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Industrial Revolution for Kids
The People and Technology That Changed the World, with 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This blend of authoritative historic overview and human interest stories recounts one of the most important eras in American history This educational activity book introduces young readers to the Industrial Revolution through the people, places, and inventions of the time, from the incredibly wealthy...
The Wright Brothers for Kids
How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
This activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. At a time when most people still hadn’t ridden in an automobile, Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first powered,...
Succession
Are You Ready?
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
A leader's greatest challenge can be knowing when it's time to step aside. A great deal has been written for corporate boards on the issue of succession planning. But most executives have few resources to help guide them through the process. How do you start preparing yourself--and your successor--for...
Juice
The Creative Fuel That Drives World-Class Inventors
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Building value in our global economy increasingly demands creating new opportunities and solving new problems. In a nutshell, that's what inventors do. Just as software has driven growth and opened new markets over the past generation, invention is poised to become the X-factor for the future. With...
by Fifty Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges? Now you can find out-with Lessons Learned. Concise and engaging, each volume in this new series offers 12-14 insightful essays by top leaders in industry, the public sector, and academia on the...
by Fifty Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2007
Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges? Now you can find out-with Lessons Learned. Concise and engaging, each volume in this new series offers 12-14 insightful essays by top leaders in business, the public sector, and academia on the...
London's Burning
True Adventures on the Front Lines of Punk, 19761977
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
The summer of 1976 through the summer of 1977 was the most significant year in British rock history, when punk rock rose from a murmur on the streets to a roar of defiance that still reverberates today. This collection of vivid memories of concerts and cultural flash points focuses on what was happening...
Nine Lives of a Black Panther
A Story of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
In the early morning hours of December 8, 1969, hundreds of SWAT officers engaged in a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles–based members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). Five hours and 5,000 rounds of ammunition later, three SWAT team members and three Black Panthers lay...
The Power of Little Ideas
A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Conventional wisdom today says that to survive, companies must move beyond incremental, sustaining innovation and invest in some form of radical innovation. "Disrupt yourself or be disrupted!" is the relentless message company leaders hear. The Power of Little Ideas argues there's a "third...
by A.F. Gillotti
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
In the novel George Evans, the title character and his friend Charles Fletcher both aspire to live the alluring life of an international banker in 1960s London.
Pirate Women
The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
In the first-ever Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside—and sometimes in command of—their male counterparts....
Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out
Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
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...
Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor
The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Who’s pulling for you? Who’s got your back? Who’s putting your hat in the ring? Odds are this person is not a mentor but a sponsor. Mentors can build your self-esteem and provide a sounding board-but they’re not your ticket to the top.
If you’re interested in fast-tracking your career,...
Stop Spending, Start Managing
Strategies to Transform Wasteful Habits
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Stop Wasting Precious Time and Money
You have a complex problem at work, and you know the standard solutions: hire a consultant, enlist a superstar employee, have more meetings about it. In short, spend money and hours to dig your way out. But you’ve been down this road before-the so-called...