Hur man ser bra utan glasögon : en naturmetod för att förbättra synförmågan
Du kan förbättra din syn genom att utföra speciella övningar, genom rätt mat och till och med genom att ändra dina tankemönster. Detta säger dr Robert-Michael Kaplan, som är en internationellt känd auktoritet på synträningens område och författare...
The Nothing That is
A symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it's added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. As we enter the year 2000, zero is once again making its presence felt. Nothing itself, it makes possible a myriad of calculations. Indeed, without zero mathematics as we know it would not exist. And without mathematics our understanding of the universe would be vastly impoverished. But where did this nothing, this hollow circle, come from? Who created it? And what, exactly, does it mean? Robert Kaplan's The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero begins as a mystery story, taking us back to Sumerian times, and then to Greece and India, piecing together the way the idea of a symbol for nothing evolved. Kaplan shows us just how handicapped our ancestors were in trying to figure large sums without the aid of the zero. (Try multiplying CLXIV by XXIV). Remarkably, even the Greeks, mathematically brilliant as they were, didn't have a zero--or did they? We
The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics
The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics contains 39 original chapters on a broad range of topics in applied linguistics by a diverse group of contributors. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive survey of the current state of the field, the man...
What You're Really Meant to Do
How do you create your own definition of success--and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" a...
What You Really Need to Lead
WHAT MAKES A LEADER? CAN YOU REALLY LEARN TO LEAD? You might believe that leaders are born, not made. Perhaps you think that you need to hold an important job to be a leader--that you need permission to lead. Leadership is one of the most importan...
What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
Successful leaders know that leadership is less often about having all the answers--and more often about asking the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your perfor...
Earning the Rockies
As a boy, Kaplan listened to his truck-driver father's evocative stories about traveling across America. Now he undertakes his own cross-country journey to recapture an understanding of American geography that is often lost in the jet age. In his ...
Return of Marco Polo's World
The Return of Marco Polo's World
In Europe's Shadow
In Europe's Shadow
Arabists
A tight-knit group closely linked by intermarriage as well as class and old school ties, the "Arabists" were men and women who spent much of their lives living and working in the Arab world as diplomats, military attaches, intelligence a...
Asia's Cauldron
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES From Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the world's Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, comes a penetrating look at the volatile region that will dominate the future of ...
Loom of Time
The Loom of Time
Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History (New Edition)
From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as 'the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date' (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic. This new edition of the Balkan Ghosts includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between 1996 and 2000 beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power.
The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War
From the bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts and The Ends of the Earth comes a fascinating new book on the imminent global chaos that is as brilliant as it is necessary, as original as it is controversial. The end of the Cold War has not ushered in the global peace and prosperity that many had anticipated. Environmental degradation is causing the rampant spread of famine and disease, and a rising number of nations are being torn by violent wars of fierce tribalism and trenchant regionalism. Our newest democracies, such as Russia and Venezuela, are bloody maelstroms of violence and crime, while America is beset with an alarmingly high number of apathetic citizens content to concern themselves with matters of entertainment and convenience. Bold, erudite, and profoundly important, The Coming Anarchy is a compelling must-read by one of today's most penetrating writers and provocative minds. "Analytically daring.... Informed by a rock-solid, unwavering realism and an utter absence of
Revenge of Geography
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world. Bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the recent and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world's hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands. He then applies the lessons learned to the present crises in Europe, Russia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Turkey, Iran, and the Arab Middle East. The result is a holistic interpretation of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia, a visionary glimpse into a future that can be understood only in the context
Waste Land
One of the Financial Times' Books to Read in 2025 One of Foreign Policy's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 A darkly brilliant, wide-angled vision of our chaotic, globalised world, where present crises resonate with past tyrannies-from a bestselling ...
Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis
An urgent exploration of a world in constant crisis, where every regional disaster threatens to become a global conflict, with lessons from history that can stop the spiral--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography 'Compelling and helpful . . . Kaplan's analysis has enormous implications for U.S. strategy abroad. . . . His conclusion is the only right one.'--John Bolton, The Wall Street Journal One of Financial Times' Most Important Books to Read This Year - One of Foreign Policy's Most Anticipated Books of the Year We are entering a new era of global cataclysm in which the world faces a deadly mix of war, climate change, great power rivalry, rapid technological advancement, the end of both monarchy and empire, and countless other dangers. In Waste Land, Robert D. Kaplan, geopolitical expert and author of more than twenty books on world affairs, incisively explains how we got here and where we are going. Kaplan makes a novel argument that the current
Adriatic
' An] elegantly layered exploration of Europe's past and future . . . a multifaceted masterpiece.'--The Wall Street Journal 'A lovely, personal journey around the Adriatic, in which Robert Kaplan revisits places and peoples he first encountered decades ago.'--Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker In this insightful travelogue, Robert D. Kaplan, geopolitical expert and bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts and The Revenge of Geography, turns his perceptive eye to a region that for centuries has been a meeting point of cultures, trade, and ideas. He undertakes a journey around the Adriatic Sea, through Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, and Greece, to reveal that far more is happening in the region than most news stories let on. Often overlooked, the Adriatic is in fact at the center of the most significant challenges of our time, including the rise of populist politics, the refugee crisis, and battles over the control of
Tragic Mind
A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy ¿ "Spare, elegant and poignant. . . . If there is a single contemporary book that should be pressed into the hands of those who decide is...
Christian Warrior Mindset: Spiritual Strength for Challenging Times
For an author inscribed copy, please visit michaelikaplan.com Faithful Christians are under spiritual and physical assault in our modern world, and their challenges are greater than at any other time in recent history. Hostile religions, anti-faith movements and politically correct governments are literally trying to destroy Christianity at its core. God won't let that happen; He has deployed a new generation of Christian Warriors to stand in defense of His faithful elect. 'Christian Warrior Mindset: Spiritual Strength in Challenging Times,' is a powerful and inspirational book written for God's Christian Warriors in the modern age. By the Grace and Glory of God, Christians will stand together, rise against the threats it faces and emerge victorious in its battles with the enemies of the Living God. You will be inspired by 365 days of powerful Scripture, inspirational commentary and a personal journal that allows readers to discover and plan how they will rise to defend God's Kingdom
Theory and Practice of Writing
This text explores the varieties of writing, different purposes for learning to write extended text, and cross-cultural variation among second language writers. The authors provide an overview of textlinguistics, the different approaches to writin...