Williams press apr 2026 (18 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Why do misunderstandings happen - even when everyone means well Because culture is invisible. It shapes everything we do - how we greet strangers, raise children, handle conflict, show respect, give gifts, and draw the line between public and private. These invisible rules feel like common sense to the people who grew up with them. To everyone else, they can feel baffling, offensive, or simply strange.That gap is culture shock. And this book closes it.Culture Shock Survival Guide is a comprehensive A-to-Z cross-cultural glossary that explores the real differences between Eastern and Western values, behaviours, and social norms - not to judge them, but to understand them. Each entry examines a specific aspect of daily life from both perspectives, with real-world scenarios drawn from countries across Europe, North America, Iran, India, China, and beyond.Topics covered include: - Addressing people and formality- Discipline in schools and parenting styles- Gender roles and expectations- Gift giving, invitations, and hospitality- Attitudes toward time, punctuality, and work- Health systems and health consciousness- Humility, hierarchy, and authority- Attitudes toward disability, divorce, and homosexuality- Bureaucracy, bribery, and institutional trust- Wealth, poverty, and social welfare- Religion, privacy, personal space, and much more Each entry follows a clear, consistent format: how the East approaches it, how the West approaches it, real scenarios from specific countries, and a reflection that draws out the deeper values at play. No entry tells you which way is right. Both perspectives are treated with equal seriousness and respect.This book is for: - Expats and immigrants adjusting to a new country- Travellers who want to go beyond the surface- Global professionals working with multicultural teams- Educators and social workers supporting migrant communities- Anyone who has ever felt confused, judged, or misjudged across a cultural divide Written by a linguist and educator who has lived between Eastern and Western cultures for decades, this book brings both scholarly depth and genuine human empathy to one of the most important challenges of our globalised world.Culture shock is not a problem to solve. It is an opportunity to grow. This book shows you how.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What if the Bible already gives us everything we need to understand the days of creation In a world filled with debate, confusion, and competing interpretations, The Days of Creation invites you to return to a simple but powerful truth: let Scripture define its own terms.Written with clarity, conviction, and pastoral insight drawn from decades of ministry, Dr. Jackson guides readers through a careful, Scripture-centered approach that allows the Bible to speak for itself. By examining how language works within its original context, this study challenges common assumptions and encourages readers to handle God's Word with clarity and confidence.You'll discover: - Why the meaning of 'day' must be determined by the Hebrew language and context- How commonly quoted passages are often taken out of context- Why using other parts of the Bible to redefine key terms can lead to confusion- A clear, consistent method for letting Scripture interpret ScriptureWhether you are a pastor, teacher, small group leader, or a believer seeking clarity, this study will equip you to approach Genesis with confidence and conviction.More than an academic discussion, this is a call to trust the Word of God as it is written.If Scripture is truly God's Word, then it deserves to speak for itself.…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What if some of the things you've accepted about life deserve a second look Most of us spend our lives working, making plans, raising families, and dealing with whatever tomorrow brings. We rarely stop to consider how strange it is that we're here at all.We're living in a universe we barely understand, on a planet moving through space, surrounded by questions that science, philosophy, and religion have spent centuries trying to answer.What is reality Why does anything exist Are we simply the product of chance And what if there's more to our existence than we've been led to believe In You Are Not the Code, author Anthony Millek III takes readers on an accessible, thought-provoking journey through some of life's biggest questions-from the possibility of a simulated reality and the extraordinary complexity of DNA to human morality, the historical evidence surrounding Jesus, and the limits of what we can truly know.Blending scientific ideas, historical inquiry, philosophical reflection, and everyday observations, Millek explores competing explanations without pretending that every question has an easy answer.This isn't a book about telling you what to believe.It's about examining what you believe, understanding why you believe it, and having the courage to question it.Whether you're religious, skeptical, somewhere in between, or simply curious about the world, You Are Not the Code invites you to look beyond familiar assumptions and consider possibilities you may never have seriously examined.Because the search for truth doesn't begin when we find all the answers. It begins when we're willing to ask better questions.…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Clear processes create confident teams. Confident teams create consistent results. Standard Operating Procedures for Beginners is a practical, easy-to-understand guide for anyone who wants to bring clarity, consistency, and structure into the way work is done without overcomplicating it. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are often misunderstood. Many people associate them with rigid rules, heavy documentation, or large corporations. In reality, SOPs are simple tools designed to make everyday work easier, clearer, and more reliable. When done well, they reduce confusion, save time, and help people do their jobs with confidence. This book is written specifically for beginners. You do not need prior experience in process management, operations, or documentation. The concepts are explained in plain language, with a strong focus on real-world application rather than theory. Inside this book, you will learn: 1. What Standard Operating Procedures really are and what they are not2. When SOPs are necessary and when they are not worth creating3. How SOPs improve consistency, training, and efficiency4. How to define the purpose and scope of an SOP clearly5. How to write SOPs that people actually understand and use6. How to identify the right level of detail for different audiences7. How to gather accurate information before writing procedures>Rather than offering rigid templates or one-size-fits-all rules, this book helps you develop the judgment and mindset needed to create effective SOPs in any environment. Whether you are documenting processes for a small business, a growing team, or your own personal workflows, the principles in this book can be applied immediately. Standard Operating Procedures for Beginners is ideal for: 1. Small business owners and entrepreneurs2. Managers and team leaders3. New supervisors and trainers4. Startups and growing organizations>If you want to reduce confusion, improve consistency, and create clear procedures that support people instead of frustrating them, this book will give you a strong and practical foundation.