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Shale Boom, Shale Bust: The Myth of S...

Dan Dicker

Just about everyone has heard something about the 'revolution' in shale oil. Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of rock formations unique to the United States offers the promise of cheap and abundant energy, terrific economic growth and ...

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Published: Jun 2015

High Spirits: The Legacy Bars of San ...

J. K. Dineen

The best places to imbibe in San Francisco Community, heritage, architecture-oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco's Legacy Bars. High Spirits leads readers on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood pub crawl in s...

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Published: Oct 2015

The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's ...

Turney Duff

New York Times BestsellerThe Buy Side, by former Galleon Group trader Turney Duff, portrays an after-hours Wall Street culture where drugs and sex are rampant and billions in trading commissions flow to those who dangle the most entic...

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Published: Jun 2014

War at the Wall Street Journal: Insid...

Sarah Ellison

This is a tale about big business, an imploding dynasty, a mogul at war, and a deal that sums up an era of change. The main character, rocked by feuding factions and those who would remake it, is the Wall Street Journal, which affects...

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Published: May 2010

The Hollywood Economist 2.0: The Hidd...

Edward Jay Epstein

A fully revised edition of the popular guide to Hollywood finances, updated to reflect even newer films and trendsIn a Freakonomics-meets-Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hol...

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Published: Jan 2012

Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of t...

Jack Ewing

"A rich history of a company whose cars, for better and worse, have touched millions of lives, a character study of a brilliant but deeply flawed leader, and a case study in how a corporate culture can turn toxic." ―Bethan...

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Published: May 2018

Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the Ne...

Doug Fine

An in-depth look at the legal cannabis industry and how the "new green economy" is shaping our country The nation's economy is in trouble, but one cash crop has the potential to turn it around: cannabis. ABC News reports ...

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Published: Jul 2013

Raising Chickens For Beginners 2022-2...

Small Footprint Press

Your dream of raising your very own organic chickens is just around the corner! Getting started has never been easier... Backyard homesteading is a trend that is on the rise, and for good reason. One of the most engaging and val...

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Published: Oct 2021

The Backyard Homestead 2022-2023: Ste...

Small Footprint Press

Enjoy your meals from the sanctuary of your own home, knowing everything has been raised with tender love and care. Have you been thinking about all the various ways you seem to waste both time, energy, and money doing and paying f...

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Published: Oct 2021

All Electric America: A Climate Solut...

S. Freeman

The modern day Edisons have done their job.  We need not wait any longer.  We are poised to wake up to a world running completely on renewable energy.  Waiting any longer is like saying we shouldn't have used the personal computer...

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Published: Jan 2016

The Big Picture: The Fight for the Fu...

Ben Fritz

A Los Angeles Times Bestseller Winner of the Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at the 2018 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards"Ben Fritz crafts an electrifying and essential book that carefully chronicles how Hollywood trad...

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Published: Feb 2019

Foodie's Guide to London, A

Cara Frost-Sharratt

A beautifully photographed selection of over 100 of the capital s finest food shops and experiences. A Foodie s Guide to London is the must-have addition to every food lover s bookshelf. With its comprehensive low-down on the food sho...

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Published: May 2015

Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Ra...

Antonio Garcia Martinez

The instant New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback featuring a new chapter from the author.  An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Business Insider Top 20 Business Book of the Year • An Inc. Best Book of the Year ...

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Published: Jul 2018

Life After Google: The Fall of Big Da...

George Gilder

You can say goodbye to today's Internet, New York Times bestselling author George Gilder says.Soon the current model of aggregated free content populated with "value-subtracted" advertising will die a natural death, due, of ...

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Published: Oct 2017

Money for Nothing: How CEOs and Board...

John Gillespie

The world of CEOs and boards has become an entitled insiders' club—virtually free of accountability—and the abject failure of our corporate leaders to police themselves is costing Americans trillions and seriously undermining the ...

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Published: Jan 2011

Young, Fun & Financially Free: Live t...

Leanna Haakons

Young, Fun & Financially Free Live the good life now and build a kick-ass future!Does the thought of budgeting and retirement leave you frustrated and uninspired?Sadly, our culture promotes consumer spending and instant gratification ...

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Published: Dec 2017

Revenue Superstar!: The Simple Rules ...

Johan Hammer

Being a revenue manager in the hotel industry requires mastering complex systems, keeping abreast of evolving technologies and adapting to continuous change. To be successful, the best revenue managers repeatedly ask difficult questio...

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Published: Jul 2016

Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the...

Tim Higgins

A WALL STREET JOURNALBUSINESS BESTSELLER• The riveting inside story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car—from award-winning Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins.   &l...

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Published: Aug 2022

American Icon: Alan Mulally and the F...

Bryce G. Hoffman

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE EPIC TURNAROUND OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CEO ALAN MULALLY. At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward rui...

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Published: Feb 2013

Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straig...

John Hofmeister

As president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister was known for being a straight shooter, willing to challenge his peers throughout the industry. Now, he's a man on a mission, the founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy, crisscrossing the ...

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Published: May 2016

Conspiracy: A True Story of Power, Se...

Ryan Holiday

An NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018!A Sunday Times of London Pick of the PaperbacksA stunning story about how power works in the modern age--the book the New York Times called "one helluva page-turner" and The Sunday Tim...

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Published: Jun 2019

Can We Feed the World Without Destroy...

Eric Holt-Gimenez

Nearly a third of the world's population suffers from hunger or malnutrition. Feeding them – and the projected population of 10 billion people by 2050 – has become a high-profile challenge for states, philanthropists, and even the...

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Published: Dec 2018

Paradise Destroyed: The Destruction o...

Gregg Hubner

Wind energy. It's free. It's green. It's healthy. It's sustainable. And it's lucrative for property-owners. If only this popular narrative were true.In Paradise Destroyed, Gregg Hubner fully exposes wind energy development for what it...

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Published: Jul 2017

Door to Door: The Magnificent, Madden...

Edward Humes

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Garbology explores the hidden and costly wonders of our buy-it-now, get-it-today world of transportation, revealing the surprising truths, mounting challenges, and logistical magic b...

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Published: May 2017

Crash Course: The American Automobile...

Paul Ingrassia

With an updated Afterword by the authorThis is the epic saga of the American automobile industry's rise and demise, a compelling story of hubris, missed opportunities, and self-inflicted wounds that culminates with the president of th...

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Published: Jan 2011

The Shopping Revolution

Barbara E. Kahn

Amazon disrupts everything it touches and upends any market it enters. In the era of its game-changing dominance, how can any company compete? We are just witnessing the start of the radical changes in retail that will revolutionize s...

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Published: Jun 2018

Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wea...

Jerry Kaplan

After billions of dollars and fifty years of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. As society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, Jerry Kaplan unpacks the latest advances in robotics, ma...

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Published: Mar 2016

Speech Police: The Global Struggle to...

David Kaye

"David Kaye's book is crucial to understanding the tactics, rhetoric and stakes in one of the most consequential free speech debates in human history." -- Cory Doctorow, author of Radicalized, Walkaway and Little Brother The...

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Published: Jun 2019

What's the Matter with Meat? (Food Co...

Katy Keiffer

It's been 111 years since the publication of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair's groundbreaking book on the cattle industry. Though improvements in animal welfare have been made since then, the industry has evolved to include issues Sinclair...

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Published: May 2017

Bluewater Gold Rush

Tom Kendrick

An avid Santa Barbara surfer gets into sea urchin diving as a means to explore the waves of the Channel Islands. His travels take him from the harbor of Santa Barbara to the harsh waters of the North Coast, and the shark-infested Fara...

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Published: Feb 2018
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