-Titulo Original : Maiden Voyage-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : Great At Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, And Achieve More-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: Want to feel terrifyingly beautiful? Wear the right color of eye shadow to project otherworldly glamour. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Repeat the proper incantation and make it disappear. Want to increase your energy? Whip up a tasty herbal “potion” to rev up your stamina. DIY projects, rituals, and spells—along with fun historical sidebars—summon the best trends of the modern witchy lifestyle and the time-trusted traditions of the hell-raising women of the past. With humor, heart, and a hip sensibility, Jaya Saxena and Jess Zimmerman dispense witchy wisdom for the curious, the cynical, and anyone who could use a magical boost. Selected Table of Contents: What We Mean by “Witchcraft” Our Favorite Pop Culture Witches How to Clothe Yourself in Literal Darkness The Dark Magic of Unfeminine Haircuts A Spell for Self-Care A Spell to Make Peace with Your Body Magical Exercise A Ritual for a Relaxing Netflix Binge The Transformative Power of Vulnerability A Collaborative Ritual to Deepen Friendship Conjuring Your Perfect Mate The Magic Circle of Consent A Spell for Talking about Sex Expelling Social Toxicity The Different Types of Personal Demons A Spell to Counter Impostor Syndrome A Spell to Name Your Heart’s Desire How to Read Tea Leave...

-Titulo Original : The Road To Jonestown: Jim Jones And Peoples Temple-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: )—the definitive story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre, the largest murder-suicide in American history, by the bestselling author of . In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially mixed, and he was a leader in the early civil rights movement. Eventually, Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to northern California, where he got involved in electoral politics and became a prominent Bay Area leader. But underneath the surface lurked a terrible darkness. In this riveting narrative, Jeff Guinn examines Jones’s life, from his early days as an idealistic minister to a secret life of extramarital affairs, drug use, and fraudulent faith healing, before the fateful decision to move almost a thousand of his followers to a settlement in the jungles of Guyana in South America. Guinn provides stunning new details of the events leading to the fatal day in November, 1978 when more than nine hundred people died—including almost three hundred infants and children—after being ordered to swallow a cyanide-laced drink. Guinn examined thousands of pages of FBI files on the case, including material released during the course of his research. He traveled to Jones’s Indiana hometown, where he spoke to people never previously interviewed, and uncovered fresh information from Jonestown survivors. He even visited the Jonestown site with the same pilot who flew there the day that Congressman Leo Ryan was murdered on Jones’s orders. The Road to Jonestown is “the most complete picture to date of this tragic saga, and of the man who engineered it…The result is a disturbing portrait of evil—and a compassionate memorial to those taken in by Jones’s malign charisma” (San Francisco Chronicle)...

-Titulo Original : El Arte De La Comida Sencilla: Notas, Lecciones Y Recetas De Una Deliciosa Revolucion (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : Rube Goldberg: Inventions!-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : My Own Words-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : Seinfeldia: How A Show About Nothing Changed Everything-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up —“A wildly entertaining must-read not only for fans but for anyone who wants a better understanding of how television series are made” (, starred review). Comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld never thought anyone would watch their sitcom about a New York comedian sitting around talking to his friends. But against all odds, viewers did watch—first a few and then many, until nine years later nearly forty million Americans were tuning in weekly. Fussy Jerry, neurotic George, eccentric Kramer, and imperious Elaine—people embraced them with love. Seinfeldia, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s intimate history is full of gossipy details, show trivia, and insights into how famous episodes came to be. Armstrong celebrates the creators and fans of this American television phenomenon, bringing readers into the writers’ room and into a world of devotees for whom it never stopped being relevant. Seinfeld created a strange new reality, one where years after the show had ended the Soup Nazi still spends his days saying “No soup for you!”, Joe Davola gets questioned every day about his sanity, and Kenny Kramer makes his living giving tours of New York sites from the show. Seinfeldia is an outrageous cultural history. Dwight Garner of The New York Times Book Review wrote: “Armstrong has an eye for detail….Perhaps the highest praise I can give Seinfeldia is that it made me want to buy a loaf of marbled rye and start watching again, from the beginning.”...

