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Skyscraper - Dan Cruickshank

The story of the first great skyscraper, and the transformation of the modern city. Chicago's beautiful Reliance Building, sixteen storeys tall, was designed in 1890 by John Root and completed in 1895 by Charles B. Atwood. In its construction – metal frame, large areas of plate glass, fire-proof bri...

Voltage Effect

'By far the best book I've ever read on the how and why of scaling. If you care about changing the world, or just want to make better decisions in your own life, The Voltage Effect is for you.' Angela Duckworth, CEO of Character Lab and New York Times bestselling author of Grit ________________ Why ...

Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control - Creating a Culture of Compliance 2e

How-to, authoritative guidance for creating a best-in-class fraud prevention and compliance program in any organization Now in a Second Edition, this practical book helps corporate executives and managers understand the full ramifications of good corporate governance and compliance. It covers best p...

Keiichi Tanaami - Keiichi Tanaami, Alessio Ascari, Rizzoli International Publications

The first comprehensive English-language monograph on Keiichi Tanaami’s kaleidoscopic oeuvre, which merges Japanese postwar culture and American-style comics with a genre-defining artistic output. Artist, illustrator, graphic designer, filmmaker, and art director, Keiichi Tanaami is best known for h...

Another Day in the Death of America - Gary Younge, Guardian Faber Publishing

Saturday, November 23rd, 2013. It was just another day in America, an unremarkable Saturday on which ten children and teens were killed by gunfire. The youngest was nine, the oldest was nineteen. White, Black and Latino, they fell in suburbs, hamlets and ghettos. None made the national news. There w...

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Avedon: Murals&Portraits

No photographer had a more serious and deeply felt response to the political and cultural impact of the 1960s and early 1970s than Richard Avedon, whose iconic portraits of key figures of the era influenced the course of photography in the decades that followed. In four monumental photographic mural...

Red Herrings Cant Swim: Large Print Hardcover Edition (Lamoreux Doug)

A drowned man. A sinister circus. And murder... murder... murder. Nod Blake, the cynical, wise-cracking private eye, is back. Hes an aging throwback to a bygone era of detecting on the mean streets; a dinosaur of a private eye who never got the memo that he was extinct. And thanks to his over-eager...

The Antitrust Paradigm: Restoring a Competitive Economy (Baker Jonathan B.)

A new and urgently needed guide to making the American economy more competitive at a time when tech giants have amassed vast market power. The U.S. economy is growing less competitive. Large businesses increasingly profit by taking advantage of their customers and suppliers. These firms can also us...

The Voltage Effect

'By far the best book I've ever read on the how and why of scaling. If you care about changing the world, or just want to make better decisions in your own life, The Voltage Effect is for you.' Angela Duckworth, CEO of Character Lab and New York Times bestselling author of Grit ________________ Why ...