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Allboarding apresenta uma mentalidade prática para alinhar pessoas, estratégia e impacto. Com base em anos de pesquisa e atuação em consultoria, a autora propõe um construto que integra cultura, lide

Eu me emocionei ao mergulhar nas dores dos personagens. Acho interessante este personagem que busca romper com sua masculinidade tóxica, ao mesmo tempo em que se vê preso à inevitabilidade das referê

As frases que ouvimos na infancia no so apenas palavras repetidas ao acaso. Elas se tornam marcos associados a experiencias, afetos e limites e ajudam a construir a forma como aprendemos a escolher, assumir responsabilidades e lidar com consequencias.Em Voce no e todo mundo, Debora Figueiro parte dessas expresses familiares no como verdades prontas, mas como pontos de partida para uma reflexo sobre liderança e humanidade. Com base em neurociencia, comportamento humano e experiencia executiva, o livro mostra como aprendizados formados cedo continuam presentes na vida adulta, influenciando decises, relaçes profissionais e a maneira como conduzimos pessoas. Ao revisitar frases comuns do cotidiano, a obra aborda temas como autonomia, compromisso, etica, senso de prioridade e responsabilidade, reforçando a ideia de que a liderança no começa no cargo, mas na formaço do carater.Voce no e todo mundo e um convite a liderança consciente aquela que entende que firmeza e cuidado no so opostos, mas expresses complementares de humanidade."Todo mundo ja deve ter ouvido ao menos metade das "frases de me" citadas aqui, e sua reinterpretaço em contextos de liderança e algo com o que praticamentetodos podemos nos identificar."Luan, primo da autora

Em Ilha Grande, uma mãe viúva e devota vive para o filho, seu único porto seguro. Quando percebe que a adolescência vai levá-lo para longe, ela faz um pedido desesperado a Santa Rita de Cássia: que o

Do autor do bestseller Pai Rico, Pai PobreAprenda a dominar as suas finanças e alcance a prosperidade em família.Compreender a linguagem do dinheiro não só lhe permite tomar melhores decisões, como t

When the United States entered World War II, the Navy faced a problem no admiral had trained for: how to keep hundreds of thousands of young, frightened, and restless men psychologically intact between the terror of combat and the grinding monotony of base life. The answer, improbable and enduring, was baseball. More than 500 Major League players and 4,000 minor leaguers enlisted or were drafted into the armed forces, and the Navy with characteristic institutional purpose put them to work not only in uniform, but at bat.At Naval Training Station Norfolk, the program became something extraordinary. Led by Bob Feller and Fred Hutchinson, the NTS Bluejackets compiled a stunning 928 record in 1942, fielding a roster that included three New York Yankees Phil Rizzuto among them and regularly defeating visiting Major League teams brought in specifically to play them. In May 1943, the Red Sox and Washington Senators traveled to Norfolk not as entertainers but as opponents, facing a Navy squad that was, by any measure, one of the finest baseball teams in wartime America. The games raised millions in war bond sales, kept sailors out of trouble, and gave 18- and 19-year-old recruits something achingly familiar in the most unfamiliar season of their lives.

He lost more battles than he won. By conventional military measure, George Washington would barely register among historys great generals. Yet by 1781, his Continental Army ragged, underfunded, and perpetually on the edge of dissolution had defeated the most powerful military force in the world. The distance between those two facts is where the story of Washingtons true leadership lives.From the siege of Boston in 1775 to the surrender at Yorktown, Washingtons generalship was defined not by brilliance of maneuver, but by something rarer: the disciplined capacity to endure, adapt, and hold a cause together when every material condition argued for its collapse. His daring crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night 1776 conducted under the watchwords "Victory or Death" was less a tactical masterstroke than an act of psychological war, aimed as much at reviving the spirit of his own army as at destroying the Hessian garrison at Trenton. Strategic audacity, deployed precisely at the moment of maximum despair, became his signature instrument.The winter of 17771778 at Valley Forge revealed another dimension entirely. While his men starved and froze, Washington fought simultaneously on three fronts: against the British, against a Congress threatening to replace him, and against the structural collapse of his own command. His survival of the Conway Cabal and his transformation of Valley Forge into a training ground aided by Prussian drillmaster Baron von Steuben demonstrated a political mastery that no battlefield record could fully capture. After Monmouth in June 1778, Washington exercised a third and perhaps most undervalued quality: the patience to wait, to deny the British a decisive engagement, and to conserve his armys strength until the moment Frances entry into the war finally shifted the balance.

