From the New York Times bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last , a bold framework for leadership in today's ever-changing world. How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers-only ahead and behind. The question is, how do we play ... |
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Four siblings. A country in ruin. One quest to save them all. Vira is desperate to get out of her mother's shadow and establish her legacy as a revered queen of Ashoka. But with the country's only quarry running out of magic - a precious resource that has kept Ashoka safe from conflict - she can barely protect her citizens from the looming threat of war. And if her enemies discover this, they'll stop at nothing to seize the last of the magic. Vira's only hope is to find a mysterious object of legend: the Ivory Key, rumoured to unlock a new source of magic. But in order to infiltrate enemy territory and ... |
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H. G. Wells skilfully combines tension, wit and terror in The Invisible Man, a masterpiece of science fiction. Complete & Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. A mysterious stranger arrives at a rural Sussex inn on a cold winter's night with his face obscured by bandages and his body cloaked in a long, heavy coat. He locks himself in his room and spends his stay labouring over chemicals in intricate glass bottles. The ... |
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Tom's family have moved into their dream home. But pretty soon he starts to notice that something is very wrong - there are strange messages written on the wall and locks on the bedroom doors. On the outside. The previous owners have moved just across the road and they seem like the perfect family. Their daughter Amy is beautiful and enigmatic but Tom is sure she's got something to hide. And he isn't going to stop until he finds the truth behind those locked doors. . . Will their dream home become a nightmare? ... |
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Äâóåçè÷íî èçäàíèå íà áúëãàðñêè è àíãëèéñêè åçèê. ... Êíèãàòà ïðåäñòàâÿ ïðàâîñëàâíèòå õðèñòèÿíñêè ìàíàñòèðè îêîëî Ñîôèÿ, äîáèëè ñëàâà â ìèíàëîòî êàòî Ñîôèéñêàòà Ìàëà Ñâåòà ãîðà. Ïðîñëåäåíè ñà âúçíèêâàíåòî è ðàçâèòèåòî íà òåçè ìàíàñòèðñêè êîìïëåêñè ïðåç ðàçëè÷íèòå èñòîðè÷åñêè ïåðèîäè, êàêòî è òÿõíàòà ñîöèàëíà ðîëÿ è çíà÷èìîñò. Îáúðíàòî å âíèìàíèå íà ñúñòîÿíèåòî è ôóíêöèèòå èì äíåñ. Âúç îñíîâà íà ïðîâåäåíè òåðåííè ïðîó÷âàíèÿ íà àâòîðêàòà å îïèñàíî ñúâðåìåííîòî ïðîòè÷àíå íà õðèñòèÿíñêèòå ïðàçíèöè â ìàíàñòèðèòå, îòðàçåíî å êàê è äîêîëêî äíåñ ñà çàïàçåíè è ñå ïðàêòèêóâàò òðàäèöèîííèòå îáè÷àè, ñâúðçàíè ñ òÿõ. Íàïèñàíà ... |
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Èçñëåäâàéòå îâëàñòÿâàùèÿ, ïðèîáùàâàù ñâÿò íà The Magic Tarot. Òåçè çàáàâíè, ôúíêè êàðòè ïðåäñòàâÿò ïîçíàòèòå òåìè íà Ðàéäúð-Óåéò-Ñìèò â ñúâðåìåííà ñâåòëèíà. Ñúñ çàãëàâèÿ íà êàðòè êàêòî íà èñïàíñêè, òàêà è íà àíãëèéñêè, òàçè êîëîäà ïðåäëàãà ïîñëàíèÿ çà ñâîáîäà è ðàâåíñòâî çàåäíî ñ ÿðêî îöâåòåíî ëèíåéíî èçêóñòâî, èçïúëíåíî ñúñ ñèìâîëèêà. Áðîÿ íà êàðòèòå å 78. Ðàçìåðà íà åäíà êàðòà å 6 x 11 cm. ... |
