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Through the process Align offers, leaders develop the courage to connect with their team in a meaningful way and start winning together. Through Align, leaders will learn to create alignment within their organization and develop a culture built on employee fulfillment. It shows leaders exactly how to get there. Within Align, leaders learn how to:

When something health-related goes wrong, it typically impacts lives. It's not a broken computer, stalled vehicle, or a large home repair; it's a loved one's well-being on the line. In the middle of this angst, families are further burdened by exorbitant healthcare costs. Many are unprepared, and even the well-insured may be launched into multiple-thousands of dollars in debt. None of this has to be your reality!

• Did you know two prices exist for any hospital procedure? Let's discuss how you can get the best pricing.
• Do you feel healthcare costs are too high? We'll explore real examples of why that is.
• Is a hospital the best place for overall care? No—and you'll clearly see why not.
• Has mainstream healthcare impacted us positively or negatively? To find out, we will explore real case studies of patients, employers, and doctors.
• What is subscription-based, direct-pay healthcare? It's the way you beat the mainstream healthcare system.

There are established solutions to our current health insurance cost crisis. Importantly, these solutions work together with both uninsured and insured patients and their employers, as well as physicians. The health coverage model highlighted in this book will save money for every patient, business owner, and medical professional who participates.

Dr. Cristin Dickerson is a board-certified radiologist who has developed an award­ winning, direct-pay network of imaging centers an outpatient diagnostic testing. She's seen the good, the bad, and the ugly ways patients, doctors, and employers utilize health coverage. If you are ready to think outside the box regarding health insurance and save substantial cold, hard dollars on the critical need for healthcare, you've come to the right place.

Let us show you how to align yourself with affordable, wellness-focused healthcare!

Within every organization is an “ecosystem” of influencers. In organizations with boards of directors and executives, that ecosystem is even more complex, and it is even more important to understand it for the benefit of everyone, including the investors/donors. To date, governance models have provided little to no understanding of this ecosystem of influence, leaving this as an ongoing problem in organizations with the complexity of a board and executive. Governance experts have applied a number of inadequate solutions to a problem they still do not grasp. Within Aligned Influence®, Ken Schuetz presents the Aligned Influence® model which offers a unique perspective to this central problem and a solution that addresses organizational alignment as a necessary prerequisite to effectiveness.

Evaluation-oriented instructional design that delivers business results.

Rethink how to design training instruction to meet bottom-line business goals. With his eight-step framework for measurement and evaluation-focused instructional design, Kristopher Newbauer offers a straightforward process for helping instructional designers and talent development (TD) leaders demonstrate and actualize their value while also transforming their attitude toward an often-dreaded practice.

With Aligning Instructional Design With Business Goals, improve your business acumen by adopting the language of your business leaders. Enhance the partnership among measurement and evaluation specialists, instructional designers, and business leaders to improve the TD function. Uncover the root cause of performance gaps to design more meaningful instruction—and thus increase ROI.

With case studies and examples to illustrate, learn to:

• Promote your TD function as a strategy for achieving business goals.
• Ensure TD programs are aligned to the company’s strategic objectives.
• Design and develop effective TD programs.
• Demonstrate to business leaders measurable added value in revenue and employee success.

Evaluation-oriented instructional design that delivers business results.

Rethink how to design training instruction to meet bottom-line business goals. With his eight-step framework for measurement and evaluation-focused instructional design, Kristopher Newbauer offers a straightforward process for helping instructional designers and talent development (TD) leaders demonstrate and actualize their value while also transforming their attitude toward an often-dreaded practice.

With Aligning Instructional Design With Business Goals, improve your business acumen by adopting the language of your business leaders. Enhance the partnership among measurement and evaluation specialists, instructional designers, and business leaders to improve the TD function. Uncover the root cause of performance gaps to design more meaningful instruction—and thus increase ROI.

With case studies and examples to illustrate, learn to:

• Promote your TD function as a strategy for achieving business goals.
• Ensure TD programs are aligned to the company’s strategic objectives.
• Design and develop effective TD programs.
• Demonstrate to business leaders measurable added value in revenue and employee success.

"The best sales book of the year" — strategy+business magazine

That gap between your company’s sales efforts and strategy? It’s real—and a huge vulnerability. Addressing that gap, actionably and with attention to relevant research, is the focus of this book.

In Aligning Strategy and Sales, Harvard Business School professor Frank Cespedes equips you to link your go-to-market initiatives with strategic goals. Cespedes offers a road map to articulate strategy in ways that people in the field can understand and that will fuel the behaviors required for profitable growth. Without that alignment, leaders will press for better execution when they need a better strategy, or change strategic direction with great cost and turmoil when they should focus on the basics of sales execution.

With thoughtful, clear, and engaging examples, Aligning Strategy and Sales provides a framework for diagnosing and managing the core levers available for effective selling in any organization. It will give you the know-how and tools to move from ideas to action and build a sales effort linked to your firm’s unique goals, not a generic selling formula.

Cespedes shows how sales efforts affect all elements of value creation in a business, whether you’re a start-up seeking to scale or an established firm looking to jump-start new growth. The book provides key insights to optimize your firm’s customer management activities and so improve selling and strategy.

"The best sales book of the year" — strategy+business magazine

That gap between your company’s sales efforts and strategy? It’s real—and a huge vulnerability. Addressing that gap, actionably and with attention to relevant research, is the focus of this book.

In Aligning Strategy and Sales, Harvard Business School professor Frank Cespedes equips you to link your go-to-market initiatives with strategic goals. Cespedes offers a road map to articulate strategy in ways that people in the field can understand and that will fuel the behaviors required for profitable growth. Without that alignment, leaders will press for better execution when they need a better strategy, or change strategic direction with great cost and turmoil when they should focus on the basics of sales execution.

With thoughtful, clear, and engaging examples, Aligning Strategy and Sales provides a framework for diagnosing and managing the core levers available for effective selling in any organization. It will give you the know-how and tools to move from ideas to action and build a sales effort linked to your firm’s unique goals, not a generic selling formula.

