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I pensieri, raccolti in questo opera, tratto da "Ad se Ipsum", "A Se stesso", o "Colloqui con se stesso", com'è conosciuto dai più, di Marco Aurelio...

This book guides listeners through best practices around planning, designing, building, and implementing a design system, with insights and first-hand experiences from lead designers at Shopify, Google, Apple, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Time Series Forecasting in Python teaches you to build powerful predictive models from time-based data. Every model you create is relevant, useful, and easy to implement with Python. You’ll explore interesting real-world datasets like Google’s daily stock price and economic data for the USA, quickly progressing from the basics to developing large-scale models that use deep learning tools like TensorFlow.

In questo fortunato libro d'esordio Malvaldi introduce i mitici vecchietti del BarLume, dove tra partite a carte fuori dagli schemi, battibecchi generazionali...

Le Meditazioni di Marco Aurelio, un'opera fondamentale della filosofia stoica, offrono un'immersione profonda nelle riflessioni personali dell'ultimo dei "Cinque Buoni Imperatori" romani. Scritto come un diario durante le sue campagne militari, questo testo rivela l'intima lotta di un imperatore con questioni di moralità, destino e virtù. Marco Aurelio, regnante dal 161 al 180 d.C., incarna l'ideale stoico di virtù e saggezza attraverso la pratica dell'autodisciplina, della resilienza e del controllo delle passioni, sottolineando che la vera felicità deriva dall'interno.

Most of us have heard about bitcoin and cryptocurrency—even if we don’t know what these terms mean. Despite the amount of news coverage this new technology receives, relatively few individuals are actively participating in the bitcoin opportunity.

Rothan pleads with King Albrecht to free him from captivity. Hordes of vicious creatures march on the cold land of Skald, and only he can find the way to stop them. But after a twist of fate, Rothan is taken aboard an imperial ship, taken to the island of Black Tear, a place so cursed that the sun never touches it, a place where minds are flayed, where bodies are torn apart and rearranged like playthings. This is to be Rothan's fate. But perhaps he can find some way to bargain for his life. For all beings, even vampires, are bound by chains, chains of one kind or another....

Las anotaciones autobiográficas, las reflexiones y sentencias que Marco Aurelio fue escribiendo para sí mismo, durante sus últimos años de vida, componen un texto singular en la literatura antigua. Ningún otro gran personaje del mundo antiguo nos ha legado un testimonio personal tan sincero, tan hondo y tan patéticamente filosófico. Marco Aurelio tuvo que vestir la púrpura y la coraza del guerrero al frente de un inmenso y amenazado imperio.

Big goals aren’t always easy to achieve, and this is exactly what makes them so special. Achieving them takes commitment, drive, and consistency...but most importantly, a powerful, positive mindset. Remember: It is your choice to stay where you are...or move forward, positively, constantly keeping the bigger picture in mind.

Siamo alla fine di aprile del 1970 e il commissario Bordelli, ormai in pensione, può dedicarsi a un caso riaperto di recente, un’indagine mai risolta che lo tormenta da molti anni. Si tratta dell’assassinio del figlio di un noto fascista avvenuto nel 1947, che nel clima irrequieto del Dopoguerra era stato frettolosamente archiviato. Mentre, con l’aiuto del vice commissario, Bordelli scava nel passato alla ricerca della verità, sulla montagna pistoiese la Pubblica Sicurezza sta scandagliando il bosco in una frenetica lotta contro il tempo e una brutta faccenda tornerà alla luce.

With multiple studies backing its findings and thorough explanations for each technique, The Secret Therapy of Trees is a treasure trove of tips on how to harness the regenerative power of plants and reconnect with our planet's natural spaces, bringing us health and happiness. You'll also discover: which plants purify the environment at home and in the office, the benefits of negative ions and where to find them, and how to recharge through contact with trees.

Gran Bretagna, 1984. Il governo annuncia la chiusura di venti miniere di carbone. È l'inizio dell'ultima guerra civile inglese: cinquantatré settimane di sciopero ininterrotto che contrappongono i minatori al primo ministro Margaret Thatcher. Cinquantatré settimane di picchetti e arresti, violenze e intimidazioni, famiglie disperate, licenziati e crumiri, corruttori e corrotti, solidarietà e tradimenti.

Shonen's past in the infernal realms tortures him to this very day. The haunting memories have driven him to train in ninjutsu his entire life, seeking a way to defeat his cursed rival: the Shogun's heir. Now, an old enemy from his past appears and offers him a chance to finally settle the score with the heir once and for fall...in the ultimate duel.

The second novel in the Inspector Bordelli series set in 1960s Florence - the detective must race to unmask a particularly brutal killer. April 1964, but spring hasn't quite sprung. The bad weather seems suited to nothing but bad news. And bad news is coming to the police station. First, Bordelli's friend Casimiro, who insists he's discovered the body of a man in a field above Fiesole. Bordelli races to the scene but doesn't find any sign of a corpse.

If you're looking to enjoy a classic book and improve your English or Spanish, then you're in luck. This is the bilingual bundle of Meditations / Meditaciones by Marcus Aurelius / Marco Aurelio in both English & Spanish. There's no better way to learn a language than by familiarizing yourself with a text and putting your knowledge to the test.

Ein idyllisches Bergdorf in Südtirol - doch die Zeiten sind hart. Von 1939 bis 1943 werden die Leute vor die Wahl gestellt: entweder nach Deutschland auszuwandern oder als Bürger zweiter Klasse in Italien zu bleiben. Trina entscheidet sich für ihr Dorf, ihr Zuhause. Als die Faschisten ihr verbieten, als Lehrerin tätig zu sein, unterrichtet sie heimlich in Kellern und Scheunen. Und als ein Energiekonzern für einen Stausee Felder und Häuser überfluten will, leistet sie Widerstand - mit Leib und Seele.

Tida como uma obra única na história da Filosofia, Meditações contém as mais profundas e reveladoras reflexões espirituais e éticas já registradas. Apresentados de maneira direta, os insights reúnem os fundamentos do Estoicismo que guiaram os pensamentos do imperador filósofo Marco Aurélio, um dos líderes mais inteligentes e bem-sucedidos de sua época. Uma obra-prima essencial para gestores, curiosos e qualquer pessoa que já tenha enfrentado momentos difíceis, porém, sem deixar de cultivar a esperança em dias melhores.

Quase dois mil anos depois de ter sido escrito, Meditações continua relevante para quem busca uma vida significativa.

Curòn, 1920. In a small village in South Tyrol, Trina longs for a different life. She dedicates herself to becoming a teacher, but the year that she qualifies Mussolini's regime abolishes the use of German as a teaching language. In this new climate of fear and uncertainty Trina works for a clandestine network of schools in the valley, always with the risk of capture. Curòn, 1939. Now married and a mother Trina's life is again thrown into uncertainty when Germany announces the 'Great choice' and communities in South Tyrol are given the opportunity to move to Germany.

Barely inhabited, the Arctic is an alien world to most of us. It also holds critical clues about the future of our planet. In The Hidden Life of Ice, Marco Tedesco invites us to Greenland, where he and his fellow scientists are doggedly researching the dramatic changes afoot. Following the arc of his typical day at work, Tedesco unearths the secrets in the ice - from evidence of long-extinct "polar camels" to the fantastically weird microorganisms. Tedesco weaves together the bald facts on climate change with poetic reflections on this endangered landscape and more.