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A mother and daughter must break their family’s curse through trials of war and immigration, love, loss, and redemption in this riveting multi-generational saga with a shimmer of magic, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Forgery of Fate. “Lim dazzles in her dark and deftly woven adult debut. . . . Blending the historically grounded and complex mother-daughter narratives of Amy Tan with the rich fantasy of Yangsze Choo, this stunning tale will delight. . . . This is a gem.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) 1940s Hong Kong When Japanese soldiers invade her hometown, Ha Yut Ying makes an unlikely escape—by turning invisible. But her miraculous survival is only the beginning. After the war is over, she’s sent to Hong Kong to live with her distant father and glamorous stepmother, who end her dreams of becoming a singer and turn her into the family’s servant. As the years pass, Yut Ying learns the hard truths of betrayal and ambition, of forbidden love and devastating loss, and discovers that sometimes the only way to endure is to disappear. 1960s San Francisco Marigold has always had a knack for uncovering secrets, but nothing prepares her for the day she accidentally witnesses her mother vanish before her eyes. The moment fractures their bond, leaving questions that shadow her entire childhood. But when her mother’s condition suddenly deteriorates, Marigold is convinced she’s the only person who can save her. To do so, she must journey into the secrets her mother never shared and uncover the tragic, fairytale-tinged history their family has fought to forget. A story of mothers and daughters, the scars they inherit and the magic that binds them, Fishbone Cinderella is a tender and enchanting exploration of what it means, at last, to be seen. “[Elizabeth Lim’s] heart-wrenching and magical first adult novel is a multi-generational story that adapts a foundational fairy tale and creates a story of mothers, daughters, and a past that haunts their futures.”—Library Journal (starred review)

A New York Times bestselling author and tech columnist's counter-intuitive guide to staying relevant - and employable - in the machine age by becoming irreplaceably human. It's not a future scenario any more. We've been taught that to compete with automation and AI, we'll have to become more like the machines themselves, building up technical skills like coding. But, there's simply no way to keep up. What if all the advice is wrong? And what do we need to do instead to become futureproof? We tend to think of automation as a blue-collar phenomenon that will affect truck drivers, factory workers, and other people with repetitive manual jobs. But it's much, much broader than that. Lawyers are being automated out of existence. Last year, JPMorgan Chase built a piece of software called COIN, which uses machine learning to review complicated contracts and documents. It used to take the firm's lawyers more than 300,000 hours every year to review all of those documents. Now, it takes a few seconds, and requires just one human to run the program. Doctors are being automated out of existence, too. Last summer, a Chinese tech company built a deep learning algorithm that diagnosed brain cancer and other diseases faster and more accurately than a team of 15 top Chinese doctors. Kevin Roose has spent the past few years studying the question of how people, communities, and organisations adapt to periods of change, from the Industrial Revolution to the present. And the insight that is sweeping through Silicon Valley as we speak -- that in an age dominated by machines, it's human skills that really matter - is one of the more profound and counter-intuitive ideas he's discovered. It's the antidote to the doom-and-gloom worries many people feel when they think about AI and automation. And it's something everyone needs to hear. In nine accessible, prescriptive chapters, Roose distills what he has learned about how we will survive the future, that the way to become futureproof is to become incredibly, irreplaceably human.

A mother and daughter must break their family’s curse through trials of war and immigration, love, loss, and redemption in this riveting multi-generational saga with a shimmer of magic, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Forgery of Fate. This stunning hardcover edition includes designed full-color endpapers and a family tree interior illustration. “Lim dazzles in her dark and deftly woven adult debut. . . . Blending the historically grounded and complex mother-daughter narratives of Amy Tan with the rich fantasy of Yangsze Choo, this stunning tale will delight. . . . This is a gem.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) 1940s Hong Kong When Japanese soldiers invade her hometown, Ha Yut Ying makes an unlikely escape—by turning invisible. But her miraculous survival is only the beginning. After the war is over, she’s sent to Hong Kong to live with her distant father and glamorous stepmother, who end her dreams of becoming a singer and turn her into the family’s servant. As the years pass, Yut Ying learns the hard truths of betrayal and ambition, of forbidden love and devastating loss, and discovers that sometimes the only way to endure is to disappear. 1960s San Francisco Marigold has always had a knack for uncovering secrets, but nothing prepares her for the day she accidentally witnesses her mother vanish before her eyes. The moment fractures their bond, leaving questions that shadow her entire childhood. But when her mother’s condition suddenly deteriorates, Marigold is convinced she’s the only person who can save her. To do so, she must journey into the secrets her mother never shared and uncover the tragic, fairytale-tinged history their family has fought to forget. A story of mothers and daughters, the scars they inherit and the magic that binds them, Fishbone Cinderella is a tender and enchanting exploration of what it means, at last, to be seen. “[Elizabeth Lim’s] heart-wrenching and magical first adult novel is a multi-generational story that adapts a foundational fairy tale and creates a story of mothers, daughters, and a past that haunts their futures.”—Library Journal (starred review)

A mother and daughter must break their family’s curse through trials of war and immigration, love, loss, and redemption in this riveting multi-generational saga with a shimmer of magic, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Forgery of Fate. ★“Lim dazzles in her dark and deftly woven adult debut. . . . Blending the historically grounded and complex mother-daughter narratives of Amy Tan with the rich fantasy of Yangsze Choo, this stunning tale will delight. . . . This is a gem.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) 1940s Hong Kong When Japanese soldiers invade her hometown, Ha Yut Ying makes an unlikely escape—by turning invisible. But her miraculous survival is only the beginning. After the war is over, she’s sent to Hong Kong to live with her distant father and glamorous stepmother, who end her dreams of becoming a singer and turn her into the family’s servant. As the years pass, Yut Ying learns the hard truths of betrayal and ambition, of forbidden love and devastating loss, and discovers that sometimes the only way to endure is to disappear. 1960s San Francisco Marigold has always had a knack for uncovering secrets, but nothing prepares her for the day she accidentally witnesses her mother vanish before her eyes. The moment fractures their bond, leaving questions that shadow her entire childhood. But when her mother’s condition suddenly deteriorates, Marigold is convinced she’s the only person who can save her. To do so, she must journey into the secrets her mother never shared and uncover the tragic, fairytale-tinged history their family has fought to forget. A story of mothers and daughters, the scars they inherit and the magic that binds them, Fishbone Cinderella is a tender and enchanting exploration of what it means, at last, to be seen. ★ “[Elizabeth Lim’s] heart-wrenching and magical first adult novel is a multi-generational story that adapts a foundational fairy tale and creates a story of mothers, daughters, and a past that haunts their futures.”—Library Journal (starred review)

The inevitable is coming fast. We know it in our bones—and it’s past time to face it. The highly anticipated follow-up to Hospicing Modernity: how we activate responsibility, nurture care, and grow up in the face of collapse—includes reflections, exercises, and prompts Climate collapse, social crisis, the decline of modernity: colonialism, capitalism, and our full-faced denial have ushered in an urgent new era. Hospicing Modernity asked us to grow up, step up, and show up for our communities and the living Earth. Outgrowing Modernity helps us make sense of where we’re going—and deepen what’s possible—in a time of endings. Vanessa Machado De Oliveira helps us face the logics and workings of modernity, bringing us to clear-eyed terms with its expiration. She explores the impacts of colonialism as neurocolonization: an oppressive function of modernity that rewires how we think, act, imagine, and adapt. These impacts are wide-ranging and run deep: they cut us off from our natural ways of building community and seeking pleasure. They choke our ability to cope with trauma and embrace complexity. And they trap us in a state of artificial comfort and denial that keeps us from collectively growing up—even when our existence demands it. This book invites you to interrupt 5 lies that neurocolonization instills in us—beliefs (and behaviors) that have condition us to think we’re owed the following, regardless of others or the planet: Moral and epistemic self-righteous authority Unrestricted, unaccountable autonomy Arbitrating truth, law, and common sense Affirming one's virtues , innocence, and purity Exploitative appropriation and accumulation of various forms of capital In moving away from these ingrained worldviews, we can choose instead to develop 4 capacities necessary to our—and Earth’s—survival: sobriety , maturity , discernment , and responsibility . Machado De Oliveira moves beyond critique into a praxis of strategic disinvestment: one that invites us to recognize what no longer serves us and reinvest in nurturing structures and lifeways that restore our knowledge in the value of life for life’s sake.

