Souvent les enfants s'inventent une famille, une autre origine, d'autres parents. Le narrateur de ce livre, lui, s'est invent n fr . Un fr a , plus beau, plus fort, qu'il que devant les copains de vacances, les angers, ceux qui ne v fieront pas? Et puis un jour, il d uvre la v t impressionnante, terrifiante presque. Et c'est alors toute une histoire familiale, lourde, complexe, qu'il lui incombe de reconstituer. Une histoire tragique qui le ram aux temps de l'Holocauste, et des millions de di...

Praise for The Motive WHY SO MANY LEADERS ABDICATE THEIR MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES "The Motive rocked me to my core. A gift for any aspiring CEO, or current one. I wish Pat Lencioni had written this 30 years ago!"

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A revealing exploration of the phenomenon of 'non-promotable work', the effect it has on women's careers, and a thoroughly researched strategy for how to fight back

In de jaren ’20 en ’30 van de vorige eeuw groeit Greet op in de kalmte van het Nederlandse platteland. Door een stommiteit wordt ze op haar 23e door de Duitsers opgepakt. In de bedomptheid van een onmenselijk volle wagon ontmoet ze Sarah, een Jodin. In Kamp Ravensbrück geeft hun vriendschap haar de kracht en het vertrouwen om de lange, koude dagen door te komen en alle doodsangsten te doorstaan.

Hannelore, Aufseherin in Kamp Ravensbrück, vervult haar taken met Duitse trots. Toch begint ...

Already cited by the Financial Times, Forbes.com, The Economic Times, WSJ/Mint and several other prominent global business publications, Winning in Emerging Markets is quickly becoming the go-to book for mapping a strategy for entering new markets--and then quickly gaining a competitive edge in those high growth regions. Advancing the discussion about emerging markets themselves and how organizations can best leverage the potential of these regions, Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu -- both wel...

Plastics: Microstructure and Applications is a key text for senior students studying the science and engineering of plastics materials (or polymers) and will serve as a valuable introduction to the fundamentals of polymer properties for those new to the field. Starting from microstructure and physical properties, the book covers the mechanical, chemical, transport and electrical properties of plastics materials and also deals in detail with wider issues that today's engineers and materials sc...

Discover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer-prize winning novel that exemplifies her powerful and important place in contemporary American literature. 'An American masterpiece' AS ByattIt is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the violent trauma it wrought on her former enslaved life at Sweet Home, Kentucky. Her dead baby daughter, whose tombstone bears the single word, Beloved, returns as a spectre to punish her mother, but also to el...

'Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth - darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne***A Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year***This is the story of Penelope of Ithaca, famed wife of Odysseus, as it has never been told before. Beyond Ithaca's shores, the whims of gods dictate the wars of men. But on the isle, it is the choices of the abandoned women - and their goddesses - that will chang...