Author: Bill Gates Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing ISBN: 9781742704432 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 182
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"A collection of direct quotes from Bill Gates on topics related to business, technology, Microsoft, philanthropy, and life"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Lisa Edited by Rogak Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9350295520 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 113
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Ruthless billionaire or benevolent philanthropist? Whatever your take on him, Bill Gates is a force to be reckoned with in the world of business and in the realm of international philanthropy. Hailed by most as an ingenious visionary and considered by some to be an unscrupulous monopolist, Gates has had an indelible impact on the growth of digital technology. As founder and former CEO of Microsoft, he helped spearhead one of the greatest revolutions in modern history, seizing on the importance of software in the rise of personal computing and becoming in 1987 - at the age of 31 - the youngest ever self-made billionaire. But Gates's second act has been no less compelling than his first. After leaving Microsoft's day-to-day operations in 2008 to devote himself full-time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a kinder, gentler Gates began to emerge, one deeply concerned with Third World health issues and educational reform. Drawing on more than three decades of media coverage - print, electronic and online - this book offers real insight into the man behind the millions. Essential reading for anyone seeking wisdom from the world's entrepreneur extraordinaire.
Author: Mark Stevenson Publisher: Profile Books ISBN: 1847654339 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 357
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Mark Stevenson has been to the future a few years ahead of the rest of us - and reckons it has a lot going for it. His voyage of discovery takes him to Oxford to meet Transhumanists (they intend to live forever), to Boston where he confronts a robot with mood swings, to an underwater cabinet meeting in the Indian Ocean, and Australia to question the Outback's smartest farmer. He clambers around space planes in the Mojave desert, gets to grips with the potential of nanotechnology, delves deep into the possibilities of biotech, sees an energy renaissance on a printer, a revolution in communications, has his genome profiled, and glimpses the next stage of human evolution ... and tries to make sense of what's in store. Insightful and often very funny, An Optimist's Tour of the Future is a book that tracks one curious man's journey to find out what's in store.
Author: Ronald Bailey Publisher: Cato Institute ISBN: 1948647745 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 199
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“I would say that learning this material ... has lifted some of the existential weight from me. Things aren’t as bad as they are trumpeted to be. In fact, they’re quite a bit better, and they’re getting better, and so we’re doing a better job than we thought. There’s more to us than we thought. We’re adopting our responsibilities as stewards of the planet rapidly. We are moving towards improving everyone’s life." —Jordan B. Peterson, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life Think the world is getting worse? If so, you’re wrong. The world is, for the most part, actually getting better. But 58 percent of people in 17 countries who were surveyed in 2016 thought that the world was either getting worse or staying the same. Americans were even more glum: 65 percent thought the world was getting worse and only 6 percent thought it was getting better. The uncontroversial data on major global trends in this book will persuade you that this dark view of the state of humanity and the natural world is, in large part, badly mistaken. World population will peak at 8–9 billion before the end of this century, as the global fertility rate continues its fall from 6 children per woman in 1960 to the current rate of 2.4. The global absolute poverty rate has fallen from 42 percent in 1981 to 8.6 percent today. Satellite data show that forest area has been expanding since 1982. Natural resources are becoming ever cheaper and more abundant. Since 1900, the average life expectancy has more than doubled, reaching more than 72 years globally. Of course, major concerns such as climate change, marine plastic pollution, and declining wildlife populations are still with us, but many of these problems are already being ameliorated as a result of the favorable economic, social, and technological trends that are documented in this book. You can’t fix what is wrong in the world if you don’t know what’s actually happening. Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know will provide busy people with quick-to-read, easily understandable, and entertaining access to surprising facts that they need to know about how the world is really faring.
Author: Amanda Gibson Publisher: Agate Publishing ISBN: 1572848618 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 144
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Get inside the head of Jane Fonda: actress, political activist, environmentalist, philanthropist, and creator of an unlikely fitness empire that captivated the country beginning in the 1980s. This collection of quotes has been curated from Jane Fonda’s numerous public statements—interviews, books, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of her legacy and her impact on American popular culture. Fonda began her career in the public eye as a model before taking up acting and bursting onto the scene as a stage actress in New York in the 1950s. She transitioned to film work in the 60s and skyrocketed to global prominence through her performance as the title character in Barbarella (1968). While she continued to headline in major motion pictures through the 70s and into the 80s, she became just as well known for the political activism she pursued in the late 60s and early 70s, most notably in the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era. In an effort to fund some of her activist efforts, she launched a second career in fitness. Fonda built a multi-million dollar aerobics exercise empire, starting with the release of Jane Fonda’s Workout Book (1981), which was a national bestseller, and quickly followed by her popular exercise video, Jane Fonda’s Workout, which was the top-selling VHS tape for a number of years. She went on to film more than 20 other workout videos, which collectively sold more than 17 million copies worldwide. She took a brief hiatus from acting throughout the 90s, during which time she founded several philanthropic organizations, including the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential, the Fonda Family Foundation, and the Jane Fonda Foundation. Her foundations make charitable donations to a number of causes including reproductive services, education, human services, and the environment. Fonda eventually returned to acting in the early 2000s, capturing a new generation of fans through her work in film and on popular television series including The Newsroom and the contemporary Netflix hit series Grace and Frankie. She has continued to do activist work, particularly in opposing the Iraq War and supporting environmental causes. Now, for the first time, you can find Jane Fonda’s most inspirational, thought-provoking quotes in one place.
Author: T. Baron Russell Publisher: ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 328
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In this serious attempt to forecast the changes ahead in the 20th century from the year 1906, the author deals with the accelerating rate of scientific progress, housing, travel, population, business, pleasure, newspapers, utilization of the sea, science, education, religion, economics, and law
Author: Malika Ndlovu Publisher: African Books Collective ISBN: 1920590145 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 92
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Malika Ndlovu takes us right into the heart of her grief - the loss of her third child, who was stillborn. The book breaks the silence around stillbirth, often seen as a non-event, something women are expected to "get over" as soon as possible, Invisible Earthquake is placed in the wider South African context by Sue Fawcus, who writes tenderly and expertly about stillbirth from the point of view of an obstetrician, and by Zubeida Bassadien and Muriel Johnstone, social workers who accompany women going through this shattering experience.
Author: Richard Branson Publisher: Agate Pub Incorporated ISBN: 9781932841787 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 142
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A collection of thought-provoking direct quotes from Richard Branson on topics related to business, entrepreneurship, the Virgin Group, philanthropy, and life.
Author: Gabriel Silva Lamboglia Publisher: Balboa Press ISBN: 1452587779 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 177
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This book offers an intimate look at the trials and triumphs of an immigrant from Uruguay who spoke no English when he arrived in America. Part memoir, part inspirational life lessons, from Here to Where??? offers personal insights, inspirational quotes, and sayings that shaped the business ideology of this self-made entrepreneur. Throughout this book, he explains how he applies or modifies these sayings in real situations to guide him on his path in times of uncertainty. Gabriel Silva Lamboglia writes in his introduction, "The way you choose to apply the sayings and information in this book will determine the results you achieve. However you choose to read the book, I hope you will embrace these sayings and incorporate them into your daily life to help you through uncertain times and to achieve the happiness you desire." Presented with delightful illustrations that bring the book to life, from Here to Where??? inspires all of us to do our best and be our best selves. Whether read in a single sitting, or picked up occasionally for inspiration, this is a valuable book for those who are just starting out and established business leaders alike.
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