Who Kidnapped Excellence?: What Stops Us from Giving and Being Our Best

Most companies talk about excellence, but what does excellence really mean? What specific attitudes and practices lead to excellence? Drawing on ye...

Reducere. How we became so burdened by red tape and unnecessary paperwork, and why we must do better. We've all had to fight our way through administrative s...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Cass R. SunsteinNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 133 x 203 x 15Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Reducere. What is it that dogs have done to earn the title of "man's best friend"? And more broadly, how have all of our furry, feathered, and four-legged br...

Reducere. With Lament for the Makers W. S. Merwin honors the lives and work of twenty-three poets of our time. Each of them has been important to him, and al...

Reducere. NATIONAL BESTSELLER What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human Superman, Batman, Wond...

Reducere. Suspect Citizens offers the most comprehensive look to date at the most common form of police-citizen interactions, the routine traffic stop. Throu...

Reducere. The story of how you can compete with Amazon's enormous success - and win.

An "illuminating, lucid, and finely detailed" (The Washington Post) look at Amazon's world-dominating business model, the current competitors eithe...

DescriptionWhat does eating out tell us about who we are? The deliciously cosmopolitan story of the restaurant from eighteenth-century Paris to El ...

A celebration of the beauty and power of crochet--specifically, the life-changing benefits this fiber art has brought to one extraordinary boy, 11-...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdIllustration(s): 6 figures; 6 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 368Collection: American and Comparative Environmen...

An irreverent, provocative, and visually fascinating look at what our online lives reveal about who we really are - and how this deluge of data wil...

An "exciting and engaging" investigation (Jonah Berger) of the secret, tangled emotional relationships people have with things-drawing on cutting-e...

Reducere. Canada's premier resource for planning a happy, healthy pregnancy Healthy Beginnings is the ultimate guide to having a baby, with expert guidance t...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): William von HippelNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 202 x 22Cover type:...

Reducere. The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and...

A timely exploration of the twelve best qualities of the wartime generation - and how we can use these to improve our individual character and coll...

A timely exploration of the twelve best qualities of the wartime generation - and how we can use these to improve our individual character and coll...

Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio's harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, An Intimate History of Premature Birth is a compelling ...

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998Critical acclaim for Lawrence Wright'sA Rhone-Poulenc Science Prize Finalist""This is a book about far more t...

A fascinating new popular science title that shows how our behaviour and character is subtly influenced by our environment - both natural and desig...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. "A quietly heroic tale of two women's voyages through disease and dying, interwoven with voyages upon Chesapeake creeks that offer comfort and grac...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Sarah DiGregorioNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 203 x 25Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

Reducere. HOW DO CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP IMPACT THE PERFORMANCE OF A TEAM?For the past thirty years, one organization in baseball has stood taller than all th...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

AI is on the brink of a new dawn. And so are we... Telling the difference between humans and computers used to be easy. But artificial intelligence...

Reducere. Messages from the Soul is a compilation of poetry by the author, Vinoa-Ebron Wilson, which also contains poetry written by her daughter, Ivana Moni...

Discover the mindsets and practices of excellent CEOs, and become one yourself.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Vikram MalhotraNumber of page...

What do dogs think about when you leave them? Find out in this new funny perspective from your dog's point of view. Adults are permitted to laugh t...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Julian BagginiIllustration(s): 25 b/w illus.Number of pages: 328Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

From birth to adulthood, Blueprint tells you what you need to know about how you become who you are, weaving together cutting edge research, everyd...

Elaborating the history, variety, pervasiveness, and function of the adornments and ornaments with which we beautify ourselves, this book takes in ...

Talk to women under forty today, and you will hear that in spite of the fact that they have achieved goals previous generations of women could only...

Reducere. Dogs are referred to as "man's best friend." They love their masters unconditionally, no matter how the master behaves. Even if the master has flaw...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Our conversations with children about cultural, religious and physical differences are more important than ever, and they need to start at an early...

Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdAuthor(s): Anchal SedaIllustration(s): Integrated B&W illustrations throughout; Integrated B&W illustrations through...