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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

Chris J Anderson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 269
Format: Print book

A New York Times Bestseller For anyone who has ever been inspired by a TED talk ... ...this is an insider's guide to creating talks that are unforgettable. Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking...
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Best Jobs for Ex-Offenders: 101 Opportunities to Jump-Start Your New Life

Ronald L Krannich · Impact Publications, Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Pages: 139
Format: Print book

The first book to examine jobs suitable for ex-offenders. Profiling 101 opportunities that are relatively open to people with not-so-hot backgrounds, this upbeat book gives renewed hope and direction to ex-offenders who are uncertain what they want to do, can do, and will do in life on the outside....
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Canada - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Diane Lemieux · Kuperard
Pages: 168
Format: Print book

Canada is the second-largest country in the world, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and spanning six time zones. From coast to coast lie vast forests, breathtaking mountains, flat, open plains, and thousands of lakes and rivers. It is also the world's second-most sparsely...
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Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales: From Everest to Every Business, Achieving Peak Performance

Susan Ershler · HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

Two experts who have summited the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents - and scaled the highest peaks in corporate sales - examine what it takes to achieve sales success, drawing on the techniques and determination it takes to climb the world's highest peaks.When Susan...
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The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs

Alexa Clay · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A book that argues that lessons in creativity, innovation, salesmanship, and entrepreneurship can come from surprising places: pirates, bootleggers, counterfeiters, hustlers, and others living and working on the margins of business and society.Who are the greatest innovators in the world?...
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Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders

Lindsey Pollak · HarperBusiness; Original edition

The author of Getting from College to Career reinvents the concept of management for a new generation, offering a fresh and relevant approach to career success that shows them how to make the next step: becoming a leader.We are in the midst of a leadership revolution, as power passes from...
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You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice

Tom Vanderbilt · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

Why do we get so embarrassed when a colleague wears the same shirt? Why do we eat the same thing for breakfast every day, but seek out novelty at lunch and dinner? How has streaming changed the way Netflix makes recommendations? Why do people think the music of their youth is the best?...
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Egypt - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Jailan Zayan · Kuperard; 2nd Revised edition edition

This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! Egypt reveals a country in the throes of change. The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. The uprising resulted in a political effervescence,...
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