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    How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas

    de John Pollack ...
    A presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton explores the hidden power of analogy to fuel thought, connect ideas, spark innovation, and shape outcomesFrom the meatpacking plants that inspired Henry Ford’s first moving assembly line to the "domino theory" that led America into Vietnam to the "bicycle for the mind" that Steve Jobs envisioned as the Macintosh computer, analogies have played a dynamic ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Pun Also Rises

    How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics

    de John Pollack ...
    A former word pun champion's funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on history.The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack-a former World Pun ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Cork Boat

    de John Pollack ...
    165,321 corks1 boatMost people have childhood dreams; few ever pursue them. At the age of 34, John Pollack quit a prestigious speechwriting job on Capitol Hill to pursue an idea he had harbored since the age of six: to build a boat out of wine corks and take it on an epic journey.In Cork Boat, Pollack tells the charming and uplifting story of this unlikely adventure. Overcoming one obstacle after ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

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    Cork Boat

    de John Pollack ...
    Narrado por Jonathan Marosz ...

    Completo

    7 hora 46 minutos

    In the late 1990s John Pollack was working as a Washington speechwriter when, frustrated by the cynicism and hypocrisy on Capitol Hill, he quit his job to pursue a boyhood dream: to build a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey.Cork Boat tells the story of Pollack’s improbable quest. Overcoming one obstacle after another, he convinces skeptical bartenders to save their ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    The Pun Also Rises

    How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics

    de John Pollack ...
    Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

    Completo

    4 hora 58 minutos

    The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack—a former World Pun Champion and presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton—explains why such wordplay is significant: It both revolutionized language and played a pivotal role in making the ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas

    de John Pollack ...
    Narrado por Sean Pratt ...

    Completo

    7 hora 21 minutos

    A presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton explores the hidden power of analogy to fuel thought, connect ideas, spark innovation, and shape outcomesFrom the meatpacking plants that inspired Henry Ford’s first moving assembly line to the "domino theory" that led America into Vietnam to the "bicycle for the mind" that Steve Jobs envisioned as the Macintosh computer, analogies have played a dynamic ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    Cork Boat

    de John Pollack ...
    Narrado por John Pollack ...

    Abreviado

    5 hora 25 minutos

    In the late 1990s John Pollack was working as a Washington speechwriter when, frustrated by the cynicism and hypocrisy on Capitol Hill, he quit his job to pursue a boyhood dream: to build a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey.Cork Boat tells the story of Pollack’s improbable quest. Overcoming one obstacle after another, he convinces skeptical bartenders to save their ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • The World on a String

    How to Become a Freelance Foreign Correspondent

    de Al Goodman, John Pollack ...
    With the help of veteran journalists Alan Goodman and John Pollack's The World on a String, young reporters need not spend years struggling in obscurity to land coveted foreign assignments.In fact, technological advances and cost-cutting at major media companies have created unprecedented opportunities for enterprising journalists to succeed abroad as freelance correspondents—stringers—for ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Shriver Report

    A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink

    de Maria Shriver, The Center for American Progress, Olivia Morgan, Karen Skelton, Carol Gilligan, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Barbara Ehrenreich, Heather Boushey, Maya L. Harris0, Ai-jen Poo1, Danielle Moodie-Mills2, Angela Glover Blackwell3, Eva Longoria4, Ann O'Leary5, Lebron James6, Catherine Emmanuelle7, Ron Haskins8, Kathryn Edin9, Tony Porter0, John Bouman1, Wendy Pollack2, Stephanie Coontz3, Jennifer Garner4, Almeta Keys5, Arne Duncan6, Kathleen Sebelius7, Betsy Price8, Nikki Brown9, Jada Pinkett Smith0, Britani Hood-Mongar1, Anne-Marie Slaughter2, Marianne Cooper3, Melissa Boteach4, Shawn Fremstad5, Ellen Galinsky6, James T. Bond7, Eve Tahmincioglu8, Families and Work Institute9, Anne Mosle0, Hillary Rodham Clinton1, Anna Greenberg2, David Walker3, Alex Lundry4, Alicia Downs5, Tory Burch6, Kristen Gillibrand7, Howard Schultz8, Joan Chittister9, Anthony P. Carnevale0, Nicole Smith1, Eduardo J. Padrón2, Nadine Burke Harris3, Ron Manderschied4, Sonya Borrero5 ...
    Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors.Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Billy Graham Story

    The Authorized Biography

    de John Pollock ...
    The inspiring biography of a man whose life and ministry have blessed the nations—now revised and updated.In 2003, Billy Graham was listed for the forty-fifth year among Gallup's "Top Ten" most admired men—more than any other individual. One of the most respected religious leaders of our time, Dr. Graham has addressed over eighty-three million people face-to-face and at least one billion people ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Third Culture Kids 4th Edition

    Growing Up Among Cultural Worlds

    de Cynthia Green, Ruth E. Van Reken, Michael V. Pollock ...
    How do we develop our identity when growing among so many worlds?There is no single answer, just like there is no single, cookie-cutter, cross-cultural childhood. But for those of us who grew up between cultures, we share certain feelings, experiences, and ways of viewing the world. By examining these commonalities and how our cross-cultural upbringing shaped us, we deepen our understanding of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Ballad of John Latouche

    An American Lyricist's Life and Work

    de Howard Pollack ...
    Born into a poor Virginian family, John Treville Latouche (1914-56), in his short life, made a profound mark on America's musical theater as a lyricist, book writer, and librettist. The wit and skill of his lyrics elicited comparisons with the likes of Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, and Cole Porter, but he had too, noted Stephen Sondheim, "a large vision of what musical theater could be," and he ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD