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Simply Electrifying: The Technology that Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk

Craig R. Roach · BenBella Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Imagine your life without the internet. Without phones. Without television. Without sprawling cities. Without the freedom to continue working and playing after the sun goes down.

Electricity is at the core of all modern life. It has transformed our society more than any other technology....
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The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th-Century Journalism

MITCHELL STEPHENS · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The first and definitive biography of an audacious adventurer -- the most famous journalist of his time -- who more than anyone invented contemporary journalism.

Tom Brokaw says: "Lowell Thomas so deserves this lively account of his legendary life. He was a man for all seasons."

Few...

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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

Cathy O'Neil · Crown
Pages: 259
Format: Print book

"A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality,"--NoveList.

"We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives--...

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Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet

David Kaye · Columbia Global Reports
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

"David Kaye's book is crucial to understanding the tactics, rhetoric and stakes in one of the most consequential free speech debates in human history." -- Cory Doctorow, author of Radicalized, Walkaway and Little Brother The internet was designed to be a kind of free-speech...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2019: For Preparing Your 2018 Tax Return

J K LASSER · Wiley
Pages: 848
Format: Paperback

The nation's most trusted tax guide, updated for your 2018 returns

J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2019 is the nation's most trusted tax guide, updated to help you prepare your 2018 return. Step-by-step expert guidance walks you through the forms, calculations, and deadlines...

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Blockchain: The Next Everything

Stephen P. Williams · Scribner
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

An experienced tech writer fully explains blockchain technology and how it will radically transform the world as we know it in this accessible, reader-friendly, illuminating guide.

What is blockchain? Why does everyone from tech experts to business moguls to philanthropists believe...
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The Safe Hiring Manual: The Complete Guide to Employment Background Checks for Employers, Recruiters, and Job Seekers

Lester S Rosen · Facts On Demand Pr
Pages: 732
Format: Print book

The third edition of The Safe Hiring Manual goes far beyond the typical hiring handbook. It is a comprehensive blueprint for developing a safe hiring program for employers, human resources, and security professionals.. The Manual details how to exercise due diligence throughout the hiring...
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Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers

Stan Slap · Portfolio Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

#3 New York Times Advice/How-To Bestseller #7 Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller "This book is game changing in a way I have never seen in a business book. I learned about myself and gained new insights into the work I've been doing for thirty years. It is a spectacular...
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Janesville: An American Story

AMY GOLDSTEIN · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Moving and magnificently well-researched...Janesville joins a growing family of books about the evisceration of the working class in the United States. What sets it apart is the sophistication of its storytelling and analysis." - The New York Times

A Washington...
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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

Antonio Garcia Martinez · Harper
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Business Insider Top 20 Business Book of the Year * An Inc. Best Book of the Year for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners

"Incisive.... The most fun business book I have read this year.......

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The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues

Patrick M Lencioni · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player. In The Ideal...
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China - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Kathy Flower · Kuperard
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

Culture Smart! China puts the latest dramatic changes into a historical context, explains deep-seated cultural attitudes, and guides the visitor through a maze of unfamiliar social situations. It will enable you to discover for yourself the warmth, intelligence, humor, and humanity...
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Have You Eaten Grandma?: Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation, Grammar, and Good English

Gyles Brandreth · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

For anyone who wants to make fewer (not less) grammar mistakes, a lively, effective, and witty guide to all the ins and outs of the English language, reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

Our language is changing, literary levels...
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How to Write and Give a Speech: A Practical Guide for Anyone Who Has to Make Every Word Count

Joan Detz · St. Martin's Griffin; Third Edition, Revised Edition edition
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

With more than 65,000 copies sold in two editions and recommended by Forbes and U.S. News World Report, this newly updated how to guide offers sound advice on every aspect of researching, writing, and delivering an effective speech. Filled with anecdotes, tips, examples, and practical...
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Living Large in Our Little House: Thriving in 480 Square Feet with Six Dogs, a Husband, and One Remote--Plus More Stories of How You Can Too

Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell · Reader's Digest Association
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Based on the successful blog, Living Large in Our Little House, the book is a practical and inspirational memoir about the joy and freedom of tiny house living.Traditionally, the American Dream has included owning a house, and until recently that meant the bigger the better. McMansions...
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