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Locally Laid
How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg Farm - from Scratch
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
How a Midwestern family with no agriculture experience went from a few backyard chickens to a full-fledged farm—and discovered why local chicks are better.
When Lucie Amundsen had a rare night out with her husband, she never imagined what he’d tell her over dinner—that his dream was to...
The Sugar King of Havana
The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
"Fascinating...A richly detailed portrait." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Known in his day as the King of Sugar, Julio Lobo was the wealthiest man in prerevolutionary Cuba. He had a life fit for Hollywood: he barely survived both a gangland shooting and a firing squad, and...
In Fashion
From Runway to Retail, Everything You Need to Know to Break Into the Fashion Industry
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
If you've ever dreamed of working at Vogue, photographing supermodels, or outfitting celebrities, In Fashion will equip you with everything you need to know to get an “in” into fashion. Former beauty and fashion news director of Harper's Bazaar and editor in chief of Seventeen, Annemarie Iverson—the...
How Music Got Free
A Story of Obsession and Invention
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
**Finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, and the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year
One of Billboard’s 100 Greatest Music Books of All Time
A *New York Times *Editors’ Choice
ONE OF THE YEAR'S...
by Wolfgang Riebe
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2011
Have you ever been keen to learn a few secrets of magic?
Would you like to be the life and highlight at the next party?
How about creating that air of mystery about you and
make others believe that you have special powers!
Grandparents: Do you want to amaze and
then teach your...
The Vertical Farm
Feeding the World in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
"The vertical farm is a world-changing innovation whose time has come. Dickson Despommier's visionary book provides a blueprint for securing the world's food supply and at the same time solving one of the gravest environmental crises facing us today."--Sting
Imagine a world where...
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL (R) THE SPARK
Igniting the Creative Fire That Lives Within Us All
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Creativity and innovation are widely recognized as essential to success in business, and so many aspects of our lives. For over two decades, Cirque du Soleil has been a world-renowned laboratory of creativity, enthralling audiences around the world by fusing dazzling acrobatics, staging and choreography,...
Grocery
The Buying and Selling of Food in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
In Grocery, bestselling author Michael Ruhlman offers incisive commentary on America's relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it—the grocery store.
In a culture obsessed with food—how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good...
Your Happiness Was Hacked
Why Tech Is Winning the Battle to Control Your Brain--and How to Fight Back
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
“Technology is a great servant but a terrible master. This is the most important book ever written about one of the most significant aspects of our lives—the consequences of our addiction to online technology and how we can liberate ourselves and our children from it.”
**—Dean Ornish, M.D....
The New Wild West
Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations—until the frackers arrived. The oil companies moved into Williston, overtaking the town and setting off a boom that America hadn’t seen since the Gold Rush. Workers from all over the country descended, chasing jobs that promised them...
Blood & Oil
A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
PEN/West Award Finalist
" Told with energy, perception and great charm. . . . For anyone who wants to . . . gain insight into the great cultural and political richness of Iran, past, present and future, this book is a marvelous introduction."
--Fred...
The China Price
The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
In this landmark work of investigative reporting, former Financial Times correspondent Alexandra Harney uncovers a story of immense significance to us all: how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, environment, and future. Harney's firsthand reporting brings...
The Change Function
Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2006
The ultimate guide to predicting winners and losers in high technology
Pip Coburn became famous for writing some of the liveliest reports on Wall Street. He quoted everyone from Machiavelli to HAL, Anaïs Nin to Yoda, Einstein to Gandhi. But along with the quirky writing, he consistently...
The Idealist.org Handbook to Building a Better World
How to Turn Your Good Intentions into Actions that Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
From the world?s largest nonprofit networking website?a resource that gives readers the tools they need to make a difference.
Part career guide, part activist?s handbook, The Idealist.org Handbook to Building a Better World provides tools and inspiration for anyone who wants to make a difference...