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Reinventing Innovation

Designing the Dual Organization

de Aaron C. T. Smith, Fiona Sutherland, David H. Gilbert ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Based on research findings and detailed, original cases, this book charts the new innovation imperative, where organizations must deliver on dual goals: an efficient return on current operations, and a burgeoning pipeline of new products. It argues that the two pursuits cannot be achieved through a bland compromise, or by switching priorities back and forth. Only a ‘dual’ organization capable of ... Leer más

$53.99 USD

Based on research findings and detailed, original cases, this book charts the new innovation imperative, where organizations must deliver on dual goals: an efficient return on current operations, and a burgeoning pipeline of new products. It argues that the two pursuits cannot be achieved through a bland compromise, or by switching priorities back and forth. Only a ‘dual’ organization capable of
... Leer más
And Sons

A Novel

de David Gilbert ...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The New Yorker • Esquire • The Austin Chronicle • Kansas City Star • The Guardian (UK) • BookPage • Flavorwire • Bookish“[A] big, brilliant novel.”—The New York Times Book ReviewWho is A. N. Dyer? & Sons is a literary masterwork for readers of The Art of Fielding, The Emperor’s Children, and Wonder Boys—the panoramic,... ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The New Yorker • Esquire • The Austin Chronicle • Kansas City Star • The Guardian (UK) • BookPage • Flavorwire • Bookish“[A] big, brilliant novel.”—The New York Times Book ReviewWho is A. N. Dyer? & Sons is a literary masterwork for readers of The Art of Fielding, The Emperor’s Children, and Wonder Boys—the panoramic,...
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How Baseball Happened

Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed

de Thomas W. Gilbert ...

The untold story of baseball's nineteenth-century origins: "a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat" (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal).You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. ... Leer más

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The untold story of baseball's nineteenth-century origins: "a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat" (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal).You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846.
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Max Goes Hunting

de Elliott Gilbert ...

Narrado por Digital Voice David E ...

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7 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When Max the Marten is old enough, his parents teach him how to hunt for his own food. Max is excited and proud. But when he goes out hunting for the first time, he quickly discovers that the carnivorous life may not be for him. Max Goes Hunting is a charming little tale about growing up and trying to live up to the expectations of your family--and of ... Leer más

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When Max the Marten is old enough, his parents teach him how to hunt for his own food. Max is excited and proud. But when he goes out hunting for the first time, he quickly discovers that the carnivorous life may not be for him. Max Goes Hunting is a charming little tale about growing up and trying to live up to the expectations of your family--and of
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50 Capolavori Da Leggere Prima Di Morire: Vol. 1

de Stendhal, Plato, Homer, Lao Tzu, Dante Alighieri, Niccolò Machiavelli, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Friedrich Schiller, von Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Honoré de Balzac, Aleksandr Puškin, Charles Dickens, Alessandro Manzoni, Edgar Allan Poe, Fëdor Dostoevskij, Herman Melville, Charlotte Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, Carlo Collodi, Arthur Schopenhauer, De Emilio Marchi, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Giovanni Verga, Klapka Jerome Jerome, Anatole France, Émile Zola, Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, J.M. Barrie, Matilde Serao, Grazia Deledda, D.H. Lawrence, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Italo Svevo, Luigi Pirandello, Carolina Invernizio, Augusto De Angelis, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, George Orwell ...

Sommario:Odissea (-720) - HomerL'apologia di Socrate (395) - PlatoTao Te Ching (600) - Lao TzuLa Divina Commedia (1304) - Dante AlighieriIl principe (1513) - Niccolò MachiavelliDell'arte della guerra (1520) - Niccolò MachiavelliMoll Flanders (1722)- Daniel DefoeI viaggi di Gulliver (1726) - Jonathan SwiftIl Visionario (1759) - Friedrich SchillerI dolori del giovane Werther (1774) - Johann Wolfgang ... Leer más

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Sommario:Odissea (-720) - HomerL'apologia di Socrate (395) - PlatoTao Te Ching (600) - Lao TzuLa Divina Commedia (1304) - Dante AlighieriIl principe (1513) - Niccolò MachiavelliDell'arte della guerra (1520) - Niccolò MachiavelliMoll Flanders (1722)- Daniel DefoeI viaggi di Gulliver (1726) - Jonathan SwiftIl Visionario (1759) - Friedrich SchillerI dolori del giovane Werther (1774) - Johann Wolfgang
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David and Goliath

de V. Gilbert Beers, Ronald A. Beers ...

Narrado por Bill Russel ...

Series series All-time Favorite Bible Stories
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38 minutos

Children’s All-Time Favorite Bible Stories is a series of 8 books with 18 classic Bible stories in each one. Written at approximately a fifth grade reading level by V. Gilbert Beers and Ronald A. Beers, both respected authors with over one hundred books for children to their credit.Stories Included in this book are:• Samuel Serves in the Tabernacle• God Speaks to Samuel• The Ark Is Captured• The ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Children’s All-Time Favorite Bible Stories is a series of 8 books with 18 classic Bible stories in each one. Written at approximately a fifth grade reading level by V. Gilbert Beers and Ronald A. Beers, both respected authors with over one hundred books for children to their credit.Stories Included in this book are:• Samuel Serves in the Tabernacle• God Speaks to Samuel• The Ark Is Captured• The
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Smallbone Deceased

de Michael Gilbert ...

