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All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth; yet no two are the same. Their beliefs, societies and place in the wider world all vary. Despite this, all previous golden ages have ended, whether it be because of external pressures or internal fracturing; too much hubris or too little wariness.

Écrit par l’auteur de la biographie autorisée de Steve Jobs, voici le récit intime de l’innovateur le plus fascinant et le plus controversé de la planète. Visionnaire défiant toutes les règles, Elon Musk est l’homme qui a fait entrer le monde dans l’ère des voitures électriques, de l’exploration spatiale privée et de l’intelligence artificielle. Ah, au fait : il a aussi racheté Twitter. Durant son enfance en Afrique du Sud, Elon Musk est la cible des violences de ses camarades. Un jour, une bande le pousse du haut d’une volée de marches et le roue de coups, réduisant son visage à une masse de chair boursouflée.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep by Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin, read by Rachel Bavidge and Roy McMillan. The groundbreaking No. 1 bestseller is sure to turn nightly bedtime battles into a loving and special end-of-day ritual...

Johan Cruyff is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. Throughout his playing career, he was synonymous with Total Football, a style of play in which every player could play in any position on the pitch. Today, his philosophy lives on in teams across Europe, from...

Marx and Engels were right when they observed in the Communist Manifesto that free markets had in a short time created greater prosperity and more technological innovation than all previous generations combined. A century and a half later, all the evidence shows that capitalism has lifted millions and millions from hunger and poverty. Today's story about global capitalism, shared by right-wing and left-wing populists, but also by large sections of the political and economic establishment, does not deny that prosperity has been created, but it says it ended up in far too few hands.

The Waning of the Middle Ages (also known as The Autumn of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages), subtitled A study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, is Johan Huizinga's most famous work. It was published in 1919 as Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen and first translated into English in 1924. Huizinga defends the idea that the exaggerated formality and romanticism of late medieval court society was a defense mechanism against the constantly increasing violence and brutality of life. The break off between Middle ...

Do you struggle to get your child to sleep? Discover the miracle book and reclaim bedtime! Join millions of parents all over the world and embrace a bedtime routine that will help your child to relax and fall fast asleep. Let your child be lulled to sleep with Tractor Alex in a sleep-inducing ride around the farm. Along the way they meet Yawning Carrot, Half-Asleep Leon, Sleeping Apples and other friends, who tell them what they do to fall asleep at night. Your child will have a soothing and relaxing experience and can fall asleep quickly - at naptime and bedtime.

An accessible summary of the climate emergency and how to turn things around, from authors whose work informed the Netflix series Our Planet, narrated by David Attenborough. On the brink of a critical moment in human history, this audiobook presents a vision of 'planetary stewardship' - a rethinking of our relationship with our planet - and plots a new course for our future. The authors reveal the full scale of the planetary emergency we face - but also how we can stabilise Earth's life support system. The necessary change is within our power, if we act now. 

Do you struggle to get your child to sleep? Discover the miracle book and reclaim bedtime! Join millions of parents all over the world and embrace a bedtime routine that will help your child to relax and fall fast asleep. Let your child be lulled to sleep with Tractor Alex in a sleep-inducing ride around the farm. Along the way they meet Yawning Carrot, Half-Asleep Leon, Sleeping Apples and other friends, who tell them what they do to fall asleep at night. Your child will have a soothing and relaxing experience and can fall asleep quickly - at naptime and bedtime.

Add variety to your child's bedtime routine with the latest book from the author of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep, the global bestseller that parents have been raving about! Features all-new child-tested, parent-approved techniques to reclaim bedtime and provide a sweet and tender end to...

Initial public offerings (IPOs), or new listings of companies on stock exchanges, are among the most important form of finance and generate considerable attention and excitement. They are used to raise capital or to monetize investments by the early generation of venture capital and other private investors. They are increasingly international in scope and reach. This audio handbook provides a comprehensive overview of why companies list on stock exchanges, how IPOs are regulated, initially valued, and their performance in the short and long run.