When George Washington arrived at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in July 1775 to take command of the Continental Army, what greeted him was not a fighting force it was a gathering of farmers, teenage boys, and elected officers who voted on whether to follow orders. Military discipline was virtually nonexistent, most soldiers carried no weapon, and the regiments had assembled with almost none of the supplies required to arm, clothe, or shelter themselves. Washingtons first act was not to plan a battle. It was to count his men a task that took over a week.The structural crises ran deeper than morale. Enlistments expired with the calendar year: by 31 December 1775, fewer than half of the 20,000 men authorized by Congress had been recruited for the new army, forcing Washington to call out militia reinforcements to plug the gap. Critical shortages of arms, ammunition, clothing, tents, and food had plagued the army from its first weeks around Boston, driven by inadequate administrative procedures, the failure of credit, a broken transportation system, and the Continental Congresss legal inability to compel states to contribute money or supplies. Washington wrote to Congress that different regiments were "upon the point of cutting each others throats" for firewood near their encampments.The armys internal fractures were no less dangerous than the British lines outside. Officers had been chosen by popularity rather than competence, soldiers operated on a democratic spirit that resisted command, and throughout the war the Continental Army suffered no fewer than 56 recorded mutinies. Discipline, when imposed, walked a knifes edge too lax and the army dissolved, too harsh and it turned against itself. Washingtons ordeal was not simply to defeat the British; it was first to manufacture, from near-nothing, something that resembled an army at all.

What if the biggest decisions shaping society were made without truly representing the people they affect? Politics of Exclusion: The Struggle for Equal Representation takes readers on a powerful and eye, opening journey into the hidden structures that shape leadership, influence, and opportunity. This compelling and accessible guide explores how underrepresentation is not accidental, but deeply rooted in systems of power, identity, and long, standing social patterns. Through clear, engaging, and thought, provoking writing, this book breaks down complex ideas like bias, institutional barriers, power dynamics, and the glass ceiling into concepts anyone can understand. It reveals how gender, race, ethnicity, and socio, economic background continue to shape who gets a seat at the table and who is left out. But this is not just a book about problems. It is a book about possibilities. Inside, you will discover how representation impacts leadership quality, decision, making, and policy outcomes. You will gain insight into why diversity is essential for innovation and progress, and how inclusive systems lead to stronger, more resilient societies. From understanding unconscious bias to exploring grassroots movements and social activism, each chapter builds a deeper awareness of how change happens and how it can be sustained. Whether you are interested in politics, social justice, leadership, or personal growth, this book provides practical ways to recognize exclusion and take meaningful action. It connects global and national perspectives with everyday experiences, helping you see how representation influences not only institutions, but your own life and opportunities. Politics of Exclusion is for anyone who has ever questioned fairness, wondered why certain voices dominate, or believed that leadership should reflect the diversity of the world we live in. It challenges assumptions, expands perspectives, and offers a path forward grounded in awareness, empowerment, and change. If you want to better understand power, inclusion, diversity, representation, leadership inequality, social structures, and the future of fair decision, making, this book will reshape how you see the world and your place within it.

"Colorando si Impara: Un Libro da Colorare per Bambini"Descrizione:Entra nel mondo del colore e scopri quanto divertente puo essere imparare! In questo libro da colorare, i bambini potranno esplorare diverse immagini e scoprire nuove cose mentre si divertono a colorare.Con tante pagine da colorare, i bambini potranno esprimere la loro creativita e imparare nuove parole e concetti. Ogni pagina presenta unimmagine divertente e stimolante, pronta per essere colorata e resa unica.Contenuto:- Diverse pagine da colorare con immagini divertenti e stimolanti- Spazio per la creativita e lespressione artistica- Opportunita di imparare nuove parole e concettiObiettivo:- Stimolare la creativita e limmaginazione dei bambini- Aiutare i bambini a imparare nuove parole e concetti- Fornire unattivita divertente e rilassante per i bambini

