Great Problems

No Calculator? No Problem! Mastering Mental Math , award-winning professor of mathematics and celebrated “mathemagician” Arthur T. Benjamin delivers 10 fun-filled lessons on how to do math in your head with confidence, accuracy, and speed - sometimes faster than a calculator. By the end of Professor Benjamin’s lessons, you’ll be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers faster than ever before. And with your newfound skills, you’ll soon find yourself amazing other people and, perhaps more important, yourself.

Who knew having a guy as your best friend would bring so much freaking drama! I, Jasmine Baptiste, am surrounded by it. I wish my heart wasn't so stubborn. Because it seems to like getting me in trouble, and there's no end in sight. The common denominator of all of this is Dante. For the sake of my sanity and even his, we probably have to stay as far away from each other as possible. Book 4 of the I’m Not Dante’s Series

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts is the first book in The Great Mental Models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand. This volume details nine of the most versatile all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making, your productivity, and how clearly you see the world.

There are many problems with humanity. But there is a problem that is fundamental to all the problems of humanity. The fundamental problem is not lack of money. Money is good and one of the greatest inventions of humanity for reward and exchange of value. In this simply but witty exposition, you will discover all but not limited to the following: The greatest or fundamental problem of humanity- the IGP Crisis. The universal fundamental solution and its diversity of benefits. The challenge of implementing the solution personally and otherwise. You will discover that this body of knowledge ...

En este audiolibro de cálculo mental, el matemático Arthur Benjamin enseñará a los oyentes, ya sean estudiantes que preparan algún examen o clientes que quieren comprobar el total de su compra, los principios básicos de operaciones mentales como la suma, la resta, la multiplicación y la división. Además, los oyentes explorarán el arte del cálculo aproximado para resolver operaciones que no requieren resultados exactos.

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was...

Avery Tucker thought surviving her first year at the Academy of Elren would be the hardest part. She was wrong. Elren has been chosen to host the Commonwealth Games. Rival teams from Khemer and Mistbound are on their way to the Floating Isle, and the Academy is racing to prepare before the world arrives. Only eight students will make Team Elren, and Avery, a first-year from the Drylands still waiting on her dragon, is not supposed to be anywhere near that list. But the Academy keeps watching her. As tensions rise and secrets surface, Avery’s missing past stops being her problem alone. ...

Have you ever thought about upgrading your skills when it comes to thinking? Many people want to develop the way they think for business and their jobs but they don’t know how to do it. This creates a problem. As such, this book will help you understand what a mental model is as well as using it to your advantage. In life, how we view ourselves is very important and it affects how you think. In turn, how you think affects your life and how you function in your daily life. When you are able to change your thinking to have a positive outlook on the situation that you are in, you can change ...

We know that our minds are capable of great things because, every now and then, they come out with a brilliant idea or two. However, our minds are also unpredictable, spending large stretches of time idling or distracting themselves. This is a book about how to optimize these beautiful yet fitful instruments so that they can more regularly and generously produce the sort of insights and ideas we need to fulfill our potential and achieve the contentment we deserve.

A timely exploration of the life and work of world-changing thinkers—from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes—and how their ideas would solve the great economic problems we face today. Acclaimed economist and BBC broadcaster Linda Yueh profiles the great economic minds who focused on the big...

"Heaven on earth. Perfect oneness with the divine. Your natural inheritance.” This is how acclaimed teacher and bestselling author Gary Renard describes what he calls “fearless love”—and it’s an experience readily available to us all if we do one thing: undo the ego. Now on Fearless...

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny didn’t think the old trunk in their house held anything interesting. But an unusual statue they find inside leads them to the Reddimus Society, a secret guild dedicated to returning lost treasures to where they belong. Now the Aldens must help their new friends...

What Shall We Do Today? The Great Milkshake Quest A Magical Adventure Story for Young Readers Perfect for ages 6-9 Chapter Book Educational Adventure Fiction Join Imani, Tommy, and Maya on their sweetest adventure yet! When mysterious sparkles fill the morning air and a magical milkshake appears on Maya's doorstep, three best friends discover a portal to Sweet Land – a wonderful world where vanilla dreams come true and every dog is celebrated for being perfectly unique. What makes this story special: Educational Adventure: Children learn about teamwork, organization, problem-solving, and ...

In this practical guidebook, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer leads you through 40 promises in the Bible so that no matter what problem you face, you have God’s ultimate wisdom to overcome it! Everyone has problems. But throughout more than 45 years of studying God’s Word, Joyce...

Optimal Eyesight offers a simple method that eliminates eyestrain and positively affects your overall well-being, as well as your sight. Listen to this book if you’re fed up with glasses, tired of contact lenses, feel your eyes are “weak,” are “practically blind” without lenses, or if laser surgery scares you or cannot do anything for you. In short, you want a better solution.

The Aldens chart a course for their next adventure – Australia and Antarctica! As the children tour the famed Sydney Opera House, their next puzzle – and its key – falls right into their laps. They need to find the rightful owner of a rare Australian coin. Using their knowledge about...

Philosophy — Psychology — Pragmatism — Biography — Spirituality — Self-Knowledge — Social Sciences Book 1: The Life That Became a Science of Mind Book 2: Habits, Consciousness, and Emotion Book 3: The Philosophy That Had to Work Book 4: The Varieties and the Legacy Before a single psychology course existed in the United States, one man single-handedly set up the country's first laboratory dedicated to studying the mind. That same man would later write one of the most widely read books on religious and mystical experience ever published — without ever belonging to a church. ...

What if the greatest miracles aren't reserved for saints and prophets, but lie dormant within your own mind? In Great Bible Truths for Human Problems, bestselling author Joseph Murphy draws on age-old biblical wisdom and the power of the subconscious mind to show that the Bible is far more than...

The Great Pyramid is older than written history in most of the world. It is also still standing. No steel. No electricity. No computers. No combustion engines. And yet the engineers of the ancient world built structures that have outlasted every empire that followed them — pyramids that have weathered four thousand years, aqueducts that still carry water, roads still in use, harbors still functional, concrete that modern engineers are only now learning to replicate. Most ancient history is written about kings and battles. This book is written about what was actually built — and how the ...

What is sin? Most people think they know the answer. They believe sin is simply breaking rules or doing bad things. But the Bible reveals something far deeper. Sin is humanity's greatest problem, affecting every person who has ever lived. It separates us from God, destroys lives, and brings death. Until we understand sin, we cannot truly understand why Jesus Christ came into the world. Written in a warm, conversational style for everyday readers, WHAT IS SIN? takes you on a clear journey through the Bible's teaching on humanity's greatest problem and God's perfect solution. Beginning in the...