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The Man Without a Face. The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
Granta Books, 2012. Paperback. Pp: 314. Handpicked in 1999 by the 'Family' surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, with very little governmental or administrative experience beyond having served as deputy mayor of St Petersburg, seemed like the perfect choice in the eyes of an oligarchy bent on moulding the president's successor to its own designs. Suddenly the boy who had scrapped his way through post-war Leningrad schoolyards, dreaming of ruling the world, was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as with ruthless efficiency Putin dismantled the country's media, wrested control and wealth from the country's burgeoning business class, and decimated the fragile mechanisms of democracy. Within a few brief years, virtually every obstacle to his unbridled control was removed and every opposing voice silenced, with political rivals and critics driven into exile or to the grave. As a journalist living in Moscow, Masha Gessen experienced this history firsthand - her horrifying and spellbinding account of how this 'faceless' man manoeuvred his way into absolute - and absolutely corrupt - power will stand as a classic of narrative non-fiction. ISBN: 9781847086310. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
-- Boeknummer: 338004
€ 15.00
Catalogus: Geschiedenis
Trefwoorden: 9781847086310
Market Leader Upper Intermediate Coursebook (with DVD-ROM incl. Class Audio)
2011. Paperback. Pp: 175. The 3rd edition Course Book includes: " All new reading texts from the Financial Times " All new case studies with opinions from successful consultants who work in the real world of business " All new listening texts reflecting the global nature of business " New 'Business Across Cultures' spreads " New Vocabulary Trainer www.marketleader.vocabtrainer.net. ISBN: 9781408237090. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 780657
€ 20.00
Catalogus: Onderwijs
Trefwoorden: 9781408237090
One Step Too Far
Penguin Books UK. Paperback. Pp: 400. YOUR NEXT OBSESSION. * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL * * MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR * * TV SERIES OPTIONED! HILARY SWANK TO STAR AND CO-PRODUCE * 'Propulsive, adrenaline-fuelled, terrifyingly real!' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Will have you flipping pages at breakneck speed.' LINWOOD BARCLAY 'This book exceeds even Gardner's high standards.' DAILY MAIL _________________ Five men head into the woods for a bachelor party weekend. Only four return. If he never left the woods, where did he go? A young man disappears during a stag weekend in the woods. Years later, he's still missing. But his friends who were with him that day are still searching for him. Still hunting for answers. They hike deep into the wilderness. With them is missing person specialist Frankie Elkin. What they don't know is that they are putting their own lives in terrifying danger, and may not come back alive. _________________ 'Terrifying, primal, and very, very tense' KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW 'One of crime-fiction's most intriguing new sleuths' BOOKLIST 'Beyond brilliant. ingenious, intense, edgy dialogue' LIBRARY JOURNAL 'Everything you want in a crime thriller' FROST MAGAZINE 'Sinister. [a] tense, crackling read' PEOPLE _________________ READERS LOVE ONE STEP TOO FAR. ***** 'WOW! What a thoroughly taut, tense, and engaging mystery.' ***** 'This is a riveting crime read, with oodles of tension and suspense.' ***** 'I honestly couldn't believe how much I came to love the characters in this story.' ***** ''The story really tugged at my heartstrings and now I can't wait to join Frankie on her next search.' ***** 'This is first-class entertainment for thriller lovers, and I highly recommend reading this book.' _________________ PRAISE FOR LISA GARDNER. 'No one writes a more page-turning, gut-wrenching, edgy thriller than Lisa Gardner' Tess Gerritsen 'Lisa Gardner's fast-paced and exciting novels twist when you expect a turn and turn when you expect a twist. I cannot recommend her more.' Karin Slaughter 'For years Lisa Gardner has been one of the best in the business.' Harlan Coben 'No one owns this corner of the crime genre the way Lisa Gardner does' Lee Child 'Lisa Gardner is at the top of her game' Kathy Reichs. ISBN: 9781529157895. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 3016679
€ 8.50
Catalogus: Literatuur
Trefwoorden: 9781529157895
Ottawa
Whitecap Books, 1997. Hardcover. Pp: 96. Picture skaters gliding down a frozen canal, business people lunching at a sunny outdoor caf, and thousands of visitors on the lawns of Parliament Buildings. This is Ottawa, a growing city full of action-packed festivals, outdoor activities, and world-class performances.About the Canada series: As expansive as Canada itself, this outstanding series captures outstanding views of panoramic landscapes, brilliant city skylines, and picturesque communities. Each volume focuses on a city or province and features 96 pages and 70 stunning images by internationally renowned photographers, plus descriptive captions. ISBN: 9781551105277. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 3050085
€ 10.00
Catalogus: Reizen
