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By Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman

ISBN-10: 0141917334

ISBN-13: 9780141917337

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's information of a Kidnapping is a robust retelling of exact occasions from a turbulent interval of Colombian history.

'She seemed over her shoulder prior to moving into the auto to be certain nobody was once following her'

Pablo Escobar: billionaire medicines baron, ruthless manipulator brutal killer and jefe of the notorious Madellin cartel. a guy whose significance within the overseas drug alternate and renown for his charitable paintings one of the terrible introduced him impression and tool in his domestic state of Colombia, and the undesirable consciousness of the yank courts.
Terrified of the recent Colombian President's selection to extradite him to the USA, Escobar came across the simplest bargaining instruments he may locate: hostages.
In the wintry weather of 1990, ten family members of Colombian Colombian politicians, more often than not ladies, have been kidnapped and held hostage as Escobar tried to strong-arm the govt. into blockading his extradition. died, the remainder survived, and from their harrowing tales Marquez retells, with shiny readability, the phobia and uncertainty of these darkish an risky months.

'Reads with an urgency which belongs to the best fiction. i have not learn whatever which gave a greater feel of ways Colombia used to be in worst times' day-by-day Telegraph
'Compellingly readable. A publication with the entire panache of Marquez's fiction, hitting domestic quite harder' Sunday Times

'A piece of exceptional investigative journalism made the entire extra very good via the author's expertise for magical storytelling' monetary Times

By Duncan J. Watts

ISBN-10: 0385531680

ISBN-13: 9780385531689

Why is the Mona Lisa the main well-known portray on the earth? Why did fb be successful while different social networking websites failed? Did the surge in Iraq rather result in much less violence? How a lot can CEO’s influence the functionality in their businesses? And does greater pay incentivize humans to paintings hard?

If you think that the solutions to those questions are an issue of good judgment, reconsider. As sociologist and community technology pioneer Duncan Watts explains during this provocative e-book, the reasons that we supply for the results that we detect in life—explanation that appear noticeable after we comprehend the answer—are much less important than they seem.

Drawing at the most recent medical learn, besides a wealth of old and modern examples, Watts exhibits how logic reasoning and heritage conspire to lie to us into believing that we comprehend extra concerning the global of human habit than we do; and in flip, why makes an attempt to foretell, deal with, or control social and monetary platforms so usually move awry.

It turns out seen, for instance, that individuals reply to incentives; but coverage makers and bosses alike often fail to count on how humans will reply to the incentives they bring. Social developments frequently appear to have been pushed by means of yes influential humans; but sellers were not able to spot those “influencers” upfront. And even supposing winning items or businesses consistently look on reflection to have succeeded as a result of their distinct characteristics, predicting the characteristics of the subsequent hit product or sizzling corporation is notoriously tough even for knowledgeable professionals.

Only by means of realizing how and while logic fails, Watts argues, do we enhance how we plan for the long run, in addition to comprehend the present—an argument that has vital implications in politics, enterprise, and advertising and marketing, in addition to in technological know-how and lifestyle.

By Patrick Regan

ISBN-10: 1449407609

ISBN-13: 9781449407605

Dog Is My Copilot tells the tale of Pilots N Paws, a high-flying animal-rescue operation based "accidentally" in 2008 whilst a personal pilot provided to fly a challenge of mercy to avoid wasting an abused puppy for a chum. as soon as at the flooring, the pilot requested his pal if there has been a huge have to delivery look after animals from one a part of the rustic to a different. She replied, "You haven't any idea." seeing that that point, Pilots N Paws has grown to incorporate hundreds of thousands of pilots who've transported tens of millions of "death-row dogs" (and a good quantity of cats and different animals), occasionally greater than 1,000 miles away to new houses or no-kill shelters, the place they've got a miles greater likelihood of adoption.

The actual center of Dog Is My Copilot are the 24 real-life rescue tales accumulated from pilots and their animal-rescue opposite numbers at the floor. the fast, beautiful tales are observed via greater than a hundred captivating, poignant, colour photos--most taken through the pilots themselves--of their canines passengers in flight.

Unexpected issues can ensue whilst canines succeed in cruising altitude, and the tales in Dog Is My Copilot run the emotional variety from hilarious to center rending--but the endings are regularly satisfied. those canines are the fortunate ones, and lots of the pilots will let you know that once they get at the aircraft, they are aware of it. in the end, looking forward to them at the flooring 1000s of miles away is a moment probability at a contented lifestyles with a loving without end family.

Dog Is My Copilot--it's Chicken Soup for the Soul meets Marley and Me . . . with only a sprint of The correct Stuff.

By William Ellet

ISBN-10: 1422101584

ISBN-13: 9781422101582

If you're enrolled in an government schooling or MBA software, you've most likely encountered a robust studying device: the company case. but when you're like many of us, you could locate analyzing and writing approximately situations mystifying, tough, or downright difficult.

In "The Case learn Handbook", William Ellet provides a powerful new process for examining, discussing, and writing approximately situations. Early chapters exhibit the way to classify circumstances in line with the analytical job they require (solving an issue, you make a decision, or forming an evaluate) and fast determine a base of information a few case. recommendations and templates, as well as a number of pattern Harvard enterprise institution situations, assist you observe the author's framework.

Later within the e-book, Ellet exhibits tips to write persuasive case-analytical essays in accordance with the method laid out previous. wide examples of potent and useless writing extra strengthen your studying. The booklet additionally contains a bankruptcy on find out how to speak about instances extra successfully in school. Any present or potential MBA or government schooling scholar must learn this book.

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By Bill Readings

ISBN-10: 0674929535

ISBN-13: 9780674929531

it's now not transparent what position the college performs in society. The constitution of the modern collage is altering speedily, and we now have but to appreciate what accurately those adjustments will suggest. Is a brand new age dawning for the college, the renaissance of upper schooling less than approach? Or is the college within the twilight of its social functionality, the death of upper schooling quickly coming near near?
we will be able to resolution such questions provided that we glance conscientiously on the diversified roles the collage has performed traditionally after which think the way it may be attainable to reside, and to imagine, amid the ruins of the college. Tracing the roots of the fashionable American collage in German philosophy and within the paintings of British thinkers comparable to Newman and Arnold, invoice Readings argues that traditionally the integrity of the fashionable college has been associated with the geographical region, which it has served via selling and keeping the assumption of a countrywide tradition. yet now the geographical region is in decline, and nationwide tradition now not has to be both promoted or secure. more and more, universities are becoming transnational agencies, and the assumption of tradition is being changed by way of the discourse of "excellence." at the floor, this doesn't look rather pernicious.

the writer cautions, in spite of the fact that, that we should always no longer include this techno-bureaucratic charm too fast. the recent collage of Excellence is an organization pushed by way of industry forces, and, as such, is extra drawn to revenue margins than in concept. Readings urges us to visualize easy methods to imagine, with out concession to company excellence or recourse to romantic nostalgia inside of an establishment in ruins. the result's a passionate charm for a brand new neighborhood of thinkers.