Cespedes shows how sales efforts affect all elements of value creation in a business, whether you’re a start-up seeking to scale or an established firm looking to jump-start new growth. The book provides key insights to optimize your firm’s customer management activities and so improve selling and strategy.

The volume investigates the different alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan and shows that the variation of alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan goes beyond the opposition between accusativity and ergativity. The book includes a thorough discussion of the concepts and terminology relating to alignment patterns.

The study draws extensively on new language data from Indo-Aryan. It includes discussions of examples taken from Hindi, Sanskrit, Apabhramsa, Asamiya, Bangla, Oriya, the Bihari languages, Nepali, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Siraiki, Poguli, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marwari, Harauti, the Hindi varieties, and Shina. The volume offers a comprehensive overview of various alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan based on a wide range of data. By focusing on lesser known Indo-Aryan languages, the study questions the central position of Hindi-Urdu in the research on ergativity. Each language is treated in its own right, with a focus on language-specific data and analyses, rather than relying on a notional format that starts with pre-established linguistic concepts. In accordance with this methodology, much attention is paid to "indirect" connections between ergative constructions and other syntactic and semantic patterns in the various languages.

The Iranian languages, due to their exceptional time-depth of attestation, constitute one of the very few instances where a shift from accusative alignment to split-ergativity is actually documented. Yet remarkably, within historical syntax, the Iranian case has received only very superficial coverage. This book provides the first in-depth treatment of alignment change in Iranian, from Old Persian (5 C. BC) to the present. The first part of the book examines the claim that ergativity in Middle Iranian emerged from an Old Iranian agented passive construction. This view is rejected in favour of a theory which links the emergence of ergativity to External Possession. Thus the primary mechanisms involved is not reanalysis, but the extension of a pre-existing construction. The notion of Non-Canonical Subjecthood plays a pivotal role, which in the present account is linked to the semantics of what is termed Indirect Participation. In the second part of the book, a comparative look at contemporary West Iranian is undertaken. It can be shown that throughout the subsequent developments in the morphosyntax, distinct components such as agreement, nominal case marking, or the grammar of cliticisation, in fact developed remarkably independently of one another. It was this de-coupling of sub-systems of the morphosyntax that led to the notorious multiplicity of alignment types in Iranian, a fact that also characterises past-tense alignments in the sister branch of Indo-European, Indo-Aryan. Along with data from more than 20 Iranian languages, presented in a manner that renders them accessible to the non-specialist, there is extensive discussion of more general topics such as the adequacy of functional accounts of changes in case systems, discourse pressure and the role of animacy, the notion of drift, and the question of alignment in early Indo-European.

Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have been two of the most critical pillars of peace, stability, and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region for the past thirty years. At the same time, their relationship has fluctuated markedly and unpredictably. Despite the existence of a common ally in the United States and common security threats from the former Soviet Union, China, and North Korea, bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea have been persistently marred by friction.

In the first in-depth study of this puzzling relationship in over fifteen years, the author compares the commonly accepted explanation for this relationship—historical enmity—with one that focuses on policies of the United States as the key driver of Japan-ROK relations. He finds that while history and emotion certainly affect the ways in which Japanese and Koreans regard each other, cooperation and dissension in the relationship are better understood through what he calls a “quasi-alliance” model: two states that remain unallied but have a third party as a common ally.

This model finds that the “normal” state of Japan-ROK relations is characterized by friction that stems not only from history, but also from fundamental asymmetries in Japanese and Korean expectations of support from each other. The author shows, however, that in periods when the American defense commitment to the region is weak, Japan-ROK relations exhibit significantly less contention over bilateral issues. Without the prop of U.S. assistance, the two countries are seemingly willing to overlook the usual causes of friction and to adopt a more pragmatic approach. The author discusses the effects of democratization and the post-Cold War era on the triangular relationship, and addresses the prospects of a united Korea and its future relations with Japan, the United States, and China.

The book covers the period from 1965 to 1998 and draws on recently declassified U.S. documents, internal Korean government documents, and interviews with former policy makers in the United States, Japan, and Korea.

Optimiza tu salud intestinal para revolucionar tu energía, estado de ánimo y rendimiento mental, sin dietas estrictas ni contar calorías.

El plan de 10 pasos para optimizar el eje intestino-cerebro y sentirte mejor que nunca.

Libro destacado en Daily Mail, Vogue, Women’s Health, Stylist, Evening Standard, The Sun, The Telegraph y más.

¿Te sientes cansado y desanimado? ¿Hinchado? ¿No puedes concentrarte?

Ese es tu intestino hablándole a tu cerebro, y ha llegado el momento de escuchar. Descubre los secretos de tu segundo cerebro y cómo las bacterias intestinales no solo influyen en tu digestión, sino que pueden elevar tu estado de ánimo y agudizar tu pensamiento.

La prestigiosa científica del microbioma, la doctora Emily Leeming, te guía a través de los últimos avances sobre la conexión intestino-cerebro y te ofrece 10 estrategias sencillas pero poderosas para:

• Sentirte más feliz y con más energía
• Controlar los antojos
• Comer de forma inteligente
• Potenciar el rendimiento cerebral

La doctora Emily Leeming es dietista titulada e investigadora en el King’s College de Londres. Antes de dedicarse a la ciencia, trabajó como chef privada. Gracias a su experiencia y años de investigación, ha desarrollado un enfoque especializado en nutrición, llevando la ciencia de la salud intestinal del laboratorio al plato.

«Sencillo, accesible y, sinceramente, ha cambiado la forma en que veo la alimentación». —Lydia Venn, Premios de Libros Cosmopolitan 2024

«El santo grial de la salud: una científica que habla en un lenguaje claro. Emily toma la información y la explica como si se la contara a un amigo sin conocimientos científicos». —Rosamund Dean

«El libro de la doctora Leeming elimina todo el ruido y explica el intestino de una manera clara y comprensible (lo siento, tenía que hacer el juego de palabras)». —Cosmopolitan

«Es, sin duda, la biblia de la salud intestinal». —Kaitlin Colucci, dietista especializada en microbiota

«Uno de los mejores libros sobre salud intestinal». —Evening Standard

«Práctico y delicioso. Tu intestino te lo agradecerá». —Melissa Hemsley

«El libro ofrece una infinidad de formas sencillas de cuidar tu microbiota intestinal y tu salud en general». —VOGUE

«Tienes que leerlo». —Women’s Health

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Optimize your gut health to supercharge your energy, mood, and mental performance—no strict diets, no calorie counting.

The 10-step plan to boost the gut-brain axis and feel better than ever.

Featured in Daily Mail, Vogue, Women’s Health, Stylist, Evening Standard, The Sun, The Telegraph and more.

Feeling tired and low? Bloated? Foggy-headed?

That’s your gut talking to your brain—and it’s time to listen. Discover the secrets of your second brain and learn how your gut bacteria don’t just influence digestion, but can also lift your mood and sharpen your thinking.

Renowned microbiome scientist Dr. Emily Leeming walks you through the latest research on the gut-brain connection and offers 10 simple yet powerful strategies to:

• Feel happier and more energized
• Manage cravings
• Eat smarter
• Boost brain performance

Dr. Emily Leeming is a registered dietitian and researcher at King’s College London. Before entering the world of science, she worked as a private chef. Drawing on her experience and years of research, she’s developed a specialized nutrition approach that brings gut health science from lab to plate.

“Simple, accessible, and honestly, it changed the way I think about food.” —Lydia Venn, Cosmopolitan Book Awards 2024

“The holy grail of health: a scientist who speaks plain English. Emily breaks it down like she’s explaining it to a friend without a science background.” —Rosamund Dean

“Dr. Leeming’s book cuts through the noise and explains the gut in a clear, digestible way (yes, pun intended).” —Cosmopolitan

“This is hands-down the bible of gut health.” —Kaitlin Colucci, gut health dietitian

“One of the best gut health books.” —Evening Standard

“Practical and delicious. Your gut will thank you.” —Melissa Hemsley

“Offers a wealth of easy ways to care for your gut microbiota and overall wellness.” —VOGUE

“You have to read it.” —Women’s Health

El libro con el que por fin aprenderás a alimentarte para sentirte con tu máxima energía.

¿Estás cansada de sentirte agotada y sin energía permanentemente? ¿Sabías que conocerte es clave para escoger la alimentación que va a vitalizarte? A partir de la visión integradora de las dos culturas, la occidental y la oriental, aprenderemos a escoger mejor los alimentos que nos rodean y a usarlos estratégicamente para mantener nuestra salud y energía, prevenir las principales enfermedades y sanarnos.

Gemma Hortet te introduce en la nutrición energética, la nutrición del sentido común, la que tiene en cuenta cómo eres, dónde vives, de qué trabajas y en qué momento vital te encuentras. Te ayudará a sentar las bases para empezar una nueva forma de alimentarte, más alineada contigo misma para hacer frente a tus retos diarios y evitar el cansancio crónico que protagoniza el siglo XXI.

Además, aprenderás las técnicas de cocina ancestrales y sabrás lo que es mejor comer según te encuentres de energía para sentirte joven y con vitalidad tengas la edad que tengas.

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The book with which you will finally learn to feed yourself to feel at your maximum energy.

Are you tired of feeling permanently drained and drained of energy? Did you know that knowing yourself is key to choosing the food that will vitalize you? From the integrative vision of the two cultures, the Western and the Eastern, we will learn to better choose the foods that surround us and to use them strategically to maintain our health and energy, prevent the main diseases and heal ourselves.

Gemma Hortet introduces you to energy nutrition, the nutrition of common sense, which takes into account what you are like, where you live, what you do for a living and what moment in life you are in. It will help you lay the foundations to start a new way of eating, more aligned with yourself to face your daily challenges and avoid the chronic fatigue that is the protagonist of the 21st century.

In addition, you will learn ancestral cooking techniques and know what is best to eat as you find energy to feel young and with vitality no matter how old you are.

This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed. The 6th volume illustrates the molecular formula and structures of aliphatic metabolites.

Der historische Versroman Willehalm Wolframs von Eschenbach, ein herausragendes Werk der deutschen mittelalterlichen Literatur, ist eine Bearbeitung des altfranzösischen Heldenepos Aliscans. Dieses liegt nur in stark abweichenden Fassungen vor, von welchen drei gedruckt und zwei ins Englische (in Versen) und ins Französische (in Prosa) übersetzt wurden, nie jedoch ins Deutsche.
Die Ausgabe nach der Version M im venezianischen Codex Marcianus fr. VIII [252] (Holtus 1985) ist diejenige Druckfassung, die Wolframs Vorlage am nächsten steht. Allerdings ist diese Fassung stark ‚zersungen‘ und von sprachlichen Eigenwilligkeiten und Fehlern des italienischen Schreibers der Handschrift verdorben, so dass sie nur mit Blick auf die gesamte Überlieferung verständlich wird. Auf dieser Basis wird nun erstmals versucht, eine zwar originalgetreue, aber lesbare deutsche Übersetzung des französischen Heldenepos vorzulegen und damit ein bedeutendes Beispiel dieser Gattung deutschen Lesern zugänglich zu machen, vor allem aber Studierenden der Germanistik einen Vergleich des Willehalm mit seiner Vorlage zu ermöglichen, einen Vergleich, aus dem die starke inhaltliche Abhängigkeit ebenso hervorgeht wie die völlig neue Form- und Sinngebung durch Wolfram.

Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig are just two of the inspired characters created by Alison Uttley, loved by millions and still very popular today. But who was the real woman spinning enchanting tales of country life and lore, magic and friendship?

Alison Uttley gathered much of the inspiration for her stories from the fond memories of her Derbyshire childhood and her love of the countryside. A talented and prolific writer, she was still producing stories in her late eighties. Yet she was often plagued by self-doubt, and extremely possessive over her close friends, family and work. Tragically, Alison's husband committed suicide before her writing successes. She soon developed a smothering relationship with her only child John, even convincing him to jilt his first fiancée and escape to Scotland - the honeymoon destination.

