David Schneider

A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by the discipline's most dynamic, pioneering doctors. Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider’s The Invention of Surgery is an in-depth biography of the practice that has leapt forward over the centuries from the dangerous guesswork of ancient Greek physicians through the world-changing “implant revolution” of the twentieth century. The Invention of Surgery explains this dramatic progress and highlights the personalities of the discipline's most dynamic historical figures. It links together the lives of the pioneering scientists who first understood what causes disease, how organs become infected or cancerous, and how surgery could powerfully intercede in people’s lives, and then shows how the rise of surgery intersected with many of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the last century, including the evolution of medical education, the transformation of the hospital from a place of dying to a habitation of healing, the development of antibiotics, and the rise of transistors and polymer science. And as Schneider argues, surgery has not finished transforming; new technologies are constantly reinventing both the practice of surgery and the nature of the objects we are permanently implanting in our bodies. Schneider considers these latest developments, asking “What’s next?” and analyzing how our conception of surgery has changed alongside our evolving ideas of medicine, technology, and our bodies.

A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution

The Invention of Surgery

Kazuaki Tanahashi

This introduction to Zen Buddhism contains koans, stories, quotes and examples.

Essential Zen

Are you looking for a simple investment strategy that fits your lifestyle? Do you want to become an independent investor? Are you worried about your retirement, but don't want to deal with the complexity of investing? Fed up with 0% interest? Tired of the same sales pitches you hear from bankers and investment advisers? You're in the right place. Who is this book for? This book is for all people who are unsatisfied with their own work intensive and at times very complex investment strategies. It's for individual investors and entrepreneurs who have day jobs and businesses to take care of, and don't want to spend hours in front of computer screens chasing other people's hot investment ideas. It is also for young professionals who have recently started earning money and are willing to break with the norms of today's outdated investor culture. This book is NOT for complete beginners. To understand the key terminology used in this book and understand the core concept of investing, I would recommend reading a primer on investing. After reading "The 80/20 Investor" you will know: How to apply the 80/20 Principle to financial freedom and the three pillars of 80/20 Investing. How to reduce your investment workload, by focusing only on the most valuable investment opportunities and achieve better performance than professionals. Learn how to improve your investment decision-making by using the 80/20 principle and effective "mental models." Find the best investment opportunities by obeying the "investment seasons" and using the "magic categories" to find no-brainer opportunities. And much, much more... The 80/20 Investor, harnessing the power of the 80/20 principle, simplifies investing. In no time, you will learn the basics of investing, how to finance your investments, where to look for "no-brainer" opportunities, understand real investment risk and how to reduce it. This book allows you to enter the seemingly intimidating world of investing, with constructive tips from game-changers-- The Rothschilds, Hetty Green, J. Paul Getty, Henry Singleton, and others. What people are saying about The 80/20 Investor? "Just as the internet has democratized work, it has also democratized investing. We are raised to believing that investing intelligently is complex and difficult, something best left to professionals. In the 80/20 investor, David shows that for those who take the 80/20 approach, investing is now easier, more fun and more profitable than ever." - Taylor Pearson Bestselling Author of The End of Jobs Bonus Package Included The 80/20 Investor "Support Package" contains a convenient overview of all action tasks described in the book along with user friendly checklists. It also contains several case studies on how to apply the key lessons of this book into real investment opportunities and a future investment portfolio. CHECK OUT AND FOLLOW the 80/20 Model Portfolio with real time case studies and live commentary. See for yourself how this portfolio performs in ever-changing market environments.

Investing in an Uncertain and Complex World - How to Simplify Investing With a Single Principle

The 80/20 Investor

The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey

Street Zen

Reinhold Pabst

Michael Soszynski

Marian Kujau

In ihrem Buch beschreiben die Autoren die Grundlagen von Organisationsentwicklungsprozessen und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten. Methodisch basiert das Buch auf dem "Appreciative Inquiry" Ansatz für wertschätzende Organisationsentwicklung. Die angebotenen Werkzeuge zielen auf Lösungsfokussierung und Ressourcenaktivierung bei gleichzeitiger Wertschätzung dessen, was gut funktioniert. Im Buch beschreiben die Autoren zunächst die Grundlagen der Organisationsentwicklung, indem sie wichtige Begriffe kurz erläutern und visualisieren. Außerdem finden sich einige Storytelling-Elemente zur Vermittlung der Inhalte und einen ausgeprägten Serviceteil mit Stimmen aus der Praxis. Weitergehend bringen die vier Autoren, ihre eigene angewandte Erfahrung aus verschiedenen Organisationsentwicklungsprojekten mit ein. Die Organisationsentwicklungsmethode "Appreciative Inquiry (AI)" bzw. Wertschätzende Erkundung ist ein positiver Ansatz für Transformationsprozesse. Er verändert die Blickweise von der Herausforderung oder Problemsituation auf die Lösungsfokussierung und Ressourcenaktivierung. Der 5D-Zyklus von "Appreciative Inquiry" (Define, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver) gibt die Struktur für die Werkzeuge, die in diesem Buch vorgestellt werden, vor. Für jede der fünf Prozessphasen stellen die vier Autoren ihre erprobten Lieblingstools vor. Sie bieten dem Anwender einen schnellen und unmittelbaren Einstieg in die praktische Umsetzung. Im abschließenden Kapitel bieten die Autoren die Herangehensweisen und Lösungsansätze für verschiedene Anlässe von Organisationsentwicklungsprojekten.

