Japanese prints and textiles and four-color metallic ink. Bringing together a wide range of voices, ancient and modern, from both the East and West, each volume serves as a powerful reminder that the key to a contented life lies with the individual. Theological and philosophical thoughts from Greek mythology, Eastern and Western religion, proverbs, art, and literature offer wisdom, inspiration, and solace. Among the featured leaders, philosophers, artists, and scientists are William Butler Yeats, Salvador Dali, Benjamin Franklin, Mother Teresa, Plato, and Einstein.

Reading this book will make you less sure of yourself—and that’s a good thing. In The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology’s most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and counterintuitive scientific findings to demonstrate an important truth: Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. We think we see ourselves and the world as they really are, but we’re actually missing a whole lot. Chabris and Simons combine the work of other researchers with their own findings on attention, perception, memory, and reasoning to reveal how faulty intuitions often get us into trouble. In the process, they explain: • Why a company would spend billions to launch a product that its own analysts know will fail • How a police officer could run right past a brutal assault without seeing it • Why award-winning movies are full of editing mistakes • What criminals have in common with chess masters • Why measles and other childhood diseases are making a comeback • Why money managers could learn a lot from weather forecasters Again and again, we think we experience and understand the world as it is, but our thoughts are beset by everyday illusions. We write traffic laws and build criminal cases on the assumption that people will notice when something unusual happens right in front of them. We’re sure we know where we were on 9/11, falsely believing that vivid memories are seared into our minds with perfect fidelity. And as a society, we spend billions on devices to train our brains because we’re continually tempted by the lure of quick fixes and effortless self-improvement. The Invisible Gorilla reveals the myriad ways that our intuitions can deceive us, but it’s much more than a catalog of human failings. Chabris and Simons explain why we succumb to these everyday illusions and what we can do to inoculate ourselves against their effects. Ultimately, the book provides a kind of x-ray vision into our own minds, making it possible to pierce the veil of illusions that clouds our thoughts and to think clearly for perhaps the first time.

Few books have made a greater impact, political as much as literary, than Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, perhaps the most famous of anti-war novels. Startling in its realism, moving in its humanity and banned and burned in Germany by the Nazis, it was an international publishing sensation. But who was Erich Maria Remarque? While the title of his masterpiece has entered the language as a catch-phrase, its author is virtually forgotten. In this biography, Hilton Tims attempts to reveal a man whose life was one of the most romantic and anguished of the 20th century.

In a world where stresses and pressures mount all too easily, it can be hard to find the strength to assert yourself. Whether at work, at home or with your friends, feeling confident and comfortable within yourself is the key to success. Everyday Confident helps to lay the foundations for a bolder, brighter you with practical tips on exercise and relaxation, and choice words from respected confidence gurus. With daily prompts and motivations for creating new mindsets and building self-belief, each tip encourages you to focus on your strengths and be mindful of self-doubt. So give your ego a boost and your inner strength a workout. Everyday Confident is your step-by-step guide to radiating confidence.

The Betrayed Confidence Revisited brings together for the first time all nine of Gorey's thematic postcard sets. These fascinating works, published over a twenty-year span, are akin to shuffled stories and were issued under his anagram pseudonym Dogear Wryde.--

Its time for you to upgrade your mindset. Throughout your life you’ve seen many obstacles and challenges, whilst succeeding in overcoming these, they’ve also happened to take a toll on your mental health and confidence. In this book we will take you on a journey through the wonderments of how you can reclaim your self-confidence. Not only this but you will discover: - Building your Motivational Mindset - Increasing your Cognitive Capacity - Better Habits can make a Better Lifestyle - How best to Maintain your Balance The Xtra-Ordinary Mindset shows us how anyone can be successful, only when you put yourself first and take the necessary steps can you make your dreams a reality.

Learn how to unlock your inner confidence and become the person you always wanted to be; packed with inspirational and encouraging advice on how to achieve self-fulfillment and happiness. Â

Kathy Caprino guides women to take the reins in their careers by identifying and overcoming the seven most damaging power gaps holding them back from the success they want and deserve. The business world has been forever changed by the important progress and contributions that women have made. Yet, with only 38% of manager roles and 22% of C-suite positions being held by women, women continue to struggle to achieve the reward, respect, and authority they have earned. In these pages, career, executive and leadership coach Kathy Caprino helps women conquer the seven destructive power gaps within the workforce, outline the key steps you can take to access greater positive power, and become the true author of your life. Through riveting real-life success stories of women overcoming these gaps, and proven strategies and solutions from more than 30 of the nation’s top experts in fields that are essential to women’s success, the exercises in The Most Powerful You will equip you with the strength to: See yourself more powerfully (Brave Sight) Speak more confidently (Brave Speak) Ask for and receive what you deserve (Brave Ask) Connect to your advantage with influential support (Brave Connection) Challenge and change negative behavior toward you (Brave Challenge) Be of service in more meaningful ways (Brave Service) Heal from past trauma and challenge (Brave Healing) Most importantly, The Most Powerful You will reconnect you to the thrilling dreams you once had for your life and empower you to take the necessary steps to reclaim that dream while making your positive impact in the world.

Among the many branches of applied mathematics, options pricing theory occupies a unique position: it utilizes a wide range of advanced mathematical concepts, making it appealing to mathematicians, and it is regularly applied at financial institutions, making it indispensable to practitioners. The emergence of artificial intelligence in the financial industry has led to further interest in mathematical finance and has increased the demand for literature on this subject that is accessible to a large audience. This book presents a self-contained introduction to options pricing theory and includes a complete discussion of the required concepts in finance and probability theory; an introduction to basic models, emphasizing both critical thinking and practical applications; and over 200 exercises, several Python codes for the analysis and application of the options pricing models, and numerical projects intended to help close the gap between theory and practice. A First Course in Options Pricing Theory is suitable for an advanced undergraduate course on financial mathematics and options pricing theory in engineering, computer science, and applied mathematics programs. The reader is assumed to be familiar with the standard material in calculus and linear algebra. Stochastic calculus is not used in the book.

Featuring profound, humorous, and life-enhancing opinions from great minds throughout history, 1001 Ways to Tranquility features a treasury of thoughtful contributions from thinkers of different cultures over the centuries and genuine insights into states of being to which we all aspire.