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A mother and daughter must break their family’s curse through trials of war and immigration, love, loss, and redemption in this riveting multi-generational saga with a shimmer of magic, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Forgery of Fate. This stunning hardcover edition includes designed full-color endpapers and a family tree interior illustration. ★“Lim dazzles in her dark and deftly woven adult debut. . . . Blending the historically grounded and complex mother-daughter narratives of Amy Tan with the rich fantasy of Yangsze Choo, this stunning tale will delight. . . . This is a gem.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) 1940s Hong Kong When Japanese soldiers invade her hometown, Ha Yut Ying makes an unlikely escape—by turning invisible. But her miraculous survival is only the beginning. After the war is over, she’s sent to Hong Kong to live with her distant father and glamorous stepmother, who end her dreams of becoming a singer and turn her into the family’s servant. As the years pass, Yut Ying learns the hard truths of betrayal and ambition, of forbidden love and devastating loss, and discovers that sometimes the only way to endure is to disappear. 1960s San Francisco Marigold has always had a knack for uncovering secrets, but nothing prepares her for the day she accidentally witnesses her mother vanish before her eyes. The moment fractures their bond, leaving questions that shadow her entire childhood. But when her mother’s condition suddenly deteriorates, Marigold is convinced she’s the only person who can save her. To do so, she must journey into the secrets her mother never shared and uncover the tragic, fairytale-tinged history their family has fought to forget. A story of mothers and daughters, the scars they inherit and the magic that binds them, Fishbone Cinderella is a tender and enchanting exploration of what it means, at last, to be seen. ★ “[Elizabeth Lim’s] heart-wrenching and magical first adult novel is a multi-generational story that adapts a foundational fairy tale and creates a story of mothers, daughters, and a past that haunts their futures.”—Library Journal (starred review)

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich VWL - Arbeitsmarktökonomik, Note: 2,0, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This research paper deals with the current situation on the labour market. Furthermore it will show how corporate culture is designed nowadays to meet the demands of employees. To get a first impression the first chapter will introduce the topic. Further the goal and the construction of the research paper are clarified in that chapter. The second chapter will give an overview about the current situation on the labour market. The goal is to explain the topic in detail and reflect factors that have changed. Few of the many are the lack of specialists, the demographic change and the change of values. Chapter three will illustrate the corporate culture starting with its defintion. Afterwards different parts of corporate culture will be examined and described such as how a company can create a workspace and work atmosphere that will attract employees. This includes flexible work time models, diversity management, culture of learning and team work. The research paper ends with chapter four which sums up the most important findings of this document. The economy is booming, the unemployment rate is lower than ever before, we are becoming more mobile, the labour markets are more transparent and more global, the values are shifting and the demographic change can no longer be averted. At the same time products are becoming more interchangeable and people with special abilities and creative ideas are becoming an increasingly important sucess factor. The economy is in transition. But where does this change lead to? All these factors cause that companies are struggling to find employees and need to change their corportate culture. Especially for skilled employees and executives the competition is becoming more and more important and tougher. The balance of the power in the labour market has changed. While companies could choose their employees in the past, employees can now choose which company they want to work for. Companies must adapt to these new conditions and present themselves as an attractive employer. To achieve this, small measures such as employee benefits are no longer sufficient, but the entire corporate culture must be questioned and reorientated.

