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¡Bienvenidos a Fantasiburgo! ¡¡¡PROHIBIDO EL ACCESO DE HUMANOS!!! Serie middle grade muuuy gamberra que combina misterio con fantasía y humor. Un libro, un caso fantástico a resolver, capítulos cortos, escenarios increíbles y voces únicas. ¡Y con las divertidísimas ilustraciones de Bea Tormo! Tania y Gon se han acostumbrado a la vida en Fantasiburgo: el supermercado de dragones, los conciertos de sirenas y las series de ogros. Pero su tranquilidad llega a su fin con la llegada de Nené, la nueva profesora de apoyo, una tímida esfinge. ¿Por qué desaparecen los adultos del cole? Y sobre todo: ¿¡por qué la profesora esfinge nunca pregunta a los alumnos, si es profesora y es esfinge!?

El periodista i professor Alfred Picó, després d'anys d'investigació i experiència en el món comunicatiu, explica per primera vegada 100 idees per millorar la nostra comunicació (personal i professional). Com s'escriu un correu electrònic eficaç? Per què el WhatsApp provoca tants malentesos? Com han de comunicar les empreses? I les institucions? Com es redacta un text a Facebook i Twitter? Com es transforma una notícia negativa en positiva? Podem millorar la nostra comunicació sentimental? Sabries presentar-te en 60 segons? Quines tècniques periodístiques podem aplicar a la nostra vida quotidiana? El llibre és un treball rigorós, innovador, sense precedents i de rabiosa actualitat. Perquè les persones i les empreses hem de comunicar. Sense comunicació som tan invisibles com vulnerables. Però hem de comunicar amb eficàcia i encert. Aquest llibre només té un objectiu: ajudar-te.   _"Editat amb la col·laboració del Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat"_

MP3 CD Format A must-listen biography from the author of the bestselling Warren Buffett Speaks.

Hay una carretera oculta que conduce a la riqueza y la libertad financiera, un atajo que puede recorrerse a una velocidad deslumbrante. Jubilarte cuatro décadas antes de lo habitual y llevar una vida que la mayoría no puede permitirse, es posible. Sin embargo, nos han inculcado el dogma de «hazte rico poco a poco», un plan asfixiante con una ligera posibilidad de obtener riquezas en nuestra vejez: «Ve a la universidad, saca buenas notas, gradúate, consigue un buen trabajo, ahorra, invierte, contrata un plan de pensiones... Entonces, algún día, cuando tengas sesenta y cinco años, serás rico». ¡No permitas que tu plan financiero consista en tener esperanzas y rezar! Cambia de carril; ve por la vía rápida y haz realidad tus sueños. M. J. de Marco amasó su primer millón a los treinta y un años y, en este libro traducido a más de quince idiomas y con más de 500.000 copias vendidas, te enseña todo lo que sabe. • Por qué la «vía lenta» no te hará rico nunca. • ¡Obtén unos ingresos millonarios siguiendo los 5 mandamientos de la riqueza! • Aborda la pobreza como si se tratara de una enfermedad, ¡combate la causa, no los síntomas, y todo cambiará para ti! • Por qué los mensajes de los gurús del tipo «haz lo que amas» o «sigue tu pasión» no suelen ser buenas recomendaciones para enriquecerse. • ¡Y unas 250 indicaciones para salir de la pobreza y acelerar hacia la riqueza!

From the author of The BFG and Matilda! Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!

The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty.

Join the technological revolution that’s taking the financial world by storm. Mastering Bitcoin is your guide through the seemingly complex world of bitcoin, providing the knowledge you need to participate in the internet of money. Whether you’re building the next killer app, investing in a startup, or simply curious about the technology, this revised and expanded second edition provides essential detail to get you started. Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, is still in its early stages and yet it’s already spawned a multi-billion-dollar global economy open to anyone with the knowledge and passion to participate. Mastering Bitcoin provides the knowledge. You simply supply the passion. The second edition includes: * A broad introduction of bitcoin and its underlying blockchain—ideal for non-technical users, investors, and business executives * An explanation of the technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects * Details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles * New developments such as Segregated Witness, Payment Channels, and Lightning Network * A deep dive into blockchain applications, including how to combine the building blocks offered by this platform into higher-level applications * User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts

Cómo se forja a un campeón como Rafa Nadal «Toni Nadal es alguien con las ideas muy claras y probablemente el mayor responsable del Rafa Nadal tenista.» Carlos Moya, extenista profesional y capitán ganador de la Copa Devis Rafa Nadal se ha convertido en un referente dentro del mundo del deporte no sólo por su éxito espectacular, sino también por la encarnación de una serie de valores que trascienden lo deportivo. Toni Nadal, su entrenador desde la infancia hasta 2017, ha logrado convertirse en modelo de una manera de trabajar y de enfocar las relaciones profesionales que, a pesar de su sencillez, resulta profundamente revolucionaria. En Todo se puede entrenar hace un repaso a todos los principios que inspiran su exitoso método, comenzando por una tajante defensa de la formación del carácter frente a la formación técnica como pilar indispensable del triunfo. Saber competir –en cualquier ámbito– exige no sólo, o no principalmente, poseer una serie de conocimientos en la materia correspondiente y desarrollar destrezas con virtuosismo sino, sobre todo, tener la fortaleza emocional necesaria para afrontar las situaciones de presión y ser capaz de revertir procesos adversos.

