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Para Ray Dalio, vida, gestão, economia e investimentos podem ser sistematizados em regras. Entre as centenas de lições do livro, erguidas em torno de seus alicerces de “verdade radical” e “transparência radical”, Dalio oferece uma abordagem clara e direta para a tomada de decisões e ensinamentos valiosos para a formação de equipes sólidas e eficientes.

From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the international best seller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes - but similar to those that have happened many times before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.”

Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

This is what our future looks like: in the next decade, AI will be able to convince us that it’s human. During the 2030s, it will become ‘superintelligent’, vastly outstripping our capabilities by almost every measure. By 2045, it will be possible to connect our brains with these AIs using invisibly small nanotechnologies. Our minds and theirs will merge, expanding our consciousness more profoundly than we can fully comprehend, unlocking possibilities we can barely imagine. This is the singularity.

The legendary investor and bestselling author shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well. This template allowed his firm, Bridgewater Associates, to antic­ipate 2008’s events and navigate them well while others struggled badly. As he explained in his international best­seller Principles, Ray Dalio believes that almost everything happens over and over again through time, so that by studying patterns one can understand the cause-effect relationships behind events and develop principles for dealing with them well.

For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: The union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations.

For decades, politicians, policymakers, and investors have debated these questions, but the Big Debt Cycle that helps answer them is not talked about or well understood. With the US debt issue coming to a head, Dalio’s How Countries Go Broke provides the first-ever detailed analysis of the Big Debt Cycle, explaining its implications and offering a surprisingly straightforward solution to getting debt problems like the ones the US faces under control.

Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of the future have been influential in spawning a worldwide movement with millions of followers, hundreds of books, major films, and thousands of articles. During the succeeding decade, many of Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have been borne out, and their viability has become familiar to the public through such now commonplace concepts. In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances in the singularity.

Guy Montag é um bombeiro. Sua profissão é atear fogo nos livros. Em um mundo onde as pessoas vivem em função das telas e a literatura está ameaçada de extinção, os livros são objetos proibidos, e seus portadores são considerados criminosos. Montag nunca questionou seu trabalho; vive uma vida comum, cumpre o expediente e retorna ao final do dia para sua esposa e para a rotina do lar. Até que conhece Clarisse, uma jovem de comportamento suspeito, cheia de imaginação e boas histórias. Quando sua esposa entra em colapso mental e Clarisse desaparece, a vida de Montag não poderá mais ser a mesma.

Em 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton foi preso sob duas acusações de assassinato no estado do Alabama, sul dos Estados Unidos. Atordoado, confuso e com apenas 29 anos de idade, Hinton sabia que se tratava de um erro de identidade e acreditava que a verdade provaria sua inocência, acabando por libertá-lo rapidamente. Mas sem nenhum dinheiro e sujeito a um sistema de justiça que operava de maneira diferente para um homem negro e pobre do Sul, Hinton foi condenado à cadeira elétrica.

Most people don’t know that the Bible contains a wealth of incredible scientific, medical and prophetic facts. The implications are mind boggling.

When now fourteen-year-old Morgan bravely breaks her silence about the abuse she endured, it sets off a whirlwind of courtroom battles, emotional storms, and a desperate pursuit of justice. Backed by her family and the fierce support of Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA), Morgan faces her abuser in court—her own grandfather, a respected preacher. But when the trial ends in a mistrial, the pain deepens and questions loom. In this true-to-life account of courage and resilience,

The last person I expected to run into when I moved back home was my ex-wife, Tully Cassio—my high school sweetheart, the love of my life, the woman I hated as much as I still loved. She dumped me nineteen years ago and moved to Hollywood, quickly becoming a star and leaving our marriage in the dust. My dad's last wish included my moving back home and joining the local fire department. I agreed, mostly to be there to take care of Mom. But apparently, I'm not the only one back in Blueball, and now I'm somehow working with Tully on the fundraiser needed to keep the fire station open.

Welcome to the magical world of Sunny's Values Scouts, where Sunny, a playful Golden Retriever, embarks on adventures in Terra Vale—a land of wisdom and kindness. The Path of Belonging, the first book in the series, introduces children aged 5-8 to values that nurture belonging, acceptance, and connection.

"The Hero Within" tells the story of Rivet Youngstar, a 12-year-old boy from Nolanville who is transformed into a humanoid blue frog by an ancient curse. The curse grants him extraordinary agility and strength but comes at the cost of his human form and a life he once knew. While grappling with his transformation, Rivet becomes a protector of Nolanville, and a member of a secret society, battling mythical creatures and uncovering hidden truths about the town's history.

From the iconic author of Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Martian Chronicles, and The Illustrated Man, The Toynbee Convector is a true cause for celebration. The twenty-two classic tales in this special Ray Bradbury collection begin in the familiar rooms and landscapes of our lives, in common thoughts and memories, and then take off into the farthest reaches of the imagination.

In Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray Bradbury’s love for his craft shines. With signature wisdom, wit, and verve, Bradbury delves into his prolific writing career, exploring the creation of countless stories, novels, plays, movies, and more that have stood the test of time. Written over a thirty-year period, these inspirational essays insist that there is a “deep well of explosive self-revelation” in all of us waiting to be released through the process of writing.

Connor Huntsson finally brought a woman home. Two of them. But the Seeress needs to marry—and she needs a new weapon. Getting into trouble was a given, but getting into a fight with a god comes with consequences. Backed by blood and beauty, Connor still seeks the power waiting in the frost. But to do that, he must first trust a friend with his heart.

In Whitewashed Walls: The Hypocrisy Crippling the Modern Church, listeners are invited on a sobering yet redemptive journey through the cracks forming in today’s church.