-Titulo Original : The Chickenshit Club: Why The Justice Department Fails To Prosecute Executives-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : Leonardo Da Vinci-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : Leadership: In Turbulent Times-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : Masters Of The Air: Americas Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against Nazi Germany-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: is the riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II, the story of the young men who flew the bombers that helped bring Nazi Germany to its knees, brilliantly told by historian and World War II expert Donald Miller. The miniseries will be the companion to Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s and Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes you on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden and describes the terrible cost of bombing for the German people. Fighting at 25,000 feet in thin, freezing air that no warriors had ever encountered before, bomber crews battled new kinds of assaults on body and mind. Air combat was deadly but intermittent: periods of inactivity and anxiety were followed by short bursts of fire and fear. Unlike infantrymen, bomber boys slept on clean sheets, drank beer in local pubs, and danced to the swing music of Glenn Miller’s Air Force band, which toured US air bases in England. But they had a much greater chance of dying than ground soldiers. The bomber crews were an elite group of warriors who were a microcosm of America—white America, anyway. The actor Jimmy Stewart was a bomber boy, and so was the “King of Hollywood,” Clark Gable. And the air war was filmed by Oscar-winning director William Wyler and covered by reporters like Andy Rooney and Walter Cronkite, all of whom flew combat missions with the men. The Anglo-American bombing campaign against Nazi Germany was the longest military campaign of World War II, a war within a war. Until Allied soldiers crossed into Germany in the final months of the war, it was the only battle fought inside the German homeland. Masters of the Air is a story of life in wartime England and in the German prison camps, where tens of thousands of airmen spent part of the war. It ends with a vivid description of the grisly hunger marches captured airmen were forced to make near the end of the war through the country their bombs destroyed. Drawn from recent interviews, oral histories, and American, British, German, and other archives, Masters of the Air is an authoritative, deeply moving account of the world’s first and only bomber war...

-Titulo Original : An Atlas Of Natural Beauty: Botanical Ingredients For Retaining And Enhancing Beauty-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : Great At Work: The Hidden Habits Of Top Performers-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, And Our Lives (Exponential Technology Series)-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: bestselling authors of and comes a practical playbook for technological convergence in our modern era. In their book Abundance, bestselling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then, in Bold, they chronicled the use of exponential technologies that allowed the emergence of powerful new entrepreneurs. Now the bestselling authors are back with The Future Is Faster Than You Think, a blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next ten years of rapid technological disruption. Technology is accelerating far more quickly than anyone could have imagined. During the next decade, we will experience more upheaval and create more wealth than we have in the past hundred years. In this gripping and insightful roadmap to our near future, Diamandis and Kotler investigate how wave after wave of exponentially accelerating technologies will impact both our daily lives and society as a whole. What happens as AI, robotics, virtual reality, digital biology, and sensors crash into 3D printing, blockchain, and global gigabit networks? How will these convergences transform today’s legacy industries? What will happen to the way we raise our kids, govern our nations, and care for our planet? Diamandis, a space-entrepreneur-turned-innovation-pioneer, and Kotler, bestselling author and peak performance expert, probe the science of technological convergence and how it will reinvent every part of our lives—transportation, retail, advertising, education, health, entertainment, food, and finance—taking humanity into uncharted territories and reimagining the world as we know it. As indispensable as it is gripping, The Future Is Faster Than You Think provides a prescient look at our impending future...

-Titulo Original : The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens Personal Workbook-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: A companion to the New York Times bestselling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, this engaging personal workbook provides fun, supplementary activities and thought provoking exercises to help you understand and apply the power of the 7 Habits in your life. Imagine you had a playbook—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now to where you want to be in the future. Your goals, your dreams, your plans…they are all achievable. You just need the tools to help you get there. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Personal Workbook is that tool. Whether you’re already familiar with the power of the 7 Habits, or you’re learning about them for the first time, this guide will help you figure out what you want in life and then decide upon a path to make it a reality. These interactive, positive lessons will give you the tools to improve your self-esteem, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve goals, get along better with your friends and family, and strengthen yourself in every aspect of your life...

