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Cover of Breaking the Sheep's Back
by Charles Massy
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016

The 10-billion-dollar collapse of the wool industry is considered one of Australia's biggest business disasters, and for the first time, the shocking true story behind this colossal collapse is revealed. Spanning 170 years from the birth of the industry in 1840 and its boom during the 1950s through...
Cover of The Life and Times of a Brown Paper Bag
by Kevin Milne
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010

Beloved television star of Fair Go, Kevin Milne's bestselling memoir is funny, insightful, incisive, moving and all-round entertaining. He talks of his long television career - 40 years - including 25 years of the long-running, top-rating Fair Go. Kevin writes in a relaxed, laconic style that draws...
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Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out

Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

by Josh Noel
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018

Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago brewpub in the late 1980s, and it soon became one of the most inventive breweries in the world. In the golden age of light, bland and cheap beers, John Hall and his son Greg brought European flavors to America. With distribution in two dozen states, two...
Cover of Current Issues in Convention and Exhibition Facility Development
by Robert R. Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

Increase tourism in your community by designing and expanding your local convention and exposition services! This book provides you with solutions to the issues that can arise during the planning and production phases of constructing a facility as part of a community’s tourism infrastructure....
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Tourism Management

An Introduction

by Clare Inkson, Lynn Minnaert
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018

An introductory text that gives its reader a strong understanding of the dimensions of tourism, the industries of which it is comprised, the issues that affect its success, and the management of its impact on destination economies, environments and communities. Now in a full colour design,...
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The Death of Holden

The bestselling account of the decline of Australian manufacturing

by Royce Kurmelovs
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016

Holden is one of the few brands that has an emotional grip on Australia (Qantas being another). The closure of the Holden factory in Adelaide is not just the end of a business - it's the end of an era, of a story, and of a great Australian dream. When Holden signalled that it would close its...
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Africa: Crude Continent

The Struggle for Africa's Oil Prize

by Duncan Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010

Based on thirty years in the global oil game, intimate knowledge of African history and direct experience of over forty countries, this comprehensive book shows that Africa's flaws are not the whole story, when it comes to the continent's history. A definitive yet original account of the rush for...
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Burn Out

The Endgame for Fossil Fuels

by Dieter Helm
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017

An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of...
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Maîtriser l'art du storytelling

Techniques et astuces pour être plus convaincant

by Nicolas Martin, 50Minutes.fr
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2015

Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre les essentiels du storytelling Le storytelling, cette technique de narration principalement appliquée à la politique et à la communication d’entreprise, n’a pas encore fini de faire parler de lui, vu les nouvelles possibilités qu’il...
Cover of Zippo Manufacturing Company
by Linda L. Meabon
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003

The Zippo Manufacturing Company was founded in 1932 in Bradford by George G. Blaisdell, who designed the first Zippo lighter in 1933; since then, Zippo has produced nearly four hundred million lighters. The product line eventually expanded to include tape measures and pocket knives. Zippo entered the...
Cover of Summary and Analysis of Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment
by Worth Books
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Streaming, Sharing, Stealing tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Michael D. Smith’s and Rahul Telang’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need...
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Road to Rust

The Disintegration of the Steel Industry in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio

by Dale Richard Perelman
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018

As the twentieth century dawned on western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, the region's steel industry faced a struggle for unionism. Unionists like Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, Samuel Gompers and Gus Hall battled for fair wages, hours and working conditions. Strong managers like Judge Elbert Gary...
Cover of Sebastopol's Gravenstein Apple Industry
by Western Sonoma County Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011

The Gravenstein apple has been etched into the identity of Sebastopol, California, which is one of the few places on earth to have extensively grown this elusive apple. The Gravenstein is an early apple whose only failing is perishability, but it is celebrated for its superior flavor. Yet Luther Burbank...
Cover of Wineries of the Gold Country
by Sarah Lunsford
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013

Say the words �California Gold Rush,� and images of miners plying glittering gold from streams and mines come to mind. But there is a larger story in the California Gold Country than just the discovery of this precious metal. Immigrants from around the world rushed into the area, bringing with them...
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