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]]> 74770450 A NEW CLARITY FOR STRATEGY THEORY AND PRACTICE

Consultants and academics continue to report chronic failures of strategy practice.Two causes strategy is still not fully defined, and strategy practice is still largely based on a planned versus adaptive view of the world. The Emergent Approach to Strategy digs deep into complex adaptive systems to bring a new clarity to strategy function and incorporate this understanding into practice.

The emergent approach practice

An agile method for strategy framework designScenario and bottleneck diagnosis techniquesA four-station dashboard emphasizing executionA new set of strategy tests called the five disqualifiersGo to emergentapproach.com to access the following

Chapter supplements with appendixes, commentary, and added examplesFive Task Sets: a guidebook for implementation of the approachTemplates for use in strategy materialsAdditional examples of the Five Disqualifiers in various fields of endeavor]]> 402 Peter Compo 1637422164 feyza 0 to-read 3.60
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]]> 60015604
Jean Giono'nun bu muhteşem öyküsü gerçek mi? Elzeard Bouffier gerçekten yaşadı mı? Fark eder mi?]]> 50 Jean Giono 6051856579 feyza 0 to-read 4.41
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]]> 7112169
Koestler portrays the anguished youth of a boy raised in Budapest by a possessive and mercurial mother and an erratic father, marked for life by a forced operation performed without anesthesia when he was five, growing up feeling unloved and unprotected. Here is the young man whose experience of anti-Semitism and devotion to Zionism provoked him to move to Palestine; the foreign correspondent who risked his life from the North Pole to Franco’s Spain, where he was imprisoned and sentenced to death; the committed Communist for whom the brutal truth of Stalin’s show trials inspired the superb and angry novel that became an instant classic in 1940. Scammell also provides new details of Koestler’s amazing World War II adventures, including his escape from occupied France by joining the Foreign Legion and his bluffing his way illegally to England, where his controversial novel Arrival and Departure, published in 1943, was the first to portray Hitler’s Final Solution.


Without sentimentality, Scammell explores Koestler’s turbulent private his drug use, his manic depression, the frenetic womanizing that doomed his three marriages and led to an accusation of rape that posthumously tainted his reputation, and his startling suicide while fatally ill in 1983–an act shared by his healthy third wife, Cynthia–rendered unforgettably as part of his dark and disturbing legacy.

Featuring cameos of famous friends and colleagues including Langston Hughes, George Orwell, and Albert Camus, Koestler gives a full account of the author’s voluminous writings, making the case that the autobiographies and essays are fit to stand beside Darkness at Noon as works of lasting literary value. Koestler adds up to an indelible portrait of this brilliant, unpredictable, and talented writer, once memorably described as “one third blackguard, one third lunatic, and one third genius.”]]> 720 Michael Scammell 0394576306 feyza 0 biography 4.12 2009
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]]> 9269370 Librarian Note: Alternative Cover Edition �� 9789750706356.

Sabırsız Yürek, özellikle düşsel ve tarihsel karakterler üstüne yazdığı yaşam öyküleriyle tanıdığımız Stefan Zweig’ın tek romanıdır. Freud’un öğretisine derin bir ilgi duyan Zweig’ın bu psikolojik romanı, acıma duygusunun nelere yol açabileceğini, insanı nasıl çatışmadan çatışmaya sürükleyebileceğini anlatan bir başyapıttır.

İki tür acıma duygusundan söz eder yazar: "Birincisi, duygusal ve zayıf olanı, başka birinin yaşadığı felaketlerden kaynaklanan acı ve hüzünden olabildiğince çabuk kurtulmak için çırpınan bir yüreğin sabırsızlığıdır. Diğeri, tek gerçek acıma duygusu ise duygusal olmayan, ama yaratıcı olan, ne istediğini bilen; sabırla, gücü yettiğince, hatta gücünün bile ötesinde katlanmaya ve dayanmaya kararlı olunan acıma duygusudur."

20. yüzyılın kült kitaplarından biri olan Sabırsız Yürek, insanca duyguların savaşın dehşeti karşısında allak bullak oluşunun romanıdır.]]> 460 Stefan Zweig 9750732073 feyza 0 novel 4.37 1939
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]]> 44647144
Throughout the book, you’ll explore relevant material gleaned from numerous books, papers, blog posts, and the source code of several open source databases. These resources are listed at the end of parts one and two. You’ll discover that the most significant distinctions among many modern databases reside in subsystems that determine how storage is organized and how data is distributed.

This book examines:

Storage engines: Explore storage classification and taxonomy, and dive into B-Tree-based and immutable log structured storage engines, with differences and use-cases for each
Distributed systems: Learn step-by-step how nodes and processes connect and build complex communication patterns, from UDP to reliable consensus protocols
Database clusters: Discover how to achieve consistent models for replicated data]]> 376 Alex Petrov 1492040347 feyza 0 to-read 4.26
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]]> 38212110
In Technically Wrong, Sara Wachter-Boettcher demystifies the tech industry, leaving those of us on the other side of the screen better prepared to make informed choices about the services we use—and to demand more from the companies behind them.

"Just as the current political climate has inspired many to pick up a sign and head out into the street for the first time, I hope Technically Wrong will inspire newcomers to start thinking more critically about the apps and algorithms around them." —Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Science

"An entertaining romp that tell us where and why the tech industry, once America's darling, went wrong, and what it might do to recover its good graces." —Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch]]> 232 Sara Wachter-Boettcher 0393356043 feyza 0 to-read 4.04 2017
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]]> 9854 The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one ��of the world's most renowned economists

Hailed by Time as one of the world's hundred most influential people, Jeffrey D. Sachs is renowned for his work around the globe advising economies in crisis. Now a classic of its genre, The End of Poverty distills more than thirty years of experience to offer a uniquely informed vision of the steps that can transform impoverished countries into prosperous ones. Marrying vivid storytelling with rigorous analysis, Sachs lays out a clear conceptual map of the world economy. Explaining his own work in Bolivia, Russia, India, China, and Africa, he offers an integrated set of solutions to the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that challenge the world's poorest countries.
��
Ten years after its initial publication, The End of Poverty remains an indispensible and influential work. In this 10th anniversary edition, Sachs presents an extensive new foreword assessing the progress of the past decade, the work that remains to be done, and how each of us can help. He also looks ahead across the next fifteen years to 2030, the United Nations' target date for ending extreme poverty, offering new insights and recommendations.]]> 464 Jeffrey D. Sachs 0143036580 feyza 0 to-read 3.69 2005
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]]> 22847284
Grokking Algorithms is a disarming take on a core computer science topic. In it, you'll learn how to apply common algorithms to the practical problems you face in day-to-day life as a programmer. You'll start with problems like sorting and searching. As you build up your skills in thinking algorithmically, you'll tackle more complex concerns such as data compression or artificial intelligence. Whether you're writing business software, video games, mobile apps, or system utilities, you'll learn algorithmic techniques for solving problems that you thought were out of your grasp. For example, you'll be able to:
Write a spell checker using graph algorithms
Understand how data compression works using Huffman coding
Identify problems that take too long to solve with naive algorithms, and attack them with algorithms that give you an approximate answer instead
Each carefully-presented example includes helpful diagrams and fully-annotated code samples in Python. By the end of this book, you will know some of the most widely applicable algorithms as well as how and when to use them.]]> 256 Aditya Y. Bhargava 1617292230 feyza 0 to-read 4.41 2015
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]]> 8701960 Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.

The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes as soon as it is born. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long-misunderstood talking drums of Africa, Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable development of our modern understanding of information: Charles Babbage, the idiosyncratic inventor of the first great mechanical computer; Ada Byron, the brilliant and doomed daughter of the poet, who became the first true programmer; pivotal figures like Samuel Morse and Alan Turing; and Claude Shannon, the creator of information theory itself.

And then the information age arrives. Citizens of this world become experts willy-nilly: aficionados of bits and bytes. And we sometimes feel we are drowning, swept by a deluge of signs and signals, news and images, blogs and tweets. The Information is the story of how we got here and where we are heading.]]> 527 James Gleick 0375423729 feyza 0 to-read 4.02 2011
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]]> 19288043 What have we done to each other?

These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.

So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?]]> 415 Gillian Flynn 0307588378 feyza 0 novel 4.22 2012
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]]> 10009377
The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to 12 weeks

Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a 12-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your "year" to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn't enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies. The 12 Week Year creates focus and clarity on what matters most and a sense of urgency to do it now. In the end more of the important stuff gets done and the impact on results is profound.Explains how to leverage the power of a 12-week year to drive improved results in any area of your lifeOffers a how-to book for both individuals and organizations seeking to improve their execution effectivenessAuthors are leading experts on execution and implementation

Turn your organization's idea of a year on its head, and speed your journey to success.

2013 Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington (P)2014 Audible Inc.]]> 208 Brian P. Moran feyza 0 to-read, öncelik 3.79 2009
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]]> 227972218
Yemeklerin yapım aşamalarını fotoğraflarla gösteren, hatta QR koduyla videolarına da erişim sağlayan Türk Mutfağı Teknikleri, doğru bıçağı nasıl seçip ne şekilde kullanacağınızdan tutun, hangi yemeği nasıl bir tencerede pişirmek gerektiğine kadar sayısız yararlı bilgiyle amatörler kadar aşçı adaylarının da faydalanacağı bir içeriğe sahip olma özelliğini taşıyor. ��

HÜLYA EKŞİGİL]]> 598 Burak Arpak 6253840029 feyza 0 to-read 5.00 2025
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]]> 21946753 496 Stefan Zweig 9755105263 feyza 5 4.63 1942
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]]> 54327667
This book is a primer on nonlinear system dynamics and chaos; how these forces shape our world and how to overcome their adverse effects. Reading this book will teach you to prepare for unpredictable events, and give you the tools to navigate the challenges of a chaotic world.����
The Systems Thinker - Dynamic Systems ��sheds light on why sometimes life sometimes unfolds counterintuitively to expectations, how small changes can lead to tremendously big ones over time.
- Learn the difference between linear and nonlinear systems and their effect on your life. -�� Deepen your knowledge about the additivity and homogeneity principle. - How to use synergy and interference in real life? -�� What are feedback loops and how can they generate equilibrium?

-�� Detailed introduction to chaos theory and the butterfly effect. - Learn the importance of exponentials, power laws, long-tail distribution, phase transitions, bifurcation, and strange attractors. -�� Discover the world of fractals.
Get introduced to the world of chaos. Learn about the�� Raleigh-Benard instability, Metcalf's Law, Edward Lorenz's discovery of the Butterfly Effect, Benoit Mandelbrot's concept of fractals, the Koch snowflake�� and others.��
Incorporate the concept of chaos and unpredictability into your life to -counterintuitively - find more peace and predictability.��]]> 224 Albert Rutherford 1951385705 feyza 0 to-read 4.00
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]]> 51108013

We are dealing with too many options, too much information, conflicting advice on general choices like what diet to choose, or who to choose as a mate. It’s hard to maintain focus and be confident in our decisions under such conditions.

The Systems Thinker –Mental Models helps you make decisions based on your relevant thought patterns and true values. Finding the most relevant information to YOU, the best decision to YOU is a matter of exploring YOUR thoughts and wants.

Mental models are cognitive frameworks that you can use to make order in your head, tune out the noise, and focus on what’s important �� without getting overwhelmed. Mental models provide transparency, order, deeper understanding, context, and most importantly, a clear solution or conclusion about problems. Using systems thinking as your leading cognitive tool will provide depth AND width to your mental analysis.


Learn how corporate executives, economists, and policy makers analyze big data and make decisions based on it.

Discover 12 powerful thinking tools to facilitate your though processes
Understanding and model dynamic systems
Learn to use mental models through real-life examples

Mental models are so much more than a cognitive tool; they help with productivity, enhance understanding, boost critical thinking, and analytical skills.

Understand how corporations make multidimensional decisions
Learn to design your own mental models to map out your real priorities
Learn to include soft variables such as emotions into your analysis
Shift your mindset from blaming to accountability and resolve conflicts easier.]]> 263 Albert Rutherford feyza 0 to-read 3.78
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]]> 43691525 have better solutions to your problems? Struggling to understand why things went wrong when you did everything right?
Learn to Think in Systems can help you with these problems.

Systems surround us and we might not even be aware of it. Your household is a system. The bakery on the corner is a system. Your class at school, your department at work, and your weekend soccer team made of wholehearted dads is a system too. You are a vital part of more complex systems like your country, the economy, or the world; learn about their changing nature, and find optimal solutions to problems related to them.

The world is more connected than ever thanks to innovations like telephone, television, computers, and internet. The way we sense reality changed significantly. Using conventional thinking to understand the world as it functions today is not enough. We need to know the elements of systems thinking to see beyond simple cause-effect connections. This book will help you to find strategic solutions to every complex, modern problem.

Learn To Think in Systems focuses on the nine fundamental system archetypes; our mental models related to them, and the step-by-step implication methods to fix them. Learn to use systems archetypes to solve your problems at work, in your business, in your relationship, and social connections.

See through the motivations and understand the drives of contemporary politics, economics, and education. Widen your perspective, think critically, analyze deeply, clear your vision, be more logical and rational just by applying systems thinking.

Think differently and get different results.
�� Learn the language of systems thinking.
�� Apply the best systems thinking ideas, models, and frameworks in your cognitive and decision-making process.
�� Learn to understand, design, and find solutions to the main system problems called ‘archetypes.��

Complexity, organizational pathways, and networks gain more and more importance in our interconnected world. Learn To Think in Systems gives you real-life examples to make the adoption process of this type of thinking smooth.

Define your problems more accurately, find better, long-lasting solutions to your problems, learn to create strategic plans using systems diagrams, and understand your place and power over the world. ]]> 310 Albert Rutherford feyza 0 to-read, öncelik 3.69
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]]> 43086016 •Increase your ability to analyze problems and to comprehend what you read, hear, experience in a logical manner.
�� Examine the logical structure of good and bad reasoning.
•Look at what type of evidence are decisions commonly based on.
�� Detect common fallacies and rhetorical and psychological factors that can influence your thinking.

The book presents the methods that good problem solvers use in understanding complex ideas. It provides practice in applying these methods to a variety of comprehension, analytical, and reasoning questions. It also includes a number of logical thinking problems to hone your logical thinking skills.


•The most widely used forms of analysis.
�� Guidance and practice to monitor your thoughts with the help of intellectual tools.
•Learn to question purposes, problems, information, and concepts.
�� Interdisciplinary analytical tools to understand and assess your own reasoning, be it about a highly technical question or your everyday life.

The Analytical Mind helps you to find the most fundamental logic of any discipline, problem, or thesis. Transfer your knowledge between and among subjects and fields of observation.

•Learn four types of profound analysis.
�� Learn to read and create statistical charts.
•Learn and correct the most frequent errors in reasoning.
�� Learn to complement your analytical thinking tools with synthetic, systemic, critical, and creative thinking tools.

Good analytical thinking skills are deeply necessary if you are working in business, education, law, politics, and economics . Understanding the underlying structure of a problem can help you come up with the best solution.

Adopt critical, analytical thinking skills to make better decisions, assess situations more accurately, and persuade other people with more success to consider your point of view. This book serves as a springboard toward analytic proficiency.]]> 86 Albert Rutherford feyza 0 to-read, öncelik 3.59
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]]> 33939765
Written by an expert, Newtonian Physics for Babies is a colorfully simple introduction to Newton's laws of motion. Babies (and grownups!) will learn all about mass, acceleration, the force of gravity, and more. With a tongue-in-cheek approach that adults will love, this installment of the Baby University board book series is the perfect way to introduce basic concepts to even the youngest scientists. After all, it's never too early to become a physicist!]]> 24 Chris Ferrie 1492656208 feyza 0 to-read 4.01 2013
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]]> 33939764 There was a laser
And a lab notebook
And a picture of Einstein with a stern look

Life as a scientist can be strenuous. Find comfort in saying good night to everything that is strewn around your laboratory with this sweet parody of the beloved classic Goodnight Moon. While poking fun at the clutter and chaos of lab life, this book gives scientists of all ages the tools needed to say good night and rest before returning to the world of research in the morning!]]> 32 Chris Ferrie 1492656178 feyza 0 to-read 3.77
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]]> 62039291
The first full biography in decades, Eig mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times.

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family’s origins as well as MLK’s complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. King reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father―as well as the nation’s most mourned martyr.

In this landmark biography, Eig gives us an MLK for our a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history’s greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime.

Includes 8 pages of black-and-white photographs]]> 688 Jonathan Eig 0374279292 feyza 0 to-read 4.65 2023
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]]> 1696911 12 John Maynard Keynes 0942153219 feyza 0 to-read 3.96 1987
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]]> 1880165
- Newly discovered by fans of The Secret , the metaphysical writer Wallace D. Wattles distills the rules of real power and personal achievement in his slender, immensely practical The Science of Being Great -the companion work to The Science of Getting Rich .

- Publisher Robert Collier taught millions of people how to achieve more, attain more, and live more-all by tapping the incredible faculties of the human mind. His leading book, The Secret of the Ages , is available once again in its authoritative, revised edition.

- Businessman Charles F. Haanel made a meticulous study of the "Law of Attraction" in The Master Key System -a step-by-step guide to activating the principle of mental power and a core inspiration behind The Secret .

Each of these volumes features reset and redesigned interiors, rough-front pages, and elegant French flaps, and is published at an affordable price.

Here are the cornerstone works of self-development-perfect for today's generation of readers.]]> 144 Wallace D. Wattles 1585426288 feyza 0 to-read 4.00 1911
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]]> 199798602
When Scott Payne was growing up, he never envisioned a future that included what happened on Halloween night 2019. Out in the woods of Georgia, he tried desperately to save a goat from being sacrificed in a ritual by a group of neo-Nazis without revealing that he was actually an undercover agent.

