Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world. Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant—or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days—Jonah—to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. The story of Alex's fight to save his plant is more than compulsive reading. It contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt.

 "L'insignifiance et la futilité qui règnent en maîtres barrent l'accès au réel et à la profondeur. Aussi ai-je gagné la certitude que les catastrophes ne sont là que pour nous éviter le pire. Et y a-t-il pire que d'avoir traversé la vie sans houle et sans naufrage, d'être resté à la surface des choses, d'avoir dansé toute une vie au bal des ombres ?" Christiane Singer.

 "Com uma linguagem leve, lúcida e atraente, neste texto Sêneca ensina como examinar os temas práticos da vida, sobretudo um dos mais cruciais da atualidade: o tempo. Sua atenção concentra-se na velocidade com que a vida humana passa, enfatizando o fato de que o problema não é a falta, mas sim como nosso tempo é empregado. Devemos não só reservar tempo para nós mesmos, mas sobretudo evitar toda dispersão fútil e enganosa da vida, cuidando do tempo presente e vivendo o agora. Ao mesmo tempo, o filósofo destaca a importância da prática do bem e das virtudes, bem como o papel da filosofia, que nos ensina a viver de modo correto e nos fornece os elementos para uma análise crítica do mundo."

 A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands. Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" (The Boston Globe), Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its radical (and timely) reappraisal of the merits of skilled manual labor. On both economic and psychological grounds, author Matthew B. Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a "knowledge worker," based on a misguided separation of thinking from doing. Using his own experience as an electrician and mechanic, Crawford presents a wonderfully articulated call for self-reliance and a moving reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.

 Milton H. Erikson has been called the most influential hypnotherapist of our time. Closely related to his therapy was his use of "teaching tales." Calling upon shock, surprise, confusion—with generous use of questions, puns, and playful humor—he seeded suggestions indirectly and positively with these tales, here gathered together by Dr. Rosen.

 Bill is an IT manager at Parts Unlimited. It's Tuesday morning and on his drive into the office, Bill gets a call from the CEO. The company's new IT initiative, code named Phoenix Project, is critical to the future of Parts Unlimited, but the project is massively over budget and very late. The CEO wants Bill to report directly to him and fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced. With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of The Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined. With the clock ticking, Bill must organize work flow streamline interdepartmental communications, and effectively serve the other business functions at Parts Unlimited. In a fast-paced and entertaining style, three luminaries of the DevOps movement deliver a story that anyone who works in IT will recognize. Readers will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations, they'll never view IT the same way again.

 Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills — and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit — he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

 In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald Shimoda--former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.... In Illusions, the unforgettable follow-up to his phenomenal bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them... and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places--like hay fields, one-traffic-light midwestern towns, and most of all, deep within ourselves.

 "Dana Meadows' exposition in this book exhibits a degree of clarity and simplicity that can only be attained by one who profoundly and honestly understands the subject at hand--in this case systems modeling. Many thanks to Diana Wright for bringing this extra legacy from Dana to us." —Herman Daly, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland at College Park In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet— Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Meadows’ newly released manuscript, Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute’s Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life. Some of the biggest problems facing the world—war, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation—are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of too-narrow thinking. While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner.

 Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Ranging from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the nature of moral virtue, human rationality, divine providence, and Marcus' own emotions. But while the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, in developing his beliefs Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection of extended meditations and short aphorisms that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers through the centuries.

 Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.

 FROM THE BACKCOVER The way we manage organizations seems increasingly out of date. Deep inside, we sense that more is possible. We long for soulful workplaces, for authenticity, community, passion, and purpose. In this groundbreaking book, the author shows that every time, in the past, when humanity has shifted to a new stage of consciousness, it has achieved extraordinary breakthroughs in collaboration. A new shift in consciousness is currently underway. Could it help us invent a more soulful and purposeful way to run our businesses and nonprofits, schools and hospitals? A few pioneers have already cracked the code and they show us, in practical detail, how it can be done. Leaders, founders, coaches, and consultants will find this work a joyful handbook, full of insights, examples, and inspiring stories. ADVANCE PRAISE "Congratulations on a spectacular treatise! This is truly pioneering work. In terms of integral sophistication, there is simply nothing like it out there." --Ken Wilber, from the Foreword "The most exciting book I've read in years on organization design and leadership models." --Jenny Wade, Ph.D., Author of Changes of Mind "A book like Reinventing Organizations only comes along once in a decade. Sweeping and brilliant in scope, it is the Good To Great for a more enlightened age. What it reveals about the organizational model of the future is exhilarating and deeply hopeful." --Norman Wolfe, Author of The Living Organization "A comprehensive, highly practical account of the emergent worldview in business. Everything you need to know about building a new paradigm organization!" --Richard Barrett, Chairman and Founder, Barrett Values Center "Frederic Laloux has done business people and professionals everywhere a signal service. He has discovered a better future for organizations by describing, in useful detail, the unusual best practices of today." --Bill Torbert, Author of Action Inquiry "As the rate of change escalates exponentially, the old ways of organizing and educating, which were designed for efficiency and repetition, are dying. Frederic Laloux is one of the few management leaders exploring what comes next. It's deeply different." --Bill Drayton, Founder, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

 L'Alchimiste « Mon coeur craint de souffrir, dit le jeune homme à l'alchimiste, une nuit qu'ils regardaient le ciel sans lune. - Dis-lui que la crainte de la souffrance est pire que la souffrance elle-même. Et qu'aucun coeur n'a jamais souffert alors qu'il était à la poursuite de ses rêves. » Santiago, un jeune berger andalou, part à la recherche d'un trésor enfoui au pied des Pyramides. Lorsqu'il rencontre l'Alchimiste dans le désert, celui-ci lui apprend à écouter son coeur, à lire les signes du destin et, par-dessus tout, à aller au bout de son rêve. Merveilleux conte philosophique destiné à l'enfant qui sommeille en chaque être, ce livre a marqué une génération de lecteurs.

 From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas. Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become? Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.

 « Nous avions à peine vingt ans et nous rêvions juste de liberté. » Ce rêve, la bande d'Hugo va l'exaucer en fuyant la petite ville de Providence pour traverser le pays à moto. Ensemble, ils vont former un clan où l'indépendance et l'amitié règnent en maîtres. Ensemble ils vont, pour le meilleur et pour le pire, découvrir que la liberté se paie cher. Nous rêvions juste de liberté réussit le tour de force d'être à la fois un roman initiatique, une fable sur l'amitié en même temps que le récit d'une aventure. Avec ce livre d'un nouveau genre, Henri Loevenbruck met toute la vitalité de son écriture au service de ce road-movie fraternel et exalté.

 This classic book, available in paperback for the very first time, explores why some people can successfully change their lives and others cannot. Here famed psychologist Paul Watzlawick presents what is still often perceived as a radical idea: that the solutions to our problems are inherently embedded in the problems themselves. Tackling the age-old questions surrounding persistence and change, the book asks why problems arise and are perpetuated in some instances but easily resolved in others. Incorporating ideas about human communication, marital and family therapy, the therapeutic effects of paradoxes and of action-oriented techniques of problem resolution, Change draws much from the field of psychotherapy.

 In the tradition of How to Live and How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it. Stoicism is a pragmatic philosophy that focuses our attention on what is possible and gives us perspective on what is unimportant. By understanding Stoicism, we can learn to answer crucial questions: Should we get married or divorced? How should we handle our money in a world nearly destroyed by a financial crisis? How can we survive great personal tragedy? Whoever we are, Stoicism has something for us–and How to Be a Stoic is the essential guide.

 Les citadins regardent les arbres comme des "robots biologiques" conçus pour produire de l'oxygène et du bois. Forestier, Peter Wohlleben a ravi ses lecteurs avec des informations attestées par les biologistes depuis des années, notamment le fait que les arbres sont des êtres sociaux. Ils peuvent compter, apprendre et mémoriser, se comporter en infirmiers pour les voisins malades. Ils avertissent d'un danger en envoyant des signaux à travers un réseau de champignons appelé ironiquement "Bois Wide Web". La critique allemande a salué unanimement ce tour de force littéraire et la manière dont l'ouvrage éveille chez les lecteurs une curiosité enfantine pour les rouages secrets de la nature.

 In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.

 Herman Hesse's classic novel has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers. In this story of a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege to seek spiritual fulfillment. Hesse synthesizes disparate philosophies--Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism--into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man's search for meaning.

 Sous une nouvelle couverture, enrichie d'un important chapitre sur la médiation et la résolution des conflits, voici la troisième édition de l'ouvrage phare de la Communication NonViolente, traduit dans plus de 30 langues et vendu à 170 000 exemplaires en France. Grâce à des histoires, des exemples et des dialogues simples, ce livre permet d'améliorer radicalement et de rendre vraiment authentique notre relation aux autres. La plupart d'entre nous avons été élevés dans un esprit de compétition, de jugement, d'exigence et de pensée de ce qui est " bon " ou " mauvais ". Au mieux, ces conditionnements peuvent conduire à une mauvaise compréhension des autres, au pire, ils génèrent colère, frustration, et peuvent conduire à la violence. Une communication de qualité entre soi et les autres est aujourd'hui une des compétences les plus précieuses. Par un processus en quatre points, Marshall Rosenberg met ici à notre disposition un outil très simple dans son principe, mais extrêmement puissant, pour améliorer radicalement et rendre vraiment authentique notre relation aux autres. Grâce à des histoires, des exemples et des dialogues simples, ce livre nous apprend principalement : à manifester une compréhension respectueuse à tout message reçu ; à briser les schémas de pensée qui mènent à la colère et à la déprime ; à dire ce que nous désirons sans susciter d'hostilité et à communiquer en utilisant le pouvoir guérisseur de l'empathie. Cette nouvelle édition est par ailleurs enrichie d'un important chapitre sur la médiation et la résolution des conflits. Bien plus qu'un processus, c'est un chemin de liberté, de cohérence et de lucidité qui nous est ici proposé !

 " La vie est difficile. " C'est par cette affirmation que Scott Peck, psychiatre mondialement connu et respecté, commence son livre. Si nous souffrons autant, le problème n'est pas lié à la difficulté de la vie mais au fait que nous croyons qu'elle devrait être facile. Cette attitude, en partie due à notre éducation et aux idées fausses que la société transmet, entraîne dépression, maladies, échecs et névroses. Scott Peck nous invite à ne plus fuir ce qui fait mal en utilisant des subterfuges ou des excuses. A travers les récits de ses patients et des exemples issus de sa propre vie, il nous enseigne ce que personne ne nous a jamais appris : des leçons fondamentales pour grandir, aimer, s'engager et être plus fort. Le chemin le moins fréquenté vous permettra de faire des pas de géants dans votre vie en vous offrant des clés d'évolution psychologique et spirituelle.

 C'est l'histoire d'une organisation secrète internationale, le CFR (Consortium de Falsification du réel) qui falsifie la réalité mais dont personne ne connaît les motivations. C'est l'histoire de quelques une des plus grandes supercheries de notre époque : de Laïka, la première chienne dans l'espace, qui n'a jamais existé, de Christophe Colomb qui n'a pas découvert l'Amérique, des fausses archives de la Stasi. C'est l'histoire d'un jeune homme, embauché par le CFR, qui veut comprendre pourquoi et pour qui il travaille. C'est l'histoire d'une bande d'amis qui veulent réussir leur vie, sans trop savoir ce que cela veut dire. C'est, d'une certaine façon, l'histoire de notre siècle.

 L’escalade n’est plus considérée comme un simple entraînement en vue de gravir des sommets. Comment s’est opérée la métamorphose qui, dans les années 1980, avec les danses verticales de Patrick Edlinger, a fait passer cette activité secondaire au rang de pratique sportive et artistique à part entière, totalement nouvelle et plus populaire que l’alpinisme classique ? L’escalade moderne – la « grimpe » – est devenue une fin en soi, une ascension débarrassée de tout objectif sinon celui de la perfection du geste. Jouer avec la pesanteur et apprivoiser le vide dans le but d’évoluer le long de parois de plus en plus lisses ou déversantes, selon ses propres forces et sa propre intelligence, avec grâce, précision et souplesse, constitue à présent un véritable art de vivre. Que ce soit sur des blocs de grès à Fontainebleau ou Rocklands, sur des falaises calcaires comme à Céüse, Rodellar et Kalymnos, ou au flanc des immenses murs granitiques du Yosemite, celui qui adopte la discipline et rejoint la communauté des nomades amoureux du rocher se lance dans une longue quête existentielle, qui lui fera découvrir les plus beaux endroits de la planète, expérimenter des sensations toujours nouvelles et repousser sans cesse ses limites jusqu’à devenir, avant tout et pour son plus grand bonheur, un grimpeur de corps et d’esprit.

 You can follow the beaten path and call yourself an entrepreneur or you can blaze your own trail and really be one. When Derek Sivers started CD Baby, he wasn’t planning on building a major business. He was a successful independent musician who just wanted to sell his CDs online. When no one would help him do it, he set out on his own and built an online store from scratch. He started in 1998 by helping his friends sell their CDs. In 2000, he hired his first employee. Eight years later, he sold CD Baby for $22 million. Sivers didn’t need a business plan, and neither do you. You don’t need to think big; in fact, it’s better if you don’t. Start with what you have, care about your customers more than yourself, and run your business like you don’t need the money. ©2011 Derek Sivers (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

 BOOK 1 OF THE BELGARIAD, the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by master storyteller David Eddings. Discover the epic story that inspired thousands - from Raymond Feist's The Riftwar Cycle series to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. A battle is coming... ...And in that battle shall be decided the fate of the world Myths tell of the ancient wars of Gods and men, and a powerful object - the Orb - that ended the bloodshed. As long as it was held by the line of Riva, it would assure the peace. But a dark force has stolen the Orb, and the prophecies tell of war. Young farm boy Garion knows nothing of myth or fate. But then the mysterious Old Storyteller visits his aunt, and they embark on a sudden journey. Pursued by evil forces, with only a small band of companions they can trust, Garion begins to doubt all he thought he knew...

