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Thomas Quick a fost condamnat pentru opt crime si a marturisit douazeci si cinci. Era considerat, in general, cel mai nemilos criminal, violator si canibal din istoria Scandinaviei. In primavara anului 2008, Hannes Rastam, un renumit jurnalist de investigatie, s-a intalnit cu Thomas Quick in spitalul de boli mintale unde acesta isi executa sentinta. A fost o intalnire care a avut consecinte pe termen lung pentru amandoi. Jurnalistul a inceput sa studieze cazul, sa citeasca si sa reciteasca verdictele si sa analizeze reconstituirile realizate de politie. A reusit sa cerceteze o sumedenie de documente care pana atunci nu fusesera luate in seama, rapoarte medicale din spital, rapoartele personale ale politistilor implicati in caz. In curand l-a cuprins o banuiala teribila, iar din munca lui acribica a rezultat un puzzle care reconstruia povestea crearii celui mai teribil criminal in serie al Suediei. Raspunsul la misterul lui Thomas Quick s-a dovedit a fi mai inspaimantator decat omul insusi.

Repovestiri extrem de reusite si cu ilustratii spectaculoase ale unor renumite povesti pentru copiii, care ii vor incanta si pe parinti cu siguranta. Eroii din Cenusareasa, Alba-ca-Zapada, Scufita-Rosie, Pinocchio, Vrajitorul din Oz, Alice in tara Minunilor prind viata sub mana talentata a ilustratoarei Francesca Rossi, care a absolvit Scuola Internazionale di Comics (Scoala Internationala de Benzi Desenate) din Florenta. Ea a lucrat mai multe carti ilustrate pentru edituri italiene si realizeaza desene pentru carti, coperte si postere. Pe langa activitatea de ilustratoare, ea conduce ateliere in scoli si biblioteci, ocupandu-se totodata si de decorarea vaselor de ceramica

Repovestiri extrem de reusite si cu ilustratii spectaculoase ale unor renumite povesti pentru copiii, care ii vor incanta si pe parinti cu siguranta. Eroii din Cenusareasa, Alba-ca-Zapada, Scufita-Rosie, Pinocchio, Vrajitorul din Oz, Alice in tara Minunilor prind viata sub mana talentata a ilustratoarei Francesca Rossi, care a absolvit Scuola Internazionale di Comics (Scoala Internationala de Benzi Desenate) din Florenta. Ea a lucrat mai multe carti ilustrate pentru edituri italiene si realizeaza desene pentru carti, coperte si postere. Pe langa activitatea de ilustratoare, ea conduce ateliere in scoli si biblioteci, ocupandu-se totodata si de decorarea vaselor de ceramica.

Repovestiri extrem de reusite si cu ilustratii spectaculoase ale unor renumite povesti pentru copiii, care ii vor incanta si pe parinti cu siguranta. Eroii din Cenusareasa, Alba-ca-Zapada, Scufita-Rosie, Pinocchio, Vrajitorul din Oz, Alice in tara Minunilor prind viata sub mana talentata a ilustratoarei Francesca Rossi, care a absolvit Scuola Internazionale di Comics (Scoala Internationala de Benzi Desenate) din Florenta. Ea a lucrat mai multe carti ilustrate pentru edituri italiene si realizeaza desene pentru carti, coperte si postere. Pe langa activitatea de ilustratoare, ea conduce ateliere in scoli si biblioteci, ocupandu-se totodata si de decorarea vaselor de ceramica.

Sandra Gulland a devenit cunoscuta publicului american odata cu publicarea, in 1995, a trilogiei dedicate lui Josephine Bonaparte si epocii napoleoniene – Josephine B. Trilogy. Succesul urmatoarelor sale romane de fictiune istorica a trecut Oceanul, iar in prezent cartile sale sunt traduse in peste zece limbi.

Porneste din nou in aventura alaturi de celebrul Stropi Agrarescu: fa cunostinta cu echipa de avioane de pompieri de elita care protejeaza Parcul National Varful Piston.

Coloreaza plansele, apoi decupeaza-le si decoreaza-ti camera cu ele.

„In acest volum veti descoperi o voce critica retinuta la capitolul invective, dar care e cat se poate de ritoasa in privinta principiilor.

