Escrito por Francis Fukuyama
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The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state.
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama’s Origins of Political Order “magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition.” In The New York Times Book Review, Michael Lind described the book as “a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time.” And in The Washington Post, Gerard DeGrott exclaimed “this is a book that will be remembered. Bring on volume two.”
Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics. He examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West.
A sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, Political Order and Political Decay is destined to be a classic.
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Editorial/Editado por: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (30 de septiembre de 2014)
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Escrito por Nicholas Romanov y Kurt Brungardt
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From a two-time Olympic coach who has trained the running elite, an essential guide for all runners seeking to go faster and farther without injury.
Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run—and the wildly popular natural running trend it sparked—changed the way we think about running, but it has also prompted many questions: Have we been running the wrong way? And, have we been running in the wrong kind of shoe? What is the safest type of foot strike? How many types are there? And what is a foot strike anyway? No existing guide has clearly addressed these concerns—until now. The Running Revolution provides both beginning and experienced runners with everything they need to know in order to safely and efficiently transition to and master a safer and more biomechanically efficient way of running that is guaranteed to improve performance and minimize wear and tear on the body.
More than a one-size-fits-all guide, The Running Revolution will provide readers with clear instructions that they can easily integrate into their unique running histories in order to run safely, intelligently, and efficiently for many years to come.
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Editorial/Editado por: Penguin Books (30 de septiembre de 2014)
Idioma: Inglés
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Escrito por Ulrich Boser
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We’re not supposed to trust others. Look at the headlines. Read the blogs. Study the survey data. It seems that everyone is wary, that everyone is just looking out for themselves. But a sense of social trust and togetherness can be restored.
In The Leap, best-selling author Ulrich Boser shows how the emerging research on trust can improve our lives, rebuild our economy, and strengthen society. As part of this engaging and deeply reported narrative, Boser visits a radio soap opera in Rwanda that aims to restore the country’s broken trust, profiles the man who brought honesty to one of the most corrupt cities in Latin America, and explains how a college dropout managed to con his way into American high society. Boser even goes skydiving to see if the experience will increase his levels of oxytocin, the so-called «trust hormone.”
A powerful mix of hard science and compelling storytelling, The Leap explores how we trust, why we trust, and what we can all do to deepen social trust. The book includes insightful policy recommendations along with surprising new data on the state of social trust in America today.
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Editorial/Editado por: Amazon Publishing (16 de septiembre de 2014)
Idioma: Inglés
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An Uncommon Perspective on Trust
In order for people to get the most out of The Leap: The Science of Trust & Why it Matters, they will be required to take a leap of faith of sorts. In an America increasingly seized by cynicism and distrust towards our political leaders, corporate America, and even our own neighbors is fairly common, Ulrich Boser makes a fairly unconventional argument when he argues that human beings even in times of cynicism are hard wired to trust people. Further, trust is vital for the functioning of the institutions of civilization as we know it.
Now that Boser has outlined the stakes and the need for trust, he spends the next 173 pages writing in a very free and loose manner that strikes a middle ground between journalism and academia anecdotally about why trust matters and how to recapture it. His anecdotes feature a mix of famous people and people you might walk past every day. This gives the book a certain common touch because all levels of society are represented in the trust game. I was particularly touched by the Rwandan genocide section and the section on the people with Williams Syndrome.
It is a very brief read at less than 200 pages, yet the message contained in this book is a necessary message. By embracing cynicism, we are actually going against our human nature. Yet, cynicism hovers like a black cloud over much of the world. The Leap is a sobering reminder that mistrust is actually uncommon. Highly recommended.
A good light intro to research on trust. Goes a bit far with some conclusions, but it is thought provoking
If you like books by authors such as Malcolm Gladwell (Tipping Point, Outliers) or Steven Levitt (Freakonomics) you will like this book.
I think of these as «science lite» books, an outline of current research in fields like psychology or economics sprinkled with antidotes and a bit of history. It is pretty easy reading, and you will learn something while being entertained. This book does a good job of usually providing references to the actual research. But sometimes the author presents and idea and glosses over the science. For example, he maintains that two research studies show that there is an inverse relationship between political trust and homicide rates. The implication given in the book is that this relationship is causal. However, it could easily be correlational. For example, in elementary schools on average reading ability increases with shoe size, those with bigger shoes tend to read at a higher level. So can we conclude that kids with big feet are smarter? Nope, a little thinking and one realizes that older kids have bigger feet, and older kids usually read better than younger kids. That relationship (shoe size and reading ability) may be statistically significant, but it masks an underlying variable of age. It is a correlational relationship, not a causal one. Unfortunately here (at least in the advanced reader copy) he does not provide the references to the actual research, so I was unable to look up the source material. And two studies are not enough for a conclusion.
