Автор: Sheila Fitzpatrick Название: The Shortest History of the Soviet Union ISBN: 0231207174 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231207171 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 38320.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Cooper, Susan Название: Shortest day ISBN: 140639419X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781406394191 Издательство: Walker Books Рейтинг: Цена: 7910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: So the shortest day came, and the year died... As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles.
They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again... Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooper's poem The Shortest Day captures the magic behind the returning of the light, the yearning for traditions that connect us with generations that have gone before - and the hope for peace that we carry into the future. Richly illuminated by Carson Ellis, this beautiful book evokes the joy and community found in the ongoing mystery of life when we celebrate light, thankfulness, and festivity at a time of rebirth.
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Автор: Fitzpatrick Sheila Название: The Shortest History of the Soviet Union ISBN: 0231207166 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231207164 Издательство: Wiley Цена: 91960.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
In 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries came to power in the war-torn Russian Empire in a way that defied all predictions, including their own. Scarcely a lifespan later, in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed as accidentally as it arose. The decades between witnessed drama on an epic scale-the chaos and hope of revolution, famines and purges, hard-won victory in history's most destructive war, and worldwide geopolitical conflict, all entwined around the dream of building a better society.
This book is a lively and authoritative distillation of this complex history, told with vivid details, a grand sweep, and wry wit. The acclaimed historian Sheila Fitzpatrick chronicles the Soviet Age-its rise, reign, and unexpected fall, as well as its afterlife in today's Russia. She underscores the many ironies of the Soviet experience: An ideology that claimed to offer humanity the reins of history wrangled with contingency. An avowedly internationalist and anti-imperialist state birthed an array of nationalisms. And a vision of transcending economic and social inequality and injustice gave rise to a country that was, in its way, surprisingly normal.
Moving seamlessly from Lenin to Stalin to Gorbachev to Putin, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union provides an indispensable guide to one of the twentieth century's great powers and the enduring fascination it still exerts.
Автор: Hawes James Название: The Shortest History of Germany: From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel--A Retelling for Our Times ISBN: 1615195696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781615195695 Издательство: Workman Цена: 9610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An internationally bestselling, fresh, and entertaining take on the 2,000-year history of Germany--a country at the heart of the West's survival
As the West grapples with the rise of populism, some cite Germany as one of the last global powers capable of restoring Europe's fading glory and upholding Western liberal values seemingly under threat around the world. But how did Germany get here? How did it rebuild in the tragic aftermath of WWII? What about Germany allowed for the rise of Nazism in the first place? And what can we learn from the history of a people who did not develop a modern nation until 1871?
James Hawes answers all these questions and more. With over 100 maps, images, and diagrams, The Shortest History of Germany locates the true roots of the horrors of Nazi Germany in a way that no book has done before, and it shows how an ancient Roman divide--the limes Germanicus--has fundamentally defined not only German history, but also the Germany we think we know today.
Автор: Hawes James Название: The Shortest History of Germany: From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel-A Retelling for Our Times ISBN: 1618031287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618031280 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 36770.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: 2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY IN ONE RIVETING AFTERNOON A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871-yet today, Germany is the world's fourth-largest economy and a standard-bearer of liberal democracy. "There's no point studying the past unless it sheds some light on the present," writes James Hawes in this brilliantly concise history that has already captivated hundreds of thousands of readers. "It is time, now more than ever, for us all to understand the real history of Germany."
Автор: Hawes James Название: The Shortest History of Germany: From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel-A Retelling for Our Times ISBN: 1515941809 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781515941804 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 27580.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: 2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY IN ONE RIVETING AFTERNOON A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871-yet today, Germany is the world's fourth-largest economy and a standard-bearer of liberal democracy. "There's no point studying the past unless it sheds some light on the present," writes James Hawes in this brilliantly concise history that has already captivated hundreds of thousands of readers. "It is time, now more than ever, for us all to understand the real history of Germany."
