Incorrigible Optimist

Author : Gareth Evans
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780522866452

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A colourful and central figure in Australian politics for two decades—described by Bob Hawke as having ‘the most acute mind’ of any of his ministers—Gareth Evans has also been applauded worldwide for his contributions, both as Foreign Minister and in later international roles, to conflict resolution, genocide prevention and curbing weapons of mass destruction. In this sometimes moving, often entertaining, and always lucid memoir Evans looks back over the highs and lows of his public life as a student activist, civil libertarian, law reformer, industry minister, international policymaker, educator and politician. He explains why it is that, despite multiple disappointments, he continues to believe that a safer, saner and more decent world is achievable, and why, for all its frustrations, politics remains an indispensable profession not only for megalomaniacs but idealists.

Author : Mark Allen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1983655120

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I have purposely written this book to help you unlock the keys to optimism in your mind. I have written this book to help you tilt the scale in favor of optimism and positivity, and ultimately more satisfaction and happiness. It is my hope that this book can serve as a guide and tutorial for you to learn what it takes to be optimistic and how you can become an optimist. There are nine proven steps and habits that cannot only help you develop control over the voices in your head but keep you in control. These nine steps will arm you against pessimism in all its various guises and forms. They will give you the ability to pick out the silver lining regardless of how deep or threatening the clouds seem to be. However, it is not enough to open a book to the right page. You need to read that particular page and others after it. You need to put the nine steps into action to see their effects in your daily life. Do not just read and keep aside. Act on them, act now!!!

Author : GARETH. EVANS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1525271040

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INCORRIGIBLE OPTIMIST by GARETH. EVANS Pdf

Author : Bertolt Brecht
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781472538536

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Brecht Collected Plays: 4 by Bertolt Brecht Pdf

Now in paperback, the long-awaited volume of Brecht's classic plays from the 1930s Volume 4 of Brecht's Collected Plays contains works from the 1930s, straddling fateful years in German political and cultural history - as well as in Brecht's own life. Round Heads and Pointed Heads, based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, is a powerful political allegory on Nazi racial policy and conditions in the Germany Brecht had to leave in 1933. The Trial of Lucullus, a starkly pacifist text originally written in response to a commission from Swedish radio, portrays the Roman general tried by the Underworld for his military triumphs. Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, unique in Brecht's work, consists of some thirty short scenes of life under the Nazis between 1933 and 1938, designed for use by groups in exile. Señora Carrara's Rifles is based on J.M. Synge's Riders to the Sea, but relocated by Brecht in the Spanish Civil War. Also included are two one-act plays, Dansen and How Much is Your Iron?, minor works designed for amateurs in Scandinavia, where the Brechts lived till spring 1941. The volume includes an introduction and notes by Tom Kuhn and John Willett, as well as Brecht's own notes on the texts.

Author : Andrew Miller
Publisher : Sceptre
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781848948235

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The Optimists by Andrew Miller Pdf

'ANDREW MILLER'S WRITING IS A SOURCE OF WONDER AND DELIGHT' Hilary Mantel 'ONE OF OUR MOST SKILFUL CHRONICLERS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND MIND' Sunday Times 'Exceptional' Sunday Times 'Powerful and lively' Financial Times 'A delight' Time Out The extraordinary fourth novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of Oxygen In a world where people slaughter the innocent without mercy or retribution, how can we have faith in humanity, or the future? Clem Glass, a photojournalist, returns from Africa to London convinced there is no hope for mankind. Yet after his sister falls ill and he takes her back to the West Country of their childhood, he cannot ignore the decency and kindness he encounters, or the pulse of goodness in his own heart. When news comes offering Clem the chance to confront the author of his nightmares, he must choose what sort of man to be. PRAISE FOR ANDREW MILLER 'Unique, visionary, a master at unmasking humanity' Sarah Hall 'A writer of very rare and outstanding gifts' Independent on Sunday 'A highly intelligent writer, both exciting and contemplative' The Times 'A wonderful storyteller' Spectator

