Œuvres de Nicola Phillips
The Profligate Son: Or, A True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency Britain (2013) 62 exemplaires
From Vision to Beyond Teamwork: 10 Ways to Wake Up and Shake Up Your Company (Financial Times) (1994) 4 exemplaires
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The Profligate Son: Or, A True Story of Family… par Nicola Phillips
A very readable account of a young man's descent into vice and scandal, causing his family to disown him and his eventual transportation to Australia as a criminal. While presenting a story not entirely uncommon in Regency Britain, the author really hits her mark in the conclusion, when she draws the parallels between the Regency era and our era with our reliance on credit, living beyond our means, and the indebtedness of young people in society. Fascinating.
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wagner.sarah35 | Aug 31, 2014 |
wagner.sarah35 | Aug 31, 2014 | 
I read this book rather peacefully. This is one more book that I approached as a sceptic. However, I like the way that she defined the various types of fear, and took us through them.
What is good, is that the book does not offer easy solutions, but she encourages you to write in the margin, and that she points out areas where she wants you to read carefully
The quotes that she has chosen are excellent
Once read, it is now upto you, dear reader, to implement the learnings that you glean from the book… (plus d'informations)
What is good, is that the book does not offer easy solutions, but she encourages you to write in the margin, and that she points out areas where she wants you to read carefully
The quotes that she has chosen are excellent
Once read, it is now upto you, dear reader, to implement the learnings that you glean from the book… (plus d'informations)
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