For some families, a year can feel like a lifetime.The Harrisons were always a close-knit family.But with the grandchildren fast becoming adults and elderly Pamela struggling to adapt to widowhood, the four children of the middle generation find themselves equally lost in a changing world.As preparations for 42-year-old Cassie's long-awaited wedding gather pace, sibling and marital bonds are stretched to breaking point. Adultery, an unwanted pregnancy, and shadows of past losses threaten to turn their year of celebration into one of upheaval . . .Beset by such emotional chaos, how can the adults hope to guide their children in matters of the heart?Or are the children the ones who should be guiding them?Praise for Amanda Brookfield:'An engaging, emotionally-charged and intriguing story' Michelle GormanNo one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as Brookfield.' The Mirror'Unputdownable. Perceptive. Poignant. I loved it.' bestselling author Patricia Scanlan on Before I Knew You'If Joanna Trollope is the queen of the Aga Saga, then Amanda Brookfield must be a strong contender for princess.' Oxford TimesWhat readers are saying about Amanda Brookfield:'I've loved all Amanda Brookfield's books and this latest one was excellent too. She writes so well, with insight and natural dialogue.''I could read it again, I read it so fast, I couldn't put it down. Very well written. I will definitely read more from this author in the future.''Brilliant book - just when I thought I knew what was going to happen, another twist popped up -had me picking it up whenever I had the chance.''A great story, great characters, vivid, immediate, so 'real', and such compassion. Every bit a page turner as Brookfield so gets you into her people. Only my second (Good Girls was a lucky dip first), but am hooked. If you like reading really well written real-life novels about your relationships, try this.''I enjoyed Amanda Brookfield's writing style. She really taps into her characters and writes them warts and all, with some raw and honest emotions.''All of Amanda's books are well written. She certainly knows how to grab the reader's attention and draw them into what proves to be an enjoyable read.'

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich VWL - Arbeitsmarktökonomik, Note: 2,0, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This research paper deals with the current situation on the labour market. Furthermore it will show how corporate culture is designed nowadays to meet the demands of employees. To get a first impression the first chapter will introduce the topic. Further the goal and the construction of the research paper are clarified in that chapter. The second chapter will give an overview about the current situation on the labour market. The goal is to explain the topic in detail and reflect factors that have changed. Few of the many are the lack of specialists, the demographic change and the change of values. Chapter three will illustrate the corporate culture starting with its defintion. Afterwards different parts of corporate culture will be examined and described such as how a company can create a workspace and work atmosphere that will attract employees. This includes flexible work time models, diversity management, culture of learning and team work. The research paper ends with chapter four which sums up the most important findings of this document. The economy is booming, the unemployment rate is lower than ever before, we are becoming more mobile, the labour markets are more transparent and more global, the values are shifting and the demographic change can no longer be averted. At the same time products are becoming more interchangeable and people with special abilities and creative ideas are becoming an increasingly important sucess factor. The economy is in transition. But where does this change lead to? All these factors cause that companies are struggling to find employees and need to change their corportate culture. Especially for skilled employees and executives the competition is becoming more and more important and tougher. The balance of the power in the labour market has changed. While companies could choose their employees in the past, employees can now choose which company they want to work for. Companies must adapt to these new conditions and present themselves as an attractive employer. To achieve this, small measures such as employee benefits are no longer sufficient, but the entire corporate culture must be questioned and reorientated.

#1 Wall Street Journal Best Seller USA Today Best Seller Amazon Best Book of the Year TED Talk sensation - over 3 million views! The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year. The path to personal and professional fulfillment is rarely straight. Ask anyone who has achieved his or her biggest goals or whose relationships thrive and you ll hear stories of many unexpected detours along the way. What separates those who master these challenges and those who get derailed? The answer is agility emotional agility. Emotional agility is a revolutionary, science-based approach that allows us to navigate life s twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. Renowned psychologist Susan David developed this concept after studying emotions, happiness, and achievement for more than twenty years. She found that no matter how intelligent or creative people are, or what type of personality they have, it is how they navigate their inner world their thoughts, feelings, and self-talk that ultimately determines how successful they will become. The way we respond to these internal experiences drives our actions, careers, relationships, happiness, health everything that matters in our lives. As humans, we are all prone to common hooks things like self-doubt, shame, sadness, fear, or anger that can too easily steer us in the wrong direction. Emotionally agile people are not immune to stresses and setbacks. The key difference is that they know how to adapt, aligning their actions with their values and making small but powerful changes that lead to a lifetime of growth. Emotional agility is not about ignoring difficult emotions and thoughts; it s about holding them loosely, facing them courageously and compassionately, and then moving past them to bring the best of yourself forward. Drawing on her deep research, decades of international consulting, and her own experience overcoming adversity after losing her father at a young age, David shows how anyone can thrive in an uncertain world by becoming more emotionally agile. To guide us, she shares four key concepts that allow us to acknowledge uncomfortable experiences while simultaneously detaching from them, thereby allowing us to embrace our core values and adjust our actions so they can move us where we truly want to go. Written with authority, wit, and empathy, Emotional Agility serves as a road map for real behavioral change a new way of acting that will help you reach your full potential, whoever you are and whatever you face.