Author : D Muralidharan
Publisher : D Muralidharan
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Optimism and Joyful living by D Muralidharan Pdf

Life is short, and each one of us are here to play it to our best – and win… by winning, I mean not just material success, but much more than that – a meaningful, self-determined and wonderful journey, where every day is an adventure of sorts, and every encounter one small step towards a little more learning and wisdom. What you read in the following pages is an attempt is to give life tips in bite-sized chunks! You may choose to read the book in the order of the pages, or just browse through in any page which interests you. Every topic is a new insight into how Your LIFE journey can be a shade better, by either imbibing that quality – and just in case that is already there in your ‘armor’, just plain reinforcing it – and passing it on to others. Also, to re-iterate, every page or topic touched upon in the pages of this book has the thought or the seed for a thought, which could have a positive impact on YOUR life, irrespective of what stage YOU are in now. Now to what winning means – not the YOU getting a whole lot of fame, power or even loads of money; I mean more than that for YOU. Winning by doing things that you would love to do more, and in the process, be happy, and get to a level to success as defined by you, only by you! Let’s see how most of us would define the term winning or being successful – most of us have somehow come to the conclusion that winning is synonymous with not having any problems or challenges in this wonderful journey called life. The reason why most of us, including me and you want to be rich and famous – while we may not admit that as blatantly – the fact of the matter is that –we have somehow come to believe that being rich and famous is a sure shot to happiness. Nothing can be far from true – the rich and famous do have come to the point where they are, after playing hard in the game of life, until they reached where they are now – as seen and adored by all of us. So, whats the easy recipe to remain optimistic and joyful? Read on.

Author : United States. Tax Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1632 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015084977431

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Reports of the United States Tax Court by United States. Tax Court Pdf

Kept up to date by a monthly publication called: United States. Tax Court. Reports.

Author : David Nasaw
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547524726

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The Chief by David Nasaw Pdf

The definitive and “utterly absorbing” biography of America’s first news media baron based on newly released private and business documents (Vanity Fair). William Randolph Hearst, known to his staff as the Chief, was a brilliant business strategist and a man of prodigious appetites. By the 1930s, he controlled the largest publishing empire in the United States, including twenty-eight newspapers, the Cosmopolitan Picture Studio, radio stations, and thirteen magazines. He quickly learned how to use this media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political power. The son of a gold miner, Hearst underwent a public metamorphosis from Harvard dropout to political kingmaker; from outspoken populist to opponent of the New Deal; and from citizen to congressman. In The Chief, David Nasaw presents an intimate portrait of the man famously characterized in the classic film Citizen Kane. With unprecedented access to Hearst’s personal and business papers, Nasaw details Heart’s relationship with his wife Millicent and his romance with Marion Davies; his interactions with Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, and every American president from Grover Cleveland to Franklin Roosevelt; and his acquaintance with movie giants such as Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Irving Thalberg. An “absorbing, sympathetic portrait of an American original,” The Chief sheds light on the private life of a very public man (Chicago Tribune).

Author : Emmanuel Thomas
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781482858815

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Between the Lines by Emmanuel Thomas Pdf

The book contains essays on simple but perplexing questions that we come across as we go about living our lives. How do we react to a situation when we fail to practice what we preach? Why do we occasionally feel joy in the misfortune of others and then feel guilty about it? Is religion a difficult proposition in the modern world? We are shaken when heroes worshipped by many as role models get convicted on crimes done in secret. The book makes an attempt to search for answers to such questions by going through authoritative sources of research done by eminent scholars with the intention to disseminate such thoughts to those who are assailed by similar questions and help them to come to their own conclusions. The book has parts consisting of musings, reminiscences, satire, and short stories conveying messages that are considered important as we face problems in our daily existence.

