The Creative Priority : Putting Innovation to Work in Your Business

作者: Jerry Hirshberg 著

出版社: Harper Paperbacks

出版时间: 1999-01

ISBN: 9780887309601

定价: 168.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 288页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>经济

JaneAusteninBoston:amodernretellingofPersuasioninwhichthesensibledaughterofaflightyBrahminfamilyfindsloveagainstalloddsJaneFortunehasaproblem.Thankstotheprofligatehabitsofherfatherandoldersister,thefamily'smoneyhasevaporatedandJanehastomoveoutoftheonlyhomeshe'severknown:astatelybricktownhouseonBoston'sprestigiousBeaconHill.Perhapswhat'sworseisthatJane,atthirty-eight,hasneverhadthegumptiontoleaveinthefirstplace.Sheisterminallysingleandfearsthatshehasbeenleftontheshelftocurdlelikecream.Unlikeherfatherandsister,Janedoesn'tspendherdaysinthepursuitofidlepleasures--thebestwines,cosmetics,plasticsurgeries,spas,haircuts.ForfifteenyearsJanehasbeenrunningtheFortuneFamilyFoundationthroughwhichshestartedaliteraryfellowshipand,almosttoherownsurprise,ajournalofgreatrenown.Thoughtoomodesttoacknowledgeit,she'salsohelpedsparkthecareersofmanyabuddingwriter.ThatincludesMaxWellman,thefirstwinnerofthefellowshipandalsoJane'sfirst--andonly--love.ThelossofthefamilyhomelaunchesJaneintoaperipateticlifestylethatbeginswithavisittoherspoiledyoungersister,Winnie,inthesuburbs.ItisthenthatMaxWellmancomesbackintoJane'scircle.BothMaxandJanehavechangedintheinterveningyears.WhileMaxhasbecomeabestsellingnovelist,knownastheliterarylotharioduetothenumberofconquestsreportedbythetabloids,itcouldbesaidthatJanehadmisplacedherluster.Butchangeisafoot.Alongthewaytobailingoutherfamilyandreignitingtheflameoftruelove,Janediscoversenoughaboutherselftoshedherspinsterpersonaandbecomethewomanshewasalwaysmeanttobe. HenriJ.M.Nouwen(1932-1996)istheauthorofReachingOut,TheWoundedHealer,MakingAllThingsNew,andmanyotherspiritualclassics.HetaughtpsychologyandpastoraltheologyatNotreDame,Yale,andHarvarduniversitiesbeforebecomingseniorpastorofL'ArcheDaybreakinToronto,Canada,acommunitywheremenandwomenwithintellectualdisabilitiesandtheirassistantscreateahomeforoneanother.
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JaneAusteninBoston:amodernretellingofPersuasioninwhichthesensibledaughterofaflightyBrahminfamilyfindsloveagainstalloddsJaneFortunehasaproblem.Thankstotheprofligatehabitsofherfatherandoldersister,thefamily'smoneyhasevaporatedandJanehastomoveoutoftheonlyhomeshe'severknown:astatelybricktownhouseonBoston'sprestigiousBeaconHill.Perhapswhat'sworseisthatJane,atthirty-eight,hasneverhadthegumptiontoleaveinthefirstplace.Sheisterminallysingleandfearsthatshehasbeenleftontheshelftocurdlelikecream.Unlikeherfatherandsister,Janedoesn'tspendherdaysinthepursuitofidlepleasures--thebestwines,cosmetics,plasticsurgeries,spas,haircuts.ForfifteenyearsJanehasbeenrunningtheFortuneFamilyFoundationthroughwhichshestartedaliteraryfellowshipand,almosttoherownsurprise,ajournalofgreatrenown.Thoughtoomodesttoacknowledgeit,she'salsohelpedsparkthecareersofmanyabuddingwriter.ThatincludesMaxWellman,thefirstwinnerofthefellowshipandalsoJane'sfirst--andonly--love.ThelossofthefamilyhomelaunchesJaneintoaperipateticlifestylethatbeginswithavisittoherspoiledyoungersister,Winnie,inthesuburbs.ItisthenthatMaxWellmancomesbackintoJane'scircle.BothMaxandJanehavechangedintheinterveningyears.WhileMaxhasbecomeabestsellingnovelist,knownastheliterarylotharioduetothenumberofconquestsreportedbythetabloids,itcouldbesaidthatJanehadmisplacedherluster.Butchangeisafoot.Alongthewaytobailingoutherfamilyandreignitingtheflameoftruelove,Janediscoversenoughaboutherselftoshedherspinsterpersonaandbecomethewomanshewasalwaysmeanttobe.
作者简介:
HenriJ.M.Nouwen(1932-1996)istheauthorofReachingOut,TheWoundedHealer,MakingAllThingsNew,andmanyotherspiritualclassics.HetaughtpsychologyandpastoraltheologyatNotreDame,Yale,andHarvarduniversitiesbeforebecomingseniorpastorofL'ArcheDaybreakinToronto,Canada,acommunitywheremenandwomenwithintellectualdisabilitiesandtheirassistantscreateahomeforoneanother.

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