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Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future (.)

By: Jeff Goodell

Price: $2.98

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: May 2006

Seller ID: 165460

ISBN: 0618319409

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In the tradition of Rachel Carson and Eric Schlosser, the veteran journalist Jeff Goodell examines the danger behind President George W. Bush's recent assertion that coal is America's "economic destiny." Despite a devastating, century-long legacy that has claimed millions of lives and ravaged the environment, coal has become hot again -- and will likely get hotter. In this penetrating analysis, Goodell debunks the faulty assumptions underlying coal's revival and shatters the myth of cheap coal energy. In a compelling blend of hard-hitting investigative reporting, history, and industry asse...
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Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water

By: Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke

Price: $2.98

Publisher: New Press, The: March 2002

Seller ID: 154772

ISBN: 1565847318

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In this "chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging global crisis" ("In These Times"), Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, two of the most active opponents to the privatization of water show how, contrary to received wisdom, water mainly flows uphill to the wealthy. Our most basic resource may one day be limited: our consumption doubles every twenty years--twice the rate of population increase. At the same time, increasingly transnational corporations are plotting to control the world's dwindling water supply. In England and France, where water has already been privatized, rates have soare...
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Building Public Trust: The Future of Corporate Reporting

By: Samuel A. DiPiazza, Robert G. Eccles

Price: $1.00

Publisher: Wiley: June 2002

Seller ID: 46110

ISBN: 0471261513

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

name of previous owner written on inside front cover...
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Bull by the Horns

By: Sheila Bair

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Free Press: September 2012

Seller ID: 142700

ISBN: 1451672489

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

"When Sheila Bair took over as head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2006, the agency was probably better known for the 'FDIC' logo on the doors of the nation's banks than for anything it did. Now Bair is at the center of the financial crisis, speeding the takeover of failing banks and pressing the mortgage industry to ease loan terms . . . winning praise from Democrats and Republicans." --BLOOMBERG NEWS, October 3, 2008 Sheila Bair is widely acknowledged in government circles and the media as one of the first people to identify and accurately assess the subprime crisis. Appo...
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Chaos or Community?: Seeking Solutions, Not Scapegoats for Bad Economics

By: Holly Sklar

Price: $2.00

Publisher: South End Press: April 1995

Seller ID: 50149

ISBN: 0896085112

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story

By: Kurt Eichenwald

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Broadway: March 2005

Seller ID: 72123

ISBN: 0767911784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

From an award-winning "New York Times" reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever . . . It was the corporate collapse that appeared to come out of nowhere. In late 2001, the Enron Corporation--a darling of the financial world, a company whose executives were friends of presidents and the powerful--imploded virtually overnight, leaving vast wreckage in its wake and sparking a criminal investigation that would last for years...
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Dancing with the Tiger: Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step (Conscientious Commerce)

By: Brian Nattrass, Mary Altomare

Price: $2.00

Publisher: New Society Publishers: May 2002

Seller ID: 109557

ISBN: 086571455X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

Making social and ecological change happen is not easy. At both the planetary and organizational levels, it is a dance that is fraught with danger for both the change agents themselves and their organizations. It is like dancing with a tiger.For corporations, communities and other organizations, the choreography of the dance toward sustainability has been systematized by The Natural Step: a framework that provides the science, analysis, methodologies and tools to use in the quest for sustainability. "Dancing with the Tiger" presents the stories of individuals, teams and organizations lea...
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Exploring personality styles: A guide for better understanding yourself and your colleagues

By: Michael Singer Dobson

Price: $2.00

Publisher: SkillPath Publications: January 1999

Seller ID: 254845

ISBN: 1572941243

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Feng Shui and Money: A Nine-Week Program for Creating Wealth Using Ancient Principles and Techniques

By: Shaffert, Eric

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Allworth Press: September 2002

Seller ID: 269653

ISBN: 1581152396

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Develop wealth and prosperity using the easy-to-apply feng shui principles contained in this unique guide. Easy to understand and fun to read, this entertaining volume helps readers to connect to the spiritual and psychological dimensions of their financial lives using the proven principles of feng shui. With the history of feng shui and money for starters, the book covers the basic principles of feng shui thought, innovative suggestions for favorable interior arrangements at home and in the office, rituals to create prosperity, chi enhancement exercises, and valuable advice on how to tend to ...
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Fish! A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

By: Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Hyperion: February 2000

Seller ID: 142689

ISBN: 0786866020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Over 5 Million Copies Sold Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day. Imagine an environment in which people are truly connected to their work, to their colleagues, and to their customers. In this engrossing parable, a fictional manager is charged with the responsibility of turning a chronically unenthusiastic and unhelpful department into an effective team. Across the street from her office is Seattle's very real Pike Place Fish Market, world famous and wildly successful thanks to its fun, bustling, joyful atmosphere and...
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Fish! A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

By: Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen

Price: $1.00

Publisher: Hyperion: February 2000

Seller ID: 165804

ISBN: 0786866020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

From Debt to Development: Alternatives to the International Debt Crisis

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Institute for Policy Studies: June 1985

