Local Government category: 1701 books
Sixteen Acres
Architecture and the Outrageous Struggle for the Future of Ground Zero
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
A no-holds-barred look at the collision of interests behind the ambitious attempt to raise a new national icon at Ground Zero
When we stand in downtown Manhattan in the future and look up and ask, "Why?"--Why is it so strange, so rude, so striving, so right, so wrong?--we will have...
Minneapolis in the Twentieth Century
The Growth of an American City
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Today, Minneapolis is considered one of the most desirable places to live in the United States. However, like most cities, Minneapolis has its own checkered history.
Iric Nathanson shines a light in dark corners of the city's past, exploring corruption that existed between the police department...
by Danny Nolan
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Honda is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world behind General Motors, Volkswagen Group,...
by Steve Markelo
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2015
The 2016 presidential race has been kicked into high gear. Due to laws put in place Barack Obama has become ineligible to run for another term. There have been many announcements for candidacy with popular figures such as Hilary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson. However the most popular...
by Alexander Mayward
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015
Since 1789 America has experienced Presidents such as the commanding and gentlemanly George Washington; the brave Abraham Lincoln; the determined and courageous Franklin Roosevelt, and the charismatic and calm Barack Obama. Now the next five years beckons for a new leader and the presidential stage...
A Productivity Life
Take Only Calculated Risk
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2018
As a leader, you don’t want to stick to the status quo, but you can’t completely abandon business as usual. This means balancing two competing priorities: maintaining your revenue model and driving innovation. The moment you stop looking for new opportunities, your business risks becoming obsolete.
Chapter...
Reasons Or Results
Excuses Kill Objectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
All of us have goals. Goals like losing weight, earning more money, finding a life partner, setting up our business, achieving performance targets, being fitter, building better relationships, and so on. Some people seem to have no problem achieving their goals. Some, on the other hand, don’t seem...
The Paradise Conspiracy II
The Cover-up Exposed
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2013
From the author of two #1 bestsellers - The Paradise Conspiracy and Lawyers, Guns & Money - comes the final piece of the jigsaw...
In the eighties and nineties, a small coterie of business tycoons stumbled on an incredible get-rich-quick scheme, using dodgy tax havens, fake documents...
The Opposite of Woe
My Life in Beer and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
The maverick (and very funny) governor of Colorado tells his story, from early loss tocollege on the ten-year plan, to remarkable business and later political success
In just over a decade, John Hickenlooper has gone from a craft-brew entrepreneur to mayor of Denver to governor of Colorado,...
Il più grande crimine
Ecco cosa è accaduto veramente alla democrazia e alla ricchezza comune. E a vantaggio di chi.
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Era la fine dell’estate 2010 quando Paolo Barnard, giornalista, denunciò per la prima volta in Italia con forza e determinazione la truffa rappresentata dal sistema dell’Euro, la moneta unica. Lo fece sul proprio sito www.paolobarnard.info, pubblicando proprio lì la prima versione...
Nonna, ti spiego la crisi economica
"Il più grande crimine" spiegato agli anziani, agli adolescenti e a persone del tutto digiune di economia
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Nonna: «Ah! E le tasse allora? Non è con le tasse che poi ci toccava di ripagare il debito pubblico? Sai quante tasse abbiamo pagato io e tuo nonno?».
Paolo: «No! Le tasse non sono mai servite a ripagare alcunché. Nonna! Ti ho detto che il debito dello Stato...
In alto il deficit!
Superare la crisi uscendo dall’Euro ed emettendo moneta per finanziare occupazione e servizi
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Warren Mosler conosce il funzionamento della moneta come pochi, e ne ha una visione del tutto non convenzionale: in poche parole spazza via tutti i falsi miti economici (diffusi tra i molti, a vantaggio di pochi), quali la carenza di denaro o l’inevitabilità dei tagli alla spesa pubblica,...
Journal of the Plague Year
An Insider's Chronicle of Eliot Spitzer's Short and Tragic Reign
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
The March 10, 2008, disclosure that Governor Eliot Spitzer had patronized prostitutes from the Emperors Club VIP sex ring shocked New Yorkers and his admirers around the world, who had celebrated Spitzer as the "Sheriff of Wall Street" and a likely future U.S. president.
Ironically, one man's...
by A. D. Thibeault
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
A full executive summary of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting...