Ft Press imprint: 1284 books
Invention Isn't Everything
Consumer Design Rules
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from From Concept to Consumer: How to Turn Ideas Into Money (9780137137473) by Phil Baker. Available in print and digital formats. The invention is often just 5% of what’s involved in making a product succeed.... I remember my first day at Polaroid in June 1967. I...
In-House SEO
Taming the Challenges to Win in Search
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Take charge of SEO in your organization: do what it takes to get outstanding search results that translate into improved business performance! World-renowned search strategist Melanie Mitchell covers everything you need to know to build a rock-solid foundation for search success in your organization....
Seeds of Destruction
Why the Path to Economic Ruin Runs Through Washington, and How to Reclaim American Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
If you think the current administration is mismanaging the economy straight towards disaster, you're not alone: so do two top economists from both sides of the political aisle. In Seeds of Destruction, former Bush chief White House economist R. Glenn Hubbard and well-known CNBC commentator Peter Navarro...
It's Time to Redefine Success
Building a Career That's Built to Last
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
This Element is an excerpt from Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters (ISBN: 9780132287517) by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson. Available in print and digital formats. Discover why conventional definitions of success can poison you and learn the three elements of real...
by James O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Confident Presenting (9780132354967) by James O’Rourke. Available in print and digital formats. Understand the nonverbal messages you’re sending, control them, and make them work for you! Less than a third of the meaning transferred in a personal...
The Natural Gas Revolution
At the Pivot of the World's Energy Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Robert W. Kolb reveals how new gas resources are transforming the global energy industry, redistributing economic and geopolitical power in stunning ways. Kolb’s The Natural Gas Revolution explains the new promise of natural gas to stimulate economies and enrich human life — and objectively assesses...
Chinese Counterfeiting and Piracy
Real Dangers to Your Health and Our Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
This Element is an excerpt from The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won (ISBN: 9780132359825) by Peter Navarro. Available in print and digital formats. China’s massive commercial piracy and counterfeiting industries: how they work and how they hurt you. ...
by David P. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (9780137019960) by David P. Clark. Available in print and digital formats.¿ Why do some survive disease while others die--and how does humanity develop...
Energy Futures
What Traders Need to Know about the Energy Market
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
An up-to-date primer on the energy markets: everything you must know before you trade. There is no singular energy market. There are many different versions and subsets of energy: Any trader who wants to invest has many choices. The best one depends on acceptable risk levels, perceptions of...
Investing in Coal
The World's Workhorse
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from The Rise of the State: Profitable Investing and Geopolitics in the 21st Century (9780137153879) by Yiannis G. Mostrous, Elliott H. Gue, and David F. Dittman. Available in print and digital formats. Coal: Understand it,...
by Karl S. Drlica, David S. Perlin
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis (9780131387737) by Karl Drlica and David S. Perlin. Available in print and digital formats. The truth behind the headlines: What antibiotic resistance...
Make More, Worry Less
Secrets from 18 Extraordinary People Who Created a Bigger Income and a Better Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2008
Make More. Worry Less. Everyone wants to do that—but how? And how can you do it within the organization, where most people will spend their entire working lives? This book has the answers. No academic theory here: Make More, Worry Less brings together 18 riveting stories from people who’ve achieved...
Out of Water
From Abundance to Scarcity and How to Solve the World's Water Problems
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2010
From cities to biofuels, competition for water is accelerating. Climate change threatens to intensify the onset and severity of the water crisis in several regions of the developing world: this is already happening throughout much of Asia, the Mediterranean, southwestern Australia, and the southwestern...
by Cathy Fyock
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Hiring the Best (9780132381864) by Cathy Fyock. Available in print and digital formats. How to ferret out and avoid “scam-didates”: job candidates who flat-out lie about their credentials and experience....