Zukunft gemeinsam gestalten - Tools für den erfolgreichen Wandel

Wertschätzende Organisationsentwicklung

Grady Means

Strategies to Realign–and Win–in Today’s E-Business Battlefiel Traditional global industrial powers–built on a base of tremendous physical capital and manufacturing strength–must today face a stunning reality: the fast, lean e-business world may pass them by. Today’s business-to-business e-business revolution, in which companies increasingly rely on brand ownership as they outsource physical capital activities, requires a dramatically different business process model with entirely new definitions of business processes MetaCapitalism: The E-Business Revolution and the Design of 21st-Century Companies and Markets is the first book to outline the adaptations and innovations required to thrive in the new world of e-business. Original in thought and powerful in argument, MetaCapitalism draws on the combined expertise of two leading business strategists and the unmatched resources of PricewaterhouseCoopers to define this fundamentally changed environment and explain how managers can and must move–and move quickly–to reformulate their companies for success Tremendous knowledge, imagination, and insight–not to mention a small degree of faith–will be required to enter and succeed in this new world. Step inside MetaCapitalism: The E-Business Revolution and the Design of 21st-Century Companies and Markets to discover the fascinating and highly profitable rules, strategies, and practices of tomorrow’s e-business–from the leaders who are writing the rulebook today

The E-Business Revolution and the Design of 21st-Century Companies and Markets

MetaCapitalism

Amazon #1 Bestseller and Hot New Release September 2017 Are you tired of saving for retirement? Do you find yourself cutting expenditure to the bone - and still coming up short? Have you been let down by the conventional wisdom of investing in mutual funds and the stock market? Don't be disappointed - you're not alone. The traditional approach to retirement investing is dead. Scrimping month to month and putting your hard earned money into the coffers of investment giants, only to scrape meager returns, or lose it all - this just won't cut it in today's low-return, high-instability world. You want limited risk and great upside. You want to see results now, rather than in 30 or 40 years. You want to solve the retirement riddle. Congratulations. Purchasing this book is the first step towards freeing yourself. Part I of this book will show you how the system of investing for retirement has degraded into a cash cow for a few privileged individuals and firms. That the theories that sustain it are old, outdated, and simply do not work anymore - if they ever did. Part II shows you a new approach to investing based on an approach that is tangible, that incentivizes you to save and invest, and that gives you results in less than 1000 days. All this, with returns mutual funds can only dream of. This is the remarkable power of a cash engine. In this book, you will learn: -About the three defensive layers of our current retirement system -That the conventional approach is obsolete -About the importance of the understanding the investment process for retirement planning -About the importance of striving for highest possible returns with a minimum of financial risk -About the power of cash engines through case studies (Travis Jamison, John Cavendish, Miles Beckler). -About the value of bootstrapping in the investing process -About practical decision-making through powerful case studies -And much more! It's time stop feeding a system that keeps on taking, without delivering. It's time to take action! Would You Like To Know More? Become an expert on retirement and retirement investing-Get your copy now and click on the buy button!

Breaking Your Reliance on a Broken System by Investing in Cash Engines

The Death of Retirement

Cindy and David's Excellent Travelling Adventures

Founder of San Francisco's Maitri Hospice for AIDS patients--where he died in 1990--Dorsey praticed Zen for 20 years, after leading an outrageous existence as a drag queen, prostitute, junkie, and commune leader. "Issan's story contributes significantly to the history of the gay community and its response to AIDS".--Randy Shilts. Photos.

Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and ’60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. Erudite, shy, and profoundly spiritual, his presence not only moved his immediate circle of Beat cohorts, but his powerful, startling, innovative work would come to impact American poetry to the present day. Drawing on Whalen’s journals and personal correspondence—particularly with Ginsberg, Kerouac, Snyder, Kyger, Welch, and McClure —David Schneider shows how deeply bonded these intimates were, supporting one another in their art and their spiritual paths. Schneider, himself an ordained priest, provides an insider’s view of Whalen’s struggles and breakthroughs in his thirty years as a Zen monk. When Whalen died in 2002 as the retired Abbot of the Hartford Street Zen Center, his own teacher referred to him as a patriarch of the Western lineage of Buddhism. Crowded by Beauty chronicles the course of Whalen’s life, focusing on his unique, eccentric, humorous, and literary-religious practice.

