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Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You
Heidi Grant- Halvorson · Harvard Business Review Press Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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Imagine walking up to a stranger on the subway and asking them for their seat. What about asking a random person on the street if you could borrow their phone? If the idea makes you squeamish, you're not alone--social psychologists have found that doing these very things makes most... |
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Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown
Gerri Hirshey · Sarah Crichton Books ; Farrar Pages: 528 Format: Print book
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A bold and deeply researched biography of a complicated cultural iconWhen Helen Gurley Brown published Sex and the Single Girl in 1962, it sold more than two million copies in just three weeks, presaging the self-help boom and helping to usher in the unapologetic self-affirmation of second... |
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Millennial Money: How Young Investors Can Build a Fortune
Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Palgrave MacMillan Trade Format: Hardcover
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Fact: the Millennial Generation will not be able to rely on pensions and social security in retirement. Instead, they will have to save and invest in the global stock market to meet their goals. When it comes to thinking about money, Millennials are, as a generation, different from their... |
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Corporate Conspiracies: How Wall Street Took Over Washington
Richard Belzer · Skyhorse Publishing Pages: 230 Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling authors Richard Belzer and David Wayne comes a hard look at the wrongs done to us all by big business in America. Here is an explosive account of wrongful acts perpetrated, and the ensuing cover-ups inflicted upon us, by American corporations. The bestselling... |
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The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution
Daniel Raimi · Columbia University Press Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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Over roughly the past decade, oil and gas production in the United States has surged dramatically -- thanks largely to technological advances such as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking." This rapid increase has generated widespread debate, with... |
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Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
Brian Alexander · St. Martin's Press Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Strangers in Their Own Land**A New York Post Must-Read Book, a Newsweek Best New Book, one of The Week's 20 Books to Read in 2017, one of Bustle's 16 Best Nonfiction Books Coming in February 2017**"A devastating read...For anyone wondering why swing-state... |
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Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT. · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 598 Format: Print book
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"When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own...author Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed... |
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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
Adam Alter · Penguin Press Pages: 354 Format: Hardcover
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"One of the most mesmerizing and important books I've read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity." - Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling... |
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The New Wild West: Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown
BLAIRE BRIODY · St. Martin's Press Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations -- until the frackers arrived. The oil companies moved into Williston, overtaking the town and setting off a boom that America hadn't seen since the Gold Rush. Workers from all over the country descended, chasing jobs that promised... |
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Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs
Eric Sanderson · Harry N. Abrams; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Many experts agree that energy is the defining issue of this century. Economic recessions, foreign wars, and foreclosures are only a few of the results of America’s dependence on oil. In Terra Nova, ecologist Eric Sanderson elucidates the interconnections between oil and money, cars... |
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The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change
Ellen Ruppel Shell · Currency Pages: 416 Format: Hardcover
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Critically acclaimed journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell uncovers the true cost--political, economic, social, and personal--of America's mounting anxiety over jobs, and what we can do to regain control over our working lives.Since 1973, our productivity has grown almost six times faster than... |
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Finding the Space to Lead: A Practical Guide to Mindful Leadership
Janice Marturano · Bloomsbury Press Pages: 195 Format: Hardcover
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The complexity and relentless pace of our world places exceptional demands on leaders today. They work incredibly hard and yet feel that they are not meeting their own expectations of excellence. They feel disconnected from their own values and overburdened. By the thousands, they seek... |
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
JOHN CARREYROU · Knopf Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from their charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.In 2014,... |
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