 Garion monta sur le trône de basalte et plaça l'Orbe sur le pommeau de l'énorme épée. Il y eut un déclic ; la force vive de la pierre fusa dans la garde. La lame se mit à luire et se détacha du mur. Il la rattrapa des deux mains. La foule dans la salle réprima un halètement. Garion sidéré vit l'Orbe jeter une formidable langue de feu bleu. Sans trop savoir pourquoi, il souleva le glaive. « Ô joie, le roi est revenu, la prophétie s'accomplit ! clama Belgarath. Inclinons-nous devant Belgarion, roi de Riva, suzerain du Ponant ! » Et la prophétie suivit son cours. Au cœur du tumulte, on entendit un bruit métallique, comme si une tombe scellée par la rouille venait de s'ouvrir. Garion en fut glacé. Arraché à des siècles de sommeil, un cri de rage surgit des ténèbres et réclama du sang. Mais ce n'était pas le pire.Torak était de retour, et il tremblait, le dieu défiguré !

 Horreur ! Le dieu pervers, Torak, va s'éveiller ! Les temps sont venus, l'univers vacille et Belgarath se hâte : il n'est que temps de retrouver l'Orbe d'Aldur, le joyau du destin, qui peut sauver les hommes de la colère des dieux. De la brumeuse Arendie à la putride Nyissie, patrie des Hommes-Serpents, Belgarath entraîne Garion sur une route semée d'embûches. Garion, le petit paysan qui n'a jamais cru aux sorts, ne sent pas la haine qui le menace, ne comprend pas ces femmes qui se pressent autour de lui : une pour l'instruire, une pour le séduire, une pour le réconciler avec les pouvoirs dont il ne veut pas... Est-ce lui, l'Enfant de Lumière, le descendant des rois de Riva, l'enfant marqué par les présages, de toute éternité, pour affronter Torak ? Encore faut-il qu'il entende la voix de la Prophétie qui lui parle en esprit. Sinon les sectateurs du dieu défiguré, dans leur soif de vengeance, pourraient bien s'emparer de lui et l'offrir à leur maître, à l'instant même où il s'éveillera !

 Puis le soleil sombra dans les bancs de nuages, et baigna d'une lueur malsaine la sinistre forteresse. Ce fut comme si les murs saignaient, comme si tout le sang versé sur les autels de Torak depuis le commencement des âges éclaboussait d'un coup la cité de la peur. Tous les océans du monde n'auraient pas suffi à la laver. Un cri d'agonie emplit l'espace. Garion épouvanté leva la tête. L'Orbe... L'Orbe était là, aux mains du voleur. Garion regarda ses compagnons. Il fallait récupérer la pierre où palpitait la vie. Le sort des royaumes du Ponant en dépendait.

 Soudain jaillirent du sol des formes ténébreuses : silhouettes immenses, robes noires, masques d'acier étincelant. Elles avaient surgi à l'endroit le plus inattendu, entre les rangs mêmes de l'armée. Un jeune chevalier mimbraïque en avisa une à ses côtés et sabra. À l'instant ou sa lame traversait l'ombre, il fut frappé par la foudre. Des tourbillons de fumées s'élevèrent des fentes de son ventail et il grilla dans son armure. Ce'Nedra, la Fiancée de Lumière, crispa la main sur son amulette et ferma les yeux : "Aide-nous, Belgarath ! Nous allons être écrasés !" À quoi servait de l'appeler ? Sans doute avait-il atteint la Cité de la Nuit, ou Torak s'éveillait au milieu des ruines. L'immense geste s'achevait dans le fracas des armes, et l'enfant de la prophétie n'est pas prêt. La guerre de sept mille ans allait finir par la victoire du Dieu-Dragon des Angaraks !

 "Eğer yeni bir ekonomi öyküsü yazmak istiyorsak, eskileri geçmiş yüzyılın ders kitaplarına gömecek yeni resimler çizmek zorundayız." Kate Raworth, Simit Ekonomisi'nde miras aldığımız tahripkar endüstriyel ekonomileri yenileyici ekonomilere dönüştürmek ve mevcut fikirlerin en iyilerini bir araya getirerek sürekli evrim geçiren yeni bir ekonomik zihniyet yaratmak için yedi hedef ortaya koyuyor. 21. yüzyılın ekonomik düşüncesinin kalbine büyümeden ziyade gelişmeyi, adaleti ve hakkaniyeti yerleştirerek, bize ev sahipliği yapan dünyayı idare etme sanatına sürdürülebilir hedeflerle yön verebileceğimiz yepyeni bir resim çiziyor!

 No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: - Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); - Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; - Design your environment to make success easier; - Get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

 Trouvez un sens à votre existence et un rôle à jouer au sein du monde. Le monde vous apparaît-il de plus en plus complexe et parfois même hostile ? Vos désirs n'ont jamais été si nombreux et insatiables ? Cherchez-vous un sens à l'existence ? Faute de le trouver en vous, vous espérez le découvrir dans une société où tout le monde court sans cesse. Cette course vous oppresse et épuise la planète. Que vous ayez ou non une vie spirituelle nourrissante et que vous adhériez ou non à une religion, vous savez que le monde a besoin d'hommes et de femmes qui se connaissent, qui savent développer la confiance en soi, en l'autre, en la vie, et mettre leur talent au service de la communauté. Dans ce livre, Thomas d'Ansembourg vous propose d'accéder à l'intériorité transformante, faculté que vous pouvez développer pour aligner votre vie sur votre propre élan vital, et ce, dans les dimensions privée et citoyenne. Cet ouvrage, véritable démarche vers l'authenticité, est une invitation à mieux comprendre les causes de la fuite - la course -, à laquelle vous êtes soumis, pour réapprendre à vivre de tout votre être.

 Autrefois, Zem Sparak fut, dans sa Grèce natale, un étudiant engagé, un militant de la liberté. Mais le pays, en faillite, a fini par être vendu au plus offrant, malgré l’insurrection. Et dans le sang de la répression massive qui s’est abattue sur le peuple révolté, Zem Sparak, fidèle à la promesse de toujours faire passer la vie avant la politique, a trahi. Au prix de sa honte et d’un adieu à sa nation, il s’est engagé comme supplétif à la sécurité dans la mégalopole du futur. Désormais il y est “chien” – c’est-à- dire flic – et il opère dans la zone 3, la plus misérable, la plus polluée de cette Cité régie par GoldTex, fleuron d’un post- libéralisme hyperconnecté et coercitif. Mais au détour d’une enquête le passé va venir à sa rencontre.

 Après Le droit d'emmerder Dieu, éloge du droit au blasphème, Richard Malka revient sur l'origine profonde d'une guerre millénaire au sein de l'Islam : la controverse brûlante sur la nature du Coran. Plus qu'une plaidoirie, ces pages mûries pendant des années questionnent ce qu'il est advenu de l'Islam entre le VIIe et le XIe siècle, déchiré entre raison et soumission. Les radicaux ont gagné, effectuant un tri dans le Coran et les paroles du Prophète, oppressant leurs ennemis - au premier rang desquels les musulmans modérés, les musiciens, artistes, philosophes, libres penseurs, les femmes et minorités sexuelles. Plonger avec passion dans cette cassure au sein d'une religion n'est pas être "islamophobe", c'est regarder l'histoire en face. Traité sur l'intolérance est une méditation puissante, un appel aux islamologues du savoir et de la nuance - pour qu'enfin chacun sache, comprenne, échange, s'exprime.

 « Il est une chose admirable qui surpasse toujours la connaissance, l'intelligence, et même le génie, c'est l'incompréhension. » En juin 2021, un événement insensé bouleverse les vies de centaines d'hommes et de femmes, tous passagers d'un vol Paris-New York. Parmi eux : Blake, père de famille respectable et néanmoins tueur à gages ; Slimboy, pop star nigériane, las de vivre dans le mensonge ; Joanna, redoutable avocate rattrapée par ses failles ; ou encore Victor Miesel, écrivain confidentiel soudain devenu culte. Tous croyaient avoir une vie secrète. Nul n'imaginait à quel point c'était vrai. Roman virtuose où la logique rencontre le magique, L'anomalie explore cette part de nous-mêmes qui nous échappe.

 One night, the lights go out across Europe. The electrical grids collapse on an epic scale and unleash a devastating chaos in the total blackout. And unbeknownst to the general population, nuclear reactors are starting to overheat… When a former hacker and activist who knows a thing or two about infiltrating networks starts investigating the cause of this disaster, he soon becomes a prime suspect. As threats to the United States start to emerge, he goes on the run with a young American reporter based in Paris, racing desperately to turn the lights back on. Because if they stay off, tomorrow may be too late.

 Biographie de Felix Kersten. À la veille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Felix Kersten est spécialisé dans les massages thérapeutiques. Parmi sa clientèle huppée figurent les grands d'Europe. Pris entre les principes qui constituent les fondements de sa profession et ses convictions, le docteur Kersten consent à examiner Himmler, le puissant chef de la Gestapo. Affligé d'intolérables douleurs d'estomac, celui-ci en fait bientôt son médecin personnel. C'est le début d'une étonnante lutte, Felix Kersten utilisant la confiance du fanatique bourreau pour arracher des milliers de victimes à l'enfer. Joseph Kessel nous raconte l'incroyable histoire du docteur Kersten et lève le voile sur un épisode méconnu du XXe siècle.

 Will is the bearer of the knife. Now, accompanied by angels, his task is to deliver that powerful, dangerous weapon to Lord Asriel - by the command of his dying father. But how can he go looking for Lord Asriel when Lyra is gone? Only with her help can he fathom the myriad plots and intrigues that beset him. The two great powers of the many worlds are lining up for war, and Will must find Lyra, for together they are on their way to battle, an inevitable journey that will even take them to the world of the dead...

 This book is a short introduction to deep learning for readers with a STEM background. It aims at providing the necessary context to understand landmark AI models for image generation and language understanding.

 She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld – Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Spectres stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: twelve-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm. On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra and Will uncover a deadly secret: an object of extraordinary and devastating power. And with every step, they move closer to an even greater threat – and the shattering truth of their own destiny.

 Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world. Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want--but what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other.

 "C'est l'histoire de deux jeunes poissons qui nagent et croisent le chemin d'un poisson plus âgé qui leur fait signe de la tête et leur dit, "Salut, les garçons. L'eau est bonne ? Les deux jeunes poissons nagent encore un moment, puis l'un regarde l'autre et fait, "Tu sais ce que c'est, toi, l'eau ?" " Dans cette courte allocution, Wallace distille une leçon de vie profonde et pleine d'esprit. Il nous offre ces mots comme des outils pour vivre au quotidien, ouverts au monde.

 Pour attacher, en toute sécurité, une charge sur la galerie de votre voiture, réparer un tuyau d'arrosage percé, ficeler sans énervement un paquet ou confectionner un cerfvolant, il vous faut, bien sûr, la bonne longueur de corde mais surtout savoir faire le bon noeud. Pour partir à la pêche, faire de la voile ou de l'escalade, d'autres noeuds, sûrs et pratiques, sont également indispensables. Vous découvrirez dans cet ouvrage une centaine de noeuds différents, clairement expliqués et illustrés par des croquis qui facilitent leur apprentissage. Cent manières d'exercer votre adresse manuelle, pour le plaisir et pour résoudre au quotidien bien des problèmes pratiques.

 LA TRANSITION ÉCOLOGIQUE, C'EST MAINTENANT ET ÇA COMMENCE AVEC VOUS ! Quel est le véritable impact de notre mode de vie sur l'environnement ? Comment le mesurer ? Et surtout : quels changements opérer dans notre vie de tous les jours si l'on veut préserver la planète ? Suivez le guide ! Ce livre, à la fois manifeste pour la sobriété et guide pratique, vous invite à entrer les deux pieds dans la transition écologique. Avec l'aide d'ingénieurs spécialisés en bilan carbone et analyse de cycle de vie, Jérémie Pichon passe au peigne fin, toujours avec humour, le coût écologique de notre vie quotidienne : transport, logement, alimentation, électronique, épargne... Saviez-vous par exemple que ce sont nos placements financiers qui ont le plus d'incidence sur notre empreinte carbone ? Sur la base de cette analyse fouillée, il nous invite à redéfinir nos priorités et propose un plan d'actions pour amorcer en famille une vraie transition écologique. " En consommant peu, en n'achetant pas en grande distribution, en choisissant des filières locales et vertueuses, en plaçant mon argent dans des fonds solidaires, en privilégiant les transports doux, en adoptant la sobriété numérique, je peux être un facteur clé du changement. " Illustré avec un irrésistible talent par Bénédicte Moret, ce guide est aussi la démonstration que chacun peut être acteur de la transition écologique, par le retour à un système plus humain et à un mode de vie plus simple basé sur la mutualisation des savoirs et des richesses.

 Bill is an IT manager at Parts Unlimited. It's Tuesday morning and on his drive into the office, Bill gets a call from the CEO. The company's new IT initiative, code named Phoenix Project, is critical to the future of Parts Unlimited, but the project is massively over budget and very late. The CEO wants Bill to report directly to him and fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced. With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of The Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined. With the clock ticking, Bill must organize work flow streamline interdepartmental communications, and effectively serve the other business functions at Parts Unlimited. In a fast-paced and entertaining style, three luminaries of the DevOps movement deliver a story that anyone who works in IT will recognize. Readers will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations, they'll never view IT the same way again.