Now, this retired FBI agent reveals how and why he infiltrated the rapidly growing American Nazi group, The Base. Known as the “Hillbilly Donnie Brasco,�� Payne was guided through some of the most terrifying and risky assignments in the FBI’s history by his devotion to his family and his Christian faith.

Timely and unputdownable, Code Pale Horse is an unflinching look at one of biggest threats in national security, as well as an inspiring memoir from an American hero.]]> 256 Scott Payne 1668032902 feyza 0 to-read 4.10 2025
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]]> 181251 Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory & the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought & political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer & Wm Graham Sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils as well as the benefits of laissez-faire modern industrial society. Others such as Wm James & John Dewey argued that human planning was needed to direct social development & improve upon the natural order. Hofstadter's study of the ramifications of Darwinism is a major analysis of the social philosophies that animated intellectual movements of the Gilded Age & the Progressive Era.
Introduction
Author's Note
Author's Introduction
The Coming of Darwinism
The Vogue of Spencer
William Graham Sumner: Social Darwinist
Lester Ward: Critic
Evolution, Ethics & Society
The Dissenters
The Current of Pragmatism
Trends in Social Theory, 1890-1915
Racism & Imperialism
Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index]]> 278 Richard Hofstadter 0807055034 feyza 0 to-read 3.79 1955
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]]> 221516264 “Mükemmel... Dederer, kendisini şekillendiren sanata olan sevgisini, canavar olanla, canavarlaşabilenle beraber güzelin ve kötünün bir arada var olabileceğini farklı yollarla yüzleşerek kabul ediyor. Devam edin, diyor bize, sevdiğiniz şeyi sevin.�� -The New Yorker
“Yarı anı yarı inceleme ve tamamen ziyafet…�� -The New York Times
“Arkadaşlar arasında atılan müstehzi bir bakış gibi bir kitap! Heyecan verici, göz kamaştırıcı.�� —Time magazine

“Ne harika bir kitap: komik, hareketli, keyifli, sürekli kendiyle derdi var... Dederer’in sorgulayıcılığı ve kafa karıştırma konusundaki istekliliği, baştan çıkarıcı ve samimi üslubu konuya yeni bir hayat veriyor... Zor soruların ortaya konmasına müsaade eden bir hayranlık oldukça dokunaklı.�� —Megan Nolan, Sunday Times, Book of the Week
“Canavar: Hayranların İkilemi'nde Claire Dederer, esprili bir üstten bakışla, ahlaki açıdan iğrenç eylemlerden sorumlu sanatçıların sanatına nasıl bakmamız gerektiğini sorguluyor. Dederer, süregelen kültür sanat savaşlarının barikatlarına takılmak yerine, entelektüel ve ahlaki yaşamın giderek artan çeşitliliğini kabul eden bir düşünme biçimi öneriyor ve bunu hayata geçiriyor.�� —Pankaj Mishra, The Guardian
Açık sözlü, net ve direkt ama asla kaba değil... Dederer eleştirel zekâsını sergiliyor... Bu ahlak polisliği çağında, yazar Dederer'in böylesi meselere açık fikirlilikle ve kalpten yaklaşma konusundaki içgüdüsü övgüye değer. -The Wall Street Journal
Canavarlar inanılmaz bir kitap, uzun zamandır okuduğum en iyi deneme. Konunun ciddiyeti göz önüne alındığında, heyecan verici derecede keskin, olağanüstü ve tahmin edebileceğinizden daha eğlenceli. -NICK HORNBY

Bir sanat eserini tüketmek, iki farklı yaşamöyküsünün buluş­ması anlamına gelir.
Canavar adamların sanatıyla ne yapmalı? Hemingway, Polanski, Woody Allen, Michael Jackson, David Bowie ya da Picasso'nun eserlerini sevebilir miyiz? Dâhi bir sanatçı ayrıcalığı hak ediyor mu? Bir sanatçının harika bir eser yaratması için canavar olması mı gerekir? Sanatçıların yaşamları, ürettikleri eserlere bakışımızı körleştiriyor mu?
Claire Dederer kendi deneyimlerinden yola çıkarak bu soruları tartışmaya açıyor ve sanatçıların gerçek yaşamlarıyla olan ilişkilerimizi araştırıyor. Ahlaki açıdan bilge, derinlemesine düşünülmüş ve keskin bir dille yazılmış olan Canavar: Hayranların İkilemi, günümüzün en çok konuşulan ve uzlaşılmaz tartışmalarından birinin kalbine iniyor.]]> 264 Claire Dederer 625944673X feyza 0 to-read 3.91 2023
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]]> 30646587
Since money is the single most powerful tool we have for navigating this complex world we've created, understanding it is critical.

"But Dad," she once said, "I know money is important. I just don't want to spend my life thinking about it." This was eye-opening. I love this stuff. But most people have better things to do with their precious time. Bridges to build, diseases to cure, treaties to negotiate, mountains to climb, technologies to create, children to teach, businesses to run.

Unfortunately, benign neglect of things financial leaves you open to the charlatans of the financial world. The people who make investing endlessly complex, because if it can be made complex it becomes more profitable for them, more expensive for us, and we are forced into their waiting arms.

Here's an important truth: Complex investments exist only to profit those who create and sell them. Not only are they more costly to the investor, they are less effective.

The simple approach I created for her and present now to you is not only easy to understand and implement, it is more powerful than any other.

Together we'll explore:

•Debt: why you must avoid it and what to do if you have it
•The importance of having f-you money
•How to think about money, and the unique way understanding this is key to building your wealth
•Where traditional investing advice goes wrong and what actually works
•What the stock market really is and how it really works
•Why the stock market always goes up and why most people still lose money investing in it
•How to invest in a raging bull or bear market
Specific investments to implement these strategies
•The Wealth Building and Wealth Preservation phases of your investing life and why they are not always tied to your age
•How your asset allocation is tied to those phases and how to choose it
•How to simplify the sometimes confusing world of 401(k), 403(b), TSP, IRA, and Roth accounts
TRFs (target retirement funds), HSAs (health savings accounts), and RMDs (required minimum distributions)
•What investment firm to use and why the one I recommend is so far superior to the competition
•Why you should be very cautious when engaging an investment advisor and whether you need to at all
•Why and how you can be conned, and how to avoid becoming prey
•Why I don't recommend dollar cost averaging
•What financial independence looks like and how to have your money support you
•What the Four Percent Rule is and how to use it to safely spend your wealth
•The truth behind Social Security
•A case study on how this all can be implemented in real life]]> 286 JL Collins feyza 0 4.43 2016
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]]> 9793361
This updated edition of the international bestseller distils into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models used on MBA courses, and elsewhere, that will help you tackle these important questions - from the well known (the Eisenhower matrix for time management) to the less familiar but equally useful (the Swiss Cheese model). It will even show you how to remember everything you will have learned by the end of it.

Stylish and compact, this little black book is a powerful asset. Whether you need to plot a presentation, assess someone's business idea or get to know yourself better, this unique guide will help you simplify any problem and take steps towards the right decision.]]> 174 Mikael Krogerus feyza 0 öncelik, cosy_germany 3.58 2011
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]]> 40796210 185 P. Craig Russell 0544157885 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.25 2019
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]]> 45720680 256 Graham Lawton 6052958065 feyza 0 to-read 4.49
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]]> 3272165
We are obsessed with our health. And yet—from the media's "world-expert microbiologist" with a mail-order Ph.D. in his garden shed laboratory, via multiple health scares and miracle cures, to the million-pound trial that Durham Council now denies ever existed—we are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory and sometimes even misleading information. Until now.

Ben Goldacre masterfully dismantles the dodgy science behind some of the great drug trials, court cases and missed opportunities of our time, but he also goes further: out of the bullshit, he shows us the fascinating story of how we know what we know, and gives us the tools to uncover bad science for ourselves.]]> 338 Ben Goldacre 0007240198 feyza 0 to-read 4.05 2008
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]]> 60690713 From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens, comes an exciting, brand-new illustrated book for middle-grade readers that looks at the early history of humankind.

Even though we'll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark, humans are pretty impressive--and we're the most dominant species on the planet. So how exactly did we become "unstoppable"?

The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story.

From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon, prepare to uncover the secrets and superpowers of how we evolved from our first appearances millions of years ago.

Acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari has expertly crafted an extraordinary story of how humans learned to not only survive but also thrive on Earth, complete with maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations that bring his dynamic, unputdownable writing to life.]]> 208 Yuval Noah Harari 0593643461 feyza 0 to-read 4.30 2022
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]]> 182484331
Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established? How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other?

And why isn’t the world fair?

The answer to all of that is one of the strangest tales you’ll ever hear. And it’s a true story!