So, you need to have a little skepticism about some of the conclusions. However, I did find the book thought provoking, especially the chapter on politics and trust. Boser makes some interesting points, especially about how politicians are caught in a Catch 22, berate the government to get elected, and then become part of that government you just disparaged as being untrustworthy, making it harder to get anything done.
If you would like a straightforward and entertaining read about current research on trust, and realize that if you really want to understand some of these issues you are going to need to dig a little deeper this is a good read.
Informative read on an emerging field – over-eager conclusions
In an entertaining look at what the author calls «social trust», Boser looks at the biochemistry behind trust, mechanics/dynamics of how we develop trust, and the risks of too much trust. For the most part, Boser – the self-admitted «not an expert in trust» – weaves through interesting anecdotes and experiments to make some broad hypotheses. Very often (especially on biochemical aspects of trust), the causal relations of actions derived from trust and the body reactions to it are at best inconclusive. This may be more a reflection the early stages of research than an overly eager misinterpretation. Nevertheless, the use of events derived from recent news makes the narrative easy to relate to and Boser does an excellent job in introducing the associated research. Perhaps the only issue with the approach is that, while informative, there is not much actionable for an individual. A huge leap in argument leads to conclusions regarding how individuals need to feel part of something bigger and other broad social statements, that seem more wishful thinking than policy opportunities. In fact, the reader would have been served better if Boser adopted Thaler’s «nudge» approach and decomposed some of this observations to a more consumable and actionable form. Overall, an informative and entertaining read that successfully highlights an emerging field.
Escrito por Isayama, Hajime y Gun Snark
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REMEMBER YOUR TRUE ENEMY.
Erwin’s political enemies have hired Levi and his crew to take back some incriminating documents. Their reward: the right to live a proud life above ground, in the royal capital.
But deep in Titan territory, it’s going to be tough to break formation and steal from a squad leader, and Levi still insists on killing the man who humiliated him after the mission is complete. Of course, beyond the walls anything can happen, and a sudden change in Levi’s fortunes will force him to face the greatest regret in his life…
FINAL VOLUME! From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Editorial/Editado por: Kodansha Comics (30 de septiembre de 2014)
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Escrito por Nick Louth
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Tomorrow should be the greatest day of Erica Stroud-Jones’s life. The brilliant young British scientist has found a revolutionary way to beat a deadly tropical disease.
Millions of lives could be saved, a Nobel Prize beckons.
She is in Amsterdam. Tomorrow she presents her secret research to a scientific conference. Watching her will be sceptics and rivals, admirers and enemies. Erica’s own eyes will be on sculptor Max Carver, her new American love, to whom she wants to dedicate her achievement.
Tomorrow never comes.
Erica vanishes during the night. Max, a tough former coast guard, is determined to find her. As he digs for clues he finds jealousy, malice and cunning. But even he is shocked by the dark terror he finds at the heart of the woman he loves.
Not only a page-turner, Bite gets to the core of the debate about pharmaceutical ethics.
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Editorial/Editado por: Ludensian Books; Edición: 1st (16 de diciembre de 2013)
Idioma: Inglés
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A bit short at the end
Thrilling, non-stop action until you get to the end and then it comes to a very abrupt halt with several unanswered questions still lingering. A good read though.
Personal
I found this book very easy to read, well written story and good story line which was quite bgelievable. The weaving into the story of ‘ diary extracts’ was quite clever.
Gripping
Couldn’t, put it down, well plotted and exciting, should be made into a film. Cannot wait to red his next novel!
Escrito por James Dashner
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Read the first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. The Maze Runner is now a major motion picture featuring the star of MTV’s Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster! Also look for James Dashner’s newest novels, The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts, the first two books in the Mortality Doctrine series.
If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
Everything is going to change.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.
Remember. Survive. Run.
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Editorial/Editado por: Delacorte Press (6 de octubre de 2009)
Idioma: Inglés
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A-Maze-ing Read
This book had me gripping my pillow and hoping not have bad dreams of disgusting metallic slime monsters. The characters are each distinct and interesting from the main character with his mysterious past to the lovable sidekick who made me laugh and want to slap him at the same time. The thread of hope and never giving up that is woven through the trials of the maze is inspiring. I loved the gritty determination in this story. Faced with impossible obstacles these kids find a way to trust each other and live together in a more mature society than some I’ve lived in. Overall it was a gripping and intriguing read and I tell everyone I know to READ THIS BOOK. It will make you laugh and make you cry and then make you go ‘hmmm.’ Can’t wait for book 2.
