Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ages out. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, as he has thought deeply about where creativity comes from and where it doesn't, he has learned that being an artist isn't about your specific output; it' ... |
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Красимир Атанасов учи в математическия факултет на Софийски университет Св. Климент Охридски и защитава докторска дисертация през 1986 г. Става доктор на техническите науки през 2000г. От 1998г. е професор в Центъра по биомедицинско инженерство при БАН. Той е главен редактор на 4 международни списания и е член на редакционните съвети на 11 други. Научните му интереси са в областта на размитите множества (той въвежда предмета интуиционистични размити множества и изследва неговите базисни свойства и някои от приложенията му в експертни системи, системни теории, вземане на решения, лекарства и други). Има около 500 ... |
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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distils three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight well-explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws require prudence: Law 1: Never Outshine the Master, some stealth. Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions, and some the total absence of mercy. Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally, but like it or not, all have applications in real- ... |
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The Four Types of Human Behaviour (or, How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood). Do you ever think you're the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy? Or does your colleague's abrasive manner get your back up? You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was 'surrounded by idiots', communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with ... |
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Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers? Children take their lead from their friends: being cool matters more than anything else. Shaping values, identity and codes of behaviour, peer groups are often far more influential than parents. But this situation is far from natural, and it can be dangerous - it undermines family cohesion, interferes with healthy development, and fosters a hostile and sexualized youth culture. Children end up becoming conformist, anxious and alienated. In Hold on to Your Kids, acclaimed physician and bestselling author Gabor Mate joins forces with Gordon Neufeld, a psychologist with a ... |
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Помагало по английски език с тестове, упражнения и забавни задачи ... Помагалото е предназначено за начален и среден курс на училищата, в които се изучава английски език, за частни детски езикови школи, както и за всички, учещи английски език. То съдържа множество текстове с богат лексикален материал, упражнения, целящи затвърждаване на лексиката и граматиката, интересни факти, разнообразни игри с думи и кръстословици. Помагалото е полезен помощник както при работата в клас, така и за самостоятелна подготовка. ... |
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Amateur astronomer's handbook. You have a telescope now! What next? 280 of the most interesting celestial objects. Alexander Shimbalev wrote a very useful handbook for beginning astronomers; it contains information on many aspects of astronomy. It is an easy read, without too many technicalities, that explains everything you need to know about your telescope and the cosmos in general. The chapters follow each other logically, and thanks to the colorful illustrations (star charts and photographs of constellations, galaxies, nebulae, planets, etc.), this book is well-suited even for children. ... |
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Fifth Edition. ... Would you like to get acquainted with the most important techniques every company manager should know? Quickly differentiate the fundamentals from the secondary, leading to the most accurate decisions? And do all of this for both everyday and extraordinary situations? If so, simply read this book. It presents an atypical look at the most successful techniques in business and draws on rich experience. Even within complex topics, easy-to-remember examples lead the reader step by step through the material clearly and methodically. The leading principles are highlighted, as are possible exceptions to them. ... |
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Три учебни цели в този том: основна лексика лексика за напреднали граматика на английски език ... Това е роман, вълнуващ за всички, които искат да опреснят, задълбочат и разширят знанията си по английски език. Целенасочено изучаване на основната английска лексика, лексика за напреднали и граматика чрез: една вълнуваща криминална история над 2700 основни думи на английски над 100 упражнения за бързо усвояване на английски език заключителен текст за проверка на придобитите знания Инспектор Хъдсън улеснява вашето езиково обучение с много динамика и хумор. Той и неговите тайнствени криминални случаи са в ... |
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The book is intended for the English language programmes of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA), Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, including the professional school for computer programming and innovations in the city of Burgas."The subject matter of the Corporate and Financial Law Handbook is complex and multifaceted, proving that there is a need for joint studies, involving both lawyers and economists. The present Handbook is a good example of such a collaboration. The authors of the different chapters of the Handbook are experienced professionals in their field. In their analysis of ... |
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And the Europeanisation of Bulgaria. Presented in selected areas of state administration and society (1861 - 1887 - 1912). The book is a thorough narrative of the modernization of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1912. One period of 25 years of Bulgaria's peaceful existence, apart from the social turmoil. In these years Bulgaria went from being an Ottoman Asian province to a European state. This was, of course, the consequence of a great popular, especially elitist, push towards Europe, led by the Bulgarian ruler - Prince, later Tsar, Ferdinand I. His participation in this great upsurge is the subject of this book. It is the ... |
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In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation - each of these can be understood only by ... |