From cultivating land and sharing resources to building pyramids and paying taxes, prepare to discover how humans established civilization, endured the consequences for it, and created history-changing inventions along the way.

In Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World , acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari explored the early history of humankind. In Volume 2 , he is back with another expertly crafted story of how human society evolved and flourished. His dynamic writing is accompanied by maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations, making the incredible story of our past fun, engaging, and impossible to put down.]]> 208 Yuval Noah Harari 0593711521 feyza 0 to-read 4.34
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]]> 33598223 The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter��

The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.�� This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel’s DNA. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, protecting the nation from harm has been the responsibility of its intelligence community and armed services, and there is one weapon in their vast arsenal that they have relied upon to thwart the most serious threats: Targeted assassinations have been used countless times, on enemies large and small, sometimes in response to attacks against the Israeli people and sometimes preemptively. In this page-turning, eye-opening book, journalist and military analyst Ronen Bergman offers a riveting inside account of the targeted killing programs—their successes, their failures, and the moral and political price exacted on the men and women who approved and carried out the missions.

Bergman has gained the exceedingly rare cooperation of many current and former members of the Israeli government, including Prime Ministers Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as high-level figures in the country’s military and intelligence services: the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), the Mossad (the world’s most feared intelligence agency), Caesarea (a “Mossad within the Mossad�� that carries out attacks on the highest-value targets), and the Shin Bet (an internal security service that implemented the largest targeted assassination campaign ever, in order to stop what had once appeared to be unstoppable: suicide terrorism).

Including never-before-reported, behind-the-curtain accounts of key operations, and based on hundreds of on-the-record interviews and thousands of files to which Bergman has gotten exclusive access over his decades of reporting, Rise and Kill First brings us deep into the heart of Israel’s most secret activities. Bergman traces, from statehood to the present, the gripping events and thorny ethical questions underlying Israel’s targeted killing campaign, which has shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the entire world.]]> 784 Ronen Bergman 1400069718 feyza 0 to-read 4.40 2018
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]]> 215146833
Bazı başarılı kadınların arkasında ahlakçı ve ikiyüzlü bir toplum vardır.

Bazı başarılı kadınların arkasında ona bakıp kendini öven bir narsist vardır.

Bazı başarılı kadınların arkasında nefesi o yola yetmeyen bir ödlek vardır.

Bazı başarılı kadınların arkasında “Onun elinden ben tuttum,�� diyen bir zevzek vardır.

Her başarılı kadının arkasında düpedüz, yüzde yüz kendisi vardır.

Evrim Kuran, yıllardır araştırmalar yürüten, elde ettiği bulgularla toplumu analiz eden, anlamak ve anlatmak için emek harcayan bir araştırmacı. Ancak bu kitabı için araştırma yaparken görüştüğü binlerce isme ek olarak, listede bir isim daha var: Kendisi.

Eğitim seviyesi, kariyeri, kültürü, başarısı arttıkça “yetersiz biri olduğu”na daha çok ikna olan ve her an “foyası ortaya çıkacakmış�� gibi hisseden insanları tanımlamak için kullanılıyor impostor olgusu. Üstelik bu çağda, gittikçe daha fazla eğitimli, nitelikli insan kendini yetersiz hissediyor çünkü hayatın hızı ve bizden talep ettikleri de giderek artıyor.

Fakat Türkiye’de ne oluyor da, bir impostor araştırması için yapılan çağrıya 3000 kadın başvururken aynı çağrıya yalnızca 300 erkek dönüş yapıyor? Başka bir deyişle, Türkiye’de neden kadınlar kendini yetersiz bulmaya daha meyilli? Kadınların çocukken ailede, sonra toplumda, işyerlerinde yaşadığı hangi deneyimler onları bu noktaya getiriyor?

Evrim Kuran, Başarılı Bir Kadın Olduğum İçin Özür Dilerim’de işte bu sorunun peşine düşüyor. Büyük bir cesaretle, kendi impostor sendromunu da yansıtarak, tüm şeffaflığıyla yaşadıklarını satırlara aktararak bize kendimizi anlamamız yolunda yoldaşlık ediyor.

Kendi kendisini var eden, etmiş, edecek tüm kadınlara…]]> 128 Evrim Kuran 625637794X feyza 0 feminism 4.07 2024
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]]> 24512606
Kitap, risk yatırımı destekli şirketleşme modelini küresel ölçeklerdeki şirket örnekleriyle sunuyor ve adım adım, okuyucuyu fikir bulmaktan şirket büyütmeye götürüyor. Geçmişten gelen yenilik dalgalarıyla ortaya çıkan ihtiyacı ve kurulan şirketleri, gelecek yenilik dalgalarını, girişimcilerin yatırım almak için, şirket kurmadan önce ve kurduktan sonra yapmaları gerekenleri anlatıyor. Silikon Vadisi dışındaki girişim ve teknoloji merkezlerini ve Silikon Vadisi modelinden fayda sağlayan ülkeleri inceliyor. Risk yatırımcılığının ülke ekonomisine katkısını ve Türkiye’deki durumu anlatıyor. Kitap girişimci üniversite, girişimci şehir ve girişimci ekonomi kavramlarını tartışmaya açan bir son söz ve girişimcilik üzerine yazılmış önemli kitapların listesi, belli başlı risk yatırım firmalarının tanımı ve bir terimler sözlüğüyle bitiyor.]]> 400 Mustafa Ergen 6055250403 feyza 0 business 4.67 2015
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]]> 52523856 122 Derek Sivers feyza 0 to-read 4.18 2020
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“Korktuk. Dünya nimetlerinden vazgeçip, manastırlara kapanan biz rahiplerin, meğerse yitirecek ne kadar da çok şeyi varmış! Başkalarına sadece Tanrı’dan korktuğumuzu söyleyip gerçekte kendi gölgemizden korktuk! Başkalarına ‘devotus Deo�� olduğumuzu söyleyip, kendimizi nelere nelere adadık! Kendimizin ‘servus Dei�� olduğunu ilân edip, kimlere kimlere hizmet ettik! Manastırlarımızın kapısına ‘non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege�� yazıp, kimlere kimlere itaat ettik!”]]> 128 Perfectus Belaslatinas 605298807X feyza 0 to-read 4.50
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]]> 230247954
Şimdi Buradaydı, her sayfasında yeni soruların ve ihtimallerin ortaya çıktığı, son sayfasına kadar sürekli yükselen bir merak ve şaşkınlıkla ilerleyen bir roman. Bir cinayeti önleme sezgisiyle hareket eden Psikiyatrist Birkan, tehlikeli bulduğu hastasını dikkatle izlemektedir. Hatırlamalar ve soru cevaplar eşliğinde seanslar akıp giderken birbirine geçen olaylar, mekânlar, kayıplar; anneler babalar ve sevgililer; tutkular ve hesaplaşmalar boy gösterir. İpuçları, işlenmiş suçları mı yoksa işlenecek olanları mı göstermektedir?

Her romanında yeni bir tarz, yeni bir teknik, yeni bir atmosferle karşımıza çıkan ödüllü yazar Irmak Zileli, soluksuz ilerleyen bu yeni romanında okurunu hızla dönen bir çarkın içinde tutuyor.

Başrol bir tanedir bence. Her zaman. O öyle paylaşılabilecek bir şey değil. İyi, Kötü, Çirkin denince Clint Eastwood gelir akla. Ne oluyordu sonunda, onu unuttum. Birbirlerini mi öldürüyorlardı? En sonunda canlı kalan kimse odur işte başrol. Bu da bir kriter yani.]]> 184 Irmak Zileli 6253694006 feyza 0 to-read 4.17
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]]> 24178 Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This high-quality paperback features vibrant illustrations colorized by Rosemary Wells!

Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.

E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. This edition contains newly color illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books.]]> 184 E.B. White 0064410935 feyza 0 cosy 4.20 1952
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]]> 40766383 Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us.

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers the years before Gilead, when she was an independent woman who had a job, a family, and a name of her own. Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion.

Provocative, startling, prophetic, The Handmaid's Tale has long been a global phenomenon. With this stunning graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwood's modern classic, beautifully realized by artist Renee Nault, the terrifying reality of Gilead has been brought to vivid life like never before.]]> 240 Renée Nault 038553924X feyza 0 comics 4.21 2019
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]]> 6436072 176 John McGrath 9792220259 feyza 0 to-read 3.64 2000
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]]> 41800959 238 Bharath Ramsundar 1492039837 feyza 0 to-read 3.82
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]]> 223758801 231 Tong Xiao feyza 0 to-read 0.0
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]]> 24381147
Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who’s with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you're unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. Google knows what you’re thinking because it saves your private searches. Facebook can determine your sexual orientation without you ever mentioning it.

The powers that surveil us do more than simply store this information. Corporations use surveillance to manipulate not only the news articles and advertisements we each see, but also the prices we’re offered. Governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, chill free speech, and put people in danger worldwide. And both sides share this information with each other or, even worse, lose it to cybercriminals in huge data breaches.

Much of this is we cooperate with corporate surveillance because it promises us convenience, and we submit to government surveillance because it promises us protection. The result is a mass surveillance society of our own making. But have we given up more than we’ve gained? In Data and Goliath, security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. He brings his bestseller up-to-date with a new preface covering the latest developments, and then shows us exactly what we can do to reform government surveillance programs, shake up surveillance-based business models, and protect our individual privacy. You'll never look at your phone, your computer, your credit cards, or even your car in the same way again.]]> 398 Bruce Schneier 0393244822 feyza 0 to-read 4.09 2015
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]]> 998024 100 Étienne de La Boétie 1551640880 feyza 0 to-read, öncelik 4.05 1549
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]]> 58139464
Asalak avcı-toplayıcı geçim biçimi yaşanan dönemlerde yaşamsal sorunlarına (açlık, üreme, yaşar-kalma) doyurucu çözümler üretmeye yeterli olmayan ilkel kültürlü topluluk insanının, "gerçeklik dünyasında" çözemediği sorunlarına, "analoji mantığı" ekseninde döndürdüğü "sihirsel düşünüş ve kültür" ile çözme umuduna kapılışı betimlenmekte. Bu yolda arkeolojik ve antropolojik veriler izle-nerek, tutumu şöyle yansıtılmakta: "Düşmanına diş geçiremeyen kuklasına şiş geçirir" ve "insan simgelerle savaşır, simgelerle sevişir!"

Uygar toplum (kentli, katmanlı, devletli, eşitsizlikçi toplumlar) dönemi üstyapısının, "tümdengelim mantığı" temeline dayandırılan inançlarla örüldüğü belirtilmekte. İnsanın ve toplumun kendisini "bilen ve bildiğini bilen tek gerçek özne" yapan özelliğinin, gerçekliği bilme ve onu kendi bireysel ve topluluğunun "kolektif eylemi" ile değiştirebilme yetilerinin yadsınıp elinden alınarak "Rab" (Efendi) denen sanal aşkınöznelere sunulmasıyla kul/köle konumuna düşürülmesinde kullanı-lan "dinsel ideolojinin işlevi" üzerinde odaklanılmakta. Bu noktada, insan anlayışında, insanlığın ilk sınıflı uygar toplumlarının görüldüğü Mezopotamya'da Sümer/Babil Yaratılış Mitosu içinde, insanın "tanrılara" hizmet/kulluk etmesi amacıyla ve "balçıktan" (Tevrat, Yaratılış, 1:27; Kur'an, Secde: 9) yaratılışı inancına demir atıldığı gösterilmekte. Bu yaratılış inancının imparatorluk ideolojisi işlevi görecek Tektanrıcılığa, olduğu gibi, biçimi (balçıktan yaratılma) ve içeriği (tanrılara/tanrıya kulluk etmesi amacı) ile kopyalanarak geçirilişi ortaya konmakta.

Kitabın sonuna koyduğu EK içinde yazarın "Bilimsel Düşünüş Yöntemine Bir Katkı Denmesi" de bulunuyor.]]> 378 Alaeddin Şenel 975533954X feyza 0 to-read 3.33
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]]> 583766 Originally published in 1975 and reprinted more than twenty times over a quarter century -- and now available for the first time from Dorset House Publishing -- the text uses clear writing and basic algebraic principles to explore new approaches to projects, products, organizations, and virtually any kind of system.

Scientists, engineers, organization leaders, managers, doctors, students, and thinkers of all disciplines can use this book to dispel the mental fog that clouds problem-solving. As author Gerald M. Weinberg writes in the new preface to the Silver Anniversary Edition, "I haven’t changed my conviction that most people don’t think nearly as well as they could had they been taught some principles of thinking.��

Now an award-winning author of nearly forty books spanning the entire software development life cycle, Weinberg had already acquired extensive experience as a programmer, manager, university professor, and consultant when this book was originally published.

With helpful illustrations, numerous end-of-chapter exercises, and an appendix on a mathematical notation used in problem-solving, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking may be your most powerful tool in working with problems, systems, and solutions.]]> 320 Gerald M. Weinberg 0932633498 feyza 0 to-read 3.97 1975
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]]> 26089423 264 David Peter Stroh 160358580X feyza 0 to-read 3.74 2015
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]]> 236023 688 Michael Quinn Patton 0761919716 feyza 0 to-read 3.99 1980
author: Michael Quinn Patton
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]]> 396931 Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism and an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history

The Origins of Totalitarianism begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. Arendt explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time—Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia—which she adroitly recognizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. From this vantage point, she discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotalitarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination.]]> 527 Hannah Arendt feyza 0 politics 4.30 1951
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]]> 17402627 Gülüyoruz, ama canımızı acıtıyor gülmek.

Bütün renklerden gülüyoruz, bir de siyah, simsiyah bir
gülüşümüz var. Andre Breton, Kara Mizahı "aydın kişinin
tek
lüksü" sayıyor.

Hayatında başka hiçbir lükse yer açmamış insanlar için
bu sert, amansız söz yağmuru önemli bir sığınak.]]> 293 Enis Batur feyza 0 to-read 3.95 2005
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]]> 49230011
Bunların hepsini tek bir formüle sokmak isteyen ise delidolu bir teorisyen olurdu. Buna rağmen, mizah, basitçe, şiirde olduğundan daha fazlası değildir, bir bilmece değildir. Niçin gülüştüğümüz hakkında nispeten inandırıcı ve mantıklı bir şey söylemek mümkündür, gerçi bu sayfalarda böyle yapıp yapmadığımı yargılamak okura bağlıdır.

Terry Eagleton]]> 160 Terry Eagleton 6053144193 feyza 0 to-read 3.34 2019
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]]> 9745641
For example, why is it that 95% of all diet attempts fail? Why do New Year's Resolutions last no more than a few days? Why can't people with good intentions seem to make consistent and positive strides in the way they want to improve their careers, financial fitness, physical fitness, and so on?

Based upon the latest research in a number of psychological and medical fields, the authors of CHANGE ANYTHING will show that traditional will-power is not necessarily the answer to these strivings, that people are affected in their behaviors by far more subtle influences. CHANGE ANYTHING shows how individuals can come to understand these powerful and influential forces, and how to put these forces to work in a positive manner that brings real and meaningful results.

The authors present an array of everyday examples that will change and truly empower you to reexamine the way you go about your business and life.]]> 262 Kerry Patterson 0446573914 feyza 0 to-read 3.88 2011
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]]> 168962 Crucial Conversations show you how to achieve personal, team, and organizational success by healing broken promises, resolving violated expectations, and influencing good behavior.

Behind the problems that routinely plague organizations and families, you'll find individuals who are either unwilling or unable to deal with failed promises. Others have broken rules, missed deadlines, failed to live up to commitments, or just plain behaved badly—and nobody steps up to the issue. Or they do, but do a lousy job and create a whole new set of problems. Accountability suffers and new problems spring up. New research demonstrates that these disappointments aren't just irritating, they're costly—sapping organizational performance by twenty to fifty percent and accounting for up to ninety percent of divorces.

Crucial Confrontations teaches skills drawn from 10,000 hours of real-life observations to increase confidence in facing issues like:

- An employee speaks to you in an insulting tone that crosses the line between sarcasm and insubordination. Now what?
- Your boss just committed you to a deadline you know you can't meet—and not-so-subtly hinted he doesn't want to hear complaints about it.
- Your son walks through the door sporting colorful new body art that raises your blood pressure by forty points. Speak now, pay later.
- An accountant wonders how to step up to a client who is violating the law. Can you spell unemployment?
- Family members fret over how to tell granddad that he should no longer drive his car. This is going to get ugly.
- A nurse worries about what to say to an abusive physician. She quickly remembers "how things work around here" and decides not to say anything.

Everyone knows how to run for cover, or if adequately provoked, step up to these confrontations in a way that causes a real ruckus. That we have down pat. Crucial Confrontations teaches you how to deal with violated expectations in a way that solves the problem at hand, and doesn't harm the relationship—and in fact, even strengthens it.

Crucial Confrontations borrows from twenty years of research involving two groups. More than 25,000 people helped the authors identify those who were most influential during crucial confrontations. They spent 10,000 hours watching these people, documented what they saw, and then trained and tested with more than 300,000 people. Second, they measured the impact of crucial confrontations improvements on organizational and team performance—the results were immediate and sustainable: twenty to fifty percent improvements in measurable performance.]]> 280 Kerry Patterson 0071446524 feyza 0 to-read 4.06 2004
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]]> 914211
- Identify a handful of high-leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change.
- Apply strategies for changing both thoughts and actions.
- Marshall six sources of influence to make change inevitable.

