Susan Cain
Author
Language
English
Description
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society -- from van Gogh’s sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer. Passionately argued,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy when beholding beauty. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death--bitter and sweet--are forever paired. A song in a minor key, an elegiac poem, or even a touching television commercial all can bring us to this sublime, even holy, state of mind--and, ultimately, to greater kinship with our fellow humans....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
The monumental bestseller Quiet has been recast in a new edition that empowers introverted kids and teens
Susan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation when she published Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. With her inspiring book, she permanently changed the way we see introverts and the way introverts see themselves.
The original book focused on the workplace, and Susan realized...
Susan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation when she published Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. With her inspiring book, she permanently changed the way we see introverts and the way introverts see themselves.
The original book focused on the workplace, and Susan realized...
Author
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
El sentimiento agridulce es la tendencia al anhelo, la melancolía y la tristeza; es ser muy consciente del paso del tiempo y, curiosamente, disfrutar extraordinariamente de la belleza del mundo. Las personas agridulces reconocen que la luz y la oscuridad, el nacimiento y la muerte, lo amargo y lo dulce, van siempre de la mano.
Susan Cain demuestra que el sentimiento agridulce es la fuerza silenciosa que nos ayuda a trascender nuestro dolor personal...