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This book combines modern mindfulness with the science of the mind drawn up centuries ago by the Buddha, guiding the reader along the path to turn stress and suffering into balance and self-love.

Making friends with the thoughts that crowd the mind is a bit like learning to deal with a tiger and realising that the tiger’s aggression is only a product of the mind itself. The same awareness-oriented meditation used in the 6th century BC by the Buddha and later taken up by mindfulness gives us freedom of choice, so that we can turn our unconscious behaviour into a healthier, more balanced life, where we can express ourselves more genuinely.

It is a book on the Buddhist approach to stress that offers us a series of reflections and guided meditation practices, inviting us to reclaim the thread of life as we embark on a journey through the Four Noble Truths and along the Eightfold Path, ultimately reaching the ego question from the Buddha’s point of view.

Two Italian managers, two different authors, two men with the same passion, talk about how they understand leadership in a streamlined and innovative text capable of changing the way we look at the art of doing and much more.

Passion and talent, memory, the ability to work in a team inside a company, as in everyday life. What it means to be a leader today and, increasingly, the new challenges of tomorrow. Practical skill, moving constantly between passion and performance. The decisions, dreams, solitude, choices, sharing and vision.

Leadership means successfully taking your place at the head of an enterprise, a shared journey, an adventure lasting years. A new concept of time and space for new horizons, telling the story of fine results achieved, but also of overcoming the fear of facing monumental defeats, the eternal enemies, the thin red line between success and disaster.

Two real lives and a constant exchange of ideas. A new book, made of tags and cloud, practical and inspirational, with an appendix where we can read the biographies of some of history’s greatest leaders.

The book accompanies you through all the stages of love – from falling in love to full-blown love and mature relationships – and investigates the importance of erotic intelligence in order to live a relationship with a healthy balance of emotional and physical intimacy.

Loving would not be difficult if there were not so many misunderstandings and mistaken beliefs that make things complicated and confusing. A relationship begins with falling in love, then it sometimes turns into love and finally it can become a lasting relationship with friendly or passionate overtones that make each relationship unique. Each of these stages has its reasons and its obstacles to overcome.

The book comes with audio files for practising mindfulness; it lays out the details of each stage and the tools to deal with the trials you might encounter on the road to peaceful and lasting love.

A book you can read again and again as you learn how to look after yourself, whenever your love life takes a left turn and you need to feel wanted, reassured and less alone.

This is an essay to remind us that we all deserve plenty of love in all of its forms; that we shouldn’t be afraid, guilty or ashamed of rediscovering the value of being single as a transitional phase, as a possible choice or as an inner state. You can live the book to the fullest thanks to the author’s experience as a mindfulness teacher, as you take advantage of the 7 audio files (accessible via QR Code) containing guided meditations and reflections. The book also includes a personal practice sheet.

This smooth, practical essay explains how and why investing in empathy, experience and storytelling is essential to be competitive in a market where algorithms set the rules.

How can you ride the waves of today’s techno-economic tsunamis without being overwhelmed? Well, by becoming #phygital – physical and digital, offering places of contact and handy services just a click away! Values, emotions and humanity are the core of a new marketing model designed for a world where the digital dimension is increasingly connected to physical experience.

In the words of series editor Paolo Iabichino, #Phygital is a trace left by a pioneer. The book caters to students, marketing managers and (small) entrepreneurs, showing how digital marketing and social psychology should merge if we want to save local shops from the competition of a future that is already here (the big online players) and turn human resources from fixed costs into real sources of worth.

This book tells us how to look at, listen to and take care of the woods.

A ranger and an oceanographer explain why it is crucial to protect the balance between humankind and the environment, and how nature has the wondrous ability to regenerate itself. It is a compelling read packed with stunning, exclusive pictures that show us how trees are born, grow and die, and reminds us of what happens when we fail to protect the woods.

For instance, the north-east Vaia storm revealed undeniable signs of a teetering age-old balance, of forests no longer able to cope with environmental factors that have changed drastically over the centuries.

This smooth, fact-filled read takes us on a journey through the complexity of ecosystems, the value of biodiversity and the urgency of environmental issues. It is a crucial book to help us understand the message that the woods are sending us and to restore the magic that trees can generate.

The book encourages us to reflect on the dynamics, the logic, the risks and the opportunities of the imminent algorithmic society.

The author ties together its technical, economic and social aspects and investigates how it will affect the labour world, particularly from the fascinating perspective of biology algorithms.

The book places people – especially workers – at the core of developments in economy and technology, observing past organism trends and hypothesising immediate developments.

There is no attempt to intimidate or delude because the future of artificial and augmented intelligence is far from set in stone.