Thomas L. Friedman

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1) The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century

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Friedman, Thomas L

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Thorndike Press large print core

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English

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Falmouth The Fanger Collection

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This book is an update on globalization, its history, successes, and discontents. It discusses a wide range of topics, from the September 11 terrorist attacks to the growth of the middle class in both China and India. This new edition is the author's account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before, creating an explosion of wealth...

2) From Beirut to Jerusalem

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Friedman, Thomas L

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English

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Falmouth The Fanger Collection

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This revised edition of the number-one bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's new, updated epilogue.
One of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman drew upon his ten years of experience

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3) Hot, flat, and crowded: why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America

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Friedman, Thomas L

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Thorndike Press large print core

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English

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Examines America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11 and the global environmental crisis, and shows how the solutions to these two problems are linked-- we can restore the world and revive America at the same time.

4) Thank you for being late: an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations

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Friedman, Thomas L

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Thorndike Press large print core

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English

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Friedman discusses how the key to understanding the 21st century is understanding that the planet's three largest forces -- Moore's law (technology), the market (globalization) and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loos) -- are accelerating all at once. And these accelerations are transforming the five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. Friedman posits that we should purposely "be late" -- we should...

5) That used to be us: how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back

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Friedman, Thomas L

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English

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Makes recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption.

6) The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization

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Friedman, Thomas L

Language

English

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eAudiobook, eBook

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A brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and at home. As foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman crisscrosses the globe talking with the world's economic and political leaders, and reporting, as only he can, on what he sees. Now he has used his years of experience as...

7) The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

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Friedman, Thomas L

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English

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When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development in the first few years of the twenty-first century? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle...

8) The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work

Author

McGowan, Heather E

Publisher

Wiley

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

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eBook, Kindle

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A guide for individuals and organizations navigating the complex and ambiguous Future of Work

Foreword by New York Times columnist and best-selling author Thomas L. Friedman

Technology is changing work as we know it. Cultural norms are undergoing tectonic shifts. A global pandemic proves that we are inextricably connected whether we choose to be or not. So much change, so quickly, is disorienting. It's undermining

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Thomas L. Friedman

1) The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century

2) From Beirut to Jerusalem

3) Hot, flat, and crowded: why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America

4) Thank you for being late: an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations

5) That used to be us: how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back

6) The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization

7) The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

8) The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work