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1) Vanished
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English
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After an assault leaves his estranged brother nowhere to be found and his sister-in-law in a coma, security investigator and ex-intelligence agent Nick Heller is forced to contend with one of the most powerful and secretive corporations in the world.
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Nick Heller comes to the aid of family friend Marshall Marcus, whose daughter Alexandra, has been kidnapped and held captive in an underground crypt; but as Nick digs deeper into Marshall's life, he finds that his criminal activities have left behind scores of enemies that reach to the highest levels of government.
4) Office space
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English
Description
In this screwball comedy, a cubicle slave tires of mind-numbing corporate life and actively tries to get fired. Instead, his "straight-shooting" attitude gets him promoted, where he can play out his grand embezzling scheme.
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" The highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed bestseller Start With Why Simon Sinek's mission is to help people wake up every day inspired to go to work and return home every night fulfilled by their work. His first book, Start With Why, offered the essential starting point, explaining the power of focusing on WHY we do what we do, before getting into the details of WHAT and HOW. Start With Why became an instant classic, with a loyal following...
6) The circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
7) Smoke screen
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Unwillingly promoted to the tobacco industry's lead spokesperson, Trevor Barnett oversees the industry's economy-staggering production freeze in the wake of a high-stakes lawsuit, placing him in a tenacious position.
9) Principles
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history. Dalio himself has appeared on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater's exceptionally effective culture, which...
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English
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"There's a new invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every advertisement we see and every product we buy, from our morning coffee to a new pair of shoes. "Stakeholder capitalism" makes rosy promises of a better, more diverse, environmentally-friendly world, but in reality this ideology championed by America's business and political leaders robs us of our money, our voice, and our identity. Vivek Ramaswamy is a traitor...
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"A high-profile business manager describes her development of an optimal management course designed to help business leaders become balanced and effective without resorting to insensitive aggression or overt permissiveness"--NoveList.
"From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. While this advice may work for everyday life, it is, as Kim Scott has seen, a disaster when adopted...
14) The protege
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English
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Having survived his rise to Chairman of Everest Capital, the world's largest private equity firm, and the ferocious attempts on his life that ensued, Christian Gillette finally seems safely perched atop the financial industry. David Wright, a young ambitious deal maker, reminds Gillette of himself just a few years back, and he's drawn to the thought of teaching him the ups and downs of the industry. But everything comes to a screeching halt when a...
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English
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Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? The conventional answer is that a popular uprising against "big government" led to the rise of a broad-based conservative...
16) The power broker
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Language
English
Description
Christian Gillette is confronted by a difficult choice when a mysterious organization sets out to gain a partnership in his company, Everest Capital, and charismatic politician Jesse Wood asks him to be his running mate in his candidacy for president.
18) The corporation
Publisher
Mongrel Media [distributor]
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Footage from pop culture, advertising, TV news and corporate propaganda illuminates the corporation's grip on our lives. Taking its legal status as a person to its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?
20) Rising sun
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A Los Angeles cop is called in to investigate the murder of a prostitute in the boardroom of a Japanese-owned company, only to discover a "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties.