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AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip

Jean Chatzky · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

Two of the world's leading experts explain the vital link between health and wealth that could add years to your life and dollars to your retirement savings.All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if we're...
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The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last

Thomas J Peters · Vintage
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback

Thirty-five years after his iconic In Search of Excellence, bestselling author and management guru Tom Peters is back with his most urgent message yet. A VINTAGE BOOKS ORIGINAL.For decades, he has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing business...
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Employer's Legal Handbook, The: Manage Your Employees & Workplace Effectively

Fred S Steingold · Nolo, 2015.
Pages: 481
Format: Print book

All the laws employers need to know Employment laws change often. Staying on top of them is essential to running an efficient, fair workplace - and heading off expensive lawsuits. Use this comprehensive guide to find answers to workplace questions, quickly and easily. The Employer's...
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Knock 'em Dead 2017: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin Yate · Adams Media
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Take control of your job search--with proven strategies for success! New York Times bestseller Martin Yate has helped millions of people turn their lives around by finding great jobs and managing their career progress. Whether you're looking for a first job, re-entering the market, or planning...
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The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir

Thomas Dolby · Flatiron Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The remarkable story of rising to the top of the music charts, a second act as a tech pioneer, and the sustaining power of creativity and art.Thomas Dolby's hit songs "She Blinded Me with Science" and "Hyperactive!" catapulted him to international fame in the early 80's....
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Launch!: The Critical 90 Days from Idea to Market

Scott Duffy · Portfolio
Pages: 218
Format: Hardcover

WANT TO GET YOUR BIG IDEA TO MARKET? In 90 days, you can successfully launch a new business, product, or service by following the steps in this playbook. Ninety-seven percent of a rocket's fuel is used in the first three feet of its launch. The same is true when launching a new business....
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Agile Selling: Get Up to Speed Quickly in Today's Ever-Changing Sales World

Jill Konrath · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover

Sales expert Jill Konrath offers powerful strategies for sales proficiency in ever-changing situations When sales people are promoted, change jobs, or face new business environments, they inevitably need to learn new skills quickly. This rapid change is often overwhelming, and sellers...
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Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses

Amy Whitaker · HarperBusiness
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

An indispensable and inspiring guide to creativity in the workplace and beyond, drawing on art, psychology, science, sports, law, business, and technology to help you land big ideas in the practical world.Anyone from CEO to freelancer knows how hard it is to think big, let alone follow...
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The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues

Patrick M Lencioni · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player. In The Ideal...
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The Best Things in Life are Free

Lonely Planet. · Lonely Planet Pbns
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Lonely Planet's The Best Things in Life are Free is packed full of money-saving tips, tricks and recommendations for the best-value sights and experiences around the world. From parks, museums and exercise classes that are free, to insider ideas on food and experiences offered at great...
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Knock 'em Dead: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

MARTIN YATE · Adams Media
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Completely updated with new material, this bestselling job search guide can help you keep up with changes in the job market - from updating the language of your resume to using social media networking to make professional connections that are essential in finding new employment opportunities.For...
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Form a Partnership: The Complete Legal Guide

Denis Clifford Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Everything you and your partners need to go into business together! Form a Partnership thoroughly explains the legal and practical issues involved in forming a business partnership, creating a partnership agreement and protecting each person's interests. In plain English, the book...
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The Underground Culinary Tour: How the New Metrics of Today's Top Restaurants Are Transforming How America Eats

Damian Mogavero · Crown Business
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In the bestselling vein of Moneyball comes an entertaining, behind-the-scenes narrative about how the restaurant business is being transformed by the use of data, in an industry historically run by gut and intuition. From celebrity-run restaurants to today's cutting-edge culinary trendsetters,...
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Spellbound: Seven Principles of Illusion to Captivate Audiences and Unlock the Secrets of Success

David Kwong · HarperBusiness
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A professional magician and illusionist - the head magic consultant for the hit film Now You See Me - reveals how to bridge the gap between perception and reality to increase your powers of persuasion and influence.David Kwong has astounded corporate CEOs, TED talk audiences, and thousands...
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The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable

Rosa L. DeLauro · The New Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The outspoken Connecticut Congresswoman's impassioned defense of America's safety net during Tea Party times Cynical politicians like Paul Ryan and Donald Trump argue that the people of the United States would be better off without food stamps, Obamacare, and workplace protections. Congresswoman...
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