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  • Big Box USA

    The Environmental Impact of America’s Biggest Retail Stores

    Collections series Path to Open
    Big Box USA presents a new look at how the big box retail store has dramatically reshaped the US economy and its ecosystems in the last half century. From the rural South to the frigid North, from inside stores to ecologies far beyond, this book examines the relationships that make up one of the most visible features of late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century American life.The rise ... En savoir plus

    $25.29 CAD

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  • Cheap

    The High Cost of Discount Culture

    A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargainFrom the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little- examined obsession with bargains is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • The New Geography of Jobs

    par Enrico Moretti ...
    "A timely and smart discussion of how different cities and regions have made a changing economy work for them—and how policymakers can learn from that." —Barack ObamaWe're used to thinking of the United States in opposing terms: red versus blue, haves versus have-nots. But today there are three Americas. At one extreme are the brain hubs—cities like San Francisco, Boston, and Durham—with workers ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Gray Rhino

    How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore

    par Michele Wucker ...
    The #1 English-language bestseller in China--the book that is shaping China's planning and policy for the future.A "gray rhino" is a highly probable, high impact yet all-too-often neglected threat: kin to both the elephant in the room and the improbable and unforeseeable black swan. Gray rhinos are not random surprises, but occur after a series of warnings and visible evidence. The bursting of the ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Power of Unreasonable People

    How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World

    Collections series Leadership for the Common Good
    Renowned playwright George Bernard Shaw once said "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." By this definition, some of today's entrepreneurs are decidedly unreasonable--and have even been dubbed crazy. Yet as John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan argue in The Power ... En savoir plus

    $36.79 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Becoming a Landscape Architect

    A Guide to Careers in Design

    par Kelleann Foster ...
    Explore exciting options for a career in landscape architectureBlending aesthetics and environmental consciousness, landscape architecture is one of the fastest growing fields, according to the US Department of Labor. Becoming a Landscape Architect gives you a comprehensive survey of the field as it is practiced today, and explains how to get started and how to succeed in this exciting, creative, ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

  • Forces for Good

    The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

    Collections Livre 36 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Series
    An innovative guide to how great nonprofits achieve extraordinary social impact. What makes great nonprofits great? Authors Crutchfield and McLeod Grant searched for the answer over several years, employing a rigorous research methodology which derived from books on for-profits like Built to Last. They studied 12 nonprofits that have achieved extraordinary levels of impact—from Habitat for ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • Disasterology

    Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

    Part memoir, part expert analysis, Disasterology is a passionate and personal account of a country in crisis—one unprepared to deal with the disasters of today and those looming in our future.With temperatures rising and the risk of disasters growing, our world is increasingly vulnerable. Most people see disasters as freak, natural events that are unpredictable and unpreventable. But that simply ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Solution Revolution

    How Business, Government, and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society's Toughest Problems

    Government Alone Can’t Solve Society’s Biggest ProblemsWorld hunger. Climate change. Crumbling infrastructure. It’s clear that in today’s era of fiscal constraints and political gridlock, we can no longer turn to government alone to tackle these and other towering social problems. What’s required is a new, more collaborative and productive economic system. The Solution Revolution brings hope ... En savoir plus

    $27.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Wal-Mart

    The Face of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism

    Modifié par Nelson Lichtenstein ...
    A collection of essays that "do an incredible job of balancing the wonders and horrors of the force that is Wal-Mart " ( Booklist , starred review).Edited by one of the nation's preeminent labor historians, this book marks an ambitious effort to dissect the full extent of Wal-Mart's business operations, its social effects, and its role in the United States and world economy. Wal-Mart is based on a ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Resilience Dividend

    Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong

    par Judith Rodin ...
    Building resilience -- the ability to bounce back more quickly and effectively -- is an urgent social and economic issue. Our interconnected world is susceptible to sudden and dramatic shocks and stresses: a cyber-attack, a new strain of virus, a structural failure, a violent storm, a civil disturbance, an economic blow.Through an astonishing range of stories, Judith Rodin shows how people, ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Making of a Democratic Economy

    Building Prosperity For the Many, Not Just the Few

    Seven principles for a just and sustainable system, accompanied by true stories of " the people creating the institutions of the next economy" (Kat Taylor, cofounder, Beneficial State Bank).The extractive economy we live with now—designed by the 1 percent for the 1 percent—enables the financial elite to squeeze out maximum gain for themselves, heedless of damage to people or planet. But in this ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus