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The Four: Or, How to Build a Trillion-Dollar Company

SCOTT GALLOWAY - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook are four of the most influential entities on the planet. Just about everyone knows how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that's been written about The Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering...
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The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet

Nell McShane Wulfhart
Format: Hardcover

The empowering story of a group of spirited stewardesses who fought for their rights in the cabin and revolutionized the workplace for all American women.It was the Golden Age of Travel, and everyone wanted in. As flying boomed in the 1960s, women from across the United States applied for jobs...
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Marx in the Anthropocene

Kohei Saito - ?Cambridge University Press; Reprint edition
Format: Reprint Edition

Facing global climate crisis, Karl Marx's ecological critique of capitalism more clearly demonstrates its importance than ever. This book explains why Marx's ecology had to be marginalized and even suppressed by Marxists after his death throughout the twentieth century. Marx's...
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Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization

Ron Williams - Greenleaf Book Group Press
Format: Hardcover

This master class on leadership, written by one of America's most prominent and successful executives, will help you develop the professional leadership qualities that deliver personal, interpersonal, and organizational success. In Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself,...
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Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Find Success in Work Life

Chase Jarvis - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

Life isn't about "finding" fulfillment and success - it's about creating it. Why then has creativity been given a back seat in our culture No longer.Creativity is a force inside every person that, when unleashed, transforms our lives and delivers vitality to everything we do. Establishing...
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First-Time Landlord: Your Guide to Renting out a Single-Family Home

Janet Portman Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

A favorite among Nolo's savvy customers, First-Time Landlord shows how to start a landlording business with a single-family home and maintain it in one's spare time. In plain English, the book explains how to rent out a property lawfully and safely, assess a property's profitability...
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Cracking the GMAT with 2 Computer-Adaptive Practice Tests, 2018 Edition: The Strategies, Practice, and Review You Need for the Score You Want

PRINCETON REVIEW. - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

IF IT'S ON THE TEST, IT'S IN THIS BOOK. Get all the prep you need to ace the GMAT - including 2 full-length computer-adaptive practice tests for realistic exam preparation, up-to-date content reviews for every test section, and extra practice online.Techniques That Actually Work.*...
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Feedback

M. Tamra Chandler - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format: Paperback

A practical and irreverent guide to taking the sting out of feedback and reclaiming it as a motivating, empowering experience for everyone involved.Feedback: the mere mention of the word can make our blood pressure rise and our defenses go up. For many of us, it's a dirty word that...
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Beating the Workplace Bully: A Tactical Guide to Taking Charge

Lynne Curry - American Management Association,
Format: Print book

Bullies aren't limited to the playground. These days, they roam our offices and can be found everywhere from break rooms to boardrooms. They don't steal your lunch money, but they can make your work life a living hell--and even ruin your career. Whether the bully is a boss or a coworker...whether...
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The Thing About Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters

Richard Moran - Bibliomotion Inc
Format: Print book

Why does a CEO who has already made hundreds of millions of dollars continue to work? Why does a rock star who has made a bundle continue to tour? Why do retirees' miss work as soon as they stop doing it? Why do we all wrestle with our life's work and talk about it incessantly?...
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