Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data--including facts such as this: Americans spend $36 million an hour at Wal-Mart stores--this text is an intimate look at a business tha...

From the New York Times perfume critic, a stylish, fascinating, unprecedented insidera (TM)s view of an industry and its charismatic characters.

Bestselling author Bethany McLean reveals the true story of fracking's impact -- on Wall Street, the economy and geopolitics.The technology of fracking in shale rock -- particularly in the Permian Basin in Texas -- has transformed Ame...

An unprecedented up-close-and-personal look at the trio of tycoons whose high-stakes gambles-in business-make Sin City soar.Steve Wynn. Kirk Kerkorian. Dr. Gary Loveman. The first two are world-famous for their flamboyant, often outra...

When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to b...

The frightening truth about the modern food system. The bestselling author of The End of Oil turns his attention to food and finds that the system we've entrusted with meeting one of our most basic needs is dramatically failing us. Wi...

A journalist explores the science and business of aging and the people who are revolutionizing the way we grow old.

You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What...

Here are two well-known facts:Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the world as we know it.The United States has long been, and remains, the global leader in AI.That first fact is correct. But in his provocative new book, Dr. Kai-Fu L...

P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"Ranging from colossal Californian supermarkets to wrecked Indian paddy fields and bankrupt African coffee farms, this audio edition of the bestselling book scrutinizes the global food network. Wi...

The Definitive Guide to Twitter Success Fully Updated and ExpandedFEATURING new statistics, strategies, and case studiesYou're busy and you don't have time to decipher the confusing world of Twitter. In less than two hours, Mark Schae...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, the CEO of Starbucks recounts the story and leadershiplessons behind the global coffee company's comeback In 2008, Howard Schultz decided to return as the CEO of Starbucks to help restore its fin...

In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues ...

When will you get a real career? When will you stop working nights and weekends? When do you plan to use your college degree?If you work in retail, these are questions you often hear. Does this make you feel like the career you lov...

Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a te...

ITIL® 4 is the latest evolution of the leading best-practice framework for ITSM (IT service management). It has been significantly updated from ITIL v3 and addresses new ITSM challenges, includes new technologies and incorporates ...

This is the companion workbook to Joel Anderson's main book, The Nuts and Bolts of Erecting a Contracting Empire, which has been developed to help those in the construction, contracting, and tradesman industry take their business to t...

"The Driver: Stories Behind Closed Car Doors," by anonymous, is a great book. It is a collection of stories about the events of Johnny's life as a ride-sharing Driver. Straight out of High School, Johnny embarks on his journey of a li...

"The fullest account yet of the rise of one of the most profitable, most powerful, and oddest businesses the world has ever seen." -San Francisco Chronicle Just eleven years old, Google has profoundly transformed the way we ...

Do you need more sales through your online store? Retail Shock Therapy is packed with the latest insights into how you can win customers online. It provides a roadmap for you to objectively analyze your online business products and se...

In this “meticulously reported and often disturbing exposé of the travel industry.\" (The New York Times Book Review), Elizabeth Becker describes the dimensions of this industry and its huge effect on the world economy, the...

Charlotte Beers is proof that women can achieve power, pride, and joy at work—despite the odds. In the highly competitive and often cutthroat world of advertising, Charlotte became the first female ever to head two giant, multinati...

When you opened your retail store, the focus was on inventory, social media and gaining an audience of customers who wanted to buy from you. The drive you had got you to now, a moment in your business journey where everything is start...

You want to open a fashion truck? Here's how! You want open a boutique? This is the book for you! And most importantly, are you trying to decide between a fashion truck and a boutique? Read this book and get all the information you ne...

Everyone shops online these days, but there are certain experiences and products that resist the move to e-commerce. When we can order almost anything online, what compels us to make a purchase in person?By understanding how retail ha...

This visionary essay collection will teach you how to engineer a renaissance, it will provide new terms and concepts for thinking about collaboration and narrative in VR, it will show you the shape of reality to come, and how you can ...

An automotive and tech world insider investigates the quest to develop and perfect the driverless car—an innovation that promises to be the most disruptive change to our way of life since the smartphoneWe stand on the brink of a tec...

The United States and China are locked in a “cold tech war,” and the winner will end up dominating the twenty-first century.\r\n\r\nBeijing was not considered a tech contender a decade ago. Now, some call it a leader. Amer...

"Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast FoodNation did for burgers and fries."-Katha Pollitt  Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target t...

Flora Delaney, retail expert and consultant helps retailers across the globe improve their business. And she says retail success comes from just 7 Timeless Principles.Each chapter dives into real-world examples of how stores capture o...