Boehmer Paul
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Arriving as a young writer in an ancient Dutch town, Benjamin Moser found himself visiting-casually at first, and then more and more obsessively-the country's great museums.
Beyond the sainted Rembrandt-who harbored a startling darkness-and the mysterious Vermeer, whose true subject, it turned out, was lurking in plain sight, Moser got to know a whole galaxy of geniuses: the doomed virtuoso Carel Fabritius, the anguished wunderkind Jan Lievens, the...
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Mamah Borthwick was an energetic, intelligent, and charismatic woman who earned a master's degree at a time when few women even attended college, translated writings by a key figure of the early feminist movement, and taught at one of Germany's best schools for boys. She is best known, however, as the mistress of the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and for her shocking murder at the renowned Wisconsin home he built for her, Taliesin....
3) Empire
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Gorliad and Karlax have clawed through decades of adversity to rise above the challenges thrown at them, but the Void isn't finished with either of them yet.
Old and new threats abound, with any number of players ready to topple the hard-won victories over darkness and despair. The danger is as real as ever to the dragons and humans seeking for peace.
Governing two relative seas of calm in the chaos of a world where the council of dragons is about...
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We're stuck. Stuck to the couch. Stuck scrolling. Stuck at work. Stuck in worn-out paths of habitual action. Stuck in carefully curated lives where we've traded our agency for endless comforts that wrap us in existential ennui.
As our eyes fixate on a constant parade of images meant to engage us, we notice something in the periphery. We see folks who are just like us, except they are actually, deeply happy and fulfilled. They seem to go through life...
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A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech-all in one place.
Generative AI, Web3, neurotech, reusable rockets to power the space economy-new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating-and avoid falling victim to disruption?
The Year in Tech 2024: The Insights...