#1 Wall Street Journal Best Seller USA Today Best Seller Amazon Best Book of the Year TED Talk sensation - over 3 million views! The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year.   The path to personal and professional fulfillment is rarely straight. Ask anyone who has achieved his or her biggest goals or whose relationships thrive and you ll hear stories of many unexpected detours along the way. What separates those who master these challenges and those who get derailed? The answer is agility emotional agility. Emotional agility is a revolutionary, science-based approach that allows us to navigate life s twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. Renowned psychologist Susan David developed this concept after studying emotions, happiness, and achievement for more than twenty years. She found that no matter how intelligent or creative people are, or what type of personality they have, it is how they navigate their inner world their thoughts, feelings, and self-talk that ultimately determines how successful they will become. The way we respond to these internal experiences drives our actions, careers, relationships, happiness, health everything that matters in our lives. As humans, we are all prone to common hooks things like self-doubt, shame, sadness, fear, or anger that can too easily steer us in the wrong direction. Emotionally agile people are not immune to stresses and setbacks. The key difference is that they know how to adapt, aligning their actions with their values and making small but powerful changes that lead to a lifetime of growth. Emotional agility is not about ignoring difficult emotions and thoughts; it s about holding them loosely, facing them courageously and compassionately, and then moving past them to bring the best of yourself forward. Drawing on her deep research, decades of international consulting, and her own experience overcoming adversity after losing her father at a young age, David shows how anyone can thrive in an uncertain world by becoming more emotionally agile. To guide us, she shares four key concepts that allow us to acknowledge uncomfortable experiences while simultaneously detaching from them, thereby allowing us to embrace our core values and adjust our actions so they can move us where we truly want to go. Written with authority, wit, and empathy, Emotional Agility serves as a road map for real behavioral change a new way of acting that will help you reach your full potential, whoever you are and whatever you face.

Longlisted for the 2020 Financial Times &, McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world',s most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue while capturing the imaginations of hundreds of millions of people in over 190 countries. But to reach these great heights, Netflix, which launched in 1998 as an online DVD rental service, has had to reinvent itself over and over again. This type of unprecedented flexibility would have been impossible without the counterintuitive and radical management principles that cofounder Reed Hastings established from the very beginning. Hastings rejected the conventional wisdom under which other companies operate and defied tradition to instead build a culture focused on freedom and responsibility, one that has allowed Netflix to adapt and innovate as the needs of its members and the world have simultaneously transformed. Hastings set new standards, valuing people over process, emphasizing innovation over efficiency, and giving employees context, not controls. At Netflix, there are no vacation or expense policies. At Netflix, adequate performance gets a generous severance, and hard work is irrel­evant. At Netflix, you don',t try to please your boss, you give candid feedback instead. At Netflix, employees don',t need approval, and the company pays top of market. When Hastings and his team first devised these unorthodox principles, the implications were unknown and untested. But in just a short period, their methods led to unparalleled speed and boldness, as Netflix quickly became one of the most loved brands in the world. Here for the first time, Hastings and Erin Meyer, bestselling author of The Culture Map and one of the world',s most influential business thinkers, dive deep into the controversial ideologies at the heart of the Netflix psyche, which have generated results that are the envy of the business world. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from Hastings',s own career, No Rules Rules is the fascinating and untold account of the philosophy behind one of the world',s most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

Longlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue while capturing the imaginations of hundreds of millions of people in over 190 countries. But to reach these great heights, Netflix, which launched in 1998 as an online DVD rental service, has had to reinvent itself over and over again. This type of unprecedented flexibility would have been impossible without the counterintuitive and radical management principles that cofounder Reed Hastings established from the very beginning. Hastings rejected the conventional wisdom under which other companies operate and defied tradition to instead build a culture focused on freedom and responsibility, one that has allowed Netflix to adapt and innovate as the needs of its members and the world have simultaneously transformed. Hastings set new standards, valuing people over process, emphasizing innovation over efficiency, and giving employees context, not controls. At Netflix, there are no vacation or expense policies. At Netflix, adequate performance gets a generous severance, and hard work is irrel­evant. At Netflix, you don't try to please your boss, you give candid feedback instead. At Netflix, employees don't need approval, and the company pays top of market. When Hastings and his team first devised these unorthodox principles, the implications were unknown and untested. But in just a short period, their methods led to unparalleled speed and boldness, as Netflix quickly became one of the most loved brands in the world. Here for the first time, Hastings and Erin Meyer, bestselling author of The Culture Map and one of the world's most influential business thinkers, dive deep into the controversial ideologies at the heart of the Netflix psyche, which have generated results that are the envy of the business world. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from Hastings's own career, No Rules Rules is the fascinating and untold account of the philosophy behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

