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The Green and the Black
The Complete Story of the Shale Revolution, the Fight over Fracking, and the Future of Energy
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Gary Sernovitz leads a double life. A typical New York liberal, he is also an oilman - a fact his left-leaning friends let slide until the word "fracking" entered popular parlance. "How can you frack?" they suddenly demanded, aghast. But for Sernovitz, the real question is, "What...
Buying a Piece of Paris
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Buying a Piece of Paris is a charming and witty love song to the most beautiful city in the world.
Paris has seduced many admirers, but for Ellie Nielsen it's true love. So deep is her infatuation that she'll only be satisfied with a little place to call her own. The object of her desire seems...
The Evolved Eater
A Quest to Eat Better, Live Better, and Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
From the co-founder of Plated, the home delivery food service, an inspirational business title that is a call-to-arms and investigation into the industrial American food complex.
In early 2012, Nick Taranto was twenty-seven years old, recently married, and fresh out of the Marine Corps. He...
We Make Beer
Inside the Spirit and Artistry of America's Craft Brewers
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
An eye-opening journey into craft beer–making in America, and what you can find in the quest to brew the perfect pint
Sean Lewis was living in Boston when he first set foot inside the Blue Hills Brewery. He was writing for BeerAdvocate magazine about America's craft brewers, and the then-fledgling...
American Drive
How Manufacturing Will Save Our Country
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Politicians, voters, executives, and employees all want the answer to one question: How can America compete with cheap foreign labor, and restore skilled, well-paying jobs to our economy? American Drive answers that question.
An executive with nearly thirty years in the trenches of the hard-nosed...
by W. Brad Johnson, Charles R. Ridley
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
From the authors of Elements of Mentoring, this handy guide pulls the existing research on the delicate balance of professional ethics into one concise source.
Johnson and Ridley explore seventy-five of the most important and pithy truths for supervisors in all fields, including questions of...
Most Likely to Succeed at Work
How to Get Ahead at Work Using Everything You Learned in High School
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2004
As Kurt Vonnegut once said, "True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."
When it comes down to it, work--with its know-it-alls, gossips, and brown-noser--is a lot like high school. This clever and useful book helps readers...
Learning to Change the World
The Social Impact of One Laptop Per Child
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
UNESCO estimates that eleven percent of primary school–age children—seventy-two million worldwide—are not enrolled in or attending school. Children who do attend may find themselves in schools that lack adequate space, facilities, or resources—impossible situations for learning. It is against...
Creative Selection
Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
* WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER *
An insider's account of Apple's creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs.
Hundreds of millions of people use Apple products every day; several thousand work on Apple's campus in Cupertino, California; but only a handful sit at the drawing...
The New Wild West
Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations—until the frackers arrived. The oil companies moved into Williston, overtaking the town and setting off a boom that America hadn’t seen since the Gold Rush. Workers from all over the country descended, chasing jobs that promised them...
Newsonomics
Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
The New News
Reports of the death of the news media are highly premature, though you wouldn't know it from the media's own headlines. Ken Doctor goes far beyond those headlines, taking an authoritative look at the fast-emerging future.
The Twelve Laws of Newsonomics reveal the kinds...
When Money Was In Fashion
Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs, and the Founding of Wall Street
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
This epic biography tells the story of the rise of Wall Street and the growth of Goldman Sachs from a small commercial paper company to the international banking business we know today. At its heart is the story of Henry Goldman, a man who spoke out passionately for his beliefs, understood the importance...
Get Big Things Done
The Power of Connectional Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Connectional Intelligence unlocks the 21st-century secret to getting "big things done," regardless of who you are, where you live, or what you do.
We typically associate success and leadership with smarts, passion and luck. But in today's hypercompetitive world, even those gifts aren't...
The Dichotomy of Leadership
Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Ownership comes a new and revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory.
With their first book, Extreme Ownership (published in October...