Time, identity, and a life that transcends centuries.In Orlando, Virginia Woolf creates a bold and imaginative novel that follows a single character across generations, blending history, fantasy, and personal transformation.The story begins with Orlando as a young nobleman in Elizabethan England, whose life unfolds over centuries without aging in the ordinary sense. Along the way, Orlando undergoes a mysterious transformation, experiencing life as both man and woman while navigating shifting identities, relationships, and social expectations.With wit, elegance, and originality, Woolf explores themes of gender, time, and creativity, challenging traditional ideas about identity and self-expression. The narrative moves fluidly through different eras, capturing the spirit of each while maintaining a deeply personal journey at its core.A groundbreaking work of modernist fiction, Orlando is celebrated for its innovation, humor, and fearless exploration of identity."A dazzling and imaginative tale of transformation, time, and self-discovery."Step into a world where time bends and identity evolves.Scroll up and get your copy today to read Orlando.

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O livro Esperar Nunca Fez Tanto Sentido apresenta uma experiencia vivenciada pela autora, na qual surge o questionamento: o que se espera da vida quando ela te desafia a viver uma nova vida e a ter que lidar com a morte ao mesmo tempo? Essa historia proporciona um mergulho no que ha de mais belo e profundo na vida de nos, seres humanos. A maneira como a autora enfrenta as complexidades da vida e da morte e verdadeiramente surpreendente, revelando camadas intensas de emoço e desafio. A fe, aceitaço, resiliencia e a percepço dos sinais do universo e da natureza descritas na obra so como balsamo para a alma, mas tambem acrescentam um toque de sofrimento a narrativa. A dor de uma perda pode ser curada por meio do amor de Deus, que esta vivo dentro de nosso coraço. Acender essa luz e perdoar as magoas do passado no apenas abre a porta para viver a vida em sua plenitude, mas tambem adiciona uma dimenso emocional mais profunda e tocante a essa jornada.

Nesta obra instigante Stuart Jeffries propõe uma viagem corajosa pelas várias faces da estupidez humana, examinando como ideias absurdas, crenças falsas ou comportamentos irracionais se espalham e pe

2025 marked a milestone for the European Investment Bank Group, which reached a historic 100 billion in new financing. As a cornerstone of the European project, backed by the unified vision of its 27 shareholders, the Group increased its relevance and strategic focus, prioritising investments that contribute to competitiveness and security, aiming to promote shared prosperity and democratic values, across Europe and around the world. In 2025, the EIB set records in four key areas: energy grids, technological innovation, housing, and security and defence. Nearly 60% of total financing was dedicated to green projects, ranging from large energy grids and interconnectors to renewable energy deployment, tech research, and decarbonising heavy industry. These initiatives not only advanced climate action, they also strengthened Europes competitiveness and energy security delivering clean, affordable power, reducing reliance on fossil fuels, and supporting leadership in critical industries.

War is made of large moments and impossibly small ones. Between the ambushes and the airstrikes, between the body counts and the political cables sent from Washington, there were men doing the unglamorous, quietly human work of keeping other men functional supply runners, logistics crews, rear-echelon soldiers whose war was measured not in confirmed kills but in kilometers driven through uncertain terrain, cargo manifests, and the daily negotiation between bureaucratic order and battlefield chaos. Among the stranger artifacts of that logistical world was this: beer. Cold, ordinary, deeply civilian beer delivered with remarkable organizational commitment to men living in conditions that defied every comfort the word implied.The U.S. military in Vietnam operated one of the most complex supply chains in the history of modern warfare, and within it, the provision of recreational goods beer, soda, cigarettes was treated as a genuine operational priority, understood to be essential to morale in a war that was already eroding the psychological foundations of the men fighting it. Vietnam-era memoirs are filled with these moments: the absurdist relief of a cold can appearing at a fire support base after weeks of C-rations and monsoon mud, the brief, almost surreal normalcy it conjured in the middle of a war that had long since stopped making sense. These were not trivial details. They were the human tissue connecting soldiers to the world they had left behind.

