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  The Great Stagnation - How...

  Tyler Cowen

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  America has been through the biggest financial crisis since the great Depression, unemployment numbers are frightening, median wages have been flat since the 1970s, and it is common to expect that things will get worse before they get better. Certainly, the multidecade stagnation is not yet over. How will we get out of this mess? One political party tries to increase government spending even when we have no good plan for paying for ballooning programs like Medicare and Social Security. The other party seems to think tax cuts will raise revenue and has a record of creating bigger fiscal disasters than the first. Where does this madness come from?As Cowen argues, our economy has enjoyed low-hanging fruit since the seventeenth century: free land, immigrant labor, and powerful new technologies. But during the last forty years, the low-hanging fruit started disappearing, and we started pretending it was still there. We have failed to recognize that we are at a technological plateau. The fruit trees are barer than we want to believe. That's it. That is what has gone wrong and that is why our politics is crazy.Cowen reveals the underlying causes of our past prosperity and how we will generate it again. This is a passionate call for a new respect of scientific innovations that benefit not only the powerful elites, but humanity as a whole.

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  81 Days Below Zero - The...

  Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou

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  The untold story of Leon Crane, the only surviving crew member of a World War II B-24 crash on a remote mountain near the Arctic Circle, who managed to stay alive 81 days in sub-zero temperature by making peace with nature, and end his ordeal by walking along a river to safety. Part World War II story, part Alaskan adventure story, part survival story, and even part inspirational story, this is what we call " a good read."This is the first full length retelling of Crane' s incredible survivalist story. It has been noted in magazines and in story collections over the years: most notably, just after the war ended, Crane' s story was included in a book aptly titled,  The 100 Best True Stories of World War II , and in the 1970s, the story was a part of John McPhee' s hot-selling collection of Alaskan survival tales, Coming into the Country.

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  Deathly Ill - An Adventure into...

  M. Allan Daly

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  Planning an international trip?You don’t have to risk having your vacation ruined from food poisoning. 
  Who has your back when it comes to food safety at your final destination? 
  (a) Hotels and restaurants 
  (b) Tour operators 
  (c) Local health departments 
  (d) None of the above 
  If you guessed (d), you’re right! 
  Deathly Ill is a true adventure about M. Allan Daly's quest to make food safer for 
  travelers visiting Latin America and beyond. The jaw-dropping and sometimes 
  gut wrenching stories, from some of the top restaurants in the world, include 
  information that people in the travel industry would never share; nevertheless, 
  these stories had to be told. 
  Travelers can take charge of their own food safety and demand that it be a top 
  priority because the ravages of foodborne illness can destroy vacations at best and 
  lead to a hospital stay or death at worst. 
  You now have a food safety travel advocate. Allan is focused on the health and 
  safety of travelers. 
  Included in the book are loads of tips for gluten-free and food allergy travelers, 
  along with vital questions to ask prior to booking an international tour. M. Allan 
  Daly has the answers to help you and your family stay safer on your next 
  vacation.

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  Minimalist Budget

  Ryan Martinez

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  Close to half of the United States population rely on debt to sustain the quality of their lives.Now, a huge part of your ability to make those debts are based on your Credit Score.Can you image how your life would be like with a bad one?What about a stellar one?Imagine all the doors that would open to you with a credit score that’s close to “Very Good” in the official rating!This is what this book is all about – helping you achieve financial stability not just through the numbers in your bank account but also through the perceptions of society. Our goal is to put you in such a strong financial position that your next debt or mortgage will be approved without questions and even better – with a low interest rate. Here you will find not just generalized information – but a deep insight into your credit score.A step by step guide should arm you with everything you need as you navigate through the Credit Bureaus and the confusing system currently being followed by financial institutions.Through this book, you will find out how your credit score is computed, what affects your credit score, how to improve that score – and how to sustain an impressive score. Read on and take your first step towards financial stability!

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  Mind Your F**king Business - The...

  Dominic Monkhouse, Barnaby...

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  If you want to scale your business quickly and have fun doing it, don't copy the tired approaches of big companies.Mind Your F**king Business shows that thinking small to grow big works, and it can help you scale your company without the drama. Learn how to make the most of the resources you already have – your people – and invest your time and money where it matters.Find out how to:- Turn your existing leaders into A-players and become ten time more productive- Ditch pointless meetings and sales commissions – and thrive without them- Attract the top talent in your industry by making them an offer they can't refuse- Double your turnover every twelve months without throwing money at marketing

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  Cold Hungry and in the Dark -...

  Bill Powers

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  An energy industry insider delivers hard truths about the reality of fracking. Conventional wisdom has North America entering a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. But has industry been honest? Cold, Hungry and in the Dark argues that declining productivity combined with increasing demand will trigger a crisis that will cause prices to skyrocket, damage the economy, and have a profound impact on the lives of nearly every North American. Relying on faulty science, bought-and-paid-for-white papers masquerading as independent research and “industry consultants,” the “shale promoters” have vastly overstated the viable supply of shale gas resources for their own financial gain. This startling exposé, written by an industry insider, suggests that the stakes involved in the Enron scandal might seem like lunch money in comparison to the bursting of the natural gas bubble. Exhaustively researched and rigorously documented, Cold, Hungry and in the Dark:·       Puts supply-and-demand trends under a microscope·       Provides overwhelming evidence of the absurdity of the one hundred-year supply myth·       Suggests numerous ways to mitigate the upcoming natural gas price spike The mainstream media has told us that natural gas will be cheap and plentiful for decades, when nothing could be further from the truth. Forewarned is forearmed. Cold, Hungry and in the Dark is vital reading for anyone concerned about the inevitable economic impact of our uncertain energy future.“Powers’s step-by-step dismantling of the abundance myth ought to alarm policymakers, corporate managers, investors, business owners, and concerned citizens alike.”—Kurt Cobb, author of Prelude and contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

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