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Die All Blacks sind eine der erfolgreichsten Sportmannschaften der Welt. In den vergangenen 100 Jahren blieben sie in 75 Prozent ihrer Spiele auf der internationalen Bühne ungeschlagen. Worin liegt das Geheimnis ihres Erfolges? Und was können wir - als Einzelne, als Unternehmen und als Team - von den All Blacks lernen? "Das Geheimnis der All Blacks" ist ein einzigartiger Leitfaden und eine reiche Inspirationsquelle für alle, die Führungsverantwortung tragen. Das Buch gibt Antworten auf die Grundfragen nach den Ursachen für Erfolg und Misserfolg: Wie lässt sich Erfolg langfristig sichern? Wie übersetzt man Visionen für konkretes Handeln? Wie erreicht man Jahr für Jahr, Woche für Woche und Tag für Tag Weltklasseniveau? Wie geht man produktiv mit Drucksituationen um? Wie trainiert man auf Sieg, wenn absolute Spitzenleistung gefragt ist? Wie setzt man seine Ziele in die Praxis um? Was bleibt von dir, wenn du einmal nicht mehr bist?

Gli All Blacks neozelandesi sono la squadra più forte al mondo, negli ultimi 100 anni hanno vinto più del 75% dei loro match internazionali. Qual è il segreto del loro successo? E cosa possiamo noi - come individui, squadre o aziende - imparare da loro? Secondo James Kerr tutti i team vincenti condividono gli stessi principi, tra cui: un'attenzione maniacale all'eccellenza; un impegno collettivo verso una "causa comune"; un alto grado di autonomia, fiducia e iniziativa individuale; una comunicazione chiara e convincente; un'enfasi sulla responsabilità individuale; integrità e umiltà; il tutto sostenuto dalla convinzione che bisogna lavorare sodo l'uno per l'altro, in armonia, senza dissidi, reprimendo l'ego individuale a favore di una causa più grande. In altre parole, come dice il famoso mantra degli All Blacks, niente teste di cazzo. Ispirato da una squadra leggendaria, Kerr ha scritto questo libro divenuto negli ultimi anni un punto di riferimento internazionale nel mondo del coaching. E ci insegna a vincere, nel lavoro e nella vita.

Walter Scott was acutely conscious of the fictionality of his "historical" narratives. Assuming Scott's keen awareness of the problems of historical representation, James Kerr reads the Waverley novels as a grand fictional project constructed around the relationship between the language of fiction and the historical reality. Scott deliberately played fiction and history off against one another; and we can see throughout his novels a tension between the romancer, recasting the events of the past in accordance with recognizably literary logics, and the historian, presenting an accurate account of the past. This contradiction, reflected in Scott's generic mixture of romance and realism, remains unresolved, even in the most self-conscious of his works. It is in this interplay of fiction and history that Professor Kerr identifies the rich complexity of the Waverley novels.

Love and Bonn offer a comprehensive survey of the causes and prevention of deafness, drawing on medical research and personal experience. This book is an invaluable resource for medical professionals, educators, and anyone interested in promoting the welfare of the deaf community. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A handbook for the happy, and a bible for the broken-hearted, The Alphabet of the Human Heart is an enchanting and enriching journey through the upside and the downside of what it means to be human - our hopes and our fears, our strength and our weakness, our highs and our lows. The Alphabet of the Human Heart is a book of literally two halves. Firstly there is upside A-Z, which is full of the happy and hopeful aspects of our lives, such as A is for Adventure, through G is for Gratitude, S is for Smile to Zen is the Place to Be. The other downside half examines the negative parts of our character lives and how we can overcome them to lead more positive and fulfilling lives. From A is for Anger, through H is for Hate, T is for Temptation to once again end on Zen is the Place to be. Matthew and James have been friends for over 30 years and they've experienced both sides of life - the upside and the downside - and they've turned their experience of life - and of friendship - into a book that combines words and pictures to tell a bigger story. Praise for I Had a Black Dog: 'I Had a Black Dog says with wit, insight, economy and complete understanding what other books take 300 pages to say. Brilliant and indispensable.' - Stephen Fry 'Finally, a book about depression that isn't a prescriptive self-help manual. Johnston's deftly expresses how lonely and isolating depression can be for sufferers. Poignant and humorous in equal measure.' Sunday Times Praise for Living with a Black Dog: 'Moving and thoughtfully written ... a must-have' Daily Mirror 'Comprehensive and very helpful ... brilliant' Guardian Weekend

At 11.56 on 25 April 2015, an earthquake triggered an avalanche that took out Everest Base Camp; twenty-two people perished on the worst day in the mountain's history. In Nepal, 9,000 people died and 22,000 were critically injured. Three million required humanitarian assistance. Nepal's infrastructure and economy collapsed. Where the Earth Meets the Sky is the epic, elemental account of a seismic event - the days leading up to it, the moment it hits and its impact on those it envelops. An unsparing but inspiring chronicle, it shows what it takes to survive a hostile environment, to adapt and overcome. It transports us to the roof of the world, a place where more than sixty bodies lie where they fell; where the mountaineering ghosts of Irvine and Mallory still walk, and the legend of Sir Edmund Hillary lives on.

When Maisie and Matt's parents are killed in an Indian raid on their frontier homestead, they are both taken captive by the Comanche War Party. Brent Walker, a hunter and fur trapper witness's the attack from a distance, helpless to do anything to assist the homesteaders. However, when he subsequently meets and befriends two Civil War veterans, they all set out to rescue the two captives and find a good home for them. This story follows their attempts to rescue the two captives and the challenges they meet on their journey to safety, and the chance of a new life.