With exclusive and unrestricted access to her personal diaries and private letters, Denis Judd paints an intriguing portrait of one of the most successful, creative and troubled children's authors of modern times.

In times where the very concept of ‘nature’ is questioned not only in its philosophical dimension, but in the core of its biological materiality, we need to reconsider the interrelations between architecture and nature. This not only applies to strategies on environmental responsibility but equally on anticipatory human behavior and cultural or demographic variety.

To address these challenges this book proposes to embrace the unknown and cultivate the architectural discipline towards an integrated and cross-disciplinary practice. It unravels compelling innovative and forward-thinking design narratives by leading international practitioners and researchers who investigate novel associations between architecture, nature and humanity for a future, alive architecture. Structured around the three closely cross-linked core themes “bioinspiration”, “materiability”, and “intelligence” the book engages with the starting point of an emerging new design field, where the symbiosis of physics, biology, computing and design promises the redefinition of what we call architecture today.

You probably wonder about life from time to time. Like: why do I have a name? Why are people sometimes unfriendly? Do my parents really love me? Do I have to do something to be good enough? Why do we call the Earth our mother? Why am I alive? And where’s my grandfather now that he’s gone? One truth does not exist! The answers in this book are open and come from the heart. They invite you to think and feel for yourself, finding your own answers from within.

Learn how to connect with your body, your heart, and nature to find endless wisdom and support. There’s more to life than meets the eye!

Florence Sterling should be living a perfect life, but dark memories of her past still haunt her.

She and her baby were murdered, but now, after a miraculous second chance at life, Florence struggles with the fear that her happiness with Alex may be fleeting.

When Alex is called away on a perilous WWII mission to secure America's support in the war, Florence's anxiety grows. Seeking answers, she embarks on a desperate investigation into the truth behind her son's death, and to her shock, she uncovers evidence that suggests he might still be alive. But as Florence digs deeper, she finds herself drawn into a deadly game with her most dangerous enemy yet—the twisted woman determined to destroy her.

As the war intensifies and Alex goes missing in action, Florence must find the courage to face her deepest fears. If Alex is lost to the war, will she open her heart to love again and build the family she's always longed for? Or will the scars of her past keep her trapped in loneliness and despair forever?

Alive combines romance, mystery, and suspense in a heart-wrenching WWII saga. If you love emotional, character-driven stories filled with twists, danger, and a powerful second-chance romance, you'll love this story!

A powerful book on addiction recovery by a doctor who overcame addiction himself, the renowned founder and president of The Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles

Howard Samuels is one of the world's leading drug and alcohol addiction experts who runs the prestigious The Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles. Decades ago, from the age of sixteen until he was thirty-two, Dr. Samuels had his own intense struggle with addiction to cocaine and heroin. Using his own compelling story as inspiration as well as case studies of his patients from all walks of life, Dr. Samuels shows how readers can recover from alcoholism and drug addiction by following this 12-step program to happiness and fulfillment in sobriety. This self-help book provides hope, inspiration, and prescriptive advice for those who want to recover as well as guidance for friends and family members seeking help for someone they love.

• Written from the unique perspective of a recovering addict who has helped thousands of people overcome addiction to alcohol and drugs
• Shares with readers for the first time in book form The Hills' world-renowned treatment program
• Tells Samuels' personal recovery story as the son of a prominent politician and businessman among the rich and famous in New York and Washington
• Contains a groundbreaking prescriptive program showing how to work each of the 12 steps
• Examines the cause of addictions, relapses, and fallback addictions
• Contains important information for family and friends of those struggling with addiction, including steps for intervention and healing
• The author appears regularly on TV

Jesus has come back from the dead!

Join the crowds waving palm branches, the disciples at the last supper, and the women on that first Easter morning.

An engaging retelling of the first Easter, with bright and appealing pictures that bring the powerful scenes to life.

Ideal for reading aloud, sharing the events of the Easter story with children aged 4-6.

Little sketches of grace to invite you to notice your own soul's companions in your daily life.

With a light touch and warm voice, and just a hint of a Southern accent, Martha Sterne tells the stories of her encounters with Christ - in the supermarket and the beauty parlor, in the garden, the kitchen, and sometimes even church. Sterne shares her gift for storytelling, showing readers that the Incarnation is alive and loose everywhere they look, in the listening ears, kind voices, and loving hearts of people they bump into everywhere. Each essay is followed by reflection questions, making this a lovely volume for group study.

Poll after poll has confirmed that an astonishing number of workers are disengaged from their work. Why is this happening? And how can we fix the problem?

In this bold, enlightening book, social psychologist and professor Daniel M. Cable takes leaders into the minds of workers and reveals the surprising secret to restoring their zest for work.

Disengagement isn't a motivational problem, it's a biological one. Humans aren't built for routine and repetition. We're designed to crave exploration, experimentation, and learning--in fact, there's a part of our brains, which scientists have coined "the seeking system," that rewards us for taking part in these activities. But the way organizations are run prevents many of us from following our innate impulses. As a result, we shut down.

Things need to change. More than ever before, employee creativity and engagement are needed to win. Fortunately, it won't take an extensive overhaul of your organizational culture to get started. With small nudges, you can personally help people reach their fullest potential.

Alive at Work reveals:

• How to encourage people to bring their best selves to work and use their greatest strengths to help your organization flourish
• How to build creative environments that motivate people to share ideas, work smarter, and embrace change
• How to enhance people's connection to their work and your customers
• How to create personalized experiences that help people feel a deeper sense of purpose

Filled with fascinating stories from the author's extensive research, Alive at Work is the inspirational guide that you need to tap into the passion, creativity, and purpose fizzing beneath the surface of every person who falls under your leadership.

Poll after poll has confirmed that an astonishing number of workers are disengaged from their work. Why is this happening? And how can we fix the problem?

In this bold, enlightening book, social psychologist and professor Daniel M. Cable takes leaders into the minds of workers and reveals the surprising secret to restoring their zest for work.

