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The Chairman's Toys

Author : Graham Reed
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1464210071
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book The Chairman's Toys written by Graham Reed and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jake, whose philosophy is 'life is often less about making good decisions than figuring out how to live with bad ones,' takes the reader on a fast, furious, and often hilarious tour. Watching him zigzag through the twisting plot is pure pleasure." —Publishers Weekly Vancouver, British Columbia—land of psychotically expensive real estate, high-grade cannabis, and Jake Constable. A man adrift. After Jake quits the drug business, his realtor/ex-wife, Nina, gets him a job as a housesitter for her wealthy clients. Jake celebrates by throwing a party in the mansion he was hired to look after. Unfortunately, the guest list gets out of hand, leaving Jake to contend with a hallucinogenic-vitamin-dispensing yogi, a dead guy in the bathroom, and The Norwegian—a criminal force of nature with a grudge against Jake. When the owner of the multimillion dollar crime-scene returns home prematurely, only Jake's inadvertent discovery of the man's business history in Mao Tse Thong underwear saves him from having to clean up after the party. But he still has to come clean with his ex-wife. The situation threatens to become an international incident when Nina's powerbroker uncle and two secret agents from China show up to turn the screws on Jake. Soon after that his friends start disappearing. With the Chinese government leaning on him and The Norwegian out to settle an old score, Jake comes up with a desperate plan to dupe a pair of secret agents, fund the uncle's secret venture, save his friends, and (why not?) solve the murder.

Toy Wars

Author : G. Wayne Miller
Publisher : Crown Business
ISBN 13 : 0307818802
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Toy Wars written by G. Wayne Miller and published by Crown Business. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the real toy story, an unprecedented behind-the-scenes journey through a world of influence, fantasy, and multimillion-dollar Hollywood deals, a world where the whims of children make millionaires and topple titans. This is also the story of an unusual man. Alan Hassenfeld, the chief executive officer of Hasbro, never intended to run a Fortune 500 company. A free spirit who dreamed of being a writer and exploring Asia, he was content to remain in the shadow of his older brother Stephen, a marketing genius who transformed a family firm established by immigrant Jews into powerhouse and Wall Street darling. Then tragedy struck. Stephen, and intensely private man, died of AIDS, a disease he had not acknowledged he had, even to his family. Alan Hassenfeld was named CEO, just as Hasbro was facing a daunting onslaught of challenges. Toy Wars is about Alan's struggle to balance the demands of the bottom line with his ideals about the kind of toys children deserve, as well as the ethical obligations of management. Wayne Miller, an award-winning journalist and novelist, was granted unprecedented access to Hasbro, the maker of G.I. Joe, Star Wars toys, Mr. Potato Head, Batman, Monopoly, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, and countless other favorites. For five years, he sat in on design sessions, marketing meetings, and focus groups, and interviewed employees in every part of the company. He witnessed a major corporate restructuring; crucial deal with Dreamworks SKG; a hostile takeover bid by archrival Mattel; the collapse of a $45 million virtual reality game; and the company makeover of G.I. Joe, Hasbro's flagship product and one of the most popular toys of all time. Toy Wars is filled with many colorful characters, including: Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, whose kid-friendly movies can translate into licensing gold for toymakers Mighty Morphin Power Rangers creator Haim Saban, who tapped into a popular Japanese TV series and made it a worldwide television and merchandising phenomenon Mattel CEO Jill Barad, the second-highest-paid woman in corporate America, who promotes and defends Barbie with the zeal of a religious crusader Hasbro executive Al Verrecchia, the loyal second in command who did not let friendship or tradition stand in the way of a dramatic restructuring Larry Bernstein, arguably the best toy salesman ever, a riotous raconteur whose divisional presidency crumbled when he was unable to meet Hasbro's profit goals Rich in family drama and written with sly wit, Toy Wars is a deeply compelling business story, a fascinating tour through a billion-dollar industry that exerts tremendous influence on the lives of children everywhere.

