A renowned economist’s classic book on capitalism in the developing world, showing how property rights are the key to overcoming poverty “The hour of capitalism’s greatest triumph,” writes Hernando de Soto, “is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis.” In The Mystery of Capital, the world-famous Peruvian economist takes up one of the most pressing questions the world faces today: Why do some countries succeed at capitalism while others fail? In strong opposition to the popular view that success is determined by cultural differences, de Soto finds that it actually has everything to do with the legal structure of property and property rights. Every developed nation in the world at one time went through the transformation from predominantly extralegal property arrangements, such as squatting on large estates, to a formal, unified legal property system. In the West we’ve forgotten that creating this system is what allowed people everywhere to leverage property into wealth. This persuasive book revolutionized our understanding of capital and points the way to a major transformation of the world economy.
Dr. Hiromi Shinya changed the world with the Shinya Technique for removing polyps through an endoscopy instead of invasive abdominal surgery. Now Dr. Shinya’s discovery of the body’s own “miracle” enzyme could once again revolutionize health care in America. Glowing, vital health is within your grasp once you understand the key to life’s code – the enzyme factor. This first English-language publication of Dr Shinya’s groundbreaking theory will convince the skeptical and add to the growing debate about the state of nutrition and health care.
With respect to healing, it appears that we are not all equal. In fact, certain people heal, while others do not. Why? Is there a process that promotes healing? This book offers me some enlightening insight in my questions about healing. I will discover not only the available means to help me achieve it, but especially the essential steps that will afford me the possibility of getting there. The five steps I will discover in this book will enable me to open up and reclaim my power over myself. I will become conscious of the fact that I am the key to my own healing process, whatever means I choose to use in order to achieve it. An indispensable complement to The Complete Dictionary of Ailments and Diseases!
Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoir Irvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. He opens his story with a nightmare: He is twelve, and is riding his bike past the home of an acne-scarred girl. Like every morning, he calls out, hoping to befriend her, “Hello Measles!” But in his dream, the girl’s father makes Yalom understand that his daily greeting had hurt her. For Yalom, this was the birth of empathy; he would not forget the lesson. As Becoming Myself unfolds, we see the birth of the insightful thinker whose books have been a beacon to so many. This is not simply a man’s life story, Yalom’s reflections on his life and development are an invitation for us to reflect on the origins of our own selves and the meanings of our lives.
On November 18, 1978, more than 900 people, including a US congressman, Leo Ryan, died because of cult leader Jim Jones at Jonestown, Guyana. More than 300 were children forced to drink cyanide-laced Kool-Aid by their parents who believed they were doing God’s will.
The techniques of undue influence have evolved dramatically and continue to do so. Today, a vast array of methods exist to deceive, manipulate, and indoctrinate people into closed systems of obedience and dependency. If you are listening to this updated audiobook for the first time, please know you have found a safe, respectful, compassionate place.
This audiobook can help you protect or regain your sanity, freedom, and health. It can also help you protect others from the use of mind-control techniques. In this 30th anniversary volume, you will find:
New stories of people who fell under the sway of cults and other forms of undue influence but who were able to break free.
New information on the many sophisticated ways that social media is now used for mind control.
Updates on the many types of organizations that use mind control.
Information on the neuroscience behind mind control.
A look at what legislators, courts, mental-health professionals, and ordinary citizens can do to resist mind control and make our world a safer place.
Sadly, the essential information in this audiobook is still not widely known or understood. People around the world remain largely unprepared for the new realities of mind control. But you are far from helpless. There is a great deal you can do to stay safe, sane, and whole – and to help the people you care about to do the same. And if someone you love is already part of a mind-control group, there is much you can do to help them break free and rebuild their life. This audiobook will give you the tools you need.
As you listen to this audiobook, you will learn to develop, use, and trust your critical thinking skills; your intuition; your bodily and emotional awareness; your ability to ask the right questions; and your skill at doing quick, useful research. You’ll also learn to create a healthy balance of openness and skepticism. As you will see, the entire process begins and ends with discernment.
Essential Spices & Herbs: Ginger: The Anti-Nausea, Pro-Digestive and Anti-Cancer Spice. Natural Healing Recipes Included (Essential Spices and Herbs Book 2) Kindle Edition
Find out amazing health benefits of ginger! Recipes included! Ginger is a spice known to man for thousands of years and have been used for cooking and as a natural remedy for common ailments. Recent studies have shown that ginger has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Ginger helps in reducing muscle pain and is an excellent remedy for nausea. Ginger promotes a healthy digestive system. The book details:
Many health benefits of ginger including fighting cancer, inflammation, pain and nausea
Remedies using ginger
Recipes for teas, smoothies and dishes
References and links to a number of research studies on the effectiveness of ginger
Essential Spices and Herbs: Ginger is a quick read and offers a lot of concise information. A great tool to have in your alternative therapies and healthy lifestyle tool box!
