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"Winner of the 2016 Douglass C. North Research Award, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE)" "One of Flavorwire's 10 Must-Read Academic Books for 2015" "Shortlisted for the 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society" "One of HistoryBuff.com's 10 Can't-Miss History Books of 2015" Josiah Ober is professor of political science and classics at Stanford University. His books include Democracy and Knowledge, Political...
33842) Mejora la eficacia de tus reuniones: Los trucos para sacar el máximo partido de tus reuniones
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Organiza y conduce tus reuniones con total eficacia
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para mejorar la eficacia de tus reuniones, que te aportará la información esencial y te permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos podrás:
• Planificar tu reunión para que tenga éxito, mediante la redacción del orden del día, la fijación de objetivos y la identificación del papel de cada uno
• Gestionar las convocatorias de reuniones...
33843) How To Talk To Robots
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How To Talk To Robots, is your girls guide to Artificial Intelligence. Entrepreneur Tabitha Goldstaub welcomes you into the AI world with a warm embrace. She brilliantly breaks down the tech-bro barriers offering a straightforward introduction and makes clear the enormous benefits of understanding AI. If your social feed defines your spending habits or you've downloaded the latest filter to see what you'll look like when you are old or now connect...
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In this, provocative, timely, and painstakingly researched book, the award-winning author of Think Black tells the story of how Black labor helped to create and sustain the wealth of the white one percent throughout American history.
Clyde W. Ford uses the lives of individual Black men and women as a lens to explore the role they have played in creating American institutions of power and wealth-in agriculture, politics, jurisprudence, law enforcement,...
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A study of lives and landscapes in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley and "what the region's history of mining reveals about human folly and endeavor" (The Chronicle of Higher Education).
Deep mining ended decades ago in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley. The barons who made their fortunes have moved on. Low wages and high unemployment haunt the area, and the people left behind wonder whether to stay or seek their fortunes elsewhere.
Bill Conlogue...
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Have you ever lost out on a promotion? Struggled with a difficult conversation? Been put on the spot and blanked? Imagine if...
...you were better at persuading others and negotiating for what you want.
...you were more fluent at introducing yourself, making conversation, and following up.
...you were better at delivering feedback, receiving criticism, and using positive language.
...you were perceived as more diplomatic and charismatic.
Smart Talk...
33847) Skytop Lodge
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Surrounded by the natural beauty of mountain lakes, streams, and cascading waterfalls, the historic Skytop Lodge resort sits on 5,500 pristine acres in the heart of the Poconos. Developers of the estate cultivated this aesthetic when they hired the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm to site the main building and design Skytop's gardens. Planned during the Roaring Twenties, Skytop first opened its doors in June 1928, just one year before...
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Are you looking for a proven strategy for self-publishing that will generate you passive income for the years to come? Do you want to become a best-seller on amazon and other platforms?
Introducing The "Book Launch Success Formula" Your Ultimate Guide to Write, Publish, Market, and Launch Your Non-Fiction Book to the Best Sellers List!
In This Book You Will Learn:
• How To Successfully Create, Publish, and Launch A Book
• How To Edit, Distribute,...
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Un apprentissage structuré en dix ateliers pour apprendre à prendre la parole en public.
Vous avez dit ORATEUR est un livre pratique sur l'art oratoire. Il permet à travers 10 ateliers de maîtriser la prise de parole en public. Ce livre permet aux lecteurs de s'exprimer avec clarté et conviction, dans des configurations professionnelles diverses. Pour une meilleure pédagogie chaque atelier est illustré de dessins humoristiques.
La prise...
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In this day and age, everyone has a seemingly endless number of website passwords to remember, but Evernote is a great tool to help you keep everything in an accessible place, no matter what computer you are using. Many people keep these organized on a flash drive, but what if forget it and aren't at home? With Evernote, no matter what computer you are using, you can have access to all of your files, including the all important document where you...
33851) Lost Dayton, Ohio
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Many of the places that helped make Dayton a center of innovation were lost to history, while others survived and adapted, representing the city's spirit of revitalization. Some of the city's distinctive and significant structures, such as Steele High School and the Callahan Building, were demolished, while others, including the Arcade and Centre City Building, saw hard times but now await redevelopment. Entire neighborhoods, such as the Haymarket,...
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It doesn't take mind reading superpowers to be able to tell when someone is lying-but it does take special skills and a little practice. In Detect Deceit, David Craig, an international expert in undercover operations, provides readers with an easy-to-follow guide on applying lie detection skills to your everyday life. From bargaining, making a purchase, or dealing with children, to the more serious issues of negotiating a contract or identifying infidelity,...
33853) Remembering Marshall Field's
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For more than 150 years, Marshall Field's reigned as Chicago's leading department store, celebrated for its exceptional service, spectacular window displays, and fashionable merchandise. Few shoppers recalled its origins as a small dry goods business opened in 1852 by a New York Quaker named Potter Palmer. That store, eventually renamed Marshall Field and Company, weathered economic downturns, spectacular fires, and fierce competition to become a...
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Amplifying Impact: Unlocking Innovation, Equity, and Capacity in Nonprofits is the story of more than 12.5 million employees, and almost $700 billion that pass through the nonprofit sector, a distinctive and essential part of the social fabric of the United States.
Author Harrison Holcomb will surprise readers as he reimagines the modern nonprofit sector, digging deeply in an effort to understand what might motivate donors, nonprofit leaders, and...
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You deserve to be rich!
The premise of this book is that you are meant to lead a free, radiant, and wealth-filled life; that you deserve to have all the money you want or need. Great riches are within your grasp and can be accessed through the vast untapped resources of your mind.
This New Thought classic text is a wealth primer that encourages you to harness the power of your unconscious mind to:
• Claim your right to be rich
• Stop disparaging...
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Body language is a vital part of everyday communication, but more often than not, we are unaware of the messages our bodies are sending to others. Body Language will teach you to become more aware of these issues. In seven lessons, you will not only learn to read others, but also learn to control your own posture to send the correct message to those around you. This guide will help you:
Make a good first impression
Match your words to your body...
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The must-read summary of O. Casey Corr's book: "Money from Thin Air: The Story of Craig McCaw, the Visionary, who Invented the Cell Phone Industry, and His Next Billion-Dollar Idea".
This complete summary of the ideas from O. Casey Corr's book "Money from Thin Air" tells the lively story of an entrepreneur who changed the face of the cellular industry: Craig McCaw. He was one of the first who believed that the public would embrace mobile phones....
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"One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2016" Peter Conti-Brown is assistant professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the coeditor of When States Go Broke and Research Handbook on Central Banking.
An in-depth look at the history, leadership, and structure of the Federal Reserve Bank
The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial...
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"Stem cells" have become linked with both new frontiers in medical science and political and ethical controversy. The field, along with the emerging area of regenerative medicine, is creating the conditions for a time when damaged tissue and organs might be repaired through personalized cell therapy as easily as the body repairs itself, therefore revolutionizing the treatment of numerous diseases. Yet to obtain human embryonic stem cells, scientists...
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In a fast-changing world, where the extraction of natural resources is key to development, whilst also creating environmental and social disasters, understanding how landscapes, people and politics are shaped by extraction is crucial.
Looking at resource extraction in numerous locations at different stages of development, including North, West and South Africa, India, Kazakhstan and Australia, a broad picture is created, covering coal, natural-gas,...
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