An uncommonly and quite remarkably poignant, tender, yet also harshly and unflinchingly raw at times, and-above all-keenly authentic and sharply observed portrait of Russia circa its heady, chaotic transition from the heavy dreamless slumber of the Brezhnevian "era of stagnation" -and indeed, the entire seventy-plus years of the catastrophic "Sloviet" stage of its turbulent history. An entirely sui generis, fascinating, and exceptionally readable memoir by a supremely talented writer. A. Molotkov is the real deal. -Mikhail Iossel, Professor of English/Creative Writing Concordia University, Montreal A writer of formidable intuition and empathy, A. Molotkov has given us an important book-part personal memoir, part work of historical assessment, part rumination on the nature of immigration and exile from a place that was never fully his. A generation is blessed when it gets what West Africans call a griot-a chronicler of the past, a keeper of memory. A. Molotkov is destined to become a definitive voice of the so-called "last Soviet generation." Each life journey is unique, yet so many of us will recognize ourselves as characters in his odyssey. In some ways, A. Molotkov's many rites of passage are shared histories-from a late-Soviet twilight zone to the bright colors, overwhelming sounds and dizzying opportunities of post-Cold War United States, from a suffocating gray world of predetermined choices to a strange new land, where one's freedom and need to make a choice can be both exhilarating and crushing. Not everyone makes it. An immigrant's story can be a tale of hope and atonement, but all too often it is also a heart-wrenching account of loves lost, friendships betrayed, families splintered. Things inevitably get lost in transition: we leave behind precious heirlooms and articles of memory, we reinvent ourselves, we adapt, we forget, we try to remember. This beautifully crafted and thoroughly captivating book is such an act of remembrance. -Maxim Matusevich, Professor of Global History at Seton Hall University, Director of the Russian and East European Studies Program In compulsively readable sections, A Broken Russian Inside Me traces a remarkable journey from communist Russia to a post-Soviet world to immigrant life in the United States. Molotkov's efficient prose and precise details draw us into a layered narrative, intersecting family, politics, history, and art through an intimate lens. Reading this poignant and illuminating memoir, you will be moved and you will learn. The kind of personal narrative we need more of in the world. -Dariel Suarez, author of The Playwright's House

Longlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue while capturing the imaginations of hundreds of millions of people in over 190 countries. But to reach these great heights, Netflix, which launched in 1998 as an online DVD rental service, has had to reinvent itself over and over again. This type of unprecedented flexibility would have been impossible without the counterintuitive and radical management principles that cofounder Reed Hastings established from the very beginning. Hastings rejected the conventional wisdom under which other companies operate and defied tradition to instead build a culture focused on freedom and responsibility, one that has allowed Netflix to adapt and innovate as the needs of its members and the world have simultaneously transformed. Hastings set new standards, valuing people over process, emphasizing innovation over efficiency, and giving employees context, not controls. At Netflix, there are no vacation or expense policies. At Netflix, adequate performance gets a generous severance, and hard work is irrel­evant. At Netflix, you don't try to please your boss, you give candid feedback instead. At Netflix, employees don't need approval, and the company pays top of market. When Hastings and his team first devised these unorthodox principles, the implications were unknown and untested. But in just a short period, their methods led to unparalleled speed and boldness, as Netflix quickly became one of the most loved brands in the world. Here for the first time, Hastings and Erin Meyer, bestselling author of The Culture Map and one of the world's most influential business thinkers, dive deep into the controversial ideologies at the heart of the Netflix psyche, which have generated results that are the envy of the business world. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from Hastings's own career, No Rules Rules is the fascinating and untold account of the philosophy behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

A lost child. A childless couple. Can they save each other? Living on the streets of Bombay, Jyothi has no-one to turn to after her mother is involved in a tragic accident. Monika and Jack Kingsley are desperate for a child of their own. On a trip to India, they fall in love with Jyothi and decide to adopt the orphan child. The new family return to England, but Jyothi finds it difficult to adapt. As Monika and Jack’s relationship fractures, Jyothi is more alone than ever and music becomes her solace. But even when her extraordinary musical talent transforms into a promising career, Jyothi still doesn’t feel like she belongs. Then a turbulent love affair causes her to question everything. And Jyothi realises that before she can embrace her future, she must confront her past... The Orphan of India is an utterly evocative and heart-wrenching novel that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies, Santa Montefiore and Diane Chamberlain. What readers are saying about Sharon Maas: 'A terrific writer.' Barbara Erskine 'A page-turning story, full of humanity, crossing cultures and continents, reminiscent of Andrea Levy.’ Katie Fforde 'I have read and loved all of Sharon Maas's books but this one - wow! I think this is her most emotional and beautiful book yet! Such a powerful story, so brilliantly narrated, in such a way that you feel part of it all and are left bereft when it is finished. Five Stars!' Renita D'Silva 'This book has everything. Great characters, interesting perspective and strong settings. Put all these together with a fantastic writing style and this easily makes my top 10 books of 2016 list.' Lexi Reads 'Heart-breaking, poignant and intriguing... This truly is a powerful story that will fascinate and engross you from the very beginning until the very end.' What’s Better than Books 'The writing is stunningly evocative and sensual... I just felt immersed in the story and setting from the start.' The Book Trail 'Exceptional... evokes a whole range of emotions.' Batty About Books 'A beautifully written story of love against all the odds.' Portobello Book Blog 'A wonderful and heartrending book.' Sean's Book Reviews 'A beautiful mesmerising work... I was completely transported.' Krafti Reader 'A beautiful story about tragic love and ultimately about forgiveness… with powerful messages about love, life and learning to let things go in order to be happy.’ Life With Joy ‘Rich in detail and emotion and has the most beautiful and real description of loss I have ever read.’ Shaz’s Book Blog

A lost child. A childless couple. Can they save each other? Living on the streets of Bombay, Jyothi has no-one to turn to after her mother is involved in a tragic accident. Monika and Jack Kingsley are desperate for a child of their own. On a trip to India, they fall in love with Jyothi and decide to adopt the orphan child. The new family return to England, but Jyothi finds it difficult to adapt. As Monika and Jack’s relationship fractures, Jyothi is more alone than ever and music becomes her solace. But even when her extraordinary musical talent transforms into a promising career, Jyothi still doesn’t feel like she belongs. Then a turbulent love affair causes her to question everything. And Jyothi realises that before she can embrace her future, she must confront her past... The Orphan of India is an utterly evocative and heart-wrenching novel that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies, Santa Montefiore and Diane Chamberlain. What readers are saying about Sharon Maas: 'A terrific writer.' Barbara Erskine 'A page-turning story, full of humanity, crossing cultures and continents, reminiscent of Andrea Levy.’ Katie Fforde 'I have read and loved all of Sharon Maas's books but this one - wow! I think this is her most emotional and beautiful book yet! Such a powerful story, so brilliantly narrated, in such a way that you feel part of it all and are left bereft when it is finished. Five Stars!' Renita D'Silva 'This book has everything. Great characters, interesting perspective and strong settings. Put all these together with a fantastic writing style and this easily makes my top 10 books of 2016 list.' Lexi Reads 'Heart-breaking, poignant and intriguing... This truly is a powerful story that will fascinate and engross you from the very beginning until the very end.' What’s Better than Books 'The writing is stunningly evocative and sensual... I just felt immersed in the story and setting from the start.' The Book Trail 'Exceptional... evokes a whole range of emotions.' Batty About Books 'A beautifully written story of love against all the odds.' Portobello Book Blog 'A wonderful and heartrending book.' Sean's Book Reviews 'A beautiful mesmerising work... I was completely transported.' Krafti Reader 'A beautiful story about tragic love and ultimately about forgiveness… with powerful messages about love, life and learning to let things go in order to be happy.’ Life With Joy ‘Rich in detail and emotion and has the most beautiful and real description of loss I have ever read.’ Shaz’s Book Blog

