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Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms

Maureen Chiquet · HarperBusiness
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The former global CEO of Chanel charts her unlikely path from literature major to global chief executive, guiding readers to move beyond the confines of staid expectations and discover their own true paths, strengths, and leadership values.Driven. Shy. Leader. Wife. Mother. We live in a world...
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Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers

Bob Eckstein · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

From beloved New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein, Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores invites you into the heart and soul of every community: the local bookshop, each with its own quirks, charms, and legendary stories. This collection of seventy-five of the most cherished bookstores...
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Solve Your Money Troubles: Strategies to Get Out of Debt and Stay That Way

CARA O'NEILL · NOLO
Pages: 392
Format: Print book

Are you overwhelmed by debt? Facing collection calls, a wage garnishment, car repossession, or lawsuit? Solve Your Money Troubles is a comprehensive guide that provides the practical information you need to take financial control of your life. Learn how to: prioritize debts & create...
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One Nation Under Gold: How One Precious Metal Has Dominated the American Imagination for Four Centuries

James Ledbetter · Liveright
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

One Nation Under Gold examines the countervailing forces that have long since divided America -- whether gold should be a repository of hope, or a damaging delusion that has long since derailed the rational investor.Worshipped by Tea Party politicians but loathed by sane economists, gold...
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The Decision Maker: Unlock the Potential of Everyone in Your Organization, One Decision at a Time

Dennis Bakke · Pear Press
Format: Book

Who makes the important decisions in your organization? Strategy, product development, budgeting, compensation—such key decisions typically are made by company leaders. That’s what bosses are for, right? But maybe the boss isn’t the best person to make the call.That’s...
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Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future

Joi Ito · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

Today, not only is everything digital getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, we also have the Internet. When these two revolutions-one in technology and the other in communications-joined, an explosive force was unleaded that changed the very nature of innovation....
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In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

Grace Bonney · Artisan
Pages: 359
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller "I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long." - Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers Across the globe,...
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The Bank On Yourself Revolution: Fire Your Banker, Bypass Wall Street, and Take Control of Your Own Financial Future

Pamela Yellen · Benbella Books
Pages: 279
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestsellerDo you know what your retirement account will be worth on the day you plan to tap into it? Do you know what the tax rates will be for the rest of your life? Do you know how long you're going to live? Most people have no clue...and that's the problem with...
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Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less

Tiffany Dufu · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement who shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go.Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu...
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Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story

Alexandra Wolfe · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In a riveting, hilarious account, reporter Alexandra Wolfe exposes a world that is not flat but bubbling - the men and women of Silicon Valley, whose hubris and ambition are changing the world.Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company,...
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Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business

John Mackey · Harvard Business Review Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

As seen on Oprah's Super Soul SundayA New York Times and Wall Street Journal BestsellerIn this book, Whole Foods Market cofounder John Mackey and professor and Conscious Capitalism, Inc. cofounder Raj Sisodia argue for the inherent good of both business and capitalism. Featuring some...
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Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends

Martin Lindstrom · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Martin Lindstrom, a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, harnesses the power of "small data" in his quest to discover the next big thingHired by the world's leading brands to find out what makes their customers tick, Martin Lindstrom spends 300 nights a year in strangers' homes, carefully...
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To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

Lawrence Levy · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success. "Hi, Lawrence?" the caller asked. "This is Steve Jobs. I saw your picture in a magazine a few years ago and thought we'd work together someday." After Steve Jobs was unceremoniously dismissed from Apple, he turned...
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Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose

Melanne Verveer · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Learn how some of the world's most powerful women are using their growing economic power to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In ignited a conversation about women and their careers, and resonated with millions...
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