(...) In disputa care se intarata periodic, despre locul nostru in Europa, Dan Radu Stanescu spune calm ca suntem balcanici. Nu geografic, ci in spirit, din cauza ca balcanismul nu e o simpla arie geografica, ci o conjunctie culturala de care apartinem, cu bune si cu rele. Daca ne ignoram trasaturile balcanice, n‑avem cum sa ne autoevaluam onest si lucid si vom continua sa ne privim ca pe o ciudatenie din sud‑estul Europei, marcata cu dangaua inrosita in foc si de turci, si de rusi, dar si cu tatuajele visarilor noastre occidentale, pe care le‑am ascuns periodic, ca sa nu ne ia turcii banii si beregata si rusii din teritoriu.“ - Cristian Teodorescu

Intr-o priveliste, liniile care despart au si calitatea de a uni. Rare (dar cu atit mai apreciate de privitori) sint situatiile cind o linie care desparte si uneste are glas. O asemenea linie se numesteorizont verbal, iar actiunea ei se cheama orizontare. Orizontarea nu este altceva decit organizarea unui spatiu prin cuvinte. Dintre cuvintele folosite la orizontarea lumii, trei au patruns in limba romana (aduse de pribegii orizontali in traiste) si s-au stabilit aici. Primul este prunc, folosit cind un sir de munti intilneste bolta si o impunge. Ca sa n-o rupa (fiindca s-ar crea un clivaj intre compartimente), orizontul verbal intervine cu vorba. El spune prunc si un tampon de nori se naste, creste si se asterne, unind virfurile muntilor cu poala boltii, intr-un contact fara asprime. La celalalt capat al spectrului sonor se aude cuvintul porunca, rostit pentru a desparti apele de uscat, care altfel s-ar impreuna intr-un mil. Iar ultimul este crocodil, spus incet pe un cimp medical, printre cabluri.

Intr-o dimineata trecea ca de obicei printre sezlonguri. O fata era intinsa pe burta si citea. Multi oameni citeau pe plaja asta, fiecare cate o carte groasa in care sa-si adanceasca privirea. Fata citea serioasa si el s-a lasat pe jos in dreptul ei. A inceput sa-i arate cerceii, ea si-a ridicat capul, s-a uitat la el, s-a uitat la cercei si a zambit. No, thank you. El a insistat, ii ardea capul de atata soare, nu mai avea putere sa se ridice, s-ar fi lungit acolo si ar fi asteptat pana cand n-ar mai fi simtit nimic. I-a scos o pereche de cercei bleu si fata i-a privit pentru o clipa. I-a zambit iar, no, thank you, si si-a lasat capul mai jos, aproape atingea cartea cu fruntea. Nici fata nu voia cerceii lui. A intepenit acolo pe jos langa ea si a inceput sa repete singur: no, thank you, no, thank you, no, thank you. Asta era tot ce gasise pe insula.

« Fluvii de asfalt mai mult redeschide rani decat le pecetluieste. Sau rana devine tatuaj pe pielea delicata a unei femei salbatice, zambitoare la suprafata, uraganica la interior. Chiar si asa, poezia Ligiei Parvulescu emana feminitati visatoare, subacvatice, inconjurate de peisaje-amintiri si obiecte-simbol. Romantismul se enerveaza pe durerile lui si devine expresionism in continua metempsihoza. Arta a iubirii rostita aproape cu ura, odio et amo, ca dupa o ratare sofisticata, proiectata pe mari ecrane urbane. Poetii raman sute de ani adolescenti – e micul lor secret. » Felix Nicolau

„Daca n-ar fi un retractil (nu doar ca personalitate, ci – frecvent – ca atitudine textuala), O. Nimigean ar putea fi luat drept romantic tarziu. Daca n-ar avea pusee afective, nostalgii amare sau tandre, ar putea fi catalogat drept neoexpresionist. Daca n-ar scrie sub presiunea unei enorme biblioteci, ar putea trece drept douamiist. Daca nu l-ar interesa structurile adanci ale suferintei, daca n-ar lega poezia de constiinta si de adevar, ar putea sa incapa intreg in poeticile textualiste. Daca n-ar avea luciditatea taioasa si coroziva a lui Caragiale, printre poemele sale s-ar putea numara si poeme solare. Daca propria cerebralitate interpretanta n-ar intrerupe aproape de fiecare data transa si ritmul poemului, pentru a le esentializa discursiv, poemele sale ar fi vizionare. Cum este de asteptat, ceea ce ramane nerotunjit in impresiile conditionale despre destinul poetic al acestui solitar prin optiune poetica si dialogal prin intentie este chiar amprenta individualitatii sale artistice. Avem in fata integrala unui clasic al contradictiilor. Vom sti sa o citim?” Mihaela Ursa

