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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A new edition based on the timeless business classic—updated to help today’s readers succeed more quickly in a rapidly changing world. For decades, The One Minute Manager® has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are...

Do autor de Como chegamos até aqui e De onde vêm as boas ideias, a surpreendente história de como nós humanos ganhamos 20 mil dias a mais em nossas vidas. Buscando respostas para os desafios atuais e do futuro, Longevidade é uma ode ao poder duradouro dos objetivos comuns. Todos os avanços do mundo moderno — o método científico, as descobertas médicas, as instituições de saúde pública — proporcionaram a cada um de nós cerca de cinco décadas a mais de existência. Steven Johnson, um dos mais influentes pensadores da tecnologia, traça aqui os meandros dessa evolução.

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.

Wu Zetian was never supposed to rule. She wasn’t a princess. She wasn’t a general. She wasn’t even allowed to speak without permission. But she outlived the emperor, outmaneuvered the court, erased her rivals, and crowned herself ruler of the most powerful empire on earth. This is the true story of China’s only female emperor. Not a regent. Not a consort. Not a puppet. Emperor. Ruthless when she had to be, brilliant when it mattered, she reshaped the court, rebuilt the empire, and rewrote the rules of power. WU ZETIAN tells the real story behind the myth.

Before there was Google, there were two guys in a garage — building the future, one search result at a time. Larry Page and Sergey Brin didn’t set out to create an empire. They just wanted to organize the internet. What they ended up doing was far more profound: they rewired the way the world thinks. This audiobook dives deep into the origin story of the most powerful information engine ever created.

From Stuck to Selling is a complete roadmap for building a profitable digital product business from scratch. Written by Brittany Johnson, founder of EProducts Empire, this book walks you through every step of the process—from finding your product idea to making your first sale and scaling from there.

Benjamin Franklin was more than a Founding Father. He was America’s first hacker. He was a printer, a scientist, a diplomat, and a self-made myth who rewired the world long before the Constitution was even an idea. In FRANKLIN: The Man Who Bottled Lightning, JJ pulls back the curtain on the real Franklin. The storm-chaser, the system-builder, and the charm weapon in a fur hat. This isn’t the wise old man on the $100 bill. This is the sharp-tongued runaway who crashed empires, invented solutions, won over nations, and made rebellion sound reasonable.

Before your life can be made easier, all the aspects of your job and your areas of responsibility-which may include a department or a company-must be running smoothly and at peak performance. The question becomes, what is preventing your life from being easier? Teaching Greatness: The MOLE Theory discusses a new way of thinking about leadership; a new tool to apply to decision-making, the training of staff, and to decisions about work-life balance. Before you can be a great leader, your life must be as organized and as perfect as you can make it.

History is not a neat line of facts and dates. It is a landscape of strange gaps, unanswered questions, and voices silenced long before we were born. From crumbling ruins to cryptic symbols carved into desert stone, the past keeps reaching out. In Historical Mysteries, author Oscar Johnson guides you through the half lit corridors of time where archaeology brushes against the unknown. This audiobook is a journey for anyone who loves puzzles, ancient secrets, and the thrill of discovery.

The King James Version of the Bible is one of the most influential texts in human history, but its older style of English can make it difficult for modern readers/listeners to fully understand what the passages are saying. Song of Solomon Decoded removes that barrier. This book presents every verse from the Book of Song of Solomon exactly as it appears in the King James Version and places a clear, modern-language explanation directly beside it.

What if we could really be sure that our prayers are answered? What if we really could make a difference when world events stir us? What if we could be sure that the intentions we yearn for always serve the highest good? Could it be that these aren’t just fanciful ideas, but come quite naturally when we live the spiritual life, whatever our tradition or lack of one? Immersive Prayer explores this possibility and offers practical guidance on how to achieve what the sages and scriptures of the world’s major faith traditions promise is more than a dream.

Leviticus is one of the most avoided books in the entire Bible. Most people start it — and quit. Dense laws. Detailed sacrificial rituals. Ancient purity codes. Without the right context, Leviticus can feel completely irrelevant to modern life. But hidden inside this book is one of the most profound theological frameworks ever written — a complete system for understanding holiness, atonement, and how a people can live in the presence of God.

Léonard Pouliot, le tueur en série que les médias ont surnommé le Cerbère, est de nouveau libre. Il est investi d’une mission divine : purifier la société des jeunes ingrates et des faibles. Le Cerbère compte retourner en Mauricie, là où se cache son donjon. S’y trouvent encore les corps de ses victimes, ses macabres trophées et ses réserves financières d’urgence. Son périple s’avérera toutefois compliqué. Toutes les forces de l’ordre du pays le recherchent et les citoyens font preuve de prudence et de méfiance.

What if everything you were taught about particles was wrong? Quantum Fields is a clean explanation of the most successful theory in modern physics, a model that replaced the idea of “matter” with behavior, vibration, and structure. This isn’t quantum mechanics the way it’s usually taught. It’s the deeper layer underneath it: a universe built from invisible fields, each one rippling, interacting, and giving rise to everything we call real. Physicists don’t talk about particles anymore. They talk about fields. Electron fields, photon fields, quark fields, and gluon fields.