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In January 1916, a violent storm surge ripped through the Zuiderzee, swallowing villages and terrifying the Netherlands. The catastrophic flooding exposed the absolute vulnerability of a nation living below sea level. In the devastating aftermath, the Dutch decided they would no longer simply fight the waterthey would banish the sea itself.How does a small country in the early 20th century undertake the impossible task of physically closing off a volatile inland sea from the ocean? The answer was the Afsluitdijk, a 32-kilometer-long dam built straight across open, treacherous waters. It was a project born of sheer survival instinct, requiring innovations in fluid dynamics and heavy engineering that had never been attempted in human history.This gripping historical documentary delves into the mud, the math, and the sheer audacity behind this megastructure. It follows the brilliant visionary Cornelis Lely and the thousands of laborers who battled unpredictable tides, sinking foundations, and brutal weather to force the ocean back.Discover the incredible true story of how humanity won one of its greatest victories against nature, fundamentally altering the geography of Europe and securing the future of millions against the crushing weight of the sea.

O conhecimento de Transtornos Depressivos em grupos humanos na Amazônia brasileira e principalmente em tempos de pandemia, como a COVID-19, é considerado inexpressível. Pouco ou quase nada se conheci

Nestas páginas trazemos pensamentos e sentimentos sobre o viver. "A vida é a aventura das moléculas", como bem enfatiza Mujica. Nessa jornada, desenhamos nossa própria história enquanto interagimos com as dos outros. Tudo se conecta. Durante a caminhada, vivemos nossos melhores e piores momentos, ora rindo, ora chorando, ora ganhando, ora perdendo. O que voce encontrara aqui e a historia de Valdemir, um personagem ficticio que, enquanto revive momentos de sua vida, realiza profundas reflexes. Esse personagem poderia ser qualquer um de nos, pois todo ser humano busca por sentido, por pertencimento e por compreender o que se passa dentro e fora de si. No pretendemos, contudo, apresentar as respostas, mas provocar inquietaçes. O que nos propomos e apresentar um retrato da vida explorando sua propria dialetica: simples e complexa, harmoniosa e contraditoria, branda e dura, bela e monstruosa, jubilosa e melancolica, reveladora e misteriosa. A vida e cheia de nuances. Tem lugar para a poesia, a cotidianidade, os ruidos da consciencia e as pequenas epifanias. E nessa peregrinaço multifacetada que Valdemir se encontra. No um personagem de feitos extraordinarios, mas alguem comum, carregando seu passado na algibeira, com algumas recordaçes leves como plumas e outras pesadas como pedras, revisitando os percursos percorridos, as escolhas feitas e as portas que se fecharam.

No inicio de 2020, o mundo começou a conviver com as questoes que envolviam a pandemia do novo coronavirus. A Covid-19 gerou altos indices de desemprego e alteracoes significativas como reducao de salarios e mudancas de cargos em individuos que conseguiram manter seus vinculos empregaticios. Isso acabou por gerar altos niveis de insatisfacao com a condicao profissional vivida, o que pode acarretar danos psicologicos que podem afetar diretamente a saude mental dos individuos. Este trabalho destaca a importancia da trabalhabilidade - a capacidade de geracao propria de emprego e renda - com enfase na musica, um relevante setor da economia criativa. Alem das questoes laborais, ha um aprofundamento em termos de pesquisa no que diz respeito aos beneficios que a musica pode causar aos individuos, contribuindo, assim, para uma sensacao de bem-estar. O objetivo principal do trabalho e identificar como a musica pode atuar como um agente de bem-estar. Foram realizadas pesquisas qualitativas, por meio da aplicacao da tecnica de grupos focais. Durante o processo de coleta de dados, um questionario previo foi aplicado a todos os membros dos grupos focais. Os resultados alcancados nao so destacam o papel da musica enquanto agente de bem-estar, como tambem enaltecem a predilecao dos participantes por beneficios de natureza nao pecuniaria, e pela manutencao da atuacao no campo da musica em detrimento de outras opcoes do mercado.

