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41) Paranoia
Author
Language
English
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Description
Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a crime. Corporate Security gives him a choice: prison -- or become a spy in the headquarters of their chief competitor, Trion Systems. They train him and feed him inside information. Now at Trion, he's a star, skyrocketing to the top. He finds he has talents...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xviii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A business organization's obligations to its shareholders create a bottom-line mentality that often seems at odds with social responsibility, but these authors argue that conscientious companies actually fare better over the long haul. Hollender has struggled with the difficulties of creating a profitable business that utilizes sustainable resources and provides healthy products to consumers.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Christmas is more than just a celebration for Lauren Montgomery. For generations, it's been her family's livelihood. Their Christmas shop, Razzle Dazzle D�ecor, has seen seasonal fads come and go, but there's one trend they can't escape. Online superstores are swallowing their sales, and this Christmas season will need to be their best ever if the store is to stay in business. To help keep the shop afloat, Lauren also has a sideline, writing biographies...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
xxi, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the publication of the bestselling book The Artists' Way, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan, co-creators of the country's most successful course on creativity, were often told that their techniques helped people achieve their business goals. This spurred them to refine the methods to help people perform more creatively and effectively at work. The program is revealed in The Artists' Way at Work: a twelve-week encounter with your own ingenuity, struggles,...
Author
Publisher
AMACOM
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xii, 161 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
You'll learn how to energize your own adult negotiation arsenal by adapting some of the classic strategies kids regularly use to great effect, including: throw a tantrum ; play one side against the other ; pretend you don't hear or understand what the other side is saying ; let the other guy think he's won ; call in backup (or, "My dad can beat up your dad") ; move slowly and procrastinate ; take your ball and go home ; be disarmingly honest ; play...
47) Beyond summer
Author
Series
Blue Sky Hills volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Tam Lambert learns that her family's upscale home is in foreclosure, the life she's known is forever changed. Tam and her family must move to a changing Dallas neighborhood called Blue Sky Hill... New resident Shasta Williams knows nothing of real estate schemes when she and her husband purchase a home in Blue Sky Hill. To her it's the perfect place to raise her children. Better yet is getting to know Tam, who lives next door. When neighbors...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In Originals Adam Grant addresses the challenge of improving the world from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all? Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea,...
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Language
English
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Description
In this newly revised 10th anniversary edition, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc. -- shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian handyman to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's...
Author
Series
Blossom street novels volume 11
Language
English
Description
Wedding bells are ringing in the tight-knit community that gathers around A Good Yarn, a store in a pretty Seattle neighborhood. Knitters come to the store to buy yarn and patterns but somehow they leave richer in friendship and love. Lauren Elliott has waited years for her long-term boyfriend, Todd, to propose, yet he seems more focused on his career than their relationship. When Lauren learns that her younger sister is pregnant before she herself...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Two sisters facing challenging odds must rely on each other more than ever before ... Inseparable since the sudden loss of their mother as teenagers, Willa and Harper Lakey are perfect opposites. Quiet, demure Willa has always admired Harper's sense of fearlessness and adventure, but enjoys her peaceful routine as a café owner in their quaint, coastal hometown of Oceanside, Washington. When a handsome customer shows interest in Willa, Harper urges...
Author
Publisher
HarperStudio
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
142 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Do you have a hobby you wish you could do all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take those passions and make a living doing what you love. In CRUSH IT! Why NOW Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader....
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
xx, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Is it possible to make a million dollars in only one minute? The answer just might surprise you. The One Minute Millionaire is an entirely new approach, a life-changing "millionaire system: that will teach you how to: Create wealth even when you have nothing to start with ; Overcome fears so you can take reasonable risks ; Use the power of leverage to build wealth rapidly ; Use "one minute" habits to build wealth over the long term.
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
276 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
For a critical element of American society, including many of its wealthiest and most powerful, there seems to be no limit today on what "enough" entails. The excesses are most starkly visible in the continuing crisis in banking and investment, and even in the two enormous government-sponsored (but publicly owned) mortgage lenders, to say nothing of the billion-dollar-plus annual paychecks that top hedge-fund managers draw down and the excessive compensation...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
ix, 227 p.
Language
English
Description
Completely revised and updated, this definitive reference uses a unique interactive presentation to lead readers step-by-step through all crucial decisions involved in starting a business. Imparts practical advice on selecting a business, choosing a site, financing, motivation, selling, servicing, insuring and promoting a business. Features numerous checklists and visual examples.
Author
Publisher
Todd Bristol
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
141 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
What kind of an employee are you? What kind of a leader? This compelling new book will make you examine all you believed about yourself and how you function in the workplace. Are your motives what you really say they are? Do you truly respect your supervisor? Are you tired of your job because of injustice or are you the problem? Spending a few minutes inside this book and examining yourself and those around you can improve your work life and image,...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Con este libro Master Muñoz quiere ayudarte a escribir la primera hoja de tu vida como emprendedor y darte el arranque para alcanzar la libertad suprema. Su primera enseñanza es:
El hecho de cuestionar es el verdadero punto de partida de la innovación y del crecimiento.
La respuesta principal que vienes a buscar en este libro, la de cómo llegar a la libertad a través del emprendimiento, se resuelve de forma muy sencilla: haz más preguntas....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xii, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins and his colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous and fast-moving...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xxiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Putting people first provides a blueprint for naturally creating success. That is the simple, straightforward message at the heart of this hands-on guide to transforming your company from a hotbed of chaos, inefficiency, and apathy to a close-knit team that pulls together for stellar performance and consistent profits. Once you master the 4Ps of PEOPLE, PROCESS, PARTNERS, and PERFORMANCE, you will create an organization in which: * Employees rediscover...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Everybody Writes is a go-to guide to attracting and retaining customers through stellar online communication, because in our content-driven world, every one of us is, in fact, a writer. If you have a web site, you are a publisher. If you are on social media, you are in marketing. And that means that we are all relying on our words to carry our marketing messages. We are all writers. Yeah, but who cares about writing anymore? In a time-challenged world...
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