Influencer takes you on a fascinating journey from San Francisco to Thailand where you'll see how seemingly “insignificant�� people are making incredibly significant improvements in solving problems others would think impossible. You'll learn how savvy folks make change not only achievable and sustainable, but inevitable. You'll discover why some managers have increased productivity repeatedly and significantly-while others have failed miserably.]]> 288 Kerry Patterson 007148499X feyza 0 to-read 4.00 2007
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]]> 15014
When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. Crucial Conversations gives you the tools you need to step up to life's most difficult and important conversations, say what's on your mind, and achieve the positive resolutions you want. You'll learn how to:

Prepare for high-impact situations with a six-minute mastery technique
Make it safe to talk about almost anything
Be persuasive, not abrasive
Keep listening when others blow up or clam up
Turn crucial conversations into the action and results you want]]> 240 Kerry Patterson 0071401946 feyza 0 to-read 4.04 2002
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]]> 103592 The international bestseller �� don't compete without it! A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneauvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and gambling. It outlines the basics of good strategy making and then shows how you can apply them in any area of your life.

]]> 393 Avinash K. Dixit 0393310353 feyza 0 to-read 3.87 1991
author: Avinash K. Dixit
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]]> 35249663 Автор делится собственным опытом и техниками, используемыми в работе с самыми известными компаниями в области высоких технологий. Вы узнаете, как ведущие мировые корпорации создают свои лучшие продукты и каким образом можно использовать их опыт.
Книга помогает усвоить главное: как бы хороша ни была ваша команда разработчиков - это не имеет значения, если ей не дают работать над тем, что достойно разработки. Совсем недостаточно просто хорошо трудиться, проектируя продукт. Важно убедиться в том, что этот продукт полезен, удобен в использовании, и его можно воплотить в жизнь.
Книга адресована руководителям и собственникам компаний, ведущим инженерам и дизайнерам, разработчикам программных продуктов - всем, кто принимает участие в процессе управления продуктом и создания того, в чем люди действительно будут нуждаться.
Благодаря информации, собранной в книге, менеджеры по маркетингу продукта и руководители проектов различных отделов производственной организации научатся правильно определять, что именно хотят получить покупатели.
Издание станет полезным для команд разработчиков, занимающихся запуском новых проектов. Методы, представленные в книге, позволят вам создавать абсолютно новые продукты-хиты или совершенствовать уже существующие товары.]]> 349 Marty Cagan 1119387507 feyza 0 to-read 4.22 2008
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]]> 22486 434 Daron Acemoğlu 0521855268 feyza 0 politics 3.96 2001
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]]> 52106812
Comprehensive coverage of the full spectrum of political systems enhances students' understanding of the relevance of contemporary global trends, including the nature of democratic backsliding and authoritarian resurgence, the rise of populism and identity politics, and the impact of cultural and socio-economic drivers of democracy. Each chapter features a broad range of case studies complemented by boxes that illustrate key terms, ensuring relevant research is translated in a clear, engaging format for students.

This text is supported by a range of online resources, to encourage deeper engagement with the subject matter.

For Regular updates to supplement the text, ensuring students are fully informed of real-time developments in the field

For In-class assignments to reinforce key concepts and facilitate deeper, critical engagement with key topics]]> 376 Natasha Lindstaedt 019882081X feyza 0 politics 4.20
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]]> 6689 176 Roald Dahl 0375814248 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.04 1961
author: Roald Dahl
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> 17164006 “The Trunchbull�� is no match for Matilda!

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian, and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No. 1 Storyteller.

Sir Quentin Blake is a well-known artist whose work has made him popular on both sides of the Atlantic. He has illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books as well as many others.]]> 244 Roald Dahl 9750707818 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.56 1988
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]]> 9585441 Librarian Note: Hardcover Edition �� 9789944880992.

Dostoyevski, yaşamının son yıllarında başyapıtı Karamazov Kardeşler'i tamamladığında, Rus yazınında 'felsefe düzeyinde roman-tragedya denen türün de temelini attığının bilincinde değildi. Dostoyevski'nin yaşam birikiminin tümünü ve sanat gücünün doruğunu içeren bu roman, gerçekte insanı insan yapan ne varsa, onlara adanmış bir destan niteliğini taşır. Yazar, hiçbir romanında "Karamazov Kardeşler"de olduğu denli insan ruhuna inmemiş, insanoğlunu bu denli kesitler biçiminde, içgüdülerinin ve istencinin tüm görünümüyle sergilenmiştir. Bir aileyi konu alan ve bir felaketler zinciri olarak gelişen olay örgüsü, bireysel öğelerin yanı sıra, ondokuzuncu yüzyılın ikinci yarısındaki Rus toplumunu da geçirdiği sarsıntıların tümüyle, dünya edebiyatında bir eşi daha bulunmayan bir sanat aynasından yansıtır.]]> 1025 Fyodor Dostoevsky feyza 0 4.64 1880
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]]> 11084145 630 Walter Isaacson 1451648537 feyza 0 4.15 2011
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]]> 27871290 572 Victor Hugo 6053320102 feyza 0 4.36 1831
author: Victor Hugo
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]]> 13112014 Nitekim, elinizdeki kitapta Yüzbaşı'nın Kızı'ndan Byelkin Öyküleri ve Erzurum Yolculuğu'na bu önemli anlatıcının tüm öykü ve romanları zamandizinsel sıralamayla birarada okura sunulmaktadır.

Ataol Behramoğlu (1942): Şiirimizin son 40 yılındaki en önemli toplumsalcı ozanlardan biri olmanın yanı sıra, Puşkin'den Çehov'a, Lermontov ve Turgenyev'den Çağdaş Rus Şiiri Antolojisi'ne çeviri edebiyatımızın da en yetkin adlarından biridir.]]> 562 Alexander Pushkin 9754588007 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.08 1828
author: Alexander Pushkin
name: feyza
average rating: 4.08
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]]> 2905845
Yüzüklerin Efendisi son yüzyılın en çok okunan yüz kitabı arasında en başta geliyor; bilimkurgu, fantezi, polisiye, çoksatar ya da ana akım demeden, tüm edebiyat türleri arasında tartışmasız bir önderliğe sahip. Bir açıdan bakarsanız bir fantezi romanı, başka bir açıdan baktığınızda, insanlık durumu, sorumluluk, iktidar ve savaş üzerine bir roman. Bir yolculuk, bir büyüme öyküsü; fedakârlık ve dostluk üzerine, hırs ve ihanet üzerine bir roman.

Frodo, Pippin, Merry ve Sam, Gandalf ve Aragorn, hepsine hükmedecek Tek Yüzük'le gölgeler içindeki Mordor'a doğru yola çıkacaklar, Yüzüklerin Efendisi'nin ilk kısmı Yüzük Kardeşliği'nde. Peşlerinde ise Karanlıklar Efendisi Sauron'un Kara Süvarileri ve öykünün sonuna kadar bizden ayrılmayacak olan Gollum...]]> 520 J.R.R. Tolkien 9753425988 feyza 0 4.73 1954
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]]> 55277425 �� Robert Heinlein

�� Safsata bilgisi sizi neden daha mutsuz edecek? (veya: “Bu kitabı niye okumamalısınız?��)
�� Hangi safsataların Latincesi size ortamlarda puan kazandırır? (veya: “Niçin bu kitabı okumuş gibi yapmalısınız?��)
�� Ad hominem nedir hepimiz öğrensek, Demokrasi Endeksi'nde 36 sıra atlayıp Papua Yeni Gine’ye yetişir miyiz? Almanya kıskançlığından ne yapacağını şaşırıp bir dünya savaşı daha başlatır mı?
�� Neden bizden bir “Devlet��, bir “Retorik��, bir “Organon�� çıkmamış?
�� Yunan bu işlere 2300 sene önce başladıysa, niye bugün Mars'ta sirtaki yapmıyor, yerçekimsiz ortamda tabak çanak kırmıyor?
�� İnsanlık Mars kolonisinden bahsedecek kadar ilerlemişken, insan niye binlerce yıldır yerinde sayıyor?
�� En son ne zaman bir tartışma sonucu temel bir inancınızı değiştirdiniz?
�� Akıl yürütme, davranışlarınızın başlangıcı mıdır sonu mu?
�� Zihninizin sürücü koltuğunda mısınız, yolcu koltuğunda mı? Bagajda kilitli misiniz -metafordan çıkamıyorum, yardım edin- yoksa olan biteni yan şeritteki tıka basa dolu otobüsten mi izliyorsunuz?
�� Bonus: Sizi bu kitabı almaya ikna edemeyeceksem, ne diye akıl yürütme hakkında kitap yazayım?

Mantık, inanç, tartışma, özgür irade, evrimsel psikoloji, grup dinamikleri, retorik, öykücülük, aşk, şehvet, intikam�� Reytingler için gereken ne varsa hepsini içeren bu geniş coğrafyaya safsata kapısından girmeyi deneyen ilk kişi ben değilim elbette. Aristo denen bir genç hepimizden evvel davranmış. Lakin bizim içeri girince yapacaklarımız biraz farklı.

