Grand Ambition

Grand Ambition
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781416576006
ISBN-13 : 1416576002
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Grand Ambition by : G. Bruce Knecht

Download or read book Grand Ambition written by G. Bruce Knecht and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Doug Von Allmen's plan to build an extraordinary yacht and the way that the 2008 financial crisis threatened the project and the livelihood of the one thousand employees of the shipyard where it was built.

Ambition

Ambition
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 9781498274166
ISBN-13 : 1498274161
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ambition by : Luci Shaw

Download or read book Ambition written by Luci Shaw and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role should ambition play in our lives? Our culture generally buys the American Dream that yes, we can fulfill all our aspirations. But to seek personal power and fame in the competitive world of Western culture has a dark side. Ambition can be subtle and enticing, leading to great unhappiness. Questions about ambition are more urgent now than they have ever been. What is ambition, exactly, and is it okay to be ambitious? What part does self-esteem play in personal growth and productivity? Can the ego's drive to get ahead and make a name for oneself lead to obsession or a growing narcissism? Does the desire to do one's best constitute ambition, or faithfulness to one's calling? Can personal character and integrity be eroded by too much celebrity and success? The writers in this book address these complex questions about ambition in a variety of ways and in wonderfully different voices. The pieces range from personal musings to thought experiments and more formal reflections. With elegance and wisdom, the writers raise and reflect on the question that lies at our most intimate core of being and at the very center of our culture.

Grand Ambition

Grand Ambition
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 0393322955
ISBN-13 : 9780393322958
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Grand Ambition by : Lisa Michaels

Download or read book Grand Ambition written by Lisa Michaels and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An absorbing, affecting and beautifully written novel."--New York Times Book Review

The House of Service

The House of Service
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780199336425
ISBN-13 : 0199336423
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The House of Service by : David Tittensor

Download or read book The House of Service written by David Tittensor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Tittensor offers a groundbreaking new perspective on the Gülen movement, a Turkish Muslim educational activist network that emerged in the 1960s and has grown into a global empire with an estimated worth of $25 billion. Named after its leader Fethullah Gülen, the movement has established more than 1,000 secular educational institutions in over 140 countries, aiming to provide holistic education that incorporates both spirituality and the secular sciences. Despite the movement's success, little is known about how its schools are run, or how Islam is operationalized. Drawing on thirteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey, Tittensor explores the movement's ideo-theology and how it is practiced in the schools. His interviews with both teachers and graduates from Africa, Indonesia, Central Asia, and Turkey show that the movement is a missionary organization, but of a singular kind: its goal is not simply widespread religious conversion, but a quest to recoup those Muslims who have apparently lost their way and to show non-Muslims that Muslims can embrace modernity and integrate into the wider community. Tittensor also examines the movement's operational side and shows how the schools represent an example of Mohammad Yunus's social business model: a business with a social cause at its heart. The House of Service is an insightful exploration of one of the world's largest transnational Muslim associations, and will be invaluable for those seeking to understand how Islam will be perceived and practiced in the future.

Ambition in America

Ambition in America
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9780813145068
ISBN-13 : 0813145066
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ambition in America by : Jeffrey A. Becker

Download or read book Ambition in America written by Jeffrey A. Becker and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the largest southern cities and a hub for the cotton industry, Memphis, Tennessee, was at the forefront of black political empowerment during the Jim Crow era. Compared to other cities in the South, Memphis had an unusually large number of African American voters. Black Memphians sought reform at the ballot box, formed clubs, ran for office, and engaged in voter registration and education activities from the end of the Civil War through the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954. In this groundbreaking book, Elizabeth Gritter examines how and why black Memphians mobilized politically in the period between Reconstruction and the beginning of the civil rights movement. Gritter illuminates, in particular, the efforts and influence of Robert R. Church Jr., an affluent Republican and founder of the Lincoln League, and the notorious Memphis political boss Edward H. Crump. Using these two men as lenses through which to view African American political engagement, this volume explores how black voters and their leaders both worked with and opposed the white political machine at the ballot box. River of Hope challenges persisting notions of a "Solid South" of white Democratic control by arguing that the small but significant number of black southerners who retained the right to vote had more influence than scholars have heretofore assumed. Gritter's nuanced study presents a fascinating view of the complex nature of political power during the Jim Crow era and provides fresh insight into the efforts of the individuals who laid the foundation for civil rights victories in the 1950s and '60s.

The Case for Greatness

The Case for Greatness
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9780300150278
ISBN-13 : 030015027X
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Case for Greatness by : Robert Faulkner

Download or read book The Case for Greatness written by Robert Faulkner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a spirited look at political ambition, and particulary its good version, honourable ambition. Robert Faulkner contends that too many modern accounts of leadership slight such things as a determination to excel, good judgement, and a sense of honour, the very qualities that distinguish the truly great.

The Proving Ground

The Proving Ground
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9780007292080
ISBN-13 : 0007292082
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Proving Ground by : Bruce Knecht

Download or read book The Proving Ground written by Bruce Knecht and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Proving Ground' is the story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race. By focusing on a handful of yachts and those who crewed them, Knecht recreates those dramatic hours and the fear of those caught in the storm, battling for their lives.