A Michael: 1281 books
Starting a Business
Learn What You Need in 2 Hours
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
You have a brilliant idea and a pocketful of ambition. Now what? Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Are you a self-motivated dynamo ready to dive into the business jungle and seize your turf? Do you really know what you’re getting into? In this essential guide, you’ll learn how to:
Test...
China 2020
How Western Business Can—and Should—Influence Social and Political Change in the Coming Decade
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Chinese society is plagued by many problems that have a direct impact on its current and future business and political environment-worker rights, product safety, Internet freedom, and the rule of law. Drawing on knowledge gained through personal interviews, documentary sources, and almost two decades...
by Jay A. Block, Michael Betrus
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
The classic guide to acing any interview—updated with critical skills for networking, video interviewing, and researching companies
Great Answers, Great Questions For Your Job Interview prepares you to answer the trickiest questions and make yourself stand out from the competition. From pre-interview...
Sales & Marketing
Learn What You Need in 2 Hours
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
You have a brilliant idea and are ready to invest all your time and hard-earned cash. But what if you aren’t really sure how to market or sell that stunning service or perfect product? What if you are a bit of an introvert and aren’t even sure that you can sell it at all? In this essential guide,...
Anxiety and Avoidance
A Universal Treatment for Anxiety, Panic, and Fear
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Do you suffer from panic, anxiety, and fear in your day-to-day life? Do you often avoid social situations, activities like driving, or even going to the store because of a fear of being overwhelmed or triggering a panic attack? You might be interested to know that anxiety disorders are the most common...
Accelerants
Twelve Strategies to Sell Faster, Close Deals Faster, and Grow Your Business Faster
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
“Many sales processes don’t work anymore––period. But companies don’t know exactly what’s not working, or why, or what needs fixing. What’s worse, many companies are in denial that their processes are broken and will not support what they need to do going forward.”
Today it's...
The Business of Software
What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
The world's leading expert on the global software industry and coauthor of the bestseller Microsoft Secrets reveals the inner workings of software giants like IBM, Microsoft, and Netscape and shows what it takes to create, develop, and manage a successful company -- in good times and bad -- in the...
Managing Your Business
Learn What You Need in 2 Hours
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
You may be a one-person band, the only manager in your company, or the manager of other managers in a larger company. Whatever the size of your business, having a strong grounding in the thinking and practices of effective managers and leaders will make you more capable. In this essential guide, you’ll...
Lead and Disrupt
How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
In the past few years, a number of well-known firms have failed; think of Blockbuster, Kodak, or RadioShack. When we read about their demise, it often seems inevitable—a natural part of "creative destruction." But closer examination reveals a disturbing truth: Companies large and small...
Foundations in Music Psychology
Theory and Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
A state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music psychology, written by leaders in the field.
This authoritative, landmark volume offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music perception and cognition. Eminent scholars from...
by Michael A. Stackpole
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
In this epic of unsurpassed action and imagination, Michael Stackpole helps to launch an exciting era in Star Wars history. Onslaught pits the battle-tested heroes of the past—Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa Solo—along with the next generation of Jedi and droids, against fearsome never-before-encountered...
by Michael A. Stackpole
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole continues The New Jedi Order epic with Dark Tide II: Ruin, a thrilling Star Wars adventure in which the Jedi Knights must fight their most treacherous battle—against an unrelenting evil intent on devouring the galaxy. . . .
The alien...
Medieval Fantasy as Performance
The Society for Creative Anachronism and the Current Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
In this book, Michael Cramer views the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), an organization that studies and recreates the middle ages, as a case study for a growing fascination with medieval fantasy in popular culture. He explores the act of medieval re-creation as performance by focusing on the...
Debugging Game History
A Critical Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.
Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...