In an age of robots, QR codes and self-service, can a waiter ever be replaced? This book says no. Hotels and Restaurants are investing millions in technology, but guests do not come back for the machine. They come back for people. The Irreplaceable Waiter: Mastering The Sacred Craft of Service in The Age of Automation is not about carrying plates, but about carrying people. It reclaims the dignity of service and reveals The 5 Promises of Sacred Service which makes a waiter irreplaceable — ...

Have you ever looked at a beautiful needle-felted animal or miniature sculpture and wondered how it was made?ULTIMATE NEEDLE FELTING WITH PATTERNS is a practical, easy-to-follow guide designed to help you turn simple wool fibers into charming handmade creations—even if you are completely new to needle felting.Inside this book, you will discover how to choose and prepare wool, understand different felting needles, build strong basic shapes, combine pieces, create detailed fa...

The Power of Darkness is a five-act drama that follows the downfall of the peasants Anísya and Nikíta as they succumb to a series of sordid temptations, from adultery and drunkenness to outright murder. Written in 1886 but suppressed by censors until 1902, the play is a realist portrayal of some of the darkest elements of Russian peasant life. Similar to some other late Tolstoy works, like Resurrection, the play's psychological exploration of human depravity is accompanied by a sharp socia...

Milo loves adventures.Tree forts. Rocket launches. Jungle races. Treasure hunts.There is just one problem —he mostly watches them happen on a screen.But when Milo’s tablet suddenly goes quiet, a yellow butterfly leads him toward something he has almost forgotten:the world outside.Soon Milo is racing paper boats, flying through space in a cardboard rocket, inventing games with his friend Aya, watching clouds drift overhead, an...

Against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, five aristocratic families in Russia are transformed by the vagaries of life, by war, and by the intersection of their lives with each other. Hundreds of characters populate War and Peace, many of them historical persons, including Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I, and all of them come to life under Tolstoy's deft hand.War and Peace is generally considered to be Tolstoy's masterpiece, a pinnacle of Russian literature, and one of history's g...

What Is Art? is an 1897 philosophical treatise by Leo Tolstoy that lays out his philosophy of aesthetics. Rejecting notions of aesthetics that center around beauty, Tolstoy instead posits that art is defined by its role in transmitting feelings between human beings, and that its quality should be judged by whether those feelings align with a society's highest moral and religious ideals.Tolstoy makes a number of unconventional aesthetic judgments in the course of the book, dismissin...

From climate change protests in the West, to pro-democracy demonstrations in Asia, in recent years we have witnessed a global rise in offending motivated by a 'just cause'. This book argues that the conventional criminal law and sentencing frameworks where the offender is seen as malignantly motivated and punished accordingly is inappropriate here. Legislatures, courts, sentencing councils and commissions must now confront the question: should people convicted of ethically-motivated crimes...

Five pages...A letter holding a secret buried for more than five years...A secret neither of them wanted to know.Will the truth tear them apart… again?I’ve loved my best friend's brother, Houston Cavanaugh, since I was eleven years old. But my friendship with Hallie Cavanaugh meant too much to me to risk taking a chance with Houston.Until one snowy...

In Forever Ours, New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo breathes life into the Shattered Hearts Series, a fresh and brilliantly emotional coming of age love story.The day fifteen-year-old Claire meets sixteen-year-old Chris is like any other day. She’s been kicked out of yet another foster home. The moment she sees the piercing in his lip and the tattoos on his skin, she’s certain she won’t last long in this placement.But sh...

Une collection des grands romans de Leon Tolstoi, geant de la litterature russe. Guerre et Paix, Anna Karenine et d'autres oeuvres majeures explorent l'amour, la guerre, la societe et la quete de sens avec une profondeur psychologique inegalee.

He pays her rent the day they meet.Now, he wants more.He wants to know her… touch her… protect her.But who will protect her from him?When I see the yellow eviction notice taped to my front door, I know it’s going to be an interesting day.But when I march into the property manager’s office, I don’t expect to have my rent paid by a mysterious man with gorgeous green eyes and a suit tha...

From New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo comes a heartrending tale of all-consuming love, family secrets, and overcoming unbearable loss.Jack and I had everything. Then in one brutal instant, the universe tilted on its side, discarding us into black nothingness.Now Jack is obsessed with revenge, and I’m desperate to leave the night of our anniversary behind me. When we’re not fighting, the only way we communicate is in the bedroom....