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  Tokens - The Future of Money in...

  Rachel O’Dwyer

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  Wherever you look, money is being replaced by tokens. Digital platforms are issuing new kinds of money-like things, from phone credit, to shares, gift vouchers, game tokens, and customer data. These tokens are used to turn invisible stuff into assets, to pay wages, to track purchases, and to program and specify the terms of financial and political access and inclusion. What does it mean when online platforms become the new banks? What new types of control and discrimination emerge when money is tied to specific apps, or actions, politics, or identities? 
   
   
   
  By exploring the history of experiments in extra-monetary economies, O'Dwyer shows that private and grassroots tokens have always ghosted the real economy. But as the large tech platforms issue new money-like instruments, tokens are suddenly everywhere. Amazon's Turk workers getting paid in gift cards. Online streamers trading in wish lists. Gamers working for virtual gold. Coined memes selling for thousands. Bitcoin, gift cards, NFTs, customer data, and game tokens are the new money in an evolving economy. This challenges the balance of power between online empires and the state. For platforms, tokens can be an extra-regulatory sleight of hand. But for everyday users, workers, and online subcultures, tokens can also be subversive, a way of imagining what money could be, now and in the future.

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  Agile Leadership Guide -...

  Daniel Green

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  In the fast-paced realm of contemporary business, traditional leadership approaches no longer suffice. Enter the "Agile Leadership Guide: Navigating Change with Vision, Collaboration, and Empowerment," a groundbreaking handbook designed to empower leaders with the tools and mindset needed to navigate the complexities of today's dynamic organizational landscape. 
  In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the very essence of Agile leadership, exploring the foundations, principles, and practices that distinguish it from conventional models. You'll discover how Agile leadership transforms the traditional hierarchical structure, shifting towards a collaborative and empowering framework where leaders serve their teams, not command them. 
  Embark on a journey through the key elements of Agile leadership, from building high-performing teams and cultivating an innovation-centric culture to crafting a compelling vision and adapting strategies to the ever-changing market conditions. Each chapter offers practical insights, real-world examples, and actionable strategies that leaders can implement to drive organizational agility. 
  Learn how to communicate openly and transparently, foster trust, and leverage communication tools effectively in both local and global contexts. Understand the crucial role of metrics and measurement in the Agile world, steering away from common pitfalls and embracing a culture of continuous improvement. 
  As the business world undergoes constant transformation, embrace the principles of Agile leadership outlined in this guide. Empower your teams, foster innovation, and thrive in the face of uncertainty. This book is your compass on the journey to becoming an Agile leader—a leader ready to inspire, adapt, and lead in the ever-evolving landscape of the 21st century. 
   

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  Simple Shelters - Tents Tipis...

  Jonathan Horning

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  How do you build a yurt?  A Bedouin tent?  What about a kathe?  What’s a yaranga?  How about a hogan?  Can you stay warm in an igloo?  Are there secrets to living, thriving and surviving in specific climates?  In this unique and exquisite little book, Jonathan Horning examines basic shelters from all over the world:  mud-brick adobe structures, nomads’ tents, travellers’ quick fixes, timber frame buildings, and modern solutions, including strawbale designs and geodesic domes.

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  Keeping the Chattahoochee -...

  Sally Sierer Bethea

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  Sally Sierer Bethea was one of the first women in America to become a "riverkeeper"—a vocal defender of a specific waterway who holds polluters accountable. In Keeping the Chattahoochee, she tells stories that range from joyous and funny to frustrating—even alarming—to illustrate what it takes to save an endangered river. Her tales are triggered by the regular walks she takes through a forest to the Chattahoochee over the course of a year, finding solace and kinship in nature. 
   
   
   
  For two decades, Bethea worked to restore the neglected Chattahoochee, which provides drinking water and recreation to millions of people, habitat for wildlife, and water for industries and farms as it cuts through the heart of the Deep South. Pairing natural and political history with reflective writing, she draws listeners into her watershed and her memories. Bethea's passion for the natural world—and for defending it with a strong, informed voice animates this instructive memoir. Offering lessons on how to fight for our fundamental right to clean water, Bethea and her colleagues take on powerful corporate and government polluters. They strengthen environmental policies and educate children, reviving the great river from a century of misuse.

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  New Menopausal Years - The Wise...

  Susun Weed

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   Recommended for women 30-90. This lively session expands upon Susun’s incredibly popular book, New Menopausal Years The Wise Woman Way, the menopause “bible” for millions of women. What your doctor doesn’t know about menopause is here, in simple language. If you want to be strong-boned, hale-hearted and juicy for another 50 years, this talk is for you! 
   
  Susun Weed is the voice of the Wise Woman Tradition and director of the Wise Woman Center in Woodstock, NY. She is a grandmother of herbal medicine. She is the author of Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Years, Healing Wise, New Menopausal Years - The Wise Woman Way, and Breast Cancer? Breast Health! Susun is an internationally renowned teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge of herbs and health. Visit www.susunweed.com. 

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  Straight Flush - The True Story...

  Anonimo

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  From the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House—the sources for the films The Social Network and 21— comes the larger-than-life true tale of a group of American college buddies who brilliantly built a billion-dollar online poker colossus based out of the hedonistic paradise of Costa Rica. 
  One problem: the U.S. Department of Justice was gunning for them. . . . 
  Based on extensive insider interviews and participation, acclaimed author Ben Mezrich's Straight Flush tells the captivating rags-to-riches tale of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of the largest online companies in the world, on par with some of the behemoths of the Internet. At its height, Absolute Poker was an online empire earning more than a million dollars a day, following savvy business strategy and even better luck. Its founders set up their operations in the exotic jungle paradise of Costa Rica, embracing an outrageous lifestyle of girls, parties, and money. 
  Meanwhile, the gray area of U.S. and international law in which the company operated was becoming a lot more risky, and soon the U.S. Department of Justice had placed a bull's-eye on Absolute Poker. Should they fold—or double down and ride their hot hand? Impossible to put down, Straight Flush is an exclusive, never-before-seen look behind the headlines of one of the wildest business stories of the past decade.

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