Dream Culture

A peaceful summer morning in Moscow is invaded by a column of tanks rumbling down a quiet tree-lined street. People are protesting in the streets, independent news outlets are being silenced, and Mikhail Gorbachev is declared unfit to run the country. His whereabouts are unknown. It is August 19, 1991, and the communist hardliners are attempting a coup with plans of eliminating Mikhail Gorbachev and turning back his democratic reforms.

With great tenderness, transparency, and candor, Tami Longaberger opens her heart, offering readers a glimpse of her unique American Dream, the kind not handed down or given freely, but earned by hard work and fierce tenacity. Longaberger prompts listeners to dream bigger, think more broadly, and risk taking the road less traveled in business and in life.

This is an eye-opening exploration of the many types of work that go into building our world - from the making of a bridge to a wind farm, an amusement park, and even the books that line a library's shelves. An architect may dream up the plans for a house, but someone has to actually work the saws and pound the nails. This audiobook is a thank-you to the skilled women and men who work tirelessly to see our dreams brought to life.

Being an entrepreneur, building a company, and turning a profit isn’t easy. Most businesses will go through highs and lows, and many won’t survive the tough times. To make it through and turn your business around, you need to create a culture of awesomeness. I’m proud that I’ve structured my company, ListenTrust, with a culture that honors personal values, giving back, and allowing everyone to pursue their own dreams. With this book, I can help you do the same.

Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule - until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream.

Anne's House of Dreams is a novel by the Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1917 by McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart. The novel is from a series of books written primarily for girls and young women, about a young girl named Anne Shirley. The books follow the course of Anne's life. It is set principally on Canada's Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's birthplace and home for much of her life.

In the spirit of a dream, many immigrants of color set out across continents, oceans, and borders, travelling to the United States in pursuit of opportunity. This audiobook is a celebration of 13 American immigrants of color, from world-famous to local heroes, politicians, surgeons, athletes, activists, and more.

Als die Achtziger ausbrechen, ist Frank Goosen dreizehn, und als sie enden, vierundzwanzig: Dazwischen werden Zechen und Hochöfen stillgelegt, Schimanski erobert die Fernsehbildschirme und Starlight Express die Rollschuhbahnen. Beste Voraussetzungen also, um erwachsen zu werden! In seinen neuen Stories und Glossen nimmt Frank Goosen uns mit in diese legendäre Zeit des kulturellen Wandels und in seine eigene Jugend.

A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices to tell the story of their people’s way of life. Inspired by the pre-Columbian codices, this story tells how the Aztec and their neighbors in the Valley of Mexico painted books and records long before Columbus arrived, and continued doing so among their Nahua-speaking descendants for generations after.

Del descubrimiento del fuego a los smartphones: una breve historia de la tecnología.

Born in the picturesque town of Taxco, Mexico, Julissa Arce was left behind for months at a time with her two sisters, a nanny, and her grandma while her parents worked tirelessly in America in hopes of building a home and providing a better life for their children. That is, until her parents brought Julissa to Texas to live with them. From then on, Julissa secretly lived as an undocumented immigrant, went on to become a scholarship winner and an honors college graduate, and climbed the ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs.

In Make It Happen, Abrams shows you how to approach your job with an aim to making it a career. His 12 Steps are designed to help you develop your brand and become the person your boss, team, and company can count on. Abrams starts with an essential truth for young workers: Just being good at your job is not good enough! So, to get ahead and realize your full potential while also having a satisfying life and productive career, you’ll need to understand and implement each of these 12 Steps, including the 15 core competencies he outlines in Step 4. 

Since the 1990s China has been climbing up the ladder of quality, from doing knockoffs to designing its own high-end goods. Xiaomi - its name literally means "little rice" - is landing squarely in this shift in China's economy. But the remarkable rise of Xiaomi from startup to colossus is more than a business story because mobile phones are special. The common desiderata of the global population, mobile phones offer the kind of freedom and connectedness that autocratic countries are terrified of.

Um dos mais influentes empresários da área de entretenimento no país, Érico Borgo é antes de tudo um apaixonado pela cultura pop. Foi cofundador do maior portal da área no Brasil, o Omelete, e também cofundador e diretor da CCXP, maior evento nerd do mundo. Mais recentemente, fundou com outros sócios a produtora Huuro. Mas participar desse boom das últimas décadas não teria sido possível sem as histórias contadas aqui. Para trabalhar com fãs e criar uma conexão profunda de respeito com eles, é preciso ter uma verdadeira paixão pelo universo nerd.

Dr. Joey Faucette discovered that while owners and executives can shape a work environment, it’s the managers and their teams who best create a positive workplace. Work Positive in a Negative World, Team Edition helps influence those on the front lines of increasing team productivity and company profitability. Written in a story-driven style that unpacks the five core practices of a work positive environment in an easy-to-access way Dr. Joey shares what he’s learned in the nine years since his previous best seller that managers and team members can implement starting today.

Are we living the good life - and what defines good, anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TEDWomen speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Better Off".

For this striking, stripped-down account of youth immigration, Villalobos interviewed teens at various stages of the immigration process to illustrate their stories - the physical and emotional difficulties of their travels. He then changed certain elements of these stories in order to protect the children's identities. Each chapter brings forth the voice of one young immigrant's experience, from crossing the Mexican desert to gang violence to the freezers at ICE detention centers.