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22) Travel to Egypt
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
What do you know about Egypt? Journey to the country and discover its human-made and natural landscapes, its cultures, and more. Then explore the country's government and history from ancient times to the present.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Russia is a world power. Stretching from eastern Europe to northern Asia, Russia is the world's largest country. Over 140 million people live in Russia. Follow the countrys history from being part of the Soviet Union to becoming its own nation. Then learn about Russias economy, government, and current events, and discover how Russias future will impact the rest of the world.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Devil King and his friends check out a wedding venue, buy swimsuits to work at the beach andget marooned on a desert island! This collection of original comic stories, drawn by a lineup of artists and fans of the series, collects episodes which may, or may not, have taken place during the main story!
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Japan is a global superpower. Home to over 125 million people, Japan is the sixth most populous nation in Asia. Japan is made up of thousands of islands. Learn about the countrys government from the clans that first ruled the nation to modern leaders. Then explore Japans three branches of government. Uncover Japans economy and learn how video games play an important role in it. Plus, discover the challenges the country faces. See how Japans future...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive, in-depth, and personal journey through the eyes of one of the worlds most famous comics creators, Dave Gibbons, spans his earliest years copying Superman and Batman comics as a kid, to co-creating the bestselling graphic novel of all-time, Watchmen, and beyond.
Presented alphabetically, with informally written anecdotes that can be read from cover-to-cover or simply dipped into, Gibbons reveals unseen comics pitches, life as...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The town of Southborough used to be a major tourism destination, drawing folks from all over the country in the hopes theyd spot the famous Sasquatch, reportedly seen in there many times over the years. But its been ages since anyones spotted the squatch, and tourism is starting to dry up. A tech company called Start-up.com (a start-up that helps people start their own start-ups) decides to begin buying up places all over town in order to build their...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Barbie Reed gets laid off from her computer programming job the same day her fifteen-year-old daughter Penny is arrested at a peaceful protest. When Barbie picks her up from jail, she has no idea what happened to Penny at the demonstration. Fed up with playing by the rules, Barbie rallies tech-savvy moms with a radical plan to force the world to change.
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[2024]
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"A deeply personal, authentic, and clear-eyed guide to navigating today's complex world and building a meaningful, successful career and life-no matter where you start out-from the bestselling author and co-founder of Axios and Politico"--
30) The Bad Bitch Business Bible: Break Free of Good Girl Brainwashing and Embrace Your Power at Work
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Champion gymnast turned serial entrepreneur and investor Lisa Carmen Wang empowers women to break free of Good Girl Brainwashing-perfectionism, people-pleasing, permission-asking-to become their most authentic and powerful selves.
"A woman steps into her full power not when she is finally given permission to do so, but when she realizes she never needed it in the first place."
Lisa Carmen Wang was raised to be a good girl, praised for her obedience,...
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English
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A leading sociologist reveals why racial inequality persists in the workplace despite today's multi-billion-dollar diversity industry, and provides actional solutions for creating a truly equitable, multiracial future.
Labor and race have shared a complex, interconnected history in America. For decades, key aspects of work, from getting a job to workplace norms to advancement and mobility, ignored and failed Black people. While explicit discrimination...
32) Smart Startups: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know-Advice from Harvard Business School Founders
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English
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Two startup company founders and angel investors go inside eighteen companies founded by Harvard Business School graduates, uncovering surprising lessons for success and unexpected pitfalls essential for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Conventional “wisdom” holds that the most successful entrepreneurs in the world are born with a genius for starting companies, experience one lightning-bolt moment of inspiration after another, follow a tried-and-true...
33) Sour Pickles
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Pickles Yin is a final year student at a prestigious art school struggling to live up to her own expectations of how to navigate the transition from education to career. Surrounded by nepotism, Pickles' friend Radish suggests an alternative method to achieve success that results in crumbling teeth and deteriorating mental health. And work gets done, but do things really get better? Clio Isadora's thoughtful, incisive debut full length work examines...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Tim Bird travels east out of London to the North Sea, through the outskirts of the City, suburban streets and marginal spaces, loosely following the route of the River Thames to the estuary and beyond. From The City To The Sea is a comic about this landscape and how personal stories and historical memories become embedded in this place.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Sawako Honna is 42 years old and single, working a high-pressure job at a film promotion company. One night, she wakes up shivering as her heart squeezes tight in her chest... is she going through menopause?
Navigating your forties is hard.You can't work as hard as you did in your twenties, and you're not as flippant as you were in your thirties. There's a grief that comes from being too set in your ways, and realizing that your dreams have slipped...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jon Gordon's The Energy Bus
Positive people and positive teams manifest positive outcomes. The key ingredient? Positive energy.
In The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy (2007), Jon Gordon explains how to cultivate positive energy in your life and career, which you then can share with your coworkers, customers, organization, team, friends, and family. Gordon uses the...
37) Kapitalfehler - Wie unser Wohlstand vernichtet wird und warum wir ein neues Wirtschaftsdenken bra
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Deutsch
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Kriminelle Spekulanten und ahnungslose Politiker haben ein nachhaltiges Wirtschaften verdrängt. Der Mensch ist in den Hintergrund geraten und wir mussten erkennen: Finanzkapitalismus ist schlicht und einfach schlechter Kapitalismus. In Kapitalfehler erklärt das Bestsellerduo Weick/Friedrich allgemein verständlich, wie ein vernünftiger Kapitalismus wirklich funktionieren kann, und es scheut sich nicht, Fehlentwicklungen, die verbrecherischen Banken...
38) Der größte Crash aller Zeiten - Wirtschaft, Politik, Gesellschaft. Wie Sie jetzt noch Ihr Geld sc
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Deutsch
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DER GRÖSSTE CRASH ALLER ZEITEN KOMMT - NICHT NUR WIRTSCHAFTLICH, SONDERN AUCH POLITISCH UND GESELLSCHAFTLICH
Die Finanzkrise 2008 erschütterte die Grundfesten unseres Finanzsystems. Die monetären, die sozialen und die politischen Auswirkungen spüren wir bis heute. Die beispiellosen Rettungsorgien von EZB & Co. sowie ein historisch einmaliges Notenbankexperiment dauerhafter Nullzinsen enteignen Sparer, Kleinanleger und Versicherungsnehmer. Eine...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor.
Sample Key Takeaways:
1) The definition of an investment is clear: it's an operation which, after careful analysis, promises safety of principal and adequate returns.
2) There are three parts to the process of investing. First, before buying a stock, you must make a thorough analysis of a company and the soundness of its underlying businesses. Second, you need to protect...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Fresh out of college and thousands of miles from home, Romina is eager to make a name for herself in the madcap world of entertainment post-production. Cultivating a successful career in cutthroat Los Angeles is no easy feat, but with the help of her new coworkers, Romina is ready to prove to her family once and for all that she can hack it on her own. Lights, camera, overactive imagination!
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