В книге "(Не)совершенная случайность. Как случай управляет нашей жизнью" Млодинов запросто знакомит всех желающих с теорией вероятностей, теорией случайных блужданий, научной и прикладной статистикой, историей развития этих всепроникающих теорий, а также с тем, какое значение случай, закономерность и неизбежная путаница между ними имеют в нашей повседневной жизни. Эта книга - отличный способ тряхнуть стариной и освежить в памяти кое-что из курса высшей математики, истории естественнонаучного знания, астрономии и статистики для тех, кто изучал эти дивные дисциплины в вузах; понятно и доступно изложенные основы теории вероятностей и ее применимости в житейских обстоятельствах (с многочисленными примерами) для тех, кому не посчастливилось изучать их специально; наконец, профессиональный и дружелюбный подсказчик грызущим гранит соответствующих наук в данный момент.

Книга "22 закона управления людьми" необходима каждому руководителю. Ведь в этой книге можно найти много полезных советов относительно того, как лучше держать себя с подчиненными, установить дружеские отношения в коллективе и сделать свое предприятие преуспевающим. Книга поможет найти ответы на многие вопросы, связанные с управлением людьми. В каждом коллективе возникают самые различные проблемы, и руководитель должен уметь их решать.

В книге собраны законы управления собой, которые помогут читателю обрести власть над собой, эффективно управлять людьми, радоваться жизни, идти к успеху, строить свою жизнь так, как человек считает нужным. Каждый закон сопровождается историческим материалом, который подтверждает эффективностьзакона. Обратная сторона закона предостережет читателя от возможного злоупотребления искусством самоуправления.

Добро пожаловать в полное приключений путешествие, где вы сможете открыть для себя и понять, как вы действуете на метауровне, который влияет на вашу повседневную жизнь! Освоение метапрограмм позволит вам понимать поведение людей и различия между ними, откроет возможность варьировать ваше поведение и способы коммуникации, чтобы более успешно работать с собственным и чужим поведением и моделями мира, а также изменять их. Метапрограммы - это величайший вклад, который НЛП внесло в понимание различий между людьми. Только поняв и оценив эти различия, мы можем начать уважать и поддерживать других людей, начать работу по замене враждебности пониманием, а антагонизма - состраданием, приступить к замене конфликта сотрудничеством.

Our experiences of dying have been shaped by ancient ideas about death and social responsibility at the end of life. From Stone Age ideas about dying as otherworld journey to the contemporary Cosmopolitan Age of dying in nursing homes, Allan Kellehear takes the reader on a 2 million year journey of discovery that covers the major challenges we will all eventually face: anticipating, preparing, taming and timing for our eventual deaths. This book, first published in 2007, is a major review of the human and clinical sciences literature about human dying conduct. The historical approach of this book places our recent images of cancer dying and medical care in broader historical, epidemiological and global context. Professor Kellehear argues that we are witnessing a rise in shameful forms of dying. It is not cancer, heart disease or medical science that presents modern dying conduct with its greatest moral tests, but rather poverty, ageing and social exclusion.

The increasing importance of CSR means that companies must consider multi-stakeholder interests as well as the social, political, economic, environmental and developmental impact of their actions. However, the pursuit of profits by multinational corporations has led to a series of questionable corporate actions and the consequences of such practices are particularly evident in developing countries. Adefolake Adeyeye explores how CSR has evolved to aid the anti-corruption campaign. By examining voluntary rules applicable for curbing corruption, particularly bribery and analysing the domestic and extra-territorial laws of Nigeria, United Kingdom and the United States for holding corporations liable for bribery, she assesses the adequacy of international law's approach towards corporate liability for bribery and explores direct corporate responsibility for international corruption. The roles of corporate governance, global governance and civil liability in curbing corporate corrupt practices are given special focus.

Covering the entire period from the colonial era to the late twentieth century, this book is the first scholarly history of the homeless in America. Drawing on sources that include records of charitable organizations, sociological studies, and numerous memoirs of formerly homeless persons, Kusmer demonstrates that the homeless have been a significant presence on the American scene for over two hundred years. He probes the history of homelessness from a variety of angles, showing why people become homeless; how charities and public authorities dealt with this social problem; and the diverse ways in which different class, ethnic, and racial groups perceived and responded to homelessness. Kusmer demonstrates that, despite the common perception of the homeless as a deviant group, they have always had much in common with the average American. Focusing on the millions who suffered downward mobility, Down and Out, On the Road provides a unique view of the evolution of American society and raises disturbing questions about the repeated failure to face and solve the problem of homelessness.

After more than a century of extraordinary growth and development, the science of psychology at last has a reference source that defines the study of mind and behavior. Here in eight superbly organized volumes is the definitive guide to every area of psychological theory, research, and practice. International in scope, the Encyclopedia of Psychology is the first place to turn to for authoritative information on every area of the field. Organized alphabetically, the articles range from 500 to 7,000 words in length including 400 biographies. An extensive system of cross-references and blind entries facilitate research from article to article and clarify links within the field. And an exhaustive index locates topics quickly and easily--providing many points of access across areas of interest and fields of study. The Encyclopedia of Psychology serves a remarkable variety of readers: students and their teachers in every area of psychology as well as in such related fields as sociology, social work, nursing, and allied health; researchers in the cognitive sciences and neurosciences; and clinicians, counselors, and other mental health and human service professionals. It will be the definitive information, research, and reference source for many years to come.

Guarding Life's Dark Secrets tells the story of an intriguing aspect of the social and legal culture in the United States, the construction and destruction of a network of doctrines designed to protect reputation. The strict and unbending rules of decency and propriety of the nineteenth century, especially concerning sexual behavior, paradoxically provided ways to protect and shield respectable men and women who deviated from the official norms. This "Victorian compromise," which created an important zone of privacy, first came under attack from moralists for its tolerance of sin. During the second half of the twentieth century, the old structure was largely dismantled by an increasingly permissive society. Rich with anecdotes, Friedman's account draws us into the present. The Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution to include a right of privacy, which has given ordinary people increased freedom, especially in matters of sex, reproduction, and choice of intimate partners. The elite, however, no longer have the freedom they once had to violate decency rules with impunity. Although public figures may have lost some of their privacy rights, ordinary people have gained more privacy, greater leeway, and broader choices. These gains, however, are now under threat as technology transforms the modern world into a world of surveillance.

Vol. 2 : Cohabitation - Ethics in Experimentation. - 632 p.

The stereotypes of men in popular culture, from hairy-chested movie stars to rough-hewn heroes, do not alone represent masculinity. In fact, there are many ways to define masculine behavior, from revealing one's feminine side to consuming vast quantities of beer. Now, a leading scholar explores the origins, structures, and dynamics of masculinity in a unique new reference work.

This book appears after almost four decades of study, conferences, discussion, and publication. Over those years, students of “fascism,” as a subject of inquiry, have seen its “essence” change, in the judgments of scholars, from a movement of the “extreme right” into one that was neither of the “right” nor the “left.” We are now told that “Fascist ideology represented a synthesis of organic nationalism with the antimaterialist revision of Marxism.” From a political revolution entirely without any pretense of a rational belief system, we are now told, by those best informed, that “fascism’s ability to appeal to important intellectuals . . . underlines that it cannot be dismissed as . . . irrational. . . . [In] truth, fascism was an ideology just like the others.” Moreover, it has been acknowledged that “Fascism was possible only if based on genuine belief.” In effect, the study of Italian Fascism has delivered itself of significantly altered assessments over the past decades. Where, at one time, Fascism was simply dismissed as a phenomenon understood to be without intellectual substance, a right-wing excrescence that invoked violence and war, it is now more and more regularly understood to be a movement, and a regime, predicated on a reasonably well articulated belief system that engaged the rational commitment of many.