A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Fiction and Best Debut BookBrowse's Best Book of the Year A Marie Claire Best Women's Fiction of the Year A Real Simple Best Book of the Year A PopSugar Best Book of the Year A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Washington Post 10 Books to Read in March A Newsweek Best Book of the Summer A USA Today Best Book of the Week A Washington Book Review Difficult-To-Put-Down Novel A Refinery 29 Best Books of the Month A Buzzfeed News 4 Books We Couldn't Put Down Last Month A New Arab Best Books by Arab Authors An Electric Lit 20 Best Debuts of the First Half of 2019 A The Millions Most Anticipated Books of the Year “Garnering justified comparisons to Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns... Etaf Rum’s debut novel is a must-read about women mustering up the bravery to follow their inner voice.” —Refinery 29 The New York Times bestseller and Read with Jenna TODAY SHOW Book Club pick telling the story of three generations of Palestinian-American women struggling to express their individual desires within the confines of their Arab culture in the wake of shocking intimate violence in their community. "Where I come from, we’ve learned to silence ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence will save us. Where I come from, we keep these stories to ourselves. To tell them to the outside world is unheard of—dangerous; the ultimate shame.” Palestine; 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children—four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear. Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can’t help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family—knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, the past, and her own future.

Are you an intermediate Spanish learner tired of dense textbooks and disconnected vocabulary lists? Are you ready to experience the Spanish language through a story so immersive and suspenseful you'll forget you're even studying? Welcome to El Pueblo Sin Ayer (The Town Without Yesterday), a full-length psychological thriller meticulously crafted for Spanish learners at the B1-B2 level. This is not just a book; it's your ticket to natural, engaging, and effective language acquisition. The Story: A Town Where Yesterday Never Happened Leo, a young photographer with a passion for forgotten places, finds his journey cut short when his car breaks down on a desolate mountain road. His only hope for shelter is Nieblina, a remote village that seems untouched by time. At first, the town's deep silence and the residents' polite but vacant behavior are merely unsettling. But the true horror begins when Leo wakes up the next morning to discover the town's chilling secret: nobody in Nieblina remembers him. Nobody remembers yesterday. Trapped in a place where memory resets with every sunrise, Leo is the only person who knows the truth. He is a ghost living in a perpetual loop, surrounded by people who are nothing more than empty shells repeating the same day, forever. He soon realizes this is no natural phenomenon. A sinister entity lurks in the shadows of the town, feeding on lost memories, and it has set its sights on him. Armed with cryptic clues left by previous victims, Leo must race against time to uncover the dark secrets of Nieblina before his own mind is wiped clean and he becomes just another forgotten name carved into a tree. Why This Book is the Perfect Tool for You This novel was written with one goal in mind: to help you bridge the gap between being a student of Spanish and becoming a confident reader of Spanish. Tailor-Made for Intermediate Learners (B1-B2 Level): Forget the frustration of texts that are too simple or too complex. This story is carefully written to match your level. The grammar, including essential tenses like the preterite and imperfect , is used in a context that is both challenging and comprehensible, allowing you to absorb structures naturally. Built on High-Frequency Vocabulary: The entire narrative is strategically woven around the most common words in the Spanish language. This means you will encounter the vocabulary you actually need in a natural, repetitive way. You'll spend less time in the dictionary and more time lost in the story. A Complete Novel for Hours of Immersion: At over 15,000 words , this is a full-length book, not a simple short story. This extensive length provides hours of reading practice, allowing your brain to adapt to the flow and rhythm of the Spanish language, dramatically improving your reading speed and comprehension. Engaging, Plot-Driven Learning: The best way to learn is to forget you're learning. The gripping mystery of Nieblina will keep you turning the pages, motivating you to read more and more in Spanish. You'll acquire new vocabulary and grammatical structures without the effort of rote memorization. This book is your next step if you want to: Drastically expand your vocabulary with high-utility words. Master the use of past tenses and complex sentences in a real-world context. Build the confidence to start reading authentic Spanish novels. Make your language learning process exciting and addictive. Unlock the secrets of a town without memory and discover your own potential for fluency.