Fabulous Read!
The Maze Runner kept me up to the wee hours of the morning as I raced to the finish. I loved it in every way: the pacing, the characters, the plot. Thomas wakes up to find himself in a box that opens up to the glade, the central part of an elaborate maze where monsters dwell. From the moment of Thomas’s entrance into the glade, he works to try and recover any part of his memory while also trying to solve the maze and stop the deaths of the boys who live in the Maze with him. I would say this book is a cross between Ender’s Game and Lord of the Flies. It’s a tale that is expertly woven, true to the target audience of teen boys, and filled with enough action to keep me up all night. The only downfall of the book was realizing I have to wait for the sequel. I look forward to reading more of Dashner’s work.
I wanted to like it
I know James Dashner. I mostly enjoyed his first, Jimmy Fincher series. The premise seemed interesting.
The good: The story setting is compelling, and the action moves right along.
The bad: The major plot device is people not knowing what is going on. You have to be able to swallow some extremely specific memory modification and the creation of a huge complex environment for some really important reason. This plus all the other specifically designed but head scratching elements require one heck of a big reveal. Then we get to the end of the story and are faced not only with not much of a reveal, but yet more mystery and unanswered questions.
Being beaten over the head with what you don’t know gets old after a while, especially when you really never are given a good answer for 90% of it. As a middle grade book, you can get away with some hand-waving in place of real thought, but not too much. And since this is a middle grade book, it sure seems to have a whole lot of killing in it, as well as the substitute swear words that are used just as the more common ones would be, but no explanation is given for them except that I’m sure that it helps keep the ‘rating’ of the book down.
The book is a fast read, fairly well written and fast paced enough not to get boring, but reveals are not matched with the mysteries.
Escrito por Deborah Crombie
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In the tradition of Elizabeth George, Louise Penny, and P. D. James, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie delivers a powerful tale of intrigue, betrayal, and lies that will plunge married London detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James into the unspeakable darkness that lies at the heart of murder.
Recently transferred to the London borough of Camden from Scotland Yard headquarters, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his new murder investigation team are called to a deadly bombing at historic St. Pancras Station. By fortunate coincidence, Melody Talbot, Gemma’s trusted colleague, witnesses the explosion. The victim was taking part in an organized protest, yet the other group members swear the young man only meant to set off a smoke bomb. As Kincaid begins to gather the facts, he finds every piece of the puzzle yields an unexpected pattern, including the disappearance of a mysterious bystander.
The bombing isn’t the only mystery troubling Kincaid. He’s still questioning the reasons behind his transfer, and when his former boss—who’s been avoiding him—is attacked, those suspicions deepen. With the help of his former sergeant, Doug Cullen, Melody Talbot, and Gemma, Kincaid begins to untangle the truth. But what he discovers will leave him questioning his belief in the job that has shaped his life and his values—and remind him just how vulnerable his precious family is.
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Editorial/Editado por: William Morrow (23 de septiembre de 2014)
Idioma: Inglés
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Deborah Crombie knows how to skillfully balance the personal and professional lives of her characters
I’m so lucky to have read TO DWELL IN DARKNESS, the 16th in the series before the September 23, 2014 publishing date. Crombie has perfected the balance of the police business and mystery side of the story along with the domestic life of her officers and their loved ones. Through this book as with the others, we not only come to know about Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid and their circle, we come to care deeply about them. As usual I never like to give away any spoilers about the book. It’s a wonderful read. And if you haven’t even started the series yet, you have a lot of wonderful storytelling ahead of you.
Crombie’s books just keep getting better
Duncan and Gemma’s family seems to grow bigger in each book. In the meantime, their jobs also get more complicated. and managing work and family are difficut enough without having one or more murders to solve. I love Crombie’s group of characters and am sad to come to the end of the book, especially since there are more more mysteries left to ponder in a future book.
Five Big Stars!
What a pleasure to read such a great follow up to THE SOUND OF BROKEN GLASS. Deborah Crombie never disappoints, and this time she has hit it out of the park. It is so good to be back in London with Gemma and Duncan and all the rest of our old friends!
Escrito por Peter Thiel y Blake Masters
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WHAT VALUABLE COMPANY IS NOBODY BUILDING?
The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. It’s easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. Every new creation goes from 0 to 1. This book is about how to get there.
‘Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.’
ELON MUSK, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla
‘This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.’
MARK ZUCKERBERG, CEO of Facebook.
‘When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of Peter Thiel, read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic.’
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB, author of The Black Swan
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Editorial/Editado por: Virgin Digital (18 de septiembre de 2014)
Idioma: Inglés
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One of the most important business books I’ve ever read, and I’ve read hundreds
For almost a decade I hosted a radio program in which I interviewed business leaders and authors of business and leadership books on a daily basis. I read hundreds of them. Peter Thiel’s new book belongs among the very best. It defies the genre, as much a big ideas book as a. how to book. It effortlessly moves from using the tools of economics, management, technology, science, philosophy and history. I’ve never seen a better discussion about strategy. This would pair up quite nicely with Rich Karlgaard’s new book The Soft Edge, with George Glider’s Knowledge and Power or with Edmund Phelps’s Mass Flourishing.
Since reading Thiel’s book, I’ve found that it has material changing the way I think about my own business and business in general. If you’re an entrepreneur, close to an entrepreneur or thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, this book belongs on your shelf and in your mind.
Changed the way I think about building value in businesses
Changed the way I think about building value in businesses. Clear, poignant, and to the point, Thiel’s book challenges every would-be entrepreneur to think differently about commonly held notions of what it means to build a business.
I had bigger hopes
The book starts out well enough, and I appreciate the fresh point of view that the authors bring to the topic. It is clear they have a distinct point of view. There are some good examples, but I found the interest level dropping the further into the book I got. There are, however, some very good points in the front half, particularly about optimism and determinism.
Escrito por Anne Helen Petersen
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Gossip meets history—a compulsively readable collection of Hollywood’s most notorious clashes and controversies in the spirit of Hollywood Babylon.
Believe it or not, America’s fascination with celebrity culture was thriving well before the days of TMZ, Perez Hilton, Charlie Sheen’s breakdown and allegations against Woody Allen. And the stars of yesteryear? They weren’t always the saints that we make them out to be. Film professor Anne Helen Petersen is here to set the record straight with Scandals of Classic Hollywood. Pulling little-known gems from the archives of film history, Petersen reveals eyebrow-raising information, including:
The smear campaign against the original It Girl, Clara Bow, started by her best friend The heartbreaking story of Montgomery Clift’s rapid rise to fame, the car accident that destroyed his face, and the “long suicide” that followed Fatty Arbuckle’s descent from Hollywood royalty, fueled by allegations of a boozy orgy turned violent assault Why Mae West was arrested and jailed for «indecency charges» And much more Part biography, part cultural history, these stories cover the stuff that films are made of: love, sex, drugs, illegitimate children, illicit affairs, and botched cover-ups. But it’s not all just tawdry gossip in the pages of this book. The stories are all contextualized within the boundaries of film, cultural, political, and gender history, making for a read that will inform as it entertains. Based on Petersen’s popular column on the Hairpin, but featuring 100% new content, Scandals of Classic Hollywood is sensationalism made smart.
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Editorial/Editado por: Plume (30 de septiembre de 2014)
Idioma: Inglés
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Escrito por Sam Harris
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For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.
From bestselling author, neuroscientist, and «new atheist» Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book, Harris argues that there are important truths to be found in the experiences of such contemplatives-and, therefore, that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow.
Waking Up is part seeker’s memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than Sam Harris-a scientist, philosopher, and famous sceptic-could write it.
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Editorial/Editado por: Transworld Digital (18 de septiembre de 2014)
Idioma: Inglés
OPINIONES:
Por fin una perspectiva racional y serena de la espiritualidad sin necesidad de creer en lo sobrenatural
Sam Harris ofrece una via para llegar a un estado en el que se reconoce la no existencia del ego tal y como se hace en las filosofías orientales, pero sin que sea necesario creer en entes sobrenaturales, dioses, etc… y sin sacar conclusiones cosmológicas
Quite possibly the most important book I have ever read
I grew up in a Christian family and then earned degrees in Philosophy and Neuroscience. As an atheist, I’ve been mourning the loss of faith for years. Just because you want something to be true, doesn’t mean it is. Losing one’s faith can definitely leave a hole. This is the book that begins to fill the void and emptiness that I’ve felt from that loss. Thank you Sam Harris. This book will change lives.
I enjoyed reading it
I imagine the book will come under a barrage of criticism, either from «skeptics» who find the spirituality side of the book unpalatable («Sam Harris goes native!») and also from the «spirituality» side of the spectrum, which similarly might find the stretches of scientific or logical argument (or attitudes to most religions) grating. However I found the book to be both original (in a broad field of other secular mindfulness/spirituality books), sincere and clear. I enjoyed reading it. I’ll take away some interesting direction for my existing meditation practice as well as a better understanding of the scientific and philosophical perspectives related to it. Highly recommended.
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