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How to Speak Machine: Computational Thinking for the Rest of UsVisionary designer and technologist John Maeda defines the fundamental laws of how computers think, and why you should care even if you aren't a programmer. Maeda is to design what Warren Buffett is to finance. --Wired John Maeda is one of the world's preeminent...
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The ABCs of Success: The Essential Principles from America's Greatest Prosperity TeacherAn accessible guide to the principles of success by one of the most respected and sought-after motivational speakers of our time. In the tradition of Og Mandino and Zig Ziglar, this inspirational guide uses a wide variety of subjects, from "Achievement" to "Worry," to...
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Men's LivesAvailable for the first time in a text-only edition, Peter Matthiessen's acclaimed Men's Lives should enjoy the kind of success that greeted John McPhee's Pine Barrens and William Warner's Beautiful Swimmers.Author: Peter MatthiessenPublisher: VintagePublished: 01/12/1988Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.72h x 5.42w x 0.93dISBN:...
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Money and Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines from Accounting to EthicsDesigned for psychiatric clinicians of every profession (including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and nurses) as well as for psychiatric educators and their trainees, Money and Outpatient Psychiatry moves readers toward new, effective, and money-wise practices. The book begins by offering a hands-on approach to...
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Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?In the past few decades, the wages of most workers have stagnated, even as productivity increased. Social supports have been cut, while corporations have achieved record profits. What is going on? According to Robert Kuttner, global capitalism is to blame. By limiting workers' rights,...
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Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital FutureIn The Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson predicted some of the far-reaching effects of digital technologies on our lives and businesses. Now they've written a guide to help readers make the most of our collective future. Machine Platform Crowd outlines the...
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End This Depression Now!The Great Recession is more than four years old--and counting. Yet, as Paul Krugman points out in this powerful volley, Nations rich in resources, talent, and knowledge--all the ingredients for prosperity and a decent standard of living for all--remain in a state of intense...
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Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World EconomyThe Great Recession, as it has come to be called, has impacted more people worldwide than any crisis since the Great Depression. Flawed government policy and unscrupulous personal and corporate behavior in the United States created the current financial meltdown, which was exported across...
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Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital FutureWe live in strange times. A machine plays the strategy game Go better than any human; upstarts like Apple and Google destroy industry stalwarts such as Nokia; ideas from the crowd are repeatedly more innovative than corporate research labs.MIT's Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson...
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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008In 1999, in The Return of Depression Economics, Paul Krugman surveyed the economic crises that had swept across Asia and Latin America, and pointed out that those crises were a warning for all of us: like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the...
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Iwoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing ItBefore slim laptops that fit into briefcases, computers looked like strange vending machines, with cryptic switches and pages of encoded output. But in 1977 Steve Wozniak revolutionized the computer industry with his invention of the first personal computer. As the sole inventor of the...
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You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive DifferenceIn his inspiring new book, You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader, Mark Sanborn, the author of the national bestseller The Fred Factor, shows how each of us can be a leader in our daily lives and make a positive difference, whatever...
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The Google Story (2018 Updated Edition): Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our TimeThe definitive, bestselling account of the company that changed the way we work and live, updated for the twentieth anniversary of Google's founding with analysis of its most recent bold moves to redefine the world--and its even more ambitious plans for the future.Moscow-born Sergey...
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Learning to Think StrategicallyStrategic thinking has become a core competency for business leaders globally. Overused and under-defined, the term is often used interchangeably with other strategic management terms. This textbook delineates and defines strategic thinking as an advanced, conceptual cognitive capability, focusing on the nonlinear, divergent, a-rational...
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Essentials of Business Research MethodsIn an era of big data and data analytics, how can managers make decisions based on almost unlimited information, not to mention hiring and retaining individuals with the required data analytics skills? The new fourth edition of Essentials of Business Research Methods explains research...
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Compassionate LeadershipForcing compliance is easy. Anyone can 'make' another perform a task. It will get done, but when and to what standard? Sustained high performance can only come from engagement with and commitment to the job in hand. This book will introduce you to the...
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The Hidden History of CoachingThis book is designed to provide coaches and managers with brain knowledge and to enable them to access its practical use with clients.Author: Leni WildflowerPublisher: Open University PressPublished: 02/01/2013Pages: 184Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9780335245406About the AuthorLeni Wildflower is a...
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Crash: The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of AmericaThe incredible true story of how Americans from all walks of life weathered one of the most turbulent periods in our nation's history--the Great Depression--and emerged triumphant. Crash tells the story of the Great Depression, from the sweeping fallout of the market collapse to...
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - And Helped Save an American TownThe instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business. The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations, it...
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The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in ManhattanWith his signature elan, Gaines weaves a gossipy tapestry of brokers, buyers, co-op boards, and eccentric landlords and tells of the apartment hunting and renovating adventures of many celebrities -- from Tommy Hilfiger to Donna Karan, from Jerry Seinfeld to Steven Spielberg, from Barbra...
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