 D’où viennent les inégalités et pourquoi perdurent-elles ? Pour répondre à ces questions, le livre propose une version accessible à tous du best-seller de Thomas Piketty, Capital et Idéologie. Dans cette grande enquête historique, parfois teintée d’humour, Claire Alet et Benjamin Adam ont conçu une saga familiale. Jules, le personnage principal, né à la fin du XIXe siècle, incarne le rentier, figure privilégiée d’une société hyper inégalitaire où la propriété est sacralisée. Lui, sa famille et son entourage vont vivre l’évolution des richesses et des modèles sociaux. Huit générations se succèdent ainsi, traversant toutes les époques. Jusqu’à Léa, jeune femme contemporaine qui va découvrir le secret de famille à l’origine de leur patrimoine. La « petite histoire » de cette famille rejoint alors la « grande histoire ». Claire Alet a travaillé comme journaliste puis rédactrice en chef adjointe pendant une quinzaine d'années au magazine Alternatives économiques. Elle a par ailleurs développé une activité d'autrice de films documentaires sur des sujets d'économie et d'histoire des idées, diffusés sur Arte. Depuis début 2022, elle codirige une collection de littérature du réel chez Bayard. Engagée dans la lutte contre les inégalités femmes-hommes, elle a cofondé en 2014 l'association de femmes journalistes Prenons la une. Benjamin Adam né en 1983, est un auteur de bande dessinée et illustrateur jeunesse français. Il est diplômé de l’atelier d’illustration des Arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, et travaille régulièrement pour l'édition et la presse. Derniers ouvrages parus: Joker, La Pastèque, 2015 (scénario et dessin) et Soon, Dargaud, 2019 (coscénario avec Thomas Cadène et dessin).

 Functional programming is a powerful programming paradigm that can help you to write better code. However, learning functional programming can be complicated, and the existing literature is often too complex for beginners. This book is an approachable introduction to functional programming and reactive programming with TypeScript for readers without previous experience in functional programming with JavaScript, TypeScript , or any other programming language. The book will help you understand the pros, cons, and core principles of functional programming in TypeScript. It will explain higher order functions, referential transparency, functional composition, and monads with the help of effective code examples. Using TypeScript as a functional programming language, you'll also be able to brush up on your knowledge of applying functional programming techniques, including currying, laziness, and immutability, to real-world scenarios. By the end of this book, you will be confident when it comes to using core functional and reactive programming techniques to help you build effective applications with TypeScript. This book is designed for readers with no prior experience of functional programming with JavaScript, TypeScript or any other programming language. Some familiarity with TypeScript and web development is a must to grasp the concepts in the book easily.

 LE guide indispensable à tous ceux qui grimpent en salle et veulent s'initier ou progresser. La pratique de l'escalade a profondément évolué au cours des dix dernières années. Progressivement, elle s'est démocratisée jusqu'à connaître un véritable engouement. Et ce, grâce notamment au développement d'une pratique plus urbaine et à l'explosion du nombre de salles d'escalade que l'on estime à environ 2 000 aujourd'hui réparties dans tout l'hexagone. En France, ils seraient 1 million à grimper régulièrement ou occasionnellement, dont 60 % sur les fameuses SAE, structures artificielles d'escalade. Une dynamique qui n'est pas près de s'essouffler avec l'arrivée de ce sport aux prochains Jeux olympiques de Tokyo en 2020. Comment s'équiper, comprendre les échelles de difficulté, maîtriser les techniques de base, grimper en sécurité, gérer ses émotions, développer sa force… les deux auteurs, respectivement moniteur d'escalade et vice-championne du monde de la discipline, partagent leur savoir-faire dans ce guide qui répond à toutes les questions que l'on peut se poser. Les conseils techniques sont agrémentés de nombreuses photos.

 Want to increase your Linux productivity to get more done in less time? This practical book teaches you how to be quick and efficient at the Linux command line. You'll learn to create and run complex commands that solve real business problems, organize your files for quick access, efficiently process and retrieve information, and automate manual tasks. You'll truly understand what happens behind the shell prompt. Efficient Linux at the Command Line teaches general best practices and the concepts behind them, so no matter which Linux tools you use, you can become more effective in your daily work and more competitive in the job market. You'll learn: • How to invent powerful Linux commands on the fly that get your work done quickly. • Which Linux features are handled by commands and which are built into the shell that launches those commands--and why it matters. • A dozen different ways to run commands, including pipelines, sub-shells, command substitution, process substitution, and more--and when to use each for best advantage.

 The Phoenix Project wowed over a half-million readers. Now comes the Wall Street Journal Bestselling The Unicorn Project ! “ The Unicorn Project is amazing, and I loved it 100 times more than The Phoenix Project …”— FERNANDO CORNAGO, Senior Director Platform Engineering, Adidas “Gene Kim does a masterful job of showing how … the efforts of many create lasting business advantages for all.”— DR. STEVEN SPEAR, author of The High-Velocity Edge, Sr. Lecturer at MIT, and principal of HVE LLC. “ The Unicorn Project is so clever, so good, so crazy enlightening!” ––CORNELIA DAVIS, Vice President Of Technology at Pivotal Software, Inc., Author of Cloud Native Patterns This highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix Project takes another look at Parts Unlimited, this time from the perspective of software development. In The Unicorn Project , we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals. One day, she is approached by a ragtag bunch of misfits who say they want to overthrow the existing order, to liberate developers, to bring joy back to technology work, and to enable the business to win in a time of digital disruption. To her surprise, she finds herself drawn ever further into this movement, eventually becoming one of the leaders of the Rebellion, which puts her in the crosshairs of some familiar and very dangerous enemies. The Age of Software is here, and another mass extinction event looms—this is a story about rebel developers and business leaders working together, racing against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in a time of unprecedented uncertainty...and opportunity. “ The Unicorn Project provides insanely useful insights on how to improve your technology business.” —DOMINICA DEGRANDIS, author of Making Work Visible and Director of Digital Transformation at Tasktop ——— “My goal in writing The Unicorn Project was to explore and reveal the necessary but invisible structures required to make developers (and all engineers) productive, and reveal the devastating effects of technical debt and complexity. I hope this book can create common ground for technology and business leaders to leave the past behind, and co-create a better future together.”—Gene Kim, November 2019

 Fontainebleau pour un grimpeur, c'est tout simplement "Bleau" : des milliers de blocs de grès tendre de faible hauteur parsemant la forêt et ses environs. Souvent répertoriés et regroupés en circuits d'escalade, parfois célèbres, ils sont de toutes difficultés et l'on vient du monde entier y grimper en raison de leur variété et leur intérêt gestuels. Ceux qui s'adonnent à cette activité sont les Bleausards ou les bloqueurs. Troisième titre de cette collection proposant au public intéressé par les différents aspects de l'alpinisme des albums photo de qualité à un prix abordable. Comme les précédents, c'est avant tout un travail d'auteur photographe mené depuis plus de 50 ans - davantage qu'un reportage ou un sujet journalistique sur un sport et ses vedettes. Présenté par Gilles Rotillon, Bleausard de toujours, l'album contient aussi en ouverture et dans ses nombreux encadrés des aperçus pédagogiques, historiques et techniques détaillés. Le livre est ainsi une sorte d'histoire d'un site et d'une communauté grimpante haute en couleurs - restituée au travers d'une expérience personnelle.

 Fort de son expérience de sportif de haut niveau et de champion d'escalade, Romain Desgranges signe un livre orginal afin d'accompagner tous les grimpeurs désireux de progresser dans leur programme d'entraînement en fonction de leurs objectifs.

 Now, in the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing—nothing anywhere in the universe—will ever be the same.

 On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope—and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.

 L’étoffe dont sont tissés les vents est une analyse philosophique de La Horde du Contrevent, le roman culte d’Alain Damasio. Elle est publiée dans cette édition avec deux textes introuvables de l’auteur : Exhorde et Le conte du Ventemps, scènes coupées de La Horde ; ainsi que Steppe Back, la nouvelle de Mélanie Fiévet lauréate du prix fanfiction Folio SF 2015, et divers textes complémentaires permettant d’éclairer et d’interpréter cette œuvre incontournable. La Horde du Contrevent est un ouvrage philosophique et poétique exigeant, qui dépasse de beaucoup le simple roman d’aventure. Cette analyse cherche à en explorer les confins pour en révéler les thématiques et les influences au-delà du récit. L’étoffe dont sont tissés les vents est une proposition de lecture, basée sur les inspirations premières du roman : Spinoza, Nietzsche, Deleuze, entre autres. Antoine St. Epondyle est l’auteur du blog Cosmo Orbüs depuis 2010 et de Cyberpunk Reality paru en 2015. Passionné de science-fiction, de technocritique et de jeux de rôle, il écrit principalement sur la dimension politique de l’imaginaire et le sous-genre cyberpunk. Couverture de Flora Silve Au sommaire : – Exhorde d’Alain Damasio – Le conte du Ventemps d’Alain Damasio – Steppe Back de Mélanie Fievet – L’Étoffe dont sont tissés les vents d’Antoine St. Epondyle – Interviews : rencontres avec Isis Fahmy et Benoît Renaudin; Rencontre avec Eric Henninot, Rencontre avec Camille Archambeaud – Index des adaptations et projets connexes à la Horde du Contrevent

 When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother, she examines the studies behind modern parenting guidance and finds the evidence frustratingly limited and the conclusions often ineffective. Curious to learn about more effective parenting approaches, she visits a Maya village in the Yucatán Peninsula. There she encounters moms and dads who parent in a totally different way than we do—and raise extraordinarily kind, generous, and helpful children without yelling, nagging, or issuing timeouts. What else, Doucleff wonders, are Western parents missing out on? In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities: Maya families in Mexico, Inuit families above the Arctic Circle, and Hadzabe families in Tanzania. She sees that these cultures don’t have the same problems with children that Western parents do. Most strikingly, parents build a relationship with young children that is vastly different from the one many Western parents develop—it’s built on cooperation instead of control, trust instead of fear, and personalized needs instead of standardized development milestones. Maya parents are masters at raising cooperative children. Without resorting to bribes, threats, or chore charts, Maya parents rear loyal helpers by including kids in household tasks from the time they can walk. Inuit parents have developed a remarkably effective approach for teaching children emotional intelligence. When kids cry, hit, or act out, Inuit parents respond with a calm, gentle demeanor that teaches children how to settle themselves down and think before acting. Hadzabe parents are world experts on raising confident, self-driven kids with a simple tool that protects children from stress and anxiety, so common now among American kids. Not only does Doucleff live with families and observe their techniques firsthand, she also applies them with her own daughter, with striking results. She learns to discipline without yelling. She talks to psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, and sociologists and explains how these strategies can impact children’s mental health and development. Filled with practical takeaways that parents can implement immediately, Hunt, Gather, Parent helps us rethink the ways we relate to our children, and reveals a universal parenting paradigm adapted for American families.

 Parue en 2001, la première version de L'isolation thermique écologique s'est rapidement imposée comme la référence en France sur le sujet. Cette nouvelle édition, entièrement revue et augmentée est une lecture indispensable avant tout projet de construction ou de rénovation. Cet ouvrage fournit les outils pratiques pour répondre aux nouveaux objectifs très exigeants de réduction de consommation d'énergie dans l'habitat tout en respectant le confort et la santé des habitants. Il propose les matériaux les plus écologiques, c'est-à-dire peu ou pas polluants, faiblement émetteurs de gaz à effet de serre et facilement recyclables. Pour chacun de ces matériaux, les auteurs détaillent et illustrent les techniques de mise en oeuvre en privilégiant les systèmes les plus durables. En réhabilitation, ils proposent des solutions adaptées aux caractéristiques des parois d'origine. Ecrit dans un langage accessible à tous, il s'adresse aussi bien aux particuliers qu'aux professionnels. Il intègre les orientations décidées lors du Grenelle de l'environnement, entre autres celles qui concernent la nouvelle réglementation thermique, applicable à partir de 2012.

 Camarades de promo, Annabelle, Franck, Bertrand, Sébastien, Vanessa sont banquiers, directeurs de communication, chefs de cabinet, journalistes. Ils forment une caste à venir. Celle de l'élite politico-économique. Certains ont des états d'âme, sont à la limite du burn-out, d'autres piaffent de gravir la dernière marche, celle des intouchables, des demi-dieux. Tous ont appris à dissimuler appétits et angoisses derrière la masque de l'establishment bon ton. Mais la disparition brutale de l'un d'entre eux va bouleverser leurs plans et les révéler à eux-mêmes. Débute une contre la montre qui les mènera au bord de l'abîme, aspirés par un mensonge d'état dont ils sont à la fois les architectes et les victimes. L'auteur de Une fille dans la ville et de Comment j'ai liquidé le siècle poursuit avec ce troisième roman, thriller politique au cordeau, son impitoyable analyse du pouvoir.

 ‘ « Je devrais m'arrêter, cherche une reconversion. Les pires crapules de la planète sont comme moi. Ils financent la lutte contre le paludisme, créent des écoles en Afrique, investissent dans l'éolien. Ils invitent Nelson Mandela à leur anniversaire. Ils écoutent Bono comme le Messie, veulent serrer la main d'Angelina Jolie. Ils achètent des Bionic, ces sous-marins individuels de luxe vendus 130 000 euros pièce. Ils fuient le monde, le survolent en jets privés. Dans les journaux, ils s'affichent en Prius. Ils cherchent une rédemption par l'art, investissent dans n'importe quoi. Pour nous, il n'y aura jamais de punition. La vie est une farce. Je suis un pur produit du fascisme occidental. J'aimerais appuyer sur la touche « échappe ». Pierre, fils de plombier à Clermont-Ferrand, s'est réfugié dans les mathématiques pour oublier l'enfance. Boursier, polytechnicien, devenu roi du « quant » dans une grande banque française, il fabrique des programmes de calcul systémique qui engrange des millions. L'anorexie de sa fille, la mort de son père, le 11 septembre, la rencontre d'une prostituée drôle et tendre poussent progressivement cette star des marchés financiers à s'interroger sur sa vie d'homme. À s'humaniser, malgré lui. Au même moment, les marchés financiers s'effondrent. Les Maîtres de l'Univers sont traînés dans la boue, l'empire américain flanche, la Chine veut supprimer le dollar. Pierre voit son monde de yuppies sombrer dans la déprime, la fuite en avant. Une septuagénaire redoutable, à la tête du « Bilderberg » - un gouvernement mondial secret qui a organisé la domination de l'Amérique sur la planète - le convoque à New York. Acculée à l'échec, à la remise en cause, à la mort, elle veut sauver, une dernière fois, l'humanité. Personne ne doit succéder à l'Empire. Pierre sera l'instrument de l'acte terroriste ultime, scénario catastrophe du FBI. Un kamikaze en Berluti. Pour lui, c'est le seul moyen de récupérer sa vie. Après Une fille dans la ville, critique féroce des allumés du « miracle économique », Flore Vasseur autopsie l'oligarchie financière, prisonnière de sa sophistication et de ses dogmes morbides, qui peut et va dévaster le monde. C'est le scénario d'une explosion définitive qui pourrait bien préfigurer la prochaine étape du capitalisme.

