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The Price of Prosperity: Why Rich Nations Fail and How to Renew Them

Todd G Buchholz · Harper
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In this bold history and manifesto, a former White House director of economic policy exposes the economic, political, and cultural cracks that wealthy nations face and makes the case for transforming those same vulnerabilities into sources of strength - and the foundation of a national...
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The Everything Guide To Flipping Houses: An All-Inclusive Guide to Buying, Renovating, Selling

Melanie Williamson · Adams Media
Format: Print book

Expert advice to find, fix, and flip any residential property!Are you ready to capitalize on the rising real estate market and get in on the red-hot house flipping scene? You need a step-by-step guide to evaluate property, avoid rookie mistakes, and build a profitable, successful business....
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Twisted Leadership: How to Engage the Full Talents of Everyone in Your Organization

CHARLES C MANZ · Maven House
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

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Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow

Joshua Spodek · AMACOM
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Leadership literature is full of principles and ideas--but they rarely leave the page. Practice is what turns abstract concepts into useful skills. Leadership Step by Step walks readers through what to do and how to do it in an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed...
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Marketing in the Moment: The Digital Marketing Guide to Generating More Sales and Reaching Your Customers First

Michael Tasner · Pearson FT Press; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover

Now fully updated, Marketing in the Moment, Second Edition is today's complete, practical, no-fluff desk reference to next generation social, mobile, and digital marketing.   Drawing on his extensive experience working with companies of all sizes, Michael Tasner helps you move...
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Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: "For the last two years, I've interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super...
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Oh, The Meetings You'll Go To!: A Parody

DR. SUITS. · PORTFOLIO PENGUIN
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

A side-splitting parody of Dr. Seuss's graduation classic, Oh, the Places You'll Go! for real life. Dr. Suits in Oh, The Meetings You'll Go To! helps every 20-something suddenly staring down the daunting task of entering the real world. Follow our protagonist as he embarks on the journey...
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Warren Buffett's Ground Rules: Words of Wisdom from the Partnership Letters of the World's Greatest Investor

Jeremy Miller · Harperbusiness
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Using the letters Warren Buffett wrote to his partners between 1956 and 1970, a veteran financial advisor presents the renowned guru's "ground rules" for investing - guidelines that remain startlingly relevant today.In the fourteen years between his time in New York with value-investing...
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Stiletto Network: Inside the Women's Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business

Pamela Ryckman · AMACOM
Format: Hardcover

More women are running major companies than ever before. While still far too few in number, these female heads of industry are the forerunners of a radical shift in power now underway. During the past few years, womens groups have been coalescing in every major American city. Formidable...
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The New Rules of Retail: Competing in the World's Toughest Marketplace

Robin Lewis · Palgrave Macmillan Trade; Second Edition, Revised and Updated, Second Edition edition
Format: Book

"In The New Rules of Retail , industry gurus Robin Lewis and Michael Dart explained how unprecedented consumer power, enabled by technology and globalization, is revolutionizing retail. They warned that survival in these dynamic times called for a business model based on three distinct...
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The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture

Pamela Haag · Basic Books
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation.Or so we're told.In The Gunning...
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When Buyers Say No: Essential Strategies for Keeping a Sale Moving Forward

Tom Hopkins · Business Plus, 2014.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

This is a complete and practical guide which highlights the authors' new strategic approaches to selling when the buyer initially declines or is resistant on a sales opportunity. Hopkins and Katt explain that most sales reps take a traditional linear approach to selling, but that the trick...
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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

William Burnett · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 238
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times Bestseller At last, a book that shows you how to build - design - a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home - at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding...
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Forked: A New Standard for American Dining

Saru Jayaraman · Oxford University Press
Pages: 235
Format: Print book

A restaurant critic can tell you about the chef. A menu can tell you about the farm-sourced ingredients. Now who's going to tell you about the people preparing your meal? From James Beard Leadership Award winner Saru Jayaraman, Forked is an enlightening examination of what we don't talk...
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Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away

Lisa Napoli · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The dramatic relationship between Ray Kroc, the man who amassed a fortune as chairman of one of America's most controversial and iconic companies - McDonald's - and the passionate woman, his wife, Joan, who then gave that fortune away.Beginning in the 1950s, salesman Ray Kroc presided...
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