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Profit From Your Idea: How to Make Smart Licensing Deals

Richard Stim Attorney · NOLO; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Youve invented a great product and its time for the next step. However, if you present an invention to a prospective buyer or licensee, its no secret that your idea can be stolen. How can you draft an agreement that protects your interests? Turn to Profit From Your Idea to help you create,...
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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2018: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

RICHARD N BOLLES · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2018 and tailors Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers. In today's challenging job-market,...
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Every Landlord’'s Tax Deduction Guide

Stephen Fishman · NOLO; Tenth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

The only book on tax deductions specifically for residential landlords! Named a ""Top 10 Real Estate Book"" by Robert Bruss, syndicated real estate columnist If you own rental property, you should be taking advantage of the many tax write-offs available....
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Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever

James Wallman · Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

Stuffocation is a movement manifesto for "experiential" living, a call to arms to stop accumulating stuff and start accumulating experiences, and a road map for a new way forward with the potential to transform our lives.Reject materialism. Embrace experientialism. Live more with...
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Bad Choices: How Algorithms Can Help You Think Smarter and Live Happier

Ali Almossawi · Viking
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

The wildly popular author of Bad Arguments returns with a funny, smart introduction to algorithms - those perennially misunderstood, increasingly important problem-solving rules that can save you time and lead to better choices, every day. Why is Facebook so good at predicting what you like?...
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The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age

Scott Woolley · Ecco Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The astonishing story of America's airwaves, the two friends - one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor - who made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price on air.This is the origin story of the airwaves - the foundational technology of the communications...
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Uncontainable: How Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives

Kip Tindell · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Youre going to sell what? Empty Boxes?Back in 1978, Kip Tindell Chairman CEO of The Container Store and his partners had the vision that people were eager to find solutions to save both space and time - and they were definitely onto something. A new category of the retailing industry was born...
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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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Higher: 100 Years of Boeing

Russ Banham · Chronicle Books,
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Over the course of a century, the Boeing Company has grown from a small outfit operating out of a converted boathouse - producing a single pontoon plane made from canvas and wood - into the world's largest aerospace company. The thrilling story of the celebrated organization is one filled...
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

Matt Ridley · Harper; 5th Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

"Ridley writes with panache, wit, and humor and displays remarkable ingenuity in finding ways to present complicated materials for the lay reader." - Los Angeles Times In a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times-bestselling author...
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The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa

Dayo Olopade · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves Africa is a continent on the move. It's often hard to notice, though - the Western focus on governance and foreign aid obscures the individual dynamism and informal social...
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Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity

Condoleezza Rice · Twelve
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Political risk -- the chance that political action could impact a company's business -- is changing fast. Here are the essential lessons, corrective measures, and counterintuitive insights for executives, entrepreneurs and investors to navigate an uncertain, volatile world.From New York...
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In Bed with Wall Street: The Conspiracy Crippling Our Global Economy

Larry Doyle · St Martins Pr
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover

The Wall Street meltdown in 2008 brought the country to its knees, and spawned nationwide protests against the lack of regulation and oversight facing Wall Street. But the average American still fails to fully grasp what was -- and still is -- happening: that the inmates continue to run the asylum....
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Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

Thor Hanson · Basic Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round.Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships...
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Supercommunicator: Explaining the Complicated So Anyone Can Understand

Frank J. Pietrucha · AMACOM
Format: Paperback

In our increasingly complicated and data-driven world, many new developments are so complex that only experts comprehend their nuances. But what they don't grasp is how to tell the world about them. Communicating technical content to nontechnical listeners has fast become a critical...
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