Michael Bloomberg
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English
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"The 2016 election left many people who are concerned about the environment fearful that progress on climate change would come screeching to a halt. But not Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope. Bloomberg, an entrepreneur and former mayor of New York City, and Pope, a lifelong environmental leader, approach climate change from different perspectives, yet they arrive at similar conclusions. Without agreeing on every point, they share a belief that cities,...
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English
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"The original Bloomberg by Bloomberg was published in 1997 and focused primarily on the genesis of the financial software, data, and media company, Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg began his career at the securities brokerage Salomon Brothers, before forming Bloomberg L.P. in 1981 and spending the next twenty years as its Chairman and CEO. Bloomberg by Bloombergfeatured insights and anecdotes from Bloomberg's illustrious career and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs....
3) Un Clima de Esperanza: Cómo las Ciudades, las Empresas, y los Ciudadanos Pueden Salvar el Planeta
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Español
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El alcalde Michael Bloomberg y Carl Pope, el antiguo jefe del Club Sierra, han escribido un manifiesto de los beneficios de tomar medidas sobre el cambio climático que son concretos, inmediatos e inmensos. Ellos exploran soluciones para el cambio climático que hará el mundo más saludable y prospero, con el objetivo de iniciar conversaciones en el tema, que estimulará acciónes valientes de las ciudades, las empresas, y los ciudadanos-y tal vez...
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English
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This is the story of a banker and a foreign correspondent, neighbors in Brooklyn, who decide to quit their jobs and start their own brewery in 1986. Improbably, they succeed. Starting with no knowledge of commercial brewing, they learn that their four combined Ivy League degrees only take them so far. They nevertheless tackle one of the hardest challenges imaginable: building a sales-driven manufacturing company from scratch in the heart of New York...
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English
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Unorthodox success principles from a billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad's embrace of "unreasonable thinking" has helped him build two Fortune 500 companies, amass personal billions, and use his wealth to create a new approach to philanthropy. He has helped to fund scientific research institutes, K-12 education reform, and some of the world's greatest contemporary art museums. By contrast, "reasonable" people come up with all the...
6) Koch
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Zeitgeist Films
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English
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Former Mayor Ed Koch was the quintessential New Yorker. Ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, Koch, ruled New York from 1978 to 1989, a down-and-dirty decade of grit, graffiti, near-bankruptcy and rampant crime. KOCH is an intimate and revealing portrait of this intensely private man, his legacy as a political titan, and the town he helped transform. The tumult of his three terms included a fiercely competitive 1977 election; an infamous...
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9/11 Memorial, Rizzoli Electa, a division of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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This companion guide to a visit to the National September 11 Memorial Museum uses exhibits to share the events of that day and includes behind-the-scenes information on how the museum went from an idea to a reality.
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Wiley
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English
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BEER SCHOOL
Beer School
Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery
What do you get when you cross a journalist and a banker?
A brewery, of course.
"A great city should have great beer. New York finally has, thanks to Brooklyn. Steve Hindy and Tom Potter provided it. Beer School explains how they did it: their mistakes as well as their triumphs. Steve writes with a journalist's skepticism—as though he has forgotten that he is
...9) Stop
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Follow three years in the life of David Ourlicht, one of the four named plaintiffs in Floyd vs. City of New York. Interweaving the story of David's family with the action around the trial places the stop and frisk controversy in the context of a long history of civil rights.
10) Focus
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Paramount
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English
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This story follows a Brooklyn man and his wife who become victims of mistaken identity at the height of World War II. Their bigoted community believes that they are Jews.
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First Run Features
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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An intimate portrait of Le Cirque founder Sirio Maccioni and his three sons, Mauro, Marco and Mario, to whom he will one day leave his formidable cultural and culinary legacy. Director Andrew Rossi not only gains unbelievable access to the larger-than-life Maccioni family but also catches the family at a dramatic transition: the closing of Le Cirque in 2004, its celebrated re-opening two years later followed by the nerve-wracking wait for New York's...
12) Focus
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English
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Set in New York during the height of World War II, FOCUS recounts the unraveling of an American community when the identity of a man (William H. Macy) and his wife (Laura Dern) are mistaken. Slowly ostracized at home and work, they learn the value of self and solidarity as they struggle to maintain dignity and find happiness. FOCUS marks the directorial debut of award-winning photographer Neal Slavin, and is adapted by Kendrew Lascelles from the Arthur...
