In this fascinating look at the race to secure the global food supply, environmental journalist and professor Amanda Little tells the defining story of the sustainable food revolution as she weaves together stories from the world's...
Business and economics
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Women of color comprise one of the fastest-growing segments in the corporate workforce. This book is a road map for us to make a profound impact on our organizations while ensuring that our contributions are valued.
- Author:Belker, Loren B.Summary:
Using straightforward discussions and concrete examples, the authors show those still adjusting to their corner office how to get the most out of workers. Learn how to hire employees, manage employees, and discipline staff, all with...
- Author:Douglin, CarlaSummary:
In this revolutionary system that provides an unprecedented approach to foreclosure avoidance, protection, and survival, Doughlin presents a proven step-by-step process that guides the homeowner in distress through the hurdles of...
- Author:Soni, JimmySummary:
"Deeply reported and bracingly written, this book is an indispensable guide to modern innovation and entrepreneurship."--Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Code Breaker. A definitive look at the origin of...
- Author:Reese, ByronSummary:
As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. "If...
- Author:Maynard, Herman Bryant, Mehrtens, Susan E.Summary:
Applying the concept of historical waves originally propounded by Alvin Toffler in The Third Wave, Herman Maynard and Susan Mehrtens look toward the next century and foresee a "fourth wave," an era of integration and responsibility far...
- Author:Angelos, JamesSummary:
The author presents the contrasting images of Greece, a nation both romanticized for its classical past and castigated for its dysfunctional present. With vivid character-driven narratives and engaging reporting that offers an immersive...
- Author:Kotler, Steven, Diamandis, Peter H.Summary:
From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for technological convergence in our modern era. In their book Abundance, bestselling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler...
- Author:Collier, PaulSummary:
Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Western societies: thriving cities versus rural counties, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. Economist Paul Collier outlines original...
- Author:Hamel, GarySummary:
Hamel provides forward-thinking companies with a disciplined process for radical management innovation, in other words, a formula for success.
- Author:Hartley, ScottSummary:
A finalist for the 2016 Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize A leading venture capitalist offers surprising revelations on who is going to be driving innovation in the years to comeScott Hartley first heard the terms fuzzy and...
- Author:Tinsman, BrianSummary:
The definitive guide for anyone with a game idea who wants to know how to get it published from a Game Design Manager at Wizards of the Coast, the world's largest tabletop hobby game company. Do you have an idea for a board game, card...
- Author:Gaul, Gilbert M.Summary:
This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history-but who bears the brunt of these monster storms' Consider this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005: Katrina (
- Author:Hyde, LewisSummary:
Drawing on examples from folklore and literature, history and tribal customs, economics and modern copyright law, Lewis Hyde demonstrates how our society, governed by the marketplace, is poorly equipped to determine the worth of artists...
- Author:Francis, RaymondSummary:
Francis pops the lid off the healthcare industry, and explains why the conventional approaches to health and disease aren't working-- and why healthcare costs are threatening to bankrupt our economy. He shows you that health is a choice...
- Author:Galbraith, John KennethSummary:
With grace and wit, America's foremost economist examines the boom-and-bust that led to the stock market crash of 1929. Economic writings are rarely notable for their entertainment value, but this widely admired best-seller is the...
- Author:Ferguson, NiallSummary:
An examination of institutional dysfunction in the Western world argues that such values as a free market and representative government are being compromised while future generations are inheriting unmanageable levels of debt.
- Author:Boeckh, AnthonySummary:
A 40-year market veteran who is widely acknowledged as a premier economic historian, J. Anthony Boeckh takes a long, hard look at the nearly 25 years of artificial prosperity the world witnessed as the 20th century gave way to the 21st...
- Author:Philippon, ThomasSummary:
Why are cellphone plans so much more expensive in the United States than in Europe? It seems a simple question. But the search for an answer took Thomas Philippon on an unexpected journey through some of the most complex and hotly...
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