Il 10 febbraio 1996 il campione del mondo di scacchiGarry Kasparov iniziò un match contro DeepBlue, un computer della Ibm creato esclusivamenteper giocare a scacchi. Un match lungo due annidestinato a rimanere nella storia. La partita inauguralesi concluse con una vittoria della macchina:per la prima volta un campione del mondo venivasconfitto in una sfida con tempi regolari datorneo. Quella sera Kasparov si rivolse sconsolatoall'amico Frederic Friedel:...

A bordo del Supercamper dei suoi genitori, Matteo ha imparato a conoscere il mondo. A viaggiare, a vedere i tramonti da nuove prospettive, ad assaporare nuovi inizi, a intuire il luogo d'arrivo di strade sconosciute, piene di polvere o di insegne stradali scritte in chissà quale lingua. In questa guida turistico-letteraria, Matteo Cavezzali riassume molte delle sensazioni di chi viaggia, di chi si lancia all'avventura, perché quella del viaggiatore...

Eva Moskowitz, founder of the highly lauded Success Academy Charter Schools, shares her advice for raising smart, successful, and intellectually engaged children. Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as the founder and leader of Success Academy Charter Schools, one of the country's most highly regarded networks of schools, but while most people know Eva for her success in educating 20,000 mainly low-income students who are routinely accepted...

The highly anticipated memoir exposing the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney. In Blood on Their Hands, Mandy Matney provides readers with an exclusive inside look into the Murdaugh saga and its sinister web of deceit, theft, and murder. Matney shares the challenges of reporting on the many heartbreaking cases involved while pursuing justice for the...

In our era of social media-empowered feminism, after centuries of societal-enforced stigma, menstruation has finally begun to bleed out into the mainstream. We’re finally using red liquid instead of blue in period product ads, seeing beauty influencers use their period blood for facials on social media, and even the most daring period scenes are being depicted on tv — but we still know alarmingly little when it comes to menstruation. And we still...

15 septembre 2008, chute de Lehman Brothers. Cette crise financière signe aussi le début de la crise pour Solic, PME en alors plein essor dans le domaine du recrutement. Jour après jour, le lecteur suit son dirigeant, Nicolas Doucerain, et ses collaborateurs dans leur combat pour sauver Solic de la faillite : endettement, licenciements, confrontation aux banques, dépt de bilan et mise en redressement judiciaire, menace de faillite personnelle,...

"Corita Kent (1918-1986) was a visual artist, art teacher, and Catholic nun whose work was revolutionary and is widely revered. In her classroom, she encouraged her students to see the ordinary as extraordinary and make art from the so-called commonplace around them. She embodied this in her own work-making screen prints and collage that celebrated the values and themes of hope, love, justice, and peace. This picture book biography approaches Corita's...

"Learn why it gets hot outside with the help of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!"--Provided by publisher.

Survival of the Fittest: the game show where animal contestants pitch the latest and greatest in scientific innovation to a panel of shark judges! Animals of all sizes and skills compete to see who can come up with the most useful, most creative, most brilliant design for a product based on something that exists in the natural world. Today's theme is: engineering.

Loss is difficult...and universal. What do we say? What do we do? Part how-to guide, part hopeful manifesto, Cultivating the Doula Heart provides a clear framework for supporting those facing hardship, grief, and loss. Succinct and straightforward, this work of heart covers: Components of Doula Care, Aspects of Loss, Ways of Being/Ways of Doing, Grief Support, and Contemplative Exercises. Additionally, the audiobook version comes with over an hour...