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Acclaimed across the world, prescribed in over 100 universities and colleges, and included in part in The Century's Greatest Reportage (Ordfront, 2000), alongside the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Studs Terkel and John Reed, Everybody Loves a Good Drought is the established classic on rural...

'Both powerful and deeply needed' — Cary Carbonaro, CFP, MBA, author, Women and Wealth 'Twenty real stories from advisors sharing what they've actually seen' — Carl Richards, author, Your Money 'Genuinely transformative' — Tim Maurer, CFP, RLP, author, Simple Money *********** What...

Indian leaders at the time of Independence had their tasks cut out. The nation that was marred by an ugly Partition, had to be prevented from coming apart at the seams. A Constitution had to be framed for a complex society. An election system had to be designed for an electorate that was mostly...

Food has a remarkable way of bringing people together, and barbecue culture stands among the most beloved culinary traditions worldwide. Behind the Flavor: Stories from the Smokehouse is a podcast dedicated to exploring the people, techniques, traditions, and innovations that make smoked cuisine such a memorable experience. Each episode dives deep into the world of barbecue, featuring conversations with pitmasters, chefs, food enthusiasts, restaurant owners, and industry experts. Listeners will discover the secrets behind slow-cooked perfection, learn about regional smoking techniques, and ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife...

"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its...

One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us...

A kaleidoscopic account of the financial carnage of the pandemic, revealing the fear, grit, and gambles that drove the economy’s winners and losers—from a leading business reporter “A true masterwork . . . perceptive, well researched, and captivating.”—David M. Rubenstein, co-founder...

Tijdens HET ECHTE GESPREK belichten we maatschappelijke thema’s, herkenbare persoonlijke ervaringen en zorgen we dat de diversiteit van de samenleving weerspiegelt wordt zodat iedereen zich kan herkennen in de gesprekken, om zo een diepere connectie met de maatschappij te creëren.

The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants—with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg and Schiff, Lehman and Seligman—who profoundly influenced the rise of modern finance (and so much more), from the New...

You’ve heard of the scheme. Now comes the man behind it. In Mitchell Zuckoff's exhilarating book, the first nonfiction account of Charles Ponzi, we meet the charismatic rogue who launched the most famous and extraordinary scam in the annals of American finance. It was a time when anything...

In Ringside Stories, real estate guru Dick Corbett reveals the secrets to his success in business and in life, tracking the rough-and-ready life of a man who won't accept failure as an outcome. Setbacks large and small are taken as lessons for the future, and one small success leads to another, larger one until the dream achieved is grander than any restless youth could have imagined.  

In this engaging collection of stories, 43 veterans of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting explain why throngs attend year after year. Beyond the famous Q&A with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, these experts reveal the Berkshire Meeting as a community gathering of fun...

A Vintage Original The first installment of an exciting new annual anthology–a year's worth of the most interesting, noteworthy, and best-written articles on all aspects of the business world. Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Marshall Loeb have scoured the print media, consulted...

You’ve heard of the scheme. Now comes the man behind it. In Mitchell Zuckoff's exhilarating book, the first nonfiction account of Charles Ponzi, we meet the charismatic rogue who launched the most famous and extraordinary scam in the annals of American finance. It was a time when anything...

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope “Powerful . . . McCaulley uses examples of his own family’s stories of survival over time to remind readers...

TOP DOG RADIO talks with Bud Konheim, a New York-based fashion guru who’s never at a loss for words, and three other leaders in the U.S. garment industry. Konheim is a partner with Nicole Miller, a leading designer (and company) based on Madison Avenue in New York City. Also taking part is Harold Lopato of Majestic Shape, Inc., which makes shoulder pads and other clothing accessories, and David Lee of KD Dids Inc., which specializes in dance and sportswear.

Greenhouse Success Stories brings you weekly conversations with the growers, operators and innovators running commercial greenhouses around the world: which crops pay, how they manage energy, climate control and labor, what they'd do differently, and how they financed growth. Firsthand accounts from farms that are working, not theory. Hosted by Trina Semenchuk, founder of The Little Greenhouse That Could. Part of the iGrowNews podcast network.

This is GROOF.Your new urban farming podcast series. In each episode, you will discover fantastic and exclusive stories of urban building integrated greenhouses 🌳🏢🍃8 episodes that will take into the urban farming world around Europe 🌱And maybe this will inspire you to join the urban farming adventure with your own project !See you on the our website (https://www.urbanfarming-greenhouse.eu/) to learn everything you need to know about GROOF and how to create your own Urban Greenhouse Project ! 🏙️This podcast serie is made possible thanks to Interreg North-West Europe (https://...

Breaking Bread: Stories of Black Communities in Transition is a limited podcast series that takes a deeper dive into redevelopment and uncovers the truth about this phenomenon in the City of Toronto. Throughout this journey, we’ll be speaking to residents, community leaders, and industry experts to shed light on the experiences of those living through these major transitions, providing further insight into the implications of urban redevelopment on Black communities.