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Personal Finance
The Richest Man In Babylon: The Success Secrets of the Ancients–The Most Inspiring Book on Wealth Ever Written
Personal FinanceThe Richest Man In Babylon: The Success Secrets of the Ancients–The Most Inspiring Book on Wealth Ever Written
Beloved by millions, George S. Clason’s classic business book reveals the financial principles that hold the key to personal wealth–now with a new introduction by Suze Orman. THE SUCCESS SECRETS OF THE ANCIENTS–AN ASSURED ROAD TO HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY Countless readers have been helped by the famous “Babylonian parables,” hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of–and a solution to–your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime. This is the business book that holds the secrets to keeping your money–and making more. May they prove for you, as they have proven for millions of others, a sure key to gratifying financial progress.
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Business Biographies & Histories
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Business Biographies & HistoriesThe Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
‘One of the best business books I’ve read in years.’ BILL GATESTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019_____________________________The CEO of Disney, one of Time’s most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger―think global―and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets. Fourteen years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era.In The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the lessons he’s learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees, and he explores the principles that are necessary for true leadership, including: Optimism. Even in the face of difficulty, an optimistic leader will find the path toward the best possible outcome and focus on that, rather than give in to pessimism and blaming. Courage. Leaders have to be willing to take risks and place big bets. Fear of failure destroys creativity. Decisiveness. All decisions, no matter how difficult, can be made on a timely basis. Indecisiveness is both wasteful and destructive to morale. Fairness. Treat people decently, with empathy, and be accessible to them. This book is about the relentless curiosity that has driven Iger for forty-five years, since the day he started as the lowliest studio grunt at ABC. It’s also about thoughtfulness and respect, and a decency-over-dollars approach that has become the bedrock of every project and partnership Iger pursues, from a deep friendship with Steve Jobs in his final years to an abiding love of the Star Wars mythology.“The ideas in this book strike me as universal” Iger writes. “Not just to the aspiring CEOs of the world, but to anyone wanting to feel less fearful, more confidently themselves, as they navigate their professional and even personal lives.”
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Business Biographies & Histories
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Business Biographies & HistoriesThe Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
‘One of the best business books I’ve read in years.’ BILL GATESTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019_____________________________The CEO of Disney, one of Time’s most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger—think global—and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets. Fourteen years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era.In The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the lessons he’s learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees, and he explores the principles that are necessary for true leadership, including: Optimism. Even in the face of difficulty, an optimistic leader will find the path toward the best possible outcome and focus on that, rather than give in to pessimism and blaming. Courage. Leaders have to be willing to take risks and place big bets. Fear of failure destroys creativity. Decisiveness. All decisions, no matter how difficult, can be made on a timely basis. Indecisiveness is both wasteful and destructive to morale. Fairness. Treat people decently, with empathy, and be accessible to them. This book is about the relentless curiosity that has driven Iger for forty-five years, since the day he started as the lowliest studio grunt at ABC. It’s also about thoughtfulness and respect, and a decency-over-dollars approach that has become the bedrock of every project and partnership Iger pursues, from a deep friendship with Steve Jobs in his final years to an abiding love of the Star Wars mythology.“The ideas in this book strike me as universal” Iger writes. “Not just to the aspiring CEOs of the world, but to anyone wanting to feel less fearful, more confidently themselves, as they navigate their professional and even personal lives.”
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Law
The Rule of Law
‘The Rule of Law’ is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain’s former senior law lord, and one of the world’s most acute legal minds, examines what the idea actually means. He makes clear that the rule of law is not an arid legal doctrine but is the foundation of a fair and just society, is a guarantee of responsible government, is an important contribution to economic growth and offers the best means yet devised for securing peace and co-operation. He briefly examines the historical origins of the rule, and then advances eight conditions which capture its essence as understood in western democracies today. He also discusses the strains imposed on the rule of law by the threat and experience of international terrorism. The book will be influential in many different fields and should become a key text for anyone interested in politics, society and the state of our world.
