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The Ladies of The View: How Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell, and Their Quarreling Co-Hosts Transformed Daytime TV

RAMIN SETOODEH · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Like Fire & Fury, the gossipy real-life soap opera behind a serious show. When Barbara Walters launched The View, network executives told her that hosting it would tarnish her reputation. Instead, within ten years, she'd revolutionized morning TV and made household names of her co-hosts:...
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Leaders: Myth and Reality

Stanley McChrystal · Portfolio
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of Team of Teams dismantles the Great Man theory of leadership, by profiling leaders whose real stories defy their legends.Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has studied leadership his whole adult life, from his first day at West Point to his most recent work...
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Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World

Joann Lublin · Harperbusiness
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

More than fifty trailblazing executive women who broke the corporate glass ceiling offer inspiring and surprising insights and lessons in this essential, in-the-trenches career guide from Joann S. Lublin, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and management news editor for The Wall Street...
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Double Bind: Women on Ambition

Robin Romm · Liveright
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Breaking the last feminist taboo--once and for all.Even as toweringly successful women from Gloria Steinem to Beyoncé embrace the word "feminism," the word "ambition," for many, remains loaded with ambivalence. Women who are naturally driven and goal-oriented shy away...
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Capitalism: A Short History

JuÌ?rgen Kocka · Princeton University Press
Pages: 216
Format: Book

In this book, one of the world's most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive history of capitalism within a global perspective from its medieval origins to the 2008 financial crisis and beyond. From early commercial capitalism in the Arab world, China, and Europe,...
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Success: The Psychology of Achievement

Dk. · DK
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Success: The Psychology of Achievement is a dynamic infographic guide that equips you with the tools you need to drive yourself toward success, whether you are seeking improvement in your career, relationships, or in your overall performance.Give your confidence a boost, master your resources,...
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A History of America in Ten Strikes

Erik Loomis · The New Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling and timely account of ten moments in history when labor challenged the very nature of power in America, by the author called "a brilliant historian" by The Progressive magazine Powerful and accessible, A History of America in Ten Strikes challenges all of our contemporary...
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

Stephanie Land · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. "My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter."While the gap between upper middle-class...
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How to Write a Business Plan

Mike McKeever · NOLO
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

How to create the business plan you need To borrow money or find investors to start or expand a business, you need a convincing business plan. For over 30 years, this book has helped fledgling businesses write winning plans and get backers to invest. This bestselling, newly updated book...
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Mountains and Molehills: Recollections of the Californian Gold Rush

Frank Marryat · America Through Time
Pages: 255
Format: Paperback

Mountains and Molehills is essential reading for anyone wishing to build a mental picture of San Francisco and the Sacramento areas during the period of the Gold Rush from 1850 to 1852. With wit and charming powers of description, Marryat paints a picture of American entrepreneurial genius...
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Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture

Joel Waldfogel · Princeton University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries -- and why that might be a good thingThe digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries -- music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ease with which digital files can be copied and distributed...
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Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business

Rana Foroohar · Crown Business
Pages: 388
Format: Print book

Eight years on from the biggest market meltdown since the Great Depression, the key lessons of the crisis of 2008 still remain unlearned - and our financial system is just as vulnerable as ever. Many of us know that our government failed to fix the banking system after the subprime mortgage...
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The Social Organism A Radical Understanding of Social Media to Transform Your Business and Life

Oliver Luckett · Hachette Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

From visionary tech entrepreneur Oliver Luckett and MIT Media Lab's Michael J. Casey, a groundbreaking, must-read theory of social media -- how it works, how it's changing human life, and how we can master it for good and for profit. In barely a decade, social media has positioned itself...
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Every Nonprofit's Tax Guide: How to Keep Your Tax-Exempt Status & Avoid IRS Problems

Stephen Fishman · NOLO
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback

The essential tax reference book for every nonprofitNonprofits enjoy privileges not available to other organizations. But these privileges come at a price: Nonprofits must comply with special IRS rules and regulations to maintain their tax-exempt status.Practical, comprehensive, and easy...
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2017 with Online Question Bank and Exclusive Video

Gmac · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 864
Format: Print book

The premier GMAT review guide for fully personalized preparation The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2017 is the ultimate preparation kit from the makers of the GMAT exam. You'll find success strategies and test-taking tips from the experts at The Graduate Management Admission Council,...
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