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The Industries of the Future
Alec Ross · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world: the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next ten years, and how we can navigate them.While Alec Ross was working as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, he traveled to forty-one... |
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Two Houses of Oikos- Essays from the Environmental Age
James A Schaefer · Moon Willow Press
Pages: 131
Format: Print book
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The 21st century represents the Age of the Environment. For the first time in the planet's history, one species has achieved the might of a geophysical force. Thoughtful, hopeful, and thoroughly readable, Two Houses of Oikos is a journey through this pivotal age. Schaefer explores... |
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Double Bind: Women on Ambition
Robin Romm · Liveright
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Breaking the last feminist taboo--once and for all.Even as toweringly successful women from Gloria Steinem to Beyoncé embrace the word "feminism," the word "ambition," for many, remains loaded with ambivalence. Women who are naturally driven and goal-oriented shy away... |
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The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream
Amy Webb · Public Affairs
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Amy Webb is a noted futurist who combines curiosity, skepticism, colorful storytelling, and deeply reported, real-world analysis in this essential book for understanding the future. The Signals Are Talking reveals a systemic way of evaluating new ideas bubbling up on the horizon - distinguishing... |
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The Confident House Hunter: A Home Inspector's Tips for Finding Your Perfect House
Dylan Chalk · Plain Sight Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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With a zillion houses out there, find your perfect home in the midst of imperfection. In The Confident House Hunter, home inspector Dylan Chalk weaves over a decade of home inspection experience into stories and tips with easy-to-understand language, teaching homebuyers and real estate... |
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Blowout: The Inside Story of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Daniel Jacobs · Brookings Institution Pr
Pages: 210
Format: Print book
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The inside story of the worst environmental disaster in American history.Blowout is the first comprehensive account of the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the April 2010 blowout at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and killed... |
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Retire Inspired: It's Not an Age, It's a Financial Number
Chris E Hogan · Ramsey Press
Pages: 260
Format: Print book
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When you hear the word retirement, you probably don't imagine yourself scrambling to pay your bills in your golden years. But for too many Americans, that's the fate that awaits unless they take steps now to plan for the future. Whether you're twenty-five and starting your first job or fifty-five... |
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$2.00 a day : living on almost nothing in America
Kathryn Edin · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Pages: 210
Format: Print book
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A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't think it exists Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna... |
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How to Write a Business Plan
Brian Finch · Kogan Page
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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Starting with the premise that there's only one chance to make a good impression, How to Write a Business Plan covers all the issues involved in producing a business plan - from profiling competitors and forecasting market development, to the importance of providing clear and concise... |
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The 100 Best Stocks to Buy in 2017
Peter Sander · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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Now is the time to make money! While market growth in 2016 may have slowed, it's still possible for smart investors to profit. The 100 Best Stocks to Buy in 2017 shows how to protect your money with stock picks that have beaten the S&P average seven years in a row. Authors Sander and Bobo... |
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Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
David Eltis · Yale University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Map
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Between 1501 and 1867, the transatlantic slave trade claimed an estimated 12.5 million Africans and involved almost every country with an Atlantic coastline. In this extraordinary book, two leading historians have created the first comprehensive, up-to-date atlas on this 350-year history... |
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The Art of Startup Fundraising
Alejandro Cremades · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Startup money is moving online, and this guide shows you how it works. "The Art of Startup Fundraising" takes a fresh look at raising money for startups, with a focus on the changing face of startup finance. New regulations are making the old go-to advice less relevant, as startup... |
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