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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World

JOSHUA B FREEMAN · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on society.We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since...
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Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter

SCOTT GERBER · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Abandon the networking-for-networking's-sake mentality in favor of a more powerful and effective approach to creating and enhancing connections.Superconnectors are a new category of tradespeople born out of the social media era. They are highly valuable community-builders who make things...
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The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything

PAUL VIGNA · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna, the authors of The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet's Next Big Thing: The Blockchain.Big banks have grown bigger and more entrenched. Privacy exists only until the next hack. Credit card fraud is a fact of life. Many...
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Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World

Melissa A Schilling · PublicAffairs
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From historical figures such as Marie Curie to contemporaries such as Steve Jobs, a handful of innovators have changed the world. What made them so spectacularly inventive? Melissa A. Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, looks at the lives of seven creative geniuses--Albert...
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Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World

Ama Marston · PublicAffairs
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Forget Type As and Bs. The future lies with Type Rs-- the individuals, leaders, businesses, families and communities that turn challenges into opportunity in times of upheaval, crisis and change. In this thought provoking book Ama Marston, an internationally recognized strategist and thought...
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Nimble: Make Yourself and Your Company Resilient in the Age of Constant Change

Baba Prasad · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Cutting-edge insights for succeeding in times of chaotic change"Nimble shows how we can anticipate and adapt to an increasingly chaotic world--and become better leaders, strategists, and innovators along the way."--Adam Grant, Professor at the Wharton School and New York Times...
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