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A parabola de Quem mexeu no meu queijo? revela verdades profundas sobre mudanças da vida. E a obra acabou se tornando um dos maiores sucessos do mercado editorial brasileiro. Com mais de um milhão e meio de cópias vendidas, esta edição ganha prefácio inédito de Kenneth blanchard PHD, coautor do best-seller O gerente-minuto.

A partir da análise de mil anos de história, aliada ao exame de evidências contemporâneas, Daron Acemoglu e Simon Johnson, professores do Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts (MIT), mostram como o progresso depende das escolhas que fazemos sobre o uso e os avanços da tecnologia.

Gerard Ploilaux, a 17th-century violin enthusiast, makes a rare find in a unique violin, which produces the most incredible sound he has yet experienced. Seeking to replace the strings, he is driven on a quest that takes him to places few have ventured and he meets people he wished he had not. The excursion leaves him wishing he had not ventured from the familiar sanctuary of his life into terror-striken realms he did not know existed.

In Areté, Brian Johnson integrates ancient wisdom, modern science, and practical tools to, as per the sub-title of the book, help you activate your Heroic potential and fulfill your destiny. If you asked the ancient stoic philosophers how to live a good life, they’d answer you in a single word: Areté. We translate Areté as “virtue” or “excellence” but the word has a deeper meaning—something closer to being your best self moment to moment to moment.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson, read by George Newbern. From Steven Johnson, the best-selling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, comes How We Got to Now, which tracks the surprising inspirations and unexpected consequences of the most influential innovations.

Throughout history, technological change — whether it takes the form of agricultural improvements in the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, or today’s artificial intelligence — has been viewed as a main driver of prosperity, working in the public interest. The reality, though, is that technology is shaped by what powerful people want and believe, generating riches, social respect, cultural prominence, and further political voice for those already powerful. For most of the rest of us, there is the illusion of progress.

Há séculos, sua figura boêmia destila charme nas mais badaladas noites, de Nova York a Londres, atraindo olhares e encantando fadas, vampiros e, claro, Caçadores de Sombras. Durante sua longa existência de mais de trezentos anos, Magnus Bane acumulou histórias que vão além de corações partidos e desventuras amorosas. Antes de lutar ao lado dos Caçadores de Sombras e de se apaixonar por Alec Lightwood, o feiticeiro conheceu ilustres personalidades e esteve nos mais marcantes acontecimentos da história mundial.

For decades The One Minute Manager has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless, our world has changed drastically since the book's publication. The exponential rise of technology, global flattening of markets, instant communication, and pressures on corporate workforces to do more with less - including resources, funding, and staff - have all revolutionized the world in which we live and work.

Steven Johnson traça a história por trás de quase duzentas descobertas e invenções, e nos mostra os sete padrões fundamentais dos processos de inovação desenvolvidos pelo homem e pela natureza. Quais são os espaços que fizeram história ao gerar níveis excepcionais de criatividade e inovação? Que processos estimulam nossa criatividade? O que podemos fazer para recriá-los em nosso cotidiano? Steven Johnson, um dos mais importantes pensadores da internet, investiga como surgem as boas ideias e as características dos ambientes em que elas são mais comuns.

Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. Love Sense presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr. Johnson explains that romantic love is an attachment bond, just like that between mother and child, and shows us how to develop our "love sense" - our ability to develop long-lasting relationships. Love is not the least bit illogical or random, but actually an ordered and wise recipe for survival.

Uma incrível jornada pela história da inovação ao longo dos séculos por um dos mais influentes pensadores da tecnologia. Refrigeração, relógios, lentes, água potável, gravação de som e luz artificial - elementos fundamentais de nossa vida diária - são esquadrinhados de forma totalmente original, desde sua remota criação por inventores diletantes, amadores e empreendedores visionários, aos efeitos e evoluções que desencadearam.

Ao contar a história de quatro personagens—dois ratos e dois humanos do mesmo tamanho dos roedores que vivem em um labirinto à procura de queijo—Spencer Johnson encantou o mundo com uma parábola simples e poderosa que revelou profundas verdades sobre mudanças. Depois de 28 milhões de exemplares vendidos ao redor do mundo, ele nos presenteia com a nova aventura de seus personagens mais queridos.

London is special. For centuries, it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London, told through a relay-race of great Londoners shows in one, personality-packed book that the ingenuity, diversity, creativity and enterprise of London are second to none. Boris Johnson believes that in order to understand London one has to know about its past. The heart and spirit of London lies in its people, in the range of its cultures.

Siga o Irmão Zachariah e veja, no contexto das negociações sombrias do Mercado das Sombras e suas celebrações festivas, o primeiro romance de Anna Lightwood, o grande pecado de Matthew Fairchild e Tessa Gray se envolver em uma guerra mundial. Valentim Morgenstern compra uma alma no Mercado e a alma de um jovem Jace Wayland encontra um porto seguro. No mercado está escondido um herdeiro perdido e um fantasma amado, e ninguém pode te salvar depois que negociarem seu coração. Nem mesmo o Irmão Zachariah.

Siga o Irmão Zachariah e veja, no contexto das negociações sombrias do Mercado das Sombras e suas celebrações festivas, o primeiro romance de Anna Lightwood, o grande pecado de Matthew Fairchild e Tessa Gray se envolver em uma guerra mundial. Valentim Morgenstern compra uma alma no Mercado e a alma de um jovem Jace Wayland encontra um porto seguro. No mercado está escondido um herdeiro perdido e um fantasma amado, e ninguém pode te salvar depois que negociarem seu coração. Nem mesmo o Irmão Zachariah.

Born just 10 months apart, July and September are thick as thieves, never needing anyone but each other. Now, following a case of school bullying, the teens have moved away with their single mother to a long-abandoned family home near the shore. In their new, isolated life, July finds that the deep bond she has always shared with September is shifting in ways she cannot entirely understand. A creeping sense of dread and unease descends inside the house.

Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths. It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work in or the family or community you live in. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving.

Scaling People is a practical and empathetic guide to being an effective leader and manager in a high-growth environment. The tactical information it puts forward—including guidance on crafting foundational documents, strategic and financial planning, hiring and team development, and feedback and performance mechanisms—can be applied to companies of any size, in any industry.

With a blend of reportage, historical data, and pop culture, Black Genius touches on timely issues of race, class, and creativity. Tre’s life and career put him in a unique position to become a cultural observer, diving into predominantly-Black cities, communities, and schools with an ever-watchful eye of what was happening around Black opportunity, mobility, politics, and institutions. In this collection Tre pinpoints four key aspects of Black American genius—innovation, family, celebration, and community as the recipe to coming out on top.

Hayley is furious that her beloved cat, Judy Garland, keeps sneaking off to the garden of the weird old lady across the street. Lillian, or Boo, as Hayley calls her, hasn’t left her house for years, not since the council came up with their plan to knock down the row of houses to make way for a new development. Everyone in the street dismisses Lillian as an eccentric old woman, but when Hayley is forced to get to know her, an unlikely bond develops between them and Hayley learns the real reason behind Lillian’s reluctance to move.