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Battle for the bird : Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 billion fight for Twitter's soul / by Wagner, Kurt(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Battle for the Bird, Bloomberg journalist Kurt Wagner takes the reader inside Twitter's everchanging headquarters, charting its rise from flippant 140-character posts to one of the world's most consequential tech companies. From Jack Dorsey's triumphant return as CEO in 2015 to the rise and fall of @realDonaldTrump to the contentious $44 billion sale to Elon Musk, Battle for the Bird exposes the messy reality and relentless challenges that come with building a global social network. With enthralling minute-by-minute accounts of Musk's controversial takeover from insider employees, Battle for the Bird exposes the real-world impact of the South African billionaire's new role as owner, and employees' growing horror as Dorsey's idealistic promises (and the "Twitter" name) go up in flames before their eyes. Battle for the Bird is the definite, objective, and substantive account of the fight over the world's most influential social media platform. Now, for the first time--through deeply sourced, exclusive interviews--readers will discover how the visionary promises of one iconoclast gave way to the darker, yet-to-be-defined motives of another, upending the virtual status quo and impacting the flow of news and information to the masses"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Dorsey, Jack, 1976-; Musk, Elon.; Twitter (Firm); Internet industry; Online social networks;
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The office. [videorecording] / by Fischer, Jenna,1974-actor.; Krasinski, John,1979-actor.; Wilson, Rainn,1968-actor.; Carell, Steve,1963-actor.; Robinson, Craig,1971-actor.; Daniels, Greg,creator.; Universal Network Television (Firm),production company.; NBC Studios,broadcaster.; Deedle-Dee Productions,production company.; Reveille Productions,production company.; Universal Media Studios,production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Steve Carell, Craig Robinson.Inappropriate behavior is business as usual, but big surprises are in store! Dwight is now the owner of the building and he may be letting this power go to his head. Andy is courting Erin, who is dating Gabe. Jim and Pam are struggling with being new parents, and a parade of ghosts of girlfriends past haunt Michael, leading to his final days at Dunder Mifflin.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Clerks; Paper products industry; Office politics; Office management; Corporate culture; White collar workers; Paper industry;
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Waste wars : the wild afterlife of your trash / by Clapp, Alexander,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The total mass of the world's manmade materials has recently come to equal the entire biomass of the earth. This means we are living in a world where man's ability to create garbage, or eventual garbage, has surpassed the earth's ability to create life. Dumps and landfills around the world are overflowing, and disputes about what to do with the tons of garbage generated every day have given rise to waste wars waged in just about every country on earth. Some are border skirmishes, fought to move trash out of one place and dump it into another. Others are waged across thousands of miles. But no matter the scale, one thing is true about almost all of them: few people have any idea they're happening. For every story about how a commodity gets hustled through world supply chains for consumption, there exists another untold story about how it gets discarded for renewal -- or for eternity. Some trash gets tossed onto roadsides. Some gets burned for fuel. Some gets buried underground. But most of it lives a hot potato second life, getting bartered, sold, re-sold, smuggled, salvaged, re-purposed from one country or mafia or corporation to another, with devastating consequences for millions of people. Waste Wars tells the stories of five trash conflicts being waged in different corners of the world right now. They are representative but rich strands in the story of our planet's runaway garbage pandemic. In each theater, a different commodity is being smuggled or imported or bartered. Sometimes there is a winner; sometimes there is a loser. And in each theater a different political dilemma -- from global inequality to the pitfalls of green politics -- is presenting itself through the seemingly pedestrian medium of trash. A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, Waste Wars exposes the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade in which almost everyone in the world unknowingly engages and asks: If the handling of its trash reveals deeper truths about a particular society, what does the global business of trash say about our world today?"--
Subjects: Recycling (Waste, etc.); Recycling industry.; Refuse and refuse disposal; Refuse and refuse disposal;
