The Serendipity Foundation

Author : Sam Smit
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781783522613

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The Serendipity Foundation by Sam Smit Pdf

The Serendipity Foundation demands anarchy over apathy. They deal in terrorism with a social conscience. And they're going to make the British government play along. When four British citizens are kidnapped in Cairo, they soon realise this is no ordinary hostage situation: the accommodation is three star and the menu à la carte. Without the deep regrets and thwarted ambitions of their lives back home, they soon come to view their kidnapping as a welcome escape. They are the captives of the Serendipity Foundation, a tiny collective with a millennium-old prophecy to fulfil and a rather redeeming quality: they only demand ransoms that people would want to give. As the ransom demands begin, the British government has no choice but to play along... can they really allow four men to die because parliament refuses to conduct Prime Minister’s Questions in Haiku? As the threats and demands escalate, so does the tension, until they challenge the very foundations and assumptions of the media, industry and society. The Serendipity Foundation, bursting with the satirical deftness of a Douglas Coupland and the subversive intensity of an Owen Jones, is a thrilling yet endearing satirical novel for the new political generation that will make us question why we settle for a lesser world when we have the power to make it better.

Author : Sam Smit
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783522729

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The Serendipity Foundation by Sam Smit Pdf

On an abandoned street in Old Cairo, four Brits are kidnapped. But this is no ordinary kidnapping. They are hostages of the Serendipity Foundation, a millennium-old collective with a prophecy to fulfil. They’re prepared to do whatever it takes—and they’re going to make the British government play along. As the unconventional ransom demands escalate, the Foundation’s real aims are gradually revealed: instead of inspiring fear, their mission is to repair the corrupted values of media, industry and government before it’s too late. The Serendipity Foundation is a razor-sharp and powerful satirical fable that speaks to the heart of a new political generation and asks: why do so many of us settle for a world we know we can make better?

Author : Isaac Jonas
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781365375583

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The Serendipity of a Great Network by Isaac Jonas Pdf

The serendipity of a great network is the story of my life. Even though my life is still unfolding, I believe I have something to share with the world.The book narrates the journey from my native Zimbabwe to Canada.I am currently persuing my doctorate studies at the University of British Columbia, but there are still lot of lessons to learn in my future.

Author : United States. Internal Revenue Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : UOM:39015062116408

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by United States. Internal Revenue Service Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1530 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : NYPL:33433016643771

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michela Addis,Andrea Rurale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000225310

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Managing the Cultural Business by Michela Addis,Andrea Rurale Pdf

The arts and cultural sector has always been a challenging area in which to find business success; the advent of the global health crisis due to COVID-19 has greatly amplified these challenges. Thanks to the expertise of 22 scholars, this text elaborates on the most common key strategic mistakes and misunderstandings to help arts and cultural organizations finding success. This book starts by looking at the evolution of competition in those industries. Several new and challenging drivers shape the competitive environments of arts and cultural organizations. A customer-centric approach helps in identifying ten crucial managerial processes in which strategic mistakes are commonly made. This book proposes a revised managerial vision of the key processes that constitute every arts and cultural organization. Each chapter offers an innovative analysis of a classic managerial problem, describing popular mistakes and providing case-based insights derived from real world important examples. Specifically, each chapter elaborates on two illuminating examples, one of which is always chosen among the Italian arts and cultural organizations, thus belonging to the world’s leading cultural sector. Speaking to current and student arts managers, this insightful book channels national and supranational cultural heritage to provide essential reading for managers of present and future arts and cultural organizations.

Author : James A. Estes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520377493

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Serendipity by James A. Estes Pdf

"Many of the findings in the book . . . are classics of ecology. . . . A rare and delightful insight into timely science."—Jane Lubchenco, Nature "Estes's refreshing narrative deftly weaves rigorous science with personal reflection to create an absorbing and introspective read that is equal parts memoir, ecological textbook, and motivational guidebook for young ecologists."—Science To newly minted biologist James Estes, the sea otters he was studying in the leafy kelp forests off the coast of Alaska appeared to have an unbalanced relationship with their greater environment. Gorging themselves on the sea urchins that grazed among the kelp, these small charismatic mammals seemed to give little back in return. But as Estes dug deeper, he unearthed a far more complex relationship between the otter and its underwater environment, discovering that otters play a critical role in driving positive ecosystem dynamics. While teasing out the connective threads, he began to question our assumptions about ecological relationships. These questions would ultimately inspire a lifelong quest to better understand the surprising complexity of our natural world and the unexpected ways we discover it. Serendipity tells the story of James Estes’s life as a naturalist and the concepts that have driven his interest in researching the ecological role of top-level predators. Using the relationships between sea otters, kelp, and sea urchins as a touchstone, Estes retraces his investigations of numerous other species, ecosystems, and ecological processes in an attempt to discover why ecologists can learn so many details about the systems in which they work and yet understand so little about the broader processes that influence these systems. Part memoir, part natural history, and deeply inquisitive, Serendipity will entertain and inform readers as it raises thoughtful questions about our relationship with the natural world.