Kendimizi akıllı sanıyoruz ama bizi sürekli batıla, ezbere, sloganlara, kutuplaşmaya, kalabalığın aptallaştırıcı huzuruna çeken bir yanımız var. Amacım "memleketi kurtarmak" veya içinizdeki o maymundan bir übermensch yaratmak değil. Bu kitabın asıl amacı, Delfi’deki Apollon Tapınağı’na 2500 sene önce kazınmış o meşhur öğüdü yerine getirmek:

"Taşa oturma!

P.S.: Kendini de tanı biraz."]]> 511 Immanuel Tolstoyevski 6051737693 feyza 0 4.11 2020
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]]> 8157140 479 Nikolai Gogol 9944889865 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.05 1842
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]]> 1303 Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control �� from the author of The Laws of Human Nature.

In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling�� and “fascinating,�� Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.

Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master��), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness��), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally��). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.]]> 452 Robert Greene 0140280197 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.11 1998
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]]> 61215372
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The Two Towers is the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin—alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 448 J.R.R. Tolkien feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.60 1954
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]]> 38485991 An all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking in the popular "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe" podcast's dryly humorous, accessible style.

It's intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths, deception, and flawed knowledge. There really are no ultimate authority figures-no one has the secret and there is no place to look up the definitive answers to our questions (not even Google). But, by thinking skeptically and logically, we can combat sloppy reasoning, bad arguments and superstitious thinking. It's difficult, and takes a lot of vigilance, but it's worth the effort.

In this tie-in to their incredibly popular "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe" podcast, Steven Novella, MD along with "Skeptical Rogues" Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella, and Evan Bernstein will explain the tenets of skeptical thinking and debunk some of the biggest scientific myths, fallacies and conspiracy theories (Anti-vaccines, homeopathy, UFO sightings, etc.) They'll help us try to make sense of what seems like an increasingly crazy world using powerful tools like science and philosophy. THE SKEPTICS' GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE is your guide through this maze of modern life. It covers essential critical thinking skills, as well as giving insight into how your brain works and how to avoid common pitfalls in thinking. They discuss the difference between science and pseudoscience, how to recognize common science news tropes, how to discuss conspiracy theories with that crazy coworker of yours, and how to apply all of this to everyday life.

So, are you ready to join them on an epic scientific quest, one that has taken us from huddling in dark caves to stepping foot on the Moon? (Yes, we really did that.) Like all adventures, this one is foremost a journey of self discovery. The monsters you will slay and challenges you will face are mostly constructs of your own mind. With the SKEPTIC'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE, we can do this together.]]> 448 Steven Novella feyza 0 4.38 2018
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]]> 61215384
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor.

To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo’s time is running out.

Will Sam and Frodo succeed, or will the Dark Lord rule Middle-earth once more?]]> 432 J.R.R. Tolkien feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.67 1955
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]]> 14743911 Librarian Note: Hardcover Edition �� 9789944882569.

Kırk iki yıllık gözden uzak ve sade yaşantısına karşın yazdıklarıyla İngiliz edebiyat tarihinin bir kült romancısı olmayı başardı. Eserlerinde güçlü kadın karakterleri başkahramanlar olarak yer aldı. Bütün romanları sinemaya uyarlanan Jane Austen, Akıl ve Tutkuda aile değerleri ve akrabalık ilişkileri ile kadın duyarlığı ve aşkı ele alır. Bu romanda da Jane Austenın derin gözlemi, zarif üslubu ve ince ironisi eserin konusu kadar dikkat çekicidir.]]> 392 Jane Austen 9944882550 feyza 0 cosy_germany 3.93 1811
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]]> 23078517 392 Plato 9754587175 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.11 -400
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]]> 60098377
İşte Ezbere Yaşayanlar, bir türlü vazgeçemediğimiz alışkanlıklarımızın tarihî arka planıyla birlikte antropolojik, sosyolojik ve psikolojik kökenlerini irdeliyor.

Bizim gibi olmayanlara neden tahammül edemiyor, yabancıdan ve farklıdan neden korkuyoruz? İnsanları niçin konuşma tarzına göre yargılıyor, argo kullananlara ya da aksanlı konuşanlara niçin yukarıdan bakıyoruz? Şu rasyonalite çağında neden hediye alıyoruz ve birbirimize bir şeyler ısmarlıyoruz? Niçin dedikodu yapmaktan vazgeçemiyoruz? Son elli yılda birçok hak edindikleri halde kadınlar neden erkeklerden farklı meslekler tercih etmekte ısrar ediyor? Bunca bilimsel gelişmeye rağmen neden hâlâ fala ve büyüye inanıyoruz?

Yukarıdaki sorulara cevap ararken anekdot denizinde boğulmadan diyardan diyara koşup çağdan çağa savrulacağız. Taş Çağı'ndan modern zamanlara, Kalahari Çölü'nden Trobriand Adaları'na, Güney Sudan'dan Alp Dağları'na, Çin'den Aztek diyarlarına keyifli bir yolculuğa çıkmaya, Evliya Çelebi'den Torquemada'ya, James Cook'tan Şamhat'a, Kraliçe Njinga'dan İmparatoriçe İrene'ye, konuşan şempanzelerden Akıllı At Hans'a, yamyamlardan hadımlara birçok ilginç karakterle tanışmaya hazır mısınız?

Ezbere Yaşayanlar'da iki yüz bin yıllık insanlık mirasının ortaya koyduğu birbirinden değişik toplum ve kültüre yönelerek davranışlarımızı şekillendiren ana etmenleri inceleyecek; kültürle biyoloji, geçmişle gelecek, gelenekle yenilik arasındaki çekişmeyi merkeze alarak, şartların alışkanlıklarımızı ne noktaya kadar değiştirebildiğini tetkik edecek ve doğamıza ne kadar hükmedebildiğimizi göreceğiz.]]> 379 Emrah Safa Gürkan 6258431135 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.19 2022
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]]> 21941574 Deniz Kurdu ile devam ediyoruz. Varlıklı bir aileden gelen Humphrey Van Weyden, geçirdiği deniz kazasının ardından Hayalet adlı uskunanın kaptanı Wolf Larsen tarafından kurtarılır. Barışçıl bir "beyefendi" olarak, iradesi dışında Larsen'in hizmetine girmesiyle kendini şiddet dolu "gerçek dünya"da bulacak; bu deneyim onu elitist bir entelektüelden, cesur bir eylem adamına dönüştürecektir. Van Weyden'la Larsen arasındaki çatışma, yalnızca zayıf olanın ezildiği bir dövüş değil, bir fikir savaşıdır aynı zamanda. Hayatı "kutsal" olarak gören Van Weyden'ın idealizmiyle, var olmak dışında bir kaygı taşımayan Wolf Larsen'in materyalizmi arasındaki karşıtlık roman boyunca yinelenirken, Deniz Kurdu'nu farklı düzeylerde okunabilecek bir yapıt haline getirir. Ancak, London'ın en büyük başarısı hiç kuşkusuz ustalıkla geliştirip ete kemiğe büründürdüğü unutulmaz Wolf Larsen karakteridir. Nietzsche'nin "üstinsan" kavramını anıştıran Wolf Larsen, Ambrose Bierce'in de dikkat çektiği gibi, bir yazarın yaratabileceği en muazzam karakterlerden biridir...]]> 376 Jack London feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.24 1904
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> 117833 The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.]]> 372 Mikhail Bulgakov 0679760806 feyza 0 4.31 1967
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]]> 12778416
Zweig, Kendileriyle Savaşanlar'da yaratıcılık serüveni, anlaşılma sorunu ve sanatçının çevresine karşı tutumunu gerçeğe bağlılıktan ayrılmadan, derin bir duyarlılıkla işlemiştir.]]> 352 Stefan Zweig 6053603562 feyza 0 cosy_germany 3.93 1925
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> 23687574
Jack London'ın korkunç San Quentin'de beş yılını geçiren arkadaşı Ed Morrell'dan esinlenerek yazdığı Yıldız Gezgini'nin anlatıcısının her bir geçmiş yaşam deneyimi, bağımsız birer öykü olarak da okunabilir. London bu en özgün yapıtında, astral seyahat ve yeniden doğuş çevrimi üzerine kafa yorar. Ancak insanlık durumunun bu dirayetli gözlemcisinin asıl derdi, ABD'nin gaddar ve çürümüş hapishane sistemini gözler önüne sermektir.]]> 340 Jack London 6053322865 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.12 1914
author: Jack London
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> 25851246 336 Jack London 6053607940 feyza 0 cosy_germany 3.95 1908
author: Jack London
name: feyza
average rating: 3.95
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]]> 2956 327 Mark Twain 0142437174 feyza 0 cosy_germany 3.82 1884
author: Mark Twain
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X feyza 0 4.15 1985
author: Margaret Atwood
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]]> 55945428
Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, sadece konunun uzmanları ve öğrenciler için değil, yaşadığı dünyaya dair daha derin bir kavrayış geliştirmek isteyen herkes için kaynak niteliğinde bir kitap.]]> 288 Alexander Moseley 6050678111 feyza 0 4.00 2007
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]]> 6334 288 Kazuo Ishiguro 1400078776 feyza 0 3.85 2005
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]]> 48855
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe�� of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
--back cover]]> 283 Anne Frank feyza 0 4.19 1947
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]]> 16112382 Beyaz Diş'tir. Vahşetin Çağrısı'na kendini bırakmış bir annenin yavrusu Beyaz Diş'in diyarıdır anlatılan. Onun hayranlık uyandırıcı zekâsı ve içgüdüleriyle kendini var edişinin ve "insan tanrılar��"n yaşamına geri dönüşünün enfes hikâyesi…]]> 264 Jack London 605360013X feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.37 1906
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average rating: 4.37
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]]> 30233191
Twain, iyi kalpli, ancak her daim haylazlık peşindeki Tom ve arkadaşlarının maceralarını gerçekçi bir dille aktarırken, alışılmış terbiyeli ve örnek çocuk imgesini de yıkar. Yapıtın kuşaklar boyu her yaştan okura hitap etmesinin sırrı, belki de çocuk aklının nasıl işlediğini bize hatırlatmasında; yetişkin dünyasından ansızın çocukluğa ışınlanmanın paha biçilmez değerinde yatar.]]> 264 Mark Twain feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.00 1876
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]]> 38890856 251 Italo Calvino 9750813812 feyza 0 4.06 1979
author: Italo Calvino
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]]> 36262486 Alternatif kapaklı versiyon için ��ı�������ı��.