-Titulo Original : Think Like A Monk: Train Your Mind For Peace And Purpose Every Day-Fabricante : Simon & Schuste...

-Titulo Original : Stories To Tell: A Memoir-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: Richard Marx is one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters in the history of popular music. His self-titled 1987 album went triple platinum and made him the first male solo artist (and second solo artist overall after Whitney Houston) to have four singles from their debut crack the top three on the Billboard Hot 100. His follow-up, 1989’s Repeat Offender, was an even bigger smash, going quadruple platinum and landing two singles at number one. He has written fourteen number one songs in total, shared a Song of the Year Grammy with Luther Vandross, and collaborated with a variety of artists including NSYNC, Josh Groban, Natalie Cole, and Keith Urban. Lately, he’s also become a Twitter celebrity thanks to his outspokenness on social issues and his ability to out-troll his trolls. In Stories to Tell, Marx uses this same engaging, straight-talking style to look back on his life and career. He writes of how Kenny Rogers changed a single line of a song he’d written for him then asked for a 50% cut—which inspired Marx to write one of his biggest hits. He tells the uncanny story of how he wound up curled up on the couch of Olivia Newton-John, his childhood crush, watching Xanadu. He shares the tribulations of working with the all-female hair metal band Vixen and appearing in their video. Yet amid these entertaining celebrity encounters, Marx offers a more sobering assessment of the music business as he’s experienced it over four decades—the challenges of navigating greedy executives and grueling tour schedules, and the rewards of connecting with thousands of fans at sold-out shows that make all the drama worthwhile. He also provides an illuminating look at his songwriting process and talks honestly about how his personal life has inspired his work, including finding love with wife Daisy Fuentes and the mystery illness that recently struck him—and that doctors haven’t been able to solve...

-Titulo Original : How To Win Friends And Influence People-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: You can go after the job you want—and get it! You can take the job you have—and improve it! You can take any situation—and make it work for you! Dale Carnegie’s rock-solid, time-tested advice has carried countless people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. One of the most groundbreaking and timeless bestsellers of all time, How to Win Friends & Influence People will teach you: -Six ways to make people like you -Twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking -Nine ways to change people without arousing resentment And much more! Achieve your maximum potential—a must-read for the twenty-first century with more than 15 million copies sold...

-Titulo Original : The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey Of Angela Merkel-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: The definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the remarkable rise and political brilliance of the most powerful—and elusive—woman in the world. The Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider—a research chemist and pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany—who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West. Acclaimed biographer Kati Marton set out to pierce the mystery of how Angela Merkel achieved all this. And she found the answer in Merkel’s political genius: in her willingness to talk with adversaries rather than over them, her skill at negotiating without ever compromising on what’s most important to her, her canniness in appointing political rivals to her cabinet and exacting their policies so they have no platform to run against her, the humility to allow others to take credit for things done in tandem, the wisdom to stay out of the papers and off Twitter, and the vision to take advantage of crises to enact bold change. Famously private, the Angela Merkel who emerges in The Chancellor is a role model for anyone interested in gaining and keeping power while holding onto one’s moral convictions—and for anyone looking to understand how to successfully bridge huge divisions within society. No modern leader has so ably confronted Russian aggression, provided homes to over a million refugees, and calmly unified Europe at a time when other countries are becoming more divided. But Marton also describes Merkel’s many challenges, such as her complicated relationship with President Obama, who she at one point refused to speak to. This captivating portrait shows a woman who has survived extraordinary challenges to transform her own country and return it to the global stage. Timely and revelatory, this great morality tale shows the difference an exceptional leader can make for the greater good of a country and the world...

