Utilizing over a decade's worth of research, author Jim Collins has developed a program that enhances business productivity and profitability. Here, Collins reveals a fool-proof formula that has the ability to turn mediocre companies into successful businesses.

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Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Gawande asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.

Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world?

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The classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War, and the tumultuous 1960, is a monument in political biography.

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The classic, inspirational personal development guide provides an authoritative program for developing the basic and essential people skills that readers need to achieve maximum lifetime success.