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The Formula: The Science Behind Why People Succeed or Fail

By (author) Albert-LÃ¡szlÃ³ BarabÃ¡si

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This is not just an important but an imperative project . . . BarabÃ¡si is the person' Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of The Black Swan The ground-breaking international bestseller that reveals the indisputable scientific laws that can turn your achievements into success and how to use them to your own advantage. In The Formula, BarabÃ¡si, one of the world's leading experts on the science of networks, reveals the unspoken rules behind who truly gets ahead and why, and outlines the five laws that govern this phenomenon and how we can use them to our own advantage. Drawing on Big Data research that covers everyone from the ace fighter pilot The Red Baron to graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat; Miles Davis and his recording of 'Kind of Blue' to Marcel Duchamps and Tiger Woods, Barabasi, shows why success can come at any time, as long as we are persistent, why in successful teams one person gets the lion share of the credit and why the last interviewee almost always gets the job. Unveiling the scientific principles that drive success, and how to leverage them, Barabasi offers a new understanding of the very foundation of how people excel in today's society, and how to harness these principles for yourself.

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Fifteen Dogs

AndrÃ© Alexis
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The Ballerina and the Bull: Anarchist Utopias in the Age of Finance

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Our moment has seen the resurgence of an anarchist sensibility, from the uprisings in Seattle in 1999 to the Occupy movement of 2011.

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Bonsai Success in Southern Africa

Carl Morrow
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160 pages
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In this uniquely Southern African book, Carl Morrow and Keith Kirsten guide readers step by step into the magical realms of bonsai as a hobby, horticultural practice and art form.

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