A young secular writer's journey along ancient religious pilgrimage routes in Spain, Japan and Ukraine leads to a surprise family reconciliation in this literary memoirGideon Lewis-Kraus arrived in free-spirited Berlin from San Francisco as a young writer in search of a place to enjoy life to the fullest, and to forget the pain his father, a gay rabbi, had caused his family when he came out in middle age and emotionally abandoned his sons.But Berlin offers only unfocused dissipation, frustration and anxiety; to find what he is looking for (though he's not quite sure what it is), Gideon undertakes three separate ancient pilgrimages, travelling hundreds of miles: the thousand-year old Camino de Santiago in Spain with a friend, a solo circuit of eighty-eight Buddhist temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and finally, with his father and brother, a migration to the tomb of a famous Hassidic mystic in the Ukraine.It is on this last pilgrimage that Gideon reconnects with his father, and discovers that the most difficult and meaningful quest of all was the journey of his heart.A beautifully written, throught-provoking, and very moving meditation on what gives our lives a sense of purpose, and how we travel between past and present in search of hope for our future."Beautiful, often very funny... a story that is both searching and purposeful, one that forces the reader, like the pilgrim, to value the journey as much as the destination." New Yorker"If David Foster Wallace had written Eat, Pray, Love it might have come close to approximating the adventures of Gideon Lewis-Kraus" Gary Shteyngart"Gideon Lewis-Kraus has written a very honest, very smart, very moving book about being young and rootless and even wayward. With great compassion and zeal he gets at the question: why search the world to solve the riddle of your own heart?" Dave EggersGideon Lewis-Kraus has written for numerous US publications, including Harper's, The Believer, The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Slate and others. A 2007-08 Fulbright scholarship brought him to Berlin, a hotbed of contemporary restlessness where he conceived this book. He now lives in New York, but continues to find himself frequently on the road to other places.
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Hitchcock meets the Coen Brothers in a darkly comic suspense novel with the tense pacing of a thriller and the beauty of the best of literary fiction . "A ripping good novel" The New York Times "An astonishing debut novel, smart and stylish... with an absolutely Hitchcockian menace" Peter Straub There is very little peace for a man with a body buried in his backyard, but it could always be worse. Lonely widower Jason Getty killed a man he wished he'd never met, and buried him behind his own house. A year later, just as he's ready to move on, Jason's gardeners dig up two other bodies on his property, a man and a woman. Apparently unrelated, the surprising stories behind each murder begin to unravel as Jason becomes entangled in a race against time, two determined police detectives, and his own conscience. Jamie Mason's dark imagination, tender wisdom and sharp sense of comedy take us inside the hearts and souls of all her characters - policemen, criminals, victims, innocent bystanders and one truly remarkable dog. Psychologically brilliant, relentlessly entertaining and irresistibly pitch-perfect, Three Graves Full is a dazzling literary debut. "Mason strides confidently into Coen brothers territory with her highly entertaining, solidly plotted debut about loneliness and the need for companionship" Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Three Graves Full is something special - an offbeat, high-class, pacy mystery that blends black humour with dark lyricism, and deft, intricate plotting with dead-on psychological insight. A gem of a debut" Tana French "Portraying characters so well and so thoroughly, examining and explaining their motives even for murder, requires a level of skill that is rare, marking this an astonishingly accomplished debut and Mason as a writer to watch very closely" Booklist, starred review, A Top Ten Crime Novel of 2013 "Mason's quirky debut novel deftly weaves dark humor into a plot that's as complicated as a jigsaw puzzle but more fun to put together... Mason's written a dandy of a first outing with not a single boring moment" Kirkus "Filled with biting wit and great prose style, Three Graves Full by newcomer Jamie Mason may be the debut of the year" Bookspan
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Die Digitalisierung der beruflichen Pflege ordnet sich in die weltweit rasante Technikentwicklung ein. In der Arbeitswelt wie im Privatleben hat die Digitalisierung schon lange Einzug gehalten. Derzeit befinden wir uns in der zweiten Digitalisierungswelle und stehen kurz vor der Dritten. Virtuelle Realität, Smart Home, Robotik, Deep Learning werden auch in Pflege & Gesundheit erforscht oder sogar bereits eingesetzt. Technikentwicklung wird ob der demografischen Veränderung von der Bundesregierung stark gefördert, u.a. in Form von bundesweiten Innovationszentren und auch auf europäischer Ebene finden vielerlei Projekte statt, um Lösungen zu finden und Synergien zu nutzen. Die Hoffnung mit Pflegetechnologien die zukünftigen Probleme in der pflegerischen Versorgung lösen zu können, ist groß. Gleichzeitig fehlen grundlegende Kenntnisse in der Branche, um Technik sowohl zu verstehen als auch Technik für Betroffene verstehbar zu machen. Das Werk behandelt die Basics der Thematik "Pflege & Technik", stellt Einsatzfelder neuer Technologien in der Pflege vor, beleuchtet die Vorteile und Grenzen dieser Technologien kritisch und zeigt die neuen, veränderten Aufgaben, die sich für die Pflege ergeben auf.
