|
Search Results:
|
Displaying records 1 through 10 of 2860 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Price: $26.00
|
|
Sale: $13.75
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Random House
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Hardcover
|
|
Author: John Zogby
|
|
Publisher: Random House
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.097309045
|
|
Publication Date: 2008-08-12
|
|
Reading Level: 256
|
|
|
Description: According to super pollster John Zogby, whom The Washington Post calls “the maverick predictor,” the conventional wisdom about the United States–that we’re isolated from the world, politically fragmented, and inclined toward material pleasure–isn’t just flawed; it may be 180 degrees from the truth. In this far-reaching and illuminating look at contemporary American life, Zogby reveals nothing less than The Way We’ll Be. Drawing on thousands of in-depth surveys conducted especially for the book, Zogby points out where we’re headed–politically, culturally, and spiritually.
The American dream is in transition; it is rapidly being redefined by four meta-movements: living with limits as consumers and citizens; embracing diversity of views and ways of life; looking inward to find spiritual comfort; and demanding authenticity from the media, our leaders, and leading institutions. Spearheaded by today’s eighteen-to-twenty-nine-year-olds–the “First Global” generation–Americans are becoming more internationalist, consensus-oriented, and environmentally conscious and less willing to identify themselves by the things they do to earn or spend their money. But this is more than a youth tide. Americans of all ages are moving beyond old divides–red state/blue state, pro-life/pro-choice, beer drinker/wine connoisseur–to form a new national consensus that will shape the nation for decades to come.
Zogby’s cogent analysis of the data yields an astonishing perspective on Americans’ thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, now and in coming years. Understanding this emerging reality will be key for
• leaders in all fields who want to reach audiences that are more media-savvy, better informed, and more technologically enabled than ever before
• individuals in search of rewarding and fulfilling careers in tomorrow’s growth fields
• politicians and CEOs looking to marry policies and practices to the rising demand for social responsibility
• anyone who wants to market to the emerging new American consensus
Beyond telling a fascinating story, the conclusions in this book are a must-read for everyone from Main Street to Madison Avenue to Capitol Hill. Filled with expert analysis and insight from one of today’s most successful predictors and trend spotters, The Way We’ll Be will redefine how we view America’s future.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $26.00
|
|
Sale: $3.64
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Free Press
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Hardcover
|
|
Author: Phil Rosenzweig
|
|
Publisher: Free Press
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
|
|
Publication Date: 2007-02-06
|
|
Reading Level: 256
|
|
|
|
Description: Much of our business thinking is shaped by delusions -- errors of logic and flawed judgments that distort our understanding of the real reasons for a company's performance. In a brilliant and unconventional book, Phil Rosenzweig unmasks the delusions that are commonly found in the corporate world. These delusions affect the business press and academic research, as well as many bestselling books that promise to reveal the secrets of success or the path to greatness. Such books claim to be based on rigorous thinking, but operate mainly at the level of storytelling. They provide comfort and inspiration, but deceive managers about the true nature of business success. The most pervasive delusion is the Halo Effect. When a company's sales and profits are up, people often conclude that it has a brilliant strategy, a visionary leader, capable employees, and a superb corporate culture. When performance falters, they conclude that the strategy was wrong, the leader became arrogant, the people were complacent, and the culture was stagnant. In fact, little may have changed -- company performance creates a Halo that shapes the way we perceive strategy, leadership, people, culture, and more. Drawing on examples from leading companies including Cisco Systems, IBM, Nokia, and ABB, Rosenzweig shows how the Halo Effect is widespread, undermining the usefulness of business bestsellers from In Search of Excellence to Built to Last and Good to Great. Rosenzweig identifies nine popular business delusions. Among them: - The Delusion of Absolute Performance: Company performance is relative to competition, not absolute, which is why following a formula can never guarantee results. Success comes from doing things better than rivals, which means that managers have to take risks.
- The Delusion of Rigorous Research: Many bestselling authors praise themselves for the vast amount of data they have gathered, but forget that if the data aren't valid, it doesn't matter how much was gathered or how sophisticated the research methods appear to be. They trick the reader by substituting sizzle for substance.
- The Delusion of Single Explanations: Many studies show that a particular factor, such as corporate culture or social responsibility or customer focus, leads to improved performance. But since many of these factors are highly correlated, the effect of each one is usually less than suggested.
