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The Genius of Israel - The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World (Hardcover): Dan Senor, Saul Singer The Genius of Israel - The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World (Hardcover)
Dan Senor, Saul Singer
R757 R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Save R89 (12%) In Stock

How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies?

Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking? How can it be that Israel, according to a United Nations ranking, is the fourth happiest nation in the world? Why do Israelis tend to look to the future with hope, optimism, and purpose while the rest of the West struggles with an epidemic of loneliness, teen depression, and social decline?

Dan Senor and Saul Singer, the writers behind the international bestseller Start-Up Nation, have long been students of the global innovation race. But as they spent time with Israel’s entrepreneurs and political leaders, soldiers and students, scientists and activists, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Tel Aviv techies, and Israeli Arabs, they realized that they had missed what really sets Israel apart.

Moving from military commanders integrating at-risk youth and people who are neurodiverse into national service, to high performing companies making space for working parents, from dreamers and innovators launching a duct-taped spacecraft to the moon, to bringing better health solutions to people around the world, The Genius of Israel tells the story of a diverse people and society built around the values of service, solidarity, and belonging.

Widely admired for having the world’s highest density of high-tech start-ups, Israel’s greatest innovation may not be a technology at all, but Israeli society itself. Understanding how a country facing so many challenges can be among the happiest provides surprising insights into how we can confront the crisis of community, human connectedness, and purpose in modern life.

Bold, timely, and insightful, Senor and Singer’s latest work shines an important light on the impressive innovative distinctions of Israeli society—and what other communities and countries can learn.

I Wish They'd Killed You in A Decent Show - The Bloody Fighting for Croisilles, Fontaine-Les-Croisilles and the Hindenburg... I Wish They'd Killed You in A Decent Show - The Bloody Fighting for Croisilles, Fontaine-Les-Croisilles and the Hindenburg Line Between March 1917 to August 1918 (Paperback)
Colin Taylor
R647 Discovery Miles 6 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Newhaven Fort and Garrison - Newhaven Fort and Newhaven Garrison During the Great War 1914-1918 (Paperback): Keith Brain Newhaven Fort and Garrison - Newhaven Fort and Newhaven Garrison During the Great War 1914-1918 (Paperback)
Keith Brain
R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Barnetby Boys - A Brief Account of Events in Barnetby and the Fate of its Boys During the Great War 1914-1919 (Paperback):... The Barnetby Boys - A Brief Account of Events in Barnetby and the Fate of its Boys During the Great War 1914-1919 (Paperback)
Roger Frankish
R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
BOGOF! - Buy One (Road Trip) Get One Free (Paperback): Julian Summer BOGOF! - Buy One (Road Trip) Get One Free (Paperback)
Julian Summer
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

NOT ONLY... beer in Berlin, absinthe in Prague, baths in Budapest, Dracula in Transylvania, trenches in Gallipoli, a plethora of Greco-Roman ruins, fairy chimneys in Capadocia, lost cities, souks and castles in Syria, angry Kurds, absent Armenians, Mounts Nemrut and Ararat, depressed in Iran, harassed in the Stans, filthy Chinese food and filthier loos, the Wall and the Warriors... BUT ALSO... a lost car in Calcutta, road rage in India, charred corpses in Nepal, Everest in Tibet, the Potala Palace, chanting monks, appalling roads, disgusting food, unspeakable bogs, magical Mount Kailash, mayhem in the Stans, Stalingrad, Crimea, the Light Brigade, Auschwitz and in Bruges... "Every traveller should make it his life's work to leave Swindon... few go to such extremes..." Dom Joly. "Lies, it's all lies..." Chairman Mao. The author is an Old Etonian, Cambridge graduate, retired investment banker and completely unrepentant.

Signals from the Great War - The Experiences of a Signals Officer on the Western Front as Told Through His War Dairies 1917 -... Signals from the Great War - The Experiences of a Signals Officer on the Western Front as Told Through His War Dairies 1917 - 1919 (Paperback)
Archibald MacGregor; Edited by Anna Welti
R520 Discovery Miles 5 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
My Family in the Great War (Paperback): Ned Malet de Carteret My Family in the Great War (Paperback)
Ned Malet de Carteret
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
R.L. Handbook of Ammunition (Paperback): War Office R.L. Handbook of Ammunition (Paperback)
War Office
R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Horse Mobilization (Paperback): War Office Horse Mobilization (Paperback)
War Office
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part 1 - Tactical (Paperback): War Office SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part 1 - Tactical (Paperback)
War Office
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part II - Organization and Direction of Fire (Paperback): War Office SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part II - Organization and Direction of Fire (Paperback)
War Office
R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Vocabulary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations - SS555 (Paperback): War Office Vocabulary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations - SS555 (Paperback)
War Office
R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes for Guidance of Officers of the Labour Corps in France - SS728 (Paperback): War Office Notes for Guidance of Officers of the Labour Corps in France - SS728 (Paperback)
War Office
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Remount Service in the United Kingdom in War-Time (Paperback): War Office The Remount Service in the United Kingdom in War-Time (Paperback)
War Office
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Detail of the Sets of Harness Required for the Various Natures of Service Pattern Vehicles (Paperback): War Office Detail of the Sets of Harness Required for the Various Natures of Service Pattern Vehicles (Paperback)
War Office
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes on Horse Management in the Field (1919) (Paperback): War Office Notes on Horse Management in the Field (1919) (Paperback)
War Office
R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes and Illustrations on the Interpretation of Aeroplane Photographs - SS550/550A (Paperback): War Office Notes and Illustrations on the Interpretation of Aeroplane Photographs - SS550/550A (Paperback)
War Office
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes on Identification of Aeroplanes (Paperback): War Office Notes on Identification of Aeroplanes (Paperback)
War Office
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Training and Employment of Grenadiers - CDS74 (Paperback): War Office The Training and Employment of Grenadiers - CDS74 (Paperback)
War Office
R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Results of Preliminary Reconnaissance and Comparison with Air Photographs of the Ground Re-Occupied in the Forward Areas of the... Results of Preliminary Reconnaissance and Comparison with Air Photographs of the Ground Re-Occupied in the Forward Areas of the Lys Salient - SS757 (Paperback)
War Office
R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Memorandum - Treatment of Injuries in War - SS345 (Paperback): War Office Memorandum - Treatment of Injuries in War - SS345 (Paperback)
War Office
R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Children of Ash and Elm - A History of the Vikings (Paperback): Neil Price Children of Ash and Elm - A History of the Vikings (Paperback)
Neil Price
R664 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R165 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
For Kent and Country - A Testimony to the Contribution Made by Kent Cricketers During the Great War (Hardcover): Paul Lewis For Kent and Country - A Testimony to the Contribution Made by Kent Cricketers During the Great War (Hardcover)
Paul Lewis
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
For Kent and Country - A Testimony to the Contribution Made by Kent Cricketers During the Great War (Paperback): Paul Lewis For Kent and Country - A Testimony to the Contribution Made by Kent Cricketers During the Great War (Paperback)
Paul Lewis
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Till All Our Fight be Fought - The Olavian Fallen and the Great War 1914-1918 (Paperback): Peter Leonard Till All Our Fight be Fought - The Olavian Fallen and the Great War 1914-1918 (Paperback)
Peter Leonard
R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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