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- Modern HomeMaker : creative ideas for stylish living / by Inch, Sarah Rose,author.;
"The role of homemaker takes on a whole new meaning with this modern guide that offers hands-on décor advice for creative homeowners. Learn how to create a relaxed home atmosphere that doesn't skimp on style. Get decorating advice for every major room in the home. Transform 20 spaces in the home with step-by-step styling projects. Be inspired with entertaining ideas for dinner parties, outdoor living, kid's parties, and more. Keep your home stocked up and organized with the author's preformatted lists and planning tools. Creating a beautiful home doesn't have to cost a fortune. Simply follow the simple ideas in this book and infuse them with the furniture pieces you love, vintage accents, fresh florals, and, of course, cherished items that are meaningful to your family. Make life beautiful, make a design statement, and make yourself at home with the Modern HomeMaker."--- Subjects: Home economics.; House furnishings.; Housekeeping.; Interior decoration.;
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- Secrets of the sprakkar : Iceland's extraordinary women and how they are changing the world / by Reid, Eliza,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman--but why? For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women. What is it about Iceland that makes many women's experience there so positive? Why has their society made such meaningful progress in this ongoing battle, from electing the world's first female president to passing legislation specifically designed to help even the playing field at work and at home? And how can we learn from what Icelanders have already discovered about women's powerful place in society and how increased fairness benefits everyone? Eliza Reid, the First Lady of Iceland, examines her adopted homeland's attitude toward women--the deep-seated cultural sense of fairness, the influence of current and historical role models, and, crucially, the areas where Iceland still has room for improvement. Reid's own experience as an immigrant from small-town Canada who never expected to become a first lady is expertly interwoven with interviews with dozens of sprakkar ("extraordinary women") to form the backbone of an illuminating discussion of what it means to move through the world as a woman, and how the rules of society play more of a role in who we view as "equal" than we may understand. Secrets of the Sprakkar is a powerful and atmospheric portrait of a tiny country that could lead the way forward for us all"--- Subjects: Women; Women; Women;
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- Business storytelling for dummies / by Dietz, Karen A.; Silverman, Lori L.,1958-;
Includes Internet addresses and index.LSC- Subjects: Storytelling.; Storytelling; Storytelling; Success in business.; Marketing.;
- © c2014., John Wiley & Sons,
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- A map of the new normal : how inflation, war, and sanctions will change your world forever / by Rubin, Jeff,1954-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin looks ahead and warns that the inflation that took the world by surprise in 2021 is in fact the front of a perfect storm of war, supply-chain disruption, geopolitical realignment, domestic upheaval, and energy scarcity that will change everything. During the pandemic, the borrowing patterns of the Canadian government inflated a national deficit by a factor of ten in just two years -- and the time has come to pay for it. The ramifications of international COVID-19 spending could potentially last for decades, and inevitably one of the first manifestations of these consequences will be an unhooking of private lenders' interest rates from central banks. That is just the first symptom of a series of cascading upheavals. Supply-chain disruptions have already shown the vulnerability of the globalism model that has fueled growth for the past decades. War has not only shown the fragility of the status quo, but has revealed diplomatic and economic rifts that promise to shift trading patterns, which means access to markets and to resources. At the same time, the precarity of the US dollar underlines the life-or-death importance of those resources, energy in particular. And consolidation of a Eurasian bloc, from Russia to China, and encompassing old enemies like Iran and former US ally Saudi Arabia, hint that the upheaval of Covid was just the beginning. Tracking trade wars and kinetic wars, central banks and run on banks, pipelines blown up and startups knocked down, The New World Order gives us a glimpse of a near future that will look very different from the recent past. It reminds us that our mortgage rates and job security, our grocery bills and investments, are all tied to events set in motion by governments, corporations, and black swans around the world."--- Subjects: Economic forecasting.; Social prediction.; Twenty-first century;
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- Michael Jackson, Inc. : the rise, fall and rebirth of a billion-dollar empire / by Greenburg, Zack O'Malley.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009; Popular music;
