Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Profesionales y académicos

In questo audiolibro Rita Levi-Montalcini racconta la storia della scoperta per la quale nel 1986 ricevette il Nobel per la medicina. La storia non tanto e solo degli esiti di una mirabile ricerca, ma di una lunga avventura scientifica i cui sviluppi non smettono di dare frutti. Nel primo dopoguerra, trasferitasi negli Stati Uniti per un breve soggiorno di studio che sarebbe invece durato trent'anni, l'illustre scienziata si dedicò allo studio in vitro di embrioni di pollo nei quali aveva innestato un tumore maligno di topo.

The memo landed on Kim Philby's desk in Washington, DC, in July 1950. Three months later Bruno Pontecorvo, a physicist at Harwell, Britain's atomic energy lab, disappeared without a trace. When he resurfaced six years later, he was on the other side of the Iron Curtain.

What happens when a young Wall Street investment banker spends a small fortune to have lunch with Warren Buffett? He becomes a real value investor. In this fascinating inside story, Guy Spier details his career from Harvard MBA to hedge fund manager. But the path was not so straightforward. Spier reveals his transformation from a Gordon Gekko wannabe, driven by greed, to a sophisticated investor who enjoys success without selling his soul to the highest bidder.

In today’s fast-paced world, where thousands of goods are being sold and purchased every second, no one stops to think from where this seemingly inexhaustible supply of resources comes. Or about the consequences of the continued use of these products. Sellers and manufacturers also don’t make any efforts to supply the market with a sense of responsibility. Aparna had known long before she even got into studying business that someday she wanted to enter mainstream enterprising.

As destiny had schemed, Shruti crossed paths with Udai at his birthday party, where they were introduced by Udai’s best friend. What could have been any other normal encounter turned into a magical connection where art, love, and life transcended between the two souls, and thus began the story of Shruti and Udai. They came together from very different educational fields, and their love for each other and for art inspired them to create a start-up named Wearmates. It offers a wide range of creative wearable products with the right amount of style, spunk, and depth.

Amit and Natasha met each other on an online portal, and when they got to know each other better, they realized that there was instant chemistry between them. The only natural thing to happen then was for them to get together and get into a relationship that would eventually lead to marriage. But where the story of love ends for most people post-marriage, for them things took a more interesting and challenging turn.

Bhavin and Priya together dedicated their passion and knowledge of business development into preparing a platform that could benefit many people in the country. Priya had earned her master’s degree in international finance and was a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). After completing another master’s degree in commerce, she moved to the UK to gain some in-depth knowledge of the subject.

As a couple who were as conventionally professional as it gets, Disha and Ravi’s leap in life was a drastic one. They happened to cross paths while working in the same organization, which was one of the most reputed firms in the world. As two ambitious people who believed in a continuous growth process, Ravi and Disha soon started exploring further options in life.

A seemingly regular couple, Madhurita and Yuvraj met through what would appear to be a typical Indian match-making process. Dr. Yuvraj R. Kaginkar, a renowned expert in veterinary sciences, was working as the CEO of Sarama Petcare. He was paid handsomely and was respected universally for his work and research. Dr. Madhurita was happily established with her profession in London when she was proposed as the match of the accomplished doctor.

Vipul and Richa are a couple who partnered up in life as well as work. What brought them together was a sheer brush of luck, but what brought them along so far has more to do with the business they had started as partners. They created shortcircuit.in, which is designed to offer a funny and pleasant break to the customers from the drudgery of everyday life. It’s a wacky brand offering the craziest, quirkiest and funniest of products, which can bring humour and fun into people’s lives.

What once began as a work compulsion for Mehak and Anand soon turned into an instant connection between them, and eventually matured into a healthy friendship and a lasting relationship. Just as unpredictable as their relationship, fate had planned to extend their partnership beyond marriage. While the two travelled around different locations for their education and work, they sustained a long-distance relationship for a period of four years. This unconditional love resulted in their marriage.

Many long-lasting love stories often begin as college romances. The story of Aakriti and Anshul was no different. A go-getter from the start, Anshul was someone who had both the respect and confidence of his batch-mates. A romantic at heart, he was an ambitious guy who always aspired to do something that could impact the lives around him. Aakriti, on the other hand, was a fresher from a premier college of Delhi University. Their paths crossed at a ragging session where Aakriti was being introduced to the seniors and Anshul watched on, awestruck by her spirited air.

In 1929, Edwin Hubble announced the greatest discovery in the history of astronomy since Galileo first turned a telescope to the heavens. The galaxies, previously believed to float serenely in the void, are in fact hurtling apart at an incredible speed: the universe is expanding. This stunning discovery was the culmination of a decades-long arc of scientific and technical advancement.

PR maverick. Relentless self-promoter. Perfumed steamroller. Force of nature. Momager. Roxy Jacenko has been Sydney's publicity queen ever since she started Sweaty Betty PR at the age of 24, and her ambition, grit and drive have made her rich and famous. Working 24/7, Roxy micromanages and shares every moment of her Bentley-driving, Cartier-sporting, Birkin bag-toting life - and the lives of her children, Pixie and Hunter - on Instagram.

Whether offering insight into the rise in home births, the alarming rise in America’s maternal mortality rate, or the history of involuntary sterilization, Karkowsky offers a window into all that pregnancy, labor, and birth can entail - birth and joy, but also challenge and loss - illustrating the complexity of reproductive life and the systems that surround it. With historical insight and journalistic verve, Karkowsky unpacks what is involved for women, for a family, and for us as a society; and explores what’s at risk when these aspects of medicine remain clouded in mystery and misinformation.

Before Memory Fades by Fali S. Nariman is a revelatory, comprehensive and perceptive autobiography - candid, compelling and authoritative. Internationally admired and respected, Fali S. Nariman is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He began his career at the Bombay High Court in November 1950 and has since been active in the legal profession. Over the years, he has held several prestigious posts at both the national and international levels. He became a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) in November 1999.

After a tumor bursts in Mike Scalise's brain, leaving him with a hole in the head and malfunctioning hormones, he must navigate a new alien world of illness maintenance. His mother, who has a chronic heart condition and a flair for drama, becomes a complicated model as she competes with him for the status of "best sick person". The Brand New Catastrophe is a moving, funny exploration of how we define ourselves by the stories we choose to tell.

In iLeadership, Jay Elliot gives the listener the opportunity of seeing Steve Jobs as only his closest associates have ever seen him, and to learn what has made him - and the mystique of his management style - capable of creating tools so extraordinary that they have remade three industries and have transformed the way we create, consume, and communicate with each other.

Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. No academic analysis or bystanders account can capture it. Now Doug Edwards, Employee Number 59, offers the first inside view of Google, giving readers a chance to fully experience the bizarre mix of camaraderie and competition at this phenomenal company. I'm Feeling Lucky captures for the first time the unique, self-invented, yet profoundly important culture of the world's most transformative corporation.

Richard Rashke leads us through the myriad of charges and countercharges, theories and facts, and reaches conclusions based solely on the evidence in hand. Originally published in 1981, his audiobook offers a vivid, edgy picture of the tensions that racked this country in the 1970s. However, the volume is not only an important historical document. Complex, fascinating characters populate this compelling insider's view of the nuclear industry.