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Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history’s most creative genius

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“Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason.”
-Francis Bacon

Thoughts remain cluttered until expressed in some form of language. We have to write, speak or act our thoughts; otherwise they will remain obscure, befuddled and in a half-torpid form. Our feelings must come out to others or they will be as clouds, which, till they descend in rain, will never bring up fruit or flower. So, it’s all about the inward feelings; expression gives them development, thought is the blossom; language the sprout and action the fruit of it. In addition to your physical appearance and the way you carry yourself, others will appraise you exclusively on the basis of the words that come out of your mouth. Even if you are considered a genius in any field, a poor vocabulary will send across a message that you are not savvy or very intelligent. This is the age of competition. In today’s world, if one is to enter into the auspicious professional world and make a promising and illustrious career, an extensive knowledge of the exact meanings of English words is imperative.

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A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopening of relations with China.

The seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacy.

Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America’s approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations.

Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, Diplomacystands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is vital reading for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.