Albert: 2833 books

In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests--so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice--was assigned the role...

“No individual—not even Freud himself—has had a greater impact on modern  psychotherapy.”—Psychology Today With a New Foreword by Kristene A. Doyle, Ph.D. CLASSIC SELF-HELP FROM A RESPECTED PIONEER OF PSYCHOTHERAPY ** ** Life can get tough. From unemployment—or overwork—to...

"An important step towards a new consciousness that will change the planet." -- Paolo Coelho Have you ever ignored a coincidence -- and wished you hadn't? Have you ever denied the truth of a dream -- and wished you didn't? Have you ever disregarded a hunch -- only to regret it? Then you have...

Albert Davis Lasker began as a newspaper reporter when still a teenager but soon got interested in advertising. He started first as an office clerk and later became a salesman. He then asked to be given responsibility for a money-losing account so that he could try his hand at copywriting....

The mountain snows melted and the rains came. In 1853, thousands fled the rising water; in 1889, two days of torrential rain ravaged the city; and in 1936, the infamous St. Patrick's Day flood saw a swell of ten feet. Perched on the banks of the Potomac River, the city of Cumberland, Maryland, has been...

CLASSIC SELF-HELP FROM A RESPECTED PIONEER OF PSYCHOTHERAPY ** ** All of us worry about something, big or small, every day. But much of the emotional misery we feel is an overreaction, and it can be significantly reduced, using the techniques you’ll find in this landmark book.   World renowned...

What You Will Find in This GuideBefore Evernote came into the picture, most people were annoyed with piles of paper. File cabinets and work desks used to overflow, and you would have to dig in every file to find a single sheet of paper. The messy surrounding at work and home has improved drastically...

Decibel magazine is regarded as the best extreme music magazine around. Precious Metal gathers pieces from Decibel's most popular feature, the monthly “Hall of Fame” which documents the making of landmark metal albums via candid, hilarious, and fascinating interviews with every participating...

In engineering, material resilience is tis capacity to absorb an impact and to store that energy without deforming. In neuroscience, is the potential to face an adverse situation, overcome it and come out of it empowered. In psychology, it is said it is the capacity some people have to experience...

"Marseille, porte du Sud" est un reportage d’Albert Londres publié en 1926. Le journaliste nous décrit son Marseille à lui, quelques années après la deuxième exposition coloniale du siècle. Marseille est le port de l’Empire Colonial, mais c’est avant tout une porte, « une porte...

Terre d’ébène est un des grands textes anticolonialistes. Il nous vient d’un des plus grands journalistes, pourtant aux idées politiques plutôt de droite, assez favorables à la politique coloniale. Oui, mais voilà, il s’agit d’Albert Londres. Alors, il part en Afrique pendant quatre...

'It is tremendously good fun winding up the Scots. It is terribly easy, particularly Scottish politicians. They can take things far too seriously.' Jeremy Paxman * It's 700 years since England fought Scotland at the Battle of Bannockburn. Miraculously - we still don't understand how...

From the best selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, Ten Minute Mysteries and many more... The Mysterious Death of God’s Own Banker - Did Roberto Calvi, head of a bank with close connections to the Vatican, take his own life or was there a more sinister...

From the best-selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes the Weasel, Mysterious World and many more..... The Real-life Agatha Christie Mystery How did the world’s favourite crime writer become involved in a mystery of her very own? Agatha Miller...