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Civil War Barons: The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation

JEFFRY D WERT · Da Capo Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From prominent historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist Jeffry D. Wert, a multi-biographical work of a remarkable yet largely unknown group of men whose contributions won the war and shaped America's futureBefore the Civil War, America had undergone a technological revolution that made...
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Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy

Jonathan Haskel · Princeton University Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover

The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economyEarly in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than...
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Out of the Maze: An A-mazing Way to Get Unstuck

PSPENCER JOHNSON · Portfolio
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

The posthumous sequel to Who Moved My Cheese?, the classic parable that became a worldwide sensation.Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers relief for an evergreen problem: unanticipated and unwelcome change. Now its long-awaited sequel digs deeper, to show how readers can adapt...
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In Business with Bees: How to Expand, Sell, and Market Honeybee Products and Services including Pollination, Bees and Queens, Beeswax, Honey and More

KIM FLOTTUM · Quarry Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Ready to take your beekeeping skills to the next level? In Business with Bees provides the answers you need. This book takes serious beekeepers past the beginning stages and learning curves and offers practical, useful advice to move your passion into a part-time or full-time career with...
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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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