They could come straight from a modern business book: know your goal, find winning moves, play by the rules, choose moves with the greatest potential, and so on.
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Bill Bryson's Down Under, which is probably the most widely read book on modern-day Australia, was a popular choice, and one that I would endorse.
Simon Fanshawe, author of The Done Thing, a book about modern manners, says the idea will only be embraced outside times of crisis if there are authority figures organising it.
Those you who have the pleasure of owning a copy of Nerds on Wall Street, my amusing yet allegedly informative book on modern markets, know that it features a photo collection of critters on trading floors.
His book was a modern day version of P.
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That same year, writes John Fry in his book The Story of Modern Skiing, the chairlift was invented in the US, revolutionizing skiing as a recreational activity.
If you want luxury at a significantly lower price, book one of the modern rooms at the Infinity Villas in Tegallalang village, about 7km north of Ubud.
Without a doubt this book will quickly become the modern entrepreneurs bible and required MBA reading.
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- You can guess how Joel Bakan feels about modern companies from the title of his book: "The Corporation: The pathological pursuit of profit and power".
Well all true, all true, and if I were to write a book on the subject of modern Britain it would certainly all have to feature on its pages.
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The success of the latter is what transformed him into a genuine publishing phenomenon, for anyone who can fascinate the masses with a book about the birth of modern geology is truly an author with the magic touch.
The book was "Ancient Grains for Modern Meals, " by Maria Speck (Ten Speed Press, 2011).
Similarly, his foray into geopolitics--he thinks Krakatoa contributed to the rise of modern Muslim extremism--suffers from the book's lack of endnotes, and from Winchester's occasional overconfidence in his command of this great mass of material.
But pharmaceutical chemist Derek Lowe repeats a more memorable tale while writing a post about a book called Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs.
In other words, Mr Rogan's book might more aptly have been called a modern political history of the Arabs.
Growing up in the town of Busto Arsizio, about 40 minutes' drive northwest of Milan, he first discovered modern art at 13, when he happened on a book, Pop Art, by critic Lucy Lippard and discovered the work of artists like Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist.
Art of War: Eagerly studied by military leaders in ancient times, modern politicians and executives now use this 2000-year-old book as a guide.
Indeed, while the modern Bartlett has seemingly moved to the dark side, his 1981 book, Reaganomics, written before Ronald Reagan reached office, remains essential reading for anyone who wants to understand economic policy.
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But even putting aside the fact that pre-war America is one of the richest settings of the modern era, in terms of potential for rich narrative, this book just feels more like fantasy than historical fiction.
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History text book author, Sean Lang, last week called for a modern history curriculum that was not so skewed towards the first half of the 20th century.
This book is not about any of those ways Americans have shaped the modern world.
Mr Blum's book is an excellent guide for anyone interested in how the global modern electronic infrastructure works.
All it takes is picking up a history book to see the huge difference that vaccination has made in the modern world.
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Architect and academic Fritz Haeg, whose work has been exhibited at Tate Modern in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art, has written a book, "Edible Landscapes", in which he calls for our lawns to be replaced by beautiful spreads of fruit and vegetables.
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No phone, no address book, no music: It was as though I'd left the modern world behind at Sunan airport and stepped back in time to a seemingly prehistoric analog era.
This article is by Cleve W. Stevens, the founder and president of Owl Sight Intentions and author of the new book The Best in Us: People, Profit, and the Remaking of Modern Leadership.
Modern students tend to gravitate to these mediums and have come to eschew the old-fashioned book format.
NPR's Special Africa correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault's new book, New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance, chronicles modern day life and the changes happening on the continent.
In their new book they look at how it is shaking up some of the core institutions of modern society: the media, universities, government and so on.
As I explain in my forthcoming book, The Best in Us: People, Profit, and the Remaking of Modern Leadership, I believe the most comprehensive approach is what I call transformative leadership.
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