Seller ID: 50335

ISBN: 0897580419

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Global Dreams: Imperial Corporations and the New World Order

By: Richard J. Barnet, John Cavanagh

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: February 1994

Seller ID: 69242

ISBN: 0671633775

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Global Reach: The Power of the Multinational Corporations

By: Richard J. Barnet, Ronald E. Muller

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Touchstone: March 1976

Seller ID: 69241

ISBN: 0671221043

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying

By: David Bach, Hillary Rosner

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Crown Business: April 2008

Seller ID: 42480

ISBN: 076792973X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Let David Bach show you a whole new way to prosper--by going greenInternationally renowned financial expert and bestselling author David Bach has always urged readers to put their financial lives in line with their values. But what if your values are a cleaner and greener earth? Most people think that "going green" is an expensive choice they can't afford. Bach is here to say that you can have both: a life in line with your green values and a million dollars in the bank. "Go Green, Live Rich" outlines fifty ways to make your life, your home, your shopping, and your finances greener--...
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Guidebook for Directors of Nonprofit Corporations

By: George W. Overton

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Amer Bar Assn: May 1993

Seller ID: 142702

ISBN: 0897078926

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - LikeNew

Harold and the Purple Crayon: The Birthday Present

By: Valerie Garfield

Price: $3.99

Publisher: HarperFestival: January 2002

Seller ID: 260914

ISBN: 069401642x

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Harold wants to give his mother the nicest birthday present ever. But what would she like? Harold uses his purple crayon to help him find a present, and the search takes him far away from home. On his trip, Harold creates a forest of trees so large that he has to fly over it with the help of a friendly bird. He looks for the perfect birthday present in some very surprising places.
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Harvard Business Review on Leading in Turbulent Times (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)

By: Harvard Business School,Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.,Adrian Slywotzky

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press: March 2002

Seller ID: 194919

ISBN: 1591391806

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Hidden Differences: Doing Business with the Japanese

By: Edward T. Hall, Mildred Reed Hall

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Anchor: April 1990

Seller ID: 151442

ISBN: 0385238843

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

How To Make Big Money In Low-Priced Stocks In The Coming Bull Market

By: Ralph Charell

Price: $2.00

Publisher: William Morrow & Co: August 1981

Seller ID: 85479

ISBN: 0688007503

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Inquiry into the Human Prospect (Updated and Reconsidered for the 1980s)

By: Robert L. Heilbroner

Price: $2.00

Publisher: W.W. Norton: January 1980

Seller ID: 72014

ISBN: 0393951391

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

It Pays to Talk : How to Have the Essential Conversations With Your Family About Money and Investing

By: CARRIE SCHWAB-POMERANTZ, CHARLES SCHWAB

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Random House Inc: December 2002

Seller ID: 35061

ISBN: 0609610287

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Does your family talk about money? Do your kids understand your money values? Do you and your mate agree on how you spend and invest your money? Do you know if your parents are financially secure? These are the questions that Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz and her father, Charles Schwab, ask at the beginning of this invaluable family financial primer. The authors acknowledge that these are difficult questions but stress that families must grapple with them and come up with answers. Despite the proliferation of the financial news media, money remains a taboo subject in most familie...
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Jump Start Your Brain

By: Doug Hall

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Werner Books: December 1994

Seller ID: 142708

ISBN: 0446517178

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Maestro: Greenspan's Fed And The American Boom

By: Bob Woodward

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: October 2000

Seller ID: 153326

ISBN: 0743204123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

In eight Tuesdays each year, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan convenes a small committee to set the short-term interest rate that can move through the American and world economies like an electric jolt. As much as any, the committee's actions determine the economic well-being of every American. The availability of money for business or consumer loans, mortgages, job creation and overall national economic growth flows from those decisions. Perhaps the last Washington secret is how the Federal Reserve and its enigmatic chairman, Alan Greenspan, operate. In "Maestro," Bob Woodward takes y...
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Minding America's Business: The Decline and Rise of the American Economy

By: Ira C. Magaziner

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Vintage: February 1983

Seller ID: 28798

ISBN: 0394715381

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Monster Careers: How to Land the Job of Your Life

By: Jeffrey Taylor, Douglas Hardy

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics): April 2004

Seller ID: 27456

ISBN: 0142004367

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Monster founder Jeff Taylor, with former editor-in-chief Doug Hardy, has written an upbeat, inspirational, and indispensable guide to getting the job you want in the new world of work. Rich with real-world advice from recruiters, career counselors, human resource professionals, and successful Monster members who share their job- hunting expertise, "Monster Careers" provides a step-by-step plan for carrying out a super- charged job search?from exploring new career options to writing job-winning resumes and cover letters, to mastering the interview and negotiating a job offer. A practical and pa...
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Promises to keep: The Amway phenomenon and how it works

