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"In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs...
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Maximize performance with better dataDeveloping a successful workforce requires more than a gut check. Data can help guide your decisions on everything from where to seat a team to optimizing production processes to engaging with your employees in ways that ring true to them.People analytics is the study of your number one business asset-your people-and this book shows you how to collect data, analyze that data, and then apply your findings to create...
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In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft insider Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Microsoft's biggest projects, Berkun explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project....
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Connect to the world around you and realize the enormous potential in talking to strangersEveryday, random encounters really can change lives, when you make them happen the right way and leverage the connection at the other end. Talk to Strangers explains how to stand out and tap the potential of others by taking notice of who is standing alongside you on the bank line, the latte pickup point, or the ticket counter at the airport. David Topus' life-changing...
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While the cryptocurrency market is known for its volatility-and this volatility is often linked to the ever-changing regulatory environment of the industry-the entire cryptocurrency market is expected to reach a total value of $1 trillion this year. If you want to get in on the action, this book shows you how. Cryptocurrency Investing For Dummies offers trusted guidance on how to make money trading and investing in the top 200 digital currencies,...
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A history of Western civilization's rise to global dominance offers insight into the development of such concepts as competition, modern medicine, and the work ethic, arguing that Western dominance is being lost to cultures who are more productively utilizing Western techniques.
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One of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and '70s with classics like The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair and Bullitt, Steve McQueen is renowned as one of the most exciting and iconic actors to ever come out of Hollywood. Filled with original research, new interviews, and rare photos, this definitive biography of "the King of Cool" includes intimate details of his films, his relationships, and his struggles with addictions....
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When Samantha, the seventeen-year-old daugher of a wealthy, perfectionistic, Republican state senator, falls in love with the boy next door, whose family is large, boisterous, and just making ends meet, she discovers a different way to live, but when her mother is involved in a hit-and-run accident Sam must make some difficult choices.
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"Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither--and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a spokesperson, someone who will assert their specific needs. Renowned anthrozoologist Dr. John Bradshaw has made a career of studying human-animal interactions, and in Dog...
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Dani Keller wakes up on her Seattle houseboat, a headache building behind her eyes from the wine she drank at a party the night before. But on this particular Sunday morning, she's surprised to see that her husband, Ian, is not home. As the hours pass, Ian does not return. Irritation shifts to worry, worry slides almost imperceptibly into panic. And then, like a relentless blackness, the terrible realization hits Dani: He's gone. As the police work...
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Psy-Changeling series volume 12
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Three distant races of supernatural beings sharing very different goals must fight their emotions and true natures when their uneasy coexistence starts to erode.
14) Firestorm
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Destroyermen volume 6
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2011.
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Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy and the crew of the USS "Walker" find themselves caught between the nation they swore to defend and the allies they promised to protect.
16) Storm surge
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Destroyermen volume 8
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The Alliance is on the offensive everywhere, but its enemies have a few surprises, including new weaponry and new tactics--and a stunning geographic advantage that Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy never suspected.
17) Iron gray sea
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Destroyermen volume 7
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Matt Reddy sets off in pursuit of a rogue Japanese destroyer, the Hidoiame, while the invasion of Grik "Indiaa" begins with the Human-Lemurian Alliance fighting against the Dominion.
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A foremost "New Yorker" and "New York Times" journalist reverses three decades of thinking about what creates successful children, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail -- and of how to move individual children toward their full potential for success.