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - He wasn't supposed to find it.Just balance the numbers.Close the books. Move on.But the numbers didn't behave.Arthur Finch is an accountant.He trusts patterns. Precision. Logic.So when a routine audit reveals a perfectly balanced set of donations-millions moving with no variation-he knows something is wrong.Very wrong.What starts as a discrepancy becomes a system.A pipeline.A machine designed to move money across the world without leaving a trace.Charities. Shell foundations. Offshore trusts.All connected.All intentional.Then the system pushes back.Arthur is framed.His credentials are used.The evidence points directly at him.And the people behind it They're already several moves ahead.Now the money is moving faster.The system is adapting.And forty million dollars is about to disappear.To stop it, Arthur has to do the one thing no one else can: Read the system.Break it.And prove the truth-before the numbers bury him with it.Because in the end.Numbers don't lie.People do.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - You're not failing at getting better. You've been applying the right effort to the wrong level of the problem.If you've been living with chronic pain or illness for any length of time, you already know the loop. The appointments that lead nowhere. The treatments that work until they don't. The moment you stop asking questions or for what you know works, because asking has started to cost too much. The quiet, creeping suspicion - installed one by one while enduring a thousand dismissals you didn't deserve - that maybe the reason nothing is working is something wrong with you.It isn't. And this book will show you exactly why.Written by a chronic pain patient, cancer and autoimmune survivor, and ten-year healthcare policy advocate, It's Not All in Your Head. or Your Body walks you through the three-layer system that's actually keeping you stuck: your body, yes - but also your nervous system, and the external systems you're forced to navigate every single day. When all three are working against you at once, improvement doesn't just slow down. It can become functionally impossible. Not because you're broken. Because the conditions for getting better haven't been created yet.This book is not a wellness guide. It is not a mindset reset. It will not tell you to meditate your pain away or lose weight or push through. It will tell you the truth: about how healthcare policy goes wrong and who pays the price, about how your medical records are being used in ways you were never told, about why honesty in a doctor's office can backfire, about how the communities that saved you can sometimes become the ceiling that keeps you from moving beyond survival.And then it will show you what actually changes things - specifically, structurally, without handing you another thing to add to the pile.You will find yourself in these pages. The version of you that has driven a 'reasonable' distance for answers. Then an unreasonable distance. Then far past unreasonable distances-still searching for something that actually helps. The version that tried the supplements and the programs and the therapy and still came up against the same walls. The version that started to wonder, in the quietest and most private moments, if the reason nothing works is because something is fundamentally broken and permanent wrong with you.That version of you was right that something was wrong. Just wrong about where.The loop is real. The mechanics are identifiable. And once you can see them - all three layers, how they interact, why the standard answers can't reach what's actually happening - the path forward looks completely different.That's what this book is for.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In Reynard & the Day the River Slowed, a small child meets a clever friend.Reynard is a fox who likes to figure things out on his own. When something in the forest doesn't feel quite right, he sets out to fix it the only way he knows how.With a quiet nudge from Star Child, Reynard begins to see there may be another way one that considers not just the problem, but those around him.Told in gentle rhyme and illustrated with warm, luminous scenes, this story explores what it means to be truly clever. It reminds readers that being smart isn't just about solving things, it's about how we share, how we listen, and how we care for others along the way.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Some men have a midlife crisis. Francesco Marchese went to Puglia.At fifty-eight, retired, and quietly certain that somewhere between the corner office and the car payment he lost the thread of himself, Francesco Marchese does something his careful, efficient life never prepared him for: nothing. Five weeks alone in his family's ancestral stone house in southern Italy, with bad Italian, no plan, and the unsettling feeling that somewhere along the way he became very good at living someone else's life.What he finds there is Rio - the version of himself that never made it to the surface. A man who runs cliff paths above the Adriatic before breakfast. A man who dances the Tarantella until midnight and means it. A man who is, for the first time in a very long time, fully awake.And what he discovers, in the olive groves and the village streets and the long conversations with a Pugliese guide who listens the way people used to listen, is that it is not too late. Not for any of it.Stupido Turista is a novel about what it means to finally show up for your own life. About the version of yourself that waits, patient as an ancient olive tree, for you to come back and claim it.For readers of Ann Patchett, Mary Beth Keane, and Fredrik Backman.