As CEOs and business leaders navigate a world of complex global challenges, sustainability is no longer optional but a business imperative. In this book, two sustainability leaders with decades of experience - Henrik Henriksson, CEO of Scania, and Elaine Weidman Grunewald, cofounder of the AI Sustainability Center and former chief sustainability and public affairs officer at Ericsson - offer a simple but powerful three-step model for leading an organization on a sustainability transformation journey that aims at big, audacious, world-changing goals.

Brought to you by Penguin. How much light is too much light? The Darkness Manifesto urges us to cherish natural darkness for the sake of the environment, our own wellbeing, and all life on earth. The world's flora and fauna have evolved to operate in the natural cycle of day and night. But...

Honest Pages is your cozy literary hangout where books come to life! Join us for laid-back, real conversations about the books we're reading, diving deep into stories with humor, heart, and zero pretension. Each episode is like grabbing coffee with your most bookish friends - expect candid reviews, unexpected insights, and plenty of book recommendations that'll have you racing to your nearest bookstore.Crafted with a blend of human creativity and AI-driven innovation, this podcast delivers a unique listening experience.

On the face of it, Avatar: The Last Airbender is a story about a lone superhero. However, saving the world is a team effort, embodied in Team Avatar, aka the Gaang. Aang needs help from his friends and tutors, even from non-human animals. Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy brings to the fore the Eastern, Western, and Indigenous philosophies that are implicit in the show. This volume features contributions by experts on Buddhist, Daoist, Confucian, and Indigenous schools of thought, next to focusing on Western classical authors.

Succes bouwen zonder jezelf te verliezen. Dat is waar De Ronde Tafel over gaat.Johan Volckaert, De Netwerk Ridder, werkte jarenlang als tuinier op het Koninklijk Domein. Hij kent planten, grond, materialen en de praktijk van het echte tuinwerk van binnen uit. En hij heeft ontdekt dat een tuin nooit liegt. Hij toont wat je plant, wat je verwaarloost, wat er te lang onkruid staat en wat er nooit echt heeft geworteld omdat het met harde hand werd afgedwongen in plaats van met geduld geplant.Jouw onderneming werkt niet anders.Vandaag begeleidt Johan ondernemers als business mentor, vanuit eigen ...

Je sais que c'est mal. Mais je ne peux pas m'en empêcher. Alison Wood est avocate pénaliste. À mesure que sa carrière décolle, sa vie familiale se dégrade : elle passe ses journées à plaider et ses soirées dans les bars pour décompresser. Patrick, un collègue avec qui elle entretient une liaison toxique, souffle le chaud et le froid et l'humilie tout autant qu'il se sert d'elle. Pourtant, Alison n'arrive pas à décrocher.

In a gripping tale of deceit and its far-reaching consequences, Norby is asked to back a bank loan for Wangen, willingly signing the loan document in front of a witness. When that witness unexpectedly passes away, the truth begins to unravel. Years later, as Wangen defaults on the loan, Norby claims his signature is a forgery, igniting a chain reaction that profoundly impacts Wangen, Norby, their wives, families, and the entire community. This poignant Norwegian novel, now expertly translated into English, delves into the devastating effects of a single lie. (Lee Smalley)

In a remote village along the rugged coast of Northern Norway, the Myran family navigates the challenges of a life intertwined with the sea. The father, revered as a god by his oldest son, is a dedicated fisherman, while the mother lives in a constant state of anxiety, fearing the loss of her loved ones to the fierce storms and tumultuous waves. Yearning for safety, she dreams of a life inland, away from the coastal perils. This poignant novel delves into the clash between the inland and the coast, the divide between wealth and poverty, and the tension between tradition and modernity, all set ...

It's on the television, in the papers, and in our minds. Every day we're bludgeoned by news of how bad everything is - financial collapse, unemployment, growing poverty, environmental disasters, disease, hunger, war. But the rarely acknowledged reality is that our progress over the past few decades has been unprecedented. By almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for almost everyone alive.