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Ed Hawkins Bookie gambler fixer spy
"A startling and powerful journey to the very core of India's illegal bookmaking industry that exposes the scale of corruption and the match-fixing that now runs rife throughout world cricket. For several years Ed Hawkins made friends with India's illegal bookmakers - men who boast turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars per cricket match - as well as the corruption officers of the International Cricket Council who are trying to shut them down. It's a shady world and rumours abound. But then...
Engels | 240 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Prince Rupert Loewenstein A prince among stones
"In 1968 Mick Jagger couldn't understand why the Rolling Stones had no money. The man he asked to help was a German prince, a merchant banker. They forged an unlikely alliance which re-invented the business of rock'n'roll. As a youthquake shook the Establishment, Prince Rupert Loewenstein thrived in both worlds, never relinquishing his elegance or decorum. For nearly forty years Prince Rupert worked with the Stones as 'a combination of bank manager, psychiatrist and nanny', usually enthralled but...
Engels | 272 pagina's (1,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Jimmy Burns Barça
"Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona or Barça, is the world's biggest and best-loved football club. Barça has more than 500 local fan clubs spread across the world, while its championship matches attract a global TV audience. Former players include such legendary figures as Kubala, Maradona, Cruyff, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Lineker, and Barça has been managed by greats such as Helenio Herrera, Cesar Menotti and Bobby Robson. The club's honorary members include Pope John Paul II and opera star José Carreras....
Engels | 384 pagina's (4,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Frederick Taylor Exorcising Hitler
"Not since the end of the Roman Empire, almost fifteen hundred years earlier, is there a parallel, in Europe at least, to the fall of the German nation in 1945. Industrious and inventive, home over centuries to a disproportionate number of western civilization's greatest thinkers, writers, scientists and musicians, Germany had entered the twentieth century united, prosperous, and strong, admired by almost all humanity for its remarkable achievements. During the 1930s, embittered by one lost war and...
Engels | 480 pagina's (2,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Leo Hollis Cities are good for you
"The 21st century will be the age of the city. Already over 50% of the world population live in urban centres and over the coming decades this percentage will increase. Blending anecdote, fact and first hand encounters - from exploring the slums of Mumbai, to visiting roof-top farms in Brooklyn and attending secret dinner parties in Paris, to riding the bus in Latin America - Leo Hollis reveals that we have misunderstood how cities work for too long. Upending long-held assumptions and challenging...
Engels | 416 pagina's (2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Alice Schroeder The snowball
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Prize 2008The Snowball is the first and will be the only biography of the world's richest man, Warren Buffett, written with his full cooperation and collaboration. Combining a unique blend of "The Sage of Omaha's" business savvy, life story and philosophy, The Snowball is essential reading for anyone wishing to discover and replicate the secrets of his business and life success.Warren Buffett is arguably the world's greatest...
Engels | 832 pagina's (4,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Sandy Gall War against the Taliban
"Afghanistan's strategically significant lands have long been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb in this inhospitable territory, an ever-rising death toll puts back under the spotlight the way the modern war in Afghanistan is being run, and demands answers. Drawing on interviews with Afghan politicians, businessmen and ordinary people, British, American and European diplomats and soldiers, Sandy Gall addresses the challenges - political, religious,...
Engels | 400 pagina's (1,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Kate Summerscale The suspicions of Mr Whicher
"It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. At some point after midnight a dog barks.The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome murder has taken place in their home. The household reverberates with shock, not least because the guilty party is surely still among them. Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard, the most celebrated detective...
Engels | 400 pagina's (4,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Ambrose Bierce The devil's dictionary
"A word book, straight up, with a twist The Devil's Dictionary is an American classic. A Yankee Oscar Wilde with a wicked edge to his tongue, gained from seeing the world early and cynically as it really was, Ambrose Bierce, friend and rival of Mark Twain, was one of America's first great writers and journalists. His razor-sharp wit and underlying rage against hypocrisy is perfectly complemented by Ralph Steadman's equally incisive pen and ink illustrations. Adore, v.t. To venerate expectantly. Bride,...
