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Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things
Amy Dickinson · Hachette Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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In STRANGERS TEND TO TELL ME THINGS--her follow-up memoir to the NYT bestselling The Mighty Queens of Freeville--America's most popular advice columnist, "Ask Amy," shares her journey of family, second chances, and finding love.By peeling back the curtain of her syndicated advice... |
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Our Bodies, Our Data: How Companies Make Billions Selling Our Medical Records
Adam Tanner · Beacon Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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How the hidden trade in our sensitive medical information became a multibillion-dollar business, but has done little to improve our health-care outcomesHidden from consumers, patient medical data has become a multibillion-dollar worldwide trade between our health-care providers, drug companies,... |
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The Spoils of War: Greed, Power, and the Conflicts That Made Our Greatest Presidents
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita · PublicAffairs
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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It's striking how many of the presidents Americans venerate - Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, to name a few - oversaw some of the republic's bloodiest years. Perhaps it's because they looked out for important political causes.... |
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Goethe: Life as a Work of Art
Ru?diger Safranski · Liveright
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover
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This sterling biography of Germany's greatest writer presents Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as if we are seeing him for the first time.The work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has reverberated through two and a half centuries, altering the course of literature in ways both grand and intimate.... |
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The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln
Sidney Blumenthal · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 576
Format: Print book
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The first of a multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius - from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction. This first volume traces Lincoln from his painful youth, describing himself as "a slave,"... |
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Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me
Bill Hayes · Bloomsbury
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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"If you are lonely or bone-tired or blue, you need only come down from your perch and step outside. New York--which is to say, New Yorkers--will take care of you."Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by. But,... |
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The confidence effect : every woman's guide to the attitude that attracts success
Grace Killelea · American Management Association
Pages: 224
Format: Print book : English
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Every day, talented, hardworking women are passed over for promotions. While it's easy to blame a corporate culture that favors men, seasoned executive Grace Killelea identifies another culprit: a surprising disparity in confidence. Men are prone to overestimate their abilities, while women... |
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Great at Work: How Top Performers Work Less and Achieve More
Henri Vernes · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Great by Choice comes an authoritative, practical guide to individual performance - based on analysis from an exhaustive, groundbreaking study.Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues... |
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