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Where am I Wearing?. A Global Tour...

Kelsey Timmerman

Where am I Wearing?. A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes

A journalist travels the world to trace the origins of our clothes When journalist and traveler Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, he began a journey that would take him from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back again. Where Am I Wearing? intimately describes the connection between impoverished garment workers' standards of living and the all-American material lifestyle. By introducing readers to the human element of globalization—the...

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Kelsey Timmerman

Where Am I Eating?. An Adventure Th...

Kelsey Timmerman

Where Am I Eating?. An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy with Discussion Questions and a Guide to Going "Glocal"

A deeply human-centered perspective on the origins of America's food Where Am I Eating? bridges the gap between global food producers and the American consumer, providing an insightful look at how our eating habits affect farmers and fishermen around the world. Follow the author on his global quest to meet the workers that nurture, harvest, and hunt our food, as he works alongside them—loading lobster diving boats in Nicaragua, harvesting bananas in Costa Rica, lugging cocoa beans in Ivory Coast...

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Kelsey Timmerman

Where Am I Eating? An Adventure Thr...

Kelsey Timmerman

Where Am I Eating? An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy

Bridges the gap between global farmers and fishermen and American consumers America now imports twice as much food as it did a decade ago. What does this increased reliance on imported food mean for the people around the globe who produce our food? Kelsey Timmerman set out on a global quest to meet the farmers and fisherman who grow and catch our food, and also worked alongside them: loading lobster boats in Nicaragua, splitting cocoa beans with a machete in Ivory Coast, and hauling tomatoes in...

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Kelsey Timmerman

When. The Art of Perfect Timing

Stuart Albert

When. The Art of Perfect Timing

An elegant and counterintuitive guide to achieving perfect timing Timing is everything. Whether we are making strategic business decisions or the smallest personal choice, we must decide not only what to do, but when to do it. Act too early—or too late—and the results can be disastrous. Based on a 20-year investigation into more than 2,000 timing issues and errors, When presents a single and practical approach for dealing with timing in life and business. Good timing, Albert argues, is not just...

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Stuart Albert

When the Headline Is You. An Inside...

Jeffrey Leeson

When the Headline Is You. An Insider's Guide to Handling the Media

Proven strategies for managing all types of media encounters! Award-winning journalist and Fortune 500 consultant Jeff Ansell provides a how-to guide for leaders, executives, and other professionals whose high-visibility requires frequent contact with the media. Drawing on nearly four decades of media experience, Ansell presents tested techniques for responding to challenging questions and delivering effective messages. In addition, he reveals lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid by referencing...

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Jeffrey Leeson

When Prime Brokers Fail. The Unheed...

J. Aikman S.

When Prime Brokers Fail. The Unheeded Risk to Hedge Funds, Banks, and the Financial Industry

An informative primer on the new landscape of leading prime brokers Before the recent financial crisis, both regulators and market participants disregarded the complex and dangerous nature of the relationship between prime brokers (the banks) and their clients (the funds). In When Prime Brokers Fail, J. S. Aikman examines the convoluted structure of this relationship, the main participants, and the impact of the near collapse of prime brokerages on the financial world. Filled with in-depth...

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J. Aikman S.

When Media Goes to War

Anthony DiMaggio

When Media Goes to War

In this fresh and provocative book, Anthony DiMaggio uses the war in Iraq and the United States confrontations with Iran as his touchstones to probe the sometimes fine line between news and propaganda. Using Antonio Gramsci’s concept of hegemony and drawing upon the seminal works of Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, and Robert McChesney, DiMaggio combines a rigorousempirical analysis and clear, lucid prose to enlighten readers about issues essential to the struggle for a critical media and a...

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Anthony DiMaggio

When Growth Stalls. How It Happens,...

Steve McKee

When Growth Stalls. How It Happens, Why You're Stuck, and What to Do About It

One of the toughest lessons every business leader learns is how hard it is to generate sustained growth. Stalled growth is the rule, not the exception–even for the best-managed companies. That's especially true in unpredictable economic environments such as the one we're experiencing today. McKee has a unique understanding of what happens when growth stalls. His firm commissioned a study of 700 companies that had at one time been among the nation's fastest-growing businesses. Developed in...

