Patrick OShaughnessy

A titanic struggle is taking place - not just among corporate titans, but among entire industries across the globe. At stake is control of the world's fastest-growing communications. The contestants are the huge Hollywood studios, the television networks, and telephone, publishing, and computer companies. The prize is not only vast wealth, but a vi...

The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson thriller, and it’s not the comfort of Danish Hygge. It’s Lars Mytting’s Norwegian Wood , a full-color practical book about the art and craft of handling wood for heating that has become an international bestseller, selling over 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden....

Discover valuable and timeless lessons in success from America's industrial giants, the high-tech companies of their day. Written by top Wall Street analysts, this guide offers insights from companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar, including their successes and missteps. Learn how to weather market upheavals, adapt to disruptions, and optimize your resources to your best advantage. With illuminating case studies and brilliant analysis, this book provides hard-won lessons in innovation, growth, resilience, and operational excellence. Gain a personal toolbox of useful takeaways from more than a century’s worth of data, experience, wisdom, and can-do spirit to survive and thrive in today’s ever-changing world.

Explore the fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity in How the World Really Works. Written by a scientist, this book delves into the modern science and technology that make our lives possible, and what they really accomplish. Learn about energy and food production, our material world and its globalization, risks, our environment, and its future. With a thought-provoking and interdisciplinary approach, this book provides a reality check on the world around us, revealing hidden truths that will change the way you see our uncertain future.

Peter l. Bernstein (1919-2009), uno de los padres de las teorías modernas de movilizaciones de riesgos, publicó en 1996 su libro against the Gods: the remarkable story of risk, del que se vendieron más de un millón de ejemplares, convirtieron en un clásico en pocos años. En este ensayo sobre la historia del conocimiento humano relativo al riesgo y su gestión, el autor describe cómo los matemáticos han tratado de entender los juegos de azar a lo largo de la historia, modelizando probabilidades y aplicando estrategias para compensar riesgos y tomar decisiones. Y lo hace trazando la historia de los números y la probabilidad, acercando al lector a la teoría de gestión de carteras, los derivados y las técnicas de gestión de riesgos. En la obra aparecen sus principales protagonistas: Neumann (inventor de la teoría de juegos), Newton o marketing, entre otros, e introduce al lector en la teoría de juegos, las series de Fibonacci, la teoría del caos, la curva de Bell, las regresiones lineales, etc. El mensaje del libro es simple: antes el ser humano se entregaba a las supersticiones y a las oraciones para superar retos, ahora es posible predecir y mitigar el riesgo con los modelos matemáticos apropiados.

Explore the global pursuit of oil, money, and power in this Pulitzer Prize-winning account. Discover the history of oil and its current impact on global energy crisis. With over 300,000 copies in print and updated to reflect current times, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the world's dependence on oil.

Will Durant once wrote that "most history is guessing, & the rest is prejudice." Now, 33 years later, the Durants, in this peroration to their monumental "Story of Civilization," look back to record the lessons & conclusions of their 10-volume excursion into human folly & achievement--&, coincidentally, to determine what value historical guesswork & historians' predispositions may have in understanding the nature of humanity. Their reflections are thematic in nature, discussing the influence & effect upon history of certain qualities, institutions & movements: race, character, moral systems, religion, socialism, government, war etc. Their overall conclusion is at once optimistic & realistic; the phenomenon of progress is no figment of the historian's imagination; it's real, in the sense that each generation is born to a heritage richer than that received by their fathers. Thus, the 20th century is the most blessed of all eras so far, from a cultural standpoint, for it has assimilated the best of the Periclean Greeks, of the Renaissance, of the Voltairian age etc. The Durants' "Story" is, despite the cavils of a few disputatious historians, the historical synthesis par excellence for the intelligent nonspecialist. The Lessons of History, despite its extreme brevity, forms an integrally necessary part of that opus & must be read as such, or as an independent work in the tradition of Augustine's Retractationes & Toynbee's Reconsiderations.--Kirkus (edited)

Discover the secrets to making a company continually successful with 7 Powers. Hamilton Helmer breaks new ground with a comprehensive strategy toolset that's easy to learn and apply. Using real-world examples, Helmer develops a practical theory rooted in the notion of Power - those conditions that create the potential for long-term advantage. Learn when to establish your Power and target its implementation during the Origination, Take-Off, or Stability phases of your business. This book is the must-have compass for your business's future success.

Discover the secret to becoming a successful writer with this book's mantra: NOBODY WANTS TO READ YOUR SH*T. From empathy to imagination, this guide teaches you how to transform your writing from amateur to professional by understanding what engages your readers. Learn how to create interesting, fun, challenging, and inventive stories that keep your readers coming back for more.

El próximo Bill Gates no diseñará un sistema operativo. Los próximos Larry Page o Sergey Brin no crearán un motor de búsqueda. Y el siguiente Mark Zuckerberg no inventará una red social. Si vas a copiar a estos chicos, es que no has aprendido de ellos. Hacer lo que ya sabemos lleva al mundo de 1 a n. Genera un progreso horizontal añadiendo más de lo mismo. Cada nueva creación, sin embargo, va de 0 a 1, es vertical e implica hacer algo que nadie ha hecho antes. Si coges una máquina de escribir y construyes cien, has hecho un progreso horizontal. Si coges una máquina de escribir y construyes un procesador de textos, has hecho un progreso vertical. Este libro trata de cómo llegar allí.