Download or read book The Long Accomplishment written by Rick Moody and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] moving, funny, hauntingly brilliant memoir about marriage.” —Caroline Leavitt, The San Francisco Chronicle Rick Moody, the award-winning author of The Ice Storm, shares the harrowing true story of the first year of his second marriage in this eventful, month-by-month account At this story’s start, Moody, a recovering alcoholic and sexual compulsive with a history of depression, is also the divorced father of a beloved little girl and a man in love; his answer to the question “Would you like to be in a committed relationship?” is, fully and for the first time in his life, “Yes.” And so his second marriage begins as he emerges, humbly and with tender hopes, from the wreckage of his past, only to be battered by a stormy sea of external troubles—miscarriages, the deaths of friends, and robberies, just for starters. As Moody has put it, "this is a story in which a lot of bad luck is the daily fare of the protagonists, but in which they are also in love.” To Moody’s astonishment, matrimony turns out to be the site of strength in hard times, a vessel infinitely tougher and more durable than any boat these two participants would have traveled by alone. Love buoys the couple, lifting them above their hardships, and the reader is buoyed along with them.
Download or read book Human Accomplishment written by Charles Murray and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence. "At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.' So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time. Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that have rarely been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences—a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and science; and on the patterns and trajectories of accomplishment across time and geography. Straightforwardly and undogmatically, Charles Murray takes on some controversial questions. Why has accomplishment been so concentrated in Europe? Among men? Since 1400? He presents evidence that the rate of great accomplishment has been declining in the last century, asks what it means, and offers a rich framework for thinking about the conditions under which the human spirit has expressed itself most gloriously. Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the continuing common quest of humans everywhere to discover truths, create beauty, and apprehend the good.
Download or read book The Ice Storm written by Rick Moody and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national bestseller and basis for the Ang Lee film is a “powerful” novel of two troubled families during a blizzard in 1970s suburban Connecticut (Newsday). A potentially devastating blizzard approaches New Canaan, Connecticut, while internal forces of desire, frustration, and ennui threaten to tear apart two quintessentially affluent, suburban families. Elena Hood rightfully suspects her husband, Benjamin, is having an affair with neighbor Janey Williams, while Benjamin resents Elena and his mounting feelings of ineptitude. As the snow begins to fall, Benjamin and Elena, as well as Janey and her husband, attend a neighborhood “key party,” where they and other respectable suburbanites agree to go home with whomever’s keys they draw from a bowl. Meanwhile, the Hoods’ and Williams’s teenage children are caught up in their own experimentations with sex and drugs as they test the boundaries of their structured upbringing. With author Rick Moody’s sharp eye for the nuances of suburban life and allusions to 1970s America from Watergate to the Fantastic Four, the novel’s landscape is vivid and immersive. This timeless, unforgettable novel is a compassionate portrayal of flawed characters and reflects Rick Moody’s sharp eye for the contradictions of suburban life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Rick Moody including rare images from the author’s personal collection.
Download or read book Accomplishment written by Michael Barber and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Excellent . . . reveals that high accomplishment has a signature pattern that reoccurs from sport to politics to business to government' Matthew Syed There is no secret formula for success, especially when tackling a new challenge. But what if there were a pattern you could follow? A way of mapping the route and navigating the obstacles that arise? Michael Barber has spent many years advising governments, businesses and major sporting teams around the world on how to achieve ambitious goals on time. Drawing on stories of historic visionaries and modern heroes - from Mary Fischer and Rosa Parks to Paula Radcliffe and Gareth Southgate - Barber presents a unique combination of personal anecdote, historical evidence and interviews from inspirational figures to unpack the route to success.
Download or read book No Minor Accomplishment written by Bob Golon and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's pastime has roots in New Jersey dating back to 1846 when the first baseball game using modern rules was played on Elysian Fields in Hoboken. The sport thrived throughout the state until the 1950s when fans began to turn away from local competition, preferring to watch games broadcast on television, to take a trip to see a major league team in New York, or to frequent newly air-conditioned movie theaters or bowling alleys. By the early 1990s, however, a growing disenchantment with the high ticket prices and corporate atmosphere of Major League Baseball led to the revival of a purer form of the sport in the Garden State. In No Minor Accomplishment, sports historian and New Jersey native Bob Golon tells the story of the state's baseball scene since the Trenton Thunder arrived in 1994. Drawing on interviews with team owners and employees, industry executives and fans, Golon goes behind the scenes to show how maintaining a minor league ball club can be a risky business venture. Stadiums cost millions to build, and a team full of talented players does not immediately guarantee success. Instead, each of the eight minor league and independent professional teams in the state must tailor themselves to the communities in which they are situated. Shrewd marketing is necessary to attract fans, but Golon also explains how, unlike Major League Baseball, the business aspect of the minor and independent leagues is not something the average spectator notices. For the fans, baseball in New Jersey is wholesome, exciting family entertainment.
Download or read book The management of innovation and its role for the accomplishment of leadership excellence in SMEs written by Markus Santer and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2004-02-06 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die aktuelle Situation auf den Märkten ist gekennzeichnet durch Hyperwettbewerb, stark verkürzte Produktlebenszyklen, immer kürzere Produkt- und Technologieentwicklungszeiten. Daraus resultiert die zunehmende Notwendigkeit auch für KMUs, auf internationalen Märkten tätig zu sein und Kernkompetenzen global zu nutzen. Vorsprung zu haben vor anderen, vor Wettbewerbern ist zweifellos von Vorteil. Im Wettlauf um Kunden und überzeugte Anhänger gewinnt doch immer der, der besser, innovativer ist. Erfolgreiches Innovationsmanagement ist eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für überdurchschnittliche Wertsteigerung des Unternehmens, höheres Wachstum im Vergleich zu Konkurrenzunternehmen, Kundenzufriedenheit und letztendlich somit auch eine Notwendigkeit zur Zufriedenstellung aller Stakeholder. Die eingehende Auseinandersetzung mit sowohl theoretischen Grundlagen als auch praktisch angewandten Methoden des Innovationsmanagements bildet den Ausgangspunkt für unsere Diplomarbeit. Das Ziel unserer Arbeit ist es, einerseits theoretische Einblicke in neue Konzepte des Innovationsmanagements zu geben, und andererseits auch praktische Entscheidungshilfen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zur Verfügung zu stellen. Abstract: What are the main reasons for the fact that some companies are able to produce more innovative products and services of better quality in less time for their customers compared to their competitors in a given market? Which are the most important success factors and leadership implications that make some small and medium-sized firms more innovative and more successful than others? Those have been the underlying questions that guided us, when writing this paper on the management of innovation and its role for the accomplishment of leadership excellence in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When searching the literature of the past five years one can find a vast amount of published articles and studies on innovation and the management of innovation but only a limited number of articles dealt with the specific situation and needs of SMEs. Thus we felt that it would be helpful for leaders of this type of companies to identify a set of practicable implications and measures to be taken in order to support and foster innovation. Of course we cannot reinvent the wheel by setting completely new rules of doing business in SMEs. But what we can do here is trying to identify relevant steps helping to support innovative [...]
Download or read book The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man s redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ The third edition written by William Bates and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book 19 Ways to Achieve Personal Accomplishment written by Jeff Davidson and published by Breathing Space Institute. This book was released on 2009 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn effective ways to acheive personal success
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Download or read book History of the Rise Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament written by Thomas Clarkson and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1839 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