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Steve McKee

When Glass meets Pharma

Dr. Bettine Boltres

When Glass meets Pharma

Demands on a primary packaging material are not easy to meet these days. Increasingly, intense optical inspection, zero defect programs, and higher regulatory specifications require that drug packaging materials can no longer be taken for granted. Bringing us to the material «glass»: What is glass anyway? How does it react with my drugs? Can I freeze it? Why is it breaking? Why is my drug being adsorbed to it? Why is this over 100-year-old borosilicate glass still the gold standard? If you have...

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Dr. Bettine Boltres

What’s Mine Is Yours

Rachel Botsman

What’s Mine Is Yours

In the 20th century humanity consumed products faster than ever, but this way of living is no longer sustainable. This new and important book shows how technological advances are driving forms of ‘collaborative consumption’ which will change forever the ways in which we interact both with businesses and with each other. The average lawn mower is used for four hours a year. The average power drill is used for only twenty minutes in its entire lifespan. The average car is unused for 22 hours a...

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Rachel Botsman

What's Wrong with Money?. The Bigge...

Michael Ashton

What's Wrong with Money?. The Biggest Bubble of All

The expert guide to understanding and surviving monetary failure What's Wrong with Money? explores how and why money is valued and the warning signs that point to its eventual collapse. Author Michael Ashton is widely regarded as a premier expert on inflation, and in this book, he illustrates how the erosion of trust in central banks is putting us at high risk of both near- and long-term inflation—and a potentially very serious disruption. It's not about a conspiracy surrounding inflation...

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Michael Ashton

What's Wrong With China

Paul Midler

What's Wrong With China

What’s Wrong with China is the most cogent, insightful and penetrating examination I have read on the paradoxes and self-deceptions of Modern China, written by someone who has lived in the country and dealt with it day to day for decades. This book will be hated by the commissars, because it is a triumph of analysis and good sense. —PAUL THEROUX I sure wish I’d read this book before heading to China—or Chinatown, for that matter. China runs on an entirely different operating system—both...

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Paul Midler

What's the Future of Business?. Cha...

Brian Solis

What's the Future of Business?. Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences

In today’s rapidly changing digital environment, Darwinism is alive and well. What’s the Future of Business doesn't just explore trends and theories; it introduces a dynamic, actionable path to transformation. —Evan Greene, CMO, The Recording Academy, Producers of the GRAMMY Awards Rethink your business model to incorporate the power of «user» experiences What’s the Future of Business? will galvanize a new movement that aligns the tenets of user experience with the vision of innovative...

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Brian Solis

What's Fair

Michael Wheeler

What's Fair

What's Fair is a landmark collection that focuses exclusively on the crucial topic of ethics in negotiation. Edited by Carrie J. Menkel-Meadow and Michael Wheeler, What's Fair contains contributions from some of the best-known practitioners and scholars in the field including Roger Fisher, Howard Raiffa, and Deborah Kolb. The editors and distinguished contributors offer an examination of why ethics matter individually and socially, and explain the essential duties and values of negotiation...

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Michael Wheeler

What Your Body Says (And How to Mas...

Sharon Sayler

What Your Body Says (And How to Master the Message). Inspire, Influence, Build Trust, and Create Lasting Business Relationships

Train your body to communicate with confidence and clarity-have your body match what your mouth says… The popular phrase «leading from influence» takes for granted that influence derives chiefly from verbal communication. However, communication is about more than words. To get to the next level in your career, you must communicate with your entire self. What Your Body Says gives you the straight-up «how-to» on unifying what you say with what you do, allowing you to better connect with other...

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Sharon Sayler

What You Need to Know about Startin...