Disengagement isn't a motivational problem, it's a biological one. Humans aren't built for routine and repetition. We're designed to crave exploration, experimentation, and learning--in fact, there's a part of our brains, which scientists have coined "the seeking system," that rewards us for taking part in these activities. But the way organizations are run prevents many of us from following our innate impulses. As a result, we shut down.

Things need to change. More than ever before, employee creativity and engagement are needed to win. Fortunately, it won't take an extensive overhaul of your organizational culture to get started. With small nudges, you can personally help people reach their fullest potential.

Alive at Work reveals:

• How to encourage people to bring their best selves to work and use their greatest strengths to help your organization flourish
• How to build creative environments that motivate people to share ideas, work smarter, and embrace change
• How to enhance people's connection to their work and your customers
• How to create personalized experiences that help people feel a deeper sense of purpose

Filled with fascinating stories from the author's extensive research, Alive at Work is the inspirational guide that you need to tap into the passion, creativity, and purpose fizzing beneath the surface of every person who falls under your leadership.

Poll after poll has confirmed that an astonishing number of workers are disengaged from their work. Why is this happening? And how can we fix the problem?

In this bold, enlightening book, social psychologist and professor Daniel M. Cable takes leaders into the minds of workers and reveals the surprising secret to restoring their zest for work.

Disengagement isn't a motivational problem, it's a biological one. Humans aren't built for routine and repetition. We're designed to crave exploration, experimentation, and learning--in fact, there's a part of our brains, which scientists have coined "the seeking system," that rewards us for taking part in these activities. But the way organizations are run prevents many of us from following our innate impulses. As a result, we shut down.

Things need to change. More than ever before, employee creativity and engagement are needed to win. Fortunately, it won't take an extensive overhaul of your organizational culture to get started. With small nudges, you can personally help people reach their fullest potential.

Alive at Work reveals:

• How to encourage people to bring their best selves to work and use their greatest strengths to help your organization flourish
• How to build creative environments that motivate people to share ideas, work smarter, and embrace change
• How to enhance people's connection to their work and your customers
• How to create personalized experiences that help people feel a deeper sense of purpose

Filled with fascinating stories from the author's extensive research, Alive at Work is the inspirational guide that you need to tap into the passion, creativity, and purpose fizzing beneath the surface of every person who falls under your leadership.

From a Costa Book of the Year winner, Booker nominee and double Granta-selected Best Young British novelist comes a searing portrayal of the gradual uncovering of one woman's past psychological wounds, set in motion by the arrival of an unexpected letter.

In the 1980s, Anna McCormick was an anti-nuclear peace activist. She was used to taking on those abusing their political power, but when she was targeted by abuse herself, it left a wound so deep it would still be reverberating through her life decades later.

In 2020, Anna is teaching nine-year-olds on Zoom, navigating a relationship interrupted by enforced distance, and coping with a teenaged son who cannot leave the house. When an unstamped envelope arrives overnight, the traumatic past she had tried to bury begins to cast its own long shadow on the present.

This is a twisty, heart-racing page-turner and an incisive look at the personal impact of the violence of the state, the police and the villains much closer to home.

If someone came back from the grave, they would be able to answer some big questions:
*What happens when we die?
* Is there anybody out there?
*Which religion, if any, is true?

Christians claim that Jesus Christ did just that: was bodily resurrected three days after being brutally executed. But is it true?

Dan Clark helps readers explore for themselves whether Jesus really is alive, and why it matters

This 6 volume set presents a groundbreaking resource in this branch of natural organic compounds and demonstrates how proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy can be manipulated in structures of natural organic compounds. The authors provide the most comprehensive data of 17 kinds amounting to over 10,000 natural organic compounds. The 1st volume mainly illustrates the molecular formula and structures of alkaloids.

This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed as well. The 3rd volume mainly illustrates the molecular formula and structures of alkaloids.

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed. The 4th volume continuously illustrates the molecular formula and structures of alkaloids.

Für diese zweisprachige Ausgabe wurde der griechische Text anhand der vorhandenen Ausgaben kritisch überprüft; die Prosaübersetzung versucht ihm Vers für Vers zu folgen, um den Wechsel zwischen Text, Übersetzung und Kommentar zu erleichtern. Die ausführliche Einleitung informiert über historisches Umfeld (Entstehungszeit, Aufführung), die zugrunde liegenden Mythen (Admet, Alkestis, das Motiv "Überwindung des Todes"), die voreuripideische Literarisierung und das Neue bei Euripides (vom "Lebenstausch" zum "Opfertod"), außerdem über Textüberlieferung, Nachleben bis in die Gegenwart und moderne Interpretationen. Die genaue Analyse der Motivstruktur (Lebenstausch und Opfertod, Tod und Wiederkehr) erlaubt, moderne Fragen (Durfte Admet das Opfer seiner Frau annehmen? Ist der gute Ausgang ironisch gemeint?) etwas zu relativieren und demgegenüber eine bisher vernachlässigte Seite (bürgerliches Drama, Alltagsprobleme der Zeit) hervorzuheben. Der Kommentar, der keine Griechischkenntnisse voraussetzt, geht neben Sach- und Textfragen auch auf die Motivstruktur ein. Ein Anhang zu Metrik und ein Literaturverzeichnis runden den Band ab.

Außer den Dialogen Platons selbst und neben den platonisierenden Schriften Plutarchs sowie dem Abriss der platonischen Lehre des Apuleius bildet der Didaskalikos des Philosophen Alkinoos aus dem 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. die einzige vollständig erhaltene platonische Schrift vor der Zeit Plotins und des Neuplatonismus. Als Kompendium des platonischen Denkens ist die Schrift Urkunde einer Epoche, in der nach der wechselreichen Geschichte der akademischen Philosophie in der Zeit des Hellenismus nun der Versuch unternommen wurde, wieder zur Lehre Platons selbst zurückzukehren. Seine Bedeutung für die Beurteilung der Geschichte des antiken Platonismus oder gar der antiken Philosophie kann kaum überschätzt werden. Der vorliegenden Edition und Erstübersetzung ins Deutsche werden eine Einleitung sowie eine Bibliographie vorangestellt. Die Anmerkungen zum Text erläutern philosophische Zusammenhänge, erklären philologische Einzelheiten und weisen markante Stellen nach. Zur Erstellung des altgriechischen Textes sind die beiden ältesten und wichtigsten Manuskripte P und V sowie deren Scholien erneut herangezogen worden. Mehrere Lesarten aus der Editions- und Übersetzungstradition des Didaskalikos sowie der Sekundärliteratur sind aufgenommen worden.

The editors of the Traditio Praesocratica series have set themselves the goal of presenting the traditional knowledge of the so-called pre-Socratic philosophers as completely as possible in text and translation. The reception-historical perspective of the endeavour explains the chronological arrangement of the testimonies - in comparison to most other existing collections on the pre-Socratics - in their respective transmission context.

In the fourth volume of the series (after Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes as well as Xenophanes) the Greek, Latin and Arabic surviving testimonies from the fourth century BC to the end of the Middle Ages on the life and teachings of the three western Greek philosophers Alcmaion, Hippon and Menestor are reproduced in chronological order and with a German translation. While Alkmaion of Kroton attracted attention in the subsequent history of reception primarily due to his theories on the physiology of the senses, possibly based on empirical evidence, Hippon (of Metapont?) repeatedly attracted the interest of later authors due to his epithet 'the godless'. Menestor of Sybaris, on the other hand, is known almost exclusively from Theophrastus' botanical works, who saw in him an occasionally quotable predecessor of his own corresponding research. All testimonies (Alkmaion about 100, Hippon about 90, Menestor about 5) are provided with brief contextual information on the respective author and the work in which the testimony is found. In addition, the testimonies are accompanied by thematically orientated 'similes', which are intended to provide a better orientation of the transmission and reception contexts. Detailed indices conclude the volume.

The study of pre-Socratic philosophy is thus provided with a further basic volume that enables a comprehensive view not only with regard to the reconstruction of the life and teachings of the thinkers in question, but also and above all with regard to their reception.

Hoher chronischer Alkoholkonsum ist mit einem großen Gesundheitsrisiko verbunden und kann über 200 Krankheiten verursachen, vor allem alkoholische Lebererkrankungen und Krebserkrankungen. Die Hälfte der 1 Millionen Leberzirrhosen in Europa sowie 6-7% aller gastrointestinalen Tumoren sind durch Alkohol bedingt.

Dieses Buch zeigt praxisnah die Istsituation dieser Problematik sowie Früherkennungs- und präventive Maßnahmen von alkohlbedingten Erkrankungen auf. Es beschreibt die Diagnostik und neue thrapeutische Strategien, die für jeden Hausarzt, Internisten und Gastroenterologen von essentieller Bedeutung sind.

Presenting over fifty works by a broad cross-section of major artists, this new volume captures the huge and lasting impact of the railroad on America through the eyes of the artists who witnessed its expansion.

Such industrial expansion is captured in the dramatic views of Pittsburgh and mid-west industry in paintings by Otto Kuhler, George Luks, and Charles Sheeler. And finally, there are a raft of artists for whom the railroad was both at the heart of a great new machine age, celebrated in paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Joseph Stella, and Charles Goeller, but also the creator of a more lonely and alienated urban industrial world, most strongly captured in Edward Hopper’s railroad landscapes.

Cats and dogs and elephants
Slugs, leopards and lice
Giraffes and armadillos
Buffaloes, bedbugs and mice. . .

Fish will be able to fend for themselves
and besides, a wooden ark
is not the sort of place to keep
a whale or angry shark

Find out why Noah builds a floating zoo and saves the animals in this world-famous story, retold by one of world's favourite poets.

This amusing take on an age-old tale will delight children aged 4-8, as will the charming illustrations on every page.

Grown-ups will also find this fun-filled and light-hearted version of Noah's adventure a refreshing change from the more traditional retellings currently on offer.

Are you ready to come aboard and learn all about trains? Toot toot!
From trains that climb up mountains, through tunnels, across bridges and deep underground - take an exhilarating ride through the world of trains. Discover singing tracks, speedy bullet trains, powerful tunnel borers, super steam engines and so much more to delight young train fans. Unfold multiple pages to reveal busy stations, cross-sections and lots of details and facts to pore over. A 'can you spot?' page at the back of the book encourages readers to go back through the book to find out even more. All aboard!

Exclusive living retreats set against the backdrop of majestic peaks, steep slopes and picturesque valleys

The chalet is a building style that enjoys lasting popularity all over the world. Dating back to the herdsman’s hut in the Alpine region, it became a longed-for destination and the most preferred holiday domicile in the 19th century with the emerging fascination with the Alps. Today, architects and designers are primarily inspired by the constantly redefined interplay of sublime nature, traditional architecture, regional building typologies, individual design, and modern formal language that pushes them to reach magnificent creative peaks.

The projects selected for this volume are diverse and remarkably multifaceted: From a traditional construction with a flat gable roof, wide roof overhang, and robust timber façade, to contemporary, thoroughly idiosyncratic interpretations with clear lines, creative choice of materials, and fine details. However, the artful staging of the imposing mountain world in the interior design plays a decisive role among all presented chalets.

Did you know that the flag of the USA was inspired by that of the East India Company – a private shipping company that traded in the spoils of the British Empire? Do you know what the black star on the flag of Ghana means? Or why the Russian flag looks similar to that of the Netherlands? Find the answers to these questions and more in this gorgeously presented, accessible atlas of flags. 

Through simple designs and colours, national flags can tell us a lot about the histories, identities and interrelationships of the countries they represent. Grouping flags together first by continent and then by theme, this illuminating book explains how countries relate to one another, and how their politics and histories are interconnected. It provides a great launch point for discussions around identity, geography and nation building, and is a timely addition to the reference shelf of any politically curious 6 to 11-year old. 

All About Flags! is packed with fascinating facts, clearly arranged by Robin Jacobs (Earth-Shattering Events, Cicada, 2019) and engagingly presented by Ben Javens (Alex and Alex, Cicada, 2021). 

