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Flair: Design Your Daily Work, Products, and Services to Energize Your Customers, Colleagues, and Audiences

Jim Poage · Maven House Press
Pages: 236
Format: Print book

Learn how to add WOW! to your products, services, and everyday work in order to increase sales as well as advance your career.What makes certain products gain mass appeal, acquire a dedicated following, and draw customers to wait in line for the latest version? Why do some restaurants book...
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The Industries of the Future

Alec Ross · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world: the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next ten years, and how we can navigate them.While Alec Ross was working as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, he traveled to forty-one...
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War and Gold: A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures, and Debt

Kwasi Kwarteng · PublicAffairs
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover

The world was wild for gold. After discovering the Americas, and under pressure to defend their vast dominion, the Habsburgs of Spain promoted gold and silver exploration in the New World with ruthless urgency. But, the great influx of wealth brought home by plundering conquistadors couldn't...
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The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy

Zachary Roth · Crown
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A deeply reported look inside the new conservative movement working to undermine American democracy. Control of the country is up for grabs - and Republicans have been rigging the game in their favor. Twenty-two states have passed restrictions on voting. Ruthless gerrymandering has given...
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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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The Simple Art of Business Etiquette: How to Rise to the Top by Playing Nice

Jeffrey L. Seglin · Tycho Press
Pages: 170
Format: Print book

Rules of Thumb for Minding Your Manners In The Workplace From ethics columnist and Harvard lecturer Jeffrey L. Seglin, discover practical tips for succeeding professionally by succeeding socially. Practicing business etiquette doesn't mean pretending to be someone you're not....
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Do the KIND Thing: Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately

Daniel Lubetzky · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the socially conscious reader of Blake Mycoskie's Start Something That Matters, Tony Hsieh's Delivering Happiness, and Howard Schultz's Onward comes an inspiring handbook for success in business, life, and the all-important task of building a more...
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The Best Keywords for Resumes, Letters, and Interviews: Powerful Words and Phrases for Landing Great Jobs!

Wendy S Enelow · Impact Publications
Pages: 186
Format: Paperback

Reveals how candidates can best speak the language of employers for getting hired. Organized by major industries and professions, this easy-to-use book provides quick access to the powerful language of keywords. Each chapter includes samples of keywords, keyword phrases, keyword answers...
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Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular

Derek Thompson · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Nothing "goes viral." If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history - of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate...
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Raising an Entrepreneur: 10 Rules for Nurturing Risk Takers, Problem Solvers, and Change Makers

Margot Machol Bisnow · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In this book, a political powerhouse and mother of two thriving entrepreneurs interviews the moms of over fifty of today's most successful innovators and - based on her findings - provides ten rules for raising confident, fearless, self-made individuals whose ideas and drive will change...
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Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing - Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth

W. Chan Kim · Hachette Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is the essential follow up to Blue Ocean Strategy, the classic and 3.6 million copy global bestseller by world-renowned professors Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. Drawing on more than a decade of new work, Kim and Mauborgne show you how to move beyond competing, inspire...
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Predict the Next Bull or Bear Market and Win: How to Use Key Indicators to Profit in Any Market

Michael Sincere · Adams Media
Format: Print book

The secrets to making money--no matter what the market conditions!A fundamental guide to investing, Predict the Next Bull or Bear Market and Win shows you how to build your wealth and protect your investments in an ever-changing market. With author and financial expert Michael Sincere's...
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Preparing for Baby: All the Legal, Financial, Tax, and Insurance Information New and Expectant Parents Need

Nihara K Choudhri · American Bar Association
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Preparing for Baby is a must-have resource for every new and expecting parent, a legal and financial version of What to Expect While You're Expecting. Often, parents don't have the time or energy to deal with important legal and financial matters -- like buying life insurance, learning...
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The Tech Contracts Handbook: Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople

David W Tollen · American Bar Association
Pages: 281
Format: Print book

The Tech Contracts Handbook is a practical, user-friendly reference manual and training guide on cloud computing agreements, software licenses, and other IT contracts. It's a clause-by-clause "how to" resource, covering the issues at stake and offering negotiation tips and sample...
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The Everything Job Interview Question Book: The Best Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

Dawn Rosenberg McKay · Aadams Media
Pages: 255
Format: Paperback

An expert guide to the answers that will get you hired!What's the surefire way to overcome the stress of a job interview and get the job you want? Be prepared!It isn't enough to be qualified and have a stellar resume--you need to ace the interview as well. The Everything Job Interview...
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