Kevin Duncan

What You Need to Know about Starting a Business

Ever wanted to be an entrepreneur? Ever wanted to control what you do, when you do it and stop just making money for someone else? Now is your chance. Starting up a business has never been more exciting. This book explains what you really need to know to make your business a success: • How you'll know if you've got a good idea • The practicalities of setting up a company • How to manage the money • How to sell what you do • How to make sure you stay soon through it all. This is the book you need...

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Kevin Duncan

What You Need to Know about Leaders...

Jeff Grout

What You Need to Know about Leadership

What You Need to Know About Leadership Business Needs Leaders. Every day, good and bad leaders make and break organizations. If you want to get anywhere in your career, showing leadership is crucial. So what do you really need to know about leadership? Find out: What it’s all about Why vision matters How you can build a great team Why leaders need to motivate and inspire the people around them How to lead when the going gets tough What You Need to Know about Leadership is the book you need to...

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Jeff Grout

What You Need to Know about Busines...

Roger Trapp

What You Need to Know about Business

Business is big. Actually, it's often small and medium-sized too. But the point is that it matters – a lot. This book is designed to answer all those confusing questions that flit through your mind when you get to the business pages of the paper, and stop you being embarrassed in job interviews. It explains the things you really need to know about business, and will tell you: What the point of business is How what happens in the economy affects real businesses What the law means for business...

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Roger Trapp

What Would Google Do?

Ксюша Ангел

What Would Google Do?

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Ксюша Ангел

What Would Ben Stein Do?. Applying...

Ben Stein

What Would Ben Stein Do?. Applying the Wisdom of a Modern-Day Prophet to Tackle the Challenges of Work and Life

SO,WHAT WOULDN'T BEN STEIN DO? There are so many terrible ideas to avoid. For instance, Ben Stein wouldn't marry someone who refused to work or was a diva or had a drug problem. Any of those choices would be really bad. He wouldn't spend his entire paycheck and leave his bank account empty. He wouldn't arrive late to an appointment. (Most definitely not!) He wouldn't drive an ugly car. He's fairly certain he wouldn't pierce any part of his face. He also wouldn't preserve tax cuts and expect...

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Ben Stein

What Works: Success in Stressful Ti...

Hamish McRae

What Works: Success in Stressful Times

A lively, engaging and counterintuitive exploration of success stories from across the globe, and what Michelle Obama referred to as ‘the flimsy difference between success and failure’.In this lively and counterintuitive exploration of success stories from across the globe, award-winning journalist Hamish McRae takes the reader on a fascinating journey in pursuit of the flimsy difference between triumph and failure. Why do some initiatives take off while others flounder? How have some...

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Hamish McRae

What Went Wrong: The Big Picture

George R. Tyler

What Went Wrong: The Big Picture

What Went Wrong: The Big Picture provides an overview of the in-depth analysis of the full book What Went Wrong.Something has gone seriously wrong: The American economy has experienced considerable growth in the last 30 years, but virtually none of this growth has trickled down to the average American. Incomes have been flat since 1985. Inequality has grown, and social mobility has dropped dramatically. Equally troubling, these policies have been devastating to both American productivity and our...

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George R. Tyler

What To Do When Machines Do Everyth...

Malcolm Frank

What To Do When Machines Do Everything. How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data

“Refreshingly thought-provoking…” – The Financial Times The essential playbook for the future of your business What To Do When Machines Do Everything is a guidebook to succeeding in the next generation of the digital economy. When systems running on Artificial Intelligence can drive our cars, diagnose medical patients, and manage our finances more effectively than humans it raises profound questions on the future of work and how companies compete. Illustrated with real-world cases, data, and...

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Malcolm Frank

What It Takes. Seven Secrets of Suc...

Charles D. Ellis

What It Takes. Seven Secrets of Success from the World's Greatest Professional Firms

Expert insights on what sets the great professional firms apart from all the rest Having devoted a career that spans fifty years to consulting with and studying professional firms in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, author Charles Ellis learned firsthand how difficult it is for an organization to go beyond very good and attain, as well as sustain, excellence. Now, he shares his hard-won insights with you and reveals «what it takes» to be best-in-class in any industry. Enlightening and...

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Charles D. Ellis

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