“A treat to read!” -- Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library

When you walk through a forest you see trees everywhere. Trees, trees and even more trees. Are all the trees in a forest the same? And are there any other plants in a forest? Which animals live in the trees of the forest? And on the ground? Do all forests in the world look alike? In this wonderful, big forest book you’ll discover all about conifers, deciduous trees, tropical forests and so much more!

An informative book filled to the brim with fun facts about the forest and nature, with beautiful pictures and funny illustrations. For all children ages 5 and up.

Introduce the different parts of the Muslim prayer to children with this fun sticker, activity book.

Find out about the Muslim prayer with this fun sticker activity book. It features dot-to-dot drawings, coloring fun, puzzles to solve, and over sixty stickers to stick. Introduces children to the way Muslims prepare for prayer and the main parts involved in performing it, including calling adhan, facing the Kaaba, and reciting words from the Qur'an.

Curious kids will find the answers to these questions and more in All About the Brain by expert pediatric neurologist Dr. Gabriel Dabscheck. This is the second book in Berbay’s nonfiction series, authored by pediatric specialists and designed to be read cover to cover. It’s is a one-stop introduction to the brain for kids who want a better understanding of the way our amazing bodies work.

-A Junior Library Guild Selection. 

-A Gold Medal Winner of California's 2024 Eureka nonfiction Award. 

-Bank Street Book list for Best Books 2025

-Children's Book Council of Australia - Notable Award

A History of the Burger from Conception to Perfection

#1 Bestseller in Popular Culture, Biography & History, and Company Histories

Discover the food history you've been missing in this entertaining bestseller

A World History of Burgers. Do you know what the first burger chain was? That Taco Bell was originally known as Bell Burger—and was founded in the same city as McDonald's? Have you heard of the 1980's Burger Wars? All About the Burger covers all of these topics and more!

The Burger Journey of a Lifetime: All About the Burger takes you on an informational magic carpet ride. You'll learn about restaurants, cooking styles, and different eras that have made the burger the juggernaut that it is. From White Castle to Shake Shack, from simple sandwich to specialty burger, don't miss out on what is sure to be one of the most entertaining looks at history you have read.

All About the Burger is the definitive Bible of Burgers. Learn about:

• The contributions burgers have made to food culture
• The evolution of the burger from carnival treat to an American staple
• Where to go to find your next favorite burger
• And much more!

Readers of Salt; A History of the World in 6 Glasses; Guns, Germs, and Steel; or Consider the Fork will love All About the Burger!

Does your heart really stop when you sneeze? Can it break? How does our heart compare to the heart of other creatures? Curious kids will find the answers to these questions and more in All About the Heart by leading pediatric cardiologist Dr Remi Kowalski. 

The first book in a nonfiction series Berbay is launching, authored my pediatric medical experts in their fields. Presented in a kid-friendly, exciting way, these illustrated books – which can be read cover to cover – are designed to help kids better understand the way their bodies work and appreciate how incredible they are. 

"A superb way to showcase the circulatory system, All About the Heart will be enjoyed by curious children." Books + Publishing 

The weather is different every day. Sometimes the sky is blue and the sun is shining; sometimes the sky is filled with clouds and it’s raining. And sometimes there is so much wind, you can hardly walk. In winter, when soft snowflakes fall from gray skies, you can make a snowman! Weather can be fun, but it can also be dangerous, like when there’s a tornado. In this book, you’ll find out more about the beautiful, exciting, and dangerous sides of the weather.

An informative book filled with fun facts about the weather and nature, with beautiful photographs and playful illustrations. For children ages 5 and up.

From the engagement to the honeymoon, the act of getting married is surrounded with tradition and superstition. In All About Weddings, the ultimate question-and-answer book on matrimony, light is shed on the mysteries behind the rituals and rites of marriage; the past, present, and future of the enduring ceremony are explored worldwide; and the meaning of everything from boutonniere and confetti to woo and wet bargain is explained. Along the way you'll also discover:

• What is the origin of the word "wedding"
• Why does the bride throw her bouquet?
• What is a shivaree?
• Why are cakes served at weddings?
• Where did the expression "tie the knot" come from?
• Why does a bride have bridesmaids?
• How did the custom of a dowry originate?
• How did "stag parties" originate?
• What is the highest-grossing wedding movie of all time?

Find out about what you wash for wudu, how often it is done and why it is important in Islam. Features dot-to-dot drawings, coloring fun, puzzles to solve and over sixty stickers to stick.

Introduce the Muslim ritual ablution (wudu) to children with this fun sticker, activity book.

A bright and interactive first introduction to the body, with fun games and questions. For inquisitive children ages 4 years and up.

Children often get butterflies in their belly. They get butterflies when they’re excited about something, like seeing a good friend, and they get butterflies when they’re unsure about something, like going to the doctor. That’s all very natural.

Butterflies in Your Belly makes children’s bodies discussable, with tailor-made books for different ages. Children grow up, and Butterflies in Your Belly grows with them. What a nice feeling.

In this book, you get to know your own body, from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. Do you know the names of your body parts? And how to take care of your body? And what to do when you’re sick? You read it all in this book!

Selected as a USBBY’s 2021 Outstanding International Book!

"An engaging and rewarding picture book" - Booklist Starred Review!

"This charmer demands and rewards repeat visits, and children will find unexpected pleasures every time." - Kirkus Reviews

"Bunny Rabbit and her brothers set sail to recover a beloved toy duck in this lighthearted seek-and-find adventure." - Publishers Weekly

Bunny Rabbit has lost her toy duck! So Bunny and her brothers jump in their boat and head down the river in search of Little Duck. Their journey takes them from the mountaintop to the open sea, but there are many other adventures for you to follow along the way. Why are the Speedy Pigs in such a hurry? What will Laura Lamb catch on her fishing line? And what kind of mischief will Sippi Swan get into?

Join this delightful river journey through forests, farms, waterfalls, and harbors. A seek-and-find book on and around the river for little adventurers ages 3 and up.

