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Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality
James Kwak - Pantheon Books
Format: Print book
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Here is a bracing deconstruction of the framework for understanding the world that is learned as gospel in Economics 101, regardless of its imaginary assumptions and misleading half-truths.Economism: an ideology that distorts the valid principles and tools of introductory college... |
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Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace
Christine Lynne Porath - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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From the leading authority on workplace incivility, Christine Porath, shows why it pays to be civil, and reveals just how to enhance effectiveness in the workplace and beyond by mastering civility. Incivility is silently chipping away at people, organizations, and our economy. Slights,... |
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Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions
Carmen Simon - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking approach to creating memorable messages that are easy to process, hard to forget, and impossible to ignore -- using the latest in brain scienceAudiences forget up to 90% of what you communicate. How can your employees and customers decide to act on your message if they... |
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Ace Your Teacher Resume
Anthony D Fredericks - Blue River Press
Format: Print book
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In this captivating and highly practical book, award-winning author and teacher, Anthony D. Fredericks offers real-world guidelines on how to build the perfect teacher resume (and cover letter) . Fredericks has compiled fresh advice and insightful tips from numerous principals and superintendents... |
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Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments
Michael Batnick - Bloomberg Press
Format: Hardcover
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A Must-Read for Any Investor Looking to Maximize Their Chances of Success Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments explores the ways in which the biggest names have failed, and reveals the lessons learned that shaped more successful strategies going forward. Investing... |
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A Practical Education: Why Liberal Arts Majors Make Great Employees
Randall E Stross - Redwood Press
Format: Hardcover
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The liberal arts major is often lampooned: lacking in "skills," unqualified for a professional career, underemployed. But studying for the joy of learning turns out to be surprisingly practical. Unlike career-focused education, liberal education prepares graduates for anything... |
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Nobody's Girl Friday: The Women Who Ran Hollywood
J E Smyth - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Looking back on her career in 1977, Bette Davis remembered with pride, "Women owned Hollywood for twenty years." She had a point. Between 1930 and 1950, over 40% of film industry employees were women, 25% of all screenwriters were female, one woman ran MGM behind the scenes, over... |
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Neither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service
Devin Leonard - Grove Press
Format: Print book
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The United States Postal Service is a wondrous American creation. Seven days a week, its army of 300,000 letter carriers delivers 513 million pieces of mail, forty percent of the world's volume. It is far more efficient than any other mail service - more than twice as efficient as the Japanese... |
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