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Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression

Christopher Knowlton - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression.The 1920s in Florida was a time of incredible excess, immense wealth, and precipitous...
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The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want

Diane Mulcahy - Amacom
Format: Print book

From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been dominating the headlines...and for good reason. Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy--mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who've figured out the formula,...
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The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution

Daniel Raimi - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover

Over roughly the past decade, oil and gas production in the United States has surged dramatically -- thanks largely to technological advances such as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking." This rapid increase has generated widespread debate, with...
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What to Do with Your Money When Crisis Hits: Your Emergency Go-To Survival Guide When Finances Get Tight

Michelle Singletary - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

There are always going to be unexpected financial crises in our lives. Whether we're facing an economic recession, a pandemic, a bear market, or energy worries, we have to immediately know what to do with our money. We start to ask: What bills need to be paid first? Should we dip into...
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Man Up: How to Cut the Bullshit and Kick Ass in Business

Bedros Keuilian - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

"But I can't . . ." "There's no way . . ." "It's impossible . . ." Enough. Get off your ass make your "someday" goals a priority - today. After years of coaching and consulting hundreds of startup rookies as well as seasoned entrepreneurs, executives,...
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The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore

Michele Wucker - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

A "gray rhino" is a highly probable, high impact yet neglected threat: kin to both the elephant in the room and the improbable and unforeseeable black swan. Gray rhinos are not random surprises, but occur after a series of warnings and visible evidence. The bursting of the housing...
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Out of the Maze: An A-mazing Way to Get Unstuck

P SPENCER JOHNSON - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

The posthumous sequel to Who Moved My Cheese?, the classic parable that became a worldwide sensation.Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers relief for an evergreen problem: unanticipated and unwelcome change. Now its long-awaited sequel digs deeper, to show how readers...
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Business Statistics of the United States 2017: Patterns of Economic Change

Susan Ockert - Bernan Press
Format: Hardcover

Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data from as early as 1913 that reflects the nation's economic performance. It provides over 80 years of annual, quarterly, and monthly data in industrial and demographic detail including key indicators...
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The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness

Jason Barron - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Jason Barron spent 516 hours in class, completed mountains of homework and shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to complete his MBA at the BYU Marriott School of Business. Along the way, rather than taking boring notes that he would never read (nor use) again,...
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A square meal : a culinary history of the Great Depression

Jane Ziegelman - Harper
Format: Print book

From the author of the acclaimed 97 Orchard and her husband, a culinary historian, an in-depth exploration of the greatest food crisis the nation has ever faced - the Great Depression - and how it transformed America's culinary culture.The decade-long Great Depression, a period of shifts...
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