Eat Sleep Work Repeat

Eat Sleep Work Repeat
Author: Bruce Daisley
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0062944525

“An important reminder of simple everyday practices to improve how we all work together, which will lead to greater team and individual happiness and performance. Great results will follow.”—Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square “With just 30 changes, you can transform your work experience from bland and boring (or worse) to fulfilling, fun, and even joyful.”—Daniel Pink, author of When and Drive The vice president of Twitter Europe and host of the top business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat offers thirty smart, research-based hacks for bringing joy and fun back into our burned out, uninspired work lives. How does a lunch break spark a burst of productivity? Can a team’s performance be improved simply by moving the location of the coffee maker? Why are meetings so often a waste of time, and how can a walking meeting actually get decisions made? As an executive with decades of management experience at top Silicon Valley companies including YouTube, Google, and Twitter, Bruce Daisley has given a lot of thought to what makes a workforce productive and what factors can improve the workplace to benefit a company’s employees, customers, and bottom line. In his debut book, he shares what he’s discovered, offering practical, often counterintuitive, insights and solutions for reinvigorating work to give us more meaning, productivity, and joy at the office. A Gallup survey of global workers revealed shocking news: only 13% of employees are engaged in their jobs. This means that burn out and unhappiness at work are a reality for the vast majority of workers. Managers—and employees themselves—can make work better. Eat Sleep Work Repeat shows them how, offering more than two dozen research-backed, user-friendly strategies, including: Go to Lunch (it makes you less tired over the weekend) Suggest a Tea Break (it increases team cohesiveness and productivity) Conduct a Pre-Mortem (foreseeing possible issues can prevent problems and creates a spirit of curiosity and inquisitiveness) “Let’s start enjoying our jobs again,” Daisley insists. “It’s time to rediscover the joy of work.”

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep
Author: Matthew Walker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1501144316

"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.

The History Teacher's Joke Book

The History Teacher's Joke Book
Author: Richard Di Giacomo
Publisher: Richard Di Giacomo
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0970623739

These jokes help add a little excitement to your classes and help students to have fun with history. They include geography puns, corny history jokes, and famous student flubs. You'll have them rolling in the aisles!

Lighthead

Lighthead
Author: Terrance Hayes
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2010-03-30
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1101222883

Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018 In his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience. With one foot firmly grounded in the everyday and the other hovering in the air, his poems braid dream and reality into a poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear with meditations on desire and history. We see Hayes testing the line between story and song in a series of stunning poems inspired by the Pecha Kucha, a Japanese presenta­tion format. This innovative collection presents the light- headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. Fueled by an imagination that enlightens, delights, and ignites, Lighthead leaves us illuminated and scorched.

The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee

The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee
Author: Stewart Lee Allen
Publisher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2018-11-13
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1641290102

"Absolutely riveting . . . Essential reading for foodies, java-junkies, anthropologists, and anyone else interested in funny, sardonically told adventure stories." —Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential Full of humor and historical insights, The Devil’s Cup is not only ahistory of coffee, but a travelogue of a risk-taking brew-seeker. In this captivating book, Stewart Lee Allen treks three-quarters of the way around the world on a caffeinated quest to answer these profound questions: Did the advent of coffee give birth to an enlightened western civilization? Is coffee the substance that drives history? From the cliffhanging villages of Southern Yemen, where coffee beans were first cultivated eight hundred years ago, to a cavernous coffeehouse in Calcutta, the drinking spot for two of India’s Nobel Prize winners . . . from Parisian salons and cafés where the French Revolution was born, to the roadside diners and chain restaurants of the good ol’ USA, where something resembling brown water passes for coffee, Allen wittily proves that the world was wired long before the Internet. And those who deny the power of coffee (namely tea drinkers) do so at their own peril.

Everything Changed After That: 25 Women, 25 Stories

Everything Changed After That: 25 Women, 25 Stories
Author: Aekta Kapoor
Publisher: Embassy Books
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2021-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9389995531

And the Wind Blew in a New Direction... A chance meeting on a road trip that invites you to rethink your upcoming wedding. A moment of vulnerability betrayed and made viral on the internet. A shared cab ride that gives you a chance at sweet revenge. Gatecrashing a grand feast and falling headlong into an unexpected new friendship. An opportunity to make quick bucks under the table that is fraught with risk. This anthology of twenty-five winning stories from eShe magazine’s short story contest for women writers will leave you enthralled to the last page. The contest was judged by India’s highest selling female author Preeti Shenoy, eShe’s founder and editor Aekta Kapoor, and author and editor-in-chief of Embassy Books, Aruna Joshi. Written by twenty-five women of varied backgrounds from all corners of India – from homemakers to teachers to engineers – the stories give you a glimpse into the preoccupations of modern Indian womanhood. There’s only one thing they have in common – a life-changing twist in the tale. Featuring Stories from : Anushree Bose, Arti Jain, Arva Bhavnagarwala, A.V. Sridevi, Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharya, Chandrika R. Krishnan, Divya Vartika, Manisha Sahoo, Nasreen Khan, Natasha Sharma, Nina Krishna Warrier, Noopur Joshi Bapat, Preetha Vasan, Priyadarshini Sharma, Priyamvada Singh, Raina Lopes, Rajitha Menon, Ruchika Verma, Salini Vineeth, Sangeeta Das, Sangeetha Vallat, Sapna D. Singh, Shalini Mullick, Sulekha Bajpai, Urvashi Tandon.

Finding Dora Maar

Finding Dora Maar
Author: Brigitte Benkemoun
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1606066595

“[A] spirited and deeply researched project.... [Benkemoun’s] affection for her subject is infectious. This book gives a satisfying treatment to a woman who has been confined for decades to a Cubist’s limited interpretation.” — Joumana Khatib, The New York Times Merging biography, memoir, and cultural history, this compelling book, a bestseller in France, traces the life of Dora Maar through a serendipitous encounter with the artist’s address book. In search of a replacement for his lost Hermès agenda, Brigitte Benkemoun’s husband buys a vintage diary on eBay. When it arrives, she opens it and finds inside private notes dating back to 1951—twenty pages of phone numbers and addresses for Balthus, Brassaï, André Breton, Jean Cocteau, Paul Éluard, Leonor Fini, Jacqueline Lamba, and other artistic luminaries of the European avant-garde. After realizing that the address book belonged to Dora Maar—Picasso’s famous “Weeping Woman” and a brilliant artist in her own right—Benkemoun embarks on a two-year voyage of discovery to learn more about this provocative, passionate, and enigmatic woman, and the role that each of these figures played in her life. Longlisted for the prestigious literary award Prix Renaudot, Finding Dora Maar is a fascinating and breathtaking portrait of the artist. This work received support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States through their publishing assistance program.

Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing E-Book

Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing E-Book
Author: Mariann M. Harding
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 1718
Release: 2019-09-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323595189

Get a unique, conceptual approach to nursing care in this rapidly changing healthcare environment. Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition gives you a solid foundation in medical-surgical nursing. This thoroughly revised text includes a more conversational writing style, an increased focus on nursing concepts and clinical trends, strong evidence-based content, and an essential pathophysiology review. Content covers all aspects of nursing care including health promotion, acute intervention, and ambulatory care. Helpful boxes and tables make it easy for you to find essential information, and a building-block approach makes even the most complex concepts simple to grasp. Key topics such as interprofessional care, delegation, safety, and prioritization are integrated throughout. Additionally, extensive drug therapy information and diagnostic studies tables give you a full picture of care. Best of all — a complete collection of learning and study resources helps you learn more effectively and offers valuable, real-world preparation for clinical practice.

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Author: ZZ Packer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2004-02-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781573223782

The acclaimed debut short story collection that introduced the world to an arresting and unforgettable new voice in fiction, from multi-award winning author ZZ Packer Her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident: Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. We meet a Brownie troop of black girls who are confronted with a troop of white girls; a young man who goes with his father to the Million Man March and must decide where his allegiance lies; an international group of drifters in Japan, who are starving, unable to find work; a girl in a Baltimore ghetto who has dreams of the larger world she has seen only on the screens in the television store nearby, where the Lithuanian shopkeeper holds out hope for attaining his own American Dream. With penetrating insight, ZZ Packer helps us see the world with a clearer vision. Fresh, versatile, and captivating, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a striking and unforgettable collection, sure to stand out among the contemporary canon of fiction.

Leverage Leadership

Leverage Leadership
Author: Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2012-06-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118238923

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Managing Director of Uncommon Schools) shows leaders how they can raise their schools to greatness by following a core set of principles. These seven principles, or "levers," allow for consistent, transformational, and replicable growth. With intentional focus on these areas, leaders will leverage much more learning from the same amount of time investment. Fundamentally, each of these seven levers answers the core questions of school leadership: What should an effective leader do, and how and when should they do it. Aimed at all levels of school leadership, the book is for any principal, superintendent, or educator who wants to be a transformational leader. The book includes 30 video clips of top-tier leaders in action. These videos bring great schools to you, and support a deeper understanding of both the components of success and how it looks as a whole. There are also many helpful rubrics, extensive professional development tools, calendars, and templates. Explores the core principles of effective leadership Author's charter school, North Star Academy in Newark, New Jersey, received the highest possible award given by the U.S. Department of Education; the National Blue Ribbon Print version includes an instructive DVD with 30 video clips to show how it looks in real life. E-book customers: please note that details on how to access the content from the DVD may be found in the e-book Table of Contents. Please see the section: "How to Access DVD Contents" Bambrick-Santoyo has trained more than 1,800 school leaders nationwide in his work at Uncommon Schools and is a recognized expert on transforming schools to achieve extraordinary results.