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E-Commerce
The Rule-Breaker’s Guide to Social Media
WANT TO BUILD AN ONLINE FOLLOWING FOR YOUR BUSINESS, SERVICE OR PRODUCTS BUT NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN? In The Rule-Breaker’s Guide to Social Media, Damian Keyes shows you how to get ahead in the ‘creative age’ of the internet by ripping up the rule-book and starting all over again. Crammed full of expert anecdotes, tips and advice – plus a highly effective 30 Day Challenge – this book will revolutionise the way you view online marketing. It’s time to unplug from the old ways of doing things and embrace your unique strengths, skills and passion. It’s time to become a rule-breaker! ‘Throw out any other guide, because this is all you need to effectively build your brand and business through social media.’ John Michael Morgan, author of Brand Against the MachineAt the age of 23 Damian Keyes became one of the founders of The British Institute of Modern Music, which is now the largest full-time independent music education provider in the world. Damian also owns several businesses, including DK Music Management and Warble Entertainment. As a bass player he has performed in over 2000 venues around the world, including Wembley Stadium and Hyde Park. In his role as a keynote speaker Damian travels the globe helping brands and businesses grow using social media marketing. For more information please visit: www.damiankeyes.com
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Law
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award 2018.Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2018.Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2018. Eye-opening, funny and horrifying Observer Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it Daily MailYou may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or perhaps through no fault of your own a defendant. Whatever your role, you d expect a fair trial. I m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free. I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it s too late.A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FOR 24 WEEKS.
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Law
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award 2018.Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2018.Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2018.‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ Observer‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ Daily MailYou may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or – perhaps through no fault of your own – a defendant. Whatever your role, you’d expect a fair trial. I’m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free. I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it’s too late.A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FOR 24 WEEKS.
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Law
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Eye-opening, damning and hilarious’ Tim Shipman, author of All Out War and Fall Out “I’m a barrister, a job which requires the skills of a social worker, relationship counsellor, arm-twister, hostage negotiator, named driver, bus fare-provider, accountant, suicide watchman, coffee-supplier, surrogate parent and, on one memorable occasion, whatever the official term is for someone tasked with breaking the news to a prisoner that his girlfriend has been diagnosed with gonorrhoea.” Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. They are sometimes funny, often moving and ultimately life-changing. How can you defend a child-abuser you suspect to be guilty? What do you say to someone sentenced to ten years who you believe to be innocent? What is the law and why do we need it? And why do they wear those stupid wigs? From the criminals to the lawyers, the victims, witnesses and officers of the law, here is the best and worst of humanity, all struggling within a broken system which would never be off the front pages if the public knew what it was really like. Both a searing first-hand account of the human cost of the criminal justice system, and a guide to how we got into this mess, The Secret Barrister wants to show you what it’s really like and why it really matters.
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Law
The Shankill Butchers: A Case Study of Mass Murder
________________________________’This was the ultimate way to kill a man.’During the 1970s a group of Protestant paramilitaries embarked on a spree of indiscriminate murder which left thirty Northern Irish Catholics dead. Their leader was Lenny Murphy, a fanatical Unionist whose Catholic-sounding surname led to his persecution as a child for which he took revenge on all Catholics. Not for the squeamish, The Shankill Butchers is a horrifying detailed account of one of the most brutal series of murders in British legal history – a phenomenon whose real nature has been obscured by the troubled and violent context from which it sprang.
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Business Biographies & Histories
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors.Exposing these global profiteers, Naomi Klein discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors’ beliefs now dominate our world – and how this domination has been achieved. Raking in billions out of the tsunami, plundering Russia, exploiting Iraq – this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed. ‘Packed with thinking dynamite … a book to be read everywhere’ John Berger ‘If you only read one non-fiction book this year, make it this one’ Metro Books of the Year ‘There are a few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books’ John Gray, Guardian ‘A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger, channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo’ Independent
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Business Biographies & Histories
The Slave Trade: History of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870
The Atlantic slave trade was one of the largest and most elaborate maritime and commercial ventures. Between 1492 and about 1870, ten million or more black slaves were carried from Africa to one port or another of the Americas.In this wide-ranging book, Hugh Thomas follows the development of this massive shift of human lives across the centuries until the slave trade’s abolition in the late nineteenth century.
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Business Biographies & Histories
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, The Snowball is the most fascinating financial success story of our time. Warren Buffett, the legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but finally has given Alice Schroeder unprecedented access to him and all those closest to his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies and wisdom. The result is this personally revealing and complete biography of ‘The Oracle of Omaha’, indispensable reading for those who wish to know the man behind the outstanding achievements.
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E-Commerce
The Stock Market Investing Guide #2020: From Beginner to Intelligent Investor within 30 Days – How to Save Money…
E-CommerceThe Stock Market Investing Guide #2020: From Beginner to Intelligent Investor within 30 Days – How to Save Money…
The Stock Market Investing Guide #2020From Beginner to Intelligent Investor within 30 Days – How to Save Money, Generate Passive Income and Reach Financial Freedomincl. Bonus: ETF SpecialThe new edition of the stock market guide for novice investors is a benchmark in theeconomy industry for people who haven’t got experience in the economy field before.This book details all the processes and guidelines for investors who only start their wayand want to expand their activity in the stock market.The structure and the details of the book are based on the principle of stock marketfunctioning. You will understand the underlying tools of stock market, how tradingtransactions are held and their necessity during securities increase and decrease.This book will help you to become an intelligent investor and reach financial freedom.You will become financially independent and generate a permanent income.You will get acquainted with various types of investment strategies and will select themost suitable for you. Also, you will be aware of a list with instructions that help you togo through the investment process.Some takeaways from this book include:How the trading on the stock market is heldThe principal types of agreements with securitiesHow to open a brokerage account and how to interact with a brokerThe acquisition of your first stocks, step-by-step instructions and main rules ofWarren BuffetThe main principles of momentum tradingHow to save money5 useful tips for finance managementThe first successful results will encourage you to continue your activity on the stock market but already as an intelligent investor who can estimate the current situation soberly and make measured decisions. Yes, it is always difficult to start from scratch but nothing ventured – nothing gained. We make sure that reading this book you will find a lot of useful information, learn the way of managing your funds properly and obtain knowledge and skills an intelligent investor must possess.Start to Save Money, Generate Passive Income and Reach Financial Freedom NOW!
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Personal Finance
The Stock Market Investing Guide #2020: From Beginner to Intelligent Investor within 30 Days – How to Save Money…
Personal FinanceThe Stock Market Investing Guide #2020: From Beginner to Intelligent Investor within 30 Days – How to Save Money…
The Stock Market Investing Guide #2020From Beginner to Intelligent Investor within 30 Days – How to Save Money, Generate Passive Income and Reach Financial Freedomincl. Bonus: ETF SpecialThe new edition of the stock market guide for novice investors is a benchmark in theeconomy industry for people who haven’t got experience in the economy field before.This book details all the processes and guidelines for investors who only start their wayand want to expand their activity in the stock market.The structure and the details of the book are based on the principle of stock marketfunctioning. You will understand the underlying tools of stock market, how tradingtransactions are held and their necessity during securities increase and decrease.This book will help you to become an intelligent investor and reach financial freedom.You will become financially independent and generate a permanent income.You will get acquainted with various types of investment strategies and will select themost suitable for you. Also, you will be aware of a list with instructions that help you togo through the investment process.Some takeaways from this book include:How the trading on the stock market is heldThe principal types of agreements with securitiesHow to open a brokerage account and how to interact with a brokerThe acquisition of your first stocks, step-by-step instructions and main rules ofWarren BuffetThe main principles of momentum tradingHow to save money5 useful tips for finance managementThe first successful results will encourage you to continue your activity on the stock market but already as an intelligent investor who can estimate the current situation soberly and make measured decisions. Yes, it is always difficult to start from scratch but nothing ventured – nothing gained. We make sure that reading this book you will find a lot of useful information, learn the way of managing your funds properly and obtain knowledge and skills an intelligent investor must possess.Start to Save Money, Generate Passive Income and Reach Financial Freedom NOW!
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Business Biographies & Histories
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
‘A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person thinks about the world around him’ Michael LewisIn this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the ‘tipping point’, that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the surface of many familiar occurrences in our everyday world, Gladwell explains the fascinating social dynamics that cause rapid change.’Hip and hopeful, THE TIPPING POINT is like the idea it describes: concise, elegant but packed with social power. A book for anyone who cares about how society works and how we can make it better’ George Stephanopoulos
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Law
The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win
Joel Trachtman’s book presents in plain and lucid terms the powerful tools of argument that have been honed through the ages in the discipline of law. If you are a law student or new lawyer, a business professional or a government official, this book will boost your analytical thinking, your foundational legal knowledge, and your confidence as you win arguments for your clients, your organizations or yourself.