 Herman Hesse's classic novel has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers. In this story of a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege to seek spiritual fulfillment. Hesse synthesizes disparate philosophies--Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism--into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man's search for meaning.

 Our Time Is Now We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs. Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer ask, why do we collectively create results nobody wants? Meeting the challenges of this century requires updating our economic logic and operating system from an obsolete “ego-system” focused entirely on the well-being of oneself to an eco-system awareness that emphasizes the well-being of the whole. Filled with real-world examples, this thought-provoking guide presents proven practices for building a new economy that is more resilient, intentional, inclusive, and aware.

 Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il y avait ceux qui voulaient avaler la Terre, et ceux qui voulaient mesurer la Lune. On parle surtout des premiers, avec leurs combats homériques et leurs plans grandioses ; mais le conflit s’est aussi joué dans les idées et les états d’âme de quelques rêveurs tourmentés appartenant à la seconde catégorie. Ils voulaient mesurer la Lune, c’est-à-dire mobiliser tous leurs neurones pour comprendre l’inaccessible, utiliser toute la science du monde pour réaliser l’impossible. Cela, sous le regard narquois de la Lune, impassible à l’agitation des humains.

 The history of the Targaryens comes to life in this Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen--the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria--took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel's worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed. With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire & Blood is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.

 La mini forêt-jardin est une imitation d'une forêt naturelle dans laquelle tous les végétaux sont comestibles. Ce concept novateur est développé à la Ferme du Bec Hellouin où une mini-forêt fait l'objet d'un suivi scientifique. Elle se révèle particulièrement productive sur un tout petit espace, tout en offrant de multiples services écosystémiques. Découvrez dans ce guide différentes formes de forêts-jardins pouvant être implantées de manière simple en ville comme à la campagne. Collection Résiliences

 1985, Paris est frappé par des attentats comme le pays en a rarement connu. Dans ce contexte, Marc Masson, un déserteur parti à l’aventure en Amérique du Sud, est soudain rattrapé par la France. Recruté par la DGSE, il est officiellement agent externe mais, officieusement, il va devenir assassin pour le compte de l’État. Alors que tous les Services sont mobilisés sur le dossier libanais, les avancées les plus sensibles sont parfois entre les mains d’une seule personne… Jusqu’à quel point ces serviteurs, qui endossent seuls la face obscure de la raison d’État, sont-ils prêts à se dévouer? Et jusqu’à quel point la République est-elle prête à les défendre? Des terrains d’opérations jusqu’à l’Élysée, des cellules terroristes jusqu’aux bureaux de la DGSE, Henri Loevenbruck raconte un moment de l’histoire de France – qui résonne particulièrement aujourd’hui – dans un roman d’une tension à couper le souffle. Pour écrire ce livre, il a conduit de longs entretiens avec «Marc Masson» et recueilli le récit de sa vie hors norme.

 Août 1992. Une vallée perdue quelque part dans l’Est, des hauts-fourneaux qui ne brûlent plus, un lac, un après-midi de canicule. Anthony a quatorze ans, et avec son cousin, pour tuer l’ennui, il décide de voler un canoë et d’aller voir ce qui se passe de l’autre côté, sur la fameuse plage des culs-nus. Au bout, ce sera pour Anthony le premier amour, le premier été, celui qui décide de toute la suite. Ce sera le drame de la vie qui commence. Avec ce livre, Nicolas Mathieu écrit le roman d’une vallée, d’une époque, de l’adolescence, le récit politique d’une jeunesse qui doit trouver sa voie dans un monde qui meurt. Quatre étés, quatre moments, de Smells Like Teen Spirit à la Coupe du monde 98, pour raconter des vies à toute vitesse dans cette France de l’entre-deux, des villes moyennes et des zones pavillonnaires, de la cambrousse et des ZAC bétonnées. La France du Picon et de Johnny Hallyday, des fêtes foraines et d’Intervilles, des hommes usés au travail et des amoureuses fanées à vingt ans. Un pays loin des comptoirs de la mondialisation, pris entre la nostalgie et le déclin, la décence et la rage.

 Alain Damasio nous invite à la rencontre de grands "vivants", c'est-à-dire de grands claustrophobes, amoureux de l'air et de l'Ouvert. Champions de toutes les aérations, celles de l'espace, du son, des mots, du collectif, et de ce fait totalement libres, entrés en un jeu d'échos fou avec les mouvements du monde, ils tracent et suivent leurs lignes de fuite, tel le surfeur qui n'existe et ne consiste que dans la furtivité. Dix nouvelles par l'auteur de La Zone du Dehors et La Horde du Contrevent.

 Novak court. Il est poursuivi et fuit pour sauver sa peau. Heureusement, il a Scarlett avec lui. Scarlett, l’intelligence artificielle de son brightphone. Celle qui connaît toute sa vie, tous ses secrets, qui le guide dans la ville, collecte chaque donnée, chaque information qui le concerne. Celle qui répond autant à ses demandes qu’aux battements de son cœur. Scarlett seule peut le mettre en sécurité. A moins que… Et si c’était elle, précisément, que pourchassaient ses deux assaillants ?

 « Carl-Gustav Jung (1875-1961), médecin suisse, pionnier de la psychanalyse, est l'un des plus grands penseurs du xxe siècle. Il reste assez méconnu en France, alors que ses idées ont exercé une influence profonde sur notre culture contemporaine et qu'il a été l'inventeur de nombreux concepts révolutionnaires, comme la synchronicité, l'inconscient collectif, les archétypes ou les complexes. Il est avec Spinoza l'un des auteurs qui m'ont le plus marqué et il a eu un impact décisif sur ma vision du monde et de moi-même. Voilà pourquoi j'ai eu à coeur de rendre accessible à un large public sa pensée visionnaire, qui fait le pont entre psychologie et physique quantique, qui montre combien l'être humain a besoin de sens et d'une vie symbolique ou spirituelle pour s'épanouir profondément. Cette conviction l'éloignera de Freud et le conduira à expérimenter et à élaborer son « processus d'individuation » : un extraordinaire voyage intérieur, où chacun d'entre nous apprend à faire dialoguer son conscient et son inconscient pour devenir pleinement soi et accéder à un sentiment d'unité et de joie profonde. C'est à ce fascinant voyage vers soi que j'ai voulu convier le lecteur, à la découverte d'un des penseurs qui me semble être allé le plus loin dans la compréhension de l'être humain et du sens de son existence. » Frédéric Lenoir est philosophe et sociologue. Il est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages traduits dans une vingtaine de langues et vendus à plus de 7 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde.

 Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!

 2084. Orwell est loin désormais. Le totalitarisme a pris les traits de la social-démocratie. Le citoyen ne s'opprime plus, il se fabrique, à la pâte à norme, au confort, au consensus. Au cœur de cette glu, un mouvement : la Volte, dont le Dehors est le pays, et subvertir, la seule arme.

 Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It’s a work of art about conflicting philosophies. Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In “How to Live”, each chapter believes it knows how you should live. And each chapter disagrees with the next. One chapter makes a compelling argument for why you should be completely independent, keeping all options open. The next chapter argues why you should commit to one career, one place, and one person. One chapter persuades you to be fully present, and experience each moment. The next, to delay gratification and invest for the future. Which one is right? Which does the author believe? All of them. It's a philosophy of conflicting philosophies. A very unique and thought-provoking book. Meant for reflection as much as instruction. 113 incredibly succinct pages of profound insights. No philosophers are quoted. No -isms are named. Only actionable directives. The end result feels more like poetry than prose.

 La rencontre entre un auteur majeur de la bande dessinée et un éminent spécialiste des questions énergétiques et de l'impact sur le climat a abouti à ce projet, comme une évidence, une nécessité de témoigner sur des sujets qui nous concernent tous. Intelligent, limpide, non dénué d'humour, cet ouvrage explique sous forme de chapitres les changements profonds que notre planète vit actuellement et quelles conséquences, déjà observées, ces changements parfois radicaux signifient. Jean-Marc Jancovici étaye sa vision remarquablement argumentée en plaçant la question de l'énergie et du changement climatique au coeur de sa réflexion tout en évoquant les enjeux économiques (la course à la croissance à tout prix est-elle un leurre ?), écologiques et sociétaux. Ce témoignage éclairé s'avère précieux, passionnant et invite à la réflexion sur des sujets parfois clivants, notamment celui de la transition énergétique. Christophe Blain se place dans le rôle du candide, à la façon de son livre "En cuisine avec Alain Passard" et de "Quai d'Orsay" signé avec l'expertise d'un coauteur : un pavé de 190 pages indispensable pour mieux comprendre notre monde, tout simplement !

 At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.

 Imaginez une Terre poncée, avec en son centre une bande de cinq mille kilomètres de large et sur ses franges un miroir de glace à peine rayable, inhabité. Imaginez qu’un vent féroce en rince la surface. Que les villages qui s’y sont accrochés, avec leurs maisons en goutte d’eau, les chars à voile qui la strient, les airpailleurs debout en plein flot, tous résistent. Imaginez qu’en Extrême-Aval ait été formé un bloc d’élite d’une vingtaine d’enfants aptes à remonter au cran, rafale en gueule, leur vie durant, le vent jusqu’à sa source, à ce jour jamais atteinte : l’Extrême-Amont. Mon nom est Sov Strochnis, scribe. Mon nom est Caracole le troubadour et Oroshi Melicerte, aéromaître. Je m’appelle aussi Golgoth, traceur de la Horde, Arval l’éclaireur et parfois même Larco lorsque je braconne l’azur à la cage volante. Ensemble, nous formons la Horde du Contrevent. Il en a existé trente-trois en huit siècles, toutes infructueuses. Je vous parle au nom de la trente-quatrième : sans doute l’ultime.

 L'auteur, qui nous a habitués à dynamiter les secrets ecclésiaux, à remettre en cause cette Église « de cour » dénoncée par le pape François, propose ici une brève et poignante méditation spirituelle sur la paternité. Qu'est-ce qu'être père ? Ce n'est pas forcément acquis. Il faut un certain investissement, un travail de présence, une attention particulière à l'autre reconnu comme fils ou fille. Le dieu chrétien s'est révélé comme père, c'est même le seul dieu qui ait eu cette audace et pris le risque d'être rejeté par ses enfants sans les condamner pour autant... Nourri d'une forte méditation du Notre Père, ce livre témoigne d'une foi humble et respectueuse des plus petits, des plus faibles. Il explique qu'il y a différentes façons d'être père : paternité biologique, d'adoption, spirituelle... La nature de toute paternité est double, aider à grandir et faire confiance. « Je crois qu'une personne exerçant une paternité est toute proche de Dieu, sans toujours le savoir. »

 "Who Moved My Cheese?" is a simple parable that reveals profound truths. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a "Maze" and look for "Cheese" to nourish them and make them happy. Two are mice named Sniff and Scurry. And two are "Littlepeople" — beings the size of mice who look and act a lot like people. Their names are Hem and Haw. "Cheese" is a metaphor for what you want to have in life — whether it's a good job, a loving relationship, money, a possession, health, or spiritual peace of mind. And the "Maze" is where you look for what you want — the organisation you work in or the family or community you live in. In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change. Eventually, one of them deals with it successfully, and writes what he has learned from his experience on the Maze walls. When you come to see "The Handwriting on the Wall," you can discover for yourself how to deal with change, so that you can enjoy less stress and more success (however you define it) in your work and in your life. Written for all ages, the story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.

 Présentés pour la première fois sous forme de livre, les "principes source" insufflent énergie, clarté et créativité dans le développement de nos projets. La source est une personne qui a une idée et qui prend des initiatives et des risques pour la réaliser. Sa tâche principale consiste à clarifier quel est le prochain pas à faire pour développer son projet. Quand elle a besoin de soutien, elle invite d’autres personnes à participer et devenir "source" à leur tour d’une partie du projet. Tous nos collectifs sont nés ainsi. Chacun occupe plusieurs rôles de "source" dans sa vie : le manager est invité à devenir "source" de son équipe ; le collaborateur, "source" de son activité ; le sportif, "source" de sa forme. Partout où il y a un projet, il y a une "source". Les "principes source" nous aident à nous engager énergiquement dans toutes nos initiatives et à encourager ceux qui nous entourent à faire de même. Ils invitent à vivre un management plus inspiré, stimulent notre implication créative et donnent un sens nouveau à nos liens professionnels et personnels.

 Death Be Not Proud chronicles Johnny Gunther's gallant struggle against the malignant brain tumor that killed him at the age of seventeen. The book opens with his father's fond, vivid portrait of his son—a young man of extraordinary intellectual promise, who excelled at physics, math, and chess, but was also an active, good-hearted, and fun-loving kid. But the heart of the book is a description of the agonized months during which Gunther and his former wife Frances try everything in their power to halt the spread of Johnny's cancer and to make him as happy and comfortable as possible. In the last months of his life, Johnny strove hard to complete his high school studies. The scene of his graduation ceremony from Deerfield Academy is one of the most powerful—and heartbreaking—in the entire book. Johnny maintained his courage, wit and quiet friendliness up to the end of his life. He died on June 30, 1947, less than a month after graduating from Deerfield.

 « La question que nous nous sommes posée peut se résumer ainsi : que faut-il faire pour mettre l’économie française en cohérence avec une baisse des émissions planétaires de 5 % par an, compatible avec nos engagements climatiques, tout en permettant à chacun(e) de trouver un emploi ? C’est ce plan de marche visant la décarbonation effective de nos activités que nous avons essayé de construire. Derrière les chapitres qui suivent, il y a l’apport de dizaines de collaborateurs, de centaines de contributeurs et de milliers de relecteurs. Il a fallu en défricher des sujets pour commencer à avoir une vue d’ensemble ! Si ce plan parvient à faire un tant soit peu la différence dans les débats à venir, nous n’aurons pas perdu notre temps. » Jean-Marc Jancovici

 King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from the grave, deeply scarred in body and soul. The kingdom also teeters toward ruin: Regal has plundered and abandoned the capital, while the rightful heir, Prince Verity, is lost to his mad quest--perhaps to death. Only Verity's return--or the heir his princess carries--can save the Six Duchies. But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him--currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was.