In what promises to be a landmark book, The Halo Effect replaces mistaken thinking with a sharper understanding of what drives business success and failure. The Halo Effect is a guide for the thinking manager, a way to detect errors in business research and to reach a clearer understanding of what drives business success and failure. Skeptical, brilliant, iconoclastic, and mercifully free of business jargon, Rosenzweig's book is nevertheless dead serious, making his arguments about important issues in an unsparing and direct way that will appeal to a broad business audience. For managers who want to separate fact from fiction in the world of business, The Halo Effect is essential reading -- witty, often funny, and sharply argued, it's an antidote to so much of the conventional thinking that clutters business bookshelves.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $14.00
|
|
Sale: $8.27
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Paperback
|
|
Author: Aviva Chomsky
|
|
Publisher: Beacon Press
|
|
Edition: 1
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 304.873
|
|
Publication Date: 2007-07-15
|
|
Reading Level: 236
|
|
|
Description: Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly discussed and debated at all levels of society. Chomsky dismantles twenty of the most common assumptions and beliefs underlying statements like "I'm not against immigration, only illegal immigration" and challenges the misinformation in clear, straightforward prose.
In exposing the myths that underlie today's debate, Chomsky illustrates how the parameters and presumptions of the debate distort how we think—and have been thinking—about immigration. She observes that race, ethnicity, and gender were historically used as reasons to exclude portions of the population from access to rights. Today, Chomsky argues, the dividing line is citizenship. Although resentment against immigrants and attempts to further marginalize them are still apparent today, the notion that non-citizens, too, are created equal is virtually absent from the public sphere. Engaging and fresh, this book will challenge common assumptions about immigrants, immigration, and U.S. history.
"Chomsky's book is an indispensable guide to the current debate on immigration. If you are at all uncertain about how to deal with anti-immigrant arguments, you will find Chomsky's book a perfect response to those arguments. She makes her points with crystal-clear clarity, and unassailable evidence, while offering constructive solutions, both short-term and long-term."
—Howard Zinn, author of You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
"Immigrants take away jobs from "Americans." Immigrants drive down wages. Immigrants don't pay taxes and yet benefit from public services. You've heard it all before, probably from CNN's Lou Dobbs. But as Avi Chomsky demonstrates, these are all myths, if not outright lies. She not only demolishes virtually every myth about immigrants and immigration to the U.S., she offers policy makers and activists solutions for tackling many of the issues created by globalization and an immigration policy grounded in falsehoods, and in so doing destroys the greatest myth of all: that nothing can be done."
—Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
"Finally, a concise and comprehensive breakdown of the most prevalent misconceptions about immigration. Avi Chomsky provides not only practical ammunition for the pundit wars, but also real thinking about the intersection of migration with the history of race and rights in the U.S. It's the definitive field guide to today's immigration debate."
—Tram Nguyen, executive editor of Colorlines magazine and author of We Are All Suspects Now
"Avi Chomsky's new book, "They Take Our Jobs!" is a welcome addition to the literature and tools needed to inform the current debate on immigration. In identifying more than 20 "myths" about immigration, the author brings readers through an accessible discussion that includes history, politics, economics and social analysis to challenge these myths and more. At a time when we desperately need to shift the public discourse in the U.S. and elsewhere, to include a more humane and informed perspective on the process of immigration and the lives of migrants and their families, Chomsky's book provides us all with a much-needed sense of history and justice—and injustice—that must be included as we struggle for fair and humane immigration policies."
—Catherine Tactaquin, Executive Director, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
"If ever there was a need for a pithy primer on immigration, it's now, and scholar-activist Aviva Chomsky has provided just that. She considers myths from the book's title, "immigrants don't pay taxes" and then gracefully and in plain language delivers arguments with lessons on history, law and racism. In other words, this is the book to give your xenophobic mother-in-law at the next family barbecue."
—Daisy Hernandez, ColorLines Review
"Aviva Chomsky's "They Take Our Jobs!" should be mandatory reading in high schools. Cleanly organized into 21 chapters—one for each myth, as well as an extra one in there at the end—the volume serves as a quick, crystal-clear introduction to immigration issues . . . If every American—not just high schoolers, but our elected officials—read this concise, well-documented primer, we just might find ourselves overhauling our system."
—FeministReview (blogspot)
"Chomsky reminds us that in the 19th century white workers in the South "clung to their status of legal and racial superiority, but the entrenched racial inequalities undermined the status of poor whites as well." Black job seekers per se did not hurt poor whites, but rather their disenfranchisement combined with racism prevented their organization into unions and political movements. Employers enjoyed a pool of poor and easily exploitable workers with which to break strikes and undermine all working-class wages."
—Bangor Daily News
Aviva Chomsky is professor of history and coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State College. The author of several books, Chomsky has been active in Latin American solidarity and immigrants' rights issues for over twenty-five years. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $13.95
|
|
Sale: $8.11
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Seal Press
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Paperback
|
|
Author: Jessica Valenti
|
|
Publisher: Seal Press
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.420973
|
|
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
|
|
Reading Level: 200
|
|
|
|
Description: Double standards are nothing new. Women deal with them every day. Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. Why is it that men grow distinguished and sexily gray as they age while women just get saggy and haggard? Have you ever wondered how a young woman is supposed to both virginal and provocatively enticing at the same time? Isn’t it unfair that working moms are labeled “bad” for focusing on their careers while we shake our heads in disbelief when we hear about the occasional stay-at-home dad?
