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Want to get into the exciting sci-fi adventure series "Ian's Gang" but don't know where to start? This easy to read guide details each story season by season, story by story, providing you with the perfect chronological look at the thrilling series that is currently in its eleventh amazing...

Chicago's extensive transit system first started in 1859, when horsecars ran on rails in city streets. Cable cars and electric streetcars came next. Where new trolley car lines were built, people, businesses, and neighborhoods followed. Chicago quickly became a world-class city. At its peak, Chicago...

Why write a book on the history of a company? First of all, because a business is made up of people and these people bring with them tales which, if narrated, are good for the community. These stories are examples of how, regardless of the suffering, the delusions, the fights, the dejection, man is...

Considering starting a hospitality business? Starting up your new business is terrifying and exhilarating. PREP WORK will help you navigate through the start of this journey with helpful checklists to help get you move away from the panic and towards practical ideas and solutions.

In Leading Matters, current Chairman of Alphabet (Google's parent company), former President of Stanford University, and "Godfather of Silicon Valley," John L. Hennessy shares the core elements of leadership that helped him become a successful tech entrepreneur, esteemed academic, and venerated...

The incubation of shared services evolved in the early-1990s with a multitude of organizations that climbed on this bandwagon to reap the benefits of reduced costs and improve the service levels. Shared services set ups emerged first in the US followed by similar centers in Europe and later the model...

Una tarde de noviembre de 1994 sonó el teléfono del despacho de Lawrence Levy en una empresa de tecnología de Silicon Valley. Era Steve Jobs, por entonces un ejecutivo en horas bajas, que quería que Levy se hiciera cargo de las finanzas de Pixar, una empresa de Jobs que en ese momento no se sabía...

Little fascinates New Yorkers more than doormen, who know far more about tenants than tenants know about them. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, whether they drink too much, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually...

The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized and underregulated...

“Rabbits for Flesh and Fur” is a classic guide to cuniculture, the farming of rabbits for pleasure or profit. It deals with every aspect from selection and breeding to care, housing, and beyond. With simple explanations and step-by-step instructions, this illustrated guide is ideal for those with...

The life of an R&B Diva can be filled with money, fame and wild times. For Cynthia Loving aka Lil' Mo there was nothing easy about her rise to stardom. From surviving a near death assault to climbing the billboard charts, Cynthia Loving takes her readers on an intense ride from the opening page....

La televisión tiene la posibilidad de divertirnos, informarnoso engañarnos. Acaso la interrogante esencial sea: ¿puede el espectador contemporáneo, con todas las vacuas imágenes que, como alud, recibe a diario, hacer una revisión crítica de todo lo que mira en su televisor? El...

Las startups hoy nos resultan a todos familiares, sobre todo a la hora de hablar de emprendimiento y tecnología en cualquier ámbito empresarial. Aunque es un término que desde hace tres o cuatro años se emplea con mayor frecuencia, en realidad es algo de que algunos –entre ellos nosotros en...

Recruiting pilots has developed into a process with a scientific methodology. Airlines base the selection of their pilots on both the aviation and social qualifications of the individual applicants, and ensure their decision using the tools of suitability diagnostics. Cognitive and operational performance...