Outliers: The Story of Success List price: $39.98 26 new & used available from $21.32. In this stunning new audiobook, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, ... |
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World List price: $34.99 8 new & used available from $23.09. Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance.... |
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking List price: $39.98 32 new & used available from $19.50. Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military m... |
The Secret (Unabridged, 4-CD Set) List price: $29.95 91 new, used & collectible available from $13.99. YOU HOLD IN YOUR HANDS A GREAT SECRET.It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. Fragments of this Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. It has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history: Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Edison... |
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Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity List price: $25.00 36 new & used available from $9.00. In today's world of exponentially increased communication and responsibility, yesterday's methods for staying on top just don't work. Veteran management consultant and trainer David Allen recognizes that "time management" is useless the minute your schedule is interrupted; "setting priorities" isn't relevant when your email is down; "procrastination solutions" won't help if your goals aren't clear... |
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 List price: $24.95 25 new & used available from $14.35. In 1999, in The Return of Depression Economics, Paul Krugman surveyed the economic crises that had swept across Asia and Latin America, and pointed out that those crises were a warning for all of us: like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression were making a comeback. In the years that followed, as Wall Street boomed and financial ... |
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