Author : Lori McCay-Peet,Elaine G. Toms
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781681732572

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Researching Serendipity in Digital Information Environments by Lori McCay-Peet,Elaine G. Toms Pdf

Chance, luck, and good fortune are the usual go-to descriptors of serendipity, a phenomenon aptly often coupled with famous anecdotes of accidental discoveries in engineering and science in modern history such as penicillin, Teflon, and Post-it notes. Serendipity, however, is evident in many fields of research, in organizations, in everyday life—and there is more to it than luck implies. While the phenomenon is strongly associated with in person interactions with people, places, and things, most attention of late has focused on its preservation and facilitation within digital information environments. Serendipity's association with unexpected, positive user experiences and outcomes has spurred an interest in understanding both how current digital information environments support serendipity and how novel approaches may be developed to facilitate it. Research has sought to understand serendipity, how it is manifested in people's personality traits and behaviors, how it may be facilitated in digital information environments such as mobile applications, and its impacts on an individual, an organizational, and a wider level. Because serendipity is expressed and understood in different ways in different contexts, multiple methods have been used to study the phenomenon and evaluate digital information environments that may support it. This volume brings together different disciplinary perspectives and examines the motivations for studying serendipity, the various ways in which serendipity has been approached in the research, methodological approaches to build theory, and how it may be facilitated. Finally, a roadmap for serendipity research is drawn by integrating key points from this volume to produce a framework for the examination of serendipity in digital information environments.

Author : Stephen Cosgrove,Robin James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Animals
ISBN : 0843106042

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The Serendipity Collection by Stephen Cosgrove,Robin James Pdf

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Author : Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101985021

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Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Pdf

The bestselling author of Encyclopedia an Ordinary Life returns with a literary experience that is unprecedented, unforgettable, and explosively human. Ten years after her beloved, groundbreaking Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, #1 New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal delivers a book full of her distinct blend of nonlinear narrative, wistful reflections, and insightful wit. It is a mighty, life-affirming work that sheds light on all the ordinary and extraordinary ways we are connected. Like she did with Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, Amy Krouse Rosenthal ingeniously adapts a standard format—a textbook, this time—to explore life’s lessons and experiences into a funny, wise, and poignant work of art. Not exactly a memoir, not just a collection of observations, Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a beautiful exploration into the many ways we are connected on this planet and speaks to the awe, bewilderment, and poignancy of being alive. “…a groundbreaking new twist on the traditional literary experience… Textbook is a delightful collection of interesting scenarios that directly point to life lessons. Rosenthal manages to spotlight grand moments and everyday moments with equal curiosity, proving that it can be both a privilege — and petrifying — to peek into one’s humanity.”—Associated Press “Rosenthal is a marvel… a talented storyteller with an experimental flair for formatting… This engaging, playful, and clever glimpse into one woman’s life offers lots of photographs, graphic illustrations, and diagrams, resulting in a book that will make readers smile as their notions of story delivery expand.” —Booklist

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Income tax
ISBN : OSU:32435051018406

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Publication by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : IND:32000006169645

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Workshop on Appropriate Technology for the National Science Foundation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christian Busch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780593086025

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The Serendipity Mindset by Christian Busch Pdf

Good luck isn’t just chance—it can be learned and leveraged—and The Serendipity Mindset explains how you can use serendipity to make life better at work, at home—everywhere. Many of us believe that the great turning points and opportunities in our lives happen by chance, that they’re out of our control. Often we think that successful people—and successful companies and organizations—are simply luckier than the rest of us. Good fortune—serendipity—just seems to happen to them. Is that true? Or are some people better at creating the conditions for coincidences to arise and taking advantage of them when they do? How can we connect the dots of seemingly random events to improve our lives? In The Serendipity Mindset, Christian Busch explains that serendipity isn’t about luck in the sense of simple randomness. It’s about seeing links that others don’t, combining these observations in unexpected and strategic ways, and learning how to detect the moments when apparently random or unconnected ideas merge to form new opportunities. Busch explores serendipity from a rational and scientific perspective and argues that there are identifiable approaches we can use to foster the conditions to let serendipity grow. Drawing from biology, chemistry, management, and information systems, and using examples of people from all walks of life, Busch illustrates how serendipity works and explains how we can train our own serendipity muscle and use it to turn the unexpected into opportunity. Once we understand serendipity, Busch says, we become curators of it, and luck becomes something that no longer just happens to us—it becomes a force that we can grasp, shape, and hone. Full of exciting ideas and strategies, The Serendipity Mindset offers a clear blueprint for how we can cultivate serendipity to increase innovation, influence, and opportunity in every aspect of our lives.

Author : National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015078701813

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The Science Education Programs of the National Science Foundation by National Science Foundation (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Jaisa Reichard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948764008

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Cybernetic Serendipity by Jaisa Reichard Pdf