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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks

by Keith Houston

Published: 2014-10-20

Paperback: 352 pages

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“An absolutely fascinating blend of history, design, sociology, and cultural poetics?highly recommended.”?Maria Popova, Brain Pickings A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories ...

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Shylock Is My Name (Hogarth Shakespeare)

by Howard Jacobson

Published: 2016-02-09

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson brings his singular brilliance to this modern re-imagining of one of Shakespeare’s most unforgettable characters: Shylock  Winter, a cemetery, Shylock. In this provocative and profound interpretation of “The Merchant of Venice,” Shylock is jux...

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A Man in Uniform: A Novel

by Kate Taylor

Published: 2012-01-24

Paperback: 352 pages

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At the height of the Belle Epoque, François Dubon leads a well-ordered life in the bourgeois quarters of Paris’ eighth arrondissement. When not busy with his prosperous legal practice, he enjoys both a contented marriage to his aristocratic wife, Geneviève, and satisfying afternoon enc...

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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

Published: 2011-09-13

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable.  The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under...

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Moxie And Other Fundamental Entrepreneurial Concepts

by Jim Flowers

Published: 2009-01-08

Paperback: 94 pages

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So you think you want to launch a business... I would like to help you get what you really want, and avoid what you fear. That's right. This book is about fear and greed - but not silly old fear or nasty old greed. It's about proper respect for risk and acknowledgment of healthy desires. ...

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

Published: 2011-10-04

Paperback: 336 pages

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“Absolutely brilliant. Clayton Christensen provides an insightful analysis of changing technology and its importance to a company’s future success.”—Michael R. Bloomberg“This book ought to chill any executive who feels bulletproof —and inspire entrepreneurs aiming their guns.�...

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The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

by Clayton M. Christensen

Published: 2016-01-05

Paperback: 288 pages

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Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon EditorsA Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, ...

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The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor

Published: 2013-11-19

Hardcover: 320 pages

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An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen’s work continues to underpin today’s most innovative leaders and organizations.A seminal work on disruption?for everyone confronting the growth paradox.For readers of the bestselling The Innovator’s Dilemma?and be...

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The Ramblers: A Novel

by Aidan Donnelley Rowley

Published: 2016-02-09

Hardcover: 400 pages

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For fans of J. Courtney Sullivan, Meg Wolitzer, Claire Messud, and Emma Straub, a gorgeous and absorbing novel of a trio of confused souls struggling to find themselves and the way forward in their lives, set against the spectacular backdrop of contemporary New York City.Set in the most ma...

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A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau

by Carolyn Morrow Long

Published: 2007-10-07

Paperback: 336 pages

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Legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity, nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners, and her devotion to the Roman Cath...