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The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead

WARREN BERGER · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question, hundreds of big and small questions that harness the magic of inquiry to tackle challenges we all face--at work, in our relationships, and beyond.As Warren Berger showed in A More Beautiful Question, the humble question can be a powerful...
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Freedom's Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science

Audra J. Wolfe · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Scientists like to proclaim that science knows no borders. Scientific researchers follow the evidence where it leads, their conclusions free of prejudice or ideology. But is that really the case? In Freedom's Laboratory, Audra J. Wolfe shows how these ideas were tested to their limits...
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The Newbie's Guide to Successful Real Estate Investing: Start Here!

BRANDON TURNER · BiggerPockets
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

Are you looking for a no-nonsense, easy to understand introduction to the world of real estate investing, without the upsell to a guru course, bootcamp, or special (expensive) training? The BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing is here to help. Already...
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Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey

John L. Hennessy · Stanford Business Books
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

In Leading Matters, current Chairman of Alphabet (Google's parent company) , former President of Stanford University, and "Godfather of Silicon Valley," John L. Hennessy shares the core elements of leadership that helped him become a successful tech entrepreneur, esteemed...
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Creating Things That Matter: The Art and Science of Innovations That Last

David 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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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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Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways

Thomas J. Bollyky · The MIT Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover

Why the news about the global decline of infectious diseases is not all good.Plagues and parasites have played a central role in world affairs, shaping the evolution of the modern state, the growth of cities, and the disparate fortunes of national economies. This book tells that story,...
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Success Through Diversity: Why the Most Inclusive Companies Will Win

Carol Fulp · Beacon Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

Explores how investing in a racially and ethnically diverse workforce will help make contemporary businesses more dynamic, powerful, and profitableIn our fast-changing demographic landscape, companies that proactively embrace diversity in all areas of their operations will be best poised...
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American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

Shane Bauer · Penguin Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history.In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana....
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Refinery29 Money Diaries: Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About Your Finances... And Everyone Else's

Lindsey Stanberry · Touchstone
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Does it feel like you're NEVER going to finish paying back your student loans? Do you spend more on coffee per month than you put into your 401(k) ? Do you avoid looking at your bank balance because it's easier to live in denial? The first step to getting your financial life...
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