-Titulo Original : Arnold: The Education Of A Bodybuilder-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: - Simon Schuster Product Description Five-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia, and Mr. World, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the name in bodybuilding. Here is his classic bestselling autobiography, which explains how the Austrian Oak came to the sport of bodybuilding and aspired to be the star he has become. I still remember that first visit to the bodybuilding gym. I had never seen anyone lifting weights before. Those guys were huge and brutal....The weight lifters shone with sweat; they were powerful looking, Herculean. And there it was before me my life, the answer Id been seeking. It clicked. It was something I suddenly just seemed to reach out and find, as if Id been crossing a suspended bridge and finally stepped off onto solid ground. Arnold shares his fitness and training secrets demonstrating with a comprehensive step-by-step program and dietary hints how to use bodybuilding for better health. His program includes a special four-day regimen of specific exercises to develop individual muscle groups each exercise illustrated with photos of Arnold in action. For fans and would-be bodybuilders, this is Arnold in his own words. About the Author Arnold Schwarzenegger served as governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Before that, he had a long career, starring in such films as the Terminator series; Stay Hungry; Twins; Predator; and Junior. His first book, Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder, was a bestseller when published in 1977 and, along with his Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, has never been out of print since. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One Arnold! Arnold! I can still hear them, the voices of my friends, the lifeguards, bodybuilders, the weight lifters, booming up from the lake where they were working out in the grass and trees. Arnold -- come on! cried Karl, the young doctor who had become my friend at the gym... It was the summer I turned fifteen, a magical season for me because that year Id discovered exactly what I wanted to do with my life. It was more than a young boys mere pipe dream of a distant, hazy future -- confused fantasies of being a fireman, detective, sailor, test pilot, or spy. I knew I was going to be a bodybuilder. It wasnt simply that either. I would be the best bodybuilder in the world, the greatest, the best-built man. Im not exactly sure why I chose bodybuilding, except that I loved it. I loved it from the first moment my fingers closed around a barbell and I felt the challenge and exhilaration of hoisting the heavy steel plates above my head. I had always been involved in sports through my father, a tall, sturdy man who was himself a champion at ice curling. We were a physical family, oriented toward training, good eating, and keeping the body fit and healthy. With my fathers encouragement, I first got into organized competitive sports when I was ten. I joined a soccer team that even had uniforms and a regular three-days-a-week training schedule. I threw myself into it and played soccer passionately for almost five years. However, by the time I was thirteen team sports no longer satisfied me. I was already off on an individual trip. I disliked it when we won a game and I didnt get personal recognition. The only time I really felt rewarded was when I was singled out as being best. I decided to try some individual sports. I ran, I swam, I boxed; I got into competition, throwing javelin and shot put. Although I did well with them, none of those things felt right to me. Then our coach decided that lifting weights for an hour once a week would be a good way to condition us for playing soccer. I still remember that first visit to the bodybuilding gym. I had never seen anyone lifting weights before. Those guys were huge and brutal. I found myself walking around them, staring at muscles I couldnt even name, muscles Id never even seen before. The weight lifters shone with sweat; they were powerful looking, Herculean. And there it was b...

