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Millions of people around the world have improved their lives through the timeless advice David Schwartz offers in The Magic of Thinking Big. In this best-selling audiobook, Schwartz proves you don't need innate talent to become successful, but you do need to understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that will get you there.

In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi. Straddling the ages of classical physics and quantum mechanics, equally at ease with theory and experiment, Fermi truly was the last man who knew everything - at least about physics. But he was also a complex figure who was a part of both the Italian Fascist Party and the Manhattan Project, and a less-than-ideal father and husband who nevertheless remained one of history's greatest mentors.

The modern American casino resort was born on a lonely stretch of road that, within a decade, would become known as the Las Vegas Strip. This was a place where America could cut loose, enjoying pleasures denied at home. As visitors flocked to Las Vegas, casinos became a business and then an industry. This book shares stories about how Las Vegas became—and stayed—America’s gambling capital, focusing on the casinos that made it famous and the hustlers, gangsters, number-crunchers, and dreamers who made them.

Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives using The Magic of Thinking Big. Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and - most important of all - find greater happiness and peace of mind.

The lights are coming down. Frank, Dean, and Sammy are about to take the stage. This is the moment we remember, when Las Vegas became classic. And it was at the Sands. Built in 1952 over the ashes of Hollywood Reporter publisher Billy Wilkerson’s last chance in Las Vegas, the Sands was a collective effort. Underworld figures like Meyer Lansky, Doc Stacher, and Frank Costello provided the cash.

Roll the Bones tells the story of gambling: where it came from, how it has changed, and where it is now. This is the new Casino Edition, which updates and expands the global history of gambling to include a greater focus on casinos, from their development in European spas to their growth in Reno and Las Vegas. New material chronicles in greater depth the development of casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and their spread throughout the United States.

"The Magic of Getting What You Want" by David J. Schwartz is a seminal work in the genre of self-help and personal development, serving as a guide for listeners aspiring to transform their lives through the power of goal setting, positive thinking, and proactive behavior. In this book, Schwartz extends the foundational concepts introduced in his earlier work by offering practical advice, actionable strategies, and inspirational anecdotes to illustrate how individuals can overcome obstacles, harness the power of their ambitions, and achieve success in both their personal and professional lives.

Sarno's casinos - and his ideas about how to build casinos - created the template for Las Vegas today. Before him, Las Vegas meant dealers in string ties and bland, functional architecture. He taught the city how to dress up its hotels in fantasy, putting toga dresses on cocktail waitresses and making sure that even the stationery carried through with the theme. He saw Las Vegas as a place where ordinary people could leave their ordinary lives and have extraordinary adventures.

C. S. Lewis: Views From Wake Forest is a collection of sixteen insightful essays that will delight both Inklings scholars and C. S. Lewis readers of all ages and opinions. Walter Hooper, for example, the man most responsible for preserving, publishing, and promoting Lewis' many works after Lewis' death in 1963, shares stories from his work with Lewis, Owen Barfield, Lady Collins, and other friends of Lewis in his essay 'Editing C. S. Lewis,' an inspiring tale as well as a landmark event in Lewis scholarship. James Como, author of Why I Believe in Narnia and a Keynote Speaker at the ...

Cet ouvrage propose une méthode qui fonctionne, pas seulement des promesses vides. Les idées et les techniques qu'on y retrouve sont si originales que l'auteur a dû inventer un nouveau vocabulaire pour les exprimer. Le docteur Schwartz explique les étapes à franchir pour acquérir le vocabulaire de ceux qui voient grand. Il vous enseigne la façon de porter votre attention sur les grandes réalisations en ignorant les détails sans importance. Il prouve que certaines catégories de pensées attirent la chance.

With the help of Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician, the concepts of a million, a billion and a trillion are not quite so intimidating. This book reveals how big a bowl would be needed to hold a million goldfish, or how many years it would take to count to a million.

The Queen of the Coast. The World’s Playground. The Casino Capital of the East. They can only describe Atlantic City, New Jersey. Beloved, maligned, always-hustling since its 1854 founding, the seaside resort has seen it all: first class hotels, popular amusements on the world famous Boardwalk and its piers, Prohibition, gangsters, speakeasies, conventioneers, celebrities, urban pride, urban decay, a casino revival, a casino collapse—and it hasn’t given up yet. Boardwalk Playground shares a hundred stories of Atlantic City’s high spots and low points of the past century and a half, ...

Der große Klassiker der Motivationsliteratur. Mit weltweit über 6 Millionen verkauften Exemplaren hat sich der Longseller von David J. Schwartz als Standardwerk der Motivationsliteratur etabliert und ist unzähligen Menschen, die nach Erfolg streben, eine Inspiration. Sein innovatives Prinzip des Großzügigdenkens hat nach wie vor nichts von seiner Aktualität eingebüßt: Erfolg ist kein Zufall - und wer erfolgreich sein will, muss Visionen haben und in großen Dimensionen denken!

Millions have acquired the secrets of success through The Magic of Thinking Big. Achieve everything you always wanted: financial security, power and influence, the ideal job, satisfying relationships and a rewarding, happy life. Set your goals high...then exceed them!

Au Canada, les coûts de santé engendrés par les maladies cardiovasculaires et le diabète de type 2 ne cessent d’augmenter et frôlent désormais les 30 milliards de dollars annuellement. La cause principale : l’obésité. Pour lutter contre ce fléau, la pédiatre et lipidologue Julie St-Pierre a créé en 2014 le Réseau d’action en santé cardiovasculaire (RASC), un organisme à but non lucratif entièrement consacré à la lutte contre l’obésité infantile et à la prévention cardiovasculaire chez les jeunes.

Badi Shoch Ka Bada Jadu is the Hindi translation of David J. Schwartz's best seller The Magic of Thinking Big. The author’s point of view is that thinking big is the way to success, that is, thinking positively about oneself. The main stumbling block that prevents many people from succeeding in their life is the smallness or inconsequential nature of their thoughts. Schwartz tries to prove that it is not necessary to have an inherent talent or be an intellectual for attaining success....

Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts - as well as the mystery and wonder - of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching savings grow. Hey, you never know! Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is your guide as you learn about the various forms of money and how it is used to buy things, pay off debt, and build interest.

Meet the newest professor at Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic, Joy Wilkins. She may suffer from face blindness, but Joy can still recognize people by reading their auras - a skill that comes in handy for her real work as an undercover agent with the Federal Bureau of Magical Affairs. Her mission: Discover the source of weaponized demons being trafficked through the quaint school on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and to locate her predecessor, the school’s missing History of Magic professor.

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

When Records Ruled is a podcast that takes you back to a time when analog was king. We share our love of rock music and pop culture from the 1970s and 1980s, and take a few b-side tracks down memory lane along the way. Hosted by David Norris, Lance Schwartz, and Brian Strom.