Marc: 4072 books
Me to We
Finding Meaning in a Material World
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
For everyone who has ever yearned for a better life and a better world, Craig and Marc Kielburger share a blueprint for personal and social change; with stories drawn from over a decade of their experience as international change-makers, the Kielburgers reveal that a more fulfilling path is ours for...
Compassionate Capitalism
How Corporations Can Make Doing Good an Integral Part of Doing Well
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2004
The coauthors are uniquely suited to bring this important issue to light. Marc Benioff is CEO and chairman of Salesforce.com foundation. Salesforce.com has received the Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Service by the Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network and the...
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing software company in less than a decade? For the first time, Marc Benioff, the visionary founder, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, tells how he and his team created and used new business, technology,...
Trump Revealed
An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
A comprehensive biography of Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner in the presidential election campaign. Trump Revealed will be reported by a team of award-winning Washington Post journalists and co-authored by investigative political reporter Michael Kranish and senior editor Marc Fisher.
Trump...
Nobody Likes You
Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2006
The full story of the rise and spectacular comeback of the band hailed as the saviors of punk rock and the next U2
It's hard to believe that in early 2004 Green Day was considered over--the band was still together, but they were dismissed as a strictly 90s phenomenon, incapable of re-creating...
Back From The Brink
Ireland's Road to Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
We're in the midst of a global economic crisis and a domestic economic disaster.
But enough of the hand-wringing. Where did this all come from, where are we now and, most importantly, what's going to happen next?
In a compelling and jargon-free argument, economist Marc Coleman makes...
by Marc R. Matrana
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South, Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other rare documents to tell the story of sixty of...
Lost Plantation
The Rise and Fall of Seven Oaks
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2006
Along the fertile banks of the Mississippi River across from New Orleans, planter Camille Zeringue transformed a mediocre colonial plantation into a thriving gem of antebellum sugar production, complete with a columned mansion known as Seven Oaks. Under the moss-strewn oaks, the privileged master...
What So Proudly We Hailed
Francis Scott Key, A Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
What So Proudly We Hailed is the first full-length biography of Francis Scott Key in more than 75 years. In this fascinating look at early America, historian Marc Leepson explores the life and legacy of Francis Scott Key. Standing alongside Betsy Ross, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, and...
An Extraordinary Time
The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
The decades after World War II were a golden age across much of the world. It was a time of economic miracles, an era when steady jobs were easy to find and families could see their living standards improving year after year. And then, around 1973, the good times vanished. The world economy slumped...
The Pretender
My Life Undercover for the FBI
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Of all the tools available to law enforcement, the living, breathing undercover operative remains the gold standard. This is true in TV shows and in the real world. In the era of electronic surveillance, UC work enforces accountability; it prevents mistakes, and of all the boots on the ground, undercover...
by Marc J. Schiller
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Why are so many IT leaders battling to prove the value of IT; frustrated that their accomplishments are not recognized; and left out of their businesses strategic decision-making forums? Marc J. Schiller argues in The 11 Secrets of Highly Influential Leaders that the key to understanding the problem...
Brain Gain
Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
"In an age where the answer to every question is at your fingertips, where does the human brain fit in?"
In one hand-held object, we are able to manage all of our calendars, documents, and interpersonal relationships with such ease that many people are lost when forced to do perform...
Joining a Nonprofit Board
What You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Praise for Joining a Nonprofit Board
""As an individual who has served on various nonprofit boards, and as the president and CEO of a large nonprofit organization, I can attest to how valuable this book is. Marc Epstein and Warren McFarlan offer insight into the expectations of nonprofit...