Trefwoorden: 9781551105277
The Personal MBA. A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume
Portfolio. Hardcover. Pp: 402. ISBN: 9781591843528. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 3434482
€ 20.00
Catalogus: Management & Economie
Trefwoorden: 9781591843528
Postwar. Waging Peace in Chicago
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 288. When World War II ended, Americans celebrated a military victory abroad, but the meaning of peace at home was yet to be defined. From roughly 1943 onward, building a postwar society became the new national project, and every interest group involved in the war effort"from business leaders to working-class renters"held different visions for the war's aftermath. In Postwar, Laura McEnaney plumbs the depths of this period to explore exactly what peace meant to a broad swath of civilians, including apartment dwellers, single women and housewives, newly freed Japanese American internees, African American migrants, and returning veterans. In her fine-grained social history of postwar Chicago, McEnaney puts ordinary working-class people at the center of her investigation. What she finds is a working-class war liberalism"a conviction that the wartime state had taken things from people, and that the postwar era was about reclaiming those things with the state's help. McEnaney examines vernacular understandings of the state, exploring how people perceived and experienced government in their lives. For Chicago's working-class residents, the state was not clearly delineated. The local offices of federal agencies, along with organizations such as the Travelers Aid Society and other neighborhood welfare groups, all became what she calls the state in the neighborhood, an extension of government to serve an urban working class recovering from war. Just as they had made war, the urban working class had to make peace, and their requests for help, large and small, constituted early dialogues about the role of the state during peacetime.Postwar examines peace as its own complex historical process, a passage from conflict to postconflict that contained human struggles and policy dilemmas that would shape later decades as fatefully as had the war. ISBN: 9780812250558. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 3011180
€ 12.00
Catalogus: Geschiedenis
Trefwoorden: 9780812250558
Power Systems. Conversations with David Barsamian on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire
Penguin, 2014. Paperback. Pp: 216. Explores the immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the 'class war' fought by US business interests against working people and the poor, the breakdown of mainstream political institutions and the rise of the far right. ISBN: 9781405962681. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Boeknummer: 3486383
€ 8.95
Catalogus: Sociologie
Trefwoorden: 9781405962681
Principles
Simon and Schuster, 2017. Linnen band. Pp: 567. #1 New York Times Bestseller"Significant.The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving." "The New York TimesRay Dalio, one of the world`s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he`s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business"and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine`s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater`s exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as "an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency." It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio"who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood"that he believes are the reason behind his success. In Principles, Dalio shares what he`s learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book`s hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of "radical truth" and "radical transparency," include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating "baseball cards" for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they`re seeking to achieve.Here, from a man who has been called both "the Steve Jobs of investing" and "the philosopher king of the financial universe" (CIO magazine), is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you`ll find in the conventional business press. ISBN: 9781501124020. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 2197701
€ 17.50
Catalogus: Management & Economie
Trefwoorden: 9781501124020
Red Roulette. An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China
Simon & Schuster, Limited, 2021. Hardcover. Pp: 320. "After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants-meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan who was determined to make her mark within China's male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of the red aristocracy, vaulted into China's billionaire class. Soon they were developing the massive air cargo facility at Beijing International Airport, and they followed that feat with the creation of one of Beijing's premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, traveling in private jets, funding multi-million-dollar buildings and endowments, and purchasing expensive homes, vehicles, and art. But in 2017, their fates diverged irrevocably when Desmond, while residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three coworkers. This is both Desmond's story and Whitney's, because she cannot tell it herself"-Publisher's description. ISBN: 9781398509900. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 2986178
€ 18.50
Catalogus: Geschiedenis
Trefwoorden: 9781398509900
Rise of the Robots. Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Perseus Distribution, 2015. Hardcover. Pp: 334. Winner of the 2015 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award A New York Times Bestseller Top Business Book of 2015 at Forbes One of NBCNews.com 12 Notable Science and Technology Books of 2015 What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? We might imagine-and hope-that today's industrial revolution will unfold like the last: even as some jobs are eliminated, more will be created to deal with the new innovations of a new era. In Rise of the Robots, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Martin Ford argues that this is absolutely not the case. As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary. Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making good jobs obsolete: many paralegals, journalists, office workers, and even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots and smart software. As progress continues, blue and white collar jobs alike will evaporate, squeezing working- and middle-class families ever further. At the same time, households are under assault from exploding costs, especially from the two major industries-education and health care-that, so far, have not been transformed by information technology. The result could well be massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the consumer economy itself. In Rise of the Robots, Ford details what machine intelligence and robotics can accomplish, and implores employers, scholars, and policy makers alike to face the implications. The past solutions to technological disruption, especially more training and education, aren't going to work, and we must decide, now, whether the future will see broad-based prosperity or catastrophic levels of inequality and economic insecurity. Rise of the Robots is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what accelerating technology means for their own economic prospects-not to mention those of their children-as well as for society as a whole. ISBN: 9780465059997. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 1530801
€ 15.00
Catalogus: Management & Economie
Trefwoorden: 9780465059997
She Come by It Natural. Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs
Scribner. Paperback. Pp: 188. Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities"and strengths"of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and surviving. In her family, she writes, "country music was foremost a language among women. It`s how we talked to each other in a place where feelings aren`t discussed." And no one provided that language better than Dolly Parton. In this "tribute to the woman who continues to demonstrate that feminism comes in coats of many colors," Smarsh tells readers how Parton`s songs have validated women who go unheard: the poor woman, the pregnant teenager, the struggling mother disparaged as "trailer trash." Parton`s broader career"from singing on the front porch of her family`s cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains to achieving stardom in Nashville and Hollywood, from "girl singer" managed by powerful men to self-made mogul of business and philanthropy"offers a springboard to examining the intersections of gender, class, and culture. ISBN: 9781982157296. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 3486482
€ 9.00
Catalogus: Muziek
Trefwoorden: 9781982157296
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Penguin Random House Children's UK. Paperback. Pp: 368. Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn't play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone's business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he's been emailing, will be compromised. ISBN: 9780141356099. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 749315
€ 7.50
Catalogus: Kinderboeken algemeen
Trefwoorden: 9780141356099
Tools of titans: The tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers
Random House UK. Paperback. Pp: 300. The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: "For the last two years, I've interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast,The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it's the first time they've agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview, and the show is on the cusp of passing 100 million downloads. "This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and 'inside baseball' you won't find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new 'guests' you haven't met. "What makes the show different is a relentless focus on actionable details. This is reflected in the questions. For example: What do these people do in the first sixty minutes of each morning? What do their workout routines look like, and why? What books have they gifted most to other people? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices in their field? What supplements do they take on a daily basis? "I don't view myself as an interviewer. I view myself as an experimenter. If I can't test something and replicate results in the messy reality of everyday life, I'm not interested. "Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I've used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration. "I created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It's changed my life, and I hope the same for you.". ISBN: 9781785041273. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 1450231
