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Launch Your Dream: A 30-Day Plan for Turning Your Passion into Your Profession

Dale Partridge · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Dale Partridge provides a concrete, easily executed plan for readers looking to start a business that will result in greater freedom, a stronger family, and healthier finances.Dale Partridge, bestselling author and founder of StartupCamp.com and many...
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Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good

Chuck Collins · Chelsea Green
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

As inequality grabs headlines, steals the show in presidential debates, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots in America, class war brews. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, wittingly or not, to keep the system operating in their favor -- all while retreating...
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Business Writing: What Works, What Won't

Wilma Davidson · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

First published by Griffin in 1994, Wilma Davidson's clear, practical guide to business writing has established itself as a steady seller and an excellent primer for anyone who writes on the job. Newly revised to cover e-mail, texts, and the latest word social media technology, the book...
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Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the Twenty-first Century

Katherine S. Newman · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From Katherine Newman, award-winning author of No Shame in My Game, and sociologist Hella Winston, a sharp and irrefutable call to reenergize this nation's long-neglected system of vocational trainingAfter decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete...
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Tax Guide for Short-Term Rentals: Airbnb, HomeAway, VRBO and More

Stephen Fishman · NOLO
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback

Understanding taxes is an essential part of any profit-making endeavor -- including short-term rental hosting through Airbnb and similar online platforms. If you don't understand the unique tax issues that arise when you rent your property short term, you can miss out on many valuable...
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Find Your Extraordinary: Dream Bigger, Live Happier, and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms

Jessica DiLullo Herrin · Crown Business
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

What if you could, with a little effort, live an extraordinary life? A life in which you felt deep passion for everything you did, and always had time for what matters most? A life in which you had the power, the daring, and the will to make your boldest dreams come true, all while you happily...
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Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide

Peri Pakroo · NOLO
Pages: 275
Format: Paperback

Start a nonprofit and keep it running with this practical guide During hard economic times, nonprofits are more important than ever. Here, learn how to create and nurture a nonprofit that will serve your vital mission, whether supporting the arts, rescuing a school library, protecting the environment,...
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Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

Jeff Sutherland · Crown Business
Format: Hardcover

We live in a world that is broken. For those who believe that there must be a more efficient way for people to get things done, here from Scrum pioneer Jeff Sutherland is a brilliantly discursive, thought-provoking book about the management process that is changing the way we live.  ...
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The Conflict Resolution Phrase Book: 2,000 Phrases For Any HR Professional, Manager, Business Owner, or Anyone Who Has to Deal with Difficult Workplace Situations

Barbara Mitchell · Career Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

No one wants to go into a tenuous situation blind and fumbling for words. Rather than shy away from a difficult situation or conversation, The Conflict Resolution Phrase Book, is the ideal resource to help anyone prepare for and prevail in these situations.Some situations are unpredictable,...
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What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy

TOM SLEE · OR Books
Pages: 223
Format: Paperback

The news is full of their names, supposedly the vanguard of a rethinking of capitalism. Lyft, Airbnb, Taskrabbit, Uber, and many more companies have a mandate of disruption and upending the "old order" -- and they've succeeded in effecting the "biggest change in the American...
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Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

Nick Bilton · Portfolio Hardcover; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller Ev told Jack he had to “chill out” with the deluge of media he was doing. “It’s bad for the company,” Ev said. “It’s sending the wrong message.” Biz sat between them, watching...
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Management Diseases and Disorders: How to Identify and Treat Dysfunctional Managerial Behavior

Steven A. Danley · Lulu Publishing Services
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Organizational "insiders" Steven A. Danley and Dr. Peter Hughes explore the most common dysfunctions preventing managers from promoting healthy, vibrant, and sustainable workplaces in this field manual written in the form of a medical encyclopedia. They identify toxic behaviors...
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Idiot's Guides: Flipping Houses

Alpha. · Alpha Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Flipping houses can be a dream - or a nightmare. You have to know what you're doing. Idiot's Guides: Flipping Houses takes a practical, real world look at the process by presenting the risks and rewards of flipping real estate. This book will help determine if you have the necessary...
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8 Ways to Avoid Probate

Mary Randolph · Nolo
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

Did you know? If you plan carefully, your estate may not have to go through the process of probate. Probate can drag on for years, and can easily cost your family thousands of dollars--money that would otherwise have gone to them. 8 Ways to Avoid Probate offers simple and effective methods...
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