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Ring of fire : high-stakes mining in a lowlands wilderness / by Heffernan, Virginia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A valuable discovery under the world's second-largest temperate wetland and in the traditional lands of the Cree and Ojibway casts light on the growing conflict among resource development, environmental stewardship, and Indigenous rights. When prospectors discovered a gigantic crescent of metal deposits under the James Bay Lowlands of northern Canada in 2007, the find touched off a mining rush, lured a major American company to spend fortunes in the remote swamp, and forced politicians to confront their legal duty to consult Indigenous Peoples about development on their traditional territories. But the multibillion dollar Ring of Fire was all but abandoned when stakeholders failed to reach consensus on how to develop the cache despite years of negotiations and hundreds of millions of dollars in spending. Now plans for an all-weather road to connect the region to the highway network are reigniting the fireworks. In this colorful tale, Virginia Heffernan draws on her bush and newsroom experiences to illustrate the complexities of resource development at a time when Indigenous rights are becoming enshrined globally. Ultimately, Heffernan strikes a hopeful note: the Ring of Fire presents an opportunity for Canada to leave behind centuries of plunder and set the global standard for responsible development of minerals critical to the green energy revolution"--
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Mineral industries; Mineral industries; Mineral industries;
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Muted / by Charles, Tami.;
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Subjects: Novels in verse.; African American teenage girls; Rhythm and blues musicians; Sound recording industry; Exploitation;
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Triple crown : winning Canada's energy future / by Prentice, Jim,author.; Rioux, Jean-Sébastien,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.One of Canada's leading voices on our energy future offers a powerful case for taking back control of our resources. Canada has a world-class resource base and the capacity to become a world leader in the petroleum and other resource-based industries. But as former federal cabinet minister and Alberta premier Jim Prentice argues in this provocative and timely new book, we have lost our way. He outlines how our nation has repeatedly stumbled in its attempts to become a global player in the field, and how our policies and practices have failed to advance Canada's international interests as an energy producer and exporter with a record of sound environmental achievement. He highlights, for example, our stalled efforts to work with the United States to build new pipelines to the Gulf Coast, and the absence of the infrastructure Canada needs to make further inroads into the Asia-Pacific market. He notes how we have even faltered in our attempts to build pipelines across Canada to service our own citizens, and how Canada has also, to date, failed to craft fair and enduring business partnerships with its own indigenous peoples. Ultimately, one of Canada's greatest strengths has become a liability - economically, socially and environmentally. But what will the path forward look like? In Triple Crown, Jim Prentice makes a powerful argument for the inadequacy of current Canadian energy policy and asserts a new and forward-looking vision for converting our nation's vast resources into a secure, prosperous and environmentally responsible future that benefits all Canadians.
Subjects: Energy policy; Energy policy; Energy industries; Energy industries; Power resources; Power resources; Power resources; Petroleum industry and trade;
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The greenprint : plant-based diet, best body, better world / by Borges, Marco,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Recipes.; Cooking (Natural foods); Diet; Food industry and trade; Nutrition.; Vegetarianism.; Weight loss.;
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Dipped to death / by Lane, Kelly(Novelist);
"On her family's South Georgia olive plantation, Eva Knox is on the hook for murder..."--Back cover.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Olive oil; Family farms; Olive industry and trade; Murder;
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Clean protein : the revolution that will reshape your body, boost your energy--and save our planet / by Freston, Kathy,author.; Friedrich, Bruce,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Food industry and trade; Groceries.; Health.; Proteins in human nutrition.; Sustainable agriculture.; Veganism.;
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Like a boss [videorecording] / by Arteta, Miguel,film director.; Byrne, Rose,actor.; Cole-Kelly, Adam,screenwriter.; Coolidge, Jennifer,actor.; Graynor, Ari,actor.; Haddish, Tiffany,1979-actor.; Hayek, Salma,1966-actor.; Parker, Catherine,1986-actor.; Pitman, Sam,screenwriter.; Porter, Billy,actor.; Soni, Karan,1989-actor.; St. Clair, Jessica,actor.; Yang, Jimmy O.,actor.;
Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek, Tiffany Haddish, Jennifer Coolidge, Billy Porter, Ari Graynor, Jessica St. Clair, Jimmy O. Yang, Catherine Parker, Karan Soni.Best friends Mia and Mel are living their best lives running their own cosmetics company they've built from the ground up. Unfortunately, they're in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious titan of the cosmetics industry Claire Luna proves too tempting to pass up, putting Mel and Mia's lifelong friendship in jeopardy. The beauty business is about to get ugly.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Businesswomen; Cosmetics industry; Female friendship; Women-owned business enterprises;
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