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Capitalism in America: A History
Alan Greenspan · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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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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Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You
Heidi Grant- Halvorson · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Imagine walking up to a stranger on the subway and asking them for their seat. What about asking a random person on the street if you could borrow their phone? If the idea makes you squeamish, you're not alone--social psychologists have found that doing these very things makes most... |
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Loulou & Yves: The Untold Story of Loulou de La Falaise and the House of Saint Laurent
Christopher Petkanas · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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No one interested in fashion, style, or the high-flying intrigues of café society will want to miss the exuberantly entertaining oral biography Loulou & Yves: The Untold Story of Loulou de La Falaise and the House of Saint Laurent, by Christopher Petkanas.Dauntless,"in the bone"... |
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Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
Jeff Pearlman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The USFL - United States Football League - was the last football league to not merely challenge the mighty NFL, but cause it to collectively shudder. It spanned three seasons, 1983-85. It secured multiple television deals. It drew millions of fans and launched the careers of legends. But then... |
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Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
ADAM TOOZE · Viking
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover
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From a prizewinning economic historian, an eye-opening reinterpretation of the 2008 economic crisis (and its ten-year aftermath) as a global event that directly led to the shockwaves being felt around the world today.In September 2008 President George Bush could still describe the financial... |
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On Grand Strategy
JOHN LEWIS GADDIS · Penguin Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decadesJohn Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian of the Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught grand strategy at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill... |
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Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity
Condoleezza Rice · Twelve
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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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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3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop's Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Zack O'Malley Greenburg · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Tracing the careers of hip-hop's three most dynamic stars, this deeply reported history brilliantly examines the entrepreneurial genius of the first musician tycoons: Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-ZBeing successful musicians was simply never enough for the three kings of hip-hop. Diddy, Dr. Dre,... |
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