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Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters

Charles Wheelan · W W Norton, 2016.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The best-selling Naked series tackles the weird world of money.Consider the $20 bill.It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually...
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Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their...
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World

Ruchir Sharma · W W Norton
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

This pioneering work demystifies the drivers behind political, economic, and social change. Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks...
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Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work

Andrea S Kramer · Bibliomotion
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

More than fifty years after the beginning of the Women's Movement and forty years after passage of Title IX, women are still not "making it" in traditionally male careers. Women start their careers on parity with men but generally end them far earlier, having achieved less status,...
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Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

Jonah Berger · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling author of Contagious explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make - from what we buy, to the careers we choose, to what we eat - in this fascinating and groundbreaking work.If you're like most people, you think that your choices...
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Pitch Perfect: How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time

Bill McGowan · HarperBusiness; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Media guru and Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bill McGowan—coach to some of the biggest names in business and entertainment, including Eli Manning, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Welch, Thomas Keller and Kenneth Cole teaches you how to get your message across and get what you want with pitch...
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Working Americans 1880-2015: Americans at War

Scott Derks · Grey House Publishing Canada
Pages: 600
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.

Grey House Publishing is proud to announce the publication of Working Americans 1880-2015, Volume V: Americans at War. This second edition updates the fifth volume in the Working Americans series through 2015, profiling the lives of Americans in times of warfare how they lived, how they...
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Working Americans 1880-2015, Volume VI: Women at Work, Second Edition

Scott Derks · Grey House Pub.

Grey House Publishing is proud to announce the publication of Working Americans 1810-2015, Volume VI: Women at Work. This second edition updates the sixth volume in the Working Americans series through 2015, profiling the lives of American women how they lived, how they worked, how they...
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Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism

Bartow J. Elmore · W W Norton
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

An absorbing history of how Coke's insatiable thirst for natural resources shaped the company and reshaped the globe. How did Coca-Cola build a global empire by selling a low-price concoction of mostly sugar, water, and caffeine? The easy answer is advertising, but the real formula...
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