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The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win
Joel Trachtman’s book presents in plain and lucid terms the powerful tools of argument that have been honed through the ages in the discipline of law. If you are a law student or new lawyer, a business professional or a government official, this book will boost your analytical thinking, your foundational legal knowledge, and your confidence as you win arguments for your clients, your organizations or yourself.
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Law
The Ultimate GDPR Practitioner Guide: Demystifying Privacy & Data Protection
2nd Edition now out. Please ensure you buy the most up-to-date versionThe Ultimate GDPR Practitioner Guide provides those tasked with implementing Data Protection processes, useful information on how to achieve compliance with GDPR. The book is crammed with advice, guidance and templates and also includes a copy of the full regulation text and the supporting recitals. Topics include:The Data Protection OfficerData Protection PolicyData Protection / Privacy NoticesData Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA)Data Protection / Privacy by DesignOutsourcingSubject Access RequestsAnd Much Much More!“We’re all going to have to change how we think about data protection.” Elizabeth Denham, UK Information CommissionerWhen Elizabeth Denham, the UK Information Commissioner, delivered the above quote at a lecture for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in London on 17 January 2017, she was highlighting the requirement for organisations to be accountable for the Personal Data they hold and process. Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) we all need to up our game!GDPR is a transformative piece of regulation that applies from 25 May 2018. GDPR enhances current rights and freedoms afforded to EU citizens under the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). GDPR gives Supervisory Authorities strengthened powers to take enforcement action on those organisations who fail in their duty to uphold those rights and freedoms. GDPR is a game-changer!
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Business Biographies & Histories
The Undercover Economist
Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don’t? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world’s worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month?Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles of the modern economy, illuminated by examples from the streets of London to the booming skyscrapers of Shanghai to the sleepy canals of Bruges. Leaving behind textbook jargon and equations, Tim Harford will reveal the games of signals and negotiations, contests of strength and battles of wit that drive not only the economy at large but the everyday choices we make.
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E-Commerce
The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Digital Disruption, Redshirts, and Overthrowing the Ancient Powerful Order: A Novel…
E-CommerceThe Unicorn Project: A Novel about Digital Disruption, Redshirts, and Overthrowing the Ancient Powerful Order: A Novel…
The Phoenix Project wowed over a half-million readers. Now comes the Wall Street Journal Bestselling The Unicorn Project! “The Unicorn Project is amazing, and I loved it 100 times more than The Phoenix Project…”–FERNANDO CORNAGO, Senior Director Platform Engineering, Adidas “Gene Kim does a masterful job of showing how … the efforts of many create lasting business advantages for all.”–DR. STEVEN SPEAR, author of The High-Velocity Edge, Sr. Lecturer at MIT, and principal of HVE LLC. “The Unicorn Project is so clever, so good, so crazy enlightening!”–CORNELIA DAVIS, Vice President Of Technology at Pivotal Software, Inc., Author of Cloud Native Patterns This highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix Project takes another look at Parts Unlimited, this time from the perspective of software development. In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals. One day, she is approached by a ragtag bunch of misfits who say they want to overthrow the existing order, to liberate developers, to bring joy back to technology work, and to enable the business to win in a time of digital disruption. To her surprise, she finds herself drawn ever further into this movement, eventually becoming one of the leaders of the Rebellion, which puts her in the crosshairs of some familiar and very dangerous enemies. The Age of Software is here, and another mass extinction event looms–this is a story about rebel developers and business leaders working together, racing against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in a time of unprecedented uncertainty…and opportunity. “The Unicorn Project provides insanely useful insights on how to improve your technology business.”–DOMINICA DEGRANDIS, author of Making Work Visible and Director of Digital Transformation at Tasktop —— “My goal in writing The Unicorn Project was to explore and reveal the necessary but invisible structures required to make developers (and all engineers) productive, and reveal the devastating effects of technical debt and complexity. I hope this book can create common ground for technology and business leaders to leave the past behind, and co-create a better future together.”–Gene Kim, November 2019
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Business Biographies & Histories
The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy
WINNER OF THE 2019 MADAME DE STAËL PRIZE AND THE 2018 LEONTIEF PRIZE FOR ADVANCING THE FRONTIERS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of what they do? At the heart of today’s financial and economic crisis is a problem hiding in plain sight.In modern capitalism, value-extraction is rewarded more highly than value-creation: the productive process that drives a healthy economy and society. From companies driven solely to maximize shareholder value to astronomically high prices of medicines justified through big pharma’s ‘value pricing’, we misidentify taking with making, and have lost sight of what value really means. Once a central plank of economic thought, this concept of value – what it is, why it matters to us – is simply no longer discussed. Yet, argues Mariana Mazzucato in this penetrating and passionate new book, if we are to reform capitalism – radically to transform an increasingly sick system rather than continue feeding it – we urgently need to rethink where wealth comes from. Which activities create it, which extract it, which destroy it? Answers to these questions are key if we want to replace the current parasitic system with a type of capitalism that is more sustainable, more symbiotic – that works for us all. The Value of Everything reigniteS a long-needed debate about the kind of world we really want to live in.
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Personal Finance
The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment
*LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2019**SHORTISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2020*How do you pack for a one-way journey back to a country you left when you were eleven and have not visited for fifty years?'[Gentleman’s] reporting proves why an independent press is so vital.’ Reni Eddo-Lodge’A timely reminder of what truly great journalists can achieve.’ David Olusoga’It is impossible to overstate the importance of this heartbreaking book.’ James O’BrienAmelia Gentleman’s exposé of the Windrush scandal shocked the nation, and led to the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary. Her tenacious reporting revealed how the government’s ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy had led to thousands of law-abiding people being wrongly classified as illegal immigrants, with many being removed from the country, and many more losing their homes and their jobs.In The Windrush Betrayal, Gentleman tells the full story of her investigation for the first time. Her writing shines a light on the people directly affected by the scandal and illustrates the devastating effect of politicians becoming so disconnected from the world outside Westminster that they become oblivious to the impact of their policy decisions. This is a vitally important account that exposes deeply disturbing truths about modern Britain.’Gentleman boldly chronicles the devastating reality of a scandal that illegalised, imbruted and abandoned British citizens [w]ith the same tenacity that she used to expose the truth of Windrush in the first place’. David Lammy MP
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Personal Finance
The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment
*LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2019**SHORTISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2020*How do you pack for a one-way journey back to a country you left when you were eleven and have not visited for fifty years?'[Gentleman’s] reporting proves why an independent press is so vital.’ Reni Eddo-Lodge’A timely reminder of what truly great journalists can achieve.’ David Olusoga’It is impossible to overstate the importance of this heartbreaking book.’ James O’BrienAmelia Gentleman’s exposé of the Windrush scandal shocked the nation, and led to the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary. Her tenacious reporting revealed how the government’s ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy had led to thousands of law-abiding people being wrongly classified as illegal immigrants, with many being removed from the country, and many more losing their homes and their jobs.In The Windrush Betrayal, Gentleman tells the full story of her investigation for the first time. Her writing shines a light on the people directly affected by the scandal and illustrates the devastating effect of politicians becoming so disconnected from the world outside Westminster that they become oblivious to the impact of their policy decisions. This is a vitally important account that exposes deeply disturbing truths about modern Britain.’Gentleman boldly chronicles the devastating reality of a scandal that illegalised, imbruted and abandoned British citizens [w]ith the same tenacity that she used to expose the truth of Windrush in the first place’. David Lammy MP
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Personal Finance
The Wolf of Wall Street
NOW AN AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND JONAH HILL.’What separates Jordan’s story from others like it, is the brutal honesty.’ – Leonardo DiCaprioBy day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. From the binge that sunk a 170-foot motor yacht, crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids who waited for him for at home, and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king and did his bidding, here, in his own inimitable words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called… THE WOLF OF WALL STREET In the 1990s Jordan Belfort, former kingpin of the notorious investment firm Stratton Oakmont, became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of the canyons of Wall Street and into a massive office on Long Island. In this astounding and hilarious tell-all autobiography, Belfort narrates a story of greed, power, and excess no one could invent – the story of an ordinary guy who went from hustling Italian ices at sixteen to making hundreds of millions. Until it all came crashing down.
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