€ 12.50
Catalogus: Management & Economie
Trefwoorden: 9781785041273
Verbeter je sales. In vier stappen naar effectiever sales management
Academic service. Hardback. Pp: 140. Sales is een kernactiviteit van elk bedrijf. Maar, in veel gevallen kunnen deresultaten van een salesafdeling nog met tientallen procenten worden verbeterd.Niet, zoals zo vaak wordt gedacht, door vaardigheidstrainingen van de individuele salesprofessionals, maar door het salesproces efficinter in te richten. Dat betekent: meer sales, met dezelfde mensen!Lees in dit boek hoe je in vier overzichtelijke stappen de effectiviteit vanhet salesproces vergroot. De tools in dit resultaatgerichte boek zijn directin praktijk te brengen. De handige checklists, inzichtelijke cases en helderestijl maken Verbeter je sales voor iedereen toegankelijk. Grote multinationals, zoals General Electrics, maar ook kleinere bedrijven hebbenal baat gehad bij de succesvolle methode uit dit boek.'Wil jij een best in class sales manager zijn? Zo ja, lees dit boek en leid jebedrijf naar het ultieme succes door meer te verkopen met dezelfde mensen.'Gerard Pruijn, Sales Director Toshiba TEC Retail Information Systems'Sales is een proces dat vaak over het hoofd wordt gezien. Loudon introduceertechter een analytische aanpak en procesdiscipline voor het salesproces die allebedrijven zouden moeten gebruiken omdat sales het meest belangrijke proces inieder bedrijf is. Verplichte kost voor iedere CEO of salesleider.'Dr. Steve Garnett, Chairman EMEA Salesforce.com'Eindelijk een no-nonsense, praktische gids om de effectiviteit van jesalesproces te verhogen. Gebaseerd op robuuste data biedt Loudon tools die deimplementatie eenvoudiger maken. Iedereen die carrire wil maken in salesmanagement zou dit boek moeten lezen.'Dr. Kaj Storbacka, Professor, Sales en Account Management, Nyenrode Business Universiteit'Verbeter je sales biedt een geavanceerde, systematische en leesbare gids voor het salesproces die bruikbaar is voor alle salesprofessionals.'Professor George Yip, Dean, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Universiteit, en auteur van Managing Global Customers'Hoe haal je het beste uit je salesorganisatie? Verbeter je sales voorziet jevan vele inzichten en handige tools om dit te bereiken. Lees dit boek!'Professor Mario van Vliet, General Manager Capgemini Consulting'Eindelijk aandacht voor deze onderbelichte kant van sales. Alle structuuren informatie die je nodig hebt om je salesproces te verbeteren.'Roy Lamain, Sales Manager bij Dell. ISBN: 9789052616674. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 1932054
€ 15.00
Catalogus: Management & Economie
Trefwoorden: 9789052616674
Wilhelmina formeert. De kabinetscrisis van 1907-1908
Boom. Pp: 192. Moeilijke kabinetsformaties zijn van alle tijden. Wilhelmina formeert is een reconstructie van de kabinetsformatie van 1907-1908. Een verhaal over politieke verdeeldheid, politieke ego's en een invloedrijke koningin. De kabinetsformatie van 1907-1908, een bij vlagen vermakelijke episode uit onze parlementaire geschiedenis, werpt een interessant licht op de werking van het Nederlandse constitutionele bestel. Evenals nu was er grote politieke verdeeldheid, die gecompliceerd werd door het ontbreken van een duidelijke parlementaire meerderheid. In die situatie kon de jonge koningin Wilhelmina een doorslaggevende rol spelen bij de formatie, die leidde tot het door haar gewenste kabinet. Het ging ten koste van de beroemdste staatsman van zijn tijd, oud-premier Abraham Kuyper.In het boek gaat de auteur in op de overeenkomsten en verschillen tussen toen en nu. Een belangrijk verschil was het ontbreken van vrijwel elke publiciteit tijdens de formatieperiode. Anders dan nu stond de publieke opinie daardoor buitenspel.Over de auteur(s):Dr. Jan de Bruijn is sinds 1993 hoogleraar politieke geschiedenis aan de Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam.Hij schreef eerder een boek over de kabinetsformatie van 1901. Tot zijn recente publicaties behoren Het boetekleed ontsiert de man niet. Abraham Kuyper en de Lintjesaffaire (2005) en Abraham Kuyper. Een beeldbiografie (2008).In de media 'Beschrijft op samelijke wijze de totstandkomiong van het confessionele winderheidskabinet (.) De Bruijn geeft aan de hand van dagboeken en andere archiefstukken een prachtige inkijk in een formatie met thrillerachtige trekjes' - Piet H. de Jong, Nederlands Dagblad (20-05-2011)'De Bruijn laat mooi zien hoe Wilhelmina het proces naar haar hand zette.' - Trouw (28-05-2011)'Deze publicatie van Kuyper-kenner Jan de Bruijn is actueel in het licht van de discussie over de rol van het staatshoofd bij kabinetsformaties. Koningin Beatrix kan er wat van, maar haar grootmoeder ging veel verder.' - Syb Wynia, Elsevier (21-05-2011) 'Een juweeltje.' -Thomas Lepeltak, Business Class. ISBN: 9789461053008. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Boeknummer: 1635219
€ 6.00
Catalogus: Geschiedenis
Trefwoorden: 9789461053008
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