In 50 Double Standards Every Woman Should Know, Jessica Valenti, author of Full Frontal Feminism, calls out the double standards that affect every woman. Whether Jessica is pointing out the wage earning discrepancies between men and women or revealing all of the places that women still aren’t equal to their male counterparts—be it in the workplace, courtroom, bedroom, or home—she maintains her signature wittily sarcastic tone. With sass, humor, and in-your-face facts, this book informs and equips women with the tools they need to combat sexist comments, topple ridiculous stereotypes (girls aren’t good at math?), and end the promotion of lame double standards.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $15.95
|
|
Sale: $9.10
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Verso
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Paperback
|
|
Author: Norman G. Finkelstein
|
|
Publisher: Verso
|
|
Edition: 2 Sub
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5318
|
|
Publication Date: 2003-09
|
|
Reading Level: 286
|
|
|
|
Description: This iconoclastic study was one of the most widely debated books of 2000. Finkelstein indicts with both vigor and honesty those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own personal political and financial gain. In a devastating new postscript to this best-selling book, Norman G. Finkelstein documents the Holocaust industry's scandalous cover-up of the blackmail of Swiss banks, and in a new appendix demolishes an influential apologia for the Holocaust industry. In an iconoclastic and controversial new study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation agreements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it enjoys today. Leaders of America's Jewish community were delighted that Israel was now deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this newfound status. Their subsequent interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with actual historical events and are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel and its supporters. Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosinski and Binjamin Wilkomirski, as well as the demagogic constructions of writers like Daniel Goldhagen, Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism's victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent, self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, he exposes the double shakedown of European countries as well as legitimate Jewish claimants, and concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket. Thoroughly researched and closely argued, The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $40.00
|
|
Sale: $29.10
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Paperback
|
|
Author: Norman M. Bradburn::Seymour Sudman::Brian Wansink
|
|
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
|
|
Edition: Revised
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.723
|
|
Publication Date: 2004-04-30
|
|
Reading Level: 448
|
|
|
|
Description: Since it was first published more than twenty-five years ago, Asking Questions has become a classic guide for designing questionnaires¾the most widely used method for collecting information about peoples attitudes and behavior. An essential tool for market researchers advertisers, pollsters, and social scientists, this thoroughly updated and definitive work combines time-proven techniques with the most current research, findings, and methods. The book presents a cognitive approach to questionnaire design and includes timely information on the Internet and electronic resources. Comprehensive and concise, Asking Questions can be used to design questionnaires for any subject area, whether administered by telephone, online, mail, in groups, or face-to-face. The book describes the design process from start to finish and is filled with illustrative examples from actual surveys.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $24.99
|
|
Sale: $12.74
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Paperback
|
|
Author: Todd Stauffer
|
|
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
|
|
Edition: 1
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
|
|
Publication Date: 2007-10-22
|
|
Reading Level: 460
|
|
|
|
Description: Incorporate the hottest new Web technologies into your blog! How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog makes it easy to choose the blogging tools that are best for you and master the basics of blog design and template manipulation. You'll learn how to add different Web 2.0 services to your blog, including images, video, audio, forums, tags, wikis, and even money-making features. It's time to take your blog to the next level and get more hits, more fans, more friends, and more customers. Learn about different blogging tools, including Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, and ExpressionEngine Customize your blog's design by editing templates and style sheets - Share your blog headlines and story feeds via RSS and Atom
Add photos, video, and audio--including podcasts--to your blog - Drive traffic to your site with tagging, social bookmarking, and ranking services
Collaborate with users through wikis Promote visitor participation using forums, community blogs, and newsletters Make money through your blog with Google AdSense, Amazon, and other affiliate programs Track, optimize, maintain, and back up your blog
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $19.95
|
|
Sale: $4.89
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Trade
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Hardcover
|
|
Author: James Patterson::Peter Kim
|
|
Publisher: Prentice Hall Trade
|
|
Edition: 1st
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.380973
|
|
Publication Date: 1991-05
|
|
Reading Level: 270
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $15.00
|
|
Sale: $3.98
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Free Press
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Paperback
|
|
Author: Walter Lippmann
|
|
Publisher: Free Press
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.38
|
|
Publication Date: 1997-06-12
|
|
Reading Level: 288
|
|
|
|
Description: Written by one of the most influential men of his time and one of the greatest journalists in history, this seminal work of political science presents an incisive examination of democratic theory, the role of citizens in a democracy, and the impact of the media in shaping thoughts and actions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Price: $24.95
|
|
Sale: $22.45
|
| |
|
Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
|
|
Number of Items: 1
|
| |
|
|
|
Binding: Paperback
|
|
Author: Walter Lippmann
|
|
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
|
|
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.38
|
|
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
|
|
Reading Level: 195
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Displaying records 1 through 10 of 2860
|
|
|
|