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The degree on your wall is now just expensive wallpaper.You've seen the posts on LinkedIn. The quiet departures. The departments replaced by a 24-year-old with a $20-a-month subscription. The market has repriced your execution skills to zero.THE SKILL BANKRUPTCY is the definitive, tactical survival manual for the AI economy. It doesn't just diagnose the death of the professional middle class-it gives you the exact blueprint to weaponize the machine that killed it.Written for the professionals, managers, and domain experts who are watching the rules get shredded, Reid Sterling strips away the Silicon Valley fluff and delivers cold, actionable architecture.Inside, you will discover: - The Paradox of Intent: Why your $200/month AI is completely helpless without your specific, gritty, real-world domain knowledge.- The Liability Wall: Why your professional signature and accountability are now the most valuable assets you own.- The 60-Minute Stack: The exact, 4-step blueprint to build an autonomous AI system tonight, without writing a single line of code.- The One-Person Unicorn: How solo operators are reaching massive revenue by becoming 'Architects' instead of 'Workers.'- The Silent Liquidation: How companies are eliminating the middle class without press releases, and how to make yourself unfireable.Stop apologizing for knowing boring things deeply. Your unglamorous domain expertise is the moat.The machine is waiting for a director. Read this book, stop competing with electricity, and become the Architect.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Chaos isn't the end. It is the force that shapes you.'In the gripping second installment of the Queen of Cards series, the line between salvation and destruction thins. Magic is a dangerous gamble, love is a battlefield, and the past is a prison from which no one emerges unscathed.Matt is broken. Lost in the void of his own failures, he battles the encroaching darkness of Alain a presence that threatens to swallow his consciousness like an icy tidal wave. His only lighthouse is Sophia, but even her light might not be enough to save him from the monster clawing its way out from within.As destinies intertwine and secrets of the White Rose unravel, the players are forced to face truths that could set their world ablaze: - Matt: Fighting a losing battle for control over his own soul.- Sophia: The woman who gives direction to the lost, now facing an impossible choice.- Marcel: Witness to a transformation that inspires as much horror as it does adoration.From desert sands to the corridors of power, 'The Magician' is a haunting tale of 'broken matchsticks' that hold the power to burn down entire forests. It is a dark fantasy filled with morally grey characters, raw emotion, and the heavy price of the Tarot.Will you embrace your fate, or will you become a victim of your own magic Warning: This book contains dark themes, violence, and morally grey characters. Intended for a mature audience.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - He promised strength. He delivered terror.Idi Amin seized power in Uganda in 1971, presenting himself as a soldier who would restore order, dignity, and national pride. Within years, his rule descended into one of the most brutal and destructive regimes in modern history.In IDI AMIN: Power, Fear, and the Collapse of Uganda, Gordon J. MacKenzie examines the rise, rule, and downfall of a dictator who governed through fear, patronage, and spectacle. This is not just a story of violence, but of how a nation's institutions were hollowed out from within.From the purge of rivals and the expulsion of Uganda's Asian community to the collapse of the economy and the disastrous war with Tanzania, this book reveals how Amin's decisions reshaped Uganda at every level of society.This is a clear, gripping, and deeply unsettling account of power without restraint-and the cost it imposes on a nation.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Young Paul is confined to his bedroom for a tear in his new jeans. His younger sister Agatha, a terror, is threatening to surpass him academically and end up in the same class at school. Then Paul discovers a strange machine in the basement storage room next door and turns it on. He wakes up in what looks very much like a medieval world, complete with castles, and nasty villains. Of course, as is normal in such tales, there is always a beautiful young lady, in this case Tilly, who happens to own a pet lizard, and doesn't believe a word he says. She also has an unusual shape-shifting acquaintance who just might be dangerous. The connection to this strange world works both ways, as the children grow older, the problems in each dimension grow more serious, until Paul and Agatha must decide where they really belong, to save each world, and the two families. Oh yes, and Tilly's pet lizard keeps growing. If you enjoy adventure, swordplay, villains and sea-battles, a bit of nonsense, and a dollop or two of romance, this just might be the tale for you.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Anna Stone has become what she once feared - a solitary witch of ruin, shaped by blood, betrayal, and the ghosts she could not save. As the savage 17th-century witch Eliza Covington pursues Anna to feed her insatiable desires, an ancient, deadlier nightmare grows.In the snow-swept ruins of 1944 France, a desperate woman seeks shelter in the cursed Château de Mornay and discovers that the most beautiful man she has ever seen is something far worse.Decades later, immortal witch Anna Stone sits on the chateau's veranda and finally confesses the truth to her oldest friend: how she became Annabeth, Lady of the Dark; how she raised a Black Citadel from ash; how she learned to walk through time itself; and how the daughter she lost returned as the cruelest illusion of all.From the Black Death of 1347 to the ballrooms of the damned, The Haunting of the Heretic is the explosive finale of the Haunting Trilogy - a Neo-Gothic erotic nightmare of body horror, chronomancy, and a love so vicious it outlives death.Reader discretion is advised. The château is still listening. These are not content warnings. They are survival instructions.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Pharmacy has always been associated with the safe use of medicines. Traditionally, the pharmacist was viewed as the professional responsible for compounding, storing, dispensing, and advising on medicines. As healthcare developed, the profession expanded into clinical pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, regulatory pharmacy, industrial pharmacy, pharmacovigilance, pharmacoeconomics, and public health. In the present century, another responsibility has become increasingly important: sustainability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.