Circling the Square - Stories from the Egyptian Revolution

Zusatztext "Impassioned coverage from the front lines of a historic Middle Eastern uprising? An intensive firsthand exploration of modern Egyptian liberation and solidarity." Informationen zum Autor Wendell Steavenson wrote for The New Yorker from Cairo for more than a year during the Egyptian revolution. She has spent most of the past decade and a half reporting from the Middle East and the Caucasus for the Guardian, Prospect magazine, Slate, Granta and other publications. Steavenson has written two previous books, both critically acclaimed: Stories I Stole, about post-Soviet Georgia, and The Weight of a Mustard Seed, about life and morality in Saddam's Iraq and the aftermath of the American invasion. She was also a 2014 Nieman Fellow at Harvard. Steavenson currently lives in Paris. Klappentext Life is a series of negotiations. From seemingly insignificant daily decisions to major life choices, you negotiate every time you try to make plans, reach consensus, or resolve disagreements. Offering insight into how we get in our own way and what to do about it, WINNING FROM WITHIN features a map and a method for negotiating from the inside out. By better understanding yourself and the common traps you frequently fall into, you'll learn how to turn breakdowns into breakthroughs, whether you're struggling with a difficult client or arguing with your teenaged son.

Product details

• Authors: Wendell Steavenson
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2016
• EAN: 9780062375261
• ISBN: 978-0-06-237526-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, ISLAMIC STUDIES: HISTORY & POLITICS, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Fashion, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Culinary, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / Middle Eastern, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Reference, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Jewish, HISTORY: Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt)