Mindset بقلم كارول دويك ... World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals-personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area
Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation and is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research has focused on why people succeed and how to foster success. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities, has lectured all over the world, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by the World Education Federation. Her work has been featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and she has appeared on Today and 20/20.
One of Faulkner’s comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi. Eleven-year-old Lucius Priest is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck, one of his family’s retainers, to steal his grandfather’s car and make a trip to Memphis. The Priests’ black coachman, Ned McCaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey, for which they are all ill-equipped, that ends at Miss Reba’s bordello in Memphis. From there a series of wild misadventures ensues—involving horse smuggling, trainmen, sheriffs’ deputies, and jail.
The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Winner of The GoodReads Choice Award for Poetry 2017 From Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of Milk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom Praise for Rupi Kaur: 'Kaur is at the forefront of a poetry renaissance' Observer 'Kaur made her name with poems about love, life and grief. They resonate hugely' Sunday Times 'Poems tackling feminism, love, trauma and healing in short lines as smooth as pop music' New York Times 'Caught the imagination of a large, atypical poetry audience...Kaur knows the good her poetry does: it saves lives' Evening Standard 'Breathing new life into poetry...It has people reading, and listening' The Pool 'Every so often, a book comes along that seems to have a life of its own, that is passed lovingly from one reader to another with recommendations that insist, "You must read this". Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey is one such book' Red Magazine 'Rupi Kaur's poetry communicates, distils life. Her success is a simply wonderful thing for poetry. Her work reveals how powerful and accessible poetry can be. It seems to help people too and is a fine example of the healing power of art' Allie Esiri, editor of four bestselling poetry anthologies and apps 'Rupi Kaur blazing a trail for new generations to discover verse is a wondrous thing. Her star is shining brightly. A drop of poetry can flood the imagination. It can also ease the mind. Her work is clearly bringing such pleasures to countless readers - mostly younger readers - and that is a cause for celebration for anyone who cares about poetry'Ben Holden, editor of bestselling anthologies Poems That Make Grown Men Cry & Poems That Make Grown Women Cry
David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny--it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment بقلم Eckhart Toll ... To make the journey into the Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of Eckhart Tolle's extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, “The eternal, ever present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.” Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question-and-answer format to guide us. A word-of-mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers, one that can radically change their lives for the better
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know بقلم Adam Grant ... Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong. Evidence has shown that creative geniuses are not attached to one identity, but constantly willing to rethink their stances and that leaders who admit they don't know something and seek critical feedback lead more productive and innovative teams. New evidence shows us that as a mindset and a skilllset, rethinking can be taught and Grant explains how to develop the necessary qualities to do it. Section 1 explores why we struggle to think again and how we can learn to do it as individuals, arguing that 'grit' alone can actually be counterproductive. Section 2 discusses how we can help others think again through learning about 'argument literacy'. And the final section 3 looks at how schools, businesses and governments fall short in building cultures that encourage rethinking. In the end, learning to rethink may be the secret skill to give you the edge in a world changing faster than ever
الكتاب الأكثر مبيعًا الملهم والمغير للحياة لمؤلف كتاب القادة EAT LAST AND TOGETHER هو الأفضل. في عام 2009، بدأ سيمون سينك حركة لمساعدة الناس على أن يصبحوا أكثر إلهامًا في العمل، وبالتالي إلهام زملائهم وعملائهم. منذ ذلك الحين، تأثر الملايين بقوة أفكاره، بما في ذلك أكثر من 28 مليون شخص شاهدوا محادثة TED الخاصة به بناءً على START WITH WHY - ثالث أكثر مقاطع فيديو TED شعبية على الإطلاق. يبدأ سينك بسؤال أساسي: لماذا بعض الأشخاص والمنظمات أكثر ابتكارا وتأثيرا وأكثر ربحية من غيرهم؟ لماذا يأمر البعض بولاء أكبر من العملاء والموظفين على حد سواء؟ حتى بين الناجحين، لماذا قلة قليلة قادرة على تكرار نجاحها مرارا وتكرارا؟ لم يكن لدى أشخاص مثل مارتن لوثر كينغ جونيور وستيف جوبز والأخوة رايت سوى القليل من القواسم المشتركة، لكنهم جميعًا بدأوا بـ لماذا. لقد أدركوا أن الناس لن يشتروا حقًا منتجًا أو خدمة أو حركة أو فكرة حتى يفهموا السبب وراء ذلك. ابدأ بالسبب يوضح أن القادة الذين كان لهم التأثير الأكبر في العالم جميعهم يفكرون ويتصرفون ويتواصلون بنفس الطريقة - وهذا عكس ما يفعله أي شخص آخر. يطلق سينك على هذه الفكرة القوية اسم الدائرة الذهبية، وهي توفر إطارًا يمكن بناء المنظمات عليه، ويمكن قيادة الحركات، ويمكن إلهام الناس. وكل شيء يبدأ مع لماذا.
Frankenstein in Baghdad بقلم Ahmed Saadawi ... From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi--a scavenger and an oddball fixture at a local caf collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and to give them proper burial. But when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed. Hadi soon realizes he's created a monster, one that needs human flesh to survive--first from the guilty, and then from anyone in its path. A prizewinning novel by "Baghdad's new literary star" (The New York Times), Frankenstein in Baghdad captures with white-knuckle horror and black humor the surreal reality of contemporary Iraq
Napoleon Hill, America's most beloved motivational author, devoted 25 years to finding out how the wealthy became that way. After interviewing over 500 of the most affluent men and women of his time, he uncovered the secret to great wealth based on the notion that if we can learn to think like the rich, we can start to behave like them. By understanding and applying the thirteen simple steps that constitute Hill's formula, you can achieve your goals, change your life and join the ranks of the rich and successful.
In this updated edition, Dr. Arthur R. Pell provides examples of men and women who, in recent times, exemplify the principles that Hill promulgated. With the success stories of top achievers such as Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg, he proves that Hill's philosophies are as valid today as they ever were.hink And Grow Rich Has Been Called The Granddaddy Of All Motivational Literature. It Was The First Book To Boldly Ask, What Makes A Winner? The Man Who Asked And Listened For The Answer, Napoleon Hill, Is Now Counted In The Top Ranks Of The World'S Winners Himself.The Most Famous Of All Teachers Of Success Spent A Fortune And The Better Part Of A Lifetime Of Effort To Produce The Law Of Success Philosophy That Forms The Basis Of His Books And That Is So Powerfully Summarized In This One.In The Original Think And Grow Rich, Published In 1937, Hill Draws On Stories Of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, And Other Millionaires Of His Generation To Illustrate His Principles. In The Updated Version, Arthur R. Pell, Ph.D., A Nationally Known Author, Lecturer, And Consultant In Human Resources Management And An Expert In Applying Hill'S Thought, Deftly Interweaves Anecdotes Of How Contemporary Millionaires And Billionaires, Such As Bill Gates, Mary Kay Ash, Dave Thomas, And Sir John Templeton, Achieved Their Wealth. Outmoded Or Arcane Terminology And Examples Are Faithfully Refreshed To Preclude Any Stumbling Blocks To A New Generation Of Readers.