-Titulo Original : The Art Of Bob Mackie-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: The first-ever, comprehensive and authorized showcase of legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie’s fabulous life and work, featuring hundreds of photos and dozens of never-before-seen sketches from his personal collection. Cher, Carol Burnett, Bette Midler, P!nk, Tina Turner, Elton John, Liza Minnelli, Angela Lansbury, Diana Ross, Beyonce, RuPaul, and Madonna...what do they all have in common? All have been dressed by Bob Mackie. For nearly six decades, the iconic and incomparable Bob Mackie has been designing stunning, unforgettable clothing. His unique, glamorous-sometimes hilarious-creations have appeared on Broadway stages, TV screens, runways, and red carpets worldwide. For his pioneering genius and continual reinvention, he is a Tony Award and nine-time Emmy Award winner, a three-time Oscar nominee, and recipient of the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. For the first time, he has granted full access to his archives and personal memories to the authors of this lavish celebration of his achievements. The Art of Bob Mackie is the first-ever comprehensive and fully authorized book showcasing Mackie’s work, from his early days as a sketch artist for the legendary Edith Head at Paramount to his current, cutting-edge costumes for pop stars and line of accessible, wearable clothing for QVC. In addition to hundreds of glorious photos and dozens of dishy recollections from Mackie and his many muses, this gorgeous volume features never-before-seen sketches from throughout his prolific career, from Marilyn Monroe’s iconic “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” gown to Carol Burnett’s “Went with the Wind” curtain-rod dress, to Cher’s show-stopping 1986 Oscar look. As other designers have burst onto the scene and faded out of fashion, Mackie has soared from success to success, always remaining relevant because he has always been spectacularly fashion-forward. With a foreword by Carol Burnett and an afterword by Cher, The Art of Bob Mackie is a stunning must-have for lovers of sequins, beads, and feathers; Broadway shows and classic television; pop music and pop culture; and fashion with incomparable flair. Review “Exhibit[s] the brilliance that is Bob Mackie and his vast powers of imagination and creativity. . . this is a book that must become part of your library.” -NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS “ The Art of Bob Mackie…is a celebration of the designer’s outrageous creativity. The compendium [is]…a 300-plus page testament to his singular talent.” -NEW YORK POST “Lavish.” -THE WALL STREET JOURNAL “Filled with Mackie’s original sketches and hundreds of photos that help tell the story of his sparkling career.” -ASSOCIATED PRESS “Lavishly illustrated. . . A must-have for the fan of glitz and glamour.” -THE BOSTON GLOBE The Art of Bob Mackie is a colorful and informative must-have for lovers of sequins, beads, feathers, Broadway shows, classic television, pop culture and fashion with incomparable flair.” -DESERT SUN “The life and work of the legendary designer Bob Mackie is on resplendent display in this first-ever authorized collection. Part scrap book, part tribute (with contributions from Carol Burnett and Cher, no less), this comprehensive collection…might be the next best thing to owning one of his fantastical creations yourself.” -TOWN & COUNTRY “ The Art of Bob Mackie by Frank Vlastnik and Laura Ross is an authorized trip down memory lane…Fans of “lewks,”divas and Hollywood gossip will have lots to enjoy.” -BOOKPAGE About the Author Frank Vlastnik is an author, actor, photo editor, and Broadway, television, and pop culture historian. After working for four years as an archivist/researcher in the Time/Life Picture Collection, Frank acted as photo editor for heavily illustrated books such as A Chronicle of the American Musical Theatre, Jerry Herman: The Lyrics, and Performance of the Century: 100 Years of Actors’ ...

