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The Worst-Case Scenario Little Book for Survival WORST-CASE SCENARIO LITTLE BK [ Joshua Piven ]

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WORSTーCASE SCENARIO LITTLE BK Joshua Piven David Borgenicht ANDREWS & MCMEEL2006 Novelty English ISBN:9780740761768 洋書 Reference & Language(辞典&語学) Reference 1,267円

The Disruption Dilemma【電子書籍】[ Joshua Gans ]

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<p><strong>An expert in management takes on the conventional wisdom about disruption, looking at companies that proved resilient and offering managers tools for survival.</strong></p> <p>“Disruption” is a business buzzword that has gotten out of control. Today everything and everyone seem to be characterized as disruptiveーor, if they aren't disruptive yet, it's only a matter of time before they become so. In this book, Joshua Gans cuts through the chatter to focus on disruption in its initial use as a business term, identifying new ways to understand it and suggesting new tools to manage it.</p> <p>Almost twenty years ago Clayton Christensen popularized the term in his book <em>The Innovator's Dilemma</em>, writing of disruption as a set of risks that established firms face. Since then, few have closely examined his account. Gans does so in this book. He looks at companies that have proven resilient and those that have fallen, and explains why some companies have successfully managed disruptionーFujifilm and Canon, for exampleーand why some like Blockbuster and Encyclopedia Britannica have not. Departing from the conventional wisdom, Gans identifies two kinds of disruption: demand-side, when successful firms focus on their main customers and underestimate market entrants with innovations that target niche demands; and supply-side, when firms focused on developing existing competencies become incapable of developing new ones.</p> <p>Gans describes the full range of actions business leaders can take to deal with each type of disruption, from “self-disrupting” independent internal units to tightly integrated product development. But therein lies the disruption dilemma: A firm cannot practice both independence and integration at once. Gans shows business leaders how to choose their strategy so their firms can deal with disruption while continuing to innovate.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 3,204円

A Down-To-Earth Guide To SDLC Project Management (2nd Edition) Getting your System Development Life Cycle project successfully across the line using PMBOK adaptively【電子書籍】[ Joshua Boyde ]

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<p>This book has been crafted for both the project management novice who is ready to confront their first real project, through to the seasoned veteran with several project battle campaigns under their belt.</p> <p>This book is based on many years of <strong>“real-world” System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)</strong>  project management, as well as the <strong>Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK®)</strong>, the blending of the useful elements from other management practices & principles, and the incorporation of the past experiences & the lessons learnt from the various industrial backgrounds of those persons who graciously contributed to this book’s creation. </p> <p>Described within is the <strong>practical application of field-tested project management techniques</strong> to actual situations and prevailing circumstances where the realities of commercial necessities have to be given serious consideration.  Additionally, this book does cover some topics and ugly truths that are often not acknowledged in academic textbooks on project management.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 305円

Mastering 'metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect MASTERING METRICS WITH FRENCH [ Joshua D. Angrist ]

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MASTERING METRICS WITH FRENCH Joshua D. Angrist JornーSteffen Pischke PRINCETON UNIV PR2014 Paperback With French Fla English ISBN:9780691152844 洋書 Business & SelfーCulture(ビジネス) Business & Economics 9,838円

The Woman's Bible (Vol. 1&2) Volume I: Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy; Volume II: Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation【電子書籍】[ Elizabeth Cady Stanton ]

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<p>By producing the book, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one that stressed self-development. The Woman's Bible is a two-volumebook, written by Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that woman should be subservient to man. Contents: Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy The Book of Genesis The Book of Exodus The Book of Leviticus The Book of Numbers The Book of Deuteronomy The Pentateuch Comments on the Old and New Testaments From Joshua to Revelation The Book of Joshua The Book of Judges The Book of Ruth Books of Samuel Books of Kings The Book of Esther The Book of Job Books of Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon Books of Isaiah and Daniel, Micah and Malachi The Kabbalah The New Testament The Book of Matthew The Book of Mark The Book of Luke The Book of John The Book of Acts Epistle to the Romans Epistles to the Corinthians Epistles to the Ephesians and Phillippians Epistles to Timothy Epistles of Peter and John Revelation</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 300円

Opening Repertoire: The Ruy Lopez【電子書籍】[ Joshua Doknjas ]

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<p>The Ruy Lopez is perhaps the most classical of all chess openings. It dates back to the 16th century and has featured in the opening repertoire of every modern world champion. It is a highly flexible variation: Bobby Fischer used it to create numerous powerful strategic masterpieces. In the hands of Anatoly Karpov it led to many of his trademark positional squeezes, whereas Garry Kasparov often used it as a springboard for his typically powerful attacks. Opening Repertoire: The Ruy Lopez is a modern examination of this perennial favourite. Joshua Doknjas has put together a repertoire for White based firmly around contemporary trends in the Lopez. He examines all aspects of this highly complex opening and provides the reader with well-researched, fresh, and innovative analysis. Each annotated game has valuable lessons on how to play the opening and contains instructive commentary on typical middlegame plans. * A complete repertoire for White in the Ruy Lopez. * A question and answer approach provides an excellent study method.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,067円

The Pandemic Information Solution Overcoming the Brutal Economics of Covid-19【電子書籍】[ Joshua Gans ]

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<p>Covid-19 is a global pandemic inflicting large health and economic costs. In his previous book, <em>The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19</em> (MIT Press, 2020), economist Joshua Gans explains that those costs have been so large because governments and others have lacked the information needed to control the pandemic. Unless we know who is infectious, we can't break the chains of transmission, which results in the escalation of our problems. Pandemics, he writes, are information problems.</p> <p>Now, in this follow-up book, Gans outlines the solution to the information gap. By engaging in rapid, frequent screening, we can control the pandemic and restore normality. We can lower the number of cases, break chains of transmission, and make it safe for people to interact again. This will require changing our mindset about testing, gathering the right information, and matching that information to the right decisions. We have the ingredients to do all these things. We just need to put them together in a scalable and sustainable system. This book is a guide to the issues and trade-offs that policymakers and other key decision-makers need to grapple with and follow.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 452円

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign His Supposed Charge from Fort Hell, his Near-Mortal Wounding, and a Civil War Myth Reconsidered【電子書籍】[ Dennis A. Rasbach ]

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<p>Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain earned the sobriquet “Lion of the Round Top” for his tactical brilliance leading his 20th Maine Infantry on the rocky wooded slopes of Little Round Top at on the evening of July 2, 1863. Promoted to brigade command, he was presumed mortally wounded during an assault at Petersburg on June 18, 1864, and bestowed a rare “on the spot” battlefield promotion to brigadier general. He survived, returned to the command in 1865, and participated in the surrender of Lee’s veterans at Appomattox.</p> <p>Chamberlain went to his grave a half-century later believing he was wounded while advancing alone from the future site of “Fort Hell.” His thrust, so he and others believed, was against the permanent fortifications of the Dimmock Line at Rives’ Salient, near the Jerusalem Plank Road, through a murderous flank fire from what was soon to become Confederate-held Fort Mahone. This narrative has been perpetuated by Chamberlain scholars and biographers over the past century. Chamberlain’s wounding and Rives’ Salient are now fused in the modern consciousness. This interpretation was given an additional mantle of authority with the erection of a Medal of Honor Recipient’s placard near South Crater Road by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources on November 8, 2014.</p> <p>In fact, author Dennis A. Rasbach argues, a careful review of the primary evidence left by Chamberlain and his contemporaries suggests that Chamberlain was mistaken regarding the larger context of the engagement in which he fought and fell. An overwhelming body of evidence, much of it derived from Chamberlain himself, demonstrates he actually attacked a different part of the Confederate line in the vicinity of an entirely different road. This part of the Petersburg campaign must now be rewritten to properly understand the important battle of June 18, 1864, and Chamberlain’s role in it.</p> <p>Richly illustrated with photos and original maps, and documented with extensive primary accounts, Rasbach’s Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign dispels a well-established Civil War myth, and sets the historical record straight.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,583円

Owned Property, Privacy, and the New Digital Serfdom【電子書籍】[ Joshua A. T. Fairfield ]

