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A thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make one thing clear. Progress depends on the choices we make about technology. New ways of organizing production and communication can either serve the narrow interests of an elite or become the foundation for widespread prosperity. With their breakthrough economic theory and manifesto for a better society, Acemoglu and Johnson provide the vision needed to reshape how we innovate and who really gains from technological advances.

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.

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.

Eric was as shocked as everyone else when the apocalypse struck, but unlike his mother's movie, there were no chosen heroes destined to fight the beast hordes now overrunning the planet. Just people trying desperately to survive. Yet there was a glimmer of hope that humanity could hold on to. A chosen few really could level up in this brave new world, and embrace magic, adventure, and the potential for limitless power!

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.

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.

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.

Best friends from work May, Lara and Clare are desperate for some time away. They have each had a rough time of it lately and need some serious R & R, so they set off to a luxurious spa for 10 glorious days. But when they arrive at their destination, it seems it is not the place they thought it was. In fact, they appear to have come to entirely the wrong village. Despite the strange atmosphere, the three friends are determined to make the best of it and have a holiday to remember. But will this be the break they all need?

Jack the Ripper stalks through London, and only the Shadowhunters can stop him. One of 10 adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. Simon learns the truth behind the Jack the Ripper murders - "Jack" was stopped by Will Herondale and his institute of Victorian Shadowhunters.

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.

Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood might fall in love - but first they have a first date. One of 10 adventures in The Bane Chronicles. When Magnus Bane, warlock, meets Alec Lightwood, Shadowhunter, sparks fly. And what happens on their first date lights a flame.... This stand-alone short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the number-one New York Times best-selling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.

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.

Simon and Clary reunite as they witness a parabatai ceremony...and discuss their own plans to be bonded. One of 10 adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

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.

The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. There the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. 

Anna Lightwood, eldest child of Gabriel and Cecily, is mad, bad and dangerously dapper. Every rake has an origin story, though: now under Brother Zachariah’s eye, we see Anna’s doomed love story unfold.

While in France, immortal warlock Magnus Bane finds himself attempting to rescue the royal family from the horrors of the French Revolution - after being roped into this mess by a most attractive count. Naturally, the daring escape calls for invisible air balloons.… This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the number-one New York Times best-selling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.