-Titulo Original : Come As You Are: Revised And Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: A revised and updated edition of Emily Nagoski’s game-changing New York Times bestseller Come As You Are, featuring new information and research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life. For much of the 20th and 21st centuries, women’s sexuality was an uncharted territory in science, studied far less frequently-and far less seriously-than its male counterpart. That is, until Emily Nagoski’s Come As You Are, which used groundbreaking science and research to prove that the most important factor in creating and sustaining a sex life filled with confidence and joy is not what the parts are or how they’re organized but how you feel about them. In the years since the book’s initial publication, countless women have learned through Nagoski’s accessible and informative guide that things like stress, mood, trust, and body image are not peripheral factors in a woman’s sexual wellbeing; they are central to it-and that even if you don’t always feel like it, you are already sexually whole by just being yourself. This revised and updated edition continues that mission with new information and advanced research, demystifying and decoding the science of sex so that everyone can create a better sex life and discover more pleasure than you ever thought possible. Review “This is the best book I have ever read about sexual desire and why some couples just stop having sex, and what they can do about it. Come As You Are is an absolutely necessary guide for all couples who want to understand the ups and downs in their own sex life. It is a must read!” -John Gottman, Ph.D., author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work “Emily Nagoski has written one of the most important books about sex any woman (or anybody else) could ever pick up, full of insights that are both fascinating and deeply useful. Synthesizing new research and theory about sexuality with old-school sex-positive information of the sort you didn’t learn in sex ed (unless, perhaps, you are a Unitarian, or Scandinavian, or lucky enough to be in Dr. Nagoski’s class), I guarantee Come As You Are will open minds and change lives.” - Carol Queen, Ph.D., Founding director, Center for Sex & Culture “Emily Nagoski is worth her weight in TED Talks, and Come as You Are is a master-class in the science of sex.” - Ian Kerner, sex therapist and bestselling author of She Comes First “It’s the science of sex, decoded and demystified. Want to be educated on the latest findings about female genitalia? Of course you do. Empowering and sex-positive at best, this informative read makes for an enticing bedfellow.” -Refinery29 “Lots of books - and articles and experts - claim to have the keys to transform your sex life. This one actually has it. It isn’t as fast as taking a pill, but it will last a whole lot longer. You will find no hot new bedroom moves - it’s that deeper-level soul stuff. You know, the stuff that actually works.” -Salon “Wonderful new language to help us articulate to women (and their lovers) what is going on.” - Huffington Post “Like a punch to the gut. When I read the passage that made me realize-after all these years-that I was not actually broken, I began to cry. . . . I wished [Nagoski] was someone who was actively in my life, someone I could reach out to for grounding every time I momentarily forgot the lessons in her book.” -Book Riot “Nagoski’s book deserves plaudits for the rare achievement of merging pop science and the sexual self-help genre in prose that’s not insufferably twee. . . . [ Come As You Are] offers up hard facts on the science of arousal and desire in a friendly and accessible way.” - The Guardian (UK) About the Author Emily Nagoski is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life, and the coauthor of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. She ha...

-Titulo Original : The Truth In Small Doses: Why Were Losing The War On Cancer-and How To Win It-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: A “brilliant” (Fortune), eye-opening history of the war on cancer, The Truth in Small Doses asks why we are losing this essential fight and charts a path forward. Over the past half century, deaths from heart disease, stroke, and so many other killers have fallen dramatically. But cancer continues to kill with abandon. In 2013, despite a four-decade “war” against the disease that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars, more than 1.6 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer and nearly six hundred thousand will die from it. A decade ago, Clifton Leaf, a celebrated journalist and a cancer survivor himself, began to investigate why we had made such limited progress fighting this terrifying disease. The result is a gripping narrative that reveals why the public’s immense investment in research has been badly misspent, why scientists seldom collaborate and share their data, why new drugs are so expensive yet routinely fail, and why our best hope for progress-brilliant young scientists-are now abandoning the search for a cure. “Through flowing prose Leaf delivers, alongside facts and data, stories on personalities involved in research, the fascinating process of solving an unusual and highly deadly cancer in Africa, and the heartbreaking realities of cancer treatment in children today. Leaf’s extensively investigated treatise will resonate with researchers and patients frustrated by the bureaucratic woes he delineates. Public policy makers, grant reviewers, and pharmaceutical researchers alike must consider Leaf’s indictment and proposed solutions” ( Publishers Weekly). The Truth in Small Doses is that rare tale that will both outrage readers and inspire conversation and change. Review NEW! July 2014--WINNER of the European School of Oncologys first LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for cancer reporting. It takes an outsider to stand back and ask the critical questions that Clifton Leaf poses. And it takes superb journalistic skills to make sense of it all and tell the story in a way that is both compelling and constructive... The European School of Oncology (ESO) is delighted to recognise his powerful contribution to efforts to speed up progress in cancer research with this Lifetime Achievement Award.-- Franco Cavalli, chair, Best Cancer Reporter Award judging panel One of 10 Books to Provoke Conversation in the New Year! The Truth in Small Doses is a detailed, sober myth-busting report. Leaf concludes the war on cancer is a failure due to a dysfunctional cancer culture--a groupthink that pushes tens of thousands of physicians and scientists toward the goal of finding the tiniest improvements in treatment rather than genuine breakthroughs; that fosters isolated and redundant problem-solving instead of cooperation... He shows why the publics immense investment in research has been badly misspent.-- RALPH NADER Clifton Leafs radical appraisal is a spot-on jaw-dropper. -- LAURIE GARRETT, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of I Heard the Sirens Scream, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health, and The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance This is one of the best books ever about the reality of cancer today. Clifton Leaf is a magnificent writer and journalist, and with this book he focuses his talent on revealing the truths about malignant disease. As he points out, despite the rosy predictions about progress, massive spending on research and shockingly expensive drugs, improvements in cancer survival have seldom materialized. -- ROBERT BAZELL, Former Chief Science and Health Correspondent, NBC News, Author of Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer Clifton Leaf has written a masterpiece. Everything about The Truth In Small Doses screams Disruptive Innovation. Sometimes, fresh eyes, ones that arent inside the...

