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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fascinating and candid memoir about successful leadership from the former CEO of General Electric, named one of the 'World's Best CEOs' three times by Barron's, and the hard-won lessons he learned from his experience leading GE immediately after 9/11, through the devastating 2008-09 financial crisis, and into an increasingly globalized world.In September 2001, Jeff Immelt replaced the most famous CEO in history, Jack Welch, at the helm of General Electric. Less than a week into his tenure, the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook the nation, and the company, to its core. GE was connected to nearly every part of the tragedy-GE-financed planes powered by GE-manufactured engines had just destroyed real estate that was insured by GE-issued policies. Facing an unprecedented situation, Immelt knew his response would set the tone for businesses everywhere that looked to GE-one of America's biggest and most-heralded corporations-for direction. No pressure. Over the next sixteen years, Immelt would lead GE through many more dire moments, from the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis to the 2011 meltdown of Fukushima's nuclear reactors, which were designed by GE. But Immelt's biggest challenge was inherited: Welch had handed over a company that had great people, but was short on innovation. Immelt set out to change GE's focus by making it more global, more rooted in technology, and more diverse. But the stock market rarely rewarded his efforts, and GE struggled. In Hot Seat, Immelt offers a rigorous and raw interrogation of himself and his tenure, detailing for the first time his proudest moments and his biggest mistakes. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a thousand times easier than knowing when to do it. Perseverance, combined with clear communication, can ensure progress, if not perfection, he says. That won't protect any CEO from second-guessing, but Immelt explains how he's pushed through even the most withering criticism: by staying focused on his team and the goals they tried to achieve. As the business world continues to be rocked by stunning economic upheaval, Hot Seat 'takes you into the office, head, and heart of the man who became CEO of GE on the eve of 9/11, and then led the iconic behemoth for sixteen fascinating, and often turbulent, years. A handbook on leadership-and life' (Stanley A. McChrystal, General, US Army [Retired], CEO and Founder, McChrystal Group).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Raw and searching.Taddeo returns with more ruthless explorations of the feminine mystique.' -Entertainment Weekly, 'The Best New Books of the Month' \* 'Provocative.' -Los Angeles Times From the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Three Women and 'our most eloquent and faithful chronicler of human desire' (Esquire), comes an electrifying collection of nine fearless and ferocious short stories.Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends crash into life's responsibilities, but the magic of their glory days comes alive again at the moment they least expect it. In these nine riveting stories-which include two Pushcart Prize winners and a finalist for the National Magazine Award-Lisa Taddeo brings to life the fever of obsession, the blindness of love, and the mania of grief. Featuring Taddeo's arresting prose that continues to thrill her legions of fans, Ghost Lover dares you to look away.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which 'progress' has perverted the way we live: how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die.Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending-balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world at constant war, a political system in disarray. We hear some myths and lies so frequently that they feel like truths: Civilization is humankind's greatest accomplishment. Progress is undeniable. Count your blessings. You're lucky to be alive here and now. Well, maybe we are and maybe we aren't. Civilized to Death counters the idea that progress is inherently good, arguing that the 'progress' defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease. Prehistoric life, of course, was not without serious dangers and disadvantages. Many babies died in infancy. A broken bone, infected wound, snakebite, or difficult pregnancy could be life-threatening. But ultimately, Ryan argues, were these pre-civilized dangers more murderous than modern scourges, such as car accidents, cancers, cardiovascular disease, and a technologically prolonged dying process At a time when our ecology, our society, and our own sense of selves feels increasingly imperiled, an accurate understanding of our species' long prelude to civilization is vital to a clear sense of the ultimate value of civilization-and its costs. In Civilized to Death, Ryan makes the claim that we should start looking backwards to find our way into a better future.…

Zustand: New. Winning, cheeky, and illuminating.What appears initially as a folly with a look-at-this cover and title becomes, thanks to Radke s intelligence and curiosity, something much meatier, entertaining, and wise. -The Washington Post.

Zustand: New. With fasting at an all-time high in popularity, here is an enlightening exploration into the history, science, and philosophy behind the practice-essential to many religions and wellness routines.Whether for philosophical, political, or healt.

Zustand: New. From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with.

Zustand: New. An instant New York Times bestseller: the first work of straight nonfiction from Andy Borowitz, America s sharpest political satirist (The Washington Post), Profiles in Ignorance: How America s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber examines.

Zustand: New. SOON TO BE A SERIES ON STARZ STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY * BETTY GILPIN * DeWANDA WISE * GABRIELLE CREEVY * with BLAIR UNDERWOOD Staggeringly intimate.Groundbreaking. -Entertainment Weekly A breathtaking and import.

Zustand: New. A fascinating and candid memoir about successful leadership from the former CEO of General Electric, named one of the World s Best CEOs three times by Barron s, and the hard-won lessons he learned from his experience leading GE immediately after.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. * A treasure of a novel.read it and be healed. -Justin Cronin * Beautifully written and emotion-packed. -Harlan Coben * From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook-made into the Academy Awar.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Raw and searching.Taddeo returns with more ruthless explorations of the feminine mystique. -Entertainment Weekly, The Best New Books of the Month * Provocative. -Los Angeles Times From the #1 New York Times bes.

Zustand: New. The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which progress has perverted the way we live: how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die.Most of us have instinctive evidence t.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. From Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon Three Women, comes an intoxicating (Entertainment Weekly), fearless (Los Angeles Times), and explosive (People) novel about what .

Zustand: New. Steve Case, New York Times bestselling author of The Third Wave and cofounder of America Online shows how entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies, renewing communities, and creating new jobs-reimagining the Am.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees, offering extensive insight into the ways in which humans and trees are interconnected (BookPage), revealing the challenges facing our planet and how sci.

Zustand: New. From Garrett M. Graff, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Raven Rock, a fascinating and eye-opening narrative history that uncovers the secrets of our government s decades-long quest to solve one of o.

Zustand: New. A brazenly sexy and scathingly candid novel about a white-hot relationship and the two intractable characters who emerge from it transformed.Noa Simon is a thirty-six-year-old filmmaker who knows what she wants when she sees it, and wh.

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Zustand: New. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year An instant sports classic. -New York Post * Stellar. -The Wall Street Journal * A true masterwork.880 pages of shee.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. NATIONAL BESTSELLER Magnificent. -The New York Times * Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny. -San Francisco Chronicle * Spectacular. -Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * Full of astonishments. -T.