They do not wear uniforms or carry party cards. They speak directly into your ear, recommend products, share opinions, and build communities of trustsometimes numbering in the millions. Yet the influencer, for all their apparent spontaneity, is the latest iteration of one of historys oldest instruments: the trusted voice deployed in service of a larger agenda. Influencers as New Propaganda Tools examines how digital creators became the most effective persuasion infrastructure of the early twenty-first century.This book traces the genealogy of influence from wartime celebrity endorsements and Cold War cultural diplomacy to the rise of social media platforms that gamified attention and monetized belief. It shows how state actors, corporations, and political campaigns discovered that authentic-seeming personal voices outperform traditional advertising and institutional messaging by orders of magnitudeand how entire influence industries were quietly built around that discovery.Drawing on platform data, declassified influence operation reports, and the testimony of former campaign strategists, this is a rigorous and timely history of how consent is manufactured in the age of the algorithmand why the most effective propaganda no longer looks like propaganda at all.

Imagine an investment fund where you pool your money with a group of strangers. The catch? The fund only pays out to the survivors. When someone dies, their share doesnt go to their family; it is distributed among the remaining living members. The last person standing takes the absolute jackpot. This isnt the plot of a thriller moviethis is the Tontine, one of the most popular financial instruments in history.Invented in the 17th century to fund European wars, the Tontine quickly became a global sensation. It preyed on human greed and the belief in ones own longevity. However, tying massive financial windfalls directly to the death of your neighbors inevitably led to a grim reality. Soon, participants were engaging in fraud, hiding corpses, and in some chilling cases, plotting murder to increase their personal payouts.This dark financial history unravels the mechanics of the product that birthed modern life insurance before being universally outlawed. It traces the math of mortality gambling, from the French royal court to massive syndicates in early America that used Tontines to build architectural landmarks.Discover the bizarre economics of betting on survival. The story of the Tontine is a fascinating look into the origins of actuarial science and what happens when the market assigns a literal, compounding dollar value to human life.

"Quando caem as máscaras" é uma metáfora ao período da pandemia, quando a máscara de muita gente falsa começou a cair, analisando o que acontece depois do cair das máscaras.

There is a version of change that arrives with momentum, discipline, and a clear plan. Most people have tried it. Most people have also watched it quietly collapse within weeksnot from laziness, but because the gap between intention and daily reality is wider than any motivation can reliably bridge.This book explores the inner experience of building habits as an ordinary person with a complicated life: the cycle of ambitious starts and gradual fade, the shame that accumulates around repeated attempts, and the subtle but significant difference between changes that feel dramatic and changes that actually last. It examines why the smallest actions are so frequently underestimated, and what it reveals about human behavior when a two-minute shift proves more durable than a complete overhaul.At the center of this exploration is a reframe that many people find quietly liberating: the size of a change is not what determines its value. Consistency at a small scale builds something that intensity at a large scale rarely doesa genuine relationship between who you are and what you do each day.This book offers insight into the psychological dynamics of habit formation, why the pressure to change everything at once so reliably produces nothing, and how micro-actions create the kind of identity-level shift that grand resolutions tend to promise but seldom deliver. It does not offer a system for optimizing your routine or a guarantee of lasting transformation. It invites a more honest and sustainable understanding of how real change tends to actually happen.

You log onto a platform in a perfectly good mood, yet ten minutes later, you close the app feeling a lingering sense of outrage, anxiety, or despair. This emotional shift is rarely an accident; it is the calculated byproduct of one of the most powerful psychological mechanisms currently being exploited: digital emotional contagion.How can a piece of code dictate human emotion on a global scale? Through the deliberate amplification of high-arousal triggers. Tech companies have long known that anger and anxiety spread faster and stick longer than joy or contentment. By designing algorithms that prioritize these volatile emotional signatures, platforms turn their networks into highly efficient transmission vectors for psychological distress.This profound exploration of cyberpsychology dissects the invisible architecture of algorithmic manipulation. It examines how human empathy and our evolutionary vulnerability to group sentiment have been reverse-engineered to maximize screen time and ad revenue.For professionals in tech, sociology, and mental health, this book provides the necessary framework to understand and mitigate this invisible spread. Learn to decode the emotional manipulation embedded in your feed and protect your psychological sovereignty from the algorithms designed to harvest your outrage.