Locul: un camp pustiu, o pestera, capela unei manastiri. Momentul: noaptea sau dimineata devreme, in Lourdes, Paris, Fatima sau in alta parte. Martori: credinciosi, oameni simpli. Semn de avertizare: o rafala de vant, un fulger pe cer, un porumbel alb. In cele din urma apare Fecioara... In cele mai multe cazuri, aceasta se anunta: „Eu sunt Fecioara celor saraci“, „Eu sunt Neprihanita Zamislire“...

O ocazie de a medita asupra numeroaselor mistere ale corpului si asupra obiectivului suprem: o viata sanatoasa.

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„Capacitatea de a lua decizii investitionale avizate poate avea un impact semnificativ asupra vietii dumneavoastra. Va poate furniza o pensie confortabila, va poate permite sa va trimiteti copiii la colegiu, oferindu-va libertatea financiara de a va satisface dorintele de tot felul. Iar investitiile inteligente, care se regasesc in arta si stiinta principiilor investitiilor bazate pe valoare, nu sunt inaccesibile. Nu necesita decat intelegerea catorva principii sanatoase, pe care oricine cu o inteligenta medie le poate stapani.“ - Christopher H. Browne

This book contains practical ideas on making the most out of every space in the home. Among the ideas included are tips to make spaces look larger; advice on lighting; a guide to storage in the kitchen, bathrooms and areas throughout the home; recomendation for entrance areas and hallways;exemples of how to hang pictures; and suggestions for indoor and outdoor furniture, all following interior design principles and presented in a fun and instructive way.

he aim of this series is to be a reference for everyone who wants to furnish or decorate a new house or give a different impulse to the home. With different approaches to the same theme, the interior design, the reader will find in every book different ideas that will definitely help decorate a space planned for living.

Each book offers a vast selection of images and presents current decoration trends in the market with products from different brands, designers and manufactures. Essential reading for anyone wishing to renovate the home!

Nobody comes into the world a natural leader. But what is it that transforms some people into the kind of magnetic individuals who inspire others to follow? Success expert Brian Tracy has helped thousands of people become exceptional leaders and now, in this concise and powerful book, he reveals how you can: • Inspire trust, confidence, and loyalty • Instill a sense of meaning and purpose in your organization

The strength of any organization is determined by the quality of its managers. What they do and how they do it is the key determinant of corporate success. Want to become invaluable to your company? Boost your managerial skills. The good news is that great managers are made ...not born. When you discover what the most successful managers know, you will unlock the secrets to turning even ordinary employees into extraordinary performers. Now with this handy little book, success expert Brian Tracy reveals how anyone can easily: set performance standards; delegate productively; define key result areas; concentrate attention and resources on high-payoff activities and eliminate distractions; hire and fire effectively; build a staff of peak performers; hold meetings that work; foster team spirit; communicate with clarity; negotiate successfully; remove obstacles to performance; set the right example; make good decisions quickly; and more. Filled with practical, proven techniques and tools, this essential guide shows you how to bring out the best in your people - and hit new heights in your own career.

Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, architect, inventor, and even musician—the archetypal Renaissance man. But he was also a profoundly modern man.

Not only did Leonardo invent the empirical scientific method over a century before Galileo and Francis Bacon, but Capra’s decade-long study of Leonardo’s fabled notebooks reveals that he was a systems thinker centuries before the term was coined. At the very core of Leonardo’s science, Capra argues, lies his persistent quest for understanding the nature of life. His science is a science of living forms, of qualities and patterns, radically different from the mechanistic science that emerged 200 years later.

