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Mabel Bell: Alexander's silent partner
By Lilias M Toward, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell. 1984
Love & money: a life guide for financial success
By Jeff D Opdyke. 2004
Opdyke's book has been praised for combining the financial and the personal - giving couples a guide for how to…
discuss money matters and how to plan their financial futures. Part relationship manual, part financial roadmap, this wise and entertaining primer provides priceless guidance. 2004.Losing the signal: the untold story behind the extraordinary rise and spectacular fall of BlackBerry
By Jacquie McNish, Sean Silcoff. 2015
In 2009 BlackBerry controlled half of the smartphone market. Today that number is one percent. What went so wrong? A…
riveting story of a company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. This is not a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed. The rise and fall of BlackBerry reveals the dangerous speed at which innovators race along the information superhighway. With unprecedented access to key players, senior executives, directors, and competitors, the authors unveil the rise of a company that started above a bagel shop in Ontario. At the heart of the story is an unlikely partnership between a visionary engineer, Mike Lazaridis, and an abrasive Harvard Business School grad, Jim Balsillie. Together they engineered a pioneering pocket email device that became the tool of choice for presidents and CEOs. The partnership enjoyed only a brief moment on top of the world, however. At the very moment BlackBerry was ranked the world's fastest growing company, internal feuds and chaotic growth crippled the company as it faced its gravest test: Apple and Google's entry into mobile phones. 2015.Lords of finance: 1929, The Great Depression, And The Bankers Who Broke The World
By Liaquat Ahamed. 2010
It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any…
one person's or government's control. Liaquat Ahamed reveals that it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of that economic meltdown. As yet another period of economic turmoil makes headlines today, "Lords of Finance" is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, their fallibility, and the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong. Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for history. 2010.Legless but smiling: an autobiography
By Norman Croucher. 2001
Despite walking on two below-knee artificial legs, it became Norman Croucher's ambition to climb any one of the world's fourteen…
mountains which exceed 8,000 metres. No one with a considerable disability had climbed anywhere near this high, and his goal was an almost impossible dream: to join, as he put it, 'The five mile high club'. Includes strong language. 2001.Legwork: an inspiring journey through a chronic illness
By Ellen Burstein MacFarlane, Patricia Burstein. 1994
Consumer advocacy investigative reporter MacFarlane was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986. Although she had suffered suicidal depression in the…
past, she faced MS with determination, even after ironically falling prey to a $100,000 scam "cure." Her marriage failed and her MS progressed until she became triplegic, but she retained her self-confidence throughout. Some strong language. 1994.Leap: leaving a job with no Plan B to find the career and life you really want
By Tess Vigeland. 2015
Inspired by a standing-ovation talk Tess Vigeland gave at the World Domination Summit, this account of her experiences walking away…
from the security of a so-called dream job helps us re-evaluate what role work plays in our lives. 2015.Leading at the edge: leadership lessons from the extraordinary saga of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition (Your coach in a box)
By Dennis N. T Perkins, Jillian B Murphy, Margaret P Holtman. 2013
Learning how to learn: psychology and spirituality in the Sufi way (Compass Ser.)
By Idries Shah. 1996
With questions and examples, this work shows how traditional Sufi concepts can resolve social, psychological and spiritual concepts. It offers…
the means of looking at ourselves and our institutions in a new way. 1996.Lament for an ocean: the collapse of the Atlantic cod fishery : a true crime story
By Michael Harris. 1998
Harris investigates the destruction of one of Canada's most important natural resources -- the cod stocks of the Atlantic Ocean.…
He examines the effects of overfishing, domestic and international politics, and even nature itself, in the form of harp seals and ocean temperature. 1998.Darwin's Moving
By Taylor Lambert. 2017
"Darwin's Moving" introduces readers to the colourful characters who populate the furniture moving trade, a male-dominated world of labour with…
relatively high pay and no need for education of any sort. Movers have a unique window into the private spaces of the city as they perform their difficult and delicate job inside all manner of homes, from government-subsidized housing developments to multi-million dollar McMansions. Taylor Lambert intriguingly explores class and work in a city that would rather focus on the wealth and prosperity brought to it by the oil and gas industry. "Darwin's Moving" shows us the Other Calgary, a world populated by transient men and women struggling to survive in a boomtown's shadow. 2017.In search of wisdom: a monk, a philosopher and a psychiatrist on what matters most
By Matthieu Ricard, Christophe Andre, Sherab Chodzin Kohn, Alexandre Jollien. 2018
Here is a book born of the friendship of three gifted teachers, exploring the universal human journey and our quest…
for meaning and understanding. This translation of the French bestseller brings readers an intimate and insightful conversation between Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard, philosopher Alexandre Jollien, and psychiatrist Dr. Christophe Andre. 2018. Uniform title: Trois amis en quete de sagesse.Conscious capitalism field guide: tools for transforming your organization (Recorded Books development)
By Haley Rushing, Raj Sisodia, Timothy Henry, Jessica Agneessens, Thomas Eckschmidt. 2018
This practical guide provides hands-on materials--the same tools used in companies such as Whole Foods Market, Southwest Airlines, Life is…
Good, The Container Store, Barry-Wehmiller, Zappos, and many others--that you can use on your own, with your team, or with others throughout your organization to build conscious leadership and practices into your business. Organized according to the four core principles (higher purpose, stakeholder orientation, conscious leadership, and conscious culture) of Conscious Capitalism, the book provides exercises, worksheets, checklists, and instructions--for use both individually and with teams--as well as advice, examples, and real-life stories to help you apply these ideas and make them come alive in your organization. You and your team will: write a purpose statement learn how to create win-win-win relationships with all your stakeholders create a "culture playbook" for your company develop a leadership checklist for your organization build a personal leadership development plan set priorities for the coming year and beyond. 2018.I, Steve: Steve Jobs in his own words (In Their Own Words Ser.)
By Steve Jobs, George W Beahm. 2011
Drawn from more than three decades of media coverage, this tribute to Apple’s Steve Jobs serves up more than 200…
quotations that are essential reading for everyone who seeks innovative solutions and inspirations applicable to their business, regardless of size. 2011.Daddy bent-legs: the 40-year-old musing of a physically disabled man, husband, and father
By Neil Matheson. 2009
Neil Matheson was born with a physical disability called Cerebral Palsy, and from that day forward, Neil experienced life on…
a pair of crutches. Despite his physical handicap, Neil grew up like any regular kid. Now, at forty-one years of age, the author reflects back on his life story, a journey on crutches, including struggle, triumph, acceptance, love, and salvation. 2009.Easy money (Good reads)
By Gail E Vaz-Oxlade. 2010
The author will show you how to make your money work for you. Budgeting, saving, and getting your debt paid…
off have never been so easy to understand or to do. 2010.Every industry has Key people of influence. Their names come up in conversation for all the right reasons. They attract…
opportunities. They earn more money and it isn't a struggle. Key people of influence also have more fun. They get invited on trips away, people buy them dinner, they are treated with respect and others listen when they speak. You may think it takes years, or even decades, to become a Key person of influence - as this book shows, nothing could be further from the truth! 2010.Green career$: you can make money and save the planet
By Jennifer Power Scott. 2010
The eco-job market is booming, all over the world. Power Scott gives you examples to get you thinking about the…
possibilities, and introduces you to impassioned young people who love being part of the environmental job market. For junior high and older readers. 2010.Finding the still point: a spiritual response to stress
By Tom Harpur. 2002
Harpur focuses on a spiritual approach to dealing with stress. Using sacred texts from many religions, he illustrates how many…
of the modern methods used, like breathing and meditation, originated in religious ritual. Over time, these techniques were divorced from their spiritual roots, and now lack a potency which they were meant to have and impart. 2002.