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Needles and Haystacks: Smart Thinking in the Age of New Data
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz · Dey Street Books Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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An Economist Best Book of the YearA PBS NewsHour Book of the YearAn Entrepeneur Top Business Book An Amazon Best Book of the Year in Business and LeadershipNew York Times BestsellerForeword by Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of our Nature Blending the informed analysis of The Signal... |
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Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal
JACK EWING · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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A shocking exposé of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.In mid-2015, Volkswagen proudly reached its goal of surpassing Toyota as the world's largest automaker. A few months later, the EPA disclosed that Volkswagen had installed software in 11 million... |
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Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech
HEATHER CABOT · St. Martin's Press Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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Meet the women who haven't asked for permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it -- building the next generation of tech start-ups, investing in each other's ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes and rallying women and girls everywhere to join the digital... |
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Shifting Gears: How to Harness Your Drive to Reach Your Potential and Accelerate Success
Ryan O'Reilly · Morgan James Publishing Pages: 157 Format: Print book
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Sometimes in life you hit plateaus where you know deep down that there must be something more, but you aren't sure what it is. It can feel like you're stuck in neutral--revving the engine as hard as you can, but not going anywhere. It's frustrating, to say the least! If you don't... |
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The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World
Dan Ackerman · PublicAffairs Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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Tetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. But the fascinating story of its origins is lesser known. How did an obscure Soviet programmer, working on frail, antiquated computers, create a product that has earned nearly $1 billion in sales? How did an inspired,... |
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Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
ROBERT KUTTNER · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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One of our leading social critics recounts capitalism's finest hour, and shows us how we might achieve it once again.In the past few decades, the wages of most workers have stagnated, even as productivity increased. Social supports have been cut, while corporations have achieved record... |
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Storynomics: Story-Driven Marketing in the Post-Advertising World
ROBERT MCKEE · Twelve Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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Based on the hottest, most in-demand seminar offered by the legendary story master Robert McKee -- STORYNOMICS translates the lessons of storytelling in business into economic and leadership success. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} p.p2 {margin:... |
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Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
Jonathan Haskel · Princeton University Press Pages: 280 Format: Hardcover
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The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economyEarly in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, or software, than... |
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Investing For Dummies
Eric Tyson · John Wiley & Sons Pages: 456 Format: Print book
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The easy way to invest in your financial future In the world of investing, slow and steady wins the race. With this mantra in mind, trusted author and finance guru Eric Tyson is back with the latest edition of the #1 bestselling book, Investing For Dummies, to help you achieve your investment... |
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Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
Sean Ellis · Crown Business Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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The definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking, one of the hottest business methodologies in Silicon Valley and beyond. It seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Airbnb was the best-kept secret of travel hackers and couch surfers, Pintrest was a niche web site... |
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