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Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
ADAM TOOZE · Viking
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover
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From a prizewinning economic historian, an eye-opening reinterpretation of the 2008 economic crisis (and its ten-year aftermath) as a global event that directly led to the shockwaves being felt around the world today.In September 2008 President George Bush could still describe the financial... |
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Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
Jake Knapp · Currency
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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"A charming manifesto - as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts) , read this book." - Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better From the New York... |
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Inc. Yourself, 11th Edition: How to Profit by Setting Up Your Own Corporation
Judith McQuown · Career Press; 11 edition
Format: Paperback
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"This book is a solidly researched and written classic…. Previous editions have sold more than 500,000 copies, and there's a good reason for this book's success: It's reliable."--Inc. magazine"Inc. Yourself [is] a particularly timely book."--Wall Street... |
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The New Wild West: Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown
BLAIRE BRIODY · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations -- until the frackers arrived. The oil companies moved into Williston, overtaking the town and setting off a boom that America hadn't seen since the Gold Rush. Workers from all over the country descended, chasing jobs that promised... |
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Self-Made: How to Become Self-Reliant, Self-Realized, and Rich in Every Way
Nely Galán · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 214
Format: Print book
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For readers of #GIRLBOSS and viewers of Shark Tank - a global revolution in entrepreneurship is under way, inspiring women to blaze a trail of financial self-reliance and become self-made. Featuring a foreword by Suze Orman. What does it mean to be self-made? It's not just about having... |
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Travel with Purpose: A Field Guide to Voluntourism
Jeff Blumenfeld · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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Imagine yourself in a schoolroom in one of the most remote regions of one of the most hard-to-reach countries on earth. Nepal. The Lower Mustang region to be exact. To reach it takes a 14-hour flight from New York to Doha, Qatar. Then four hours by air to Kathmandu. Transfer at one of the world's... |
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Christopher Voss · HarperBusiness
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations - whether in the boardroom or at home.After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator... |
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Let Me Out: Unlock Your Creative Mind and Bring Your Ideas to Life
Peter Himmelman · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning musician turned communications expert Peter Himmelman, science-based techniques and simple exercises to get unstuck and unlock your creative potential. Do you want to stop procrastinating? Would you love to be more creative? Is there an idea you've dreamt of making... |
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Essential Guide to Family & Medical Leave, The
Lisa Guerin · NOLO
Pages: 440
Format: Paperback
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The purpose of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is to help employees balance the demands of work and family. But the law can be hard for employers to apply in the real world. Questions about eligibility, coverage, notice and certification requirements, administering leave,... |
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Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
Jonathan A. Rodden · Basic Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyondWhy is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats... |
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