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Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?
Karen Dawisha · Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
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The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawishas brilliant Putins Kleptocracy provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore... |
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The Library Innovation Toolkit: Ideas, Strategies, and Programs
Anthony Molaro · Editions
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback |
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Progress for the sake of progress is all too often a drain on precious time and resources. The communities and users that libraries serve are always changing; true innovation helps libraries adapt to meet their needs and aspirations both now and in the future. This stimulating collection... |
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BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google
John Palfrey · Basic Books (AZ)
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover |
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Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information.In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that... |
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Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting
John Shiffman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 267
Format: Hardcover |
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On today's high-tech battlefields, the most lethal weapons are not the big ones, but rather the ones that are small enough to be smuggled inside a pack of chewing gum. Microchips. Gyroscopes. Radar-cloaking and night-vision technology. Developed and manufactured in the United States... |
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Leading Libraries: How to Create a Service Culture
Wyoma vanDuinkerken , · Amer Library Assn Editions |
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Quality leadership is integral to the very future of our profession. And it doesn't only come from the top down. Effective leadership is customer-focused and collaborative, fostering a service culture that invites the involvement of individuals in every part and at every level of the organization,... |
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The Purpose-Based Library: Finding Your Path to Survival, Success, and Growth
John J. Huber , · Neal-Schuman Publishers |
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In the years since John Huber's trailblazing Lean Library Management was published, budget pressures on libraries have only increased. Yet libraries who have adopted his strategies have turned conventional management thinking that if budgets are reduced, customer service suffers on its head.... |
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Ratf**ked: How the Democrats Won the Presidency But Lost America
David Daley · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 257
Format: Print book |
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The explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting. With Barack Obama's historic election in 2008, pundits proclaimed the Republicans as dead as the Whigs of yesteryear. Yet even as Democrats swooned,... |
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene · Penguin Books; 1 edition |
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For those who want power, watch power, or want to arm themselves against power, The 48 Laws of Power is "The Rules for suits" (New York Magazine). --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. |
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