Author : Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470293638

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The Monfort Plan by Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort Pdf

The Monfort Plan is a five-year, forward looking plan to eradicate extreme poverty from the developing world, and details how microfinance has made a difference to developing countries. This book proposes a new institution based in the developing world with the potential to provide a basic, free, and universal service in the areas of water, sanitation, healthcare, and education to the extreme poor worldwide. The provision will be subject to a certain degree of conditionality in areas ranging from corruption to legal environment. The new institution will be established in a new international territory based within a specific country in Subsaharan Africa and will emerge in 2015. In The Monfort Plan author Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort engineers and designs a solution to lessen the burden of poverty. In order to do so he relies on the social sciences to bring about innovation and forward looking economic policies and financial instruments in the context of a paradigm shift. This book presents a multidisciplinary approach to policymaking that combines a range of fields in the social sciences, looking at the history behind the Marshall Plan, the formation of the European Union, and the Bretton Woods Institutions, in order to determine how a Marshall Plan for Africa-and the creation of New Institutions in the developing world-could work. We live a moment of crisis in which creative policymaking might prove useful when proposing outcomes for a revitalized framework for capitalism to thrive and better serve the world. Walks you through the technicalities of the new architecture of capitalism in a straightforward manner Provides a holistic view of how microfinance combined with the right economic policies and financial instruments could help change the world for the poor Contains sweeping and detailed recommendations on how to build a new capitalist paradigm that helps elevate the poor and improve the human condition Incorporating commentary from some of the top minds in the field of microfinance, this book puts the method of microfinance in perspective.

Author : David Smerdon
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056919122

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The Complete Chess Swindler by David Smerdon Pdf

Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes even steal the full point! Swindling is a skill that can be trained. In this book, David Smerdon shows how you can use tricks from psychology to marshal hidden resources and exploit your opponent’s biases. In a lost position, your best practical chance often lies not in what the computer recommends, but in playing your opponent. With an abundance of eye-popping examples and training exercises, Smerdon identifies the four best friends of every chess swindler: your opponent’s impatience, their hubris, their fear, and their need to stay in control. You’ll also learn about such cunning swindling motifs as the Trojan Horse, the Decoy Trap, the Berserk Attack, and ‘Window-Ledging’. So, come and join the Swindlers’ Club, become a great escape artist and dramatically improve your results. In this instructive and highly entertaining guide, Smerdon shows you how.

Author : Chris Langdon,Nik Gowing
Publisher : John Catt
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781908095640

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Thinking the Unthinkable: A new imperative for leadership in the digital age by Chris Langdon,Nik Gowing Pdf

Executive leadership faces new vulnerabilities. Many leaders privately concede them, but few are willing to talk publicly about them. "Unthinkable" events since 2014 have revealed a new leadership fragility at the highest levels. And the pace of change in 2017 shows that the uncertainties are greater than ever. Is this the "new normal?"Thinking The Unthinkable is an investigation into why leaders have appeared more unable or unwilling than ever to anticipate the biggest issues of our time.In an era of "wicked problems" why are current leadership behaviours and culture apparently not fit for purpose? What are the causes of so many failures in policy and strategic forecasting? Are they human frailties? Or are they systemic failures to embrace smartly new realities?Through hundreds of interviews and conversations, Nik Gowling and Chris Langdon have analysed the deep new challenges to the human capacity of leaders at the highest keels to accept, understand, embrace then handle the extraordinary processes of change and disruption. This essential book draws on the candid responses. The findings are scary and disconcerting.

Author : United States. Tax Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1476 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Taxation
ISBN : UOM:49015002895861

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Reports of the Tax Court of the United States by United States. Tax Court Pdf

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135975081

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In Search of a Better World by Karl Popper Pdf

'I want to begin by declaring that I regard scientific knowledge as the most important kind of knowledge we have', writes Sir Karl Popper in the opening essay of this book, which collects his meditations on the real improvements science has wrought in society, in politics and in the arts in the course of the twentieth century. His subjects range from the beginnings of scientific speculation in classical Greece to the destructive effects of twentieth century totalitarianism, from major figures of the Enlightenment such as Kant and Voltaire to the role of science and self-criticism in the arts. The essays offer striking new insights into the mind of one of the greatest twentieth century philosophers.

Author : Norman Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780671741907

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Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis Pdf

Exercises designed to develop vocabulary skills present words together with their pronunciations, definitions and use in sentences