Andrew: 10354 books
The Celebration Chronicles
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney's New Town
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Scholar and iconoclast Andrew Ross spent a year living in the much scrutinized, and often demonized, Celebration--the picture-perfect town that Disney is building for 20,000 people in the swamp and scrub of central Florida. Lavishly planned with a downtown center and newly minted antique homes, and...
Kickstart
How Successful Canadians Got Started
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2008
In 2005, recent graduates Alex Herman, Paul Matthews, and Andrew Feindel realized they werent entirely sure where they were going in life. Then they had an idea. Over the next two years, they interviewed 70 well-known Canadians and asked them how they got started. The answers they found were not always...
Prince Eddy
The King Britain Never Had
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Prince Albert Victor, King Edward Vll's (r. 1901–10) first son and heir to the throne, popularly known as Eddy, has virtually been airbrushed out of history. Eddy was as popular and charismatic a figure in his own time as Princess Diana a century later. As in her case, his sudden death in 1892 resulted...
by Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
A New York Times Bestseller. A “fascinating” (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times) look at how digital technology is transforming our work and our lives.
In recent years, Google’s autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBM’s Watson trounced the best human...
The Resilience Factor
7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2003
Resilience is a crucial ingredient–perhaps the crucial ingredient–to a happy, healthy life. More than anything else, it's what determines how high we rise above what threatens to wear us down, from battling an illness, to bolstering a marriage, to carrying on after a national crisis. Everyone...
One Mile Under
A Ty Hauck Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
In New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross's propulsive thriller, set amid the drought-stricken oil country of Colorado's beautiful high plains, Ty Hauck makes his long-awaited return rallying beaten-down farmers and ranchers against a giant energy company in a deadly confrontation involving...
Millionaire Teacher
The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Adopt the investment strategy that turned a school teacher into a millionaire
Millionaire Teacher shows you how to achieve financial independence through smart investing — without being a financial wizard. Author Andrew Hallam was a high school English teacher. He became a debt-free millionaire...
Eating History
Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Food expert and celebrated food historian Andrew F. Smith recounts-in delicious detail-the creation of contemporary American cuisine. The diet of the modern American wasn't always as corporate, conglomerated, and corn-rich as it is today, and the style of American cooking, along with the ingredients...
by Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
“A clear and crisply written account of machine intelligence, big data and the sharing economy. But McAfee and Brynjolfsson also wisely acknowledge the limitations of their futurology and avoid over-simplification.” —Financial Times
In The Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson...
by Andrew Bird
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2012
At some point every manager has to deal with an employee performance management issue. managing employee performance comes with its own set of challenges and anxieties. More than most other leadership/management issues, employee performance management can be one of those issues that keep you up at...
by Andrew Leckey
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
“[The editors] cast their net wide, picking up some excellent stories from nontraditional sources that even avid readers of the business press may have missed.”–USA Today, on the 2001 edition
Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Ken Auletta have scoured the print media, consulted...
by Andrew Hupert
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Conflict management in Chinese business. Negotiating in China means dealing with conflict.China is a paradox when it comes to conflict and disagreement. Local Chinese talk about harmony, but seem quick to enter into disputes. They put a premium on “preserving face” but don’t seem to care about...
Fast Boat to China
Corporate Flight and the Consequences of Free Trade; Lessons from Shanghai
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
Most Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America.Yet few people know much about the other end — about...
Determined
A Lifetime of Love and Hate, War and Peace ... And What the Water Moccasin Taught Me
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
A personal, inspiring memoir of Felker Ward Jr., an Atlanta, Georgia, legal, business, community and military legend. He is also a husband, father of four and grandfather. Introduction by former Atlanta Mayor and United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young. Includes dozens of photos.