Paul McCarthy
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Letterati spans the history of competitive Scrabble® in North America from the colorful hustlers of the 1960s New York game rooms, to the hard driving quantitative tile pushers who dominate the game today with strategic skills and memorized vocabularies. Yet, there is more to the history of Scrabble® than just playing the game. There is a parallel plot line that revolves around many of the top players, who over the years have wanted to see the game...
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English
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To survive disruption, organizations need disruptive leaders.
So they hire them. And then they fire them.
It's the open secret everyone in the leadership industry knows but nobody is addressing: leadership culture is toxic, and leadership systems have failed. Publicly, organizations say they want leaders to be innovative thinkers who challenge the status quo. Privately, conventional leadership culture wants nothing of the sort. Leaders deemed as...
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Graduate text designed to prepare student for further study in the theory of fields, especially in algebraic number theory and class field theory. Galois theory and theory of valuations examined; special attention to development of infinite Galois theory, also detailed analysis of prolongation of rank-one valuations. Reviews. Over 200 exercises. Bibliography.
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[2009]
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English
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Through in-depth profiles and dynamic behind-the-scenes footage featuring artists speaking directly about their inspirations and ideas, Season Five shows a broad range of artistic practice, technical innovation, and experimentation, from artists tackling large-scale collaborative projects in hangar-like studios to those working in the quiet of more intimate studio settings.
7) The cobbler
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[2015]
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English
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Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.
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