“…I am flooded with warmth for this little expert on the art of living, who has just realised that even he has the possibility to live a long life. …”

“…The ultimate guide for parents who dream of having a little less chaos and a lot more time for the good things in life Written by mother of five, Nicole Avery, this book shows harried parents how, with just a bit of planning, family life can become easier to manage, less stressful, and decidedly more fun. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Modernity and the Classic Gangster Film -- Silent and early sound contexts for the 'classic' cycle -- The 'classic' cycle in its critical context -- Little Caesar: an untypical 'classic' -- The gangster and modernity -- The Public Enemy: modernity, space, and masculinity -- The gangster and the gang -- Scarface: everything to excess -- Repressing modernity: the studios and the Hays Office -- The Post-Code Gangster: Ideology and Social Conscience -- The return of ideology: the G-Man and early post-moratorium variations -- The social gangster -- 'He used to be a big shot': The Roaring Twenties, history, modernity, and the gangster -- The Death of the Big Shot: the Gangster in the 1940s -- Early variations of the 1940s -- High Sierra: re-visiting and renewing the genre -- Revisiting the family plot -- The post-war big shot -- Outside Society, Outside the Gang: the Alienated Noir Gangster -- Post-war transitions: film noir's cultural and cinematic context -- Film noir and its discourses -- Gangsters and film noir -- The emasculated male in early gangster noir -- From small gangs to big business -- Late gangster noir: the triumph of technology -- Order and Chaos, Syndicates and Heists -- Heists: rationalised gangs and fragmented individuals -- Syndicates and rogue cops: un-American visions -- Nostalgia and Renewal in the Post-Classical Gangster Film -- From retro to modern: gangsters in the 1960s -- The gangster film as epic: The Godfather trilogy -- Gangsters on the margins: the gangster-loser film and blaxploitation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Changing Your Mindset -- Hit Reset -- Your Turn -- Conscious Response -- Help Along the Way -- Think Positive -- Interpersonal Relationships -- Understanding -- Communication -- The Strugglers -- The Flip Side -- Chapter 4 Be a Sponge -- Narc Marketing 101 -- The Value of Sharing Knowledge -- Free and Without Expectations -- Modeling the Behavior -- The Growth Mindset or Not -- Pain of Change -- Mindset -- Start With a Win -- Wise Versus Silly -- Confusing Change With Success -- Try Teaching It -- Troubleshoot, Diagnose, Educate -- Same Steps to Success -- Identifying Opportunities -- Free Sharing -- Challenges Are Opportunities -- A Matter of Systems -- Logic, Not Emotion -- Systems and Knowledge -- Chapter 5 Leadership Learnings -- Amazing Leadership -- Take the Time -- Feelings Matter -- Personal Quest -- Accountability -- Expectations -- Confidence -- How to Develop Confidence -- The THREE Cs of Leadership -- Set the Tone -- More Variables -- Athlete Analogy -- Most Don't Notice -- Little Bits Add Up -- Wake Up and Learn -- The Goal: Replace Yourself -- Failure -- Coping with Failure -- The Power of How We Learn -- Take the Time -- Huge Responsibility -- More of the Basics -- Stay Hungry, Stay Humble -- Leading for a Win -- Give, Give, Give -- Power of Understanding -- Avoid Battle -- Reality Check -- Tame the Beast -- Handling the Tough -- Bank Account of Life -- Don't Miss an Opportunity -- Irritant or Leadership Course? …”

“…Using a range of previously little-used materials, Clark forces us to fundamentally reassess our understanding of the Cultural Revolution, a period which he sees as the product of innovation in conflict with the effort by political leaders to enforce a top-down modernity…”

“…Part One, “Noster Chaucer,” looks at examples in Chaucer studies, such as the notion that Chaucer wrote iambic pentameter, and the definition of a canon in Chaucer. “Our” Chaucer has, it seems, little to do with Chaucer himself, and in constructing this entity, Chaucerians are engaged largely in self-validation of their own tradition. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Why ETS -- The Concepts of ETS -- ETS Phone Home -- Creating and Deleting Tables -- Inserting and Looking Up Data -- Meeting Your Match -- You Have Been Selected -- DETS -- A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action, Please -- The Interface -- Implementation Details -- 26. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- People you know -- People you don't know -- The people who you are targeting -- Setting up the play-date for playtesting -- A little goes a long way -- Getting everyone on the same page -- Play time! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- An Irrational Decision -- Kick the Tires, Light the Fires -- A Climate of Chaos -- Looking for a few Good People -- Mr. …”

Sumario

“…This Shadow War is already the greatest threat to America's national security, even though most Americans know little or nothing about it. With on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine to the South China Sea, from a sub under the Arctic to unprecedented access to America's Space Command, Sciutto draws on his deep knowledge, high-level contacts, and personal experience as a journalist and diplomat to paint the most comprehensive and vivid picture of a nation targeted by a new and disturbing brand of warfare. …”

Enlace del recurso

Tabla de Contenidos: “…READING FLANNERY O'CONNOR IN SPAIN: FROM ANDALUSIA TO ANDALUCÍA -- LEGAL -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FLANNERY O'CONNOR: CATHOLIC AND QUIXOTIC -- REACHING THE WORLD FROM THE SOUTH:T HE TERRITOR Y OF FLANNERY O'CONNOR -- ANOTHER OF HER DISCIPLES: THE LITERARY GROTESQUE AND ITS CATHOLIC MANIFESTATIONS IN WISE BLOOD BY FLANNERY O'CONNOR AND LA VIDA INVISIBLE BY JUAN MANUEL DE PRADA -- "ANDALUSIA ON THE LIFFEY": SACRED MONSTROS ITY IN O'CONNOR AND JOYCE -- DEATH'S PERSONAL CALL: THE AESTHETICS OF CATHOLIC ESCHATOLOGY IN FLANNERY O'CONNOR'S "A GOO D MAN IS HARD TO FIND" AND MURIEL SPARK'S MEMENTO MORI -- QUIXOTISM AND MODERNISM: THE CONVERSION OF HAZEL MOTES -- A CHRISTIAN MALGRÉ LUI: CRISIS, TRANSITION, AND THE QUIXOTIC PURSUIT OF THE IDEAL IN FLANNERY O'CONNOR 'S FICTION -- THE OTHER AS ANGELS: O'CONNOR 'S CASE FOR RADICAL HOSPITALITY -- "A PURIFYING TERROR ": APOCALYPSE, APOSTASY AND ALTERITY IN FLANNERY O'CONNOR 'S "THE ENDURING CHILL" -- AN UNPLEASANT LITTLE JOLT: FLANNERY O'CONNOR'S CREATION EX CHAOS…”

“…In chasing the good life, many of us sacrifice our relationships, our health, and our sanity, and at the end of the day still find ourselves with lives and work that bring us little fulfillment or meaning. The pursuit of happiness doesn't fill this void, and it doesn't help us deal with the challenges and chaos that are inevitable in everyday life. …”