Science has now proved that the legendary Wim Hof Method of breath
control and cold-training can dramatically enhance energy levels,
improve circulation, reduce stress, boost the immune system, strengthen
the body and successfully combat many diseases. While Wim Hof himself
has run marathons in -30 C in shorts, swum hundreds of meters under the
ice, sat in a tank of ice for 90 minutes without his core temperature
changing and boosted his metabolism by over 300%, The Way of The Iceman
documents how anyone can use Wim’s methods to transform their health and
strength, quickly and safely. “After teaching specialized breathing
techniques to SEALs for years, helping them focus, stay warm in the cold
ocean and get centered in combat, I can attest to the authenticity and
power of Wim Hof’s methods. Wim Hof is providing a great service with
his new book The Way of The Iceman by bringing breath training and
simple, powerful health practices into mainstream consciousness.”–MARK
DIVINE, US Navy SEAL (ret), founder SEALFIT, bestselling author of
Unbeatable Mind and Way of the SEAL
“Wim Hof’s teachings show us
how to recalibrate our bodies in a way that recognizes the extremes of
our natural environment as teachers to be celebrated and consulted,
rather than enemies to be insulated against. Wim’s deepest insights
resonate with our hunter-gatherer ancestors, who understood the wisdom
of adapting to the natural world rather than trying to dominate and
control it.”–CHRISTOPHER RYAN, PhD., New York Times bestselling author
of Sex at Dawn
”I am continuously searching for ways to expand
my mind, body and spirit—Wim Hof and The Way of The Iceman have done
just that! He shows us that human potential is limitless and we are ALL
capable of anything we set our minds to.” –LEWIS HOWES, New York Times bestselling author of The School of Greatness
“What
fascinates me most about Wim Hof’s method is the potential application
for athletes…the science in this book shows that we can all amplify
our recovery, maximize our pain tolerance, massively jack up energy
levels and even learn to control inflammation…and it can be done
without resorting to toxic drugs. In fact, the system outlined in this
manual might just be the key to producing a generation of enhanced but
drug-free athletes.”–PAUL “COACH” WADE, author of Convict
Conditioning
“With The Way of The Iceman, Wim Hof has given a
profound gift to public health. The science is solid and the results
actual and measureable. Through years of commitment and
self-experimentation, Wim has empirically figured out how to exert
significant control over the autonomic nervous system, a feat once
thought impossible. His method has held up to scrutiny under the
dispassionate lens of science, expanding our knowledge of what is
possible with dedicated training in what is now known as the Wim Hof
Method.
Deceptively simple, and incredibly powerful, The Way of
the Iceman gives you not only the scientific framework, but actionable
steps you can implement to take back control over your high-jacked
brain, increase resilience from illness, and start healing yourself from
the inside out. The Wim Hof Method has become a cornerstone in my
personal daily wellness plan, and as a public health physician, I cannot
recommend it highly enough.”–Dr. CHRIS HARDY, D.O. MPH, CSCS, Public
Health Physician, Integrative Medicine Specialist
“The Way of The Iceman is one of only two books in my life that I have read cover to cover the first time I put my hands on it. This book is the missing link for most of us: the discussion of breathing is so simple, yet so doable; coaches and athletes will understand a newer and simpler means of recovery. The method is so simple, yet so elegant. It’s marvelous and I think you will apply the techniques immediately.”–DANIEL JOHN, author of Never Let Go.
It is very easy to get into a heated discussion with simply mentioning
Bitcoin. Even experienced technologists sometimes miss the point,
claiming that blockchain is either a magic pill that will save the
entire humanity, or that it is no better than the traditional database
with its old tricks. Of course, both views are far from reality. In our
book, we set focus on the principles of blockchain and decentralized
technologies and answer the question of why a particular technology was
designed in a certain way.
What is inside: – Profound ideas in simple language – Principles of how things work are explained in illustrated examples – Not only theory. Technical material is described with real examples of transactions, blocks, etc. –
More than 170 unique pictures in different abstraction levels (from
metaphors and real-life analogs to detailed charts and in-depth
illustrations) – Technology as it is. Even the most revolutionary
technologies have their drawbacks, limitations, challenges, and risks.
We openly speak about them. – The book has been proofread by around
100 reviewers including members of the Bitcoin community, leading
cryptographers, and financial experts.
The idea of
decentralization has led to an emergence of a new movement, and with it,
offers something far more profound: a drastically new approach that has
the power to change the fundamental principles of human interaction.
In today’s world, people increasingly want to be able to verify rather than just trust.
The
appearance of Bitcoin has shown that a financial system can exist
without a single decision-making center; it can be transparent to anyone
while maintaining the privacy of user payments.
The principles
and architecture of Bitcoin can be applied to solve a wide range of
problems, from voting and mutual settlement to supply chain management.
Blockchain as a method of secure storage and synchronization of data
becomes a tool that allows building reliable and transparent accounting
systems.
The main goal of this book is to explain the principles of decentralized systems in the aspects of decision-making, data storage, security management, trusted audit, and privacy. We have carefully selected topics to provide a comprehensive view of the most important technologies for those who wish to innovate. Some of the chapters are focused on technical details, and we do understand that they might seem complicated for the readers without a technical background. However, we aimed to concentrate primarily on a conceptual component, which can be striking for anyone interested in Fintech.