Narrado por David Thorpe ...

Series series British Library Crime Classics
Completo

8 hora 39 minutos

Horniman, Birley and Craine is a highly respected legal firm with clients reaching to the highest in the land. When a deed box in the office is opened to reveal a corpse, the threat of scandal promises to wreak havoc on the firm's reputation – especially as the murder looks like an inside job. The partners and staff of the firm keep a watchful and suspicious eye on their colleagues, as Inspector ... Leer más

$38.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Horniman, Birley and Craine is a highly respected legal firm with clients reaching to the highest in the land. When a deed box in the office is opened to reveal a corpse, the threat of scandal promises to wreak havoc on the firm's reputation – especially as the murder looks like an inside job. The partners and staff of the firm keep a watchful and suspicious eye on their colleagues, as Inspector
... Leer más
Death in the Strike Zone

The Mystery of America’s First Baseball Hero

de Thomas W. Gilbert ...

“A fascinating must-read for baseball history buffs.”—Publishers WeeklyHe threw the first fastball. The first curveball. He was baseball’s first star—and its first tragedy.In Death in the Strike Zone, acclaimed historian Thomas W. Gilbert uncovers the forgotten life of James Creighton, the first American ballplayer to become a national sensation. On the eve of the Civil War, Creighton invented ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

“A fascinating must-read for baseball history buffs.”—Publishers WeeklyHe threw the first fastball. The first curveball. He was baseball’s first star—and its first tragedy.In Death in the Strike Zone, acclaimed historian Thomas W. Gilbert uncovers the forgotten life of James Creighton, the first American ballplayer to become a national sensation. On the eve of the Civil War, Creighton invented
... Leer más
33 Masterpieces of Philosophy and Science to Read Before You Die (Illustrated)

Utopia, The Meditations, The Art of War, The Kama Sutra, Candide

de Thomas More, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Sun Tzu, Vatsyayana, Voltaire, Edwin A. Abbott, Aristotle, Dale Carnegie, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, René Descartes, Epictetus, Sigmund Freud, Hermann Hesse, David Hume, Lao Tzu, David Herbert Lawrence, Niccolò Machiavelli, John Mill, Prentice Mulford, Friedrich Nietzsche, Plato, Bertrand Russell, H.G. Wells, Frances Bacon ...

We live in an era rife with cultural conflict. The 21st century is by no means free of wars, terrorism, riots, famine, nor epidemics. We may attempt to solve the challenges of our times by uniting the humanistic disciplines of philosophy, science, and technology. Our modern reality requires a fundamental understanding of the problems beleaguering our existence. Science and literature are key tools ... Leer más

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We live in an era rife with cultural conflict. The 21st century is by no means free of wars, terrorism, riots, famine, nor epidemics. We may attempt to solve the challenges of our times by uniting the humanistic disciplines of philosophy, science, and technology. Our modern reality requires a fundamental understanding of the problems beleaguering our existence. Science and literature are key tools
... Leer más
Heathcourt

de David Gilbert ...

HEATHCOURTWho bashed Danny?Danny Morgan is 23, a builder's labourer. He works hard and plays hard, likes a drink or twenty, and enjoys playing in his local lower-grade football team. But he is a little apathetic and directionless in life, joyless.He lives in the granny flat at his boss's house, a short distance outside the suburb of Heathcourt, where he grew up and went to school. Which suits him ... Leer más

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HEATHCOURTWho bashed Danny?Danny Morgan is 23, a builder's labourer. He works hard and plays hard, likes a drink or twenty, and enjoys playing in his local lower-grade football team. But he is a little apathetic and directionless in life, joyless.He lives in the granny flat at his boss's house, a short distance outside the suburb of Heathcourt, where he grew up and went to school. Which suits him
... Leer más
Central Casting

de David Gilbert ...

The Story collection, Central Casting, follows the acclaimed story collections, Overland and A Third Bridge. Central Casting is a wide-ranging collection of short and longer stories that were written before and after the questions of who can write and whose story can be told emerged.These stories addressed and ignored this challenge. For example, a writer's big hair changes in a series of photos ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

The Story collection, Central Casting, follows the acclaimed story collections, Overland and A Third Bridge. Central Casting is a wide-ranging collection of short and longer stories that were written before and after the questions of who can write and whose story can be told emerged.These stories addressed and ignored this challenge. For example, a writer's big hair changes in a series of photos
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Stumbling on Happiness — Book Review — Daniel Gilbert

de Clarity Reviews ...

Narrado por Digital Voice David E ...

Completo

20 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This is a review of Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. Gilbert explores "affective forecasting"—our ability to predict future emotions. Research shows we overestimate emotional intensity and duration while underestimating psychological resilience. However, studies primarily involve college students in laboratory settings making predictions about ... Leer más

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This is a review of Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. Gilbert explores "affective forecasting"—our ability to predict future emotions. Research shows we overestimate emotional intensity and duration while underestimating psychological resilience. However, studies primarily involve college students in laboratory settings making predictions about
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