Based on more than two years of fieldwork conducted in a Yemeni community in southeastern Michigan, this unique study examines Yemeni American girls' attempts to construct and make sense of their identities as Yemenis, Muslims, Americans, daughters of immigrants, teenagers, and high school students. All American Yemeni Girls contributes substantially to our understanding of the impact of religion on students attending public schools and the intersecting roles school and religion play in the lives of Yemeni students and their families. Providing a valuable background on the history of Yemen and the migration of Yemeni people to the United States, this is an eye-opening account of a group of people we hear about every day but about whom we know very little.

Through a series of intensive interviews and field observations, Loukia K. Sarroub discovered that the young Muslim women shared moments of optimism and desperation and struggled to reconcile the America they experienced at school with the Yemeni lives they knew at home. Most significant, Sarroub found that they often perceived themselves as failing at being both American and Yemeni. Offering a distinctive analysis of the ways ethnicity, culture, gender, and socioeconomic status complicate lives, Sarroub examines how these students view their roles within American and Yemeni societies, between institutions such as the school and the family, between ethnic and Islamic visions of success in the United States. Sarroub argues that public schools serve as a site of liberation and reservoir of contested hope for students and teachers questioning competing religious and cultural pressures. The final chapter offers a rich and important discussion of how conditions in the United States encourage the rise of extremism and allow it to flourish, raising pressing questions about the role of public education in the post-September 11 world.

All American Yemeni Girls offers a fine-grained and compelling portrait of these young Muslim women and their endeavors to succeed in American society, and it brings us closer to understanding an oft-cited but little researched population.

Based on more than two years of fieldwork conducted in a Yemeni community in southeastern Michigan, this unique study examines Yemeni American girls' attempts to construct and make sense of their identities as Yemenis, Muslims, Americans, daughters of immigrants, teenagers, and high school students. All American Yemeni Girls contributes substantially to our understanding of the impact of religion on students attending public schools and the intersecting roles school and religion play in the lives of Yemeni students and their families. Providing a valuable background on the history of Yemen and the migration of Yemeni people to the United States, this is an eye-opening account of a group of people we hear about every day but about whom we know very little.

Through a series of intensive interviews and field observations, Loukia K. Sarroub discovered that the young Muslim women shared moments of optimism and desperation and struggled to reconcile the America they experienced at school with the Yemeni lives they knew at home. Most significant, Sarroub found that they often perceived themselves as failing at being both American and Yemeni. Offering a distinctive analysis of the ways ethnicity, culture, gender, and socioeconomic status complicate lives, Sarroub examines how these students view their roles within American and Yemeni societies, between institutions such as the school and the family, between ethnic and Islamic visions of success in the United States. Sarroub argues that public schools serve as a site of liberation and reservoir of contested hope for students and teachers questioning competing religious and cultural pressures. The final chapter offers a rich and important discussion of how conditions in the United States encourage the rise of extremism and allow it to flourish, raising pressing questions about the role of public education in the post-September 11 world.

All American Yemeni Girls offers a fine-grained and compelling portrait of these young Muslim women and their endeavors to succeed in American society, and it brings us closer to understanding an oft-cited but little researched population.

Continuing the narrative from Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon, Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michael are ready to travel to the moon in All Around the Moon. The three men sit anxiously in their bullet-shaped projectile, ready for take-off. After the launch, their series of adventures and misadventures begin. Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michael must be quick and clever, as they brave an encounter with an asteroid, suffer accidental intoxication, deviate from their course, and face the consequences of miscalculation. Finally, they arrive at the moon. However, instead of landing on the moon like the group planned, their spaceship is stuck in the moon’s orbit. Still, Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michael are in awe. As they gaze upon the moon’s intricate features, memorizing its landscape and craters, the three men realize that they have the sole privilege of seeing the moon—an observation that no man or woman on Earth had yet achieved. But as they dream of the fame and luxurious treatment they are sure to gain back on Earth, another misstep threatens their trip again, and this time, the consequences could be fatal.

Jules Verne’s All Around the Moon features well-explained and extraordinary details, creating an intimate and romantic fantasy. With the perfect ending to the narrative From the Earth to the Moon started, All Around the Moon is a thrilling tale filled with wonder, adventure, and a captivating plot. First published in 1865, All Around the Moon depicts an accomplishment that mankind wouldn’t achieve for another century. Verne portrays a mission that had yet to be dreamed off, fascinating his original readers with his originality, and continuing to delight contemporary audiences with his vivid imagination and quick wit.

This edition of All Around the Moon by Jules Verne is printed in a modern, easy-to-read font and features a striking new cover design. With these accommodations, this edition of Verne’s All Around the Moon upgrades the presentation of Verne’s classic science fiction novel, and restores the prose to its original glory.

Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.

With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Continuing the narrative from Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon, Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michael are ready to travel to the moon in All Around the Moon. The three men sit anxiously in their bullet-shaped projectile, ready for take-off. After the launch, their series of adventures and misadventures begin. Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michael must be quick and clever, as they brave an encounter with an asteroid, suffer accidental intoxication, deviate from their course, and face the consequences of miscalculation. Finally, they arrive at the moon. However, instead of landing on the moon like the group planned, their spaceship is stuck in the moon’s orbit. Still, Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michael are in awe. As they gaze upon the moon’s intricate features, memorizing its landscape and craters, the three men realize that they have the sole privilege of seeing the moon—an observation that no man or woman on Earth had yet achieved. But as they dream of the fame and luxurious treatment they are sure to gain back on Earth, another misstep threatens their trip again, and this time, the consequences could be fatal.

Jules Verne’s All Around the Moon features well-explained and extraordinary details, creating an intimate and romantic fantasy. With the perfect ending to the narrative From the Earth to the Moon started, All Around the Moon is a thrilling tale filled with wonder, adventure, and a captivating plot. First published in 1865, All Around the Moon depicts an accomplishment that mankind wouldn’t achieve for another century. Verne portrays a mission that had yet to be dreamed off, fascinating his original readers with his originality, and continuing to delight contemporary audiences with his vivid imagination and quick wit.