 Fitz has survived his first hazardous mission as king’s assassin, but is left little more than a cripple. Battered and bitter, he vows to abandon his oath to King Shrewd, remaining in the distant mountains. But love and events of terrible urgency draw him back to the court at Buckkeep, and into the deadly intrigues of the royal family. Renewing their vicious attacks on the coast, the Red-Ship Raiders leave burned-out villages and demented victims in their wake. The kingdom is also under assault from within, as treachery threatens the throne of the ailing king. In this time of great danger, the fate of the kingdom may rest in Fitz’s hands—and his role in its salvation may require the ultimate sacrifice.

 In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard, cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals - the old art known as the Wit - gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility. So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin.

 Il y a cinquante ans, en mars 1969, alors sur le point de gagner une course en solitaire, le navigateur Bernard Moitessier choisissait de ne pas franchir la ligne d’arrivée et de fuir le consumérisme. Dans cet essai philosophique et littéraire rédigé à la première personne et empreint de doute salutaire, Corinne Morel Darleux questionne notre quotidien en convoquant les lucioles de Pasolini ou Les Racines du cielde Romain Gary et propose un choix radical : refuser de parvenir et restaurer la dignité du présent pour endiguer le naufrage généralisé. Élue dans la Drôme, militante écosocialiste, chroniqueuse pour Reporterre, Corinne Morel Darleux suit depuis dix ans les questions climatiques et de défense des écosystèmes.

 From the author of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death's End comes a story about unborn memories. With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking listeners got their first chance to experience the multiple-award-winning and bestselling Three-Body Trilogy by China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. The Weight of Memories is a Tor.com Original story. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

 Pratiques de management, culture d’innovation, prise de décision collective, « disruption » des métiers du conseil, enjeux sociétaux du numérique : il nous parle de la manière de faire grandir simultanément une entreprise et ses collaborateurs, du rôle du dirigeant et de la noblesse du geste.

 This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN13: 9780440164845. The tai-pan, Ian Dunross, struggles to rescue Struan's from the precarious financial position left by his predecessor. To do this, he seeks partnership with an American millionaire, while trying to ward off his arch-rival Quillan Gornt, who seeks to destroy Struan's once and for all. Meanwhile, Chinese communists, Taiwanese nationalists, and Soviet spies illegally vie for influence in Hong Kong while the British government seeks to prevent this. And nobody, it seems, can get anything done without enlisting the aid of Hong Kong's criminal underworld. Other obstacles include water shortages, landslides, bank runs and stock market crashes. Nov. 1987 Dell jumbo mass market paperback, 21st printing. James Clavell.

 Retrouvez plus de quarante-cinq ans de publications consacrées à la Panthère Noire, dans une sélection d'épisodes cultes du héros. Du Wakanda au Manoir des Avengers, découvrez toutes les facettes de T'Challa.

 Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, and a master manipulator of men. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed masters of the Orient.

 Inventeur génial dès son plus jeune âge, amoureux de la nature, grand marcheur, il sillonna le monde à pied et fut le premier à percevoir les dangers de l'exploitation de la nature. John Muir aurait pu être millionnaire, il a choisi d'être vagabond. Il a inspiré Alexis Jenni (prix Goncourt 2011). " C'est l'homme le plus libre que j'ai jamais rencontré ", disait de lui Theodore Roosevelt. Né en Écosse, débarqué à dix ans aux États-Unis, installé dans la région des Grands Lacs, il travaille sans relâche dans la ferme familiale, mais lève parfois la tête pour s'émerveiller de la nature environnante. Le soir, il invente des machines qu'il présente en ville, dont ce réveil qui le sort automatiquement du lit à l'heure du lever. Très vite, John Muir rejette cette existence de forçat et décide de vivre en autonomie dans la nature. Il quitte le Wisconsin et sillonne le pays à pied jusqu'en Floride, puis rejoint la Californie. Dès lors, il ne cessera de parcourir le monde. Figure mythique aux États-Unis, créateur du parc national de Yosemite, John Muir s'interrogea sur le sens de la vie dans la nouvelle société industrielle et industrieuse et y répondit tout simplement par son mode de vie. Prix Goncourt 2011 pour L'Art français de la guerre (Gallimard).

 Ils sont là parmi nous, jamais où tu regardes, à circuler dans les angles morts de la vision humaine. On les appelle les furtifs. Des fantômes ? Plutôt l'exact inverse : des êtres de chair et de sons, à la vitalité hors norme, qui métabolisent dans leur trajet aussi bien pierre, déchet, animal ou plante pour alimenter leurs métamorphoses incessantes. Lorca Varèse, sociologue pour communes autogérées, et sa femme Sahar, proferrante dans la rue pour les enfants que l'éducation nationale, en faillite, a abandonnés, ont vu leur couple brisé par la disparition de leur fille unique de quatre ans, Tishka - volatisée un matin, inexplicablement. Sahar ne parvient pas à faire son deuil alors que Lorca, convaincu que sa fille est partie avec les furtifs, intègre une unité clandestine de l'armée chargée de chasser ces animaux extraordinaires. Là, il va découvrir que ceux-ci naissent d'une mélodie fondamentale, le frisson, et ne peuvent être vus sans être aussitôt pétrifiés. Peu à peu il apprendra à apprivoiser leur puissance de vie et, ainsi, à la faire sienne. Les Furtifs vous plonge dans un futur proche et fluide où le technococon a affiné ses prises sur nos existences. Une bague interface nos rapports au monde en offrant à chaque individu son alter ego numérique, sous forme d'IA personnalisée, où viennent se concentrer nos besoins vampirisés d'écoute et d'échanges. Partout où cela s'avérait rentable, les villes ont été rachetées par des multinationales pour être gérées en zones standard, premium et privilège selon le forfait citoyen dont vous vous acquittez. La bague au doigt, vous êtes tout à fait libres et parfaitement tracés, soumis au régime d'auto-aliénation consentant propre au raffinement du capitalisme cognitif.

 This book addresses the topic of software how to decompose complex software systems into modules (such as classes and methods) that can be implemented relatively independently. The book first introduces the fundamental problem in software design, which is managing complexity. It then discusses philosophical issues about how to approach the software design process, and it presents a collection of design principles to apply during software design. The book also introduces a set of red flags that identify design problems. You can apply the ideas in this book to minimize the complexity of large software systems, so that you can write software more quickly and cheaply.

 Effective software teams are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and sustainably. But how do you build the best team organization for your specific goals, culture, and needs? Team Topologies is a practical, step-by-step, adaptive model for organizational design and team interaction based on four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns. It is a model that treats teams as the fundamental means of delivery, where team structures and communication pathways are able to evolve with technological and organizational maturity. In Team Topologies, IT consultants Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais share secrets of successful team patterns and interactions to help readers choose and evolve the right team patterns for their organization, making sure to keep the software healthy and optimize value streams. Team Topologies is a major step forward in organizational design for software, presenting a well-defined way for teams to interact and interrelate that helps make the resulting software architecture clearer and more sustainable, turning inter-team problems into valuable signals for the self-steering organization.

 A practical guide to effective business model testing 7 out of 10 new products fail to deliver on expectations. Testing Business Ideas aims to reverse that statistic. In the tradition of Alex Osterwalder’s global bestseller Business Model Generation, this practical guide contains a library of hands-on techniques for rapidly testing new business ideas. Testing Business Ideas explains how systematically testing business ideas dramatically reduces the risk and increases the likelihood of success for any new venture or business project. It builds on the internationally popular Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Canvas by integrating Assumptions Mapping and other powerful lean startup-style experiments. Testing Business Ideas uses an engaging 4-color format Increase the success of any venture and decrease the risk of wasting time, money, and resources on bad ideas Close the knowledge gap between strategy and experimentation/validation Identify and test your key business assumptions with the Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Canvas A definitive field guide to business model testing, this book features practical tips for making major decisions that are not based on intuition and guesses. Testing Business Ideas shows leaders how to encourage an experimentation mindset within their organization and make experimentation a continuous, repeatable process.

 The long-awaited follow-up to the international bestsellers, Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneurs' Business Model Canvas changed the way the world creates and plans new business models. It has been used by corporations and startups and consultants around the world and is taught in hundreds of universities. After years of researching how the world's best companies develop, test, and scale new business models, the authors have produced their definitive work. The Invincible Company explains what every organization can learn from the business models of the world's most exciting companies. The book explains how companies such as Amazon, IKEA, Airbnb, Microsoft, and Logitech, have been able to create immensely successful businesses and disrupt entire industries. At the core of these successes are not just great products and services, but profitable, innovative business models--and the ability to improve existing business models while consistently launching new ones. The Invincible Company presents practical new tools for measuring, managing, and accelerating innovation, and strategies for reducing risk when launching new business models. Serving as a blueprint for your growth strategy, The Invincible Company explains how to constantly stay ahead of your competition. In-depth chapters explain how to create new growth engines, change how products and services are created and delivered, extract maximum profit from each type of business model, and much more. New tools--such as the Business Model Portfolio Map, Innovation Metrics, Innovation Strategy Framework, and the Culture Map--enable readers to understand how to design invincible companies. The Invincible Company: ● Helps large and small companies build their growth strategy and manage their core simultaneously ● Explains the world's best modern and historic business models ● Provides tools to assess your business model, innovation readiness, and all of your innovation projects Presented in striking 4-color, and packed with practical visuals and tools, The Invincible Company is a must-have book for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovation professionals.

 En 1518, un Portugais exilé du nom de Magellan convainc le roi d’Espagne, Charles Quint, d’un projet fou : « Il existe un passage conduisant de l’océan Atlantique à l’océan Indien. Donnez-moi une flotte et je vous le montrerai et je ferai le tour de la terre en allant de l’est à l’ouest. » Partie en 1519, l’expédition reviendra trois ans plus tard, disloquée, victorieuse. Malgré les fausses cartes et les mutineries, le froid, la faim et les maladies, Magellan a forcé le détroit qui porte aujourd’hui son nom et vaincu le Pacifique, inconnu à l’époque. Un destin héroïque magistralement conté et réfléchi par Zweig.

 Il y a plus de cinquante ans, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man et la Guêpe se sont unis afin d'affronter de puissants adversaires. Rejoints depuis par Captain America, Hawkeye, la Sorcière Rouge et de nombreux autres membres, les Avengers se battent sans relâche pour faire régner la justice. Cet album exceptionnel vous propose de découvrir les origines de l'équipe ainsi que leurs plus belles aventures.

 Alors qu'Avengers 4 sort en avril au cinéma, Panini Comics propose une nouvelle anthologie accompagnée de nombreux articles sur l'un des héros les plus célèbres de la Maison des Idées. Depuis que Robert Downey Jr l'incarne au cinéma, Tony Stark est plus populaire que jamais. Découvrez toutes les facettes d'Iron Man mais aussi tout ce qu'il y a à savoir sur James Rhodes, Pepper Potts et Stark Industries au travers d'une sélection d'épisodes parcourant six décennies.

 Groot a été imaginé à l'époque de Timely Comics, Star-Lord a été créé par Chris Claremont, Rocket Raccoon a vu le jour dans un comic book en noir et blanc... Découvrez toutes les anecdotes sur les Gardiens de la Galaxie au travers d'articles et d'une sélection de récits tirés de leur longue carrière.

 Le programme Arme X dote Wade Wilson d'un facteur régénérant qui lui permet de guérir d'un cancer mais le défigure à vie. Il devient alors Deadpool, mercenaire mentalement instable et incorrigible bavard. Ce volume retrace l'évolution de l'antihéros devenu l'un des personnages Marvel les plus populaires, ainsi que les moments marquants de sa tumultueuse existence.

 A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he?

 Le Très-Bas n'est pas une biographie ni une hagiographie comme les autres. C'est une promenade, telle que Bobin les affectionne, au coeur de l'âme, celle de ce beau jeune homme qu'était François d'Assise. Il en visite les images les moins connues : celle de l'enfance dont les Textes ne disent rien, celle du jouisseur de la vie et de ses plaisirs, rêvant de chevalerie et de belles princesses. Il cueille au passage les couleurs et les étoiles que contient chacun de ses livres : la beauté des mères, l'amour, l'éternel, la joie, l'enfant, l'ange et le sourire de Dieu. Si François d'Assise est un saint, c'est parce qu'il est un "merveilleux conducteur de joie" et parce qu'il a compris que "la vérité n'est pas dans la connaissance qu'on en prend mais dans la jouissance qu'elle donne". Christian Bobin a semble-t-il trouvé en la vie de François d'Assise une très fidèle illustration de ce chemin qui parcourt l'ensemble de son oeuvre (citons La Part manquante, Éloge du rien, La Souveraineté du vide…). Celui qui conduit au dépouillement et à l'amour, au don et à l'adhésion à la vie. --Laure Anciel (présentation trouvée sur Babelio

 Will Durant once wrote that "most history is guessing, & the rest is prejudice." Now, 33 years later, the Durants, in this peroration to their monumental "Story of Civilization," look back to record the lessons & conclusions of their 10-volume excursion into human folly & achievement--&, coincidentally, to determine what value historical guesswork & historians' predispositions may have in understanding the nature of humanity. Their reflections are thematic in nature, discussing the influence & effect upon history of certain qualities, institutions & race, character, moral systems, religion, socialism, government, war etc. Their overall conclusion is at once optimistic & realistic; the phenomenon of progress is no figment of the historian's imagination; it's real, in the sense that each generation is born to a heritage richer than that received by their fathers. Thus, the 20th century is the most blessed of all eras so far, from a cultural standpoint, for it has assimilated the best of the Periclean Greeks, of the Renaissance, of the Voltairian age etc. The Durants' "Story" is, despite the cavils of a few disputatious historians, the historical synthesis par excellence for the intelligent nonspecialist. The Lessons of History, despite its extreme brevity, forms an integrally necessary part of that opus & must be read as such, or as an independent work in the tradition of Augustine's Retractationes & Toynbee's Reconsiderations.--Kirkus (edited)

 Este libro es una auténtica declaración vital de Yvon Chouinard, legendario escalador de Yosemite y fundador y propietario de una de las compañías más innovadoras del mundo: Patagonia, Inc. Una interesante lectura que te demostrará que la conservación y la defensa del medio ambiente pueden ser compatibles con los negocios. La historia de un empresario que ha desafiado la cultura de consumo que subyace en la crisis ecológica global con fórmulas verdaderamente originales, comprometidas y responsables con los valores naturales y personales. Que mi gente vaya a hacer surf en ningún caso es otro de esos relatos de empresarios de éxito. Es la historia de un hombre que ha incorporado su pasión por la aventura y su empeño por ser mejor persona en el corazón de su empresa. Eso le ha permitido disfrutar todavía más del éxito de su negocio, un éxito que trasciende mucho más allá de las cuentas de resultados. Patagonia, Inc. es una empresa referente que ha conseguido, en estos últimos cincuenta años, tener una enorme influencia en el mundo de los negocios norteamericanos, y la prueba de que pocos líderes han tenido más poder de inspiración que Yvon Chouinard.

