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The $12 million stuffed shark: the curious economics of contemporary art
Par Donald N Thompson. 2008
Delves into the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world - artists, dealers, auction houses, and wealthy collectors. If…
it's true that 85 percent of new contemporary art is bad, why were record prices achieved at auction in 2006 and 2007? Explores money, lust, and the self-aggrandizement of possession in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work of art valuable while others are ignored. 2008.The 4-hour work week: escape the 9-5, live anywhere and join the new rich
Par Timothy Ferriss. 2008
This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches: how Tim went from $40,000 dollars per year and 80 hours…
per week to $40,000 per MONTH and 4 hours per week; how to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want; how blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs; how to eliminate 50 per cent of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist; and, how to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements'. 2008.Tesla, man out of time: Man Out Of Time
Par Margaret Cheney. 1981
Biography of an "Eccentric Inventor" from his childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940's. Chronicles…
a lifetime of such discoveries as fluorescent lighting and the bladeless turbine. 1981.Sur la route du papier (Petit précis de mondialisation. #3.)
Par Erik Orsenna. 2012
S'empêcher d'en faire trop: carnets de mission "humanitaire" au Viêt-nam
Par Maurice Mimoun. 2004
"Je n'ai jamais cherché à faire de l'humanitaire. J'étais méfiant. Je n'aimais pas le mot, je ne l'aime toujours pas."…
Un jour pourtant, après avoir vu quelques photos, le professeur Maurice Mimoun a décidé de mettre sa technique au service des corps estropiés, brulés, mutilés. Depuis cinq ans, il se rend régulièrement au Viêt-nam avec la fondation Children Action pour tenter de guérir les blessés, apporter ses connaissances et son aide, et surtout enseigner à des chirurgiens locaux les gestes qui peuvent sauver une vie. 2004.Sigmund Freud en son temps et dans le nôtre
Par Élisabeth Roudinesco. 2014
L'ouverture aux chercheurs de nouvelles archives et la mise à disposition de l'essentiel de la correspondance de Freud sont à…
l'origine de ce nouvel ouvrage sur le fondateur de la psychanalyse, qui apporte un éclairage nouveau sur l'homme et sur son oeuvre. Gagnant de Prix Décembre 2014. 2014.Switchers: how smart professionals change careers--and seize success
Par Dawn Graham. 2018
Are you stuck in an unsatisfying job? In the wrong profession? An industry that just isn't a fit? This book…
provides proven strategies that will get you where you want to go. 2018.Yoon takes us into the minds of superconsumers of all kinds of brands. He reveals what makes these fanatics tick…
and why they spend so much more than other consumers. And, most important, he teaches readers how to use readily available data to identify their own superconsumers and then use this newfound knowledge to transform ordinary consumers into more profitable superconsumers. 2017.Taxing the rich: a history of fiscal fairness in the United States and Europe
Par David Stasavage, Kenneth F Scheve. 2016
Draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in-depth history…
of progressive taxation available. Explores the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while also providing the most detailed examination to date of when taxes have been levied against the rich and when they haven't. Fairness in debates about taxing the rich has depended on different views of what it means to treat people as equals and whether taxing the rich advances or undermines this norm. Shows how the future of tax reform will depend on whether political and economic conditions allow for new compensatory arguments to be made. 2016.Taking people with you: the only way to make big things happen (Your coach in a box)
Par David Novak. 2012
Taking the world in for repairs
Par Richard Selzer. 1996
Tales from under the rim: the marketing of Tim Hortons
Par Ron Buist. 2003
The original Tim Horton's founders - Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Tim Horton, doughnut entrepreneur Jim Charade, and Nova Scotia born…
franchise wizard Ron Joyce - are all profiled in this examination of the marketing strategies behind Canada's most popular coffee-and-doughnuts chain. Look behind the invention of the apple fritter and the raisin dutchie, how timbits are made, or the origins of "Roll Up the Rim to Win". 2003.Systems of survival: a dialogue on the moral foundations of commerce and politics
Par Jane Jacobs. 1994
In the form of a Platonic dialogue, Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes - one governing commerce, the other, politics…
- and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She investigates such examples as business fraud, government subsidies to agriculture and criminal enterprise. She provides a new way of seeing our public transactions and encourages us towards the best use of our natural inclinations. 1994.Talk to the hand
Par Nicole Dryburgh. 2010
Nicole went through surgery to remove a malignant tumour on her spine, then radiotherapy, a brain haemorrhage, blindness, loss of…
movement, chemotherapy, more chemotherapy, loss of hearing, more radiotherapy, and more surgery. Nicole also has raised thousands of pounds for charity, passed GCSE English after just 6 months' study, gone abseiling, visited New York, had meetings with royalty and government ministers, been the subject of a BBC TV documentary, won numerous national and local awards, and worked for the Teenage Cancer Trust. "Talk to the Hand" is a continuation of Nicole's very full life story, and includes her tips for overcoming setbacks and crises. 2010.In its search for oil and gas riches, Alberta is plunging ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling…
its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, and filling its southern half with tens of thousands of gas wells. In so doing, it is running out of water, destroying its range land, wiping out its forests and wildlife and spewing huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. 2007.SIDA, témoignage sur la vie et la mort de Martin
Par Hélène Laygues. 1985
Scalpels & buggywhips: medical pioneers of Central BC
Par Eldon Lee. 1997
This book is a series of short historical profiles about medical pioneers in Central British Columbia, many of whom set…
up practices in the latter part of the 19th century. 1997.Street fighters: the last 72 hours of Bear Stearns, the toughest firm on Wall Street
Par Kate Kelly. 2009
The fall of Bear Stearns in March 2008 set off a wave of global financial turmoil that continues to ripple.…
How could one of the oldest, most resilient firms on Wall Street go so far astray that it had to be sold at a fire sale price? How could the street fighters who ran Bear so aggressively miscalculate so completely? The Wall Street Journal's Kelly describes Bear's three final days, and shows how top executives descended into civil war as the mortgage crisis began to brew. Strong language. 2009.