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To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

Lawrence Levy · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success. "Hi, Lawrence?" the caller asked. "This is Steve Jobs. I saw your picture in a magazine a few years ago and thought we'd work together someday." After Steve Jobs was unceremoniously dismissed from Apple, he turned...
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The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later

RIC EDELMAN · SIMON & SCHUSTER
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author and legendary investment guru Ric Edelman reveals his forward-thinking guide on how technology and science will reshape the way we save, invest, and plan for the future.Technology and science are evolving at a blistering, almost incomprehensible pace. The Human...
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The Network Imperative: How to Survive and Grow in the Age of Digital Business Models

Barry Libert · Harvard Bus Review Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Digital networks are changing all the rules of business. New, scalable, digitally networked business models, like those of Amazon, Google, Uber, and Airbnb, are affecting growth, scale, and profit potential for companies in every industry. But this seismic shift isn't unique to digital...
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back

Elisabeth Rosenthal · Penguin Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller.At a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking investigation into our dysfunctional healthcare system - and offers practical solutions to its myriad problems."Patients can save thousands of dollars by purchasing An American...
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LinkedIn For Dummies

JOEL ELAD · For Dummies
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Make LinkedIn your number one professional branding tool LinkedIn is the premiere social network for professionals looking to discover new opportunities, enhance personal branding, connect with other professionals, and make career advancements. With LinkedIn For Dummies, you'll have...
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Creating Things That Matter: The Art and Science of Innovations That Last

David A Edwards · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Most things we create will not matter. This book is about creating things that do, from a master innovator who brings science and art together in his cutting edge labs.Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards...
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Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

Noam Chomsky · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

NOAM CHOMSKY is widely regarded as the most influential thinker of our time, but never before has he devoted a major book to one topic, income inequality: "During the Great Depression, things were much worse than they are today, but there was an expectation that things were going to get better....
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The Best Things in Life are Free

Lonely Planet. · Lonely Planet Pbns
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Lonely Planet's The Best Things in Life are Free is packed full of money-saving tips, tricks and recommendations for the best-value sights and experiences around the world. From parks, museums and exercise classes that are free, to insider ideas on food and experiences offered at great...
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The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness

Bari Tessler · Parallax Press
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

This is the book your money savvy best friend, therapist, and accountant would write if they could. It s the book about money for people who don t even want to think about money, until the arrival of that inevitable day when we all realize "we must come to terms with this thing called...
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Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace

Jessica Bennett · Harperwave
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Part manual, part manifesto, a humorous yet incisive guide to navigating subtle sexism at work - a pocketbook Lean In for the Buzzfeed generation that provides real-life career advice and humorous reinforcement for a new generation of professional women.It was a fight club - but without...
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Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge , and Build Confidence

Andy Molinsky · Avery Pub Group
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Do you feel comfortable delivering bad news? Do you look forward to speaking in public? Do you enjoy networking? Is it easy for you to speak your mind and be assertive with friends and colleagues? If you answered no to any of these questions, this book can help! What often sets successful...
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55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life

Elizabeth White · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 273
Format: eBook

For the millions of people in their fifties and sixties who find themselves out of work, unable to find a job, and financially incapable of retiring, here's a practical plan for getting past any blame or shame, overcoming denial, and finding a path to a new normal.Elizabeth White has an impressive...
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Co-Create: How Your Business Will Profit from Innovative and Strategic Collaboration

DAVID NOUR · ST MARTIN'S Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

What if your customers had a vested interest in guiding your company toward greater success? What if your employees had a personal as well as professional commitment to elevating your organization? Imagine how different your results would be if investors, vendors, and even analysts treasured...
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Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

Jake Knapp · Currency
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"A charming manifesto - as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts) , read this book." - Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better From the New York...
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The Disney Way, 3E: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company

Bill Capodagli · Mcgraw-Hill Education, 2016.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

"Dream, Believe, Dare, Do . . ." Though four simple words, this carefully crafted credo lies at the heart of Walt Disney's enviable empire and has led The Walt Disney Company to prosperity for decades. As foremost experts on Disney, authors Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson...
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