Industries Professions category: 12443 books
by Charles Massy
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
The 10-billion-dollar collapse of the wool industry is considered one of Australia's biggest business disasters, and for the first time, the shocking true story behind this colossal collapse is revealed. Spanning 170 years from the birth of the industry in 1840 and its boom during the 1950s through...
by Kevin Milne
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Beloved television star of Fair Go, Kevin Milne's bestselling memoir is funny, insightful, incisive, moving and all-round entertaining. He talks of his long television career - 40 years - including 25 years of the long-running, top-rating Fair Go. Kevin writes in a relaxed, laconic style that draws...
Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out
Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago brewpub in the late 1980s, and it soon became one of the most inventive breweries in the world. In the golden age of light, bland and cheap beers, John Hall and his son Greg brought European flavors to America. With distribution in two dozen states, two...
by Robert R. Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Increase tourism in your community by designing and expanding your local convention and exposition services!
This book provides you with solutions to the issues that can arise during the planning and production phases of constructing a facility as part of a community’s tourism infrastructure....
Tourism Management
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
An introductory text that gives its reader a strong understanding of the dimensions of tourism, the industries of which it is comprised, the issues that affect its success, and the management of its impact on destination economies, environments and communities.
Now in a full colour design,...
The Death of Holden
The bestselling account of the decline of Australian manufacturing
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Holden is one of the few brands that has an emotional grip on Australia (Qantas being another). The closure of the Holden factory in Adelaide is not just the end of a business - it's the end of an era, of a story, and of a great Australian dream.
When Holden signalled that it would close its...
Africa: Crude Continent
The Struggle for Africa's Oil Prize
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
Based on thirty years in the global oil game, intimate knowledge of African history and direct experience of over forty countries, this comprehensive book shows that Africa's flaws are not the whole story, when it comes to the continent's history. A definitive yet original account of the rush for...
Burn Out
The Endgame for Fossil Fuels
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change
Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of...
Maîtriser l'art du storytelling
Techniques et astuces pour être plus convaincant
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre les essentiels du storytelling
Le storytelling, cette technique de narration principalement appliquée à la politique et à la communication d’entreprise, n’a pas encore fini de faire parler de lui, vu les nouvelles possibilités qu’il...
by Linda L. Meabon
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
The Zippo Manufacturing Company was founded in 1932 in Bradford by George G. Blaisdell, who designed the first Zippo lighter in 1933; since then, Zippo has produced nearly four hundred million lighters. The product line eventually expanded to include tape measures and pocket knives. Zippo entered the...
Summary and Analysis of Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment
Based on the Book by Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Streaming, Sharing, Stealing tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Michael D. Smith’s and Rahul Telang’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need...
Road to Rust
The Disintegration of the Steel Industry in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
As the twentieth century dawned on western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, the region's steel industry faced a struggle for unionism. Unionists like Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, Samuel Gompers and Gus Hall battled for fair wages, hours and working conditions. Strong managers like Judge Elbert Gary...
by Western Sonoma County Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
The Gravenstein apple has been etched into the identity of Sebastopol, California, which is one of the few places on earth to have extensively grown this elusive apple. The Gravenstein is an early apple whose only failing is perishability, but it is celebrated for its superior flavor. Yet Luther Burbank...
by Sarah Lunsford
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Say the words �California Gold Rush,� and images of miners plying glittering gold from streams and mines come to mind. But there is a larger story in the California Gold Country than just the discovery of this precious metal. Immigrants from around the world rushed into the area, bringing with them...