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  Architect and Entrepreneur: A Field Guide: Building, Branding, and Marketing Your Startup Design Business , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 318min

  Part narrative, part business book, Architect and Entrepreneur is filled with contemporary, relevant, fresh tips and advice from a seasoned professional architect building a new business. The guide advocates novel strategies and tools that merge entrepreneurship with the practices of architecture and interior design. The problem: Embarking on a new business venture is intimidating. You have questions, but many of the resources available to help entrepreneur architects and interior designers start their design businesses lack timeliness and relevance. Most are geared toward building colossal firms like SOM and Gensler using outdated methods and old business models. If you're an individual or small team contemplating starting a design business, this is your field guide, crafted to inspire action. The solution: Using the lean start-up methodology to create a minimum viable product, the handbook encourages successive small wins that support a broader vision, enabling one to think big, start small, and learn fast. It's a unique take on design practice viewed through the lens of entrepreneurship and is designed to answer the questions all new business owners face, from the rote to the existential. Questions about: Start-up costs Business models (old and new) Marriage of business and design Mind-set Branding and naming (exercises and ideas) Internet marketing strategies Passive income ideas Setting your fee Taxes Standard operating procedures (SOPs) Securing the work Client relations Software Billing rates Contracts Building a business isn't a singular act; it's a series of small steps. Using the outline found in Architect and Entrepreneur, you can start today. The chapters are organized to guide you from ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric W Reinholdt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/064720/bk_acx0_064720_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 650min

  Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology: the surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world. Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus set out to order and name the entire living world and ended up founding a science: the field of scientific classification, or taxonomy. Yet, in spite of Linnaeuss pioneering work and the genius of those who followed him, from Darwin to E. O. Wilson, taxonomy went from being revered as one of the most significant of intellectual pursuits to being largely ignored. Today, taxonomy is viewed by many as an outdated field, one nearly irrelevant to the rest of science and of even less interest to the rest of the world. Now, as Carol Kaesuk Yoon, biologist and longtime science writer for the New York Times, reminds us in Naming Nature, taxonomy is critically important, because it turns out to be much more than mere science. It is also the latest incarnation of a long-unrecognized human practice that has gone on across the globe, in every culture, in every language since before time: the deeply human act of ordering and naming the living world. In Naming Nature, Yoon takes us on a guided tour of sciences brilliant, if sometimes misguided, attempts to order and name the overwhelming diversity of earths living things. We follow a trail of scattered clues that reveals taxonomys real origins in humanitys distant past. Yoon's journey brings us from New Guinea tribesmen who call a giant bird a mammal to the trials and tribulations of patients with a curious form of brain damage that causes them to be unable to distinguish among living things. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dina Pearlman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002434/bk_adbl_002434_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Epic Classroom: How to Boost Engagement, Make Learning Memorable, and Transform Lives , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 236min

  This book begins with a bold idea. Learning should be epic. Definition of epic: 1. A story or narrative centered around a hero 2. Spectacular; impressive; memorable If learning is not memorable, should it even be considered learning? For too long, traditional education has used outdated practices to deliver complex and well-intended content to students with very little hope of that subject matter being retained. It often looks like this: Lectures are given Students write the information down Students take a test on that information Information is discarded from the brain Repeat It doesn't have to be this way anymore. In The Epic Classroom, Trevor Muir uses the power of storytelling and brain science to give educators practical and proven practices to achieve real student engagement, and in return, learning that is permanent and memorable. Any teacher, in any subject area, and in any grade level can use the story-centered framework of The Epic Classroom to transform their classrooms into settings where students are engaged, challenged, and transformed. Students can be heroes of their own learning; dynamic, capable, and daring characters working their way through a plot to solve real conflicts that can change their world. And classrooms are a setting for this adventure to take place; teachers being the guides to lead their students through this journey. In this book you will discover How to increase student engagement How to plan and execute an effective approach to project-based learning Specific strategies for leading engaged students Outlines and tools to plan and manage projects Methods to increase academic performance in students ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trevor Muir. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/093111/bk_acx0_093111_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The End of Copycat China: The Rise of Creativity, Innovation, and Individualism in Asia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 474min

  China's changing course and sustainable success requires a shift in strategy The End of Copycat China helps business executives and investors understand how China's economy is shifting from one based on heavy investment to one based on services and consumption by providing insight that helps shape effective strategy. Drawing from more than 50,000 interviews with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, private equity investors, private Chinese companies, and multinationals, this book describes how Chinese firms are increasingly focused on innovation rather than copying what worked in America and how consumers are evolving with their hopes, dreams, and aspirations. China's growth model of the last three decades is becoming increasingly ineffective, as relying on heavy investment and exports is becoming less and less feasible. Fifty percent of China's growth in 2013 stemmed from consumption, and the government is establishing a free-trade zone in Shanghai and ending the dominance of state-owned enterprises. This book provides a road map for companies and investors looking to navigate these changes and capture emerging trends, with deep insight and practical guidance on what innovation looks like in the new China. Survey the development of innovation taking place in China's economy from an insider's perspective Consider the changes that must take place to shore up the broken growth model Examine the consumer trends emerging in the midst of rapid market evolution Understand how China's rise will impact its neighbors like Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Cambodia China's dramatic shift toward consumption presents a tremendous opportunity for foreign business, but traditional tactics are outdated at best, financially fatal at worst, as local competitors focus on innovation and move up the value chain and as consumers look for new brands and categories on which to spend money. New strategies are ne ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Abano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022455/bk_adbl_022455_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Secret Sexual Desires of 100 Million People: Seduction Recipes for Men and Women: Demos from Shan Hai Jing Research Discoveries , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 174min, (USK 18)

  How to quickly seduce men and women.  Secret Sexual Desires reveals recipes of seduction! Is your personal life not working out? Do you want to be desired by others? Any woman or man can use this book to connect with people and improve sex life fast, and without the need to invest a lot of energy. Whether you are a man or a woman, gorgeous or ugly, rich or poor, young or not so young - you can use the practical information provided in this book! It reveals proven recipes of seduction. Once you apply them and indulge in immediate results, you will become happier and healthier automatically. Why? Because you will get what you want and naturally need - sex. And, a healthy sex life is one of the requirements for healthy functioning of human psycho-physiology. Allow yourself to try the information provided and make your sex life as intended by Nature. No one is there to forbid you! Feedback about your experience and results is always interesting and welcomed!  Here is something your mother never told you: the principle "love me the way I am, and if not then you are a fool" does not work! Discover the sexual factor and hidden desires of 100 million people: Usable seduction recipes Behavior, preferences, desires, sexual orientation, fantasies, dislikes, etc. Frequency of sexual activity, attitude towards monogamy and polygamy, etc. Tired of fantasizing and ready to have some real fun?Stop wasting your money on dating sites and outdated advise! Discover the most reliable seduction recipes to go from zero partners to as many as you want. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brady Gonsalves. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/023835/bk_acx0_023835_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Proptech Guide: Everything You Need to Know About the Future of Real Estate , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 257min

  The PropTech Guide is the leading book to the property technology revolution including the disruption, innovation, and lucrative opportunities. Created by a technology evangelist and a prominent thought leader in PropTech and the associated construction and asset management space, this revolutionary guide showcases 222 innovative firms in PropTech in a single, informative volume.Real estate owners will learn how they might better manage and improve properties through new solutions from PropTech firms and sell their properties faster, and for a better price. Asset managers will find solutions to increase the value of their buildings and the performance of their portfolios by reducing cost and time spent. Property managers will learn about digital communication apps that allow their tenants to report issues using only a smart phone and find solutions through interoperable software systems that reduce their workload. Real estate agents will find technological solutions to find new deals, clients, and markets in order to close transactions faster and more transparently. Facility managers will understand how to increase their demand and revenue by using the newest technology, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, smart buildings, and smart cities. The construction industry will learn about the latest in using Building Information Modelling (BIM). This book identifies those firms that are able to help companies become BIM ready and jump on the digital success ladder.PropTech and blockchain start-ups will learn about the problems real estate participants encounter when using outdated methods to solve problems, and how these new digital- and technology-focused firms can find better solutions for the real estate industry. Real estate professionals and entrepreneurs will find this a priceless resource to uncovering new opportunities and maximizing their profit in this growing market. This inspirational book covers every main industry d ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Parks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/133277/bk_acx0_133277_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Lean Tools: Six Sigma , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 49min

  Do you want to speed up your business? Get this book, and follow my step-by-step explanations! Starting in the early 1900s, efficiency pioneer Henry Ford began working on a system for continuously improving the processes in his factories. The spiritual successor of this goal is known today as Six Sigma, and it can provide you and your company with a better way to measure quality than you have ever used before. If you are familiar with the basics of Six Sigma but are looking for ways to ensure you implement it effectively in your company, consider Lean Tools: Six Sigma. In this audiobook you will find everything you need to determine if Six Sigma is the right continuous improvement process to suit your needs. What's more, there are plenty of management tools that can be used to make the transition to Six Sigma as smooth as possible. Finally, there are all of the most commonly used critiques that are leveled against Six Sigma by those who are being bogged down by outdated thoughts and ideas. Do your company a favor, and ensure that its interaction with Six Sigma is more than a passing fling. Take matters into your own hands, and do what needs to be done to ensure Six Sigma becomes a way of life; your company's future profits will thank you. In this audiobook you will find: The questions you should ask prior to attempting to implement Six Sigma The secret to ensuring Six Sigma makes the right impression right away Tips for motivating even the least enthusiastic employees And more... Enjoy! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Harry Roger Williams III. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/060000/bk_acx0_060000_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Love From the Inside Out (eBook, ePUB)

  The Love Book for Finding True Self LoveDepth Positive Psychology Expert, Celebrity Happiness Coach, and Television Host Robert Mack has helped millions of people transform their love lives on and off television. In his most recent release, he shares a fresh, new outlook on our relationship with love and true love.A distillation of profound insights on love and happiness. With warmth and wit, Mack explores the frustration and futility of seeking love from others, instead of yourselfand in the future, instead of in the present. This love book dissolves outdated ideas, antiquated approaches, and unproductive programming around relationships. In short-form meditations, Love from the Inside Out invites you into an intimate conversation and personal inquiry on love. Inside, some of your most fundamental and flawed premises on how to love will not only be questioned--they will be actively, positively, and constructively challenged.A love book that goes deeper than other books on marriage and relationships. If you are looking for something other than--or in addition to--your typical relationship book, psychology book, positive thinking book, self-help book, or spirituality book, look no further. Using the powerful pointers and transformative teachings in this book, you will finally discover the happy, healthy, and harmonious experience of true love you deeply desire and truly deservenow, today!In Love from the Inside Out, find answers to questions like:How can I end my loneliness?How can I overcome my fear of being alone?How to love myself first?How can I attract a partner faster?How can I create healthy relationships of all kinds? How can I keep my love life sexy, fresh, and alive?How can I set better boundaries?If you loved The Power of Now; A Return to Love; The Way to Love; or Love, Freedom, and Aloneness you will love Robert Mack's uplifting, encouraging, and all-embracing message in Love from the Inside Out.

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  Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist (eBook, ePUB)

  Every new book by Frans de Waal is a cause for excitement, and this one is no different. A breath of fresh air in the cramped debate about the differences between men and women. Fascinating, nuanced, and very timely. Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind: A Hopeful History In Different, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior to argue that despite the linkage between gender and biological sex, biology does not automatically support the traditional gender roles in human societies. While humans and other primates do share some behavioral differences, biology offers no justification for existing gender inequalities. Using chimpanzees and bonobos to illustrate this pointtwo ape relatives that are genetically equally close to humansde Waal challenges widely held beliefs about masculinity and femininity, and common assumptions about authority, leadership, cooperation, competition, filial bonds, and sexual behavior. Chimpanzees are male-dominated and violent, while bonobos are female-dominated and peaceful. In both species, political power needs to be distinguished from physical dominance. Power is not limited to the males, and both sexes show true leadership capacities. Different is a fresh and thought-provoking approach to the long-running debate about the balance between nature and nurture, and where sex and gender roles fit in. De Waal peppers his discussion with details from his own lifea Dutch childhood in a family of six boys, his marriage to a French woman with a different orientation toward gender, and decades of academic turf wars over outdated scientific theories that have proven hard to dislodge from public discourse. He discusses sexual orientation, gender identity, and the limitations of the gender binary, exceptions to which are also found in other primates. With humor, clarity, and compassion, Different seeks to broaden the conversation about human gender dynamics by promoting an inclusive model that embraces differences, rather than negating them.

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  The English Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 748min

  Who can imagine life without novels? They have served not merely as diversions but as companions for so much of our lives, offering hours of pleasure and, at their best, insights few of us can ever quantify. But the simple joy of reading novels sometimes obscures our awareness of the deeper roles they play in our lives: honing our intellect, quenching our emotional thirsts, and shaping our sense of ourselves and of the world we live in. And this may be especially obvious in the case of the English novel, as you'll see in this engaging series of 24 lectures from an award-winning teacher. Under Professor Spurgin's guidance, you'll learn how the period that gave rise to the novel in England corresponded with a convulsive social transformation - one that produced the world's first modern, capitalist economy. Along the way, traditional social values often appeared to be outdated, as did traditional narrative forms. You'll see how the great English novelists were eager to create something new and different, breaking from traditions in which stories were usually centered on aristocrats and nobles to focus instead on the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people and taking pains to capture the rhythms of everyday life. At the same time, they also reacted to a number of larger developments: industrialization and urbanization, democratization and globalization. By placing more than two centuries of great English novelists in the context of British history and showing how their lives intersected with the creation of their art, these lectures offer a fascinating look at a form of enduring popularity and importance whose influence has been felt everywhere novels are read. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Timothy Spurgin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000292/bk_tcco_000292_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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