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The Knockoff Economy
How Imitation Sparks Innovation
In The Knockoff Economy, Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman delve into the role of copying in the modern economy, arguing that creativity can thrive even in its presence.
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Outliers
The Story of Success
The author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why The Beatles earned their fame.NPR Bestseller
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Red Ink
Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of In Fed We Trust presents a narrative analysis of the federal budget that reveals how funds were actually spent in 2011, evaluating the roles of such contributors as Jacob Lew, Douglas Elmendorf and Pete Peterson.
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Imagine
How Creativity Works
An examination of the new science of creativity explains how it involves distinct thought processes that can be tapped by anyone, revealing the practices of successful companies and creative individuals while considering how to use scientific principles to increase creativity.NPR Bestseller
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Steve Jobs
A Biography
Draws on more than 40 interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors and colleagues, to offer a look at the co-founder and leading creative force behind the Apple computer company.NPR Bestseller
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The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business
Identifying the neurological processes behind behaviors while explaining that self-control and success are largely driven by habits, a guide by a Yale-educated investigative reporter for The New York Times shares scientifically based guidelines for achieving personal goals and overall well-being by adjusting specific habits.NPR Bestseller
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The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Highlights achievements of Bell Labs as a leading innovator, exploring the role of its highly educated employees in developing new technologies while considering the qualities of companies where innovation and development are most successful.
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Thinking, Fast And Slow
A psychologist draws on years of research to introduce his "machinery of the mind" model on human decision-making, revealing the faults and capabilities of intuitive versus logical thinking.NPR Bestseller
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The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz argues that economic inequality is achieved through stifling of true capitalism, then offers analysis and solutions.NPR Bestseller
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Attention All Passengers
The Airlines' Dangerous Descent — And How to Reclaim Our Skies
An examination of the airline industry reveals how airline executives are cutting costs and exposes how the U.S. government has conspired to place corporate interests above the interests of consumers, workers, the nation's economy, and the environment.
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Confidence Men
Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Draws on hundreds of hours of interviews and in-depth research to relate the complete story of the nation's financial meltdown, from the trading floors of Lower Manhattan to the power corridors inside the Beltway.NPR Bestseller
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Macrowikinomics
New Solutions for a Connected Planet
The authors show in more than a dozen fields, that we have reached a historic turning point: cling to the old industrial era paradigms or use collaborative innovation to revolutionize not only the way we work, but how we live, learn, create, govern and care for one another.
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The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
How We Lie to Everyone — Especially Ourselves
From Washington to Wall Street, the classroom to the workplace, author and behavior economist Dan Ariely explores the question of dishonesty to help us understand why cheating is so prevalent and what we can do about it.
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Soccernomics
Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey—and Even Iraq—are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game of soccer works, "Soccernomics" reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about the world's most popular game. An essential guide for the 2010 World Cup.
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The Mark Inside
A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, And A Small History Of The Big Con
A narrative history of con artistry in America documents the early twentieth-century efforts of J. Frank Norfleet to track down a gang of confidence men who swindled him out of everything he had.
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China Airborne
In 2011, China announced its 12th Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jump-start its aerospace industry. In China Airborne, James Fallows documents the extraordinary scale of China's project, making clear how it stands to catalyze the nation's hypergrowth and hyperurbanization, revolutionizing China in ways analogous to the building of America's transcontinental railroad in the 19th century.
