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The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations

James M. Kouzes · Jossey-Bass
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The most trusted source of leadership wisdom, updated to address today's realitiesThe Leadership Challenge is the gold-standard manual for effective leadership, grounded in research and written by the premier authorities in the field. With deep insight into the complex interpersonal...
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Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier

Maya Rao · PublicAffairs
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The story of a twenty-first century American frontier--where the free market reigns supreme as profiteers rush to develop a massive new oilfield.The word was that you could earn $17,000 a month in the Bakken Oilfield of North Dakota. So they flooded in: the profiteers, deadbeats, ex-cons,...
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For-Profit Democracy: Why the Government Is Losing the Trust of Rural America

LOKA ASHWOOD · Yale University Press
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating sociological assessment of the damaging effects of the for?profit partnership between government and corporation on rural Americans Why is government distrust rampant, especially in the rural United States? This book offers a simple explanation: corporations and the government...
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Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

Thor Hanson · Basic Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round.Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships...
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Leaders: Myth and Reality

Stanley McChrystal · Portfolio
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of Team of Teams dismantles the Great Man theory of leadership, by profiling leaders whose real stories defy their legends.Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has studied leadership his whole adult life, from his first day at West Point to his most recent work...
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Capitalism in America: A History

Alan Greenspan · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.From even the start of his fabled...
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The Clean Energy Age: A Guide to Beating Climate Change

BF Nagy · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

It's time for a new approach to environmentalism that focusses on practical solutions rather than problems and speaks to ordinary citizens in simple terms. This clear, positive, and non-partisan guidebook offers Top 10 lists that will help individuals and organizations save money while...
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The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders

ELENA L BOTELHO · Currency
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Based on an indepth analysis of over 2,600 leaders drawn from a database of more than 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives, as well 13,000 hours of interviews, and two decades of experience advising CEO's and executive boards, Elena L. Botelho and Kim R. Powell overturn the myths about...
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Frenemies: The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business

KEN AULETTA · Penguin Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and profound reckoning with the changes buffeting the $2 trillion global advertising and marketing business from the perspective of its most powerful players, by the bestselling author of GoogledAdvertising and marketing touches on every corner of our lives, and is the invisible...
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Knock 'em Dead: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin Yate CPC · Adams Media
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Completely updated with new material, this bestselling job search guide can help you keep up with changes in the job market - from updating the language of your resume to using social media networking to make professional connections that are essential in finding new employment opportunities.For...
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