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The Deviant's Advantage

Author : Ryan Mathews
Publisher : Crown Business
ISBN 13 : 1400047293
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Deviant's Advantage written by Ryan Mathews and published by Crown Business. This book was released on 2002-09-10 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t consider yourself deviant? Well, that just may be a career breaker. Odds are the idea or product that will transform your business or industry tomorrow is out there right now, hiding in the shadows of the Fringe, raw, messy, untamed, and just waiting to be exploited. Trapping, taming, and marketing it is the key to burying your competition and staying ahead of your market. Deviance is nothing more than a marked separation from the norm and is the source of innovation, the kind of breakthrough thinking that creates new markets and tumbles traditional ones. Positive deviation is an inexhaustible font of new ideas, products, and services. It’s the source of all creative thinking and dynamic new market development and ultimately the basis of all incremental profit. The Deviant’s Advantage describes how deviance proceeds along a traceable trajectory from the Fringe, where it originates but has zero commercial potential; to the Edge, where word of mouth creates a limited audience; to the Realm of the Cool, where the buzz and market momentum really start to build; to the Next Big Thing, where demand is honed and intensifies; finally landing at Social Convention, the heart of the mass market. Ryan Mathews and Watts Wacker, two of America’s most respected futurists, trace the “Path of the Devox” (the voice, spirit, or incarnation of deviant ideas, products, and individuals), using it as a way to explain how and why: * Christian fundamentalism morphed from college Bible studies to Republican party king-making * Reebok cares more about what’s on the feet of kids in Detroit and Philadelphia than what the so-hip-it-hurts set is wearing in New York or on Rodeo Drive * Napster exploded from an idea germinating inside a sixteen-year-old to a movement with 60 million subscribers that very nearly destroyed the music industry * Hugh Hefner went from America’s most public pornographer to a cultural icon with decidedly Puritan sensibilities Mathews and Wacker also look at what happens to formerly deviant products and ideas after they are replaced by the next wave from the Fringe—how they morph into Cliché (where their commercial potential may actually increase), become Icons or even Archetypes, or fade into Oblivion, and how you can profitably manage even a fading concept. Looking for the next big idea for your business? Then it’s past time to quit staring at the Social Convention for inspiration and start scouring the Fringes of society. Tomorrow’s breakthrough concept is lurking out there right now, in the mind of a deviant individual. Your choice is simple: find it and exploit it, or be buried by those who do. From the Hardcover edition.

WTF, Evolution?!

Author : Mara Grunbaum
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0761184104
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book WTF, Evolution?! written by Mara Grunbaum and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have our off days. Why should Evolution be any different? Maybe Evolution got carried away with an idea that was just a little too crazy—like having the Regal Horned Lizard defend itself by shooting three-foot streams of blood from its eyes. Or maybe Evolution ran out of steam (Memo to Evolution: The Irrawaddy Dolphin looks like a prototype that should have been left on the drawing board). Or maybe Evolution was feeling cheeky—a fish with hands? Joke’s on you, Red Handfish! Or maybe Evolution simply goofed up: How else to explain the overgrown teeth of the babirusas that curl backward over their face? Oops. Mara Grunbaum is a very smart, very funny science writer who celebrates the best—or, really, the worst—of Evolution’s blunders. Here are more than 100 outlandish mammals, reptiles, insects, fish, birds, and other creatures whose very existence leaves us shaking our heads and muttering WTF?! Ms. Grunbaum’s especially brilliant stroke is to personify Evolution as a well-meaning but somewhat oblivious experimenter whose conversations with a skeptical narrator are hilarious. For almost 4 billion years, Evolution has produced a nonstop parade of inflatable noses, bizarre genitalia, and seriously awkward necks. What a comedian!

Stylepedia

Author : Steven Heller
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811833462
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Stylepedia written by Steven Heller and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2006-11-09 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chunky, distinctive object of brilliant design in and of itself, Stylepedia is the first handy, cross-referenced desk guide to the kaleidoscope that is modern design. In hundreds of illustrated entries, Heller and Fili, the award-winning authors of Euro Deco and numerous other popular design titles, survey the designers, schools, and movements that comprise the practice today as well as take a fascinating glimpse back at some of the seminal early leaders. From the first Santa Claus to appear on a Coca-Cola bottle to the increasingly ubiquitous camouflage tee shirt, iconic everyday items of yesterday and today provide valuable inspiration to designers and design aficionados. As quirky as it is useful and positively packed with lavish color illustrations, this designer's design compendium is the only one of its kind.

The Fixer

Author : Ellie Isaacson
Publisher : Write Me, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1952606144
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (526 download)

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Download or read book The Fixer written by Ellie Isaacson and published by Write Me, LLC. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Eliza Westbrook stumbled into my arms at her father’s funeral, I wanted nothing more than to help the beautiful, broken girl. I wanted to take away the pain in her eyes and heal her fractured, lonely heart. My presence was the last thing she needed, yet I couldn’t stay away. What started out as a mild obsession quickly turned into a game of survival. Unexplainable events threatened us at every turn, but was it because of my dark past, or the man intent on taking her life? I wanted to keep her safe, to give into the pull I felt tugging me toward her from the moment we first met. But would I be able to push my demons aside to save her, or will she have to fix me first?

