![]() A considerable number of company employees who survived the shock of arrival went on to make fortunes from off-books trading in textiles, saltpeter, indigo, opium, salt, tobacco, betel, rice, and sugar sidelines also included selling Mughal-issued tax exemptions and lending money to distressed Indian grandees. In 1700 India is estimated to have accounted for 27 percent of the world economy and a quarter of the global textile trade. Such drawbacks tended to put off all but those whom circumstances had already disfavored: second sons, members of the down-at-heel Anglo-Irish gentry, dispossessed Scottish landowners who had backed the losing side in a rebellion against the crown.īeing on the company payroll was rather a means to an end moonlighting was where the money lay in one of the richest places on earth. ![]() ![]() In the 1720s junior clerks, or “writers,” received just £5 per year, not enough to live on in Bengal or Madras and a pittance when set against the handsome 8 percent annual dividend the company’s shareholders awarded themselves back in London. ![]() Arriving in India wan and scurvy after a year at sea, many quickly succumbed to disease, madness, or one of the innumerable little wars that the company fought in order to embed itself on the subcontinent. In the eighteenth century a career with the East India Company was a throw of the dice for unattached young British men. An East India Company official, probably the Scottish surgeon William Fullerton of Rosemount, with attendants painting by Dip Chand, circa 1760–1764 ![]()
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![]() ![]() Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals. In addition to his own published works, Bock also wrote the foreword to Knaflic, Cole Nussbaumer (2 November 2015). He has been on several book tours around the world, often accompanied by his family. ![]() On April 7, 2015, Bock published his first book, The New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal bestseller, Work Rules!, a practical guide to help people find meaning in work and improve the way they live and lead. He resigned his position at Google in 2016, though stayed on as an adviser to CEO Sundar Pichai. In 2010, Bock was named "Human Resources Executive of the Year" by HR Resources Magazine. During his time at Google, the company has been named the Best Company to Work for over 30 times around the world and received over 100 awards as a top employer. Prior to joining Google, Bock served in executive roles at General Electric, as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and in various roles at startups, nonprofits, and in acting. He was born in 1972 in Romania to ethnic Hungarian parents. He was formerly the Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google, Inc. ![]() Laszlo Bock is a Romanian-born American businessman, who is co-founder and CEO of Humu. Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead Pomona College (BA), Yale School of Management, MBA įormer Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google ![]() ![]() ![]() My very best to you and your family, 12/4/95 Jim or John - capital J with line after", second inscription - "For Alan - Happy Litigating! With best wishes. On title page are two inscriptions: top inscription says "To Alan, You know all too well what it means to try and serve the truth. This is a second stated printing w/dj quote by John Grisham. 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Extreme measures are taken to ensure that Rafi can be the face of her father’s goals and Frey the protection to prevent anyone from using Rafi against him. She’s the bodyguard hidden in the shadows, the stand in whenever a dangerous situation arises. Only a few select people, at the behest of the girls’ father, know Frey even exists. Born first, Rafi is the daughter chosen to exist in the public. Frey’s entire life has been about protecting her twin sister Rafi. ![]() I really loved the premise for Impostors. And why wouldn’t it, really, if this book was built upon the world of another series? However, I do believe that beginning with Impostors over Uglies did contribute somewhat to my feeling that the world building was lacking somewhat in this novel. ![]() Supposedly, there are a number of spoilers peppered throughout, but I’ll be fair in saying I didn’t really notice them. Admittedly, I do feel somewhat like it was a mistake beginning with this novel since I didn’t realize it was a follow up series to one that he’d previously written called Uglies. Impostors is my first experience delving into the other works of Scott Westerfeld, an author whose writing I fell in love with upon reading his Leviathan series. ![]() ![]() ![]() I feel there is a book five after this one and I can’t wait to read more of this pack! ![]() ![]() We have witches, humans and different animal shifters. The Hunter and His Mates by Kiki Clark: I discovered this series in March 2020 and since then I’ve been waiting for every single release religiously! This is book four and I have been loving all the books, especially book three – the action and the way this pack works is so good.Illicit I feel will be so good – book one and two were amazing! and let me shut up before I start fangirling about Dearly Despised >< I have been waiting for Just a Bit Bossy since December 2020 and even more for the other books. She manages to create stories with amazing love scenes, sassy characters and fun banter. Hazard is one of my favorite authors, her book Just a Bit Ruthless is one of my favorite re-reads. Just a Bit Bossy, Illicit and Dearly Despised by Alessandra Hazard: Ms. ![]() ![]() She currently teaches at Hampshire College's School for Interdisciplinary Arts and in Drew University's low residency MFA program. ![]() ![]() The recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award, she has received grants and fellowships from the Jerome, Cave Canem, and Watson foundations, as well as Civitella Ranieri and the NEA. The recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award for Poetry, Girmay's newest collection elegizes and celebrates life, while wrestling with the humanistic notion of seeing beyond: seeing violence, seeing grace, and seeing each other better.