Tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. In this title, Vladek's harrowing story of survival is woven into the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father.
Rosie the hen leaves the chicken coop and sets out for a little walk. Right behind her is the fox, slyly trying to catch up with her. Rosie's walk is quiet and uneventful and eventually leads her back to the coop, blissfully unaware of the fox's travails as he tries—unsuccessfully—to navigate the obstacle course that Rosie has led him through.
Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Are you “too shy” or “too sensitive” according to others? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? If your answers are yes, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Most of us feel overstimulated every once in a while, but for the highly sensitive person, it’s a w…
Setting goals is easy. Finishing them is the challenge.
Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how a powerful goal-setting system has helped tech giant such as Google and Intel exceeded all expectations- and how it can help any organization thrive
Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to di…
Ray Dalio shares the unconventional principles of life and work turned his ordinary middle-class kid from Long Island into one of the most successful people of our time and that can be used by anyone to achieve their own goals.