Recreation

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recreation written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memos from the Chairman

Author : Alan C. Greenberg
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780761103462
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Memos from the Chairman written by Alan C. Greenberg and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chairman of the board of Bear Stearns investment bank shares his innovative approach to business in a collection of witty, trenchant, and inspirational thoughts on success, bureaucracy, arrogance, telephone manners, and other topics.

Games & Toys

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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 Games & Toys written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Investigation of So Called "rackets".

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1336 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigation of So Called "rackets". written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 1336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Geyer's Stationer

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Geyer's Stationer written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Depreciated Exchange

Author : United States Tariff Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1568 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Depreciated Exchange written by United States Tariff Commission and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 1568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

1945 extension of the Reciprocal trade agreements act

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book 1945 extension of the Reciprocal trade agreements act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hello Girls & Boys!

Author : David Veart
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 1775587630
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Hello Girls & Boys! written by David Veart and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toys are fun—but they are also serious business, as David Veart makes clear in this remarkable story of New Zealanders and their toys from Maori voyagers to 21st-century gamers. Deploying the tools of archaeology and oral history, Veart digs through a few centuries of pocket knives and plasticine to take us deep into the childhoods of Aotearoa. His story explores how people made their fun on the far side of the ocean—the Maori and Pakeha learned knucklebones from each other; young Aucklanders established the largest Meccano club in the world; and Fun Ho!, Torro, Lincoln International, and Luvme helped to build a successful local toy industry under the shade of import protection. Hello Girls & Boys! covers the crazes and collecting, playtimes and preoccupations of big and little New Zealand kids for generations. With its memories of knucklebones and double happys, golliwogs and tin canoes, marbles and Meccano, Tonka trucks and Buzzy Bees, this is a seriously fun New Zealand toy story.

Tariff ... Hearing ... on H.R. 7456 ...

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1306 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tariff ... Hearing ... on H.R. 7456 ... written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Opportunity Equation

Author : Eric Schwarz
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807033723
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Opportunity Equation written by Eric Schwarz and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schwarz, founder of the groundbreaking Citizen Schools program, shares his vision for reducing inequality by pairing successful adults with low-income students. Parental wealth now predicts adult success more than at any point in the last hundred years. And yet as debates about education rage on, and wealth-based achievement gaps grow, too many people fix the blame on one of two convenient scapegoats: poverty or our public schools. But in fact, low-income kids are learning more now than ever before. The real culprit for rising inequality, Eric Schwarz argues in The Opportunity Equation, is that wealthier kids are learning much, much more—mostly outside of school. In summer camps, robotics competitions, sessions with private tutors, and conversations around the dinner table, children from more affluent families build the skills and social networks that propel them to success. In The Opportunity Equation, Schwarz tells the story of how he founded the pioneering Citizen Schools program to combat rising inequality by bringing these same opportunities to children who don’t have access to them. By increasing learning time in schools and harnessing the power of an army of volunteers with various skills and professional backgrounds—lawyers, engineers, carpenters, journalists, nonprofit leaders, and grandmothers who sew—Citizen Schools offers after-school apprenticeships that provide the building blocks for adult success. Recounting the triumphs and setbacks he’s encountered in implementing the program, Schwarz shows that some of the nation’s lowest-performing schools in its lowest-income cities can, with help, provide their students with many of the same experiences wealthy communities afford to their children. The results have been proven: in the dozen school districts, from New York to Oakland, that have partnered with Citizen Schools, rates of attendance, proficiency, graduation, and college acceptance have gone up—and the achievement gap closes. At a time when many stakeholders in the education debates are looking for new, silver-bullet shortcuts to educational excellence, Schwarz shows that the best solution is human-centered, rooted in the American tradition of citizen voluntarism, and, most important, achievable. We can provide quality education for all students and close the opportunity gap in this country—and we can do it together.

Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States

Author : United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1730 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Child-welfare Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Child-welfare Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Stationer

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The American Stationer written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Health and the Environment Miscellaneous

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 890 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Health and the Environment Miscellaneous written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Air and Ocean Mail Contracts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Air and Ocean Mail Contracts and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 1460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: