The Future of Success
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. 289, notes, index, DJ slightly soiled. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. 289, notes, index, DJ slightly soiled. Inscribed by the author. More
Mt. Airy, MD: Lomond, 1979. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 162, illus., usual library markings, library pocket has been removed. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2010. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [12], 323, [1] pages. Epilogue. Index. Signed by the author on the fep. Some pages have off-white portions. Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019, succeeding Orrin Hatch. He served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2012 election, losing to Barack Obama. In 1998, Ann Romney learned that she had multiple sclerosis; Mitt described watching her fail a series of neurological tests as the worst day of his life.[50] After experiencing two years of severe difficulties with the disease, she found – while living in Park City, Utah, where the couple had built a vacation home – a combination of mainstream, alternative, and equestrian therapies that enabled her to lead a lifestyle mostly without limitations. When her husband received a job offer to take over the troubled organization responsible for the 2002 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, to be held in Salt Lake City in Utah, she urged him to accept it; eager for a new challenge, as well as another chance to prove himself in public life, he did. On February 11, 1999, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 hired Romney as its president and CEO. Romney was elected U.S. Senator from Utah on November 6, winning 62.6% to 30.9% over Democrat Jenny Wilson. The other 6.5% of the vote went to nominees of the Constitution, Libertarian, and Independent American parties. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2010. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [12], 323, [1] pages. Epilogue. Index. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads Liz, Best, Mitt. A few page corners bumped. Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician and businessman serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019. He served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2012 election, losing to Barack Obama. In 1998, Ann Romney learned that she had multiple sclerosis; Mitt described watching her fail a series of neurological tests as the worst day of his life. After experiencing two years of severe difficulties with the disease, she found – while living in Park City, Utah, where the couple had built a vacation home – a combination of mainstream, alternative, and equestrian therapies that enabled her to lead a lifestyle mostly without limitations. When her husband received a job offer to take over the troubled organization responsible for the 2002 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, to be held in Salt Lake City in Utah, she urged him to accept it; eager for a new challenge, as well as another chance to prove himself in public life, he did. On February 11, 1999, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 hired Romney as its president and CEO. Romney was elected U.S. Senator from Utah on November 6, winning 62.6% to 30.9% over Democrat Jenny Wilson. The other 6.5% of the vote went to nominees of the Constitution, Libertarian, and Independent American parties. More
New York: Basic Books, c1986. First Printing. 25 cm, 353, slightly cocked. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016. First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition [stated], Fourth printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 304, [6] pages. Notes. Index. Author inscription on the second fep that reads: "To Mike, Alec Ross". Alec Ross (born November 30, 1971) is an American author, technology policy analyst, and educator. Ross was Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the duration of her term as Secretary of State. After leaving the Department of State in 2013 he joined the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University as a Senior Fellow. Ross subsequently became a visiting fellow at Johns Hopkins University. Ross is currently a distinguished adjunct professor at the University of Bologna Business School and a board partner at Amplo. Ross is the author of two books, The Industries of the Future and The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People – and the Fight for Our Future. More
Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories for the United States Department of Energy, 2001. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. [6], 28, [2] p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Illustrations in color. More
Washington DC: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, 2021. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches, by 1.5 inches (thick). [3], 746, [3] pages. Illustrations. Endnotes. Blueprints for Action. Appendices. The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) was an independent commission of the United States of America established in 2018 to make recommendations to the President and Congress to "advance the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated technologies to comprehensively address the national security and defense needs of the United States". It issued its final report in March 2021, saying that the U.S. is not sufficiently prepared to defend or compete against China in the AI era. The report's recommendations include: dramatically increasing non-defense federal spending on AI research and development, doubling every year from $2 billion in 2022, to $32 billion in 2026. That would bring it up to a level similar to spending on biomedical research creation of a Digital Corps to bring skilled tech workers into government; founding of a Digital Service Academy: an accredited university providing subsidized education in exchange for a commitment to work for a time in government include civil rights and civil liberty reports for new AI systems or major updates to existing systems; expanding allocations of employment-based green cards, and giving them to every AI Ph.D. graduate from an accredited U.S. university; reforming the acquisition management system Department of Defense to make it faster and easier to introduce new technologies. More
Harvard Business School Press, 1985. Reprint. Second printing. Trade paperback. x, 543 p. Tables. Figures. Notes. Index. More
Nashville, TN: Nelson Books ([An Imprint of Thomas Nelson], 2022. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 208, [6] pages. Foreword by Frances "Mama" Scott. Illustrations (most in color). Notes. Timothy Eugene Scott (born September 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a Charleston city councilor, a state representative, and a U.S. Representative. He also worked in financial services before entering politics. Nikki Haley, who was then governor of South Carolina, appointed Scott to the U.S. Senate in 2013 to fill a vacancy. He retained his Senate seat after winning a special election in 2014, and was elected to a full term in 2016 and reelected in 2022. He became the first African-American senator to be elected from the Southern United States since the Reconstruction era. Scott was a candidate in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, forming an exploratory committee on April 13, 2023. He filed Federal Election Commission paperwork to run for president on May 19, and formally declared his candidacy three days later. Scott suspended his campaign on November 12 of that year due to low poll numbers. Scott supports infrastructure development and public works for his district. He opposes restrictions on deepwater oil drilling. He proposed the opportunity zone designation in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. More
Minneapolis, MN: Select Comfort, 2005. 1 videotape, VHS videotape in shrinkwrap as mailed, mailing labels removed The Sleep Number Bed was the subject of a nationwide advertising campaign featuring Lindsay Wagner. Title from VHS tape sleeve. More
New York: Doubleday Currency, 1990. Reprint Edition. 424, illus., notes, index. More
New York, N.Y. Beaufort Books, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 204 pages. Footnotes. Best Seller sticker on front of DJ. Includes Foreword by Mark Cuban, Preface, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, and Bibliography. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: 2/11 To Mark, Thanks for all you do to keep us informed, educated, and entertained! Gary Shapiro. Chapters include America's Decline; Why Innovation?; Innovation: The Jobs Engine; Innovation Requires Immigration; The U.S. Constitution and the Fire of Genius; All the World's a Market: Innovation Requires Free Trade; Innovation Requires Good Schools; Innovation Requires Competitive Broadband; Government Spending: Imperiling Innovation and More; Government Spending: Modest Proposals to Restore Sanity; Private Enterprise: Restoring Our Foundation for Growth; Innovation Requires Support of U.S. Companies; Innovation Requires a National Energy Policy; An Innovation Lesson in Health Care. In this book, Gary Shapiro shows us how to return innovation to its rightful place at the center of America's economic policy. When our best and brightest have the encouragement and incentives to follow their entrepreneurial dreams, then the great American free market will lead the world once again. But it requires a clear strategy and sound policies that will reignite America's innovation engine. More
Livermore, CA: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2019. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 28 cm, 24 pages plus covers. Wraps. Illustrations (some in color). Covers have slight wear and soiling. Mailing label information on back cover. Science & Technology Review is currently published eight times a year to communicate, to a broad audience, the Laboratory’s scientific and technological accomplishments in support of national security and other enduring national needs. The publication’s goal is to help readers understand these accomplishments and appreciate their value to the individual citizen, the nation, and the world. This issue has an appreciation of Dr. Harold Brown, the Laboratory's third Director who also was a Secretary of Defense. Also in this issue are articles on a Brain-on-a-Chip, Weapon Survivability, Space-bound gamma-ray Spectrometer, and the intersection of engineering, neurobiology and computation. More
Washington, DC: Kelly, Hafner Associates, Inc., 1973. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. 140 p. 26 cm. Illustrations. Index. More
Laurel, MD: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, 2005. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Periodical. 27 cm. Pages 97-192. Wraps. Illustrations, (many in color). Figures. Table. References. Very minor wear and soiling to covers. This issue is devoted to Space Science. The Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest is an unclassified technical journal published quarterly by APL. The objective of the publication is to communicate the work performed at the Laboratory to its sponsors and to the scientific and engineering communities, defense establishment, academia, and industry. More
New Delhi: Ashish Publishing House, 1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 924 total, 2-vol. set, illus., references, footnotes, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, some pencil erasures to text. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c1988. First Printing. 270, wraps, illus., index, pencil erasure residue on table of contents page. A Touchstone Book. More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 259, [1] pages. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Top edge has some moisture staining. Staining inside the dust jacket. Pages are all separate and no impact to text. Includes Preface and Acknowledgments and Introduction. Part 1 covers Extreme Poverty: The Cruelest Trap; Part 2: Escaping the Poverty Trap: How the Poor Are Gaining the Keys to Capability; Part 3: What You Can Do to Help; and Conclusion: Some Closing Words: The End of Global Poverty. Also includes Notes and References, Index, and About the Author. Over 800 million people suffer from chronic hunger, and over 10 million children die each year from preventable causes. These may seem like overwhelming statistics, but as Stephen Smith shows in this call to arms, global poverty is something that we can and should solve within our lifetimes. Ending Global Poverty explores the various traps that keep people mired in poverty--traps like poor nutrition, illiteracy, and lack of access to health care--and presents eight keys to escaping these traps. Smith gives readers the tools they need to determine which approaches are most effective in fighting, and eventually overcoming, poverty. This book shows that although the task is daunting, it isn't necessary to be rich or powerful to help pull people out of extreme poverty. This book is a vital resource for anyone who wants practical advice about how to make a difference now. More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1985. 24 cm, 178, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers, pencil erasure on first page. More
Arlington, VA: Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, 2012. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [4], 79, [1] pages. Figures. Tables. Endnotes. Ink underlining noted on several text pages. Topics covered include What's at Risk?; Federal Clean Energy Loan Guarantees: Their Moral Hazards; Let's Reset Our Energy Policy Starting with Loan Guarantees; The Energy Innovation Environmental Case against Loan Guarantees; Pure Risk: Federal Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Plants; and The Next Solyndra. Also contains an appendix on Federal Loan Guarantees for the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants, as well as information about Contributing Authors. Henry D. Sokolski was the Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, a Washington-based nonprofit organization founded in 1994 to promote a better understanding of strategic weapons proliferation issues among policy makers, scholars, and the media. From 1989 to 1993, Sokolski served as the Deputy for Nonproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, for which he received the Secretary of Defense's Medal for Outstanding Public Service. Prior to this, he worked in the Secretary of Defense's Office of Net Assessment on strategic weapons proliferation issues. In addition to his Executive Branch service, Sokolski worked on the Hill from 1984 through 1988 as senior military legislative aide to Senate Armed Services Committee member Dan Quayle and from 1982 through 1983 as special assistant on nuclear energy to TVA Subcommittee Chairman Senator Gordon J. Humphrey. He worked as a consultant on nuclear weapons proliferation issues to the Intelligence Community's National Intelligence Council. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 304 pages. Illus., notes, index, some highlighting and ink notations, DJ edges somewhat worn, DJ somewhat soiled. More
Boston, MA: Harvard School of Business Publishing Corporation, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing this issue. Magazine. Quarto (approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches). 160 pages. Color illustrations. Covers has slight wear and soiling. This issue contains an article on Innovation by Rosabeth Moss Kanter as well as articles on managing multicultural teams, disaster relief, Zero Tolerance, Urban School Districts and Information Technology. More
New Canaan, CT: The Infomation Economic Press, 1995. Reprint. Second printing. Hardcover. xxxi, 523 p. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Glossary. Index. More