Two startup company founders and angel investors go inside eighteen companies founded by Harvard Business School graduates, uncovering surprising lessons for success and unexpected pitfalls essential for aspiring entrepreneurs.
'Tender, vivid and achingly sad' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE YEARTWO SISTERS publishes on the 30th anniversary of Blake Morrison's ground-breaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Die weltweit führende Neurowissenschaftlerin auf dem Gebiet der romantischen Liebe erzählt eine persönliche Geschichte von Verbundenheit und Herzschmerz, die ein neues Verständnis für eine alte Wahrheit schafft: Es ist besser, geliebt und verloren zu haben, als nie geliebt zu haben.
Reflexión en torno al ejercicio de la multidisciplinariedad, interdisciplinariedad y transdisciplinariedad desde el espacio de acción, docencia e investigación en el Centro Universitario de Tonalá, donde se construye el conocimiento desde diversas disciplinas.
La divulgacion de ideas como las que Adrian Acosta Silva ensaya en este libro de amplia revision sociologica e historica es parte fundamental de las labores de la Union de Universidades de America Latina y el Caribe (UDUAL), donde el intercambio academico y la promocion del debate son piezas sustantivas, siendo un medio idoneo para ello las publicaciones de los investigadores de las universidades afiliadas, pues desde su fundacion, como la red de educacion superior mas grande de America Latina y el Caribe, la UDUAL defiende, fortalece y promueve el ejercicio de la autonomia universitaria e impulsa la actividad academica promoviendo el analisis de las distintas realidades y problematicas de la educacion superior.
Este libro aborda la cuestión de las migraciones y las circunstancias que afectan a los migrantes (la incertidumbre ante lo desconocido, la adaptación, los prejuicios, la intolerancia, la idea de pertenencia, el desarraigo) desde una triple perspectiva: la historia personal, el estudio de la realidad y el análisis de los prejuicios existentes sobre el tema.
Este espacio, se desarrolla a través de tres módulos de discusión: Políticas Culturales, Cultura e Identidad y Economía y Cultura, presididos cada uno por un ex Ministro de Cultura del país.
In this book the authors examine the relations between work and time and explore the possibilities of developing new and more flexible working patterns.
To every Christian who is concerned about the challenges Christianity is facing in America today, pastor and bestselling author Jim Cymbala speaks words of power and hope.
A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient RomePublic bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and sports.
Is the United States "e;the land of equal opportunity"e; or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white?
The Mediterranean Love Plan unveils the ';7 Secrets of Passion' from some of the most romantic countries in the world: Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Israel.
Una antropología del amor requiere una mirada distanciada y crítica con relación a la presuposición de que las emociones y los sentimientos apasionados más refinados se vinculan, necesariamente, con las vivencias y las manifestaciones del amor romántico, tal como este ha sido concebido e idealizado en Occidente.
What Thoreau can teach us about workingwhy we do it, what it does to us, and how we can make it more meaningfulHenry at Work invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of Henry David Thoreau that has often been overlooked: Thoreau the worker.
A classic of British cultural studies, Profane Culture takes the reader into the worlds of two important 1960s youth cultures-the motor-bike boys and the hippies.
How the transgender experience opens up new possibilities for thinking about gender and raceIn the summer of 2015, shortly after Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender, the NAACP official and political activist Rachel Dolezal was "e;outed"e; by her parents as white, touching off a heated debate in the media about the fluidity of gender and race.
As the nation reels from the impact of the Great Recession, many families are finding new ways to live together, including creating multigenerational households to save money and consolidate resources.
A vivid look at how India has developed the idea of entrepreneurial citizens as leaders mobilizing society and how people try to live that promiseCan entrepreneurs develop a nation, serve the poor, and pursue creative freedom, all while generating economic value?
Spirit and Sacrament by pastor and author Andrew Wilson is an impassioned call to join together two traditions that are frequently and unnecessarily kept separate.
The important role of liberal ecumenical Protestantism in American historyThe role of liberalized, ecumenical Protestantism in American history has too often been obscured by the more flamboyant and orthodox versions of the faith that oppose evolution, embrace narrow conceptions of family values, and continue to insist that the United States should be understood as a Christian nation.
With their strong emphasis on traditional family values, education, discipline, and service, Mormons sound and look more "e;Christian"e; than many believers.
