Stories of Trains, Boats, and Airplanes in Newfoundland
From the “Newfie Bullet” to the SS Kyle to Amelia Earhart, Getting Around the Rock is a fascinating history of the transportation sector, largely in pre-...
Business and economics
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Author:Lahey, LeonardSummary: - Author:Martin, Roger L.Summary:
In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into...
- Author:Neiss, Sherwood, Best, Jason W., Cassady-Dorion, ZakSummary:
Getting Started with Crowdund Investing in a Day For Dummies shows small business owners what they can do now to prepare for crowdfund investing since the signing of the 2012 JOBS Act into law. It includes an overview of how...
- Author:Bellman, Geoffrey M.Summary:
You are not in charge and you want to make a difference: that is the dilemma. You may not know who is in charge in today's changing, temporary, and virtual organizations, but you know you are not! You are searching for ways to...
- Author:Staples, Andy, Moawad, TrevorSummary:
Mental conditioning coach Trevor Moawad provides life-changing, step-by-step guidance on how to successfully navigate adversity and defeat negativity by downshifting to neutral thinking.
- Author:Butler, TimothySummary:
Psychotherapist and director of Career Development at Harvard Business School, Timothy Butler proposes that ruts and dead ends in life can be the catalysts for change. Using a proven-successful six-step method to confront the issues...
- Author:El Kaliouby, RanaSummary:
In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling—to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. "A vivid...
- Author:Grant, AdamSummary:
A groundbreaking look at why our interactions with others hold the key to success, from the bestselling author of Think Again and Originals For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work,...
- Author:Tierney, Thomas J.Summary:
Drawing from experiences gained through work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Tierney and Fleishman build on what Jim Collins' "Good to great and the social sectors"...
- Author:Brounstein, Marty, Kushner, MalcolmSummary:
Giving a Presentation In a Day For Dummies gives you a quick and easy rundown of the key points of presenting to an audience, including defining a purpose, organizing a message, using humor and body language, and overcoming anxiety. *...
- Author:Lester, LouellaSummary:
What does it really mean to work for a living? Told in short prose, Lester shares her experience working both traditional and non-traditional jobs. Sometimes raw and often humourous, Glass Bricks explores the significance of our basic...
- Author:Alexander, BrianSummary:
Financial engineering seemed a positive thing in the 1980s but it is wrecking companies and destroying towns. Author Brian Alexander looks at Lancaster, Ohio. In 1947, Forbes magazine declared it the epitome of the All-American town....
- Author:Steger, Manfred B.Summary:
Globalization' has become the buzz-word of our time - a term that describes a variety of changing economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are transforming our experience of the world, Fully updated...
- Author:Burg, BobSummary:
The authors apply the lessons of the parable "The go-giver" to real-world situations.
- Author:Goldman, JeremySummary:
Goldman shows that such tools as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Instagram can be invaluable components of any company's business strategy--and then Goldman reveals the secrets to leveraging social media for maximum...
- Author:Stoller, MattSummary:
"Every thinking American must read" (The Washington Book Review) this startling and "insightful" (The New York Times) look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism has transformed American politics, and business.
Going... - Author:Pulos, Elizabeth, Jimenez, Guillermo C.Summary:
This textbook provides an innovative, internationally-oriented approach to the teaching of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics. Drawing on case studies in- volving companies and countries around the world, the...
- Author:Kuyek, DevlinSummary:
In recent years, Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins of their food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well known is that pesticide corporations such as Monsanto and Du...
- Author:Duflo, Esther, Banerjee, Abhijit V.Summary:
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how traditional western-centric thinking has failed to explain what is happening to people in a newly globalized world. This precise but accessible book covers many of the most essential issues...
- Author:Biddulph, Sarah, Biuković, LjiljanaSummary:
With isolationism and protectionism strengthening in response to the forces of globalization, the interrelationship of the national and supranational in shaping good governance norms has become increasingly relevant. Good Governance in...
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