Em um mundo marcado por deslocamentos forçados em escala sem precedentes, este livro lança luz sobre uma realidade ainda pouco visível: a experiência das pessoas refugiadas com deficiência. Ao percor

Este livro reúne reflexões construídas a partir de mini-histórias produzidas por estudantes em pesquisas sobre linguagem e educação. O primeiro conjunto apresenta reflexões, textos e desenhos de 24 e

Se todos podem falar nas redes sociais, por que tantos continuam invisíveis?Na era digital, a liberdade de expressão parece ter alcançado seu auge: vozes se multiplicam, opiniões circulam sem barreir

When a financial crisis hits, the most rational, responsible thing an individual or a business can do is to cut back on spending and save money. It is the fundamental rule of personal finance. Yet, when millions of people and corporations make this exact same rational decision simultaneously, it triggers an economic catastrophe. This is the cruel irony of macroeconomics: the Paradox of Thrift.Coined by John Maynard Keynes, this paradox illustrates how individual prudence leads to collective ruin. If everyone hoards cash, consumer demand plummets. When demand plummets, businesses stop producing and start laying off workers. Those unemployed workers then have even less money, causing demand to shrink further. The very act of attempting to save money shrinks the entire economy, ultimately leaving everyoneincluding the cautious saverspoorer than before.This deep macroeconomic analysis dissects the mechanics of demand collapse. It examines historical case studies, from the Great Depression to the 2008 financial crisis, showcasing how central banks and governments desperately try to break this vicious cycle of hoarding.For economists, investors, and business leaders, this book provides essential clarity on the friction between micro-level logic and macro-level disaster. Understand the paradox to better anticipate government interventions and protect your wealth during the next inevitable downturn.

There is a particular kind of moment when everything lands at the same timedemands, emotions, decisions, noiseand the mind simply cannot hold it all. It does not feel like stress. It feels like collapse. And the first thought, almost always, is that something must be wrong with you.This book explores the inner experience of overwhelm: not as a productivity problem or a planning failure, but as a deeply human response to a nervous system that has reached its limit. It examines the patterns that make certain people more vulnerable to emotional flooding, how the pressure to stay composed compounds the original overload, and what actually happens inside the body and mind when everything hits at once.At the center of this exploration is a reframe many people find quietly relieving: overwhelm is not evidence of weakness or poor coping. It is a signalone that carries specific information about unmet needs, accumulated pressure, and the limits of what any person can reasonably hold without support.This book offers insight into the emotional and physiological dynamics of overwhelm, the internal narratives that intensify it, and how genuine regulation differs from simply pushing through. It does not offer a protocol for eliminating difficult moments or a system for staying permanently calm. It invites a more honest and compassionate understanding of what your overwhelm is actually asking for.

Diane sempre sonhou com pouco: um marido, dois filhos, um trabalho que lhe fizesse sentido mais do que jamais se permitiu desejar. Mas, no dia em que Seb a deixa, seu mundo desaba. Entorpecida pela dor, ela no percebe o outro silencio que cresce ao seu redor: no quarto em frente, o riso de Lou se apaga.Aos dezesseis anos, Lou sofre o tumulto da adolescencia e o impacto do primeiro amor perdido, uma perda que lhe arranca mais do que lagrimas. Quando Diane finalmente se da conta, esta disposta a tudo para resgatar a filha, mesmo que isso signifique revisitar um passado do qual tentou escapar.Me e filha caminham sobre um fio tenue, entre o que foi e o que pode ser. Sob seus passos, o turbilho da vida ruge, e ameaça arrastar consigo as suas horas mais frageis.

You are running towards a treacherous pit in a video game. You press the jump button a fraction of a second too late, your characters feet clearly running off the edge into empty space. Yet, magically, you still jump. You survive. This isnt a glitch; it is a meticulously engineered psychological safety net known among developers as "Coyote Time."Named after the cartoon coyote who briefly floats in mid-air before plummeting, this invisible mechanic is the secret sauce behind the worlds most beloved platformers. Human reaction times are imperfect, and strict, pixel-perfect physics often feel punishing and unfair to the player. By coding a hidden grace periodallowing the player to jump for a few milliseconds after leaving solid grounddevelopers create a seamless illusion of competence and fluid control.This deep dive into the psychology of game design exposes the invisible tricks used to manipulate player frustration. It explores how developers bend the laws of digital physics, tweak hitboxes, and lie to the player in order to make the gameplay experience feel deeply satisfying rather than brutally realistic.For aspiring game designers and curious gamers, this book reveals the hidden empathy built into your favorite titles. Discover how breaking the rules of physics is the ultimate key to achieving perfect, addictive gameplay.

You sit in a crowded meeting room or an energy-efficient office for an hour, and an undeniable brain fog begins to set in. You blame it on the boring topic, a lack of coffee, or a poor nights sleep. In reality, you are likely suffering from mild asphyxiation. The silent killer of productivity isnt a lack of motivationit is the hidden accumulation of carbon dioxide in modern, sealed buildings.How does a gas we exhale normally become a cognitive poison? Human evolution never prepared us for spending 90% of our lives inside heavily insulated, airtight boxes. Once indoor CO2 levels exceed 1,000 parts per milliona threshold easily breached in a standard office or bedroomour blood chemistry shifts. The result is a measurable, dramatic drop in decision-making ability, strategic thinking, and overall energy levels. We are suffocating our own intellect.This eye-opening investigation blends environmental science with neurology to expose the design flaws of modern architecture. It dissects the "Sick Building Syndrome" and explains how the relentless push for energy efficiency in HVAC systems has sacrificed human cognitive health.Professionals and health-conscious individuals will learn how to measure and manage this invisible threat. Discover how proper ventilation and CO2 monitoring can instantly cure chronic fatigue, unlock focus, and drastically improve the neurological performance of entire organizations.

Crimea, 1854: Sevastopols inhabitants taunt the besieging forces that keep them trapped behind defensive walls. So begins Leo Tolstoys depiction of nine months of battle and bravery, based on his own experiences in the Crimean War.This new translation by acclaimed translator Nicolas Pasternak Slater introduces us to long-suffering citizens, vain hussars and the courageous Kozeltsov brothers - one jaded and pragmatic soldier, one naive and hungry for glory. Enduringly vivid, profoundly ironic, Tolstoys portrayal of the stumble from triumph to disaster captures the absurdity at the heart of conflict.

180 MENSAGENS PARA REFLETIR, SENTIR E TRANSFORMAR: DESPERTE SUA ESSÊNCIA E CAMINHE COM MAIS PROPÓSITOA vida é muito passageira para ignorarmos os sinais que surgem pelo caminho.Neste livro, um verdad

Mit dem Superhelden-Duo Muffin & Tort zum Leseprofi! Comicartige Erzahlweise: wenig Text, viele Bilder Ideal fur ungeubte Leserinnen und Leser ab 7 Jahren Perfektes Geschenk (nicht nur) fur Jungs, die Spa an witzigen und spannenden Geschichten haben Muffin, der gemutliche Kater, und sein quirliger Freund Tort erleben ihr drittes groes Abenteuer! Diesmal fuhrt sie die magische Katzenklappe mitten hinein in eine echte Piratengeschichte: Plotzlich finden sich die beiden auf einem Piratenschiff wieder, treffen auf schrage Seerauber und werden von Kapten Klappe fast uber Bord geworfen, weil sie zu nett sind. Doch eigentlich wurden auch Klappe und seine Piratencrew lieber freundlich sein und ihre Opfer mit Gold entschadigen. Also segeln sie gemeinsam mit Muffin und Tort zur sagenumwobenen Monsterinsel. Dort erwartet sie zwar ein Schatz, aber auch ein hungriges Seeungeheuer .Mit wenig Text und vielen Bildern ist dieses Comic-Kinderbuch perfekt fur Leseanfanger geeignet. Die witzigen Dialoge und die turbulente Handlung sorgen fur Lesespa von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite. "Muffin und Tort Bei den Piraten" macht Lust aufs Lesen und ist ein Highlight fur alle, die Abenteuer und Humor mogen.Alle Bucher des urkomischen Superhelden-Duos:Muffin & Tort 1: Bei den Wikingern (ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Kinderbuchpreis)Muffin & Tort 2: Bei den RitternMuffin & Tort 3: Bei den PiratenIdeal fur Leseanfanger, Comic-Fans und alle, die spannende Piratengeschichten lieben!