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Monster

Paul Roehrig

Learn to tame technology's role in your life and work through 13 easy steps Monster: A Tough Love Letter on Taming the Machines that Rule our Jobs, Lives, and Future is an insightful exploration of how we can responsibly engage with technology We can maintain our freedom and privacy while still realizing the benefits that tech offers; Monster shows us how. The book offers readers an original view of big tech that includes discussions of: The addictive nature of many modern technology platforms and how to combat bad habits The growing backlash against big tech and how people are growing increasingly disenchanted with its impacts How to tame technology's role in your life and firm without becoming a modern Luddite Perfect for managers, leaders, and employees at companies of all sizes and in all industries, Monster will also earn a place in the libraries of technology enthusiasts who are growing increasingly wary of technology's role in their life and the lives of the people around them.

Letters from a Stoic

Donald Robertson

DISCOVER THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ANCIENT STOICISM Since Roman antiquity, Lucius Annaeus Seneca’s Letters have been one of the greatest expressions of Stoic philosophy. In a highly accessible and timeless way, Seneca reveals the importance of cultivating virtue and the fleeting nature of time, and how being clear sighted about death allows us to live a life of meaning and contentment. Letters from a Stoic continues to fascinate and inspire new generations of readers, including those interested in mindfulness and psychological techniques for well-being. This deluxe hardback selected edition includes Seneca’s first 65 letters from the Richard M. Gummere translation. An insightful introduction by Donald Robertson traces Seneca’s busy life at the centre of Roman power, explores how he reconciled his Stoic outlook with vast personal wealth, and highlights Seneca’s relevance for the modern reader.

Der Mann von vierzig Jahren

Jakob Wassermann

Sylvester von Erfft führt mit seiner Frau Agathe eine harmonische Ehe. Man schwelgt nicht in Reichtum, ist aber gut abgesichert, unternimmt Reisen, genießt das Leben. Doch eines Tages, scheinbar aus dem Nichts heraus, wandelt sich seine Gemütslage drastisch, sein sonst so lebensbejahender Aktionismus schlägt um in eine schwere Lethargie, so hat es den Anschein. Agathe entschließt, für eine Weile zu ihrer Schwester zu fahren, um Abstand zu gewinnen – als sie zurückkehrt, ist ihr Mann verschwunden. Kurze Zeit später erreicht sie ein Brief, in dem er ihr unumwunden von seinen jüngsten Erlebnissen berichtet, auch von einer jungen Frau, zu der er sich hingezogen fühlt, ist die Rede. Reine Provokation? Ist er krank? Verrückt? Oder stecken die beiden in einer Krise, die sich schon lange zuvor angekündigt hat? Agathe macht sich auf den Weg, um Sylvester zu finden…-

Effective Fundraising

F. Warren McFarlan

Create a sustainable revenue model that can propel your mission-driven organization into the future  Effective Fund Raising: The Trustee's Role and Beyond  is the result of author F. Warren McFarlan’s two decades of research at Harvard Business School, along with over forty years of active social enterprise board service. This book offers a depth of knowledge and insight that will prove invaluable for trustees, donors, and others related to and responsible for the success of social enterprise. Social enterprise organizations have played a vibrant and important role in the USA for the past century. And yet, the business of fundraising has not become any easier or more elegant. In this book, you will discover how to help raise the financial resources that your organization needs to perform its good deeds.  This book focuses on the steps and strategies you need to know to secure funding to fulfill your mission. Development is the lifeblood of most social enterprises, be they large or small. You’ll also discover how to harness the energies of the right people to ensure the long-term success of your development efforts.  Learn why an effective, sustainable revenue model is critical to the success of even the most exciting mission-driven organization  Understand the core elements of the revenue model, including governance, fees, the annual fund, capital fundraising campaigns, planned gifts, and more Develop a strong plan for sustaining your organization’s revenue, regardless of organization size Build the skill of asking for money and lead your organization to a revenue and philanthropy orientation Many social enterprise CEOs spend over half of their time on fundraising. Why? Simply put: without a sustainable revenue model, even the most exciting mission-driven organization will collapse. The dirty truth is that, with no fund raising, there is no social enterprise or enduring mission. This book will help you shoulder the burden of fundraising and ensure the long-term success of your venture.

Ben Pepper (Musaicum Christmas Specials)

Sidney Margaret

Ben is a part of Five Little Peppers, the five children of Mamsie and the late Mister Pepper who are born into poverty in a rural «Little Brown House.» The eldest of the five, Ben, is an avid scholar but willingly puts aside schooling in favor of providing for the family. With his sister he manages the younger children and will sacrifice anything for them. As Christmas approaches, we follow Ben Pepper, steady as a rock, with lots of fun too, in his efforts to arrange warm and loving holiday for his family.

