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  Черный лебедь

  В. Гиляровский

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  За одно только последнее десятилетие человечество пережило ряд тяжелейших катастроф, потрясений и катаклизмов, не укладывающихся в рамки самых фантастических предсказаний. Пятидесятидвухлетний ливанец, выпускник Сорбонны и нью-йоркский финансовый гуру Нассим Талеб называет такие непрогнозируемые события Черными лебедями. Он убежден: именно они дают толчок как истории в целом, так и существованию каждого отдельного человека. И чтобы преуспеть, надо быть к ним готовыми. Сразу после выхода "Черного лебедя" автор блестяще продемонстрировал свою "не-теорию" на практике: на фоне финансового кризиса компания Талеба заработала (а не потеряла!) для инвесторов полмиллиарда долларов. Но его труд — не учебник по экономике. Это размышления очень незаурядного человека о жизни и о том, как найти в ней свое место. В написанном им позже эссе-постскриптуме "О секретах устойчивости" Талеб дает остроумный отпор тем экономистам-ортодоксам, которые приняли созданное им антиучение в штыки. Вошедшее в книгу собрание афоризмов Нассима Талеба — это блестящая квинтэссенция его оригинальных идей.

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  What is Shamanism?

  Peter Fritz Walter

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  ‘What is Shamanism?’ within the Series ‘The Shamanic Quest’ is an opening essay for understanding what shamanism is and which role it plays today in Western society and culture. 
  The article proceeds empirically by clearly demonstrating in which ways shamanism is different from: 
  —Animism 
  —Paganism 
  —Humanism 
  —Parapsychology 
  —Theosophy 
  —Daoism 
  —Zen 
  The purpose of the article was to show that shamanism really is a science, which becomes clear after comparing it with what seems to be similar movements in society. The article prepares a more thorough study of shamanism as a science, which is entitled ‘The Shamanic Method’ and part of the same series.

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  Choosing College - How to Make...

  Michael B. Horn, Bob Moesta

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  Cut through the noise and make better college and career choices 
  This audio book is about addressing the college-choosing problem. The rankings, metrics, analytics, college visits, and advice that we use today to help us make these decisions are out of step with the progress individual students are trying to make. They don't give students and families the information and context they need to make such a high-stakes decision about whether and where to get an education. 
  Choosing College strips away the noise to help you understand why you're going to school. What's driving you? What are you trying to accomplish? Once you know why, the book will help you make better choices. 
  The research in this audio book illustrates that choosing a school is complicated. By constructing more than 200 mini-documentaries of how students chose different post-secondary educational experiences, the authors explore the motivations for how and why people make the decisions that they do at a much deeper, causal level. By the end, you'll know why you're going and what you're really chasing.

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  A Double Dose of Dilaudid - Real...

  Kerry Hamm

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  Welcome to a small-town Emergency Room in rural Ohio. While it's true our ER doesn't see the stabbing and gunshot action ERs see in inner cities, we have no shortage of the sad, the scary, the painful, and the just plain dumb.With more than twenty stories, things ER workers want to say to patients, and Emergency Room bingo, A Double Dose of Dilaudid will take you on a joyride to the funnier side of the ER. See what a bored husband did to get out of a date night with his wife, find out what happens when you try to make your own meth, and hear about items men and women have inserted in their bodies.

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  How To Win Against Student Debt...

  Andre Edwards

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  Student loans may stunt financial progress and get in the way of achieving life goals. This book offers motivation and practical strategies to pay off your student debt. 
  "How to Win Against Student Debt: Key Strategies to Pay Off Your Student Loans" is a comprehensive guide that provides readers with practical and effective strategies to help pay off their student loans. Written by Andre Edwards, a college graduate, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to take control of their student debt and achieve financial freedom. Andre Edwards has personal experience in eliminating student loans and knows what it feels like to be set free from this debt using the keys that he has discovered. 
  With the burden of student debt becoming increasingly overwhelming, it can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to paying it off. This book offers a step-by-step approach to tips for reducing interest rates and accelerating debt payoff. 
  Written in an accessible and engaging style, "How to Win Against Student Debt" is a practical guide that encourages readers to develop growth mindset, cultivate a positive attitude towards money, and create a vision for their financial future. Whether you're a recent graduate, a mid-career professional, this book offers valuable insights and practical strategies for achieving financial success.

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  America Compromised

  Lawrence Lessig

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  "There is not a single American awake to the world who is comfortable with the way things are." So begins Lawrence Lessig's sweeping indictment of contemporary American institutions and the corruption that besets them. We can all see it—from the selling of Congress to special interests to the corporate capture of the academy. Something is wrong. It's getting worse. 
  What Lessig shows, brilliantly and persuasively, is that we can't blame the problems of contemporary American life on bad people, as our discourse all too often tends to do. Rather, he explains, "We have allowed core institutions of America's economic, social, and political life to become corrupted. Not by evil souls, but by good souls. Not through crime, but through compromise."  Through case studies of Congress, finance, the academy, the media, and the law, Lessig shows how institutions are drawn away from higher purposes and toward money, power, quick rewards—the first steps to corruption. 
  America is on the wrong path. If we don't acknowledge our own part in that, and act now to change it, we will hand our children a less perfect union than we were given. It will be a long struggle. This book represents the first steps.

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