Engels | 192 pagina's (3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Martin Thomas | David Brain Crowd Surfing
"The way people buy has gone through a massive revolution in recent years: thanks to blogs, review sites and chat rooms, we no longer have to rely on what a company says about its products and services - we can read what our fellow consumers think about what they've bought, and make our own decisions bearing those views in minds. The result? Empowered customers who know exactly what they want and who can now explore many ways to get it. Many companies, however, just won't accept that things have...
Engels | 208 pagina's (1,7 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Succeed as a new manager
"It's great to have a new challenge at work. Managing others, though,can be a daunting new responsibility and can be tricky if you're nowthe boss of former colleagues or friends. Packed with practical advice,it will help you sail through issues such as getting to know your team,dealing with internal politics, motivating others, and celebratingsuccess. Whatever your new job, Succeed As a New Manager will help youfind your feet and get great results along the way. This book alsoincludes a quiz, step-by-step...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Sultan bin Muhammad al- Qasimi My early life
"With insight the dramatic palace coups in his own country and the neighbouring emirate of Ras al-Khaimah and the struggles for power during the formation of the United Arab Emirates. Revealing fascinating and untold parts of"
Engels | 320 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Hugh's three good things
"How often have you wished there was a magic formula to simplify cooking? Well, there is. Put three good things together on a plate and, somehow, the whole is always greater and more delicious than the sum of its parts. Looking back over nearly two decades of professional cookery, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has worked out the combinations that make magic. Salty, sweet, crunchy. Sharp, rich, crumbly. Hot, bland, crisp. Think scones with jam and cream, fish and chips with mushy peas, or porridge with...
Engels | 416 pagina's (23 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Erik M. Conway | Naomi Oreskes Merchants of doubt
"The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers,...
Engels | 368 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Andrew G. Marshall I love you but I'm not in love with you
"How do you fall back in love? This was the underlying problem of one in four couples seeking help from relationship therapist Andrew G. Marshall. They described their problem as: `I love you but I'm not in love with you'. Noticing how widespread the phenomenon had become, he decided to look more closely. Why were these relationships becoming defined more by companionship than by passion, and why was companionship no longer enough? From his research Andrew has devised his own unique programme. By...
Engels | 304 pagina's (2,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Get yourself promoted
Being good at what you do isn't enough to help you climb the careerladder; these days you need to make yourself promotable, which isn'tquite the same thing. Being promotable means having that magic mix ofgreat skills and personal qualities that will enable you to meet yourtargets, build good relationships, and get to know the people who canhelp during your campaign.Packed with useful advice, Get Yourself Promoted will helpyou with challenges such as planning your career, making yourselfindispensable,...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Roger Boyes Meltdown Iceland
"It is a truism that when America sneezes, Europe catches a cold. The subprime mortgage crisis, which began in America in 2007, unleashed a veritable epidemic of financial ill health all over the world. All European countries were affected, and the developing world also felt a chill. However it was Iceland, a tiny volcanic outcrop in the North Atlantic whose population of 300,000 had the highest GDP and counted itself the happiest in the world, which caught the worst cold. It has nearly killed them....
Engels | 256 pagina's (0,9 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Assert Yourself
"Do you find it hard to say 'no'? Are you tongue-tied in important meetings? Assert Yourself will help you find your voice and stand up for yourself without appearing aggressive.Full of practical advice on how to change the way you work and livefor the better, the book contains a self-assessment quiz, step-by-stepguidance, top tips, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them,summaries of key points, and lists of handy books and websites."
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Paul Gilding The great disruption
"It's time to stop just worrying about climate change, says Paul Gilding. Instead we need to brace for impact, because global crisis is no longer avoidable. The `Great Disruption' started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and dramatic ecological change like the melting polar icecap. It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints. We have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a world economy based on consumption and waste, where we lived beyond the means of our planet's...
Engels | 304 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Network with confidence
"Are you fed up with trawling round networking events that take vast amounts of time for little return? Do you feel queasy stepping into a room of total strangers to represent yourself or your business? Then this is the book you've been waiting for.Networking is something that can really improve our career prospects, but it is something that many people actively dread. With advice on how to conquer your nerves, ask the right questions, find out about the right events (and work out which ones to avoid),...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,3 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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