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It’s a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in an uncannily depopulated public park, he will sift through the pieces and traverse the baroque landscape of his own thoughts: the theology of nosiness, the beauty of the arbutus tree, the pathos of Gene Hackman, the theory of quantum immortality, Louis Riel’s letter to an Irish newspaper, the baleful influence of Calvinism on the Scottish working class, the sea, the CIA, and, ultimately, thinking itself and how it may be represented in writing.

Introducing the complete natural collection of bedtime stories, guided meditations, and hypnosis to help you finally get the healing sleep you crave every single night.

On average, we spend about 80,000 hours in our lifetime working. Most of us spend that time in the workforce without being in touch with the impact we could make if we listened more closely to our heart and followed our dreams. Your Next 40,000 Hours speaks to career professionals who want to engage with finding purposeful work and changing the world in an authentic and powerful way. Join author Elaine Siu on her journey into an illuminating second career, along with the stories of other extraordinary dreamers.

Parisa Tagavis Karriere steht kurz vor dem Durchbruch. Endlich scheint sie eine zuverlässige Methode gefunden zu haben, die Krankheit Endometriose zu diagnostizieren, die vielen Frauen helfen könnte. Aber gerade als die Forscherin an der entscheidenden Testreihe arbeitet, wird sie wegen Investorenbetrugs festgenommen. Ein Rätsel für Parisa, da sich doch eigentlich ihr Freund und Geschäftspartner um die Investorenkontakte kümmert. Nun gibt es nur noch einen Mann, dem Parisa vertrauen kann. Ihre Jugendliebe Johannes Lund ist inzwischen ein angesehener Anwalt bei der Kanzlei Swärdh & Partner - und ihre letzte Rettung.