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The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American MythThey began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America-ranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sock-relinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history. In an age when...
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Routes of Power PThe fossil fuel revolution is usually rendered as a tale of historic advances in energy production. In this perspective-changing account, Christopher F. Jones instead tells a story of advances in energy access--canals, pipelines, and wires that delivered power in unprecedented quantities to cities and...
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From Steel to SlotsBethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on a new industry: casino gambling. On the site of the former Bethlehem Steel plant, thousands of flashing slot machines and digital bells replaced the fires in...
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The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New GlobalizationBetween 1820 and 1990, the share of world income going to today's wealthy nations soared from twenty percent to almost seventy. Since then, that share has plummeted to where it was in 1900. As Richard Baldwin explains, this reversal of fortune reflects a new...
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Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets Since the DepressionJust as today's observers struggle to justify the workings of the free market in the wake of a global economic crisis, an earlier generation of economists revisited their worldviews following the Great Depression. The Great Persuasionis an intellectual history of that project. Angus Burgin...
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So You Want To Be A Writer: How to get started (while you still have a day job)The ultimate all-in-one guide to making your writing dreams come true Want to publish a novel or earn an income as a writer, but not sure how to go about it? In this book, authors Allison Tait and Valerie Khoo -- co-hosts of the...
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Help! I need to master critical conversations: How to communicate what you really think without ruining the relationshipHave you ever worried about delivering truthful feedback at work? If you water down the message, the real issues do not get aired or understood. On the other hand, if the brutal truth is delivered, you may risk damaging your work relationships.This book provides...
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Moments in TimeStories of men whose Moments in Time changed everything. What are the moments that have shaped the direction your life has taken? Can you pinpoint them? Can you recall the decisions made that altered your path? What lessons did they teach you? What patterns...
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Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's InvestorWall Street Words is an essential guide to the words spoken on "the Street." This updated edition has 4,500 entries -- more than 700 of them newly added to reflect key developments in national and world markets -- and covers everything from investment fundamentals...
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How I learned to Trade like Tom Sosnoff and Tony Battista: Book One, Trade MechanicsThis series of books will help beginning & advanced traders and investors, improve their trading & investing skills, by raising their probability of success, helping them take control of their own money. Book one, is a more basic book, we touch on the fundamentals...
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Lessons Learned From Leading Entrepreneurs: Case Studies in Business and EntrepreneurshipLESSONS LEARNED FROM LEADING ENTREPRENEURS provides the reader with an opportunity to learn from some of the most successful entrepreneurs of our generation. The book provides a benchmark for readers through a step-by-step process based on famous entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Apple, Warren...
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Secrets of a Pivot Boss: Revealing Proven Methods for Profiting in the MarketSecrets of a Pivot Boss offers the most comprehensive collection of pivot-related trading ideas and concepts available to traders. Whether you are a real-time trader, swing trader, position trader, or investor, you will find great value in this book, regardless of the markets you...
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The Change Monster: The Human Forces That Fuel or Foil Corporate Transformation and ChangeA Powerful Look at Corporate Change and Why Mergers, Reorganizations, and Transformations Succeed or Fail " One of the] best business books of 2001 . . . a] useful and intelligent tool for coping with the inevitable metamorphoses of business (and life)." --Miami Herald...
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The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern WorkEXPLORING AND EXPLODING OUR NOTIONS OF WORK Joanne B. Ciulla, a noted scholar in Leadership and Ethics, examines why so many people today have let their jobs take over their lives. Technology was supposed to free us from work, but instead we work longer...
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Your Money: The Missing ManualKeeping your financial house in order is more important than ever. But how do you deal with expenses, debt, taxes, and retirement without getting overwhelmed? This book points the way. It's filled with the kind of practical guidance and sound insights that makes J.D....
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The Art of War: Sun Tzu's Classis in Plain English with Sun Pin's: The Art of WarfareAuthor: D. E. Tarver, Sun Tzu, Sun PinPublisher: iUniversePublished: 04/19/2002Pages: 172Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9780595224722
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The Six Habits of Highly Effective Sales EngineersSOFTWARE SALES / TECHNICAL PRESALES / SALES ENGINEERS: If you are in software sales or technical presales - or considering entering the field - this book is for you! Is a convincing demonstration the only thing that's standing between you and your next customer?...
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Strategic Sourcing - Suppliers are from Mars, Customers are from VenusBy applying Strategic Sourcing concepts, The Walt Disney Company realized $300 millions in annual savings, BellSouth improved its results by $1 billion, and IBM achieved 5% improvement in their margins. These are just a few of the many companies exploring the benefits of Strategic...
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I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59"An exciting story [that] shines light on the inner workings of the fledgling Google and on the personalities of its founders."--The Daily Beast In its infancy, Google embraced extremes--endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The company's...
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Money! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...)Learn how moneylending grew into today's banking industry, and how credit allows us to spend money we don't even have.This series takes readers (Ages 8-12) on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make...
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