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Too High to Fail
Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
The first in-depth look at the burgeoning legal cannabis industry and how the “new green economy” is shaping our country
The nation’s economy is in trouble, but there’s one cash crop that has the potential to turn it around: cannabis (also known as marijuana and hemp). According to...
PEZ
From Austrian Invention to American Icon
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
The world’s one-and-only PEZ historian dispenses fun facts on the candy’s evolution from smoking substitute to childhood treat to pop culture collectible.
PEZ is an American classic and a staple of many childhood memories. Yet it originated in Austria, where PEZ began in 1927 as compressed...
Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry, 4th Edition
Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guineas, Game Birds
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Whether you’re running a farm or interested in keeping a few backyard birds, Storey’s Guide to Raising Poultry covers everything you need to know to successfully raise your own chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, and more. Stressing humane practices throughout, Glenn Drowns provides expert advice on...
It's Not News, It's Fark
How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2007
A hilarious exposé on the media gone awry, from the creator of the wildly popular Fark.com
Have you ever noticed certain patterns in the news you see and read each day? Perhaps it’s the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local six o’clock news (“Tsunami could hit...
by John Newhouse
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2007
The commercial airline industry is one of the most volatile, dog-eat-dog enterprises in the world, and in the late 1990s, Europe’s Airbus overtook America’s Boeing as the preeminent aircraft manufacturer. However, Airbus quickly succumbed to the same complacency it once challenged, and Boeing...
The Eskimo and The Oil Man
The Battle at the Top of the World for America's Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's traditional people. As the ice...
The Fair Trade Scandal
Marketing Poverty to Benefit the Rich
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
This critical account of the fair trade movement explores the vast gap between the rhetoric of fair trade and its practical results for poor countries, particularly those of Africa. In the Global North, fair trade often is described as a revolutionary tool for transforming the lives of millions across...
The Social Organism
A Radical Understanding of Social Media to Transform Your Business and Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
"A must-read for business leaders and anyone who wants to understand all the implications of a social world."****---Bob Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company
From tech visionaries Oliver Luckett and Michael J. Casey, a groundbreaking, must-read theory...
The Green and the Black
The Complete Story of the Shale Revolution, the Fight over Fracking, and the Future of Energy
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Gary Sernovitz leads a double life. A typical New York liberal, he is also an oilman - a fact his left-leaning friends let slide until the word "fracking" entered popular parlance. "How can you frack?" they suddenly demanded, aghast. But for Sernovitz, the real question is, "What...
by Lelia Zapata Palacios
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Industria de la comunicación y economía digital te ayudará a entender la nueva economía, así como la transformación digital de empresas y organizaciones que demandan gestionar los intangibles y liderar sus comunicaciones desde la profesionalidad que aporta el Dircom. Este libro te permitirá...
by Lee Gambin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
An interview with Shelley Duvall about making Stephen King’s "The Shining".
The Evolved Eater
A Quest to Eat Better, Live Better, and Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
From the co-founder of Plated, the home delivery food service, an inspirational business title that is a call-to-arms and investigation into the industrial American food complex.
In early 2012, Nick Taranto was twenty-seven years old, recently married, and fresh out of the Marine Corps. He...
El futuro de la empresa familiar
De la unidad familiar a la continuidad empresarial
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Formas para defender la empresa familiar de los peligros más comunes, haciendo de la familia empresaria la escuela de los valores propios de una empresa multi-generacional Este libro trata sobre los profundos cambios de valores en la sociedad y su tremenda influencia futura en el desarrollo de la...
Blood Oranges
Colonialism and Agriculture in the South Texas Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Blood Oranges traces the origins and legacy of racial differences between Anglo Americans and ethnic Mexicans (Mexican nationals and Mexican Americans) in the South Texas borderlands in the twentieth century. Author Tim Bowman uncovers a complex web of historical circumstances that caused ethnic Mexicans...