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  Chicago Union Station

  Fred Ash

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  A history of the Midwestern transportation hub and its impact on the city and the region, plus stunning photographs of the station’s architecture. 
   
  More than a century before airlines placed it at the center of their systems, Chicago was already the nation’s transportation hub—from Union Station, passengers could reach major cities on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts as well as countless points in between. 
   
  Chicago’s history is tightly linked to its railroads. Railroad historian Fred Ash begins in the mid-1800s, when Chicago dominated Midwest trade and was referred to as the “Railroad Capital of the World.” During this period, swings in the political climate significantly modified the relationship between the local government and its largest landholders, the railroads. From here, Ash highlights competition at the turn of the twentieth century between railroad companies that greatly influenced Chicago’s urban landscape. Profiling the fascinating stories of businessmen, politicians, workers, and immigrants whose everyday lives were affected by the bustling transportation hub, Ash documents the impact Union Station had on the growing city and the entire Midwest. 
   
  Featuring more than one hundred photographs of the famous beaux art architecture, Chicago Union Station is a beautifully illustrated tribute to one of America’s overlooked treasures. 
   
  “The book includes more than 100 illustrations, a quarter of which are in color—but the real value is in author Ash’s narrative; he’s devoted decades to the study of terminals in the Railroad Capital, and it shows in this marvelous work.” —Classic Trains 
   
  “The station’s history is thoughtfully revealed alongside concurrent economic and political events unfolding in Chicago at given points in time, thus providing the reader with a deeper understanding of why certain station milestones occurred when they did and the way they did.” —The Michigan Railfan

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  7 Values of Highly Effective...

  Can Akdeniz, Introbooks Team

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  7 Values of Highly Effective People reveals those values that stand behind most strong characters, values which are the very bricks in the foundation of success and efficiency. The book is like a little guide to help you understand how people achieve greatness by incorporating authentic values into their every day existence and identify that internal network of values that expresses who you truly are so you can align your relationships, career, and overall lifestyle with what is meaningful and relevant in your own life.

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  Why You Won't Get Rich - How...

  Robert Verkaik

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  From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality.Soaring rents, unfair taxation and a growing gig economy have brought about unprecedented economic shame: Amazon warehouse workers living in tents, nurses turning to foodbanks, London firemen commuting hundreds of miles to work.Even those higher up the ladder are losing their grip on the life they were promised. Barristers take home less than the minimum wage and doctors are starting out with £100,000 student debts on salaries lower than the national average. We're all facing a new economic phenomenon - in-work poverty. At the same time a generation of young professionals is coming to terms with never being able to own even the cheapest home in their area.The only way to reverse the damage is if everyone feels they have a financial stake in society.“How the system became rigged so that even the fortunate lose out: a masterpiece.” DANNY DORLING, author of Inequality and the 1%

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  Business Productivity

  RWG Publishing

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  Ben Franklin once said, time is money wasted now, pay for it later. And it's true, right? Even as an individual, if you're bleeding minutes, you're bleeding dollars. But in an organization made up of many people, the effect is exponentially greater. The cumulative amount of time being wasted or lost to distraction, procrastination or slow unmotivated work, could be eating away 10s or even hundreds of thousands of dollars from your bottom line. So how can you cultivate a positive work ethic and maximize productivity in your business? Well, that's exactly what we're going to show you in this course.

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  The Power of People Skills - How...

  Trevor Throness

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  "The Power of People Skills is the eye-opening, invaluable, definitive guide to achieving success in your organization. Excellent!" —Marshall GoldsmithPeople are the problem. They're always the problem. If a business person goes home frustrated, if they talk with their significant other about it, if they lay awake at night stewing about it, inevitably the problem is some person at work—a colleague, subordinate, or boss.Handling people issues is every leader's major headache. It's what takes up the majority of their time and—more important—the bulk of their head space. Every leader can and must develop this most important of all management skills.The Power of People Skills will teach you that there's one primary difference between a great culture and a poor one: a great culture insists on having star players in every key seat, and a poor culture tolerates under performers. In this powerful book, you will learn how to: Make the people decisions that can double your results, relieve your stress, and cause team morale to soar.Attract and retain the very best talent.Deal with difficult people problems in an objective and kind way.Overcome the reluctance we all share to confront under performers.Permanently solve the problems causing most of your stress.

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  The Common Good - Rising of a...

  Juanita S. Farrow

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  An inspiring guide about how our daily decisions can turn hate and fear into hope and love.  The Common Good: Rising of a New Dawn will forever change how you see your neighbor. On this captivating spiritual journey through America, hear the stories of how ordinary people—people in the trenches devoted to the common good—are making an extraordinary difference in the lives of many.   With passion, wit, and wisdom, Juanita Farrow discusses business, politics, and religion, and paints a compelling picture of how the common good is God’s desire for America, and why it’s good for America. Juanita Farrow states, “We live in a great country, but far too often we allow our beliefs and egos to divide us in ways that become a form of paralysis that impacts the entire nation.” Explore how the people in our lives and the experiences of our journey begin to shape our decisions and our view of the world.  The Common Good speaks to people of faith and nonbelievers, and challenges everyone to look within for authentic purpose. It looks at pressing issues for Americans, but also the rising of a new dawn. Building the bridges to transcend differences will require a lot of heart. Creating a movement for the common good will be difficult, but even businesses, for instance, have found social entrepreneurship not only solves problems around the world, but is good for the bottom line. The Common Good describes how living a more conscious life can heal a nation—one heart, one mind, one thought at a time. A message of hope on how to turn fear into love, it can leave you feeling truly empowered—and inspired to make a difference.  

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