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'The exhausting and exhilarating life of a high-end restaurant is beautifully recreated in this masterful novel... A writer correctly confident in her recipe' Irish Independent 'A hugely gripping literary page-turner. Sharp, visceral and shocking' Claire Powell When Hannah learns that star chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she's thrown back to her summer waitressing at his high-end Dublin restaurant. A glamorous world of talent and testosterone, where attention from Daniel morphed into something darker... Now the restaurant is shuttered and Daniel is faced with the reality of the courtroom. His wife Julie is hiding from paparazzi lenses behind the bedroom curtains. Surrounded by the wreckage of the past, their three voices reveal a story of power, complicity and the courage that it takes to face the truth. ________________ 'A book guaranteed to get people talking... both chewy and meaty fare, rare and well done' Irish Times 'Coolly furious' Marie Claire 'A sharp, compelling drama' Good Housekeeping 'Every pages fizzes with energy and observation... A masterful novel' Rebecca Wait 'A delicious, scandalous glimpse behind the veil of a famous chef's ego and talent' Sunday Business Post'Powerful and compelling' Joseph O'Connor 'Perfectly controlled, to the very last page. Superb' Lucy Caldwell 'Smart, stylish and darkly funny' Aingeala Flannery
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Keanu Whiteriver grows up as an Assiniboin Indian on a reservation in Montana. He and his mother experience discrimination, but try to overcome it. Keanu is smart, active, a good student and a talented jazz musician. After high school and college in Havre, he gets a scholarship at Tulane University in New Orleans. Later, he becomes a lawyer in his home State and a legal adviser to the American Indian Movement.
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Тимофей Мартынов – суперзвезда российского трейдинга, более 10 лет является участником торговли на биржевом рынке, создатель крупнейшего сообщества трейдеров sMart-Lab, ведущий программы «Деньги» на телеканале РБК (2007-2013). Основываясь на личном опыте, Тимофей проведет вас в мир биржевой торговли и расскажет о подводных камнях и неоспоримых плюсах профессии трейдера. Эта книга полезна как начинающим трейдерам, так и профессионалам, стремящимся повысить свой уровень.
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This book makes you street-smart, with only a bit of academia! Two dinosaurs of marketing describe their careers in automotive, food, household goods, jewellery, cosmetics and TV Home Shopping. They give useful advice for young professionals how the business world works in stories from the marketing and sales frontier and in textbook chapters.
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Esta obra es el resultado de un estudio llevado a cabo por el Instituto de Gobierno y Políticas Públicas (igop) de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, por encargo del Smart City Expo World Congress (scewc) y del Ajuntament de Barcelona. El objetivo del trabajo ha sido ofrecer algunas sugerencias sobre posibles innovaciones en el diseño y la organización del evento en torno a la Smart City, que se celebra anualmente en la Fira de Barcelona. La investigación presenta una realidad poco visible desde la lógica en la que se ha movido el scewc hasta ahora. En particular, pone énfasis en empresas, modelos de negocio y proyectos que se caracterizan por adoptar modelos abiertos y colaborativos, y que se basan en la generación de bienes comunes digitales. El estudio ofrece una panorámica de un entramado de prácticas e iniciativas concretas que se mueven en Barcelona y en su área metropolitana en el campo de la innovación tecnológica y digital desde una perspectiva colaborativa y abierta. También presenta algunos elementos de análisis del ecosistema de innovación local y hace algunas sugerencias sobre cómo, dando más espacio a estos modelos de innovación, fortaleciendo el papel de los actores públicos y estableciendo mejores relaciones con los actores y nodos locales, el scewc y el Ajuntament de Barcelona podrían abrir nuevas perspectivas de innovación y desarrollo para la ciudad, el propio scewc y el ecosistema de innovación digital local.
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