Автор: Hawes James Название: The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit--A Retelling for Our Times ISBN: 1615198148 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781615198146 Издательство: Workman Цена: 9610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The newest in The Shortest History series brings you a fast-paced tour of 2,000 years of English history, tracing its secret north-south divide and entrenched class system England--begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor--is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, its fate has ever been bound up with that of its neighbors; and for the past millennia, it has harbored a class system like nowhere else on Earth. This bracing tour of the most powerful country in the United Kingdom reveals an England repeatedly invaded and constantly reinvented--yet always fractured by its very own Mason-Dixon Line. It carries us swiftly through centuries of conflict between Crown and Parliament (starring the Magna Carta), America's War of Independence, the rise and fall of empire, two World Wars, and England's break from the EU. We discover:
why the American colonists of 1776 believed that they were the true Anglo-Saxons
how the British Empire was undermined from within
why Winston Churchill said the UK could only be saved by splitting up England itself
and how populism spawned Brexit and its "new elite."
The Shortest History of England brings all this and more to prescient life--offering the most direct, compelling route to understanding the country behind today's headlines.
Автор: Caudwell, Sarah Название: Shortest Way to Hades ISBN: 059359875X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593598757 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 11030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
The Rapid Learning Cycles framework is an approach to product development that has helped hundreds of teams get their products to market faster.
When you can get your product into customers' hands faster, you see your vision brought to life sooner. You can beat any competition to market with your best ideas. You can shorten the time it takes before your company begins to earn money from your ideas. You can reduce development costs, making it easier for investors, executive teams and program sponsors to buy into your ideas. If your idea is meant to fail, it will fail faster, freeing you up to go on to your next idea. All along the way, you'll build knowledge that will accelerate your progress now, and speed up the teams that will develop the next product even more.
The Rapid Learning Cycles framework was developed experientially, building on Katherine's work with four different companies in four different industries that all needed to get their best ideas to market faster. Then Katherine began teaching this framework to teams all over the world. She followed up with every early adopter team, and used her observations to continue to refine the framework into a flexible approach to help teams get tangible products to market faster.
Agile is not enough for tangible products.
Agile software development experts may say that hardware teams should "just use Agile" or "just use Scrum." But hardware teams have not had consistent success with this approach, because some of the assumptions of Agile Software Development don't apply to products that must obey the laws of physics, chemistry and biology.
Software and service teams can roll out updates that impact current customers immediately, and decisions can be reversed if they don't work as expected. When your product requires a supply chain, production process and distribution network, you will make decisions that you will live with, as long as you have products in the field that are under warranty. Software can be built and re-built every day; hardware prototypes can take months, even with 3D printing and other rapid prototyping tools. In this environment, teams need to think beyond accelerating build activities with Agile.
Rapid Learning Cycles is Agile for hardware and other tangible products.
The Rapid Learning Cycles framework addresses the ways that product development gets slowed down:
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Instead of locking down decisions too early and then being forced to live with them, teams pull learning forward and push decisions later to maintain flexibility and remove obstacles before they appear.
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The 2nd Edition expands upon the concepts in this book with more details on key framework elements like the Core Hypothesis, the Learning Cycles Plan and how to prioritize Knowledge Gaps. It includes major revisions, based on our field experience, to the chapters on structuring the learning cycle, metrics, program leadership and using Rapid Learning Cycles to accelerate a Lean Startup with many knowledge gaps to close. It captures the state-of-the-art best practices to help you get your best ideas to market faster.
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Автор: Press London Sky Название: Summary of Shortest Way Home: One Mayor`s Challenge and a Model for America`s Future: Conversation Starters ISBN: 0368496244 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780368496240 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 11010.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg: Conversation Starters A memoir and a manual for policymakers, this book is Mayor Pete Buttigieg's story of his successful efforts to revive a failing Midwest city. He provides insights on how to manage an American city and how this can be applied to the whole country, sharing how he goes about a typical day in a mayor's office. The author tells a beguiling story about his coming out, fully engaging readers in the account of his courtship and marriage. Written with compassion, exhibiting candor and humor, it shows how the whole of America could be renewed. He explains the shortest way to success starts with an experience that is personally lived. As a prospective national leader, he shows a promising example. Shortest Way Home is a New York Times Bestseller. A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on. These questions can be used to create hours of conversation: - Foster a deeper understanding of the book - Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups - Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately - Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before Disclaimer: This book you are about to enjoy is an independent resource to supplement the original book, enhancing your experience. If you have not yet purchased a copy of the original book, please do before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters. (c) Copyright 2019 Download your copy now on sale Read it on your PC, Mac, iOS or Android smartphone, tablet devices.
