Industries
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Worn Out: How Our Clothes Cover Up Fashion’s Sins
$31.48 Add to cartAn insider’s look at how the rise of “fast fashion” obstructs ethical shopping and fuels the abuse and neglect of garment workers
“With years of expertise in the fashion industry, Alyssa’s reporting i- Author: Hardy, Alyssa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1620976943
- Language: English
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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
$20.00 Read more“With Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, [Dana] Thomas–who has been the cultural and fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris for 12 years–has written a crisp, witty social history that’s as entertaini… [more below]
- Author: Thomas, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113704
- Language: English
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Fast Fury: 21st Century Cars That Turn Heads
$19.98 Add to cartFast Fury showcases nearly fifty of the most head-turning, fast-driving, and innovative vehicles to arrive in 21st-century automotive showrooms.
- Admire sleek convertibles, exotic supercars, and high-pe
- Author: Publications International Ltd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1639380914
- Language: English
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE – A Pulitzer Prize finalist that’s as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came
- Author: Beckert, Sven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0375713964
- Language: English
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
$18.95 Add to cartThe epic history of the “iron men in wooden boats” who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. “To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme,” Herman Melville proclaimed,… [more below]
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0393331571
- Language: English
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Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane
$30.00 Add to cartThe official, no-holds-barred inside story of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team
“This book lifts the lid on what life is really like inside our team and it has been based on unprecedented acces- Author: Whyman, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593735641
- Language: English
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May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion
$17.00 Read moreWe’ve all ordered from a restaurant menu. But have you ever wondered to what extent the menu is ordering you?
In this fascinating new book, art historian and food lover Alison Pearlman takes an inqui- Author: Pearlman, Alison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1572842601
- Language: English
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No Domain: The John McAfee Tapes
$28.00 Read moreAn exhilarating and uncensored account of the maverick tech titan’s wild life, a breakneck journey from Silicon Valley to his sudden, mysterious death in a Barcelona prison.
“This is the only possible- Author: Eglinton, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1642939536
- Language: English
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The Berry Grower: Small Scale Organic Fruit Production in the 21st Century
$39.99 Read moreDig into the fruits of your labor! Profitable, innovative organic fruit farming strategies and skills for modern growers of any scale
AN INNOVATIVE GUIDE for growing and marketing organic small fruit
- Author: Cothron, Blake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0865719659
- Language: English
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Virtual Society: The Metaverse and the New Frontiers of Human Experience
$28.99 Read more“A fascinating, provocative case that the metaverse will not merely transform our virtual experience–it may actually enrich the quality of our lives” (Adam Grant)–from the visionary co-founder of on… [more below]
- Author: Narula, Herman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0593239970
- Language: English
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Lost Roadhouses of Seattle
$23.99 Read moreProhibition came early to Washington State–in 1916–and kicked off an unforgettable era of nightlife.
Prohibition went national in 1920 and a network of roadside inns, taverns and dancehalls just outs
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Blecha, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150738
- Language: English
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How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
$24.00 Read moreThe United States has two separate banking systems today–one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American
- Author: Baradaran, Mehrsa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0674983963
- Language: English
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The American Way of Death Revisited
$19.00 Add to cartOnly the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an expos? of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When fi… [more below]
- Author: Mitford, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 04 2000
- ISBN10: 0679771867
- Language: English
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Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating
$19.00 Read moreThe science behind a good meal: all the sounds, sights, and tastes that make us like what we’re eating–and want to eat more.
Why do we consume 35 percent more food when eating with one other person,- Author: Spence, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0735223475
- Language: English
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Strong Supply Chains Through Resilient Operations: Five Principles for Leaders to Win in a Volatile World
$35.00 Read moreFuture-proof your firm’s supply chains with a renewed focus on resilience
In Strong Supply Chains Through Resilient Operations: Five Principles for Leaders to Win in a Volatile World, a team of dedica
- Author: Gandhi, Suketu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1394201583
- Language: English
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Lead with Hospitality: Be Human. Emotionally Connect. Serve Selflessly.
$22.00 Add to cartAcross all industries and levels of organizations, one key leadership trait inspires and motivates more than any other: hospitality.
We have all encountered inspirational leaders who’ve helped us, tau- Author: Scott, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1637745001
- Language: English
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The Unhackable Internet: How Rebuilding Cyberspace Can Create Real Security and Prevent Financial Collapse
$29.95 Read moreLike most aspects of modern existence, more and more of our financial lives have migrated to the digital realm. With the benefits of ease that our Internet allows us, that transition also raises numer
- Author: Vartanian, Thomas P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888835
- Language: English
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Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, 4th Edition: Health, Handling, Breeding
$34.95 Read moreWhether a farmer is raising one cow or a herd, Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle is the most reliable reference for ensuring a successful, healthy cattle operation. In this fully updated, full-col… [more below]
- Series: Storey’s Guide to Raising
- Author: Thomas, Heather Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1635860407
- Language: English
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Unsecurity: Information Security Is Failing. Breaches Are Epidemic. How Can We Fix This Broken Industry?
$17.95 Read moreInformation security is a rigged game and we have no choice but to play it every day. Rules are mandatory for the good guys but optional for the bad guys. And the good guys are losing. Now’s the time … [more below]
- Author: Francen, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 14 2019
- ISBN10: 164343974X
- Language: English
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Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in the Nickel City
$24.95 Read moreBuffalo isn’t just a city full of great wings. There is a great hot dog tradition, from Greek- originated “Texas red hots” to year-round charcoal-grilling at Ted’s that puts Manhattan’s dirty water do
- Series: Countryman Know How #0
- Author: Bovino, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 168268122X
- Language: English