They came with flags in their hearts. Young men raised on the clean narratives of World War II of clear enemies, righteous causes, and homecoming parades arrived in the jungles of Vietnam to find a war that refused every category they had been given to understand it. There was no front line. There was no liberated city to march through. There was only heat, rot, fear, and the maddening impossibility of distinguishing the landscape from the enemy within it. The patriotic adventure promised by recruitment posters dissolved within weeks of arrival replaced by something rawer, more disorienting, and far more permanent than any briefing had prepared them for.The Vietnam War claimed over 58,000 American lives and an estimated two million Vietnamese civilians, yet its most enduring wounds were not counted in casualty reports. Veterans returned home to a country that had grown hostile to the war they had fought, offered neither the dignity of welcome nor the infrastructure of genuine healing. Post-traumatic stress disorder not yet named, barely understood moved through an entire generation of men who had been trained to suppress fear and had no language for what the jungle had done to them. Agent Orange poisoned bodies across decades and generations. The My Lai massacre, the systematic burning of villages, the use of napalm on civilian populations atrocities that the chain of command either ordered or deliberately ignored shattered the self-image of a military that had defined itself through the moral clarity of the Second World War.

On the night of 2 August 1944, three men descended through darkness into occupied Serbia OSS Lieutenant George Musulin, Master Sergeant Michael Rajacich, and Navy radio specialist Arthur Jibilian. They carried no armor, no reinforcements, and no guarantee of survival. What they carried was a mission: to find hundreds of downed Allied airmen scattered across the hills of Nazi-held Yugoslavia and bring them home.The operation they set in motion codenamed Halyard was routed entirely through American hands, over fierce British objection. OSS officer George Vujnovich coordinated the mission from Bari, Italy, navigating inter-Allied politics, communist sabotage attempts, and German patrols hunting the same airmen his team was racing to save. At Pranjani, Musulin liaised with Chetnik General Draa Mihailovi, whose fighters disguised a farm meadow as a makeshift airstrip while sheltering over 250 stranded airmen in the surrounding villages.Over five months, C-47 aircraft flew into the Serbian interior in broad daylight, lifting out 432 Americans and 80 other Allied personnel the largest rescue of American airmen in the history of the war. Captain Nick Lalich later replaced Musulin and continued evacuations through September and December 1944, as German forces and Yugoslav partisans converged from every direction. When the operation ended, the men who made it possible agents, villagers, Chetnik fighters were buried by postwar politics and denied their place in the record.

She arrived in New York with little more than beauty, wit, and an instinct for the geometry of influence. Arabella Huntington born Arabella Duval Yarrington in 1850 would die one of the wealthiest women in American history, her name attached to one of the greatest private art collections ever assembled on the continent. Yet the arc between those two points was neither smooth nor innocent. It was navigated with extraordinary precision through the social labyrinth of the Gilded Age, where a womans power depended entirely on the men she chose and who chose her.Her first great alliance was with Collis P. Huntington, the railroad magnate whose Central Pacific line helped stitch together a transcontinental nation. For years Arabella occupied an ambiguous position in his orbit intimate companion, trusted confidante, the quiet woman behind one of the eras most aggressive industrial fortunes. When Huntingtons first wife died in 1883, Arabella married him, stepping fully into the light of Gilded Age society. She became not merely a wife, but a curator of legacy overseeing vast art acquisitions across Europe, developing a taste that rivaled the old continental aristocracies she so admired.After Collis Huntingtons death in 1900, Arabella did not retreat. She expanded. Her eventual marriage to his nephew, Henry E. Huntington, merged two of Californias greatest fortunes and produced the Huntington Library and Art Gallery in San Marino an institution that endures to this day as a monument to a woman who understood that beauty, like power, must be collected carefully and displayed with absolute intention.

Quando la spiritualita con la sua moralita e la civilta con i suoi valori sociali: la solidarieta, la fratellanza; valori che definiscono luomo vengono a mancare, emergono il materialismo, lindividualismo, la competizione che portano al conflitto, guerre, massacri, cioe nella barbaria, nella bestialita. Nella notte buia, la realta puo essere narrata, spiegata, manipolata a causa della sua scarsa luce, ma quando punta il sole che dissipa tutte le ombre, tutto diventa chiaro senza bisogna di interpretazioni. Siamo entrati nellalba di una nuova era, lera del risveglio, della coscienza di se e del mondo, lera del nostro vero "essere", del nostro "spirito". Un era in cui cadranno tutte le maschere e le manipolazioni, in cui tutto cio che e stato costruito di falso sara distrutto. un era in cui aspireremo a un mondo piu giusto, piu umano, lera dellacquario, lera della purificazione. I pianeti si sono gia allineati, ci allineeremo anche noi.