[ MP3 CD Format ] A venture capitalist draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, and as an executive at Uber to address how tech's most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem" -- by leveraging networks effects to launch and scale towards billions of users. Although software has become easier to build, launching and scaling new products and services remains difficult. Startups face daunting challenges entering the technology ecosystem, including stiff competition, copycats, and ineffective marketing channels. Teams launching new products must consider the advantages of "the network effect," where a product or service's value increases as more users engage with it. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other tech giants utilize network effects, and most tech products incorporate them, whether they're messaging apps, workplace collaboration tools, or marketplaces. Network effects provide a path for fledgling products to break through, attracting new users through viral growth and word of mouth. Yet most entrepreneurs lack the vocabulary and context to describe them - much less understand the fundamental principles that drive the effect. What exactly are network effects? How do teams create and build them into their products? How do products compete in a market where every player has them? Andrew Chen draws on his experience and on interviews with the CEOs and founding teams of LinkedIn, Twitch, Zoom, Dropbox, Tinder, Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest - to provide unique insights in answering these questions. Chen also provides practical frameworks and principles that can be applied across products and industries. The Cold Start Problem reveals what makes winning networks successful, why some startups fail to successfully scale, and most crucially, why products that create and compete using the network effect are virally important today.

What is money? How does it work, and what effects does it have on our society and economy? Hardly anyone has penetrated the answers to these questions better and explained them more comprehensibly than Alfred Lansburgh, who published them in the form of letters to his son, under the pseudonym “Argentarius” in his publishing house “Die Bank”. This edition contains the following collections of letters from the years 1921 to 1923: * On Money * Valuta * The Central Bank * Monetary Crisis

Humanity is at a crossroads. Never have we had so much potential to do good in the world or literally transform our civilization into transnational gulags. Almost 175 Years have passed since the Communist Manifesto was written and circulated by Marx and Engels. Some statistics point to it being one of the most widely read and distributed works of political science and economics. However, the core ideology has led to hundreds of millions of murders worldwide at the hands of those who fervently 'believed' and 'reformed' society by its decrees. It's about time something was written to help challenge and potentially unwind some of the moral, intellectual, social, and economic damage done since. * Why is it that an idea with a consistent failure rate draws more young people to it than ever before? * What is it about the original book that's so infectious that it continues to influence people around the world almost two centuries later? * What elements of the original text are accurate observations, and what conclusions are drawn ignorant of human psychology and praxeology that lead to devastating consequences? We wrote The UnCommunist Manifesto to answer these questions and much more. We emulated the format and length of the Communist Manifesto, so it is a sharp, concise and lucid read, but the message contained is a reminder for people to reach upward and become better versions of themselves instead of renouncing individual responsibility by classifying themselves into static groups and intellectually validating their desire to bring others down to their level. One goal was to change the axis of the “struggle.” Marx and Engels outlined it as “a struggle between two classes’, whom an individual is arbitrarily assigned to based on their material wealth. We reject this and assert that the real struggle is between individual autonomy, sovereignty, and responsibility versus the collectivist tendency toward group identity politics, rights, entitlements, and co-dependencies. Between cooperation and coercion. It always has been. We hope to see it used as an inspirational text in the years ahead as Individuals seek to maintain autonomy and claim sovereignty, while the collective seeks to coerce. Our longer-term hope is that this text can be a beacon of hope, sanity, and sense in a world being swallowed up by the envy inherently justified by Marxist doctrine. Humanity is at a crossroads. Never have we had so much potential to do good in the world, or literally transform our civilisation into transnational gulags. The siren call of Marxist entropy is stronger than ever. The greatness and sanctity of the individual and the soul must counter it. May this book be not just an answer to the misguided, nihilistic, and often dangerous ideology that is Marxism, but a message of hope, responsibility, and liberty for all. This is the first edition, and we hope that you find deep meaning within it. Aleks Svetski & Mark Moss

Perhaps everyone has heard of Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies. They appear in the media at moments when they are drawing their last breath (the price has dropped a bit) or when everyone is going crazy and buying (the price has gone up a bit). However, only a few people are experimenting with using them in their lives. Can something so volatile be used reliably? And if we don't care about the price, can cryptocurrencies be used in other ways? For example, to fund creators, or for crowdfunding. Can you use cryptocurrencies to take out a loan? How to use them in international trade or to promote your products? How to build a local crypto economy in your social bubble? Can bitcoin be used to expand personal and social contacts? We can even use bitcoin as a form of "insurance" against the failure of the traditional financial system. Juraj Bednár is a serial entrepreneur. He has founded several companies in the field of information technology. He is a co-founder of the non-profit project Paralelná Polis, thanks to which he discovered the potential of cryptocurrencies in life and business. By combining the principle of hacking (ethical hacking, life hacking, ...) and cryptocurrencies, he creates mindsets with which you can introduce cryptocurrencies into your life. The aim of his books is to open the minds of his readers to new possibilities – if we have the courage to experiment.