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Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, shares the lessons learned in business and in life along the journey from Cuba to Corporate America.

Ralph de la Vega arrived in the United States from Cuba in 1962. He was alone. He was scared. He was 10. Separated from his parents by Cuban authorities just moments before they were to board a plane to Miami, de la Vega was baptized early--and abruptly--in the waters of adversity. It would be four long years before his mother, father, and sister gained legal passage to America. But while the boy would...

First published in English in 1935, this is a critical appraisal of contemporary thought in the post-World War One era. Written by a selection of leading Marxist thinkers, including Nikolai Bukharin who would later become one of the most famous victims of Stalin's show trials, this work offers a Marxist critique of contemporary thought relating to philosophy, science and history. The authors all tend towards the view that the general tendency of modern thought is to abandon the historical method and to deny progress, with the conclusion that Marxism was the only historical and progressive...

Avatars at Work and Play brings together contributions from leading social scientists and computer scientists who have conducted research on virtual environments used for collaboration and online gaming. They present a well-rounded and state-of-the-art overview of current applications of multi-user virtual environments, ranging from highly immersive virtual reality systems to internet-based virtual environments on personal computers. The volume is a follow-up to a previous essay collection, 'The Social Life of Avatars', which explored general issues in this field. This...

- Details the scientific discovery of ayahuasca's sophisticated psychoactive delivery system in the brain and body and its potential applications in medicine and psychology

- Includes contributions from Dennis J. McKenna, Ph.D., J. C. Callaway, Ph.D., and Charles S. Grob, M.D., on the ethnopharmacology, psychology, phytochemistry, and neuropharmacology of ayahuasca

- Provides 24 firsthand accounts of ayahuasca experiences and resulting life changes

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"LEFTY" is a comic portrait of the changing South, where strip malls,...

Das Geheimnis der Monsterschule

»Die Schule wird dich schon nicht auffressen«, behauptet Millas Vater, aber stimmt das auch? Schließlich sieht das Gebäude ganz schön gefährlich aus mit seinen Raubtieraugen und den grünen Schindeln, die wie Drachenhaut glänzen. Am Schnuppertag mit der Kindergartengruppe passieren dann auch lauter seltsame Dinge dort. Und als am ersten Schultag sogar Kinder verschwinden, steht für Milla und ihren Freund Ben fest: Sie müssen das Geheimnis dieser Monsterschule lüften!