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NFTs are sweeping the globe—if you're looking for a way to make money, keep reading! This could be the break you've been looking for.
This ebook is your starter guide for everything you need to know about "Non-Fungible Tokens," also known as NFTs.
You'll learn what they are, how to profit from them, and what knowledge you'll need to get started finding profitable projects. Similarly, you'll learn what pitfalls to avoid and how to protect yourself...
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Two Good Rounds Titans: Leaders in Industry & Golf is the third book in the Two Good Rounds series. This book continues the exploration of golf and the feel-good golf lifestyle by navigating the connection between golf and business as conveyed by an array of successful leaders from a variety of industries. Two Good Rounds Titans highlights different business leaders and their passion for business and golf. It explores what led to their success in...
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How do you inquire about, act in and impact the city as self, other and place?
This is a book of: burning questions that deepen your reflective capacity; injunctions that guide your practice as a city AQtivator; and frames for designing impact on, with and as the city.
Learn through a series of methodological cases studies and templates for process designs, based on Integral City work in the last decade. If you want to achieve impact in...
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The must-read summary of Keith Sawyer's book: "Group Genius: the Creative Power of Collaboration".
This complete summary of the ideas from Keith Sawyer's book "Group Genius" shows how collaboration is the real secret to breakthrough creativity. In his book, Keith Sawyer reveals that new ideas actually emerge from the bottom-up, from the creative efforts of a large number of people, each of whom nudges the idea forward or adds a little twist. What...
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The must-read summary of William J. Bernstein's book: "The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between".
This complete summary of the ideas from William J. Bernstein's book "The Investor's Manifesto" shows that the financial meltdown of 2008-2009 has dramatically changed the long-term investment landscape. In his book, the author explains that, as surprising and counter-intuitive as it may sound, this has...
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This book combines academic analysis and critical exploration to examine national narratives in the context of tourism and events around the world. It explores how particular narratives are woven to tell (and sell) a national story. By deconstructing images of the nation, it closely examines how national texts create key archival imagery that can promote tourism and events while also shaping national identity. It investigates the complex relationship...
34827) Behind the Mask of Facebook: A Whistleblower's Shocking Story of Big Tech Bias and Censorship
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Ryan Hartwig may be one of the most important figures in American history.
Hired by Cognizant as a content moderator for Facebook, Ryan Hartwig began by keeping gruesome images of cartel violence in Mexico off the platform. This seemed like a righteous mission and yet, as time went by, it became clear the Facebook bosses saw an even bigger threat, Americans of a different political viewpoint.
Ryan watched in horror as Facebook made a monumental...
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Hélène Landemore is assistant professor of political science at Yale University. She is the author of Hume: Probability and Reasonable Choice.
Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective decision making, on the other hand, can be surprisingly accurate. In Democratic Reason, Hélène Landemore demonstrates that the very factors behind the superiority of collective decision making add up to...
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Now centered on Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, the Triad was home to one of North Carolina's earliest brewery operations in the Moravian community of Bethabara. Easy access by rail and then highways attracted national breweries, and starting in the 1960s, the region began producing beer for companies like Miller and Schlitz. The passage of the "Pop the Cap" legislation led to an explosion of craft beer and brewpubs, and in 2019, three of...
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The Koreans: understanding a people and their culture through key words and language. Koreans have a unique character and personality that sets them apart from all other Asians. And although Korean attitudes and behavior may be influenced by the modern world, the Korean mindset is still very much shaped by ancient culture and traditions. As is the case with all ancient cultures created within highly refined and meticulously structured social systems...
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The current wasteful, inefficient, and unsustainable practices in America's food system have us hurtling towards a bleak future.
Instead, A Farm on Every Corner suggests that a radical decentralization and localization of food production and a transformation of how our country grows, ships, eats, and disposes of its food is critical for a more sustainable, profitable, healthier, and tastier future.
From a food forest in Atlanta, to sidewalks in...
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The must-read summary of David Packard's book: "The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company".
This complete summary of the ideas from David Packard's book "The HP Way" tells the story behind the American giant company Hewlett-Packard. In his book, the author reveals the keys to the company's success and the obstacles that it had to overcome to become the world-class company that it is today. This summary also provides readers with an insight...
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MuseWeb organizes conferences, workshops, and seminars; publishes articles and monographs; and consults for cultural organizations worldwide. Each member of our team has decades of experience in the cultural and heritage informatics field.
Our goal is to provide professionals in archives, libraries, museums, and cultural and heritage informatics with timely and challenging opportunities for exchange and training, and to develop a written record of...
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¿A quién no le gustaría vivir BIEN y sin apenas trabajar, dedicando su tiempo a cosas más importantes como la familia, amigos, sus aficiones y pasiones? ¡A casi todo el mundo!
Pues bien, en este libro se recogen las claves que te permitirán llegar a conseguirlo. Aquí encontrarás nuevas formas de enriquecerte, de manera simple y legal, utilizando estrategias probadas, que te permitirán multiplicar tu tiempo de ocio. Un sistema que funciona,perfeccionado...
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Raise support without begging!
Your financial support can continue to grow despite the trials of the economy.
Assure continuity of support by adopting our six key principles into your leadership style!
Award-winning author, William F. Johnson, demystifies the issues of raising voluntary support from thirty years leading both for-profit and non-profit entities. His success as a ministry leader, entrepreneur, and international business development...
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Tome las riendas de su vida y alcance sus metas
El coaching es el arte de facilitar un proceso de aprendizaje para producir "el cambio" deseado, a nivel personal y profesional.
En este libro encontrará las pautas que definen un camino claro para ir desde donde usted está ahora hasta el lugar adonde quiere llegar, y cumplir sus sueños de emprender un negocio.
La pregunta central que plantea el libro es: "¿quiere realmente convertirse en...
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This book is an introduction to the management of food and beverage operations within a luxury hotel environment.
It provides detailed coverage of operational areas within the food and beverage department, based on multiple real industry examples, allowing the reader to grasp the intricacies of the day-to-day running of outlets.
Food and Beverage Management in the Luxury Hotel Industry is a reference for any hospitality management student wishing...
34839) Asian Resorts
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With over 300 gorgeous photographs, this book is an exploration of Asia's most stunning hotels and resorts. From a stilled villa above a blue lagoon in the Maldives and a remote yoga resort in the hills of Bhutan to serene enclaves in the bustling cities of Dubai and Bangkok, Asia offers an unmatched range of luxurious accommodations to satisfy those looking to escape or in search of a one-of-a-kind experience. Beach resorts, hill resorts, spa resorts,...
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For Efrem Harkham, hospitality isn't just a job-it's a way of life. And that attitude is evident when you walk into any of Harkham's one-hundred-plus luxury hotels. In a true, rags-to-riches American success story, Harkham built a renowned international hotel brand that is synonymous with comfort and refinement.
Part memoir, part business-success book, Living the Luxe Life is the story of Harkham's success, detailing the secrets behind his accomplishments....