In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's former finance minister and the author of the international bestseller Adults in the Room, pens a series of letters to his young daughter, educating her...
Business and economics
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Author:Varoufakis, YanisSummary: - Author:Singer-Nourie, SarahSummary:
Most of us aren't leading. We're simply managing. We're getting things done, but we're not inspiring others to excel. Great leaders know better. Performance coach and educator Sarah Singer-Nourie reveals the key ways...
- Author:Nikiforuk, AndrewSummary:
Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for all of North America. Bitumen, the sticky stuff that ancients used to glue the Tower of Babel together, is the world’...
- Author:Takach, GeoSummary:
Tar Wars offers a critical, inside look at how leading image-makers negotiate the escalating tensions between the need for continuous economic growth mandated by a globalized economic system and its unsustainable environmental costs. As...
- Author:Takach, GeoSummary:
Tar Wars offers a critical inside look at how leading image-makers negotiate escalating tensions between continuous economic growth mandated by a globalized economic system and its unsustainable environmental costs. As place branding...
- Author:Scheve, KennethSummary:
In today's social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality, why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich' In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage ask when and why countries tax their...
- Author:Wenich, J. J.Summary:
It really does take a village!
If today's youth are tomorrow's future, we the village need to properly equip ourselves in order to equip our youth for success.
That means not only parents but
• grandparents... - Author:Pferdehirt, Wayne, Nelson, John, Russell, JeffreySummary:
This book is organized around the fifteen lessons of a Technical Project Management course, with an emphasis on the connections between the various stages and practices of technical project management. After all, in practice, a project...
- Author:Last, Suzan, Neveu, Candice, Smith, MonikaSummary:
"This open textbook is designed to introduce readers to the basics of professional communications in technical fields: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communications style, effective document...
- Author:Stahl-Wert, John, Jennings, KenSummary:
Matt James is in trouble. Recently promoted to head his division, he has delivered two years of divisional losses in clients, market share and profits. He knows his workers are talented and creative, but they don't respond to his...
- Author:Axelrod, RichardSummary:
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED
Building engagement is crucial for every organization. But the traditional top-down coercive change management paradigm—in which leaders "light a fire" under employees—actually discourages...
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What is land? A resource to be exploited? A commodity to be traded? A home to cherish? In Guatemala, a country still reeling from thirty-six years of US-backed state repression and genocides, dominant Canadian mining interests cash in...
- Author:Stone, Douglas, Heen, SheilaSummary:
The coauthors of the New York Times –bestselling Difficult Conversations take on the toughest topic of all: how we see ourselves Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen have spent the past fifteen years working with corporations, nonprofits,...
- Author:Silverstein, Michael J., Liao, Carol, Michael, David, Singhi, AbheekSummary:
The authors provide a comprehensive examination of the value of middle-class consumers in China and India. By 2020, this group is expected to generate $10 trillion in annual revenue--far higher than that generated by consumers in the...
- Author:Tracy, BrianSummary:
Why are some people more successful in business? Why do some businesses flourish where others fail? Renowned business speaker and author, Brian Tracy has discovered the answers to these profoundly puzzling questions. In The 100...
- Author:Scheinfeld, RobertSummary:
This dynamic program goes one step further than the typical 10-step plan for achieving success. As Scheinfld demonstrates, the 11th and most vita step for each of us is learning to tap the invisible network and connect with our Inner...
- Author:Ferriss, TimothySummary:
What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer: "I race motorcycles in Europe." "I ski in the Andes." "I scuba dive in...
- Author:Hendrickson, Chris, Robbins, AnthonySummary:
What would your life be like if you were debt free? What if you had a way to create a simple plan for not only debt freedom, but financial independence as well? Simplicity is sustainability. The 5-Minute Debt Solution will help you...
- Author:Lencioni, Patrick M.Summary:
New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni unveils a truly groundbreaking new model that will change the way we think about work and teams forever. The 6 Types of Working Genius is the fastest way to help people identify the...
- Author:Covey, Stephen R.Summary:
A leading management consultant outlines seven organizational rules for improving effectiveness and increasing productivity at work and at home.
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