Because he saw the world as an integrated whole, Leonardo always applied concepts from one area to illuminate problems in another. His studies of the movement of water informed his ideas about how landscapes are shaped, how sap rises in plants, how air moves over a bird’s wing, and how blood flows in the human body. His observations of nature enhanced his art, his drawings were integral to his scientific studies, and he brought art, science, and technology together in his beautiful and elegant mechanical and architectural designs.

Capra describes seven defining characteristics of Leonardo da Vinci’s genius and includes a list of over forty discoveries he made that weren’t rediscovered until centuries later. Capra follows the organizational scheme Leonardo himself intended to use if he ever published his notebooks. So in a sense, this is Leonardo’s science as he himself would have presented it.

Obviously, we can’t all be geniuses on the scale of Leonardo da Vinci. But his persistent endeavor to put life at the very center of his art, science, and design and his recognition that all natural phenomena are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent are important lessons we can learn from. By exploring the mind of the preeminent Renaissance genius, we can gain profound insights into how to address the complex challenges of the 21st century.

Take Charge of the Relationship That Matters Most to Your Career

Your most important work relationship is with your boss. You need it to go well. But even the best bosses can be hard to read, and some seem downright inscrutable. Your boss isn’t going to change for you—don’t waste your time trying. The solution lies in figuring out what makes your boss tick and adapting your own work style to make the relationship better. But how do you do that?

In this pragmatic and accessible guide, top executive coach Steve Arneson shows how to find the answers to fifteen essential questions that will help you understand your boss’s leadership style, goals, motivations, work relationships, and how he or she sees you. Vivid real-world examples demonstrate Arneson’s advice in action and show clearly how this process can be used to gain a more meaningful, productive, and enjoyable work life.

Most companies talk about excellence, but what does excellence really mean? What specific attitudes and practices lead to excellence? Drawing on years of study and decades of experience, authors Harry Paul, John Britt, and Ed Jent have zeroed in on five core qualities of excellence. In this entertaining and enlightening book, they tell how to give and be your best in each of these five critical dimensions and foster excellence in your organization and in your life.

The book begins with a crime being committed: Excellence (personified) has been kidnapped, and Leadership assembles Excellence’s team (Passion, Flexibility, Communication, Competency, and Ownership) and challenges them to work together to get their Excellence back.

And who is the culprit? It is Average who has kidnapped Excellence and replaced Excellence’s team with his own: N. Different, N. Ept, N. Flexible, Miss Communication, and Poser. But a mysterious ransom note sparks a struggle between Average and Excellence.

Integrated into this tale of organizational excellence is the story of Dave, a delivery man. The kidnapping causes Dave to contemplate his own life and relationships in a way that makes the paths of personal and organizational excellence cross and intertwine. Who Kidnapped Excellence? is a parable that helps organizations and individuals achieve their best in every aspect of their lives.

It's amazing the misinformation found in most resume books! Scott Bennett has hired hundreds of people in a variety of industries, and he knows first hand what kind of resume sparks an employer's interest - and which ones fail. In The Elements of Resume Style, he warns against popular "tricks" that tend to backfire - and instead shows readers how to craft clear, compelling, targeted resumes and cover letters that actually work. In this new edition, readers see that whether it's on paper or online, the rules are the same: use clear, dynamic language - and keep it short and focused. Now covering social media, the online application process, and more, this indispensable guide provides: more than 1,400 action words, statements, and position descriptions that help sell your skills and experience; hundreds of words, phrases, and vague claims to avoid; advice for handling employment gaps, job-hopping, and requests for salary history and requirements; sample resumes, response letter, inquiry letter, informational interview request letter, references, and more; and, surprising tips for acing the interview. Competition is intense no matter what your field, but this candid book's time-tested tools will make you stand out - and help get you the job you deserve!

Poorly designed employee surveys frustrate participants, analysts, and executives and can end up doing more harm than good. Alec Levenson offers sensible, practical ways to make them more useful and accurate and counters a number of unhelpful but common practices. He provides specific advice for ensuring that the purpose and desired outcomes of surveys are clear, the questions are designed to provide the most relevant and accurate data, and the results are actionable. He also looks at a wealth of specific issues, such as the best benchmarking practices, the benefits of multivariate modeling for analyzing results, the linking of survey data with performance data, the best ways to measure employee engagement, the pros and cons of respondent anonymity, and much more.

Overfished Ocean Strategyoffers five essential principles for innovating in this new reality. Zhexembayeva shows how businesses can find new opportunities in what were once considered useless by-products, discover resource-conserving efficiencies up and down their value chain, transfer their expertise from physical products to services, and develop ways to rapidly try out and refine these new business models. She fills the book with examples of companies that are already successfully navigating the overfished ocean, from established corporations such as BMW, Microsoft, and Puma to newcomers such as Lush, FLOOW2, and Sourcemap.

The linear, throwaway economy of today—in which we extract resources at one end, create products, and throw them away at the other—is rapidly coming to an end. In every industry, creative minds are learning how to make money by taking this line and turning it into a circle. Nadya Zhexembayeva shows how you can join them and avoid being left high and dry.

The tumultuous changes of the past decade, including China's economic rise and the financial meltdown, were just the beginning. The next cataclysmic wave is surging relentlessly ahead, demanding leaders who can steer their companies through complexity and change. Drawn from original research conducted jointly with foresight company Z-Punkt and further analyzed by Hay Group, Leadership 2030 uncovers six megatrends that will dramatically impact organizations' markets, cultures, systems, and processes: Globalization 2.0: Asia dominates the global economy; Climate change: Sustainability becomes imperative; Individualism: Freedom of choice erodes loyalty; Digitization: Boundaries blur between private and working lives; Demographic changes: Aging populations intensify the talent war; and Converging technologies: The sharpest tech shift in history is around the corner. Research findings and case studies provide compelling evidence of each megatrend and highlight the skills, capabilities, and attitudes leaders must cultivate, such as adaptability, collaboration, cultural sensitivity, strategic thinking, meaning creation, and more. In the rush to produce quarterly profits in chaotic conditions, the longer view is often obscured. This forward-thinking book helps businesses everywhere prepare for the seismic changes on the horizon.

Certainly there is a wealth of excellent fitness advice here—but ultimately, this is a book about commitment. People don’t fail because they don’t know what to do—they fail because they just don’t do it. Using the tools in this book, you’ll be able to move from simply being interested in fitness to making a lasting commitment—one that will add a spring to your step, a smile to your face, and years to your life.

Social labs bring together a diverse a group of stakeholders—not to create yet another five-year plan but to develop a portfolio of prototype solutions, test those solutions in the real world, use the data to further refine them, and test them again. Hassan builds on a decade of experience—as well as drawing from cutting-edge research in complexity science, networking theory, and sociology—to explain the core principles and daily functioning of social labs, using examples of pioneering labs from around the world. He offers a new generation of problem solvers an effective, practical, and exciting new vision and guide.

Karen Hough doesn’t want you to be “perfect.” People fear public speaking because they worry about having to conform to all sorts of handed-down rules that tie them up in knots and put their audiences to sleep. It’s authenticity and passion that win people over, she says, not “polish.” But you can’t be authentic if you’re following guidelines that drain the life and personality out of your presentation.

Karen Hough doesn’t want you to be “perfect.” People fear public speaking because they worry about having to conform to all sorts of handed-down rules that tie them up in knots and put their audiences to sleep. It’s authenticity and passion that win people over, she says, not “polish.” But you can’t be authentic if you’re following guidelines that drain the life and personality out of your presentation.

Hough debunks over a dozen myths about presenting to make it more fun and natural for everyone. She explains how practicing in front of a mirror makes you worse, why you should never end with questions, and much more. She includes true stories of people who not only were able to become great presenters by being “bad” but actually came to enjoy it! Like them, by following Karen Hough’s wise and witty advice, you’ll be able to tear up the old rules and embrace and develop your own style. You’ll be freed to be a living, breathing, occasionally clumsy human being whose enthusiasm is powerful and infectious.

Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, Firearms: An Illustrated History charts the evolution of the gun, from the pistol and rifle, to the machine gun and revolver.

Detailed catalogs profile more than 300 firearms spanning over 700 years. With virtual tours detailing the most intricate details of key weaponry and photographic features on the world's iconic gun makers, including Colt, Smith & Wesson, Maxim, and Kalashnikov, Firearms: An Illustrated History is the perfect gift for gun, weapon, and military history enthusiasts.