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Author: Ŏ-ryŏng Yi Publisher: Kodansha ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 200
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A Korean critic offers a non-Japanese interpretation of Japanese culture and its tendency to find aesthetic, spiritual, and functional value in the compact and the miniature."
Author: Ŏ-ryŏng Yi Publisher: Kodansha ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
A Korean critic offers a non-Japanese interpretation of Japanese culture and its tendency to find aesthetic, spiritual, and functional value in the compact and the miniature."
Author: Stephanie Kuehn Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101994711 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Sometimes the greater good requires the smaller evil. 17-year-old Arman Dukoff can't remember life without anxiety and chronic illness when he arrives at an expensive self-help retreat in the remote hills of Big Sur. He’s taken a huge risk—and two-thousand dollars from his meth-head stepfather—for a chance to "evolve," as Beau, the retreat leader, says. Beau is complicated. A father figure? A cult leader? A con man? Arman's not sure, but more than anyone he's ever met, Beau makes Arman feel something other than what he usually feels—worthless. The retreat compound is secluded in coastal California mountains among towering redwoods, and when the iron gates close behind him, Arman believes for a moment that he can get better. But the program is a blur of jargon, bizarre rituals, and incomprehensible encounters with a beautiful girl. Arman is certain he's failing everything. But Beau disagrees; he thinks Arman has a bright future—though he never says at what. And then, in an instant Arman can't believe or totally recall, Beau is gone. Suicide? Or murder? Arman was the only witness and now the compound is getting tense. And maybe dangerous. As the mysteries and paradoxes multiply and the hints become accusations, Arman must rely on the person he's always trusted the least: himself.
Author: Robert Bryce Publisher: PublicAffairs ISBN: 161039206X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 401
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In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and myriad other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection. Utilizing on-the-ground reporting from Ottawa to Panama City and Pittsburgh to Bakersfield, Bryce shows how we have, for centuries, been pushing for Smaller Faster solutions to our problems. From the vacuum tube, mass-produced fertilizer, and the printing press to mobile phones, nanotech, and advanced drill rigs, Bryce demonstrates how cutting-edge companies and breakthrough technologies have created a world in which people are living longer, freer, healthier, lives than at any time in human history. The push toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is happening across multiple sectors. Bryce profiles innovative individuals and companies, from long-established ones like Ford and Intel to upstarts like Aquion Energy and Khan Academy. And he zeroes in on the energy industry, proving that the future belongs to the high power density sources that can provide the enormous quantities of energy the world demands. The tools we need to save the planet aren't to be found in the technologies or lifestyles of the past. Nor must we sacrifice prosperity and human progress to ensure our survival. The catastrophists have been wrong since the days of Thomas Malthus. This is the time to embrace the innovators and businesses all over the world who are making things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper.
Author: Jeff Rubin Publisher: Random House Canada ISBN: 0307373207 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 306
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What do subprime mortgages, Atlantic salmon dinners, SUVs and globalization have in common? They all depend on cheap oil. And in a world of dwindling oil supplies and steadily mounting demand around the world, there is no such thing as cheap oil. Oil might be less expensive in the middle of a recession, but it will never be cheap again. Take away cheap oil, and the global economy is getting the shock of its life. From the ageing oilfields of Saudi Arabia and the United States to the Canadian tar sands, from the shopping malls of Dubai to the shuttered auto plants of North America and Europe, from the made-in-China products on the shelves of the Wal-Mart down the road to the collapse of Wall Street giants, everything is connected to the price of oil Interest rates, carbon trading, inflation, farmers’ markets and the wave of trade protectionism washing up all over the world in the wake of various economic stimulus and bailout packages – they all hinge on the new realities of a world where demand for oil eventually outstrips supply. According to maverick economist Jeff Rubin, there will be no energy bailout. The global economy has suffered oil crises in the past, but this time around the rules have changed. And that means the future is not going to be a continuation of the past. For generations we have built wealth by burning more and more oil. Our cars, our homes, our whole world has been getting bigger in the cheap-oil era. Now it is about to get smaller. There will be winners as well as losers as the age of globalization comes to an end. The auto industry will never recover from this oil-induced recession, but other manufacturers will be opening up mothballed factories. Distance will soon cost money, and so will burning carbon – both will bring long-lost jobs back home. We may not see the kind of economic growth that globalization has brought, but local economies will be revitalized, as will our cities and neighborhoods. Whether we like it or not, our world is about to get a whole lot smaller.
Author: William D. Eggers Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0028740270 Category : Administrative agencies Languages : en Pages : 440
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A revolution is sweeping across America's states and cities. From governers such as Christine Todd Whitman in New Jersey, to New York's mayor Rudy Guiliani in New York, the revolutionairies are not just against big government, but also distant government. Groups of citizens have banded together with these enterprising leaders to experiment with a wide range of new approaches to governance--the future of political change in America.
Author: Bo Burlingham Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101992336 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 304
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How maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill — and focused on greatness instead. It’s an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do, creating a great place to work, providing great customer service, making great contributions to their communities, and finding great ways to lead their lives. In Small Giants, veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen remarkable companies that have chosen to march to their own drummer. They include Anchor Brewing, the original microbrewer; CitiStorage Inc., the premier independent records-storage business; Clif Bar & Co., maker of organic energy bars and other nutrition foods; Righteous Babe Records, the record company founded by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco; Union Square Hospitality Group, the company of restaurateur Danny Meyer; and Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, including the world-famous Zingerman’s Deli of Ann Arbor. Burlingham shows how the leaders of these small giants recognized the full range of choices they had about the type of company they could create. And he shows how we can all benefit by questioning the usual definitions of business success. In his new afterward, Burlingham reflects on the similarities and learning lessons from the small giants he covers in the book.
Author: Joel Mark Shulman Publisher: FT Press ISBN: 9780130084224 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 252
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A breakthrough model for growth in today's stagnant mega corporations, this is the first book to provide practical methods for actually creating and implementing smaller units within large companies to enable continued growth.
Author: Seon Jong Chung Publisher: IOS Press ISBN: 9051992408 Category : Computer networks Languages : en Pages : 924
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This work discusses the issues among people creating computer communication technology, the people using computer communication, the people impacted by it, and the regulators responsible for balancing the interest of these multiple groups.
Author: Michael Russo Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0984206515 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 210
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A fun, must-have book giving an insight into the male mind which will help you understand how men think.Are you wasting your time on a deadbeat guy who won't commit? Is the guy you're dating playing you and the field at the same time?The main reason I wrote this book was for my female friends. I painfully watched them as they kept getting into relationships that I knew they were doomed from the start. hey, dating is tough enough as it is, understanding how men are will help.Written completely by a guy, this book provides an insight into how a guy thinks and covers the following:Where are all the good men?Do surveys really tell us what guys want?Can a guy and a girl just be friends?Does living together spell commitment?What men really want in bed?and much, much more.
Author: Ŏ-ryŏng Yi
Author: Ŏ-ryŏng Yi
Author: Stephanie Kuehn
Author: Robert Bryce
Author: O-nyŏng Yi
Author: Jeff Rubin
Author: William D. Eggers
Author: Bo Burlingham
Author: Joel Mark Shulman
Author: Seon Jong Chung
Author: Michael Russo