-Titulo Original : Notes From A Friend: A Quick And Simple Guide To Taking Charge Of Your Life-Fabricante : Simon & Schuster-Descripcion Original: Now updated with new material, Notes from a Friend is a concise and easy-to-understand guide to the most powerful and life-changing tools and principles from Tony Robbins, bestselling author and an international leader in peak performance. Starting in 1991, a self-published version of this book has been handed out to thousands of people in need, as part of the Tony Robbins Foundation’s Thanksgiving “Basket Brigade.” The book helped so many individuals overcome the most challenging circumstances that people repeatedly asked to purchase it for themselves and for their friends. Now, for the first time, it is available to you in this special, updated edition containing new material. Buy this book and you change a life. Read this book and you’ll change your own. Review “More than a note from a friend -- an indispensable guide! ” -Arnold Schwarzenegger “Vintage Tony Robbins . . . It distills the complexity of the human potential movement into one single but powerful idea.” -James Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecy “Tony’s warmth, passion, and commitment will inspire you to truly master your life and touch others in the process.” -Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D., co-author of The One-Minute Manager About the Author Tony Robbins is an entrepreneur, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and philanthropist honored by Accenture as one of the top fifty business intellectuals in the world. Robbins is a leader called upon by leaders: He’s consulted and coached some of the world’s greatest athletes, entertainers, Fortune 500 CEOs, and four US presidents. Robbins is a founder, partner, or early investor in 100 privately held businesses with combined sales exceeding $7 billion annually. Through his philanthropy and partnership with Feeding America, he has provided more than 800 million meals and is on track to provide 1 billion meals by 2025. He lives in Palm Beach, Florida. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Lesson One Feeling Overwhelmed...How to Turn It Around Often in life, events occur that we truly cant control. The company were working for downsizes and we get laid off. Our spouse leaves us. A family member becomes ill, or someone close to us dies. The government cuts a program weve depended on. In these situations, we may feel as if there is simply nothing we can do to make things better. Maybe youve had the experience of trying everything you knew to get a job, to help your family, to find your soulmate, or just to feel happier. But nothing seemed to work. When we try a new approach, try our best, yet we still fail to reach our goal, often we fear trying again. Why? Because we all want to avoid pain! And nobody wants to fail again. Nobody wants to give his or her all, only to be disappointed. Often, after many of these experiences of disappointment, we stop trying! We get to the point where we believe that nothing will work. If you find yourself at the point where youre not even willing to try, youve put yourself in a place called learned helplessness. Youve literally learned -- or taught yourself -- that youre helpless. The good news is that youre wrong. You can make things happen! You can change anything in your life today by changing your perceptions and changing your actions. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Edison The first step to turning your life around is getting rid of this negative belief that you cant do anything or that youre helpless. How can you do that? Often the reason that people say they cant do something is that theyve tried things in the past that havent worked. But remember -- and Ive used this phrase again and again throughout my life -- YOUR PAST DOES NOT EQUAL YOUR FUTURE. What matters is not yesterday but what you do right now. So many people are trying to drive into the future using a rearview mirror to guide themselves! If yo...