This book is for anybody who wants to draw more, whether you are learning from scratch or developing existing skills. When you're learning to draw, the most important thing you'll own is a sketchbook, and this is a sketchbook with training wheels. Let go of your fear and unlock drawing skills that you never believed you could have with this expertly guided sketchbook. Not your ordinary art book, You Will be Able to Draw by the End of This Book is a combined tutorial and sketchbook that not only teaches you the fundamental steps required for you to be able to draw, but also allows you the space to practise on the ... |
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Prof. Cyril Pavlikianov (born 1965) is Ph.D. in Byzantine History (National and Capodistrian University of Athens 1998), Dr. Habilitatus (Dr. Scientiarum) in Mediaeval History ( University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski 2004), and Professor of Byzantine Philology and Palaeography at the University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski (since 2007). Main works: The Medieval Aristocracy on Mount Athos, Sofia 2001. Σλάβοι μοναχοὶ στὸ Ἅγιον Ὄρος ἀπὸ τὸν I' ὣ& ... |
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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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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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A single book can change your life. The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our real selves and find lasting happiness. The Courage to be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It's a philosophy that' ... |
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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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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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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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The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. A book that will change how you think and transform how you live Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people - at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and the world. Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new approaches to motivation, and introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs ... |
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Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity. From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. When you become a manager, it's your job to say it-and your obligation. Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then Apple, where she worked with a team to develop a class on how to be a good boss. What emerged was her vital new approach to effective management, Radical Candor. Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring ... |
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The book addresses the business and economic issues related to the deployment of freight exchange platforms. Freight exchange platforms' developments are of crucial importance for the fulfilment of the European Transport Policy Goals, as well as for sustainable transport development. Besides, the necessity of setting up appropriate institutional and financial framework, as well as business models for their deployment, are the most important issues when assessing the existing platforms and their viability. Moreover, the potential stakeholders should be identified and their interests in transport business should be ... |
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"It is well know to all how much daily problems the Bulgarian people has in these days. However, more dangerous than anything is the tendency to loose identity and national selfconfidence. This is a clearly visible tendency in the inscriptions of foreign languages, mass emigration and the wish for imitation of foreign culture. At other side, the answer to the question, "Why are you ashamed to call youself Bulgarian?" is more than obvious: there is in the present time to be proud of. The above-described situation makes preservation and popularization of Bulgarian History extraordinarily important. If it ... |
