There are 8 key attitude and action shifts that every great leader makes.From entitlement to honor. From passive to passionate. From unreliable to consistent. Are you willing to make these shifts (and more) and be ready when the “next up” call comes?The Millennial generation is poised to do something. We can either learn, grow, ask for help, and lead honorably into the future, or we can passively wait, feeling entitled for the keys to eventually be...

When predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity are compared against observations of our Universe, a huge inconsistency is found. The most popular fix for this inconsistency is to "invent" around 94% of the content of the universe: dark matter and dark energy. The dark energy is some exotic substance responsible for the apparent observed acceleration of the Universe. Another fix is to modify the theory of gravity: it is entirely plausible that Einstein's theory of General Relat...

Covid-19 has shown how vulnerable society, our economy, and day-to-day lives are to illness, but despite this we have not yet valued the pivotal role of good health. Our healthcare system is now an illness service with little resilience, importing illness rather than exporting health into communities, not leveraging the digital technology innovations harnessed in other industries. Whose Health Is It, Anyway? outlines why health is truly our most untapped opportunity for prosperity...

The real history behind the classic war movie and the men who plotted the daring escape from a Nazi POW camp.Between dusk and dawn on the night of March 24th–25th 1944, a small army of Allied soldiers crawled through tunnels in Germany in a covert operation the likes of which the Third Reich had never seen. The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in the Second World War. Seventy-nine Allied soldiers and airmen made it ou...

Great journalism relies on a narrative arc to engage and inform the reader. Stories Can Save Us looks at how the best reporters and writers craft narrative literary journalism. Journalist Matt Tullis uses the material he gathered in the more than seventy-five interviews he conducted with the best narrative and literary journalists in the country through his podcast, Gangrey: The Podcast, to show how these professionals conceive and writesuch compelling stories.Thr...

Améliorez rapidement et simplement vos sites web !Grâce à la bibliothèque JavaScript jQuery, vous pouvez améliorer vos sites web, quel que soit votre niveau d'expérience. En un seul fichier de taille réduite, elle offre de nombreuses fonctionnalités, une syntaxe facile à apprendre et une excellente compatibilité entre les navigateurs. Par ailleurs, les centaines de plugins développés pour étendre les fonctionnalités de jQuery en font un outil pratiquement indispensable pour dévelop...

Humanity operates like a force of nature capable of affecting the destiny of the Earth System. This epochal shift profoundly alters the relationship between humankind and the Earth, presenting the conscious, thinking human animal with an unprecedented dilemma: As human power has grown over the Earth, so has the power of nature to extinguish human life. The emergence of the Anthropocene has settled any question of the place of human beings in the world: we stand inescapably at its center. T...

The New State of the Art in Information Security: Now Covers Cloud Computing, the Internet of Things, and CyberwarfareStudents and IT and security professionals have long relied on Security in Computing as the definitive guide to computer security attacks and countermeasures. Now, the authors have thoroughly updated this classic to reflect today’s newest technologies, attacks, standards, and trends.Security in Computing, Fifth Edition,

Revise with the help of the UK’s bestselling law revision series.Designed for students, this book will help you:Understand how to review essential cases, statutes, and legal termsLearn how to assess and approach the subject by using expert adviceLearn how to lead further discussionsFind additional support on our Law Express companion website, which contains a host of extra resources to provide you wi...

Learn from Today’s Most Successful Workforce Analytics LeadersTransforming the immense potential of workforce analytics into reality isn’t easy. Pioneering practitioners have learned crucial lessons that can help you succeed. The Power of People shares their journeys—and their indispensable insights.Drawing on incisive case studies and vignettes, three experts help you bring purpose and clarity to any workforce analytics project, with robus...

Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights – a mixture of established and current writers – National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young performers between the ages of thirteen and nineteen everywhere an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study.Each play is specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department and reflects the past year's programming at the venue in the plays' ideas, themes and styles. The plays are performed by a...

Understand Family Law through its social context and engage in critical legal debates.Family Law, 10th Edition, by Jonathan Herring, is the best-selling textbook in the field, widely preferred by students and lecturers alike.The book explores the theories and debates that underpin the subject. It helps you develop your critical thinking skills in this dynamic discipline, by studying essential legal principles and exploring the topic accor...