The Wayfinders - Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? Anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world’s indigenous cultures. In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In the Amazon we meet the descendants of a true Lost Civilization, the people of the Anaconda.
Unsettled Matters: The Life and Death of Bruce Lee
In August of 1973 while his body was being flown from Hong Kong to Seattle, Washington, Bruce Lee's coffin mysteriously opened and the dye from his dark blue suit bled onto the coffin's white silk interior. The ancient Chinese saw this as a bad omen. "The buried man will not live in peace!" they proclaimed "There are unsettled matters!" Considered one of the foremost authorities on Bruce Lee today, Tom Bleecker not only trained privately with Lee, but the two shared numerous mutual friends in the martial arts community as well as the Hollywood film industry.
English Matters - special edition (United Kingdom)
English Matters is a Polish bimonthly magazine for upper intermediate and advanced learners of English (B2-C1). Each edition tackles such issues as culture, history, literature, geography, and biographies of famous people from English speaking countries. This special edition is devoted to the culture of Great Britain.
A Polish bimonthly magazine for the learners of English at upper intermediate and advanced level (B2-C1). The journal tackles such issues as environment, famous people, lifestyle, culture, and travel. This issue is devoted to exploring distant places. Each text features a mini English-Polish wordlist. Some articles are accompanied with audio versions.
Delivering Results: Managing What Matters by Lawrence P. Carr, Alfred J. Nanni Jr.
In Delivering Results: Measuring What Matters, Babson College professors and management consultants, Lawrence Carr and Alfred Nanni, show managers how to avoid the common pitfalls and mistakes when setting corporate strategy, and instead create a management system—unique to their organization—that aligns internal resources with objectives, motivates and rewards employees, and continuously provides feedback.