Mary Shelley yaşadığı dönem, bulunduğu çevre ve geldiği aile sebebiyle edebiyat tarihinin nevi şahsına münhasır yazarlarından biri olsa da ona ölümsüzlüğü getiren şey “yaratıcılığı��. Shelley'nin iki asır önce kaleme aldığı Frankenstein pek çoklarınca ilk bilimkurgu eseri olmasının yanı sıra gotiğin, korkunun hatta romansın bir araya geldiği gerçek bir edebiyat klasiği. Eserden daha büyük popülariteye ulaşan, kişinin kendi yaratımı tarafından yok edildiği “Frankenstein Teması�� ise hem kültürümüzün önemli bir parçası hem de Shelley'nin izlerini takip eden pek çok yazarın çıkış noktası.

Doğanın sınırlarını zorlamaya kararlı olan genç bilim insanı Victor Frankenstein ceset parçalarını birleştirip uzun çalışmaları sonucunda yaratığına can verir. Başlangıçta nezaket ve iyilik dolu olan canavar, toplumun zulmünden dolayı gün geçtikçe acımasızlaşır ve onu terk eden yaratıcısından intikam almaya karar verir.

Yaratıcının, yaratımına karşı bir sorumluluğu var mı? Yoksa canavar dünyada yalnız bırakıldığı için intikam aramakta haklı mı?

Frankenstein, bilimkurgunun Aydınlanması.

Neil Gaiman'ın sunumuyla]]> 251 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.00 1818
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]]> 16091021
Kendi deneyimlerinden yola çıkan Bayan Dowling'in okura verdiği mesaj bu. Ve hoşuna gitsin ya da gitmesin, her kadının bu kitapta kendinden bir şeyler bulacağı muhakkak.]]> 240 Colette Dowling feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.14 1981
author: Colette Dowling
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> 32864707
-Robotlar, insanlara zarar veremez ya da eylemsiz kalarak onlara zarar gelmesine göz yumamaz.
-Robotlar, Birinci Kanun’la çakışmadığı sürece insanlar tarafından verilen emirlere itaat etmek zorundadır.
-Robotlar, Birinci ya da İkinci Kanun’la çakışmadığı sürece kendi varlıklarını korumak zorundadır.

Ben, Robot’ta, Isaac Asimov en ünlü 9 robot öyküsünü toplamıştır. Bu öyküler, gelecek nesillerin robot öyküleri için bir yol gösterici olmuş, bilimkurguda robotun ciddiye alınmasını sağlamıştır. Asimov, bu öykülerle konuşma yetisi olmayan robotlardan insanlığın iyiliğini gözeten makinelere kadar, robot tarihinin izini sürüyor.

Ben, Robot 25 sene sonra yeni edisyonuyla, İthaki Bilimkurgu Klasikleri dizisinin bir parçası olarak geri dönüyor.]]> 238 Isaac Asimov 6053756040 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.50 1950
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]]> 25847126
“Toplumun romanını yazan�� ve kendi gücünü dünyaya kabul ettirmek isteyen Balzac, “ailenin romanını yazan�� ve döneminin İngiliz kültürüyle özdeşleşen Dickens, “bireyin romanını yazan�� ve yaşamla ölüm, dehayla çılgınlık arasında gidip gelen Dostoyevski hem birer yazar, hem de gerçek birer kişilik olarak Zweig’ın bu eserinde karşımıza çıkıyor.]]> 228 Stefan Zweig 9754586152 feyza 0 cosy_germany 4.16 1919
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> 25368448
Kafka Dava'da suçu yalnızca bir eylem olarak tanımlamayıp zanlının "kötü niyeti"yle de ilişkilendiren ve suçtan çok suçluya odaklanan absürd bir hukuk sistemi paradigması inşa eder. Kuramsal olarak ortada yasadışı bir eylem olmaksızın suçu mümkün kılan bir sistemdir bu. Ancak Kafka suç, sorumluluk ve özgürlük üzerine yazarken bir sistem ya da doktrin ortaya koymaz, çözüm önermez. Okuru ister istemez içine çeken bu karanlık dünya tasavvurunun tartışmaya açık olmayan tek bir özelliği varsa, o da müphemliğidir.]]> 224 Franz Kafka 6053324248 feyza 0 cosy_germany 3.96 1925
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name: feyza
average rating: 3.96
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]]> 13420674 223 Nikolai Gogol 9944888036 feyza 0 4.25 1835
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]]> 233221 Homo Ludens, the classic evaluation of play that has become a "must-read" for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing to create within limits. Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of Homo Ludens, or "Man the player" through Medieval Times, the Renaissance, and into our modern civilization. Huizinga defines play against a rich theoretical background, using cross-cultural examples from the humanities, business, and politics. Homo Ludens defines play for generations to come.

"A happier age than ours once made bold to call our species by the name of Homo Sapiens. In the course of time we have come to realize that we are not so reasonable after all as the Eighteenth Century with its worship of reason and naive optimism, though us; "hence moder fashion inclines to designate our species asHomo Faber Man the Maker. But though faber may not be quite so dubious as sapiens it is, as a name specific of the human being, even less appropriate, seeing that many animals too are makers. There is a third function, howver, applicable to both human and animal life, and just as important as reasoning and making--namely, playing. it seems to me that next to Homo Faber, and perhaps on the same level as Homo Sapiens, Homo Ludens, Man the Player, deserves a place in our nomenclature. "--from the Foreward, by Johan Huizinga]]> 220 Johan Huizinga 0807046817 feyza 0 4.01 1938
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]]> 7117521 217 Thomas More 975458169X feyza 0 cosy_germany 3.77 1516
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]]> 59339291
“Yirminci yüzyılın en etkili kitaplarından.��

- Time

Alman asıllı dünyaca ünlü ABD’li düşünür Eric Hoffer’in, Nazizmin ilgasından sonra ve Soğuk Savaş’ın tırmanmasından hemen önce kaleme aldığı Kesin İnançlılar, temelde kitle hareketlerinin ve bu hareketlere katılan bireylerin psiko politikasına dair önemli ve provokatif düşünceler barındıran bir eser.

Hoffer bu kitabında, kendi ülkülerine ulaşmak için gerekli enerjiyi kitlelere “pompalayan�� dinî ve ideolojik hareketlerin gelişme safhalarını, beslenme kaynaklarını, birey ve toplum üzerindeki çalışma mekanizmalarını, bağlayıcı ve zorlayıcı yapılarını irdelerken, okuru da bu konular üzerine her daim sorgulamaya zaman zaman kendisine cephe alınmasını dahi göze alarak teşvik ediyor. Yazıldığı 1951 yılından bu yana birçok dile çevrilen ve tüm dünyada çoksatar olan Kesin İnançlılar, günümüz dünyasına hâlâ ışık tutan bir yapıt.]]> 210 Eric Hoffer feyza 0 4.49 1951
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]]> 18217883
Elinizdeki derleme, maddeci bir feminizm sorunsalı çerçevesindeki tartışmalardan bazı örnekler sunuyor. Bu makalelerde, erkek egemenliğinin tarihsel kökenleri, özgül bir üretim tarzı olarak patriyarka, ev emeği, patriyarka ve kapitalizm ilişkisi ele alınıyor, Marksist bir feminizmin olanakları ve koşullarını da araştırılıyor.]]> 206 Gülnur Acar-Savran 9944122521 feyza 0 cosy_germany 3.88 2008
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average rating: 3.88
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