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Here, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead a life of adventure, meaning and purpose--and earn a good living. Still in his early thirties, Chris has traveled around the world--and yet he's never held a "real job" or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back. In preparing to write this book, Chris identified 1,500 individuals who...
44) Nightmare scenario: inside the Trump administration's response to the pandemic that changed history
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From two reporters for the Washington Post comes an account of the Trump administration's handling, and mishandling, of the coronavirus outbreak, a once-in-a-century pandemic that upended life across the globe that resulted in hundreds of thousands of lives lost, a cratered economy, and the remaking of the U.S. as an unwieldy pariah in the global hierarchy.
"Since the day Donald Trump was elected, his critics warned that an unexpected crisis would...
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Atria Paperback
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2019.
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"If your biggest financial plan is 'maybe I'll win the lottery someday,' you should probably read this book." --back cover.
Dunn argues that our inability to speak honestly about money is our chief barrier to understanding it. She reveals the legitimate, systemic reasons behind our feeling of helplessness when it comes to personal finance, demystifying subjects like how to choose an insurance plan or buy a car, sign up for a credit card or take out...
46) The real-life MBA: your no-BS guide to winning the game, building a team, and growing your career
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Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2015]
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The founders of the Jack Welch Management Institute, a fully accredited online MBA program, present a guide to overcoming modern business challenges, with recommendations for creating effective strategies, leading others, and building a thriving career.
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2018.
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In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7...
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Simon & Schuster
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One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators and parents--millions of people of all ages and occupations. Now, this 30th anniversary edition of the timeless classic commemorates the wisdom of the 7 habits with modern additions from Sean Covey. The 7 habits have become famous and are...
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2021.
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"The story of regional inequality in America as revealed by the rise of Amazon and its distribution network"--
MacGillis shows that Amazon's sprawling network of delivery hubs, data centers, and corporate campuses epitomizes a land where winner and loser cities and regions are drifting steadily apart, the civic fabric is unraveling, and work has become increasingly rudimentary and isolated. Ranging across the country, he tells the stories of those...
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Entrepreneur Press
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[2018]
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English
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Worldwide online retail sales totaled $1.9 trillion in 2016 and it's estimated that revenues will hit $4 trillion by 2020. Even a microscopic share of this market can make anyone rich, yet most everyone who tries to make money online fails. The Digital Marketing Handbook was written to help marketers of all skill levels -- from Fortune 1000 and SMBs to small business owners and solopreneurs -- take their websites from cost centers to profit centers....
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"Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography... until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. "You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money," Fred Koch cautioned. "It may either be a blessing or a curse."...
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For years, Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind worked. Out of sheer necessity, he developed a method called the Bullet Journal that helped him become consistently focused and effective. When he started sharing his system with friends who faced similar challenges, it went viral. Just a few years later, to his astonishment, Bullet Journaling is a global movement. The Bullet Journal...
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Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
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[2018]
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Career and family-minded people everywhere understand the basic problem: Everyone wants to be able to do it all -- work, sleep, family, fitness, and friends -- but there are only twenty-four hours in a day. Randi Zuckerberg encourages others to follow her lead to be 'well-lopsided,' a term she says has saved her life. Between having her own radio show, appearing on Broadway, speaking across the globe, creating Facebook Live, and being the mother to...
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Rowman & Littlefield
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[2018]
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English
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"Brew Your Business: The Ultimate Craft Beer Playbook incorporates cultural, legal, business, public relations, management, science, networking, and brewing experience into one easily accessible book for everyone who wants to know more about craft beer brewing, tasting, and selling. The authors provide a tasty overview of various types of craft beer, methods for brewing, and opportunities for taking your craft beer to market. In their Talking from...
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A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives.
In the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name....
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Wiley
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[2022]
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English
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"In 7 Investments the Government Will Pay You to Make, Wheelwright focuses on seven sectors of the economy that represent key government priorities and identifies specific action steps individuals can take to reduce their taxes and increase their wealth? while simultaneously improving both the economy and their environment. These incentives, available to every taxpayer, simultaneously drive increased tax revenue into government coffers? in addition...
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Simon & Schuster
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2017.
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A "guide showing parents how to teach their children (from toddlers to young adults) to manage money in a smart way. Many of us think we can have the 'money talk' when our kids are old enough to get it...which won't be for years, right? But get this: research shows that even preschoolers can understand basic money concepts, and a study from Cambridge University confirmed that basic money habits are formed by the age of seven. Oh, and research shows...
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Dark Horse
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2016
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English
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Consumers embrace the skull: Nike, Calvin Klein, Zippo, and Crystal Head Vodka feature them as product lines. Skulls adorn artwork, sneakers, candy, skateboards, jewelry, and even wallpaper. The skull is everywhere in pop culture! Never before has a book addressed the skull as a cover motif during the Golden Age of American publishing. Countless skull-themed comic book, pulp, and paperback covers appeared from the 1930s through the mid-50s. Popular...
60) Butter off dead
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"In an attempt to woo tourists to Jewel Bay and cheer up the townies, Erin Murphy, manager of the specialty local foods market known as the Merc, is organizing the First Annual Food Lovers' Film Festival, filled with classic foodie flicks and local twists on favorite movie treats. But when her partner in planning, painter Christine Vandeberg, is found dead only days before the curtain rises, Erin suspects someone is attempting to stop the films from...
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