White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
Boston, Mass: Beacon Press, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. More about White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
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The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
London: Penguin Books, 2008. Reprint. Paperback. Alan Greenspan wielded more power than the presidents he worked for, from Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton to George Bush and his son. He was in the command room of the world economy for longer than any other single figure. One word from him... More about The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
The New Emerging Market Multinationals: Four Strategies for Disrupting Markets and Building Brands
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. From smartphones and computers to blue jeans and beer, companies from China, India, Taiwan, Mexico, Turkey, and other emerging markets are now winning leading market shares with their own-branded, high-quality products―rather than with poorly produced products sold under others' brand names. These emerging-market... More about The New Emerging Market Multinationals: Four Strategies for Disrupting Markets and Building Brands
The Checklist Manifesto
Metropolitan Books, 2010. Hardcover. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. An intellectual adventure... More about The Checklist Manifesto
Nickel and Dimed - On (not) getting by in America
New York: Picador Modern Classics, 2017. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity. Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join... More about Nickel and Dimed - On (not) getting by in America
Quantum Learning: Unleashing the Genius In You
New York: Delta/Dell Publishing, 1992. Softcover. More about Quantum Learning: Unleashing the Genius In You
Prediction: How to See and Shape the Future With Game Theory
London: Vintage Books, 2009. Reprint. Paperback. From international terrorism to corporate fraud, from climate change to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has been predicting the future for decades. Using Game Theory (a theory based on the rationale that everyone acts in their own self-interest) he can foretell and... More about Prediction: How to See and Shape the Future With Game Theory
Give & Take: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, Publishers, 1974. First Edition, Fourteenth Printing. Hardcover. More about Give & Take: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics
Japanese Society
Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1995. First Tuttle Edition, Tenth Printing (Japanese edition). Paperback. Includes publisher's promotional wrap-around band in Japanese. This short work presents a configuration of the important elements to be found in contemporary Japanese social life, and attempts to shed new light on Japanese society. Nakane... More about Japanese Society
Reimagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asian's Next Superpower
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. More about Reimagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asian's Next Superpower
Writers on Organizations
Harmondsworth: Penguin Modern Management Texts, 1977. Second Edition. Paperback. An illuminating overview of the field of organization studies through the views of leading writers whose ideas are presently the subject of much interest and debate. Authors Derek S. Pugh and David J. Hickson do a masterful job of capturing the... More about Writers on Organizations
Letters to a Young Chef
New York: BasicBooks, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. More about Letters to a Young Chef
Big Dragon - China's Future: What It Means for Business, the Economy, and the Global Order
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. In BIG DRAGON, Dan Burstein joins with China specialist Arne de Keijzer to offer a comprehensive look at China and its future. They suggest that no other country poses such significant business and political questions for the West and... More about Big Dragon - China's Future: What It Means for Business, the Economy, and the Global Order
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
New York: The Free Press, 2008. First Trade Paperback Edition. Softcover. Pulitzer Prize winner. More about The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
The Big Con: the Story of the Confidence Man
Anchor Books, 1999. “Of all the grifters, the confidence man is the aristocrat.” THE BIG CON is a casual narrative that eases you into the world of the modern (1940s) confidence man as its pages offer you true third party insight with the occasional tale or anecdote from those... More about The Big Con: the Story of the Confidence Man
Organizing for Profit in China: A Case Study Approach
New York: Writers Club Press, 2003. Softcover. More about Organizing for Profit in China: A Case Study Approach
The Design of Everyday Things
New York: Doubleday & Co, 1988. Reprint. Paperback. Previously published as The Psychology of Everyday Things. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The... More about The Design of Everyday Things
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
New York: Portfolio Penguin, 2014. First U.K. Trade Paperback Edition. Softcover. More about Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
The Personal Trainer Business Handbook
Santa Ana, CA: Pierpoint-Martin, 2003. Softcover. Outsized. More about The Personal Trainer Business Handbook
By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Hardcover. More about By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World
The Trumps: The Generations That Built an Empire
New York: Touchstone, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. More about The Trumps: The Generations That Built an Empire
You Can Profit From a Monetary Crisis
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. First Edition, Sixth Printing (stated). Hardcover. More about You Can Profit From a Monetary Crisis
On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: John Z. De Lorean's Look Inside the Automotive Giant
New York: Avon Publications, Inc., 1980. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. More about On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: John Z. De Lorean's Look Inside the Automotive Giant
The American Challenge
See annotation, 1968. Hardcover. Appears to be a Taiwanese pirated edition. Sold for its collectible value only since cannot guarantee accuracy of contents. From the front cover: A startling report on the impact of American Industry, Technology and Culture on Europe and the World. Translated from the French by Ronald Steel. More about The American Challenge
