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Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (22 hr., 50 min.))
Language
English
Description
Understanding wealth in the United States--who has it, how they acquired it, and how they preserve it--is crucial to addressing the economic and political challenges facing the nation. But until now we have had little reliable information. Edward Wolff, one of the world's great experts on the economics of wealth, offers an authoritative account of patterns in the accumulation and distribution of wealth since 1900.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Learn how easy it is for your market to get your message
Nowadays, if you're not tweeting, Facebooking, or blogging, what are you doing? Everyone has a Twitter account, a Facebook page, or a blog--even celebrities! With the popularity of social networking comes the need to learn about social media marketing. Social media marketing is a cheaper and highly effective way to spread up-to-the-minute news; an easy, inexpensive way to enlarge
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Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 640 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack the Führer deemed crucial to ensure Germany's economic and political survival. Operation Barbarossa, as the assault was known, was Hitler's attempt to annihilate the Soviet Union in order to fulfill the Nazi desire for Lebensraum (living space) and to finally resolve the "Jewish question." What resulted was a devastating and barbaric campaign...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (lxvi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
PROLOGUE: Unlearning What's Untrue. SECTION I SystemsInvention: An Attempt to Improve the World Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System ModelUnderstanding Patents: An Application of the System ModelSystem Interfaces: How the Elements Work TogetherSystem Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver BulletsSECTION II Outside the BoxOutside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative ThinkingSeeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the...
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxxiv, 656 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language
English
Description
"The book provides both fundamentals as well as key concepts of sustainability. The objective is to bring together a broad range of topics including basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and socio-economic aspects of sustainability. In addition, the book also covers applications of sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, carbon cycle, infrastructural aspects. The motivation is to convince the reader...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Find success in finance, friendships, and spirituality with the advice of a well-known expert It's safe to say that nearly everyone is seeking a happier, more successful life. So then why do so few attain it? Business Secrets from the Bible proposes a new way to view and approach success-one based upon key concepts from the Bible that are actually surprisingly simple. Written especially for those seeking success in the realms of money, relationships,...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying a clock radio, selling basketball tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. More importantly, our misbehavior has serious consequences. Dismissed at first...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014, 2016.
Edition
New edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live. This volume brings together essays by distinguished historians, covering the war's causes and consequences; strategy and tactics; and its political and human legacies.
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 592 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
This book focuses on contemporary economic, design, diagnostics, and maintenance aspects of power, instrument, and high frequency transformers, which are critical to designers for a transformer stations. The text covers such topics as shell type and superconducting transformers as well as coreless PCB and planar transformers. It emphasizes challenges and strategies in transformer design and illustrates the importance of economics in transformers management...
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
Ã2007
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 288 pages)
Language
English
Description
"In The True Cost of Happiness, financial journalist Stacey Tisdale and expert financial planner Paula Boyer Kennedy combine their extensive financial experience with a powerful series of interviews and real-world stories to help you make personal money management decisions that make more sense. They begin by discussing how the factors that drive our financial choices and behavior not only run deep, but also represent the way we define ourselves....
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