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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
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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End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt, and Poverty Despite Congress
End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt, and Poverty Despite Congress

Ravi Batra · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The year 2010 marked when the National Bureau of Economic Research declared an end to the Great Recession. The economy had shed over six million jobs in 2008 and 2009, but few had been recalled to work by 2010. Today, government policies have yet to make a significant dent in unemployment....
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Open Secret: The Global Banking Conspiracy That Swindled Investors Out of Billions
Open Secret: The Global Banking Conspiracy That Swindled Investors Out of Billions

Erin Arvedlund · Portfolio Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

“Gaming the LIBOR—that is, fixing the price of money—had become just that: a game. Playing it was the price of admission to a club of men who socialized together, skied in Europe courtesy of brokers and expense accounts, and reaped million-dollar bonuses.”In the midst...
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Inc. Yourself, 11th Edition: How to Profit by Setting Up Your Own Corporation
Inc. Yourself, 11th Edition: How to Profit by Setting Up Your Own Corporation

Judith McQuown · Career Press; 11 edition
Format: Paperback

"This book is a solidly researched and written classic…. Previous editions have sold more than 500,000 copies, and there's a good reason for this book's success: It's reliable."--Inc. magazine"Inc. Yourself [is] a particularly timely book."--Wall Street...
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Knock 'Em Dead 2016: The Ultimate Job Search Guide
Knock 'Em Dead 2016: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin John Yate · Adams Media
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Take control of your job search, career, and life!New York Times bestseller Martin Yate has helped millions of job seekers improve their job search and career management tactics, changing their lives forever. Featuring his unique, time-tested methods for achieving professional success,...
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Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories
Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories

Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 247
Format: Print book

Geared toward women who are considering getting into tech, or those already in a tech job who want to take their career to the next level, this book combines practical career advice and inspiring personal stories from successful female tech professionals Brianna Wu (founder, Giant Spacekat)...
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Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends
Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends

Martin Lindstrom · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Martin Lindstrom, a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, harnesses the power of "small data" in his quest to discover the next big thingHired by the world's leading brands to find out what makes their customers tick, Martin Lindstrom spends 300 nights a year in strangers' homes, carefully...
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Social Security 101: From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid
Social Security 101: From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid

Alfred Mill · Adams Media
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

A crash course in retirement benefits! Too often, writing about social security turns the noteworthy details of the benefits into boring details about regulations or biased political arguments that would put even a die-hard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101 cuts out the tedious explanations...
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A Truck Full of Money
A Truck Full of Money

Tracy Kidder · Random House
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Fortune, mania, genius, philanthropy - the bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains gives us the inspiring story of Kayak.com founder Paul English, an American maverick and a man who had a mind for the age that was coming. Tracy Kidder, the "master of the nonfiction narrative"...
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Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality since 1700
Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality since 1700

Peter H Lindert · Princeton University Press
Pages: 398
Format: Print book

"Unequal Gains" offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert...
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Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses
Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses

Amy Whitaker · HarperBusiness
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

An indispensable and inspiring guide to creativity in the workplace and beyond, drawing on art, psychology, science, sports, law, business, and technology to help you land big ideas in the practical world.Anyone from CEO to freelancer knows how hard it is to think big, let alone follow...
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Getting
Getting

Margaret A. Neale · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Almost every interaction involves negotiation, yet we often miss the cues that would allow us to make the most of these exchanges. In Getting (More of) What You Want, Margaret Neale and Thomas Lys draw on the latest advances in psychology and economics to provide new strategies for anyone...
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The Business Romantic: Give Everything, Quantify Nothing, and Create Something Greater Than Yourself
The Business Romantic: Give Everything, Quantify Nothing, and Create Something Greater Than Yourself

Tim Leberecht · Harperbusiness
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In this smart, playful, and provocative book, one of today's most original business thinkers argues that we underestimate the importance of romance in our lives and that we can find it in and through business - by designing products, services, and experiences that connect us with something...
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The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less
The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less

Elizabeth H. Bradley · PublicAffairs; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Foreword by Harvey V. Fineberg, President of the Institute of MedicineFor decades, experts have puzzled over why the US spends more on health care but suffers poorer outcomes than other industrialized nations. Now Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. Taylor marshal extensive research, including...
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Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency
Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency

Charles Rappleye · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 554
Format: Print book

"A deft, filled-out portrait of the thirty-first president...by far the best, most readable study of Hoover's presidency to date." - Publishers Weekly Rappleye's surprising portrait of a Depression-era president Herbert Hoover reveals a very different figure than the usual Hoover,...
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