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- The industries of the future / by Ross, Alec,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world, mapping out the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next ten years--for businesses, governments, and the global community--and how we can navigate them. While Alec Ross was working as Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor on Innovation, he traveled to forty-one countries. He visited some of the toughest places in the world--from refugee camps of Congo to Syrian war zones. From phone-charger stands in eastern Congo to R&D labs in South Korea, Ross has seen what the future holds. Over the past two decades, the Internet has radically changed markets and businesses worldwide. In The Industries of the Future, Ross shows us what's next, highlighting the best opportunities for progress and explaining why countries thrive or sputter. He examines the specific fields that will most shape our economic future over the next ten years, including cybercrime and cybersecurity, the commercialization of genomics, the next step for big data, and the coming impact of digital technology on money, payments, and markets. And in each of these realms, Ross addresses the toughest questions: How will we have to adapt to the changing nature of work? Is the prospect of cyberwar sparking the next arms race? How can the world's rising nations hope to match Silicon Valley in creating their own innovation hotspots? Ross blends storytelling and economic analysis to give a vivid and informed perspective on how sweeping global trends are affecting the ways we live, incorporating the insights of leaders ranging from tech moguls to defense experts. The Industries of the Future takes the intimidating, complex topics that many of us know to be important and boils them down into clear, plain-spoken language. This is an essential work for understanding how the world works--now and tomorrow--and a must-read for businesspeople, in every sector, from every country"--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Industries; Research, Industrial.; Technological innovations;
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- The cashless revolution : China's reinvention of money and the end of America's domination of finance and technology / by Chorzempa, Martin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The future of finance--the way Wall Street operates and how individuals manage their money--is on the verge of upheaval. And the force underlying the change comes from China, where finance and technology are being merged into a system with consequences that resonate far beyond China's border. The changes of this global revolution in finance and technology--fintech--will be as powerful as those wrought in social media, retailing and advertising by giants such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, which have overturned how we shop and communicate"--- Subjects: Digital currency; Finance; Finance; Money;
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- False alarm : how climate change panic costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet / by Lomborg, Bjørn,1965-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 'False Alarm', "skeptical environmentalist" Bjorn Lomborg argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good. In this book, Lomborg will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong, and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all. Lomborg was named one of TIME's 100 most influential people in the world and "one of the 50 people who could save the planet" by the Guardian.- Subjects: Climatic changes; Global warming; Economic development;
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- Where to from here : a path to Canadian prosperity / by Morneau, Bill,author.; Reynolds, John(John Lawrence),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Bill Morneau's experience as Canada's finance minister crystalized his vision for the country's potential for growth and prosperity. Where To from Here looks backward with coolness and candor and forward with a fresh vision of all that Canada can--and must--become. Much of the world reacted with surprise and admiration to the results of the 2015 Canadian federal election and the makeup of the government it produced. Led by a young charismatic leader with a storied family legacy on Parliament Hill, the Liberal government scored an historic victory, rising from third-party status to substantial majority. With a gender-equal cabinet and an ambitious agenda, it heralded a new approach to the country's federal politics. After an exciting and productive five years spent focused on domestic and global issues, Finance Minister Bill Morneau decided to take his leave from the same government. What prompted him to abandon one of the most powerful political offices in the country? How much of his decision was based on the often brutal give-and-take of politics? When did the penny drop, persuading one of Trudeau's brightest lights to shift his talents and energies elsewhere? In his own persuasive voice, Bill Morneau paints a positive picture, tracing his widely lauded entry into the political arena, the arc of his career in politics, major accomplishments and missed opportunities, his surprising exit, and a host of revealing episodes between the events. Told with measures of both pride and regret, he explores personalities, achievements, and failures with candor. Morneau's experience crystalized his vision for Canada and its potential for growth and prosperity. He shares a vision clearly and provocatively expressed, drafting a blueprint for the country's future. Where To from Here looks backward with coolness and candor and forward with a fresh vision of all that Canada can--and must--become."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Morneau, Bill.; Finance ministers; Finance, Public;
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- The doomsday machine : the high price of nuclear energy, the world's most dangerous fuel / by Cohen, Martin,1964-; McKillop, Andrew.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237), Internet addresses and index.LSC- Subjects: Nuclear industry.; Nuclear energy; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power plants.; Nuclear accidents.;
- © 2012., Palgrave Macmillan,
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