 Now available in mass market, the revised, definitive edition of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic. In this second book in the saga set 3,000 years after the terrible war, Ender Wiggin is reviled by history as the Xenocide--the destroyer of the alien Buggers. Now, Ender tells the true story of the war and seeks to stop history from repeating itself. ... In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth. Speaker for the Dead, the second novel in Orson Scott Card's Ender Quintet, is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

 I Should Be Writing is everything you'd hope to find in a writing workshop, condensed into one highly effective journal. It’s time to stop dreaming about what you want to write and finally do it! Let award-winning podcaster Mur Lafferty, who in the past has interviewed authors including John Scalzi, Neil Gaiman, Gail Carriger, Adam Christopher, and Kameron Hurley, guide you through the nuts-and-bolts process of honing your craft, including which writing myths to ignore, how to refine your creative process, listening to your inner muse while ignoring your inner bully, and more. This book also contains writing exercises that will help the blossoming writer strengthen the writer’s muscle of writing every day. These include everything from situational writer's prompts to lists of ideas writers should try to jot down between writing sessions. With this helpful guide, you can make the phrase, "I've always wanted to write a story..." a thing of the past. Because you should be writing!

 A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The Three-Body Problem. In a sunlit clearing in central Gondwana, on an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous, the seeds of Earth's first and greatest civilization were sown in the grisly aftermath of a Tyrannosaurus' lunch. Throughout the universe, intelligence is a rare and fragile commodity – a fleeting glimmer in the long night of cosmic history. That Earth should harbour not just one but two intelligent species at the same time, defies the odds. That these species, so unalike – and yet so complementary – should forge an alliance that kindled a civilization defies logic. But time is endless and everything comes to pass eventually... The alliance between ants and dinosaurs, was of course, based on dentistry. Yet from such humble beginnings came writing, mathematics, computers, fusion, antimatter and even space travel – a veritable Age of Wonder! But such magnificent industry comes at a price – a price paid first by Earth's biosphere, and then by all those dependent on it. And yet the Dinosaurs refused to heed the Ants' warning of impending ecological collapse, leaving the Ant Federation facing a single dilemma: destroy the dinosaurs, destroy a civilization... or perish alongside them?

 From Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem, To Hold Up the Sky is a breathtaking collection of imaginative science fiction. Stories included are: The Village Teacher The Time Migration 2018-04-01 Fire In The Earth Contraction Mirror Ode To Joy Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming Sea of Dreams Cloud of Poems The Thinker

 Banni de la communauté juive à vingt-trois ans pour hérésie, Baruch Spinoza décide de consacrer sa vie à la philosophie. Son objectif ? Découvrir un bien véritable qui lui « procurerait pour l’éternité la jouissance d’une joie suprême et incessante ». Il édifie une œuvre révolutionnaire. Comment cet homme a-t-il pu, en plein XVIIe siècle, être le précurseur des Lumières et de nos démocraties modernes ? Le pionnier d'une lecture historique et critique de la Bible ? Le fondateur de la psychologie des profondeurs ? Et surtout, l'inventeur d'une philosophie fondée sur le désir et la joie, qui bouleverse notre conception de Dieu, de la morale et du bonheur ? À bien des égards, Spinoza est non seulement très en avance sur son temps, mais aussi sur le nôtre. C'est ce que j'appelle le « miracle » Spinoza. F. L. En rendant accessible la pensée du célèbre philosophe, Frédéric Lenoir nous offre un livre vivant et édifiant, qui a rencontré un immense succès en grand format. En postface : un échange avec Robert Misrahi.

 Les guerriers de la lumière se reconnaissent au premier regard. Ils sont au monde, ils font partie du monde. Souvent, ils trouvent que leur vie n'a pas de sens. Mais ils n'ont pas renoncé à lui en donner un. Ils s'interrogent, refusent la passivité et le fatalisme. C'est ce qui fait d'eux des guerriers de la lumière. Ce livre bref, simple et précieux offre une véritable synthèse de la philosophie humaniste de Paulo Coelho : un message de confiance et de vie qui a déjà touché des millions de lecteurs.

 Pour Eckhart Toile, le calme ne consiste pas en une simple absence de bruit. "Il est l'essence de toutes les galaxies et de tous les brins d'herbe; de toutes les fleurs, de tous les arbres, de tous les oiseaux et de toutes les autres formes." En accédant à ce calme intérieur, nous nous alignons sur le pouvoir et l'intelligence de la vie elle-même. Dans cet état, il n'y a ni souffrance, ni peur, juste une source d'amour, de joie et de paix intensément vivante. Ecrit sous une forme propice à la méditation, L'art du calme intérieur nous connecte, quelque soit le moment de la journée, à notre essence en nous rappelant qui nous sommes et ce qui compte réellement.

 Today, over half of the largest economies in the world are global businesses - controlled by the few, and impacting the many. Business clearly has the power to change the world – but what if we, as individuals, had the power to change the world of business? For over a decade, Gib Bulloch led a corporate “guerrilla movement” within one of the world’s largest global consulting organisations. Against the odds, he created a not-for-profit inside one of the most profit driven corporations in the world. Plaudits, prizes and promotions followed. But success came at a price: It ultimately cost him his job, his health and perhaps even his sanity as he found himself the unlikely resident of a psychiatric hospital in Glasgow. The Intrapreneur is an honest and insightful critique of the “craziness” of today’s business environment – and a call to action for a new breed of social activist working within, about to join or completely disillusioned by today’s business world. Finding your purpose… can feel like losing your mind — Praise for The Intrapreneur: ‘An inspiring personal account of how purpose and well-being can transform the business world.’ Arianna Huffington ‘A story of courage, determination and persistence, told with a com- bination of wit, pathos and refreshing honesty’ Paul Polman, CEO Unilever ‘It’s refreshing to see business leaders like Gib Bulloch break the taboo surrounding mental health in the workplace by speaking up, openly and honestly, about their personal experiences.’ Alastair Campbell, writer and broadcaster

 Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast. But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.

 Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known--and feared--as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the Known Universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremens, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne--and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty... Includes an introduction by Brian Herbert

 Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for... When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.

 A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends? Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and “arrows of time,” of the big bang and a bigger God—where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.

 Tu meurs à quarante-quatre ans, c'est jeune. Aurais-tu vécu mille ans, j'aurais dit la même chose : tu avais la jeunesse en toi, pour toi. Ce que j'appelle jeune, c'est vie, vie absolue, vie confondue de désespoir, d'amour et de gaieté. Désespoir, amour, gaieté. Qui a ces trois roses enfoncées dans le cœur a la jeunesse pour lui, en lui, avec lui. Je t'ai toujours perçue avec ces trois roses, cachées, oh si peu, dessous ta vraie douceur. Christian Bobin.

 Never before has there been a greater need for deeper listening and more open communication to cope with the complex problems facing our organizations, businesses and societies. Renowned scientist David Bohm believed there was a better way for humanity to discover meaning and to achieve harmony. He identified creative dialogue, a sharing of assumptions and understanding, as a means by which the individual, and society as a whole, can learn more about themselves and others, and achieve a renewed sense of purpose.

 The six easiest chapters from Feynman's landmark work, Lectures on Physics-- specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader.

 This landmark 1971 classic is reprinted with new commentary and a Preface from the author. Long regarded as one of the first books to pioneer a people-oriented approach to computing, The Psychology of Computer Programming endures as a penetrating analysis of the intelligence, skill, teamwork, and problem-solving power of the computer programmer. Returning to topics that are strikingly relevant to today's issues in programming, Gerald M. Weinberg provides a characteristically fresh perspective on his original insights, highlighting the similarities and differences between now and then. Using a conversational style that invites the reader to join him, Weinberg reunites with some of his most enduring, straight-from-the-heart observations on the human side of software engineering. Dorset House Publishing is proud to make this important text available to new generations of Weinberg fans — and to encourage readers of the first edition to return to its valuable lessons.

 Nouvelle édition du livre de référence sur le modèle titre. Tout individu, organisation ou société se réfère et s'identifie à un système de références (valeurs, critères, pensées, etc.) qui détermine ses comportements et ses possibilités d'adaptation. Le modèle Spirale Dynamique identifie ces systèmes de référence. Il permet de comprendre comment chacun se positionne dans des contextes aussi divers que la famille, l'entreprise, les communautés, etc. Il permet également de découvrir quelles sont les possibilités de changement et d'évolution d'un individu ou d'un groupe à partir de sa position initiale. Le passage d'un système à d'autre décrit une spirale, d'où le nom du modèle. Pour faciliter la compréhension du modèle, il a été attribué une couleur à chaque système de valeurs ou niveau.

 Au XVIIe siècle, à la fin de la dynastie Ming - époque de bouillonnement et de bouleversement où l'Occident même était présent avec la venue des premiers missionnaires jésuites en Chine -, dans un monastère de haute montagne, un homme qui n'a pas encore prononcé ses vœux se décide à quitter ce lieu de paix et de silence pour retrouver, trente ans après, la seule femme qu'il ait jamais aimée. Un roman d'envoûtement et de vérité, récit d'une passion - celle d'un Tristan et Iseult chinois avec ses codes et ses interdits aussi précis que stricts - qui n'est pas seulement affaire de cœur et des sens, mais engage toute la dimension spirituelle de l'être, ouvrant sur le mystère de l'univers et le transfigurant.

 Thinking about homeschooling? Curious about unschooling? Walk with me as I share the five paradigm-changing ideas about learning and living that freed my family from the school schedule. With over ten years of experience, I have come to see how key these ideas were, and still are, to our unschooling lives. With stories, examples, and clear language, Free to Learn explores the depth and potential of unschooling. Learning freely, living joyfully.

 For a lot of us, selling feels icky. Our stomachs tighten at the thought of reciting features and benefits, or pressuring customers into purchasing. It's really not our fault. We weren't taught how to sell, plus we've been sold before, leaving us with a bitter taste. Here's the sales does not have to feel icky for you or your customers. In fact, with the right approach, sales can be an empowering experience for all. Bob Moesta , lifelong innovator and coarchitect of the "Jobs to be Done" theory, shares his approach for flipping the lens on sales. Bob shifts the focus of sales from selling, to helping people buy and make progress in their lives--demand-side sales. Now, in Demand-Side Sales 101 , you'll learn to really see what your customers see, hear what they hear, and understand what they mean. You'll not only be a more effective and innovative salesperson--you'll want to help people make progress.

 Le lundi 16 mars 2020 à 20h00, dans une allocution télévisée, le président Emmanuel Macron annonce aux français qu'ils vont devoir rester chez eux à partir du lendemain et jusqu'à nouvel ordre. C'est le début de huit semaines de confinement strict sur l'ensemble du territoire. Comme des millions de citoyens, Paul est resté chez lui entre le 17 mars 2020 et le 10 mai 2020. La grande chance de Paul, c'est qu'il a : - un petit jardin - des enfants facétieux - une épouse patiente - beaucoup, beaucoup d'imagination. Ceci est son journal de confinement.

 The Phoenix Project wowed over a half-million readers. Now comes the Wall Street Journal Bestselling The Unicorn Project ! “ The Unicorn Project is amazing, and I loved it 100 times more than The Phoenix Project …”— FERNANDO CORNAGO, Senior Director Platform Engineering, Adidas “Gene Kim does a masterful job of showing how … the efforts of many create lasting business advantages for all.”— DR. STEVEN SPEAR, author of The High-Velocity Edge, Sr. Lecturer at MIT, and principal of HVE LLC. “ The Unicorn Project is so clever, so good, so crazy enlightening!” ––CORNELIA DAVIS, Vice President Of Technology at Pivotal Software, Inc., Author of Cloud Native Patterns This highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix Project takes another look at Parts Unlimited, this time from the perspective of software development. In The Unicorn Project , we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals. One day, she is approached by a ragtag bunch of misfits who say they want to overthrow the existing order, to liberate developers, to bring joy back to technology work, and to enable the business to win in a time of digital disruption. To her surprise, she finds herself drawn ever further into this movement, eventually becoming one of the leaders of the Rebellion, which puts her in the crosshairs of some familiar and very dangerous enemies. The Age of Software is here, and another mass extinction event looms—this is a story about rebel developers and business leaders working together, racing against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in a time of unprecedented uncertainty...and opportunity. “ The Unicorn Project provides insanely useful insights on how to improve your technology business.” —DOMINICA DEGRANDIS, author of Making Work Visible and Director of Digital Transformation at Tasktop ——— “My goal in writing The Unicorn Project was to explore and reveal the necessary but invisible structures required to make developers (and all engineers) productive, and reveal the devastating effects of technical debt and complexity. I hope this book can create common ground for technology and business leaders to leave the past behind, and co-create a better future together.”—Gene Kim, November 2019

 By the end of the 30th century humanity has the capability to travel the universe, to journey beyond earth and beyond the confines of the vulnerable human frame. The descendants of centuries of scientific, cultural and physical development divide into three: fleshers — true Homo sapiens; Gleisner robots — embodying human minds within machines that interact with the physical world; and polises — supercomputers teeming with intelligent software, containing the direct copies of billions of human personalities now existing only in the virtual reality of the polis. Diaspora is the story of Yatima — a polis being created from random mutations of the Konishi polis base mind seed — and of humankind, Of an astrophysical accident that spurs the thousandfold cloning of the polises. Of the discovery of an alien race and of a kink in time that means humanity — whatever form it takes — will never again be threatened by acts of God.

