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Vertrauen ist die Grundlage von Offenheit, Entspannung und einem guten Selbstwertgefühl. Dabei gibt es drei Formen, die sich ergänzen: Vertrauen in uns selbst, in andere Menschen und in das Leben. Wie wir sie entwickeln können und dabei Herz und Verstand verbinden, zeigt dieses Hörbuch mit Anregungen zum Nachdenken und vielen praktischen Übungen. So können wir lernen, mit entspannter Zuversicht durchs Leben zu gehen.

In a business world where we are told that time is money, the real currency is communicating clearly at a poised and measured pace. Better Business Speech: Techniques, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Public Speaking at Work by Paul Geiger focuses on the challenges of being a strong communicator in a range of business settings. It begins with the basic premise that all speaking for business is public speaking. Therefore, these are the communication scenarios where any lack of confidence in speech ability will be magnified.

Endlich kommen sie! Die goldenen Regeln für Erfolg, Zufriedenheit und persönliche Produktivität, verpackt in fünf Module mit je zehn leicht anwendbaren Geboten. Der Autor präsentiert erprobte Methoden und innovative Konzepte, die frischen Wind in den Alltag bringen: Mit einer "Farbpalette" können wir unsere Probleme lösen, mit den "Lebensbatterien" eine perfekte Work-Life-Balance erzielen und mit dem "Krengelschen Imperativ" wird Ordnung zum Kinderspiel.

A celebration of the language and culture of Italy, La Bella Lingua is the story of how a language shaped a nation, told against the backdrop of one woman's personal quest to speak fluent Italian. For anyone who has been to Italy, the fantasy of living the Italian life is powerfully seductive. But to truly become Italian, one must learn the language. This is how Dianne Hales began her journey. In La Bella Lingua, she brings the story of her decades-long experience with "the world's most loved and lovable language" together with explorations of Italy's history.

Hygge ist ein dänisches Wort mit vielen Bedeutungen, von "Kunst der Innigkeit" über "Gemütlichkeit der Seele" und "Abwesenheit jeglicher Störfaktoren" bis hin zu "Freude an der Gegenwart beruhigender Dinge", "gemütliches Beisammensein" oder gar "Kakao bei Kerzenschein". Hygge ist warmes Licht und ein kuscheliges Sofa, Picknicken im Sommer und Glögg trinken im Winter. Und Hygge ist eine Haltung, die man lernen kann!

Akzeptieren, was ist, bedeutet eine Einladung zu persönlicher Entwicklung und innerem Frieden. Statt zu grübeln, was hätte sein können, wenn..., beginnen wir zu erkennen, was wir tun können, um die Situation zu verbessern. Wir fragen nicht mehr Warum oder Warum ich? , sondern Wozu? und Was jetzt? . Die Freude des Loslassens: ein praxisnaher Weg zu mehr Gelassenheit.

Higher Education in America is a landmark work - a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the current condition of our colleges and universities from former Harvard president Derek Bok, one of the nation's most-respected education experts. Sweepingly ambitious in scope, this is a deeply informed and balanced assessment of the many strengths as well as the weaknesses of American higher education today.

Can free speech coexist with an inclusive campus environment? Hardly a week goes by without another controversy over free speech on college campuses. On one side, there are increased demands to censor hateful, disrespectful, and bullying expression and to ensure an inclusive and nondiscriminatory learning environment. On the other side are traditional free speech advocates who charge that recent demands for censorship coddle students and threaten free inquiry.

Over the course of the past twenty-five years, Julia Cameron has taught thousands of artists and aspiring artists how to unblock wellsprings of creativity. And time and again she has noticed an interesting thing: Often when her students uncover their creative selves they also undergo a surprising physical transformation - invigorated by their work, they slim down. In The Writing Diet, Cameron illuminates the relationship between creativity and eating to reveal a crucial equation: Creativity can block overeating.

An account of sordidness and redemption by the Dartmouth fraternity member whose Rolling Stone profile blew the whistle on the frat's inhumane hazing practices. Always trust the brotherhood. Always protect your pledge brothers. What happens in the house stays in the house. Before attending Dartmouth, the worst thing Andrew Lohse had ever done was skip school to attend a John McCain rally.

In July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One - the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about - without even looking for it. A simple phone call concerning an unexceptional pending drug trial turned into a massive conspiracy involving the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, L.A. and Bay Area crack cocaine dealers, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Anleitung zum Glücklichsein! Für unser Glücksempfinden ist zu 50 Prozent unsere Grundeinstellung verantwortlich, zu zehn Prozent sind es die Lebensumstände und zu erstaunlichen 40 Prozent können wir selbst aktiv Einfluss darauf nehmen. Zu dieser Erkenntnis kommt die renommierte amerikanische Psychologin Sonja Lyubomirsky in ihrem hier frisch überarbeiteten Standardwerk. Im Zentrum steht dabei ein wissenschaftlich fundiertes Modell, das uns hilft, aus zwölf Glücksaktivitäten die eigene Glücksstrategie zusammenzustellen.

APE's thesis is powerful yet simple: filling the roles of Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur yields results that rival traditional publishing. We call this "artisanal publishing" - that is, when writers who love their craft control the publishing process and produce high-quality books. APE is 411 minutes of step-by-step, tactical advice and practical inspiration.

In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land, explaining how a dusty hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up, as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question, and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.

Despite being immensely popular - and immensely lucrative - education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity - in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee.

Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the innocent charm of so many of Jamess young American heroines. She is engaged to Amerigo, an impoverished Italian prince; he must marry money, and as his name suggests, an American heiress is the perfect solution.

Achtsamkeit ermöglicht uns, wach und entspannt im Hier und Jetzt zu leben. Die kleinen, kompakten Pocketguides aus der Reihe "Achtsam leben" eignen sich für den unkomplizierten Einstieg und sind randvoll mit Anregungen, Übungen und fundierten Impulsen für die Umsetzung im Alltag. Alle Bände wurden von erfahrenen Psychologen, Achtsamkeitslehrern oder Lebensberatern entwickelt.

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist and playwright who, in 1930, became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. His last distinctive pulp novel, The Innocents, follows a longtime married couple as they vacation away from their home in New York City and contemplate starting a business.

Occuparsi del linguaggio pubblico e della sua qualità non è un lusso da intellettuali o una questione accademica. È un dovere cruciale dell'etica civile. Non è possibile pensare con chiarezza se non si è capaci di parlare e scrivere con chiarezza. Sono parole del filosofo John Searle, teorico del rapporto fra linguaggio e realtà istituzionali. Le società vengono costruite e si reggono essenzialmente su una premessa linguistica: sul fatto cioè che dire qualcosa comporti un impegno di verità e di correttezza nei confronti dei destinatari.

Si può prendere un classico della letteratura mondiale per bambini e ricavarne indicazioni su come condurre una vita di stupore e meraviglia? È quello che fa Davide Bregola con Lezioni di vita del Piccolo Principe per disillusi: attraverso le citazioni e i segreti dei personaggi che costellano il libro, Bregola traccia un sentiero, una rotta per seguire con fiducia lo stupore della scoperta di noi stessi, per ricacciare la disillusione della vita contemporanea e trovare una via che coniughi intelligenza e innocenza.