Ronald Cohen Knihy

A unique insider's guide to turning risk into opportunity

The Impact Revolution is a movement in which we all play a part. It introduces a simple change, but one that has enormous ramifications for our world: the incorporation of impact - impact on our society and our environment - into the way we think, act and make decisions. It is a change that has already begun, and one that permeates all elements of our society. All of us – business leaders, employees, pension savers, investors, entrepreneurs, governments, philanthropists, consumers, citizens – will place impact at the core of our decisions and actions, to create a world that works. A world of sustainable shared prosperity, and of social and environmental progress. ‘On Impact’ is written by Sir Ronald Cohen, one of the founders of impact investing, but the story of the Impact Revolution will be written by you.

As one of the founders of venture capital, which ushered in the Tech Revolution, Sir Ronald Cohen builds on his years of personal experience in IMPACT to deliver a compelling account of how impact investing is reshaping capitalism.

Príbeh malej Čijo, ktorá sa má stať slávnou gejšou Sajuri, sa začína v chudobnej japonskej rybárskej dedine, kde dievča po smrti svojej matky vyrastalo vo veľkej chudobe. Keď ju ako deväťročnú predajú do Gionu, kjótskej štvrte gejší, dievčatko zrazu príde o oboch rodičov i staršiu sestru. Vďaka svojmu pôvabu a nezvyčajným šedomodrým očiam sa nestane obyčajnou prostitútkou, ale nastupuje neľahkú cestu, aby sa nakoniec stala profesionálnou gejšou. Pre osamelé vidiecke dievča je povojnové Kjóto s nádhernými čajovňami a divadlami, úzkymi bočnými uličkami, honosnými chrámami a príbytkami umelcov svetom plným nástrah a nebezpečenstiev. Popri tom, ako sa učí umeniu gejší - tancu a spevu, noseniu kimona, zložitej úprave líčenia a účesu či zvodnému nalievaniu saké - podstupuje neľútostný súboj so žiarlivou staršou gejšou Hacumomo, ktorá ju zúrivo nenávidí. Čijo pozvoľna preniká do urputného súperenia o priazeň mužov a peniaze. Spoznáva, že tento boj sa nezastaví pred nijakou podlosťou či intrigami. Keď však Čijo prekoná všetky prekážky a stane sa z nej gejša Sajuri, zradí ju vlastné srdce. Napriek tomu, že v živote gejše niet miesta pre skutočný ľúbostný cit, je Sajuri rozhodnutá vzdať sa všetkého, aby získala jediného muža, po ktorom kedy v živote zatúžila ...

The novel is an eclectic journey across three historical periods, all connected by Rembrandt van Rijn's painting, Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer. With constant reflection between the different eras, we jump back & forth between the time of Aristotle, Rembrandt & Heller: the Golden Age of Athens, the 17th century golden age of Holland & the golden age of the USA. Like Heller's version of King David's story, God Knows, the author changes little in the storyline of the original–-he excels in narrative & historical counterpoints, some explicit, some implicit. Incomprehension may have contributed to the cool reception this book received. Heller concludes that we don't learn from history. In fact, so much of history may be nonfactual that learning may be impossible. Being a pessimistic chronicler of the American Century, his main unspoken theme is the parallel between the onetime Hellenic overlord & his home country. This is most apparent in his treatment of the downfall of Athens, when after the victory over Persia, it formed the Delian League & got embroiled in the Peloponnesian War. He describes a beacon of democracy that destroys its advances, transforming them into tools of abuse, turning on its own allies just to demonstrate its power & losing to weaker enemies due to self-deception.

Lord Loveall, heretofore heirless lord of the sprawling Love Hall, is the richest man in England. He arrives home one morning with a most unusual package - a baby that he presents as the inheritor to the family name and fortune. In honor of his beloved sister, who died young, Loveall names the baby Rose.

Film tie-in edition starring Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent and Juliet Stevenson.

In dit belangrijke en controversiële boek beschrijft Karen Armstrong niet een geschiedenis van God zoals hij 'is', maar zoals de mens in hem geloofd heeft. Zij onderzoekt het ontstaan en de ontwikkeling van de idee van de ene God in het jodendom, het christendom en de islam. Wat is God tegenwoordig? Heeft hij toekomst? En, zo niet, hebben we een vervanging nodig?

Through a series of letters from his parents' passionate World War II courtship, Morrison uncovers a startling, touching story. This follow-up to his critically acclaimed 1993 memoir paints the unforgettable picture of a quietly determined heroine and of a son's search to learn the truth about her.

Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, and father of Solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky Jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the Jewish father. Listen as David tells his own story, a story both relentlessly ancient and surprisingly modern, about growing up and growing old, about men and women, and about man and God. It is quintessential Heller.

Een jonge vrouw die in Engeland les gaat geven op een meisjesinternaat ontmoet een vreemde jongeman.