Автор: Allan Little,Laura Silber Название: The Death of Yugoslavia ISBN: 0140261680 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140261684 Издательство: Random House Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: The Death of Yugoslavia is a survey of the pressures and events that contributed to the break-up of former Yugoslavia, considered from a historical rather than a political or sociological point of view.
Автор: Silber Joan Название: Improvement ISBN: 1911630075 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911630074 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: от 720.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: A bold and piercing novel about a young single mother, her eccentric aunt and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them.
Автор: Silber, Joan Название: Secrets of happiness ISBN: 1911630083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911630081 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A tightly plotted, brilliantly executed account of two families whose lives intersect in unexpected ways.
Following books by Malcolm Gladwell and Dan Ariely, noted economics professor William L. Silber explores the Hail Mary effect, from its origins in sports to its applications to history, nature, politics, and business.
A quarterback like Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers gambles with a Hail Mary pass at the end of a football game when he has nothing to lose -- the risky throw might turn defeat into victory, or end in a meaningless interception. Rodgers may not realize it, but he has much in common with figures such as George Washington, Rosa Parks, Woodrow Wilson, and Adolph Hitler, all of whom changed the modern world with their risk-loving decisions.
In The Power of Nothing to Lose, award-winning economist William Silber explores the phenomenon in politics, war, and business, where situations with a big upside and limited downside trigger gambling behavior like with a Hail Mary. Silber describes in colorful detail how the American Revolution turned on such a gamble. The famous scene of Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas night to attack the enemy may not look like a Hail Mary, but it was. Washington said days before his risky decision, "If this fails I think the game will be pretty well up." Rosa Parks remained seated in the white section of an Alabama bus, defying local segregation laws, an act that sparked the modern civil rights movement in America. It was a life-threatening decision for her, but she said, "I was not frightened. I just made up my mind that as long as we accepted that kind of treatment it would continue, so I had nothing to lose."
The risky exploits of George Washington and Rosa Parks made the world a better place, but demagogues have inflicted great damage with Hail Marys. Towards the end of World War II, Adolph Hitler ordered a desperate counterattack, the Battle of the Bulge, to stem the Allied advance into Germany. He said, "The outcome of the battle would spell either life or death for the German nation." Hitler failed to change the war's outcome, but his desperate gamble inflicted great collateral damage, including the worst wartime atrocity on American troops in Europe.
Silber shares these illuminating insights on these figures and more, from Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump, asylum seekers to terrorists and rogue traders. Collectively they illustrate that downside protection fosters risky undertakings, that it changes the world in ways we least expect.
Автор: Storey Benjamin, Storey Jenna Silber Название: Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment ISBN: 0691226466 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691226460 Издательство: Wiley Цена: 3368.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy
We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of change--even if it means undermining the foundations of our common life. In Why We Are Restless, Benjamin and Jenna Storey offer a profound and beautiful reflection on the roots of this malaise and examine how we might begin to cure ourselves. Drawing on the insights of Montaigne, Pascal, Rousseau, and Tocqueville, Why We Are Restless explores the modern vision of happiness that leads us on, and the disquiet that follows it like a lengthening shadow. Arguing that the philosophy we have inherited, despite pretending to let us live as we please, produces remarkably homogenous and unhappy lives, Why We Are Restless makes the case that finding true contentment requires rethinking our most basic assumptions about happiness. "Benjamin and Jenna Storey's delightful Why We Are Restless belongs on the shelf of thoughtful, accessible books on human happiness like Matthew Crawford's Shop Class as Soulcraft and Sarah Bakewell's How to Live."--Mark Lilla, author of The Once and Future Liberal "This challenging and provocative book provides us with substantial resources to look more closely at ourselves--all the while offering clarity, healing, and hope, wherever our reflections lead."--Zena Hitz, author of Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
Автор: Silber, Lee Название: Time Management For Creative P ISBN: 0609800906 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780609800904 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1747.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book describes quantum chaos and quantum transport in microscopic billiards. Microscopic billiards are typical dynamical systems in which it is easy to see chaos classically and also to investigate effects of chaos on quantum phenomena. Owing to recent progress in microstructure fabrication technology, quantum chaos can now be studied experimentally rather than only as a sophisticated theory.
Автор: Silber, Laura Название: Yugoslavia ISBN: 0140262636 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140262636 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation draws on hundreds of interviews with politicians, soldiers, and citizens to bring readers behind the scenes of Europe`s bloodiest conflict since World War II. Published as the companion to the critically acclaimed BBC documentary broadcast on the Discovery Channel.of photos.
Автор: John Silber Название: Kant`s Ethics: The Good, Freedom, and the Will ISBN: 1614510717 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781614510710 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 24165.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: By a comprehensive examination of Kant`s views of the good, freedom and the will, this book aims to dispel this common misconception of Kant`s ethics and to replace it with a richer understanding that gives proper emphasis to the central importance of the good, restoring the balanced relationship Kant intended between duty and the good.
Автор: Silber, Nina, Название: This war ain`t over : ISBN: 1469646544 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469646541 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 6644.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: The New Deal era witnessed a surprising surge in popular engagement with the history and memory of the Civil War era. From the omnipresent book and film Gone with the Wind and the scores of popular theater productions to Aaron Copeland's ""A Lincoln Portrait,"" it was hard to miss America's fascination with the war in the 1930s and 1940s. Nina Silber deftly examines the often conflicting and politically contentious ways in which Americans remembered the Civil War era during the years of the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II. In doing so, she reveals how the debates and events of that earlier period resonated so profoundly with New Deal rhetoric about state power, emerging civil rights activism, labor organizing and trade unionism, and popular culture in wartime. At the heart of this book is an examination of how historical memory offers people a means of understanding and defining themselves in the present. Silber reveals how, during a moment of enormous national turmoil, the events and personages of the Civil War provided a framework for reassessing national identity, class conflict, and racial and ethnic division. The New Deal era may have been the first time Civil War memory loomed so large for the nation as a whole, but, as the present moment suggests, it was hardly the last.
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