 Cixin Liu is China's bestselling science fiction author and one of the most important voices in world SF. His novel, The Three-Body Problem, was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award. Here is the first collection of his short fiction: eleven stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, form a blazingly original ode to planet earth, its pasts and its futures.

 FIND YOUR WILL, FIND YOUR DISCIPLINE – AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR FREEDOM Jocko Willink's methods for success were born in the SEAL Teams, where he spent most of his adult life, enlisting after high school and rising through the ranks to become the commander of the most highly decorated special operations unit of the war in Iraq. In Discipline Equals Freedom, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Extreme Ownership describes how he lives that mantra: the mental and physical disciplines he imposes on himself in order to achieve freedom in all aspects of life. Many books offer advice on how to overcome obstacles and reach your goals—but that advice often misses the most critical ingredient: discipline. Without discipline, there will be no real progress. Discipline Equals Freedom covers it all, including strategies and tactics for conquering weakness, procrastination, and fear, and specific physical training presented in workouts for beginner, intermediate, and advanced athletes, and even the best sleep habits and food intake recommended to optimize performance. Within these pages discover the keys to becoming stronger, smarter, faster, and healthier. There is only one way to achieve true freedom: The Way of Discipline. Read this book and find The Way.

 This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. In ‘The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate’, a portal through time forces a fabric-seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and the temptation of second chances. In the epistolary ‘Exhalation’, an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of reality. And in ‘The Lifecycle of Software Objects’, a woman cares for an artificial intelligence over twenty years, elevating a faddish digital pet into what might be a true living being. Also included are two brand-new stories: ‘Omphalos’ and ‘Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom’. In Exhalation, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth – What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human? – and ones that no one else has even imagined. And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion.

 Jon and Toku travel the universe suspended in Interdream, only waking up to check up on certain business ventures. Simple. Until one of the business ventures, something called "Earth," objects.

 Doug and Judy have both had a secret power all their life. Judy can see every possible future, branching out from each moment like infinite trees. Doug can also see the future, but for him, it's a single, locked-in, inexorable sequence of foreordained events. They can't both be right, but over and over again, they are. Obviously these are the last two people in the world who should date. So, naturally, they do. Six Months, Three Days is the winner of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

 A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). It's our nature. Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger. But more important, they're enabling countless new tribes to be born—groups of ten or ten thousand or ten million who care about their iPhones, or a political campaign, or a new way to fight global warming. And so the key question: Who is going to lead us? The Web can do amazing things, but it can't provide leadership. That still has to come from individuals—people just like you who have passion about something. The explosion in tribes means that anyone who wants to make a difference now has the tools at her fingertips. If you think leadership is for other people, think again—leaders come in surprising packages. Consider Joel Spolsky and his international tribe of scary-smart software engineers. Or Gary Vaynerhuck, a wine expert with a devoted following of enthusiasts. Chris Sharma leads a tribe of rock climbers up impossible cliff faces, while Mich Mathews, a VP at Microsoft, runs her internal tribe of marketers from her cube in Seattle. All they have in common is the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead. If you ignore this opportunity, you risk turning into a "sheepwalker"—someone who fights to protect the status quo at all costs, never asking if obedience is doing you (or your organization) any good. Sheepwalkers don't do very well these days. Tribes will make you think (really think) about the opportunities in leading your fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers. . . . It's not easy, but it's easier than you think.

 "L'insignifiance et la futilité qui règnent en maîtres barrent l'accès au réel et à la profondeur. Aussi ai-je gagné la certitude que les catastrophes ne sont là que pour nous éviter le pire. Et y a-t-il pire que d'avoir traversé la vie sans houle et sans naufrage, d'être resté à la surface des choses, d'avoir dansé toute une vie au bal des ombres ?" Christiane Singer.

 The uplifting message of Reinventing Organizations has resonated with readers all over the world, and they have turned it, one conversation at a time, into a word-of-mouth phenomenon. The book has helped shift the conversation from what's broken with management today to what's possible. It is inspiring thousands of organizations--corporations and nonprofits, schools and hospitals--to adopt radically more powerful, soulful, and purposeful practices. The book resonates widely, but not everyone has time to devote to a dense 360-page management book. This illustrated version conveys the main ideas of the original book and shares many of its real-life stories in a lively, engaging way. Don't be surprised if you find it hard to put down and end up reading it almost in one sitting. Welcome to the conversation on next-stage organizations!

 À la suite d'une explosion, sans doute nucléaire, qui a selon toute vraisemblance ravagé la Terre entière, Emmanuel Comte et ses six compagnons font du château de Malevil, dont la profonde cave leur a permis de survivre, la base de départ de leurs efforts de reconstruction de la civilisation, qui passera également par l'affrontement avec d'autres groupes de survivants, que ce soient des bandes errantes ou des groupes structurés nomades ou sédentaires. La qualification de science-fiction peut être considérée comme exagérée, concernant ce roman, puisque seule la situation de départ (la destruction de la civilisation humaine par une explosion d'origine inconnue) rejoint le thème post-apocalyptique, alors très populaire en science-fiction. Tout le reste du roman raconte comment un groupe de survivants miraculés relève le défi de la reconstruction d'une société humaine. De ce point de vue, on peut dire que le roman relève du genre de la robinsonade. De nombreux thèmes sont abordés dans ce roman : la religion, la politique, la place des femmes dans la société, le monde rural, le rôle du chef, certes sous l'angle d'une mini-communauté mais qui renvoient à notre société.

 This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is on promoting a plain English style. This little book can help you communicate more effectively by showing you how to enliven your sentences.

 Fukuoka demonstrates how the way we look at farming influences the way we look at health, the school, nature, nutrition, spiritual health and life itself. He joins the healing of the land to the process of purifying the human spirit and proposes a way of life and a way of farming in which such healing can take place.

 In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that's striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous… you'll recognize it immediately.

 What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others.

 A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands. Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" (The Boston Globe), Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its radical (and timely) reappraisal of the merits of skilled manual labor. On both economic and psychological grounds, author Matthew B. Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a "knowledge worker," based on a misguided separation of thinking from doing. Using his own experience as an electrician and mechanic, Crawford presents a wonderfully articulated call for self-reliance and a moving reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.

 Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Ranging from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the nature of moral virtue, human rationality, divine providence, and Marcus' own emotions. But while the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, in developing his beliefs Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection of extended meditations and short aphorisms that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers through the centuries.

 In his breakthrough book 'Corporate Lifecycles', Dr. Ichak Adizes, one of the premier authorities on organizational transformation, traced the typical corporate path from inception to decline, revealing patterns of growth and change common to businesses as varied as Bank of America to Domino's Pizza. Now, in 'Managing Corporate Lifecycles - The Complete Kindle Edition', he brings readers up-to-date on his theory and practice by combining the content of Managing Corporate Lifecycles: Volumes I and II in one convenient download. This book guides your company to PRIME with speed and efficiency, covering the different stages of a company lifecycle such as Courtship, Infancy, the Wild Go-Go Years, and Adolescence. The Complete Edition also reveals strategies for avoiding the typical downhill path - starting with the Signs of Aging (such as Risk Avoidance), the descent into protocol dominated Aristocracy; and culminating in the final stages of decay: Recrimination, Bureaucracy, and Death. In addition, Dr. Adizes provides powerful tools you can use to enhance organizational problem-solving capability, eliminate the structural causes of corporate aging, and raise a healthy organization. Through his unique viewpoint and methodology, Dr. Adizes teaches the techniques to revolutionize your business, not just temporarily, but opens the way for your organization to thrive - indefinitely!

 The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right . Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better.

 Decades into our future, a stone's throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neoVictorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called A Young Ladys Illustrated Primer. Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the Primer's purpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth, his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands. Young Nell and her brother Harv are thetes -- members of the poor, tribeless class. Neglected by their mother, Harv looks after Nell. When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorian -- John Percival Hackworth -- in the seamy streets of their neighborhood, Harv brings Nell something special: the Primer. Following the discovery of his crime, Hackworth begins an odyssey of his own. Expelled from the neo-Victorian paradise, squeezed by agents of Protocol Enforcement on one side and a Mandarin underworld crime lord on the other, he searches for an elusive figure known as the Alchemist. His quest and Nell's will ultimately lead them to another seeker whose fate is bound up with the Primer -- a woman who holds the key to a vast, subversive information network that is destined to decode and reprogram the future of humanity. Vividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, The Diamond Age is a major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time.

 Army doctrine reference publication (ADRP) 6-22 expands on the leadership principles established in Army doctrine publication (ADP) 6-22. ADRP 6-22 describes the Army's view of leadership, outlines the levels of leadership (direct, organizational, and strategic), and describes the attributes and core leader competencies across all levels. The principal audience for ADRP 6-22 is all leaders, military and civilian. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication. Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure their decisions and actions comply with applicable United States, international, and, in some cases, host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of war and the rules of engagement (see Field Manual [FM] 27-10). ADRP 6-22 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. For definitions shown in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition. The use of the term influence throughout this publication reflects the definition of common English usage "the act or power of producing an effect without apparent exertion of force or direct exercise of command," as distinct from the usage outlined in FM 3-13. It is contrary to law for DOD to undertake operations intended to influence a domestic audience; nothing in this publication recommends activities in contravention of this law. ADRP 6-22 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.

 The complete edition of a timeless classic, includes the recently rediscovered Part Four and ‘Last Words’ by Richard Bach. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. ‘Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again,’ writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. ‘For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.’ Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes this story soar. This bestselling modern classic is a fable about seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening (at one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock). By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan learns the meaning of love and kindness and gets the ultimate payoff – transcendence. The dreamy illustrations by Russell Munson provide just the right illustrations for this spirituality classic that has inspired thousands of readers to follow their own path in life and so fulfill their true potential.

 In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald Shimoda--former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.... In Illusions, the unforgettable follow-up to his phenomenal bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them... and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places--like hay fields, one-traffic-light midwestern towns, and most of all, deep within ourselves.

 A new translation by David Horrocks. At first sight Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man. In reality he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters - accompanied by, among others, Mozart, Goethe and the bewitching Hermione - the misanthropic Haller discovers a higher truth, and the possibility of happiness. This haunting portrayal of a man who feels he is half-human and half-wolf became a counterculture classic for a disaffected generation. Yet it is also a story of redemption, and an intricately-structured modernist masterpiece. This is the first new translation of Steppenwolf for over eighty years, returning to the fresh, authentic language of Hesse's original.

 Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache. Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?

 Roman d'initiation et de formation, Demian est l'un des chefs-d'œuvre de ce genre littéraire. Comment l'homme peut-il échapper au monde des miroirs et parvenir à être lui-même ? Demian (au nom proche du daïmon grec, la voix intérieure) enseigne au jeune Emile Sinclair à ne pas suivre l'exemple de ses parents, à se révolter pour se trouver, à traverser le chaos pour mériter l'accomplissement de sa destinée propre. Au bout de ce chemin où le divin et le démoniaque se mêlent, la crainte d'être un exilé, un séparé, un étranger est annihilée. Il n'est pas d'autre mesure à l'humain que la liberté.

 Mars 2032. Un triple meurtre secoue le paisible Royaume Asiatique. Plusieurs mois s’écoulent sans que le coupable ne soit trouvé. Alors qu’il soupçonne un robot domestique d’être le meurtrier, Noah disparaît sans laisser de traces. Julia Telco se lance alors à sa recherche et fait appel à l’Agence 42 une dernière fois pour l’épauler dans sa quête. Celle-ci qui les emmènera aux confins du monde, où un drame se prépare à l’insu de tous. Nul ne sortira indemne de cette ultime épreuve.

 A series of letters by history’s greatest copywriter Gary C. Halbert, explaining insider tactics and sage wisdom to his youngest son Bond. Once only available as part of a paid monthly premium, The Boron Letters are unique in the marketing universe and now they are a bona fide cult classic among direct response marketers and copywriters around the world. The letters inside are written from a father to a son, in a loving way that goes far beyond a mere sales book or fancy "boardroom" advertising advice... It's more than a Master's Degree in selling & persuasion…it's hands-down the best SPECIFIC and ACTIONABLE training on how to convince people to buy your products or services than I have ever read. The Boron Letters contain knowledge well beyond selling. The letters also explain how to navigate life's hurdles. This marketing classic is personal and easily digestible. Plus... immediately after reading the first chapters, you can go out and make money and a real, noticeable difference in your marketplace. There are very few successful direct response marketers (online or off) who don't owe something to Gary Halbert…and for many of them, The Boron Letters is the crown jewel in their collection. Copywriters and marketers read and re-read The Boron Letters over and over again for a reason. These strategies, secrets and tips are going to be relevant 5, 10, even 100 years from now because they deal honestly with the part of human psychology which never changes, how to convince and convert folks into buyers. Bottom line? Read the first chapter. Get into the flow of Gary's mind. Then read the second. I dare you to NOT finish the entire darn thing. After you put a few of the lessons into practice, you too will find yourself reading The Boron Letters again and again like so many of today’s top marketers. If you don’t already have your copy get it now. I promise you won't regret it. My best, Lawton Chiles

 This book will teach you a new way to communicate which gets to the heart of things! By asking Clean Language questions to explore the metaphors which underpin a person's thinking, you can help people to change their lives in a way that intrinsically respects diversity and supports empowerment. Both you and they will gain profound new insights into what makes them tick. The approach was originally used to help clients to resolve deep trauma. It is now being used to get to the truth and to solve complex problems by some of the sharpest and most innovative people in the world - coaches, business people, educators, health professionals and many others.

