18 books like What the dog saw and other adventure stories

What to read after What the dog saw and other adventure stories — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Management

Management Michael Heath · 2010 · ★ 3.8 Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Management.Includes how to:• Build a goal-oriented team• Successfully manage individuals, teams and projects• Set clear goals and give quality feedback• Get things done on time and on budget• Deal with difficult situations Shares Business, Nonfiction

A Guide to Modern Econometrics Marno Verbeek · 2000 · 520p · ≈ 17h · Moderate This revised and updated edition of A Guide to Modern Econometrics continues to explore a wide range of topics in modern econometrics by focusing on what is important for doing and understanding empirical work. It serves as a guide to alternative techniques with the emphasis on the intuition behind the approaches and their practical relevance.New material includes Monte Carlo studies, weak… Shares Business, Nonfiction

The Everything Guide to Being an Event Planner

The Everything Guide to Being an Event Planner Jennifer Mancuso · 2007 Whether you've recently earned a hospitality degree or are simply looking for a fun career change, The Everything Guide to Being an Event Planner will help you break out of the routine and start a new, creative endeavor-one celebration at a time! Do you love throwing parties? Are you the most organized person you know? Can you thrive in a fast-paced environment? If so, event planning could be… Shares Business, Nonfiction

The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business

The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business Joyce Weinberg · 2009 The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business is all you need to make your passion your profession! Do you enjoy cooking for others? Is your buffet table a work of art? Are your parties the best in the neighborhood? Then catering may be a great career for you!It's all here-from getting licenses and choosing the perfect name to developing menus and getting the word out. Seasoned… Shares Business, Nonfiction

A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy Marian Radetzki · 2008 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The world is going through an exceptional commodity boom triggered by a global demand shock largely caused by the sudden emergence of China and India as sizeable raw material importers. Prices of numerous commodities tripled between 2003 and 2006, resulting in huge windfalls for producers and a financial squeeze on consumers. A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy is a guide to… Shares Business, Nonfiction

Psychology John B. Watson · 1913 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Psychology, History with this book.

American Icon

American Icon Bryce G. Hoffman · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Moderate At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself. Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, the man who had saved Boeing, Ford had put together a bold plan to unify… Shares New York Times reviewed, History

Planet Simpson Chris Turner · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 458p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "D'oh - it's The Simpsons. And here's the book with the behind-the-scenes story of how America's favorite nuclear family first arrived at a TV near you, how the series grew into a worldwide icon, and who brings it to life so brilliantly week after week, year after year."--BOOK JACKET. Shares Popular culture, Social life and customs

Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate *A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything* Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But… Shares Popular culture, Psychology, Business, Nonfiction

Setting the Table

Setting the Table Danny Meyer · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In October 1985, at age twenty-seven, Danny Meyer, with a good idea and scant experience, opened what would become one of New York City's most revered restaurants—Union Square Cafe. Little more than twenty years later, Danny is the CEO of one of the world's most dynamic restaurant organizations, which includes eleven unique dining establishments, each at the top of its game. How has he done it?… Shares New York Times reviewed, Business, Nonfiction

The road to Little Dribbling Bill Bryson · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed -- and what hasn't. Following a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis… Shares New York Times reviewed, Social life and customs, Nonfiction, History

Made to stick Chip Heath · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas--business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others--struggle to make their ideas "stick." Why do some ideas thrive… Shares Social psychology, Psychology, Business, Nonfiction

Si no eres el primero, eres el último

Si no eres el primero, eres el último Grant Cardone · 2015 Olvídate de pretextos, este libro te dará estrategias comprobadas que te harán un mejor vendedor, empresario y persona, al tiempo que te lleva hacia una nueva libertad financiera.En Si no eres el primero, eres el último, Grant Cardone te muestra cómo adoptar una actitud de "avanza y conquista".Sintoniza con el poder secreto del "hambre", diseña un plan para ser completamente libre, e ignora las… Shares Business

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Mercadotecnia

Mercadotecnia Brian Tracy · 2016 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Light Shares Business with this book.

Busting Silos

Busting Silos Hillary Carpio, Travis Henry, Denise Persson & Chris Degnan Shares Business with this book.

A vaca roxa

A vaca roxa Seth Godin Shares Business with this book.

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition William Zinsser · 2012 "On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." —New York TimesA beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfictionOn Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to… Shares Business

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