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From the author of Steve Jobs, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter. For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil.

■昨今、ネットではフェイクニュースや誹謗中傷がはびこりその匿名性から真実が見えなくなっています。いっぽう、科学の世界では論文の精査によって、間違った論拠や改ざんされた画像が見破られてしまいます。

Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken soccer balls on the run-down streets of East London, Gary Stevenson dreamed of something bigger. As luck would have it, he was good at numbers. At the London School of Economics, wearing tracksuits and sneakers, Stevenson shocked his posh classmates by winning a competition called “The Trading Game.” The prize? A golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader at Citibank.

"Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up," Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie’s Almanack. Originally published in 2005, this compendium of 11 talks, delivered by the legendary Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman between 1986 and 2007, has become a touchstone for a generation of investors and entrepreneurs seeking to absorb the enduring wit and wisdom of one of the great minds of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist. Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world’s richest man by creating America’s most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America.

Renata Marin nos conduz em uma jornada intensa, repleta de desafios e lições que moldaram sua vida desde a infância até os dias atuais. Em um relato emocionante e autêntico, Renata compartilha suas vivências, desde os momentos mais obscuros até os encontros que iluminaram sua trajetória, mostrando que é possível encontrar propósito em meio à dor.

In this moving life story, Dr. Barry pulls back the curtain on the moments that shaped him—from a sometimes lonely childhood to the challenges of a lifelong career in medicine. Along the way, he uncovers a truth that connects us all—the inextricable link between mind, body, and emotion. With honesty, warmth, and wisdom, he shares unforgettable stories: studying in University College Dublin in the 1970s, working in a remote Tanzanian hospital with his young family, and years spent on the frontlines of general practice in Ireland.

In An Entrepreneurial Journey Through Life: Learning, Loving, and Laughing, Ralph Z. "Bud" Sorenson, former president of Babson College, shares his own experiences to illustrate an important truth: being entrepreneurial" goes far beyond starting new businesses—though that is certainly a part of it in fact, the "an entrepreneurial" mindset applies to all aspects of life, from choosing a career to finding a place to live to making the most out of your retirement.

In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, Walter Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs' professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs' family members and key colleagues from Apple and its competitors, this is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation.

Fireproof charts Chef Curtis Duffy's rise in spite of trauma, to being mentored by and recognized among the world's top chefs. Amid childhood chaos in rural Ohio, a young Duffy first found refuge in Home Ec class, then at one of Columbus's best restaurants, where he honed his skills. His passion ignited, Duffy was dead set on leaving Ohio and breaking the Duffy family curse. But the tragic deaths of his parents jeopardized his promising trajectories.

Born in Italy during World War II, Salvatore Forcina was a young boy who survived all odds by living through his young childhood without any real or proper shelter. Like many Italians during this time, a month after turning eight years old, his parents followed this migration to Argentina, a developing country at the time rich with natural resources and hope for a more stable life.

Hölderlin war niemals verrückt. In der Konsequenz des Leben-und-besingen-Müssens einer eigentlichen Lebensbejahung, der Annahme des Leides und des Glaubens an die göttliche und liebende Grundstimmung der menschlichen Seele, musste Hölderlin von seinen Mitmenschen, insbesondere von seiner Mutter, für verrückt erklärt werden. Er hat das Angebot angenommen.

Bei seinen Recherchen in einem Meditationszentrum läuft noch alles bestens, doch dann wird er eingeholt: vom Tod eines Freundes beim Anschlag auf Charlie Hebdo, von unkontrollierbarer Leidenschaft, Trennung und Verzweiflung. Sein Leben kippt, eine bipolare Störung wird diagnostiziert und Carrère verbringt vier quälende Monate in der Psychiatrie, wo er versucht, seinen Geist mit Gedichten an die Leine zu legen. Entlassen und verlassen lernt er auf Leros in einer Gruppe minderjähriger Geflüchteter ganz anders Haltlose kennen, aber findet auch Trost durch Musik und Gespräch.

Was Rilke mit anderen "offenen Quellen" dieser Geistesströmung, wie Nietzsche, Heine, Kierkegaard und Hölderlin gemeinsam hat, ist das Vertrauen in den Menschen, ohne das der Mut zur Redlichkeit, zu einem unverstellten Glauben niemals möglich wäre. Das existenziell-philosophische Lebensverständnis Rilkes in enger Verbindung mit Bildern seines Lebens anzudeuten, soll in diesem Hörbuch versucht sein.

Ken Blanchard transformed modern leadership theory through unlikely means—by catching people doing things right. Written with warmth and humor, this authorized biography reveals how a mediocre student who was told he "couldn't write" became a bestselling author and a globally renowned management expert. Through extensive access to personal papers, letters, and interviews, Martha Lawrence paints an intimate portrait of the man behind The One Minute Manager and dozens of other influential books.

カカクコム、食べログ、クックパッドを成長に導いた“最強の投資家・経営者”穐田誉輝はいかに誕生したか。ベールに包まれた半生をたどる。

The protagonist of Just Do It is Phil Knight, a reclusive billionaire who started a two-man operation importing Japanese running shoes and built it into a $4 billion company. Irreverent, unpredictable, and leery of the sports establishment, Knight created the most muscular jock culture in business, a place where employees routinely took two hours at lunch to work out and then strategized late into the night in their holy war against competitors Reebok and Adidas.

テレビでも話題の「パステルなめらかプリン」の生みの親が30年間一つの道をひたむきに歩み続けてたどり着いた「仕事と人生で、本当に大切なこと」

苦学して東大教授となった後も、質素倹約に努め、独自の「本多式四分の一貯金方」などで巨万の富を築いた「蓄財の神様」。努力こそが人生のすべてであり、努力こそ、人生でもっとも貴重な体験だと言う本多静六が、悔いなく生きるための問いに答える。・「成功するための計画」を、どのように立てるか?・計画を実現するために、最も重要なことは?・お金持ちになるための「史上最高のノウハウ」とは?・どこにでもいる凡人を「天才に変えてしまう」勉強法とは?江戸末期から昭和、激動の時代を力強く歩んで体得した哲学は、きっとあなたの人生を豊かにする手掛かりになるだろう。目次-第1章 成功と失敗/第2章 人生哲学/第3章 職業道楽/第4章 仕事の流儀・勉強のしかた/第5章 お金とのつきあい方/第6章 自己鍛錬・人とのつきあい方/第7章 人生計画/第8章 健康・長寿

Unsolved Medical Mysteries: Explaining the Unexplainable is your chance to explore the strangest and most confounding cases in medical history. In 12 gripping lectures, acclaimed author, historian, and medical humanities expert Dr. Brandy Schillace guides you on a fascinating journey into the unknown, from historical enigmas to modern medical conundrums. With her unique blend of storytelling and scientific insight, Dr. Schillace digs into a range of medical mysteries