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 ãðàä÷åòî Áðóóì â Àâñòðàëèÿ ïðèëèâúò å âèñîê è íàñòúïâà áúðçî. Àêî â òîçè ìîìåíò ñè âúâ âîäàòà, ùå ñå íàëîæè äà áÿãàø, çà äà íå òå äîñòèãíå âúëíàòà è äà ñòàíå ïðåêàëåíî äúëáîêî. Âèñîêèÿò ïðèëèâ íå å åäèíñòâåíîòî íåùî, êîåòî Åëà ñìÿòà çà ñòðàííî â ìàëêîòî àâñòðàëèéñêî ãðàä÷å - ñúñåäèòå ñà ñòðàííè, êàêòî å ñòðàíåí è ñëó÷àÿò ñ èç÷åçíàëîòî ìîìè÷å. Êîãàòî Åëà íàìèðà êðàñèâà ãðèâíà, òÿ âÿðâà, ÷å çíàå êàêâî òî÷íî ñå ñëó÷âà â ãðàä÷åòî. Òÿ òðúãâà äà òúðñè îòãîâîðè, íî èñòèíàòà å ñòðàøíà.Çàãëàâèåòî å ÷àñò îò àòðàêòèâíà ïîðåäèöà îò îðèãèíàëíè êíèãè çà ÷åòåíå, íàïèñàíè ñïåöèàëíî çà ó÷åíèöèòå â 8. êëàñ , êîèòî èçó÷àâàò èíòåíçèâíî ... |
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At Zalindov, the only person you can trust is yourself. Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan is a survivor. For ten years, she has worked as the healer in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, making herself indispensable. Kept afloat by messages of hope from her family, Kiva has one goal and one goal only: stay alive. Then one day the infamous Rebel Queen arrives at the prison on death's door and Kiva receives a new message: Don't let her die. We are coming. The queen is sentenced to the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most ... |
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 ñòðàíàòà Ëóäîðèÿ ïðåçèäåíòúò ñå ñìåíÿ âñÿêà ñåäìèöà, à ïðåçèäåíò ñòàâà îíçè, êîéòî ñïå÷åëè ñúñòåçàíèåòî ïî ðåøàâàíå íà êðúñòîñëîâèöè. Ïðåçèäåíòñòâàíåòî, êàêòî è âñÿêà äðóãà ðàáîòà òàì, íå å òðóäíî, çàùîòî âñÿêà ñåäìèöà èìà ïåò ïî÷èâíè è ñàìî äâà ðàáîòíè äíè. Êàêâà ïðåêðàñíà ñòðàíà! Êîÿ å òÿ? Òîâà å ñòðàíàòà íà äåöàòà. Îò íåÿ çàïî÷âàò ïðèêëþ÷åíèÿòà âúâ "Âúëøåáíî ëÿòî" – âåñåëà âàêàíöèîííà êíèæêà çà ó÷åíèöè ñëåä 2. êëàñ . Óâëå÷åíè â òåçè ïðèêëþ÷åíèÿ, äåöàòà íå óñåùàò, ÷å âñúùíîñò ðåøàâàò çàäà÷à ïî ìàòåìàòèêà èëè óïðàæíÿâàò ãðàìàòèêàòà ñè. Èìà îáà÷å ðåàëíà îïàñíîñò äà ñè ãëúòíàò ãðàìàòèêàòà â ñëåäâàùàòà ÷óäíà ... |
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He`s the one, she loves to hate. ... NEMESIS [n]: a long-standing rival; an arch-enemy; a person's undoing; Joshua Templeman. Lucy Hutton, baker-of-cakes, exemplary assistant and professional "nice girl", is waging war. She's got the whole office on her side - except for tall, dark and charmless Joshua Templeman. He's been nothing but hostile since the moment they met and now it feels like nothing matters as much as taking him down. Trapped together under the fluorescent lights, they become entrenched in an addictive rivalry. There's the Staring Game, The Mirror Game, The HR Game. Lucy ... |
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Noticing synchronicity - or random coincidences that strike us as meaningful - allows us to align our life path with the flow of the universe. This is the first-ever oracle to draw on the power of synchronicity to give you insight into your problems, answer your questions and highlight previously unconsidered patterns and potential pathways in your life. There are 57 hexagonal cards in the deck, each with 8 symbols, plus an 80pp booklet profiling each of the 57 symbols and giving instructions on how to use the cards. For instant insight, choose two cards at random and find the symbol that matches - there will only be one. ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Marina Le Ray. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Big Pancake" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. This cumulative tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with seven hungry boys waiting for their pancake to cook, through to the boys and other people and animals chasing the pancake all the way to the river. "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate , with ... |