Blockchain And Decentralized Systems. Volume 2: In three volumes
Kindle Edition
The second volume of the book dives deeper into specific decentralized
technologies, protocols, and systems to provide readers with more
complete knowledge about the decentralized technologies domain. It
contains detailed description of relevant systems and protocols
including examples and schemes for easier understanding. This book is
aimed at readers who already have some basic degree of knowledge about
blockchain and decentralized systems.
Even experienced
technologists sometimes miss the point, claiming that blockchain is
either a magic pill that will save the entire humanity, or that it is no
better than the traditional database with its old tricks. Of course,
both views are far from reality. In our book, we set focus on the
principles of blockchain and decentralized technologies and answer the
question of why a particular technology was designed in a certain way. What is inside: – Profound ideas in simple language – Principles of how things work are explained in illustrated examples – Not only theory. Technical material is described with real examples of transactions, blocks, etc. –
256 unique pictures in different abstraction levels (from metaphors and
real-life analogs to detailed charts and in-depth illustrations) – Technology as it is.
Even the most revolutionary technologies have their drawbacks, limitations, challenges, and risks. We openly speak about them.
The
book has been proofread by around 100 reviewers including members of
the Bitcoin community, leading cryptographers, and financial experts.
The idea of decentralization has led to an emergence of a new movement, and with it, offers something far more profound: a drastically new approach that has the power to change the fundamental principles of human interaction. In today’s world, people increasingly want to be able to verify rather than just trust. The appearance of Bitcoin has shown that a financial system can exist without a single decision-making center; it can be transparent to anyone while maintaining the privacy of user payments. The principles and architecture of Bitcoin can be applied to solve a wide range of problems, from voting and mutual settlement to supply chain management. Blockchain as a method of secure storage and synchronization of data becomes a tool that allows building reliable and transparent accounting systems. The main goal of this book is to explain the principles of decentralized systems in the aspects of decision-making, data storage, security management, trusted audit, and privacy. We have carefully selected topics to provide a comprehensive view of the most important technologies for those who wish to innovate. Some of the chapters are focused on technical details, and we do understand that they might seem complicated for the readers without a technical background. However, we aimed to concentrate primarily on a conceptual component, which can be striking for anyone interested in Fintech.
Mounir A. Ajam is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, coach,
advisor, consultant, volunteer leader, and project management thought
leader. He is a senior executive with more than three decades of
outstanding global and practical experience in capital project
industries such as engineering, construction, petroleum, utilities,
project management, and management consultancy. He has worked on
projects worth billions of US dollars in North America, Europe,
Southeast Asia, and West Asia. His experience includes working small and
multiple projects and large and complex projects, including mega
projects in the United States and in Southeast Asia. Mr. Ajam is a
co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of SUKAD Group, a leading project
management provider with offices in Lebanon and the United Arab
Emirates, founded in 2004.
Leading Megaprojects: A Tailored Approach
This book’s core focus is on how to lead megaprojects, concept to success, using a tailored approach.
We will introduce the fundamentals and vital concepts for the
tailored approach in the first part of the book, then follow it with a
simulation of a realistic project in the second part. However, before
presenting the tailored approach and the simulation, the book addresses
the current reality and the challenges of the megaproject management
practice.
Our discussions emphasize a project life cycle (PLC) model to lead
megaprojects from concepts to closure (concept to success), which makes
this book’s focus ideal for project owners. This owners’ PLC focus is
critical because (1) the success and failure of megaprojects start with
the project owner in the discovery phase of a project; and (2) there are
not enough resources covering projects from concept to closure. Even
the numerous postgraduate programs from leading universities are focused
on engineering or construction management—that is, the implementation
(execution) phase of capital projects. Further, the emphasis on the
project owners is that these organizations are the ones that launch the
projects and will own their products to generate the benefits from the
produced asset. In this context, a project owner could be a private or
public entity.
Although this book is ideal for project owners and their executives, senior managers, and project teams, it is highly valuable for all other organizations involved in projects, including engineering, construction, and project/construction management companies. Another message to stress at this time is that this book is also suitable for all industries that handle large and complex projects, so do not let the title of megaprojects intimidate you into believing it is limited to engineering and construction.
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In her New York Times bestseller, Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds,
Dr. Kelly A. Turner, founder of the Radical Remission Project, uncovers
nine factors that can lead to a spontaneous remission from cancer—even
after conventional medicine has failed.
While getting her Ph.D. at
the University of California, Berkley, Dr. Turner, a researcher,
lecturer, and counselor in integrative oncology, was shocked to discover
that no one was studying episodes of radical (or unexpected)
remission—when people recover against all odds without the help of
conventional medicine, or after conventional medicine has failed. She
was so fascinated by this kind of remission that she embarked on a ten
month trip around the world, traveling to ten different countries to
interview fifty holistic healers and twenty radical remission cancer
survivors about their healing practices and techniques. Her research
continued by interviewing over 100 Radical Remission survivors and
studying over 1000 of these cases. Her evidence presents nine common
themes that she believes may help even terminal patients turn their
lives around.
