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The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know

Katty Kay · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 256

Following the success of Lean In and Why Women Should Rule the World, the authors of the bestselling Womenomics provide an informative and practical guide to understanding the importance of confidence - and learning how to achieve it - for women of all ages and at all stages of their...

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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

Blake J. Harris · HarperCollins
Pages: 555

Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars - a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo...

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The Business Romantic: Give Everything, Quantify Nothing, and Create Something Greater Than Yourself

Tim Leberecht · Harperbusiness
Pages: 320

In this smart, playful, and provocative book, one of today's most original business thinkers argues that we underestimate the importance of romance in our lives and that we can find it in and through business - by designing products, services, and experiences that connect us with something...
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When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants

Steven D. Levitt , · William Morrow

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. Its the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When...
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Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least

Jessica Jackley · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 224

In the tradition of Kabul Beauty School and Start Something That Matters comes an inspiring story of social entrepreneurship from the co-founder of Kiva, the first online microlending platform for the working poor. Featuring lessons learned from successful businesses in the world's...
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The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs

Amy Wilkinson · Free Press
Pages: 240

Each of us has the capacity to spot opportunities, invent products, and build businesses—even 100 million businesses. How do some people turn ideas into enterprises that endure? Why do some people succeed when so many others fail? The Creators Code unlocks the six essential skills that...
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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

Russell Gold · Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Pages: 384

Russell Gold, a brilliant and dogged investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has spent more than a decade reporting on one of the biggest stories of our time: the spectacular, world-changing rise of "fracking." Recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize...
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The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System

James Rickards · Portfolio; Hard Cover edition

"The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. . . . Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a minefield of risks, while poised at a crossroads, pondering the death of the dollar."The international monetary system has collapsed three...
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Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World

John P. Kotter · Harvard Bus Review Press
Pages: 206

Based on the award-winning article in Harvard Business Review, from global leadership expert John Kotter.It's a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and appoint your best people...
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The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age

Reid Hoffman · Harvard Business School Press
Pages: 193

A New York Times Bestseller

Introducing the new, realistic loyalty pact between employer and employee.

The employer-employee relationship is broken, and managers face a seemingly impossible dilemma: the old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer...
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