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First coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, a meme is any idea, behavior, or skill that can be transferred from one person to another by imitation. Susan Blackmore shows that once our distant ancestors acquired the crucial ability to imitate, a second kind of natural selection began, a survival of the fittest amongst competing ideas and behaviors. Ideas and behaviors that proved most adaptive-making tools, for example, or using language - survived and flourished, replicating themselves in as many minds as possible.

In The Easter Parade, first published in 1976, we meet sisters Sarah and Emily Grimes when they are still the children of divorced parents. We observe the sisters over four decades, watching them grow into two very different women. Sarah is stable and stalwart, settling into an unhappy marriage...

The first and second editions of Repacking Your Bags helped people develop their own unique visions of the good life and take practical steps at home and at work to make sense of their lives and live in an authentically meaningful way. Written as a travel guide it helped people to put together a "trip checklist" that provided the elements of the good life: work, love, place, and purpose.

Are You Ready to Transcend the Limits of the Possible? Science has spent centuries trying to define the laws of the universe. But in this era of breakthroughs in quantum physics, what have we finally learned? “It turns out that the laws of the universe are just waiting for us to break them,”...

“WOW!” was the word on everyone’s lips as the first guests stepped aboard Icon of the Seas, the largest, most spectacular cruise ship ever created. Icon was one of many WOWs generated by a standout culture during the tenure of Richard Fain, regularly named one of Barron’s “World’s Best CEOs.” Under Fain’s leadership, Royal Caribbean Group built the world's most innovative ships—large and small—and one of the strongest service cultures in the travel industry.

A haunted lighthouse. A Justice accused of murder. And a single question—What is The Scour? In the dying port town of Gdansburg, Sir Konrad Vonvalt finds the unthinkable: a fellow Justice imprisoned for the murder of a young boy. Despite the furious insistence of the townsfolk, the only...

The Bruised Reed walks Christians through Christ’s consistent and unconditional love for His children. Richard Sibbes elaborates on the metaphor of a humble reed that may be bent or bruised as a result of life’s errors and the consequences of sin. Rather than leaning on arrogance to hide...

Where can уou find happineѕѕ? Gain ѕtrength? How ѕhould we face our fearѕ? Deal with the death and grief of a loved one? While traditional ѕchooling doeѕn’t addreѕѕ ѕuch ԛueѕtionѕ, it’ѕ exactlу what ancient ѕchoolѕ of philoѕophу all about were: Theу taught уou how to live. Even though theѕe ѕchoolѕ don’t exiѕt anуmore, уou and I and moѕt people are in aѕ much the need for a philoѕophу that guideѕ uѕ through life aѕ we ever were. 

Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai, embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately open a restaurant opposite a famous chef, Madame Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere. A culinary war ensues, pitting...

Many companies fall into the trap of spending too much time and money on low performers, while high performers aren't getting the necessary resources, development opportunities, or rewards. In The Differentiated Workforce, the authors expand on their previous books, The HR Scorecard and The Workforce Scorecard, and recommend that you manage your workforce like a portfolio - with disproportionate investments in the jobs that create the most wealth. 

The great series The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant is one of the most monumental achievements in historical writing. In its eleven massive volumes, it tells the story of Western civilization from its origins to the age of Napoleon. This volume, The Climax of Christianity, is taken from The Age of Faith, the fourth in the series. It covers the years between 1095—the launching of the First Crusade—and 1300: the age of Dante Alighieri, whose epic poem Divine Comedy is one of the greatest treasures of our civilization.

""First, I’ll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders, which happened later.” So begins Canada, the unforgettable story of a boy attempting to find grace, written by the only writer in history to win both the Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner Award for a single novel...

A landmark feat of innovation is about to change the American West forever. With electric cables stretching from the Colorado River to Gallup, New Mexico, a new telegraph system will connect the settlers of the Arizona Territory to the rest of the country — a dream come true for rancher Chet Byrnes and his family. But laying 400 miles of steel wire can be a deadly task. Chet has to face off with hired henchmen who would kill to sabotage the project. Chet’s nephew JD has his hands full with cutthroat rustlers on the Mexican border.

knLes clés d'une communication respectueuse de soi et des autres, au travail, à la maison ou dans des situations de stress. Et si vous pouviez désamorcer les tensions et parvenir à une entente même dans les situations les plus délicates, simplement en changeant votre façon de vous exprimer ? C'est ce à quoi Marshall Rosenberg s'est consacré toute sa vie : la résolution pacifique des conflits au sein des familles, des écoles, des entreprises, des gouvernements, et ce dans plus de trente pays sur les cinq continents.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Elise is determined to restore her house and help build the Aldermere Rise community garden. Keeping busy feels safer than letting anyone close. But working alongside her neighbour Nathan makes that distance increasingly difficult to maintain. Between...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Frost Hollow winters are not just weather — they are ritual, memory, and the stubborn heart of a town that refuses to let the cold win. At the center of it all stands the Winter Market: lantern light, cinnamon in the air, and a fragile promise that...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When the past refuses to stay buried, can two guarded hearts find the courage to begin again? Lena returns to the challenge of restoring the historic Embermere Theatre, determined to protect its future without allowing old emotions to interfere. But...

"Boken är välskriven och språket är emellanåt såväl poetiskt som underfundigt. ... Karaktärerna är tydliga och mångbottnade och man bryr sig om dem. Betyg: 4, Mycket bra!" Bibliotekstjänst En riskabel flykt där mycket står på spel Motorcykelartisten Frank har levt ett kringflackande liv med shower över hela världen. Nu har han sökt sig till ett stillsammare liv på en liten motorcirkus på idylliska Österlen. Men en kväll under ett uppträdande på Kiviks marknad förändras allt. En flicka faller från publikläktaren och Frank lyckas i farten fånga henne.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. At Alder Ridge, the vines do not just grow — they remember. Amelia returns to the vineyard determined to keep the land and the family legacy intact through one more difficult harvest. Practical, guarded, and fiercely protective of what remains, she...

The Kingswell Conversations brings together more than 30 years of Richard Kingswell’s experience in child welfare for honest, thoughtful conversations about kinship, foster care and adoption. From the realities facing children and families to the bigger questions shaping the sector, these are conversations with heart, grounded in experience and a belief that we should never stop asking how we can do better.