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by Edward O. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
“Brimming with ideas. . . . The Origins of Creativity approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out.”—Economist
In a stirring exploration of human nature recalling his foundational work Consilience, Edward O. Wilson offers a “luminous”...
The Poetic Species
A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Provides a manifesto for activists in education and conservation—as Wilson and Hass explain how the close observation of nature, which is central to both poetry and science, can rouse the conservationist in all of us, the conversation becomes a powerful treatise on the necessity of achieving consilience...
Inside Bruegel
The Play of Images in Children's Games
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 1997
In this brilliant, original and lavishly illustrated book, Edward Snow undertakes an inquiry into a single painting by the Flemish master Peter Bruegel the Elder—the kaleidoscopic Children's Games—in order to unlock the secrets of the great painter's art.
by Edward E. Rochon
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
A brief preface mentions the fear mongering on YouTube about America's imminent collapse. Chapter 1 discusses the basic value of money. Currency divided by goods supplies the unit of value. Counter to current business cycles, money actually deflates during boom time and inflates in recession. The...
Tell Me How You Love the Picture
A Hollywood Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Edward S. Feldman's legendary career began in advertising and publicity at 20th Century-Fox in the 1950s, and from there he worked his way up to executive studio positions within Seven Arts, Filmways, and Warner Brothers. Following this, he has spent the last twenty-five years as a successful, Academy...
by Edward Luce
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
One of the Washington Post’s 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2017. An Amazon Top 100 book of the year. A Financial Times and Economist best book of the year. Selected for a Kindle Daily Deal in January 2018.
In the run-up to hardcover publication, Luce published an op-ed on the British...
Commodore
The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Armed with a trove of previously unreleased archives, Edward J. Renehan Jr. offers a compelling portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built large shipping and rail enterprises into cornerstones of the American economy, and amassed one of the greatest fortunes the world has ever known. This is the...
The Epic of New York City
A Narrative History
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
In swift, witty chapters that flawlessly capture the pace and character of New York City, acclaimed diarist Edward Robb Ellis presents his masterpiece: a thorough, and thoroughly readable, history of America's largest metropolis. Ellis narrates some of the most significant events of the past three...
Force of Nature
The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
What happens when a renowned river guide teams up with the CEO of one of the largest and least Earth-friendly corporations in the world? When it's former Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott and white-water expert turned sustainability consultant Jib Ellison, the result is nothing less than a green business...
by Edward L. Bernays
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Public relations as described in this volume is, among other things, society’s solution to problems of maladjustment that plague an overcomplex world. All of us, individuals or organizations, depend for survival and growth on adjustment to our publics.
Publicist Edward L. Bernays offers here...
by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
A look into the darker side of tycoon Armand Hammer. Dr. Hammer was a man skilled in bribing world leaders and collecting old masters and young mistresses.
The Hollywood Economist 2.0
The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
A fully revised edition of the popular guide to Hollywood finances, updated to reflect even newer films and trends
In a Freakonomics-meets-Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood’s “invisible money machine,” probing the dazzlingly...
The China Strategy
Harnessing the Power of the World's Fastest-Growing Economy
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
No major enterprise or financial institution can avoid doing business with China—if not directly, then through myriad hidden connections. Global businesses either use Chinese resources or sell to and in China or compete with companies that do.
Because there's no avoiding China, business leaders...
Nothin' but Blue Skies
The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of America's Industrial Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region became the "arsenal of democracy†?-the greatest manufacturing center in the world-in the years during and after World War II thanks to natural advantages and a welcoming culture. Decades of unprecedented prosperity followed, memorably punctuated by riots,...