Īracelis Girmay is the author of three poetry collections, the black maria Kingdom Animalia, which won the Isabella Gardner Award and was a finalist for the NBCC Award and Teeth. Central to this project is a desire to recognize the lives of Eritrean refugees who have been made invisible by years of immigration crisis, refugee status, exile, and resulting statelessness. Taking its name from the moon's dark plains, misidentified as seas by early astronomers, the black maria investigates African diasporic histories, the consequences of racism within American culture, and the question of human identity. ![]() Girmay's] every loss-she calls them estrangements-is a yearning for connection across time and place her every fragment is a bulwark against ruin. ![]() ![]() Temptation and stress hijack the brain's systems of self-control, and that the brain can be trained for greater willpower. ![]() Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health. ![]() People who have better control of their attention, emotions, and actions are healthier, happier, have more satisfying relationships, and make more money. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep. Readers will learn: Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. 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The first book to explain the new science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity.Īfter years of watching her students struggling with their choices, health psychologist Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., realized that much of what people believe about willpower is actually sabotaging their success. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Kings can hardly picture life without her, but as they come to terms with this tragedy, their sadness is mixed with a sense of freedom that shames them and spurs them into surprising actions.īefore honoring Joanie's living will, Matt must gather her friends and family to say their final goodbyes, a difficult situation made worse by the sudden discovery that there is one person who hasn't been told: the man with whom Joanie had been having an affair, quite possibly the one man she ever truly loved. Matt's charismatic, thrill-seeking, high-maintenance wife, Joanie, lies in a coma after a boat-racing accident and will soon be taken off life support. His two daughters are out of control: Ten-year-old Scottie is a smart-ass with a desperate need for attention, and seventeen-year-old Alex, a former model, is a recovering drug addict. His missionary ancestors were financially and culturally progressive one even married a Hawaiian princess, making Matt a royal descendant and one of the state's largest landowners. Matthew King was once considered one of the most fortunate men in Hawaii. Narrated in a bold, fearless, hilarious voice and set against the lush, panoramic backdrop of Hawaii, The Descendants is a stunning debut novel about an unconventional family forced to come together and re-create its own legacy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After his time in the army, Caras went to university and finished with a bachelor's level in movie theater from the University of Southern California in 1956. He served in the US Army throughout the Korean War, where he was a counterintelligence officer for the military in Korea and Japan from 1951 to 1953. He died on February 18, 2001, at his residence in Towson, Maryland, USA.Ĭaras matured in a home full of pets, which inspired his fascination with and also love for the creatures that he later on aimed to safeguard. Caras offered for greater than 40 years as a considerable voice for animal welfare, informing individuals concerning the value as well as originality of the animal world. He was a specialized and prominent American wildlife photographer, author, as well as television character that functioned relentlessly to increase awareness about the value of animal preservation and also defense. ![]() Roger Andrew Caras was born on May 24, 1928, in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States, and matured in a household enthusiastic about pets. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her other books include Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems, World as Lover, World as Self and Rilke's Book of Hours.more Her online work includes the article "World as Lover, World as Self" "Bestiary" (an ode to wildlife) Nuclear Guardianship, her testimony at the World Uranium Hearings in Salzburg, 1992 and The Vegan Vision, on the ethics of a vegan diet. Joanna Macy, activist, ecologist and author, is one of the pioneers of engaged Buddhism. Her other books include Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems, World as Lover, World as Self and Rilke's Book of Hours. ![]() ![]() |