“…–Nick Bleech, IT Security Director, Rolls-Royce “If you are dependent upon software (and of course, all of us in the modern world are) this book is a fabulous discussion of how and why we should worry.” …”

“…Despite this cast’s vastly different backgrounds and skills, Florida’s research concludes that there are seven key principles to achieving your business and life goals: Envision the future Find your passion Get creative Design your time Collaborate Take risks Embrace failure Unfortunately, this is exactly what the majority of us don’t do. Instead of developing a real strategy to upgrade and optimize our lives, too many of us just slog through life in a state of “managed dissatisfaction.” …”

“…Bouchard is a senior manager with US-Canada Sales Planning and Operations at Cisco. …”

“…It can be summed up in two words: executive presence. While most of us toil in obscurity and expect great things to follow, those on the path to corporate leadership spend their time perfecting the types of leadership communication skills that generate respect and get others to share their vision. …”

“…—Ian Ayres,Yale professor and author of Super Crunchers: Why Thinking By Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart "A book that engages us with stories that a journalist would write, the compelling stories behind the stories as illuminated by the numbers, and the dynamics that the numbers reveal." …”

“…He is a session group manager for IPv6 content at Cisco Live events in the U.S. and Europe. In this role, he reviews course submissions, contributes content, and coaches speakers. …”

“…It reveals the accomplishments of extraordinary people who could see what others could not. Feinberg helps us demystify the secrets of inspirational decision making and makes us all realize we can be inspiring, too.” …”

“…These methods also unshackle them from the constraints of overly analytical thinking and linear problem solving that our education places so much emphasis on, as well as from the fear of failure, all of which thwart so many of us in trying to be more innovative. Reporting on a fascinating range of research, from the psychology of creative blocks to the influential Silicon Valley-based field of design thinking, Sims offers engaging and wonderfully illuminating accounts of breakthrough innovators at work, including how Hewlett-Packard stumbled onto the breakaway success of the first hand-held calculator; the remarkable storyboarding process at Pixar films that has been the key to their unbroken streak of box office successes; the playful discovery process by which Frank Gehry arrived at his critically acclaimed design for Disney Hall; the "aha" revelation that led Amazon to pursue its wildly successful affiliates program; and the U.S. …”

“…America is at a crossroads. It is time for us to choose between stricter government control that limits our freedom or a more open free market that is the key to prosperity. …”

“…Speaking of the paintings Gustav Klimt made for the University of Vienna in 1907, Adolf Loos wrote that "Klimt has seized the sky and handed it to us. He has grabbed the old sky [...] Yet a new sky has been made ready for us, one that has neither a top nor a bottom, where no one has to sit on top of a cloud to avoid falling down, where there is no going up nor going down".There is a fifth facade, a space that can be inhabited by manipulating gravity, breaking free from the earth, embracing each and every world, whether by referring to the stars or by considering, as Parisi recalls, the observation of phantasmagorical images formed by starlings at sunset, or - in Loos' words - by giving form to mystical-metaphysical dreams.To look at the sky is to go beyond all limits; it is to welcome uprooting in order to explore, even if this means burning in the heat of the sun…”

“…Finally, a number of scholars assess the finished products, discussing what they tell us about the modern reception of the Bible, with additional consideration of how these productions influence biblical scholars and contribute to the scholarly agenda…”

“…The novelty of this book is that it shows that Simon Magus’ receptions teach us a great deal about the contexts in which this archetype was deployed…”

“…"To explore this question, the book describes and analyzes four recent building projects embedded in complex and diverse historical, political, cultural and spatial circumstances: the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia; the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre in Australia; The Museum of Struggle in South Africa; and the Southern Poverty Law Center in the US."--BOOK JACKET…”
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“…"To explore this question, the book describes and analyzes four recent building projects embedded in complex and diverse historical, political, cultural and spatial circumstances: the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia; the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre in Australia; The Museum of Struggle in South Africa; and the Southern Poverty Law Center in the US."--BOOK JACKET…”
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“…Knowing and following the reading development and its processes, as well as obtaining the punctuation of fluency abilities and students comprehension allow us to understand what happens when the student presents difficulties to read. …”

“…These questions constitute what epidemiology is all about, and their precise and comprehensive answers can transform lives and help us have the right perceptions for the health challenges we face and accept the possibility of dealing with them directly…”

“…The remains of places of worship bear witness to the limits of the territory and help us to weave on the map the extent of these regions as well as that of their neighbouring neighbours…”

“…The papers included in this Special Issue can help us to determine the new directions being addressed in the research on sustainability tourism…”

“…In so doing, she advances our knowledge of the cultural-historical formation of the timbral politics of difference and the ways that comprehending voice remains central to understanding human experience, all the while advocating for a form of listening that would allow us to hear singers in a self-reflexive, denaturalized way…”

“…The rising income inequalities within countries raise more policy challenges for Europe than for the US…”