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Who She Think She Is?: Your Guide to Developing an Action Plan and Making it Happen

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Report copyright infringementby Viviane Duarte (Author), Ana Silvani (Editor), Nathalia Coppa (Translator)This book serves as a guide to help us understand who we are from the point of view of where we stand, enabling us to develop an action plan to build a strong personal brand and make our dreams a reality.Who She Think She Is? is not a biography. However, the author draws from personal experiences to provide guidance, tips, advice, explanations, and practical examples of how to stand out a...

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Report copyright infringementby Jan Crossen (Author) Number of Pages: 302 Dimensions: 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: September 16, 2025

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet - Paperback

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by John Green (Author)"Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition--and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention." --Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re: ThinkingThe instant #1 bestseller from John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down, is now available in paperback with two brand-new essays! "Gloriously personal and life-affirming. The perfect book for right now...

The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse and Betrayal - Paperback

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by Nick Bryant (Author)A chilling expos of corporate corruption and government cover-ups, this account of a nationwide child-trafficking and pedophilia ring in the United States tells a sordid tale of corruption in high places. The scandal originally surfaced during an investigation into Omaha, Nebraska's failed Franklin Federal Credit Union that went beyond the Midwest, ultimately to Washington, DC. Implicating businessmen, senators, major media corporations, the CIA, and even the venerable...

Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management: A Handbook for Business Leaders

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Report copyright infringementby Isaac Fad (Author)Transform your leadership potential and drive impactful change within just months, even if you're overwhelmed by the complexity of social entrepreneurship!Do you need help finding clear direction amidst the evolving social entrepreneurship landscape? Has securing funding for your passionate initiatives left you frustrated and unsure of your next steps?How can you balance social impact with profitability effectively while keeping sight of your ...

Speak Easy: Perfect Your Speaking, Listening & Connection Skills In Just 7 Days

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Report copyright infringementby Learnwell Books (Author)⭐️ EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN JUST 7 DAYS ⭐️Speak Easy is your complete guide to becoming a confident, magnetic communicator in just one week!�� THE 7-DAY CHALLENGE: YOUR PATH TO COMMUNICATION MASTERYThis book uses a unique 7-day structure, working hand-in-hand with the accompanying Workbook to ensure you master the skills of great communication within a week. Each day focuses on specific communication traits and techniques Prac...

Ending Poverty As We Know It: Guaranteeing A Right To A Job

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Report copyright infringementby William Quigley (Author)In cities and counties across the country Americans are asserting their right to a job at a living wage. This campaign has been built around the idea that those who work full time are entitled to live above the real poverty line. Professor and public interest lawyer William Quigley, who helped lead the fight to give the workers of New Orleans a raise, presents the moral case for doing so, and argues that Americans should codify the right...

Inevitable Surprises: Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Schwartz (Author)The world we live in today is more volatile than ever. The security of free nations is threatened by rogue states, the global economy is in flux, and the rapid advance of technology forces constant reevaluation of our society. With so many powerful forces at work and seemingly unpredictable events occurring, to many the future seems dark, and its possibilities frightening.Peter Schwartz disagrees. A world-renowned visionary in the field o...

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Report copyright infringementby Kate Oakley (Editor), Justin O'Connor (Editor)The Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries is collection of contemporary scholarship that seeks to re-assert the importance of cultural production and consumption against the purely economic imperatives of the 'creative industries'. Across 43 chapters drawn from a wide range of geographic and disciplinary perspectives, this comprehensive volume offers a critical and empirically informed examination of the ...

Sport and Social Media in Business and Society

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Report copyright infringementby Gashaw Abeza (Author), Ryan King-White (Author)This concise, practical book examines the significance of social media for the sport industry, explaining key concepts and sharing tools and best practice for the use of social media in sport business communication.Author BiographyGashaw Abeza is recognized as one of the leading scholars in the field of social media in sport. He is Associate Professor at Towson University, USA, and a member of the editorial board o...

As Evil Does: Handbook on Humanity 1: Anatomy of a Killing Cult

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Report copyright infringementby Fred Harrison (Author)Governments are unable to combat the great economic and environmental crises of our age because they are denied access to the financial tools that would solve problems like housing boom/busts, poverty and unemployment. Agencies of the State are crippled by what author Fred Harrison calls a culture of cheating. That culture was incubated by the feudal aristocracy in the 16th century. The nobility of England executed a coup against the monar...

Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Holder Spude (Author)Prostitution, gambling, and saloons were a vital, if not universally welcome, part of life in frontier boomtowns. In Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory, Catherine Holder Spude explores the rise and fall of these enterprises in Skagway, Alaska, between the gold rush of 1897 and the enactment of Prohibition in 1918. Her gritty account offers a case study in the clash between working-class men and middle-class w...

Security Supervision and Management: Theory and Practice of Asset Protection

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Report copyright infringementby Ifpo (Author), Sandi J. Davies (Editor), Brion P. Gilbride (Editor)Security Supervision and Management, Fourth Edition, fills the basic training needs for security professionals who want to move into supervisory or managerial positions. Covering everything needed from how to work with today's generation security force employees to the latest advances in the security industry, Security Supervision and Management, Fourth Edition, shows security officers how to ...

The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share

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Report copyright infringementby Darren Walker (Author)Darren Walker has lived the promise of America. Born to a single mother in a Louisiana charity hospital, the pride of Head Start and public schools in rural East Texas, Walker serves today as the tenth President of the Ford Foundation, among the largest private foundations in the United States. Since 2013, he has overseen more than $7 billion in grantmaking, while transforming philanthropy and inspiring conversations about and commitments ...

The Trafficker Next Door: How Household Employers Exploit Domestic Workers

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Report copyright infringementby Rhacel Salazar Parreñas (Author)"Kaya mo ba?" Can you take it? An instructor asks this of a group of migrant workers in the Philippines, as they prepare for domestic work in wealthier countries. Can you take the grueling work? "Kaya," the women say. "We can."The phrase "human trafficking" often conjures nightmarish images of sexual exploitation, but Rhacel Salazar Parreñas reveals that the vast majority of trafficking victims are domestic workers who suffer abu...

Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry

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Report copyright infringementby Austin Frerick (Author), Eric Schlosser (Foreword by)Now with a new chapter on the Distribution Barons! Best Books of 2024: "Frerick's prose throughout is both direct and masterfully controlled, with every point supported by extensive references and notes. This is no alarmist screed but rather a careful, systematic, and utterly damning demolition job--an exquisitely informed exposé... A genuinely revelatory look at mass food production in the United States" --...

The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them

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Report copyright infringementby Emilio J. Castilla (Author)Meritocracy--the idea that individuals should be rewarded based on their talent and hard work--is one of the most widely celebrated ideals in education, business, and government. It shapes how organizations recruit, evaluate, and promote, promising a fair system where the best rise to the top. But meritocracy has increasingly come under criticism for deepening inequality and reinforcing bias. How did a once-progressive ideal meant to ...

Dying to Meet You: Confessions of a Funeral Director

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Report copyright infringementby Angjolie Mei (Author)Author BiographyAngjolie Mei is one of a handful of women in Singapore's funeral industry. She is the daughter of the late Ang Yew Seng, a pioneer who was known by some as Singapore's "coffin samaritan" as he often donated coffins and provided funeral services for free to the needy and those without next-of-kin. She is the founder of The Life Celebrant (TLC) 心篇章, a funeral-services company, an entrepreneur, and a certified Funeral Celebrant...

Fringe to Famous: Cultural Production in Australia After the Creative Industries

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Report copyright infringementby Tony Moore (Author), Mark Gibson (Author), Chris McAuliffe (Author)Fringe to Famousexamines exchange between small scenes of cultural production and mainstream institutions and markets. Drawing on Australian examples in music, streetwear, comedy, screen and digital games, it argues that there has been much greater crossover between the two than is generally recognized. The book resists a tendency to represent fringe and mainstream as abstract opposites, bringin...

Pop Culture & Entertainment Critique: How the History of Fashion, Trends, and Consumerism Shape Identity, Beauty Standards, and Fashion Empowerment

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Report copyright infringementby Jordan Sloane (Author)Fashion isn't just fabric-it's power. It dictates who gets taken seriously, who is excluded, and who profits off our insecurities. From the History of Fashion as rebellion to the billion-dollar beauty industry selling empowerment in a bottle, Revolution in Heels rips apart the seams of an industry built on both liberation and control.This isn't just another Fashion Culture Book. It's a deep dive into Fashion Culture, unpacking how Fashion ...

Monumental Designs: Infrastructure and the Culture of the Tennessee Valley Authority

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Report copyright infringementby Ted Atkinson (Author)Established by Congress as part of the New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) designated parts of seven southern states for economic rehabilitation through various means, including flood control, rural electrification, and social programs. The goal was to deploy federal resources to reshape the region through infrastructure--mainly a network of hydroelectric dams. To garner political and public support, TVA officials mobilized artis...

The Dynamics of Rules: Change in Written Organizational Codes

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Report copyright infringementby James G. March (Author), Martin Schulz (Author), Zhou Xueguang (Author)Written rules in formal organizations are distinctive elements of organizational history; they shape organizational change and are in turn shaped by it. These rules are created, revised, and eliminated in ways that leave historical traces, and they have a visibility and durability that elude non-written rules. They thus provide rich data for an empirical probe into the dynamics of organizati...

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Report copyright infringementby Muhammad Ayub (Author)Front JacketMuhammad Ayub has provided the most comprehensive treatment to date of the contracts, products and systems used in Islamic finance. He explores how the concepts are rooted in the Islamic economic system in a way that will appeal to academics while at the same time giving a coherent account of the products that finance practioners should find helpful. --Professor Rodney Wilson, Director of Postgraduate Studies, Durham Universit...

Could Should Might Don't: How We Think about the Future

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Foster (Author)An invaluable guide for how to think--and not to think--about the future, from one of the leading futurists of our time. You might not know the name Nick Foster, but after just a moment of googling you'll realize he's been guiding the missions of companies that have been shaping the world you live in. From Sony, Nokia, and Dyson to Google itself, where he was the head of design at Google X, Foster has been at the forefront of innovation for...

The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City - Paperback

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by William B. Helmreich (Author)An intimate portrait of the Big Apple As a child growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father called "Last Stop." They would pick a subway line, ride it to its final destination, and explore the neighborhood. Decades later, his love for exploring the city was as strong as ever. Putting his feet to the test, he decided that the only way to truly understand New York was to walk virtually every block of all five boroughs--an astonishing...

Before You Fire Them: A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Autistic Employee's Traits, Intentions, and Communication Style

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Report copyright infringementby Jaime A. Heidel (Author) Number of Pages: 72 Dimensions: 0.15 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: August 22, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Ralph H. Groce (Author)In We Have Nothing to Lose: A Dark Optimist's Call to Action, Ralph Groce III presents an unflinching narrative that intertwines personal memoir with a passionate political manifesto. This book is a bold exploration of leadership, responsibility, and the urgency of acting in a world on the cusp of pivotal change.With Groce's audacious life story as the backdrop, readers will delve into: Thought-provoking insights on the power of individu...

Woodside vs the Planet: How a Company Captured a Country; Quarterly Essay 99

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Report copyright infringementby Marian Wilkinson (Author) Number of Pages: 134 Dimensions: 0.36 x 9.21 x 6.57 IN Publication Date: September 01, 2025

Carbon Capital: Climate Change and the Ethics of Oil Investing

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Report copyright infringementby Sean Field (Author)Surprising insights into the worldviews of oil and gas financiers It is no secret that the fossil fuel industry, whose products power modern America both physically and financially, inflicts immense destruction to our environment. The past, present, and future of US energy have been determined not just by engineers, but by financiers, an under-studied group of energy investors. Drawing on four years of ethnographic work in Houston, Texas, the...

Integrative Practice in and for Larger Systems: Transforming Administration and Management of People, Organizations, and Communities

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Report copyright infringementby Harold E. Briggs (Author), Verlea G. Briggs (Author), Adam C. Briggs (Author)Successful integrative practice begins at the nexus of intrapersonal and interpersonal levels of macro practice, and requires a nuanced sensitivity to both. Integrative Practice in and for Larger Systems guides readers through the development of a cohesive practice model to transform the management of community agencies. Specifically, the new model emphasizes accountability and awarene...

Participatory Development in Appalachia: Cultural Identity, Community, and Sustainability

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Report copyright infringementby Susan E. Keefe (Editor)Often thought of as impoverished, backward, and victimized, the people of the southern mountains have long been prime candidates for development projects conceptualized and controlled from outside the region. This book, breaking with old stereotypes and the strategies they spawned, proposes an alternative paradigm for development projects in Appalachian communities-one that is far more inclusive and democratic than previous models. Emergi...

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality

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Report copyright infringementby World Bank Group (Author) Number of Pages: 184 Dimensions: 0.6 x 10.4 x 7.9 IN Publication Date: October 12, 2016