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<p>In this compelling examination of the intersection of smart technology and the law, Joshua A. T. Fairfield explains the crisis of digital ownership - how and why we no longer control our smartphones or software-enable devices, which are effectively owned by software and content companies. In two years we will not own our 'smart' televisions which will also be used by advertisers to listen in to our living rooms. In the coming decade, if we do not take back our ownership rights, the same will be said of our self-driving cars and software-enabled homes. We risk becoming digital peasants, owned by software and advertising companies, not to mention overreaching governments. Owned should be read by anyone wanting to know more about the loss of our property rights, the implications for our privacy rights and how we can regain control of both.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 3,738円

Secrets to A Successful Long-Term Relationship The Keys to Passionate Sex Life【電子書籍】[ Joshua Strachan ]

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<p>A long-lasting relationship is an ultimate goal and we all strive to achieve success and happiness with the people we love. This book teaches the exact simple things you should do to achieve a long-term relationship with deep passion and happiness. You are also going to learn how to use your personality as leverage in attracting your significant other and also to build your relationship on a solid ground of trust.</p> <p><strong>How to Have a Successful Long-Term Relationship</strong><br /> Success in a relationship is a gradual process starting from the development of the mind to the exhibition of traits aimed to create a favorable atmosphere for the two. In order to achieve success in your relationship, you need to have a particular mindset about the meaning of a relationship. You need to open up to the fact that a relationship is built by two soul mates and its progress depends on the decisions of the two, not by condition but by love and in any circumstance. A relationship built on the foundation of proper awareness can neither be disrupted nor manipulated either due to financial, physical, or mental challenges. Primarily, problems do create a pathway for a partner to prove the promised love, affection, and dedication. Also, difficulties play a very important role in stimulating the creativity of the two to a higher level. Thus weaknesses and shortcomings are to be expected in every relationship as tools of growth and personal elevation.</p> <p>Success in a short term relationship determines how well the long-term relationship is going to be carried on when the effort is being applied. It is important to note that a business relationship intertwines with a personal (intimate) relationship. Whether you choose to fall in love or grow in love, the right person that deserves you always comes with some uncommon qualities, which we are going to elaborate on in this book. You will understand that being attractive plays a significant but not-so-significant role in determining who you date. People can be attractive and still lack the personality required to have a successful relationship.</p> <p><strong>What Makes a Successful Relationship Work?</strong><br /> The groundwork for a successful relationship also deals with the exploration of your fears. In order to have genuine long-lasting and never-ending success in a relationship, you need to eliminate every skeptical thought and superstitious belief about people and situations. You need to cross the line of critical thinking in your love life. And most importantly you need to understand how different people experience different things, choose different things, and have different tastes even when they are made of the same ingredients. It is wise to learn from people's success and failure but never conclude on external information. Do not allow other people's failure to become your source of fear and their success, a reason to be reluctance.</p> <p><strong>What is Important?</strong></p> <p>After reading this book you'll be automatically exposed to a new view of the entire dating life, relationship, marriage, and commitment. You will never have to worry about who you date, how much you can trust, and whether you have met your Soul-mate or not, because you will know them when you see them and they will be exactly what you have imagined them to be, even better.</p> <p>I personally dedicate this book to all men and women seeking a better life in a relationship. Although it usually comes at a price, I can assure you that a better life is found in a successful relationship. That price is nothing more than allowing yourself to follow the steps that are revealed in this book. It is not the overwhelming and sophisticated philosophy of the universe but a simple relationship blueprint for a long-lasting passion.</p> <p><strong>Click the BUY Now button at the top of this page to add this book to your library.</strong></p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 399円

The World English Bible (WEB): Joshua【電子書籍】[ Anonymous ]

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<p>"The World English Bible (WEB): Joshua" tells of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern, and northern Canaan, the destruction of their enemies, and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes. The book is framed by two set-piece speeches, the first by God commanding the conquest of the land and the second by Joshua warning of the need for the faithful observance of the Laws revealed to Moses.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 300円

Moonwalking with Einstein The Art and Science of Remembering Everything【電子書籍】[ Joshua Foer ]

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<p>**The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory</p> <p>“Highly entertaining.” ーAdam Gopnik, <em>The New Yorker</em></p> <p>“Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” ー<em>The Boston Globe</em>**</p> <p>An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, <em>Moonwalking with Einstein</em> recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,247円

The Appomattox Generals The Parallel Lives of Joshua L. Chamberlain, USA, and John B. Gordon, CSA, Commanders at the Surrender Ceremony of April 12, 1865【電子書籍】[ John W. Primomo ]

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<p>Joshua L. Chamberlain of Maine and John B. Gordon of Georgia led the Union and Confederate armies, respectively, at the formal surrender ceremony at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 12, 1865. In one of the most dramatic and memorable moments of the Civil War, as the Confederate soldiers marched through the Union lines to stack their weapons and flags, Chamberlain, moved by the historic moment and desiring to pay honor to a valiant, defeated foe, ordered his Union soldiers to salute Gordon's Confederates. Gordon, surprised but stirred by the same emotion, immediately responded, and ordered his men to return the salute.</p> <p>Both men had volunteered for military service, feeling a strong need to fight for their respective causes. They entered military service as low level officers with no formal military training. Repeatedly, they exhibited exceptional aptitude and responsibility, rising through the ranks as they received the glowing accolades of their superiors. Yet, they remained humble, continually demonstrating extraordinary courage, which earned them the respect of their men. Ultimately, their heroism and leadership culminated in their meeting as the commanders at the Appomattox Courthouse surrender. After the war, Chamberlain and Gordon entered politics in their respective states.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 2,136円

Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops【電子書籍】[ Joshua M. Addeman ]

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<p>"Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops" is a journal of the times of the Civil war of authored by the officer attached to a colored unit. The journal considers the main battles the unit took part in and some important events of the war, like the Fort Pillow massacre.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 300円

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything MOONWALKING W/EINSTEIN [ Joshua Foer ]

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MOONWALKING W/EINSTEIN Joshua Foer PENGUIN GROUP2012 Paperback English ISBN:9780143120537 洋書 Computers & Science(コンピューター&科学) Science 2,851円

Sailing Alone around the World【電子書籍】[ Joshua Slocum ]

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<p>Full of astounding adventures, <em>Sailing Alone around the World</em> is the true story of the first man ever to circle the globe alone entirely by sea. In a little over three years, Captain Joshua Slocum completed the feat many experts believed couldn't be doneーand he has the stories to prove it. During his historic voyage, Slocum was chased by pirates in Gibraltar, soaked by a "rain of blood" in Australia, and battered by perilous storms in the open ocean. He also met many famousーand infamousーpeople along the way, from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa, to Black Pedro, "the worst murderer in Tierra del Fuego." This absorbing tale, written with humor and poetic eloquence, was first published in 1900 and has remained in print ever since.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,922円

Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names NAMES OF NEW YORK [ Joshua Jelly-Schapiro ]

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NAMES OF NEW YORK Joshua JellyーSchapiro PANTHEON2021 Hardcover English ISBN:9781524748920 洋書 Social Science(社会科学) History 3,484円

Sailing Alone Around the World (Illustrated)【電子書籍】[ Joshua Slocum ]

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<p>A blue-nose ancestry with Yankee proclivitiesーYouthful fondness for the seaーMaster of the ship Northern LightーLoss of the AquidneckーReturn home from Brazil in the canoe LiberdadeーThe gift of a "ship"ーThe rebuilding of the Spray-Conundrums in regard to finance and calkingーThe launching of the Spray.</p> <p>In the fair land of Nova Scotia, a maritime province, there is a ridge called North Mountain, overlooking the Bay of Fundy on one side and the fertile Annapolis valley on the other. On the northern slope of the range grows the hardy spruce-tree, well adapted for ship-timbers, of which many vessels of all classes have been built. The people of this coast, hardy, robust, and strong, are disposed to compete in the world's commerce, and it is nothing against the master mariner if the birthplace mentioned on his certificate be Nova Scotia. I was born in a cold spot, on coldest North Mountain, on a cold February 20, though I am a citizen of the United Statesーa naturalized Yankee, if it may be said that Nova Scotians are not Yankees in the truest sense of the word. On both sides my family were sailors; and if any Slocum should be found not seafaring, he will show at least an inclination to whittle models of boats and contemplate voyages. My father was the sort of man who, if wrecked on a desolate island, would find his way home, if he had a jack-knife and could find a tree. He was a good judge of a boat, but the old clay farm which some calamity made his was an anchor to him. He was not afraid of a capful of wind, and he never took a back seat at a camp-meeting or a good, old-fashioned revival.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 119円

Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great【電子書籍】[ Joshua Medcalf ]

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<p>Guided by “Akira-sensei,” John comes to realize the greatest adversity on his journey will be the challenge of defeating the man in the mirror. This powerful story of one boy’s journey to achieve his life long goal of becoming a samurai warrior, brings the Train to be CLUTCH curriculum to life in a powerful and memorable way. Some things you will learn… ーNo matter how it feels, you are always building your own house. ーHow and why you must surrender to the outcome in order to be at your best. ーWhy you never want to have your identity wrapped up in what you do. ーWhy your strength lies in faithfulness to the little things. ーHow to develop a heart posture of gratitude. ーHow to use the biggest challenges as a training ground for greatness. ーWhy the process is more important than the goal. ーWhy comparison is the thief of all joy. ーHow to develop a growth mindset. ーWhy talent is more of a curse than a blessing. “So many valuable stories and lessons!” ーNick Ahmed, Arizona Diamondbacks</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,313円

Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World【電子書籍】[ Joshua B. Freeman ]

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<p><strong>"Freeman’s rich and ambitious <em>Behemoth</em> depicts a world in retreat that still looms large in the national imagination.…More than an economic history, or a chronicle of architectural feats and labor movements." ーJennifer Szalai, <em>New York Times</em></strong></p> <p>In an accessible and timely work of scholarship, celebrated historian Joshua B. Freeman tells the story of the factory and examines how it has reflected both our dreams and our nightmares of industrialization and social change. He whisks readers from the early textile mills that powered the Industrial Revolution to the factory towns of New England to today’s behemoths making sneakers, toys, and cellphones in China and Vietnam. <em>Behemoth</em> offers a piercing perspective on how factories have shaped our societies and the challenges we face now.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 2,024円

Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders【電子書籍】[ Joshua Foer ]

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<p>**Discover wonder.</p> <p>“A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper.”ー <em>New York Times</em>**</p> <p>Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, <em>Atlas Obscura</em> is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and changed the way we think about the world, expanding our sense of how strange and marvelous it really is.</p> <p>This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with more than 100 new places, dozens and dozens of new photographs, and two very special features: twelve city guides, covering Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Plus a foldout map with a dream itinerary for the ultimate around-the-world road trip. More a cabinet of curiosities than traditional guidebook, <em>Atlas Obscura</em> revels in the unexpected, the overlooked, the bizarre, and the mysterious. Here are natural wonders, like the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can sit and drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M. C. Escher?like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby-Jumping Festival in Spainーand no, it’s not the babies doing the jumping, but masked men dressed as devils who vault over rows of squirming infants.</p> <p>Every page gets to the very core of why humans want to travel in the first place: to be delighted and disoriented, uprooted from the familiar and amazed by the new. With its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, and new city guides, it is a book you can open anywhere and be transported. But proceed with caution: It’s almost impossible not to turn to the next entry, and the next, and the next.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 2,030円

Liberalism in Dark Times The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century【電子書籍】[ Joshua L. Cherniss ]

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<p><strong>A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponents</strong></p> <p>Today, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum. While right-wing populists and leftist purists righteously violate liberal norms, theorists of liberalism seem to have little to say. In <em>Liberalism in Dark Times,</em> Joshua Cherniss issues a rousing defense of the liberal tradition, drawing on a neglected strand of liberal thought.</p> <p>Assaults on liberalismーa political order characterized by limits on political power and respect for individual rightsーare nothing new. Early in the twentieth century, democracy was under attack around the world, with one country after another succumbing to dictatorship. While many intellectuals dismissed liberalism as outdated, unrealistic, or unworthy, a handful of writers defended and reinvigorated the liberal ideal, including Max Weber, Raymond Aron, Albert Camus, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Isaiah Berlinーeach of whom is given a compelling new assessment here.</p> <p>Building on the work of these thinkers, Cherniss urges us to imagine liberalism not as a set of policies but as a temperament or dispositionーone marked by openness to complexity, willingness to acknowledge uncertainty, tolerance for difference, and resistance to ruthlessness. In the face of rising political fanaticism, he persuasively argues for the continuing importance of this liberal ethos.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 2,985円

The Club How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports【電子書籍】[ Joshua Robinson ]

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<p><strong><em>The Club</em> is the inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet, "a narrative that is part Great Expectations, part Game of Thrones, in equal measure." (Roger Bennett, NBC Sports, Men in Blazers)</strong></p> <p>This is a sports and business tale of how money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama remade an ancient institution into a twenty-first-century entertainment empire. No one knew it when their experiment began, but without any particular genius or acumen, the motley cast of billionaires and hucksters behind the modern Premier League struck gold.</p> <p>Pretty soon, everyone wanted to try their luck, from Russian oligarchs to Emirati sheikhs, American tycoons, and Asian Tiger titans. Some succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Some lost everything. Today, players are sold for tens of millions, clubs are valued in the billions, and games are beamed out to nearly two hundred countries, all while the league struggles to preserve its English soul.</p> <p>Deeply researched and drawing on one hundred exclusive interviews, including the key decision makers at every major English team, <em>The Club</em> is the definitive and wildly entertaining narrative of how the Premier League took over the world.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,763円

The Economics of Blockchain Consensus Exploring the Key Tradeoffs in Blockchain Design【電子書籍】[ Joshua Gans ]

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<p>Blockchain technologies have been rapidly adopted for the creation of cryptocurrencies and have been explored for a myriad of applications. While this is of important economic interest, the computer science behind how blockchains operate to provide security and provenance has been largely inaccessible to economists. This book is a bridge between the computer science and the economics of blockchains.</p> <p>The focus is on the value and the achievement of blockchain consensus; that is, how distributed and independent nodes are able to reach an agreement on what the current state of digital ledgers, that are the product of blockchains, are. The book shows that the goals of computer scientists in designing blockchains place very high weight on security beyond what an economist trained in game theory and mechanism design would require. It shows how blockchains can be redesigned to account for key economic trade-offs, and will be of interest to researchers and students of economics, financial technology and computer science, alongside policymakers.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 4,254円

Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone Resurrection【電子書籍】[ Joshua Hood ]

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<p><strong>The first novel in an explosive new series inspired by Robert Ludlum's Bourne universe, <em>The Treadstone Resurrection</em> introduces an unforgettable hero and the shadowy world that forged him...</strong></p> <p><em>Treadstone made Jason Bourne an unstoppable force, but he's not the only one.</em></p> <p>Operation Treadstone has nearly ruined Adam Hayes. The top-secret CIA Black Ops program trained him to be an all but invincible assassin, but it also cost him his family and any chance at a normal life. Which is why he was determined to get out. Working as a carpenter in rural Washington state, Adam thinks he has left Treadstone in the past, until he receives a mysterious email from a former colleague, and soon after is attacked by an unknown hit team at his job site.</p> <p>Adam must regain the skills that Treadstone taught him--lightning reflexes and a cold conscience--in order to discover who the would-be killers are and why they have come after him now. Are his pursuers enemies from a long-ago mission? Rival intelligence agents? Or, perhaps, forces inside Treadstone? His search will unearth secrets in the highest levels of government and pull him back into the shadowy world he worked so hard to forget.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,067円

Sailing Alone Around the World【電子書籍】[ Joshua Slocum ]

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<p>Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 100円

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua【電子書籍】[ William Garden Blaikie ]

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<p>In "The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua" by William Garden Blaikie, readers are taken on a detailed exploration of the biblical book of Joshua. Blaikie's writing style is both scholarly and accessible, providing readers with a deep understanding of the historical context and religious significance of this important text. Through a blend of literary analysis and theological interpretation, Blaikie offers readers a comprehensive look at the narrative and themes of the book of Joshua, making it an essential read for those interested in biblical studies. William Garden Blaikie, a Scottish minister and biblical scholar, brings his expertise and passion for the Bible to this work. His background in theology and his dedication to understanding scripture shine through in his meticulous examination of the book of Joshua, offering readers valuable insights into its meaning and relevance. I highly recommend "The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua" to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of this biblical text. Blaikie's thorough analysis and engaging writing style make it a must-read for both scholars and lay readers interested in exploring the ancient teachings and narratives found in the book of Joshua.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 300円

Atomic Days The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America【電子書籍】[ Joshua Frank ]

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<p><strong>Once home to the United States's largest plutonium production site, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is laced with 56 million gallons of radioactive waste. The threat of an explosive accident at Hanford is all too realーan event that could be more catastrophic than Chernobyl.</strong></p> <p>The EPA designated Hanford the most toxic place in America; it is also the most expensive environmental clean-up job the world has ever seen, with a $677 billion price tag that keeps growing. Huge underground tanks, well past their life expectancy and full of boiling radioactive gunk, are leaking, infecting groundwater supplies and threatening the Columbia River.</p> <p>Whistleblowers, worried that the worst is ahead, are now speaking out, begging to be heard and hoping their pleas help bring attention to the dire situation at Hanford. Aside from a few feisty community groups and handful of Indigenous activists, there is very little public scrutiny of the clean-up process, which is managed by the Department of Energy and carried out by contractors with shoddy track records, like Bechtel. In the context of renewed support for atomic power as a means of combating climate change, <em>Atomic Days</em> provides a much-needed refutation of the myths of nuclear technologyーfrom weapons to electricityーand shines a spotlight on the ravages of Hanford and its threat to communities, workers and the global environment.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 2,132円

Jozef Pilsudski Founding Father of Modern Poland【電子書籍】[ Joshua D. Zimmerman ]

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<p><strong>The story of the enigmatic Jozef Pilsudski, the founding father of modern Poland: a brilliant military leader and high-minded statesman who betrayed his own democratic vision by seizing power in a military coup.</strong></p> <p>In the story of modern Poland, no one stands taller than Jozef Pilsudski. From the age of sixteen he devoted his life to reestablishing the Polish state that had ceased to exist in 1795. Ahead of World War I, he created a clandestine military corps to fight Russia, which held most Polish territory. After the war, his dream of an independent Poland realized, he took the helm of its newly democratic political order. When he died in 1935, he was buried alongside Polish kings.</p> <p>Yet Pilsudski was a complicated figure. Passionately devoted to the idea of democracy, he ceded power on constitutional terms, only to retake it a few years later in a coup when he believed his opponents aimed to dismantle the democratic system. Joshua Zimmerman’s authoritative biography examines a national hero in the thick of a changing Europe, and the legacy that still divides supporters and detractors. The Poland that Pilsudski envisioned was modern, democratic, and pluralistic. Domestically, he championed equality for Jews. Internationally, he positioned Poland as a bulwark against Bolshevism. But in 1926 he seized power violently, then ruled as a strongman for nearly a decade, imprisoning opponents and eroding legislative power.</p> <p>In Zimmerman’s telling, Pilsudski’s faith in the young democracy was shattered after its first elected president was assassinated. Unnerved by Poles brutally turning on one another, the father of the nation came to doubt his fellow citizens’ democratic commitments and thereby betrayed his own. It is a legacy that dogs today’s Poland, caught on the tortured edge between self-government and authoritarianism.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 4,268円

Summary of Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer | Includes Analysis【電子書籍】[ Instaread Summaries ]

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<p><strong>Summary of Moonwalking with Einstein: by Joshua Foer | Includes Analysis</strong></p> <p>Preview:</p> <p><em>Moonwalking with Einstein</em> recounts author Joshua Foer’s yearlong journey from participant-journalist covering the national memory championships to becoming the 2006 USA World Memory Champion. Other segments offer a journalistic history of the human relationship with memory, addressing its failings, its successes, and its limitations.</p> <p>Most people operate according to a series of misconceptions about human memory. Above all, many believe that they have an average brain and are therefore incapable of performing mental feats such as swiftly memorizing a deck of playing cards shuffled into random order. This belief, however, is false. Memory champions are no smarter than anyone else and have unremarkable brains from a biological standpoint. The difference is in how memory champions use their brain. They employ techniques and training to overcome shortcomings that are hard-wired into the human brain anatomy. Even those who appear to possess a photographic memory likely do not and are instead employing other memorization techniques…</p> <p><strong>PLEASE NOTE: This is <em>key takeaways and analysis</em> of the book and NOT the original book.</strong></p> <p><strong>Inside this Instaread Summary of Moonwalking with Einstein</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Overview of the Book</li> <li>Important People</li> <li>Key Takeaways</li> <li>Analysis of Key Takeaways</li> </ul> <p><strong>About the Author</strong></p> <p>With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 567円