Human Life

Manipulation is the conscious act of causing someone to do a certain thing or act in a certain way. Manipulation is clever, skillful, and sometimes unscrupulous. Manipulation is not always a bad thing. Knowing that manipulation is happening is the first step towards ending it. By knowing the signs of manipulation, people can often stop it before it becomes a bad habit or a detrimental way of life. At the same time, understanding manipulation will help you to get better at it, if that is your goal.

People are what make companies great. Good leaders know this and spend time, effort, and money taking care of the people who work for them so that their business results are phenomenal. So, why is it that so many people are still miserable at work? Experts around the world offer countless ideas and techniques and training for elevating the joy (and performance) of workers. And still, we fail. Things must change.

Höhepunkte: Umfassende Analyse der mit dem Altern verbundenen psychischen Störungen. Strategien für Diagnose, Behandlung und Langzeitpflege.

During the day when there is a break in the day’s labor or in the evenings when the sunlight is waning, stories are told from Texas porches. Although these are usually short stories, they can be long, and thus continued at the next porch sitting. They contain humor, sadness, suspense, mystery, philosophy, and instruction about the human condition and, in general, the journey of living. The storytellers find the rhythm of life for themselves, and the listeners hear valuable lessons and truth. Tales from the Texas Timberlands, Volume 1 celebrates this storytelling about East Texans with ...

Broken Lives: Stories from New Turkey, When they couldn’t find the old man at his home, they did something which was probably not seen in the history of law before: they arrested his wife. A few days later they released the old woman, only when they found her husband in a hospital where he was getting ready for a surgery. Using fabricated statements and evidence, they still keep the old man in a prison in Turkey, where it is not the rule of law which is in effect since a long time ago, but the law of the rulers. “I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda… I’m for truth, no ...

Purpose, Passion, and Pajamas is the story of Genevieve Piturro’s triumphant leap off the corporate ladder to find her life’s true calling. What started with a simple question from a little girl led Genevieve to conceive and build the nonprofit Pajama Program in 2001, resulting in a featured appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show and an awe-inspiring display of compassion throughout the US and beyond. Today, Pajama Program has distributed over seven million pairs of pajamas, opened 63 chapters across the US, and established reading centers for children.

The slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in between. The Internet shorthand IRL - "in real life" - now seems naïve. We no longer question the reality of online experiences but the reality of selfhood in the digital age. In The Secret Life, the essayist and novelist Andrew O'Hagan issues three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and IRL.

The world is devastated by catastrophic climate change. You have 100 days to save it.... Half a billion climate refugees are flooding into the West, the global depression is getting worse and democracies are being crushed by the neo-fascist Yellow Armbands. In a desperate attempt to avert catastrophe, the Great Powers embark on the most monumental gamble of all time. But climate scientist Irith Hardey is sure they’ve got it wrong - the US president’s pet scheme isn’t going to save the planet, but ruin it.

"Life Insurance and Slavery: The Dark History of Profit and Human Commodification" by Elvin Lee Blake Thompson is a revealing exploration of the disturbing intersection between the financial industry and the transatlantic slave trade. This meticulously researched work uncovers how several prominent American insurance companies played a pivotal role in perpetuating and profiting from the institution of slavery by insuring the lives of enslaved individuals and the ships that transported them.

Zarah Ghahramani was born in Tehran in 1981, two years after Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran to establish the Islamic Republic. Her life changed suddenly in 2001 when, after having taken part in student demonstrations, she was arrested (literally snatched off the street by secret police) and charged with "inciting crimes against the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran". While imprisoned in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison she faced brutal interrogation: her head was shaved, and she was beaten.

Derrick Barnes’s groundbreaking novel masterfully combines a modern-day allegory with classic-style tall tales to weave a compelling story of America’s strange obsession with the Black body, relegated to labor or entertainment. Spanning the 1800s to today, it shows how much has changed over centuries. . . and, at the same time, how little.

This is an essential read for anyone curious about AI and its effects on our world.In this new eBook, you'll explore the cutting-edge advancements in artificial intelligence and the far-reaching implications for our future. From the finance industry to healthcare, entertainment and even creative arts, AI is disrupting every aspect of our lives. Dive into the fascinating world of AI as you journey through 20 thought-provoking chapters. You'll explore the history of AI and its impact on the job market, the different types of AI, and how it is revolutionizing healthcare, education, and ...

By 2030, the world will be short of approximately 15 million health workers - a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare systems going. Global healthcare leader and award-winning author, Dr. Mark Britnell, uses his unique insights from advising governments, executives, and clinicians in more than 70 countries to present solutions to this impending crisis.

Dive into a story where you will enter into the secret magick world where Immortals (the children of the old Gods) pose as Mortals that masquerade as Witches in Paul Ieson's captivating novel Immortals Among Us: Life as a Human.

Life and Love of a Knuckleballer is a rousing sports fiction novel. A definite worthwhile read. If you like characters based on real people, sounds of the ballpark, and the triumph of the human spirit, then you’ll adore G.H. White’s home run. Stanley Dra’s heart beats to honor’s drum. Forever devoted to his beloved late wife, the former minor league pitcher’s growing emptiness lies unfulfilled by meaningless liaisons. But when he witnesses a hotheaded adult coach abandon a kids’ team in a rage, the AA-ball righthander can’t resist returning to the dugout and showing them the ...

As the largest and most sensitive sexual organ in the body, a healthy human brain enhances your sex life and heightens sensation. A troubled brain, however, makes emotional and physical connection with others difficult. So forget the implants, the fad diets, and the pills. Learning about this intriguing and sexy organ is the key to your sexual satisfaction.

In February of 1973, Nancy Weber put an ad in the Village Voice offering to trade places with another woman, a stranger, for a month. In hopes of better understanding what was fixed and final in each person - and what was invented, and therefore might be reinvented - they would use each other's names, live in each other's homes, love each other's loves, and do each other's work.

On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out of the subway—the Guidance Patrol deem her hijab inadequate. On Friday she is pronounced dead. By Sunday, women have taken to the streets across Iran, setting their headscarves on fire and cursing the Supreme Leader. Months later, workers down their tools and businesses close. The battle-cry everywhere: Women, Life, Freedom.

David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from corporate sites such as Facebook, Amazon, Google, YouTube, Instagram, and Reddit to the burgeoning metaverse encompassing cryptocurrencies and online gaming to government systems such as China’s Social Credit System and India’s Aadhaar.

All children are a gift from the Lord—fearfully and wonderfully made! In a safe and cozy family setting, author Courtney Siebring tells the whole story of how every "little spark" grows into a one-of-a-kind, wonderful creation of human life. She explains how every detail—boy or girl, blue eyes or brown, curly or straight hair—is set in place from the very beginning, and how week by week the baby inside Mom grows and changes until Baby is finally ready to be born!