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Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the American Diet

Mckay Jenkins · Avery Pub Group
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Are GMOs really that bad? A prominent environmental journalist takes a fresh look at what they actually mean for our food system and for us. In the past two decades, GMOs have come to dominate the American diet. Advocates hail them as the future of food, an enhanced method of crop breeding...
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This Complete Guide to Your First Rental Property: A Step-By-Step Plan from the Experts Who Do It Every Day

Atlantic Publishing Group Inc · Atlantic Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

This revised book covers property/tenant selection, advertising, credit verification, deposits, rent, late notices, and more.-- (3/19/2015 12:00:00 AM)
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The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future

ANDREW YANG · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, an eye-opening look at how new technologies are erasing millions of jobs before our eyes-and a rallying cry for the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy. The shift toward...
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The United States of Beer: A Regional History of the All-American Drink

Dane Huckelbridge · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

From the author of Bourbon, "the definitive history" (Sacramento Bee) , comes the rollicking and revealing story of beer in America, in the spirit of Salt or Cod.In The United States of Beer, Dane Huckelbridge, the author of Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit - a Southern...
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Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood without Killing Your Career

Lisen Stromberg · Benbella Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In today's work-first culture, career women with children are told they have two options: lean in or opt out. Pouring all your energy into work can mean compromising your commitment to your family. Leaving your job can mean sacrificing the career you've spent years cultivating.Work...
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The End of Membership as We Know It: Building the Fortune-Flipping, Must-Have Association of the Next Century

Sarah L. Sladek · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

How new membership models can help associations survive and thrive in today's evolving environment The era when associations could count on members joining and renewing, even with a relatively unchanging menu of membership benefits, has passed. No, membership is not dead, argues author...
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Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley, as Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom

ADAM FISHER · Twelve
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

A candid, colorful, and comprehensive oral history that reveals the secrets of Silicon Valley -- from the origins of Apple and Atari to the present day clashes of Google and Facebook, and all the start-ups and disruptions that happened along the way.Rarely has one economy asserted itself...
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The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback

Nigel Travis · PublicAffairs
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The charismatic, accessible, and down-to-earth CEO of Dunkin' Brands (Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins) shows how positive pushback--the discipline of "questioning everything without trashing anyone"--provides a unique results-oriented way to lead an organization to prosperity....
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Capitalism in America: A History

Alan Greenspan · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.From even the start of his fabled...
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The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing: How to Find Funds and Write Foolproof Proposals for the Visual, Literary, and Performing Artist

Gigi Rosenberg · Watson-Guptill
Format: Book

Offers visual, literary, and performing artists an overview of the grant writing process and explains where they can find grants to support them in their artistic pursuits.
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The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World

Brad Stone · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

A look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or a walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book...
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Modernize Your Job Search Letters: Get Noticed Get Hired

Wendy Enelow · Emerald Career Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

This book addresses how to write the following types of letters that most job seekers will use through their search campaign: Traditional Cover Letters: Letters that job seekers write in response to job advertisements and postings, send directly to hiring managers, or present to human resource...
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Financially Fearless: The LearnVest Program for Taking Control of Your Money

Alexa von Tobel · Crown Business; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Finally, a financial plan that lets you be YOU, only richer. It’s time to throw away all your old notions of what financial advice should look like. Because if you’re looking for a book to put you on an austerity savings plan that has you giving up vacations and lattes,...
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Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

JENNIFER PALMIERI · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

DEAR MADAM PRESIDENT is an empowering letter from former Hillary Clinton Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to the first woman president, and by extension, to all women working to succeed in any field. By using lessons learned during her experiences with Hillary Clinton, President...
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Barons of the Sea: And their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship

Steven Ujifusa · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

In the grand tradition of David McCullough and Ron Chernow, the sweeping story of the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades.There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into...
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