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Industry & industrial studies titles - 38,513 results

P&O: Across the Oceans, Across the Years

Ruth Artmonsky

Photographs: collections; Product design; Shipping industries; Ships & shipping: general interest; Travel & holiday

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'P&O: Across the Oceans, Across the Years' is a beautifully compiled book illustrated with over 200 images from the P&O Heritage... [more]

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The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008

Peter Chapman

Biography: business & industry; History: specific events & topics; Economics & Business; Banking; Investment & securities; Business & management; Financial services industry

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In 1844 Henry Lehman arrived in the US from Germany and, with his brother... [more]

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Uplifting Service: The Proven Path to Delighting Your Customers, Colleagues...

Ron Kaufman

Christian instruction; Economics & Business; Customer services; Service industries

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Uplifting Service: The Proven Path to Delighting Your Customers, Colleagues, and Everyone Else You Meet We are deep in a service... [more]

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What is to be Done?: The Struggle for the Soul of the Labour Movement

Jim Macken

History; Politics & government; Political ideologies; Political activism; Industry & industrial studies; Trade unions

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Jim Macken's latest book is a sequel to Between a Death and a Difficult Birth. Both analyse the effects of the cultural shifts... [more]

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Steve Jobs the Man Who Thought Different

Karen Blumenthal

Biography: general; Biography: business & industry; Information technology industries; Digital lifestyle; Children's & Educational; General knowledge & trivia (Children's&YA)

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Inventor. Visionary. Genius. Dropout. Adopted. Founder of Apple. Steve Jobs was all of these things. This is the story of... [more]

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Rich Land, Wasteland

Sharyn Munro

Biography: general; History; Rural communities; Mining industry; Pollution & threats to the environment; Social impact of environmental issues

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For nearly a year Sharyn Munro travelled through rural Australia, visiting the communities in coalmining areas. She found... [more]

$29.99  $27.00

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The House of Hancock: The Rise and Rise of Gina Rinehart

Debi Marshall

Biography; Biography: general; Biography: business & industry; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Mining industry

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From an early age Gina Rinehart knew she was heir to one of Australia's largest fortunes. Her father, Lang Hancock, loved... [more]

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Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet

Charles Arthur

Society & Social Sciences; Management & management techniques; Internet & WWW industries; Ethical & social aspects of computing

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Apple, Google and Microsoft are locked in a battle to dominate the internet and especially the fastest-growing part of it... [more]

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Plants of the Victorian High Country: A Field Guide for Walkers

Bill Dowling, John Murphy

Service industries; Mathematics & Sciences; Botany & plant sciences; Trees, wildflowers & plants

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Will allow walkers in Victoria's High Country with little botanical knowledge to identify plants that they are most likely... [more]

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The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited

Richard Florida

Society & Social Sciences; Society & culture: general; Sociology & anthropology; Sociology: work & labour; Business & management; Industry & industrial studies

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Traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in society: the growing role of creativity... [more]

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The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

History; European history; Printing, packaging & reprographic industry

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Summarises the initial changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops and discusses how printing affected major... [more]

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The Rise and Fall of the Murdoch Empire

John Lisners

Biography: business & industry; Society & Social Sciences; Media, information & communication industries

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This revealing and compelling book tells the complete story of the changing fortunes of the man who altered the face of the... [more]

$35.00  $31.50

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Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers...

Maggie Koerth-Baker

History; Environmental economics; Energy industries & utilities; Mathematics & Sciences; The environment

Hardback

What you need to know now about America's energy future Hi, I'm the United States and I'm an oil-oholic. We have an energy... [more]

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The Great Railway Revolution: The Epic Story of the American Railroad

Christian Wolmar

History; History of the Americas; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Railway transport industries; Trains & railways: general interest

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The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly... [more]

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Book: a Futurist's Manifesto

Brian O'Leary, Hugh McGuire

Literary essays; Business communication & presentation; Media, information & communication industries

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With widespread consumer demand for digital devices, the book publishing industry is undergoing profound change. Book: A Futurist's... [more]

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Chinese Publishing

Hu Yang, Yang Xiao

History; Publishing industry

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An illustrated introduction to the origins and development of printing and publication in China from ancient to modern times.... [more]

$24.95  $22.45

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Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner...

Peter Hoffmann

Central government policies; Energy industries & utilities; Mathematics & Sciences; Physics; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology

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Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. An invisible, tasteless, colorless gas, it can be converted to nonpolluting,... [more]

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The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir

Claude Lanzmann

Individual film directors, film-makers; Biography; Biography: general; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Press & journalism

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Written in precise, rich prose of rare beauty, organized--like human memory--in interconnected fragments that eschew conventional... [more]

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Class Act: A Life of Creighton Burns

John Tidey

Biography; Biography: general; Press & journalism

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Although best known as a courageous editor of the Age throughout the 1980s, Burns, in fact, pursued three careers academic,... [more]

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Inside Story

Peter Lloyd

Biography; Biography: general; Memoirs; Penology & punishment; Press & journalism

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The much-anticipated and extraordinarily compelling account of Peter Lloyd's very public fall from grace on drug charges in... [more]

$24.99  $22.50

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Rupert Murdoch: An Investigation of Political Power

David McKnight

Biography; Media studies; Social issues & processes; Political structure & processes; Media, information & communication industries; Press & journalism

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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is the most powerful media organisation in the world. Murdoch's commercial success is obvious,... [more]

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Capturing the Essence: Techniques for Bird Artists

William T. Cooper

Art & Architecture; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Art techniques & principles; Service industries; Zoology & animal sciences; Birds (ornithology)

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A step by step guide to painting birds, by one of Australia's greatest living bird artists. [more]

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Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II...

Arthur Herman

History; Second World War; Economic history; Industry & industrial studies

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A great, meaty, and untold story of World War II - how American big business set out to build the weapons and create the industrial... [more]

$42.00  $37.80

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Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain

Martin Hickman, Tom Watson

Society & Social Sciences; Political corruption; Media, information & communication industries

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Offers an account of the extraordinary lengths to which the Rupert Murdochs' News Corporation went to put the problem in... [more]

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The Story of Naxos: The Extraordinary Story of the Independent Record Label...

Nicolas Soames

Music; Western "classical" music; Music industry

Hardback

The fascinating story of how a budget classical record label became the leading provider of classical music and the man behind... [more]

$50.00  $45.00

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