The Life and Zen of Poet Philip Whalen

Crowded by Beauty

---Sonderaktion--- Taschenbuch kaufen und das E-Book gibt's gratis dazu! =) Mit neuen Gewohnheiten das Leben f�hren, welches man sich schon immer gew�nscht hat. Wer m�chte das nicht?... Deine ,,schlechten Gewohnheiten" stehen dir im Weg und du erreichst deine Ziele einfach nicht? Dieses Problem haben sehr viele Menschen und dieses Buch kann dir dabei helfen das endlich zu �ndern! Kennst du das Gef�hl, wenn du dir zum Jahreswechsel einen Vorsatz machst, was du im neune Jahr �ndern, ablegen oder erreichen m�chtest und du diesen nach zwei Wochen wiedermal aufgibst?... Dieses Gef�hl kennt jeder, aber das muss doch nicht so sein!... Hast du auch dieses Problem: Du versuchst jedes Jahr aufs Neue, mit dem Rauchen aufzuh�ren? Du m�chtest schon lange Sport betreiben? Du willst disziplinierter werden, um deine Ziele zu erreichen? Dieses Buch kann dir dabei helfen deine Ziele endlich zu erreichen! Dieses Buch zeigt wie du... Schlechte Gewohnheiten erkennst und ablegst, neue Gewohnheiten schaffen kannst und diese auf lange Sicht beizubehalten. Was du in diesem Buch lernen wirst: Warum Gewohnheiten f�r deinen Erfolg so wichtig sind Welche Gewohnheiten dir weiterhelfen Wie du schlechte Gewohnheiten erkennst und loswerden kannst Ablenkungen erkennen und vermeiden Wie du neue Gewohnheiten schaffst und beibeh�ltst Ein Belohnungssystem f�r Ausdauer und Konzentration Wie du motiviert bleibst und deine Ziele endlich erreichst Und vieles mehr! Hol dir das Buch noch heute und nehme deine Zukunft in die Hand! DU kann es schaffen!

Power-Habits Aneignen, Mehr Disziplin, Motivation, Erfolg

Gewohnheiten: Die Macht der Gewohnheit - Gewohnheiten ändern, Ziele Erreichen, Motiviert Bleiben und Endlich Erfolg Haben

Carl Schneider

Professor of Law and Internal Medicine Carl E Schneider

"Exploring what patients do want gives direction to the author's inquiry into what they should want. What patients want, he believes, is properly more complex and ambiguous than being "empowered." In this book he charts that ambiguity to take the autonomy principle past current pieties into the uncertain realities of the sick room and the hospital ward." "The Practice of Autonomy is a sympathetic but trenchant study of the animating principle of modern bioethics. It speaks with freshness, insight, and even passion to bioethicists and moral philosophers (about their theories), to lawyers (about their methods), to medical sociologists (about their subject), to policy-makers (about their ambitions), to doctors (about their work), and to patients (about their lives)."--BOOK JACKET.

Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions

The Practice of Autonomy

Jeff Stockwell

All the Queen's Men

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: High Merit, , course: The Challenge of Carl Schmitt, language: English, abstract: Carl Schmitt is not only known for his remarkable influence on 20th century legal and political theory, but also for his close allegiance with Nazism. Whereas some say that his Nazi experience can’t be separated from his ideas, it is even more surprising that radical democrat Chantal Mouffe comes up with a way of using Schmitt’s ideas to rethink contemporary politics. Her reflection on and modification of Schmitt’s friend-enemy distinction led her to a friend-adversary distinction that underlies her notion of agonistic pluralism. The aim of this essay is to outline in what way Mouffe’s account of agonistic pluralism resembles Schmitt’s friend-enemy distinction. First, we have a look on Schmitt’s friend-enemy distinction. Then, we will focus on Chantal Mouffe’s modification of Schmitt’s distinction and mention besides widely discussed commonalities and differences between her and Schmitt’s conception a difference that until now hasn’t received much attention in the literature: the different accounts of the preferred location of the friend’s opponent. In the last part of this essay, a weakness that both conceptions share and that until now didn’t receive the attention it deserves, will be presented, namely their failure to recognize that friend-opponent distinctions are not necessarily tied to membership of a certain political entity. In the last paragraph, possible implications of this weakness on the relationship between Schmitt’s and Mouffe’s friend-opponent distinctions and cosmopolitanism will be outlined.

From Friend-Enemy to Agonistic Pluralism. Chantal Mouffe’s way of dealing with Carl Schmitt

Drag queen. Prostitute. Drug addict. American bodhisattva. These words describe the unlikely persona of Issan Dorsey, one of the most beloved teachers to emerge in American Zen. From his early days as a gorgeous female impersonator to the LSD experiences that set him on the spiritual path, Issan's life was never conventional. In 1989, after twenty years of Zen practice, he became the Founding Abbot of San Francisco's Hartford Street Zen Center, where he established Maitri Hospice for AIDS patients. Featuring Bernie Glassman's foreword to the second edition, as well as a new foreword by Koshin Paley Ellison, Street Zen paints a vivid portrait of a teacher whose creativity, honesty, joy, and compassion awakened new possibilities for American Buddhism.

David Schneider

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