By: Charles Paul Conn

Price: $2.00

Publisher: dist. by Internet Services Corp: December 1993

Seller ID: 97822

ISBN: B00072X32I

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Rediscovering Gold in the 21st Century: The Complete Guide to the Next Gold Rush

By: Craig R. Smith

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Idea Factory Press: July 2001

Seller ID: 64988

ISBN: 0971148201

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

REDISCOVERING GOLD IN THE ST CENTURY is a primer for both the interested investor and collector that traces the history of U.S. gold coins, valuation and pricing factors, market cycles, independent certification and the effect that growing public demand has upon the shrinking supply of rare gold coins.
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Requirements to Become a P.I. in the 50 States and Elsewhere: A Reference Manual

By: Joseph J. Culligan

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Hallmark Press: December 1997

Seller ID: 64389

ISBN: 0963062115

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Restoring Trust in American Business

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: The MIT Press: January 2005

Seller ID: 42368

ISBN: 0262740273

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Recent business scandals point to a disturbing breakdown of values in corporate America. This book responds to the crisis by examining the responsibilities of "gatekeepers" -- corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and business journalists -- who stand between corporate misconduct and the public. The essays, by prominent scholars and practitioners, argue that market pressures have made gatekeepers too focused on financial self-interest and too heedless of the public good to live up to society's legitimate expectations. A key part of the book is a set of reco...
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Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People

By: Ned Hallowell

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Harvard Business Press: January 2011

Seller ID: 174914

ISBN: 1591399238

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Your job as a manager is getting harder all the time. But your most critical responsibility -- especially in today's world of intensifying competition -- is how to help your people shine their brightest. How do you inspire solid contributors to strive for more? What should you do if a star player falls off their game? In Shine, bestselling author, psychiatrist, and ADD expert Edward Hallowell draws on brain science, performance research, and his own experience helping people maximize their potential to present a proven process for getting the best from your people: * Select -- put the right pe...
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Short Circuit : Strengthening Local Economies for Security in an Unstable World

By: RICHARD DOUTHWAITE

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Lilliput Pr Ltd: March 1997

Seller ID: 49741

ISBN: 1874675600

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"Short Circuit resonates. A vital read for uncertain times". -- Sara Parkin, Green Party founderShort Circuit is an indispensable tool-kit for communities and individuals seeking to initiate their own renewal from within. Douthwaite feels that in this time of global uncertainty each community should build an independent local economy capable of supplying its own goods and services.He details the financial structures necessary for self-reliance and the techniques already being used by some pioneering communities around the world. These include local currency and community banks, such as t...
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Small Is Possible

By: George McRobie

Price: $1.00

Publisher: Harpercollins: March 1981

Seller ID: 39558

ISBN: 0060906944

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Squandering Aimlessly : MY ADVENTURES in the AMERICAN MARKETPLACE

By: David Brancaccio

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: January 2000

Seller ID: 191178

ISBN: 0684864983

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Poor, misguided fellow. David Brancaccio, host of public radio's rambunctious and eclectic business program "Marketplace," used to think the big problem with money was getting some. Didn't he understand that during a time of bounty the big problem is knowing what to do with money once you have it? It took a conversation with one of the richest guys in America to set him straight. "I think Warren Buffett's got the problem and Gates has the problem and Bloomberg's got the problem," the billionaire said. "And the problem doesn't just have to be at our level. It can be with people who have ju...
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SUPERVISION & MANAGEMENT: A Guide to Modifying Work Behavior

By: MARR JOHN, John Marr

Price: $2.00

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press: June 1994

Seller ID: 142705

ISBN: 1557283060

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

This practical business book shows how effective management can change the way people work.
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The Career Portfolio Workbook: Using the Newest Tool in Your Job-Hunting Arsenal to Impress Employers and Land a great Job!

By: Frank Satterthwaite, Gary D'Orsi

Price: $2.00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill: December 2002

Seller ID: 157779

ISBN: 007140855X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Innovative ideas for creating a skill-based career portfolio For job seekers looking to provide tangible, easily accessible proof of their skills and accomplishments, a portfolio of careerrelated documents is fast becoming the essential tool. "The Career Portfolio Workbook "shows readers how to compile and organize a career portfolio--one that is easy to review and quickly adaptable to specific interviews and circumstances. "The Career Portfolio Workbook "provides job seekers of any profession or experience level with a powerful new weapon--the confidence and the material to promote t...
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The Challenge to Power: Money, Investing And Democracy

By: John C. Harrington

Price: $3.98

Publisher: Chelsea Green: October 2005

Seller ID: 142703

ISBN: 1931498970

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Our only chance to save the planet and take back control of our economy and political system lies in our ability to control our dollars. In a brilliant synthesis of thirty years of experience, John C. Harrington gives investors the strategies to thwart corporate domination of the earth's resources, decentralize our economy, restore democracy, tame corruption, and regain community control of our financial resources. A strong advocate of using shareholder power to push for responsible corporate practices that benefit society, Harrington warns that we are running out of time; corporate abus...
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