ISLAM

Author : Hadi F. Eid
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466979070
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book ISLAM written by Hadi F. Eid and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam: The Alien Faith Hadi F. Eid At the dawn of the third millennium, Muslims are searching for their identity amid a swelling globalization. The world is divided into two major camps: the bursting civilizations that are reaching out with scientific and cultural expressions and the other camps that are flinching with social crises and religious revulsions. The gap widened between the actor, who won all opportunities, and the reactor, who lost all initiatives. This book is an on-the-fence historical and factual penetration to Islam and an essay to rid the besieged Muslim mind from outdated postulations and unleash it to openness and sincerity. Readers will encounter poignant facts and candid stories aimed at punching many tyrannical codes as the Kaaba idols were hit earlier by the axe of Muhammad.

Completing the Circle

Author : Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803292543
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Completing the Circle written by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve tells her own story and the story of her family. An expert quilter, she recalls her grandmother, Flora Driving Hawk, teaching her how storytelling enthralls and how a quilt can represent all that holds a family together. "I think of how she and her woman friends sat around the quilt frame, gossiping, laughing, sighing as they stitched the joys and sorrows of their lives into the quilt."

INFLUENCER

Author : Sonia González Boysen
Publisher : Whitaker House
ISBN 13 : 1641423722
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book INFLUENCER written by Sonia González Boysen and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INFLUENCER: Communication for Leaders in the Digital Age. This is an invitation, including a wake-up call, to rethink the power of conscious and positive influence. Influence is not an exclusive profession of the so-called “influencers”, “content creators” of social networks, which companies seek to market their products. Just as conscious leadership seeks to focus more on people than on results, on the “who” rather than on the “how”, now we must aim towards a conscious influence, focused on adding value, under this premise: It is about “them”, “not about “you”. Conscious influence is aimed at influencing through purposeful communication, aimed at transforming, inspiring and motivating change and the continuous development of people. Not to be swept away by the overwhelming trend of decadent communication that gives the power of influence to: • People who only love themselves and money • Pretentious, arrogant, daring, ungrateful leaders, without faith and without love • Implacable, those who like to practice bullying – harassment – and slander • Those who do not have self-control or emotional intelligence • Someone aggressive, not loyal, or prudent • Proud and lovers of their pleasures and vices more than God himself. The “why” of your message should be the beginning, the thread, and the closure of everything you say and publish. To achieve this, you must ask yourself these questions: what do I want to say? Why do I want to say it? And… most importantly: what do I want to say it for? All this and more awaits you with INFLUENCER: Communication for Leaders in the Digital Age.

Astrology

Author : P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 144561233X
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Astrology written by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of astrology through the ages.

Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, Revised

Author : Claire Watson Garcia
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
ISBN 13 : 0399580514
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, Revised written by Claire Watson Garcia and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised 15th anniversary edition of the bestselling beginning drawing book updates art and text examples to include new student pieces, up-to-date materials, and additional sections on drawing in 3D and travel sketching, along with refreshed and contemporary design. Based on author and art instructor Claire Watson Garcia's successful courses and workshops for beginning and aspiring artists, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner applies a positive, accepting tone to a progressive series of lessons in sketching and rendering. The book's step-by-step methodology and examples of student works from earliest efforts to completed drawings give novices the tools and techniques needed to make competent and eloquent renderings of still lifes, portraits, and more. In this revised edition, Garcia covers such in-demand subject matter as drawing-on-the-go, drawing in three dimensions, and drawing the portrait at a three-quarter view. The reinvigorated art and text ensure that this drawing instruction classic will continue to appeal to new generations of aspiring artists.

The Man from Lisbon

Author : Thomas Gifford
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453266097
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Man from Lisbon written by Thomas Gifford and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA daring fraud makes one man a titan, and brings a nation to its knees/divDIV The son of a failing undertaker, Alves Reis learned early on that death comes quickly and a man must make his fortune while he can. In 1916, Reis left Portugal for Angola, where the hardships of colonial life dashed his dream of easy riches. In desperate straits, Alves discovers his true talent: forgery./divDIV /divDIVWith an unerring hand, Alves begins to counterfeit. He falsifies diplomas, government documents, currency, and countless checks on his way to perpetrating one of the greatest frauds of the twentieth century. Inspired by the true story of a master swindler, Gifford brings to life a breathtaking international scam. Before Bernie Madoff, before Frank Abagnale, there was Alves Reis—a forger with talent, vision, and an uncompromising drive to succeed, no matter what man, bank, or nation stood in his way. /div

Counterfactuals

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118696417
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Counterfactuals written by David Lewis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counterfactuals is David Lewis' forceful presentation of and sustained argument for a particular view about propositions which express contrary to fact conditionals, including his famous defense of realism about possible worlds.

Shoe and Leather Reporter

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Shoe and Leather Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Harper's Weekly

Author : John Bonner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Harper's Weekly written by John Bonner and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Johnny Appleseed

Author : Howard Means
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439178267
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Johnny Appleseed written by Howard Means and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Finally, the cliché is peeled away and the essence of this utterly American character is so revealing. John Chapman comes alive here and it is a thrilling experience to escape the specific gravity of the decades of myth” (Ken Burns). This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the flesh-and-blood man beneath the many myths. It captures the boldness of an iconic American and the sadness of his last years, as the frontier marched past him, ever westward. And it shows how death liberated the legend and made of Johnny a barometer of the nation’s feelings about its own heroic past and the supposed Eden it once had been. Howard Means does for America’s inner frontier what Stephen Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage did for its western one.

Legal Origins and Legal Change

Author : Alan Watson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852850487
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Legal Origins and Legal Change written by Alan Watson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Weekly World News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weekly World News written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-08-22 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.

Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112089599226 and Others

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112089599226 and Others written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: