Tantor Media
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
p2020
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (03 hr., 58 min.)
Language
English
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a firehose of information (much of it wrong) and an avalanche of opinions (many of them ill-founded). Most of us are so distracted by the everyday awfulness that we don't see the broader issues in play. In this book, economist Joshua Gans steps back from the short-term chaos to take a clear and systematic look at how economic choices are being made in response to COVID-19. He shows that containing the virus and...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
℗2017
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (15 hr., 15 min.)
Language
English
Description
A riveting account of the birth and remarkable evolution of the most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the ultimate history of video games. From its origins in the research labs of the 1940s to the groundbreaking success of the Wii, Replay sheds new light on gaming's past. Along the way it takes in the spectacular rise and fall of Atari, the crazed cottage industry spawned by the computers of Sir Clive Sinclair, Japan's...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
Â2018
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (6 hr., 21 min.)
Language
English
Description
Are you tired of leadership that claims to want an innovative culture but in fact throws up internal roadblocks against any new initiatives' If you're a frustrated employee banging your head up against the same brick wall, then Rebel at Work is the book for you. The problem with bestselling leadership, innovation, and business books on the market is that they are written for executive leadership. Rebel at Work is for the employee who does the actual...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
p2020
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (13 hr., 40 min.)
Language
English
Description
Get Your Piece of the Hottest Business Online Today! Affiliate marketing is your route to earning some serious bucks. Thousands of companies both large and small like Amazon, Sears, Best Buy, Overstock, Lowe's, Priceline, and others have programs so you can profit from the thousands of products they offer. Affiliate marketing is ideal for bloggers looking to monetize their work. This is a multibillion-dollar market, and there are over 10 million people...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
℗2017
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (11 hr., 46 min.)
Language
English
Description
In the 1980s and 1990s many in the West came to believe in the myth of an East-Asian economic miracle, with countries seen as not just development prodigies but as a unified bloc, culturally and economically similar, and inexorably on the rise. In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell distills extensive research into the economics of nine countries-Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China-into an accessible...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
Â2017
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (10 hr., 19 min.)
Language
English
Description
Imagine a robotic stuffed animal that can read and respond to a child's emotional state or a commercial that can change based on a customer's facial expression. Heart of the Machine explores the next giant step in the relationship between humans and technology: the ability of computers to recognize, respond to, and even replicate emotions. Computers have long been integral to our lives, and their advances continue at an exponential rate. Many believe...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
Â2020
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (9 hr., 43 min.)
Language
English
Description
How do you become a world-class consultant'This is the question on the minds of thousands of young consultants as they graduate from the classrooms of the world's business schools to the offices of top consulting firms. Yet, few of them have been formally trained on the concepts that elevate consultants to the top of their field. Drawing on his experience as a senior partner at a multi-billion dollar consulting firm and adjunct professor at the University...
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English
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When her privileged employers become the focus of a financial scandal at the height of the economic crash, a trusted nanny finds her loyalties tested by a reporter who taps her as an insider with unique perspectives into what various family members have hidden from each other.
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[2010]
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English
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Description
Drawing on her unique set of contacts Katie Nicholl recounts the royal brothers' extraordinary lives and reveals William and Harry's real characters as they become front line soldiers and modern princes. Over her eight years as a journalist, Katie has infiltrated the princes' inner circle, enabling her to break scoop after scoop in her column. But she has kept the true story for this revealing dual biography.
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English
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show is one of the most beloved television shows of all time. It was an inspiration to a generation of women who wanted to have it all in an era when everything seemed possible. Mary and Lou and Rhonda and Ted tells the stories behind the making of this popular classic, introducing the groundbreaking female writers who lent real-life stories to their tv scripts; the men who created the indelible characters; the lone woman network...
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English
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"Dynamic young Stanford biologist Nathan Wolfe reveals the surprising origins of the world's most deadly viruses, and how we can overcome catastrophic pandemics. In The Viral Storm, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by side through history; how deadly viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu almost wiped us out in the past; and why modern life has made our species vulnerable to...
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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"The once little known condition of hoarding has become a household phrase-- in part due to the popularity of the Emmy Award-- winning television show Hoarders, which has captivated audiences with its stark and heartbreaking look at the people who suffer from this paralyzing condition. Our fascination with hoarding stems, according to Dr. Robin Zasio, from the fact that we all fall somewhere on the hoarding continuum. From compulsive shoppers to hobbyists...
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English
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Land Killer Internships--and Make the Most of Them!
These days, a college resume without internship experience is considered "naked." Indeed, statistics show that internship experience leads to more job offers with highersalaries--and in this tough economy, college grads need all the help they can get.
Enter Lauren Berger, internships expert and CEO of Intern Queen, Inc., whose comprehensive guide reveals insider
100) The Tao of Pooh
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English
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Benjamin Hoff shows that the philosophy of Winnie-the-Pooh is amazingly consistent with the principles of Taoism and demonstrates how to use these principles in daily life.