Sexualidad y muerte: Dos estigmas clínicos

Mónica Biaggio

"Si no hay destino, si el destino es siempre fantasma, si toda «historia fixional dicha y desdicha en un análisis» es lo que debe perderse en él, en un psicoanálisis se trata entonces de sacar «lo que sobra» ¿Qué queda? Un carozo. Podríamos decir que el eje de este libro se sostiene en esa idea que es desplegada de diferentes maneras. El ejemplo más claro: la manera en que Miguel Ángel describió su obra maestra: «el David siempre estuvo metido dentro de la piedra, yo sólo saqué lo que sobraba». Desde el vamos está en juego esa perspectiva: «sacar lo que sobra en el acto artístico, sacar lo que sobra por la vía de un análisis». Esto significa, como afirma Miller en «El lugar y el lazo» que un psicoanálisis apunta a un «no hay». Si desprendemos el «no hay» del axioma «no hay relación sexual» advertimos rápidamente todo lo que podemos incluir en él «no hay» en psicoanálisis: el sujeto barrado, el Otro barrado, la fórmula «no hay La mujer», no hay la verdad toda, no hay el goce total por más que se apunte a él, no hay el Otro del Otro, etc. La autora recorre distintos temas sostenida en estas premisas y vale la pena recorrer los mismos. Solo mencionaré algunos: un análisis del fort-da, un retorno a la noción de deseo sostenida en la idea de que este implica una negatividad esencial a diferencia del goce que, justamente es una positividad (Miller en «Sutilezas analíticas») Así que no se trata solamente del «no hay» sino también del «hay» y sus relaciones posibles…e imposibles. Y si nos quedamos junto a la autora del lado del «hay» recurrimos a la teoría del exceso en Bataille para ejemplificarlo: «…los hombres tienen más energía que la que necesitan y este excedente debe ser gastado sí o sí».
Luis Tudanca

Complications in Equine Surgery

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A groundbreaking reference on complications associated with equine surgical procedures Complications in Equine Surgery is the first reference to focus exclusively on understanding, preventing, recognizing, managing, and prognosing, technical and post-procedural complications in equine surgery. Edited by two noted experts on the topic, the book presents evidence-based information using a clear approach, organized by body system. Featuring color images, the book contains detailed coverage of the gastrointestinal, respiratory, musculoskeletal, urogenital, and neurological systems. Each chapter contains a short introduction of the procedure with explanations of when and how the procedure is to be performed. All chapters review how to recognize and prevent technical complications and explain how to manage post-operative complications. This important text: Offers the first resource specifically focused on complications encountered in equine surgery Takes a helpful format organized by body system Provides consistently formatted chapters for ease of use Covers clinically relevant information for dealing with technical and post-operative complications Presents more than 350 color images to illustrate the concepts described Written for general practitioners and specialists, Complications in Equine Surgery is an essential resource to decreasing morbidity and mortality and increasing surgical success in horses.

Zärtlichkeit in kleinen Raten

Will Berthold

Katrin ist eine auffallende Schönheit und eigentlich Modeschülerin in Hamburg, doch als sie bei einem Wettbewerb den ersten Preis für einen ihrer Kostümentwürfe gewinnt, verschlägt es sie nach Paris. Stadt der Lichter, Stadt der Mode, Stadt der Liebe! Und tatsächlich: Am Place du Tertre begegnet sie André, der gerade entschieden hat, aus der elterlichen Bettenfabrik zu fliehen und in die Welt der Tagträumer und Vagabunden einzutauchen. Die beiden verlieben sich auf den ersten Blick. Doch das junge Glück ist nicht von Dauer, es gibt einen Streit, und die beiden gehen getrennte Wege. Doch womit hätte Paris seinen Namen als Stadt der Liebe verdient, wenn es die beiden nicht am Ende wieder zusammenbrächte? In der Zwischenzeit passieren allerdings eine ganze Reihe unvorhergesehener Zwischenfälle, und zwischendurch scheint es, als würden sie beide in eine Sackgasse laufen …-

Liability-Driven Investment

Dan Tammas-Hastings

Understand the investment template that dominates the pension industry Liability-Driven Investment is the practitioner’s guide to this increasingly popular investment template. Already the dominant framework for pension schemes in Europe and the UK, the LDI market is expected to grow significantly with the shift from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution, and then into Digital Asset Management – or Robo-Advice. With an aging population and significant under-saving globally, more and more finance professionals will need to know how to work within and around the LDI framework; this book provides clear explanations for the framework’s usefulness and growing popularity to help practitioners find their bearings in and around the LDI space. The ultimate goal of LDI is to move beyond simple asset value maximisation and ensure that investors have sufficient funds to pay liabilities. This informative guide digs into that basic premise to show the various mechanisms, guidelines and practices that make up the framework’s “working parts.” Discover the optimal investment strategies in multiple assets classes Understand the key characteristics of the instruments used, including bonds, interest rate derivatives, and inflation linked products Learn why pension companies and individual investors are moving toward LDI Explore the ways in which the explosive growth of Robo-Advice will change retail investment Finance professionals have long been accustomed to shifting landscapes – it is taken as a given that prevailing thought and attendant practices will change over time – but the rapid expansion of LDI has taken many by surprise. Having already been established as the dominant framework for pensions, it is clear that the emphasis on LDI will only continue to grow. Liability-Driven Investment tells you what you need to know in order to work effectively with LDI.

El sexo del síntoma

Silvia Ons

Freud decía que se podía hablar de culturas neuróticas, dándole así valor a la represión. Lacan, en cambio, caracterizó a su época como forclusiva, y no tanto como represiva, diciendo que lo que distingue al capitalismo es el rechazo –Verwefung– de todos los campos de lo simbólico de la castración y del amor. ¿Sería entonces la de Freud una cultura más reprimida y ésta, la nuestra, una más «forclusiva»? Es que la Verwefung se manifiesta en distintos planos: rechazo del inconsciente como objeción a determinaciones que escapan de la primacía yoica, rechazo de la sexualidad en el valor concedido al género, rechazo de la otredad en fijar la identidad de género en la infancia, rechazo del juego del niño al tomar como literal una nominación, rechazo también ahí a lo real del sexo en la adolescencia y rechazo también del género en el transgénero.