Books

لا تحكي هذه الرواية فقط قصة ارتباط وزواج غير معروفة بين أديب مصري بارز وفتاة مكسيكية؛ هي ابنة شهيرة لدييجو ريفيرا أهم فناني الجداريات في القرن العشرين، ولكنها أيضا تروي لنا سنوات الخمسينيات المبكرة في مصر والعالم، بكل صراعاتها وأحداثها وتأثيراتها.

تنتقل الرواية ما بين القاهرة وفيينا والمكسيك؛ لنرى زمنًا وأمكنة ونسق حياة مغايرًا لم يعد له وجود في حياتنا المعاصرة.

يختار المؤلف استخدام شخصيات رواية "البيضاء" الشهيرة التي نشرها يوسف إدريس في نهاية الخمسينيات، فيبعثها للحياة من جديد ولكن في أحداث تمزج بين الواقع والخيال، فيفاجئنا وجود أسماء حقيقية لسياسيين وفنانين مصريين وعرب وعالميين. ولعل الاكتشاف الأكبر هو قصة حب وزواج "يحيى مصطفى طه"؛ ذلك الاسم الذي اختاره لنفسه يوسف إدريس في "البيضاء".

تنبعث قصة "يحيى ورُوث" عبر صوتيْهما على صفحات الرواية. صراعًا بين ثقافتيْن مختلفتيْن، وطموحيْن مشروعيْن، وجانبيْن من المشاعر. حب وغيرة وطموح وفن. أجواء سياسية قلقة في مصر، ومأساة تعصف بعائلة "رُوث" في المكسيك. كل هذا في إطار عامَي 1953 و 1954 بأجوائهما: الصراع بين الديمقراطية والدكتاتورية، والاختيار بين حرية الصحافة ومصادرة الرأي الآخر، وحيرة المثقفين المتوزعين بين التأييد والمعارضة. هي بحق رواية عن الثورة والمستقبل العالم الذي كان.

In her second compilation of published writing, Brianna Wiest explores pursuing purpose over passion, embracing negative thinking, seeing the wisdom in daily routine, and becoming aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. This book contains never before seen pieces as well as some of Brianna’s most popular essays, all of which just might leave you thinking: this idea changed my life.

(2018) To build a successful business, you need to stop doing random acts of marketing and start following a reliable plan for rapid business growth. Traditionally, creating a marketing plan has been a difficult and time-consuming process, which is why it often doesn’t get done. In The 1-Page Marketing Plan, serial entrepreneur and rebellious marketer Allan Dib reveals a marketing implementation breakthrough that makes creating a marketing plan simple and fast. It’s literally a single page, divided up into nine squares. With it, you’ll be able to map out your own sophisticated marketing plan and go from zero to marketing hero. Whether you’re just starting out or are an experienced entrepreneur, The 1-Page Marketing Plan is the easiest and fastest way to create a marketing plan that will propel your business growth. In this groundbreaking new book you’ll discover: * How to get new customers, clients or patients and how to make more profit from existing ones. * Why “big business” style marketing could kill your business and strategies that actually work for small and medium-sized businesses. * How to close sales without being pushy, needy, or obnoxious while turning the tables and having prospects begging you to take their money. * A simple step-by-step process for creating your own personalized marketing plan that is literally one page. Simply follow along and fill in each of the nine squares that make up your own 1-Page Marketing Plan. * How to annihilate competitors and make yourself the only logical choice. * How to get amazing results on a small budget using the secrets of direct response marketing. * How to charge high prices for your products and services and have customers actually thank you for it.

"When a merchant's daughter has to go live in an old castle with a scary, hairy beast, romance is the last thing she expects. And who is the handsome prince who shows up in her dreams?"

Clearly explained engineering concepts and fun, simple projects give kids ages 7-9 the chance to put their STEAM knowledge to the test!

Teach kids to think like an engineer! The engaging projects in this book will encourage kids to investigate using items from around the house. Build a robot arm out of rulers; learn about jet propulsion with balloons; crush toilet-paper rolls to explore materials; and much more. Read about how engineers use STEAM subjects and their imaginations to think critically and solve problems. Be inspired by engineering heroes such as Leonardo da Vinci, Mae Jemison, and Elon Musk. Fun questions, engineering experiments, and real-life scenarios come together to make engineering relevant. In How to Be an Engineer, the emphasis is on inspiring kids, which means less time at a computer and more time exploring in the real world.

Caterpillar longs to be able to fly! But all he can do is munch and crunch his way through a blackberry bush. When Butterfly comes along, she smiles a secret smile because she knows something Caterpillar doesn't! Whatever can it be?

This classic storybook is reimagined in a fun new pop-up edition – sure to delight toddlers!