 Elles sont un milliard de milliards. Nous les remarquons à peine, elles nous guettent pourtant depuis longtemps. Pour certaines, nous sommes des Dieux. Pour les autres, des êtres malfaisants. Avec une intelligence et une organisation prodigieuses qui n'ont rien à envier aux armées les plus redoutables, elles se préparent à une lutte sans merci. Qui seront les vrais maîtres de la terre ? De la réponse à cette question leur survie dépend... La nôtre aussi. Le jour des fourmis est-il vraiment arrivé ? Après le succès phénoménal de son précédent roman, Les Fourmis, best-seller international, traduit en douze langues, primé par de nombreux jurys, mis au programme de certaines classes de biologie, Bernard Werber, romancier et journaliste scientifique, poursuit sa grande saga des "intra-terrestres". Il nous entraîne plus loin encore dans un univers hallucinant et terrible, où grouillent des insectes aux comportements pervers, féroces, fascinants. Plus qu'un thriller, Le Jour des fourmis devient une formidable et troublante odyssée moderne, mêlant la fiction et l'imaginaire à la science la plus avancée de l'infiniment petit.

 Un texte bref dans un livre mince et petit, en forme de fable ou de parabole.

 Les hommes ont travesti leurs dieu à force de l'aimer mal et pour s'être aimés eux-mêmes avec trop de complaisance. Taillé à la dimension de leurs préoccupations, ce dieu vêtu des oripeaux dont sa créature l'a affublé au cour des siècles, a cessé de les surprendre. Sous ces habits d'emprunt, le non-croyant ne distingue rien et le croyant ne sait plus voir à qui il a décidé de donner sa confiance. Ces dieux-là, ces dieux d’ennui et de conformisme fabriqués à l’image de nos défauts, je ne les aime pas. Le dieu que j’aime ne cesse de me surprendre... ".

 Britain's leading guru looks to the future. Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His books on management – including Understanding Organizations and Gods of Management – have changed the way we view business. His work on broader issues and trends – such as Beyond Certainty – has changed the way we view society. In The Second Curve, Handy builds on a life's work to glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. He looks at current trends in capitalism and asks whether it is a sustainable system. He explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential. He even asks whether we should rethink our roles in life – as students, parents, workers and voters – and what the aims of an ideal society of the future should be. Provocative and thoughtful as ever, he sets out the questions we all need to ask ourselves – and points us in the direction of some of the answers.

 "Shows how ordinary people can build solid livings, with independence and purpose, on their own terms.” --Gretchen Rubin, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness ProjectHave you been searching for a rewarding, high-paying job but making no progress? Do you have a job but feel you’re just going through the motions, that what you do from 9 to 5 has nothing to do with your true passions? Are you called to a life of travel and adventure, but feel chained to your desk or cubicle? Do you want your life to have more meaning and purpose? Chris Guillebeau wrote this book for you. Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175 nations – and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back. There are many others like Chris – those who’ve found ways to opt out of traditional employment and create the time and income to pursue what they find meaningful. Sometimes, achieving that perfect blend of passion and income doesn’t depend on shelving what you currently do. You can start small with your venture, committing little time or money, and wait to take the real plunge when you're sure it's successful. In preparing to write this book, Chris identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from an initial investment of $100 or less, and from that group he’s chosen to focus on the 50 most intriguing case studies. In nearly all cases, people with no special skills discovered aspects of their personal passions that could be monetized, and were able to restructure their lives in ways that gave them greater freedom and fulfillment. Here, finally, distilled into one easy-to-use guide, are the most valuable lessons from those who’ve learned how to turn what they do into a gateway to self-fulfillment. In ancient times, people who were dissatisfied with their lives dreamed of finding magic lamps, buried treasure, or streets paved with gold. Today, we know that it’s up to us to change our lives. And the best part is, if we change our own life, we can help others change theirs. This remarkable book will start you on your way.

 Bill is an IT manager at Parts Unlimited. It's Tuesday morning and on his drive into the office, Bill gets a call from the CEO. The company's new IT initiative, code named Phoenix Project, is critical to the future of Parts Unlimited, but the project is massively over budget and very late. The CEO wants Bill to report directly to him and fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced. With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of The Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined. With the clock ticking, Bill must organize work flow streamline interdepartmental communications, and effectively serve the other business functions at Parts Unlimited. In a fast-paced and entertaining style, three luminaries of the DevOps movement deliver a story that anyone who works in IT will recognize. Readers will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations, they'll never view IT the same way again.

 Mise en commun par 277 acteurs de labs publics et privés. Ce livre a été conçu comme un manifeste et une boîte à outils. Il porte les ambitions, les expériences, les échecs et les réussites d'une extraordinaire et improbable communauté naissante, réunie sous la bannière du Lab des Labs. CC-BY-SA

 This is a book on the functional paradigm in general. We'll use the world's most popular functional programming language: JavaScript. Some may feel this is a poor choice as it's against the grain of the current culture which, at the moment, feels predominately imperative. However, I believe it is the best way to learn FP for several reasons: You likely use it every day at work. This makes it possible to practice and apply your acquired knowledge each day on real world programs rather than pet projects on nights and weekends in an esoteric FP language. We don't have to learn everything up front to start writing programs. In a pure functional language, you cannot log a variable or read a DOM node without using monads. Here we can cheat a little as we learn to purify our codebase. It's also easier to get started in this language since it's mixed paradigm and you can fall back on your current practices while there are gaps in your knowledge. The language is fully capable of writing top notch functional code. We have all the features we need to mimic a language like Scala or Haskell with the help of a tiny library or two. Object-oriented programming currently dominates the industry, but it's clearly awkward in JavaScript. It's akin to camping off of a highway or tap dancing in galoshes. We have to bind all over the place lest this change out from under us, we don't have classes[^Yet], we have various work arounds for the quirky behavior when the new keyword is forgotten, private members are only available via closures. To a lot of us, FP feels more natural anyways. That said, typed functional languages will, without a doubt, be the best place to code in the style presented by this book. JavaScript will be our means of learning a paradigm, where you apply it is up to you. Luckily, the interfaces are mathematical and, as such, ubiquitous. You'll find yourself at home with swiftz, scalaz, haskell, purescript, and other mathematically inclined environments.

 One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives. In A Guide to the Good Life, Irvine offers a refreshing presentation of Stoicism, showing how this ancient philosophy can still direct us toward a better life. Using the psychological insights and the practical techniques of the Stoics, Irvine offers a roadmap for anyone seeking to avoid the feelings of chronic dissatisfaction that plague so many of us. Irvine looks at various Stoic techniques for attaining tranquility and shows how to put these techniques to work in our own life. As he does so, he describes his own experiences practicing Stoicism and offers valuable first-hand advice for anyone wishing to live better by following in the footsteps of these ancient philosophers. Readers learn how to minimize worry, how to let go of the past and focus our efforts on the things we can control, and how to deal with insults, grief, old age, and the distracting temptations of fame and fortune. We learn from Marcus Aurelius the importance of prizing only things of true value, and from Epictetus we learn how to be more content with what we have. Finally, A Guide to the Good Life shows readers how to become thoughtful observers of their own lives. If we watch ourselves as we go about our daily business and later reflect on what we saw, we can better identify the sources of distress and eventually avoid that pain in our life. By doing this, the Stoics thought, we can hope to attain a truly joyful life.

 There’s one thing worse than dying. It’s coming back to do it again and again… When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the Bitch of War. Is the Bitch the key to Keiji’s escape, or to his final death?

 The key to good and efficient writing lies in the intelligent organisation of ideas and notes. This book helps students, academics and nonfiction writers to get more done, write intelligent texts and learn for the long run. It teaches you how to take smart notes and ensure they bring you and your projects forward. The Take Smart Notes principle is based on established psychological insight and draws from a tried and tested note-taking-technique. This is the first comprehensive guide and description of this system in English, and not only does it explain how it works, but also why. It suits students and academics in the social sciences and humanities, nonfiction writers and others who are in the business of reading, thinking and writing. Instead of wasting your time searching for notes, quotes or references, you can focus on what really thinking, understanding and developing new ideas in writing. It does not matter if you prefer taking notes with pen and paper or on a computer, be it Windows, Mac or Linux. And you can start right away.

 The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose unprecedented scale shaped science fiction as we know it today. The First Foundation has been defeated, crushed by the formidable mental powers of the Mule. But whispers of the mysterious Second Foundation, the only hope of defeating the Mule, are beginning to spread… Surviving members of the First Foundation also fear the secret powers of the Second Foundation, vowing to find and destroy it. However, the location of the Second Foundation remains shrouded in mystery. Finding it will lead the Foundation to the opposite end of the Galaxy, where the fate of Seldon’s two Foundations awaits.

 Créez votre pain en fonction de vos envies, savourez ses odeurs et ses multiples goûts. Au menu, des dizaines de recettes de pain proprement dit : pains de blé, de seigle, d'épeautre, pains aux noix, au tournesol, au sésame, aux graines de lin, aux aromates et tant d'autres. Mais aussi des pain aux légumes pour agrémenter vos repas, galettes, chapatis ou koulibiak. Enfin, des pains au lait, aux fruits, au miel, des brioches et des brioches et des croissants régaleront grands et petits... Avec ses 150 recettes, ce livre donne envie de mettre la main à la pâte. D'autant que rien n'est plus facile à préparer qu'une pâte à pain et que ce mélange d'une simplicité biblique de farine, de levain (ou de levure) de sel et d'eau a la bénédiction de tous les nutritionnistes ! Les recettes sont réalisables au four ou à la machine à pain. Ce livre est l'oeuvre collective d'une centaine de lectrices et lecteurs des 4 saisons du jardin bio et de Claude Aubert. Livre imprimé en région Rhône-Alpes, avec des encres à base d'huiles végétales, sur du papier issu de forêts exploitées en gestion

 WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose unprecedented scale shaped science fiction as we know it today. The First Foundation survived two centuries of barbarism as the once-mighty Galactic Empire descended into chaos. Now it mist prepare for war against the remnants of the Empire as the Imperial fleet advances on their planet, Terminus. Hari Seldon predicted this war; he even prepared his Foundation for it. But he couldn’t foresee the birth of the mutant Mule. In possession of a power which reduces fearsome opposition to devoted slaves, the Mule poses a terrible threat to Seldon’s Foundation.

 WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose unprecedented scale shaped science fiction as we know it today. The Galactic Empire has prospered for twelve thousand years. Nobody suspects that the heart of the thriving Empire is rotten, until psychohistorian Hari Seldon uses his new science to foresee its terrible fate. Exiled to the desolate planet Terminus, Seldon establishes a colony of the greatest minds in the Empire, a Foundation which holds the key to changing the fate of the galaxy. However, the death throes of the Empire breed hostile new enemies, and the young Foundation’s fate will be threatened first.

 A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! "You can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts. If the facts don't hang together on a latticework of theory, you don't have them in a usable form. You've got to have models in your head." - Charlie Munger, investor, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway The world's greatest problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all rely on a set of frameworks and shortcuts that help them cut through complexity and separate good ideas from bad ones. They're called mental models, and you can find them in dense textbooks on psychology, physics, economics, and more. Or, you can just read Super Thinking, a fun, illustrated guide to every mental model you could possibly need. How can mental models help you? Well, here are just a few examples... • If you've ever been overwhelmed by a to-do list that's grown too long, maybe you need the Eisenhower Decision Matrix to help you prioritize. • Use the 5 Whys model to better understand people's motivations or get to the root cause of a problem. • Before concluding that your colleague who messes up your projects is out to sabotage you, consider Hanlon's Razor for an alternative explanation. • Ever sat through a bad movie just because you paid a lot for the ticket? You might be falling prey to Sunk Cost Fallacy. • Set up Forcing Functions, like standing meeting or deadlines, to help grease the wheels for changes you want to occur. So, the next time you find yourself faced with a difficult decision or just trying to understand a complex situation, let Super Thinking upgrade your brain with mental models. Note: in the US the subtitle is The Big Book of Mental Models and outside it is Upgrade Your Reasoning and Make Better Decisions with Mental Models.

 This is an online web book about how Basecamp does their work. "This book is a guide to how we do product development at Basecamp. It’s also a toolbox full of techniques that you can apply in your own way to your own process. Whether you’re a founder, CTO, product manager, designer, or developer, you’re probably here because of some common challenges that all software companies have to face."

 Sept sages venus des quatre coins du monde se réunissent pour transmettre à deux jeunes adolescents les clés de la sagesse universelle. Une fable initiatique étincelante qui touche le coeur autant que l'intelligence. "Et l'alchimiste Lenoir de redescendre de sa montage avec ce best-seller aussi philosophique que philosophal." Thomas Malher - Le Point ""Captivant." Elsa Godart - Phychologies "Un conte de philosophique lumineux, érudit et beau." Questions de femmes

 L’empathie est au cœur même de la Communication NonViolente, c’est une écoute globale et profonde, qui ne cherche pas à influencer l’autre. C’est être pleinement dans l’instant et offrir une attention bienveillante aux besoins de l’autre. Être détaché et ne pas mettre son ego dans la relation. C’est aussi permettre une connexion avec l’autre, quelle que soit sa souffrance et sans s’identifier à elle. Autant dire qu’écouter avec empathie n’est pas le quotidien de chacun et que notre éducation et le poids de notre ego, nous entraînent souvent dans des pièges que nous regrettons un jour ou l’autre. C’est donc à une véritable révolution conceptuelle que nous invitent les auteurs. Ce livre est illustré de nombreux cas pratiques qui permettent de mieux comprendre ce qu’est réellement l’empathie, comment l’utiliser au quotidien et comment la mettre au service d’une communication authentique. La mise en évidence des obstacles les plus fréquents à la communication empathique vous aidera à en maîtriser plus facilement la pratique.