The authors of the book Inventing Mormonism challenged traditional Latter-day Saint history by pointing out inconsistencies concerning the C...

Diese Sammlung enthält die wichtigsten Schriften über die Philosophie der Anarchie, ihre politischen und sozialen Ursachen und die Theorie der scheinbar verrückten Bewegung: Michael Bakunin und die Anarchie (Ricarda Huch) Gott und der Staat (Michael Bakunin) Gesammelte Schriften (Erich Mühsam) Proudhon: Eigentum ist Diebstahl (Fritz Mauthner) Anarchismus, Sozialdemokratie und revolutionäre Taktik (Wilhelm Liebknecht) Die Anarchisten (John Henry Mackay) Der Freiheitsucher (John Henry Mackay...

Collects Black Cat (2019) #1-5. The Black Cat is back! Felicia Hardy has a taste for the finer things in life and a certain set of skills that can get her into any mansion, vault or museum to - procure them. But now Felicia’s on the run from the New York Thieves Guild and their boss, Odessa Drake! Prepare for high-octane heists, climactic chases and twists to keep you on the edge of your seat! The Black Cat prides herself on being able to break into anywhere — but does that include Doctor ...

When the Church released photos of the brown seer stone that was owned and used by Joseph Smith, the news ignited a firestorm of curiosity and controversy. People wanted more information and wondered why they hadn't been aware of the stone's existence.This book discusses the origins of Joseph Smith's seer stones and explores how Joseph used them throughout his life in a way that goes beyond translating the Book of Mormon. It also traces the provenance of his stones once they left h...