Résultats de "chan" dans Toutes les catégories

Earth has joined the Galactic Empire, a vast interstellar society ruled by dragon-like aliens where everybody is immortal. Pain, famine and disease have been eradicated, but this doesn’t mean the end of conflict.

Renee keeps a diary after she finds out her daddy is sick with cancer. She even starts praying and asking God to make him better. But what if he doesn’t get any better? She is worried that she won’t be able to talk to her daddy after he has gone, but her daddy encourages her to keep talking to him, no matter what.

Here are 100 actions that will enrich your life. Positive actions will make us feel good with inner joy. This is a little bit different from having fun, which can be transient. A life with a deep sense of fulfillment is what you want and this is within your reach. Start now, by picking up the habits that you aim to develop. This book is presented in a very simple manner, aiming to declutter your mind to focus on what is truly important - the action! You will be amazed by how powerful you are once you start taking the action.

To Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler is "the woman". In "A Scandal in Bohemia", she defeated him in his attempt to retrieve an incriminating photograph of the King of Bohemia. Or did she? In the tradition of "The Great Game", this book will explore the unanswered questions in "A Scandal in Bohemia", illustrating that there is much more to the case than is generally suspected.

Unit 731 was established during the Sino-Japanese War in Harbin as a covert biological warfare research and development section of the Imperial Japanese Army. Besides human experimentation, they developed lethal biological weapons as an efficient way to win the war against the world. In about a decade of existence, they produced a massive amount of germs enough to kill the world three times.

On December 16, 1945, Prince Konoe committed suicide after refusing to collaborate with US Army officer Bonner Fellers in Operation Blacklist. His refusal to exonerate Emperor Hirohito and the imperial family of war crimes responsibilities. A week before he took the cyanide, he wrote a memoir regarding his experience governing Imperial Japan during World War 2. The memoir shows many efforts of Prince Konoe's efforts for negotiations with Chinese and US government officials to try to end the war early as well as his governing during a time of crisis.

Organizations now need to attract, retain, and motivate teams and employees across distance, time zones, and cultural differences. Building authentic and lasting human relations may be the most important calling for leaders in this century. According to management and global leadership specialist Maya Hu-Chan, the concept of “saving face” can help any leader preserve dignity and create more empathetic cross-cultural relationships. “Face” represents one’s self-esteem, self-worth, identity, reputation, status, pride, and dignity.

At the age of 31, Yong Kang Chan was left with no job, no income, and most importantly of all, no identity. He thought having a job in an animation studio would lead him to the right career path. But an unexpected turn of events led him to depression. Those two months of darkness was scary. He even contemplated dying. However, he soon realized depression was a spiritual gift and embraced it. He believed he had depression for a reason: to share the lessons he learned about it.

Although the west often dismissed the Khabarovsk War Crimes Trial as "Communist Propaganda", it was the first time the scientists from the "Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department" of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) came forward with the crimes they committed during World War II. The Khabarovsk War Crime Trials were hearings held between 25-31 December 1949 in the Soviet Union's Stalinist courts, and lasted for five days. It unearthed cruel biological weapon development and human experimentation practices by the Japanese Imperial Army.

Eight hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Army launched an invasion plan for Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong was a British Colony at the time, soldiers from British colonies including India and Canada fought alongside Chinese guerrilla fighters. However, soldiers defending the city at the time were largely unprepared and Japan claimed its victory within 18 days.

W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne changed the field of strategy and the language of business with their path-breaking "blue ocean strategy", a model for creating uncontested markets that unlock new demand and new opportunities for growth. This audiobook brings together three of their classic blue ocean strategy articles, all first published in Harvard Business Review. This collection is the ideal start, or refresher, for creating more blue oceans.

Did your relationship leave you confused, drained, and emotionally shattered? You sometimes feel like your abuser is right in calling you crazy? You struggle with trusting people and you look for red flags in every new person you meet? You struggle with nightmares, panic attacks, and your nerves constantly on edge? You find yourself alternating between depression, anger, and indescribable frustration? Have you ever felt an intense desire to call out your abuser, to expose them for who they truly are?

Buddhism has been for a long time and is still considered by many Westerners as some sort of idolatry or mysticism, but it’s not. With this book you will have an introduction about the fundamentals principle of this religion step by step. This book will help non-Buddhists, the skeptical, and the simply curious to have a better understanding, and remove at least some of the prejudices and false ideas about the Buddha's doctrine.

What is Zen? This question asks: What is the fundamental nature of Mind? With this audiobook you will have an introduction about the fundamentals principle of Zen Buddhism and the main differences with the traditional school. This audiobook will be a point to start a journey into Zen Buddhism, and the way to meditate and to reach a peaceful and focused lifestyle.

Francis Chan dedica sua vida a ser um tipo diferente de cupido. Tendo experimentado com grande intensidade o amor de Deus, empenha-se em contagiar outras pessoas a (re)viverem a mesma paixão. Segundo Chan, apenas experimentando e nutrindo um honesto relacionamento com Deus podemos dar a necessária chacoalhada em nossa vida e espantar a terrível mornidão que caracteriza nossa atitude diante do Pai.

Sin dagli albori dell'era industriale, le imprese hanno ingaggiato una battaglia senza quartiere per accaparrarsi un vantaggio nel sanguinante oceano rosso della competizione, colmo di rivali che lottano per un potenziale di profitti sempre più ridotto. Ma quali prospettive di crescita potrebbero avere se, invece, operassero senza alcuna concorrenza, in uno spazio di mercato incontestato, dalle possibilità illimitate come quelle di un oceano blu?

This audiobook offers all the information you need to begin the ketogenic diet: what foods to eat, the ones to avoid, meal plans, as well as recipes you can follow while on this diet. It covers the psychology behind such diets, including potential negative effects, and gives specific recommendations for optimizing the diet.

How do you prevent terrorists from causing massive disruption by smuggling an atomic bomb into New York City? You could decentralize industry, or you could examine everything coming into the city. Either way, the challenge is immense, and failure would be a nightmare.

The sensational New York Times bestseller The Mill River Recluse reminds us that friendship, family, and love can come from the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. From the...

Writing in the tradition of Jan Karon and Maeve Binchy, New York Times bestselling author Darcie Chan returns readers to Mill River, the charming town whose residents experience surprises and sorrows, witness acts of goodwill and kindness, embrace family love and friendship—and uncover age-old...