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The United States of Beer: A Regional History of the All-American Drink

Dane Huckelbridge · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

From the author of Bourbon, "the definitive history" (Sacramento Bee) , comes the rollicking and revealing story of beer in America, in the spirit of Salt or Cod.In The United States of Beer, Dane Huckelbridge, the author of Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit - a Southern...
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Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties

Beth Kobliner · Touchstone
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback

A completely revised and updated fourth edition of the New York Times bestseller, designed to guide younger adults through the world of personal finance.More than ever before, people in their twenties and thirties need help getting their financial lives in order. And who could blame them?...
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Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office

David Pressman Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 656
Format: Print book

Attorney David Pressman and updater Thomas Tuytschaevers take you through the entire patent process, providing scrupulously updated information and clear instructions to help you: determine if you can patent your invention understand patent law evaluate the commercial potential of your...
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The Case Against Sugar

Gary Taubes · Knopf
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening exposé that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent...
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Business Plans That Get Investment: A Real-World Guide on How to Write a Business Plan

David Bateman · Legend Times Group
Pages: 140
Format: Paperback

A business plan is an essential tool for attracting an investor's attention. They receive hundreds of plans every week and spend no more than 10 minutes on each one before deciding if it is of further interest. This means that the plan needs to be a short, snappy document that conveys...
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The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters

Smiley Poswolsky · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Have you ever known that you needed to make a change, but felt unable to do anything about it? Have you ever felt like you aren't where you are supposed to be, and wondered how the people around you managed to find their purpose in life? After realizing that his well-paying, prestigious...
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The Difference: When Good Enough Isn't Enough

Subir Chowdhury · Crown
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

As Subir Chowdhury makes clear, while improving a company's processes is vital, if you don't focus first on your people -- your employees -- the best processes in the world won't get you where you want to go. In the bestselling tradition of "The Fred Factor" and "What...
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future

Steve Case · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 221
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER One of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs - a pioneer who made the Internet part of everyday life and orchestrated the largest merger in the history of business - shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly...
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Why Wall Street Matters

WILLIAM D COHAN · RANDOM HOUSE
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

For readers of Michael Lewis comes a counterintuitive defense of the banks. One of America's most respected financial journalists debunks all the misinformed arguments against Wall Street - while acknowledging the greed and excess that fuel those feelings - and argues persuasively that,...
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Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their...
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Unti on creative artists agency.

James Andrew Miller · William Morrow
Pages: 704
Format: Print book

An astonishing - and astonishingly entertaining - behind-the-curtain history of Hollywood's transformation over the past five decades as seen through the agency at the heart of it all, from the #1 bestselling co-author of Live from New York and Those Guys Have All the Fun.In 1975, five...
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The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want

Diane Mulcahy · Amacom
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been dominating the headlines...and for good reason. Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy--mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who've figured out the formula,...
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Finding Home: Everything You Need to Know - and Do - For Home Buying Success

Michael W Trickey · Next Century Publishing
Pages: 319
Format: Paperback

You're dreaming of owning your first home. You envision rooms fully furnished and the yard work complete. But before you can start the "fun stuff" a reality check sets in -- you have to purchase your home first! Where do you start? What can you afford? What about taxes, real...
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Data for the People: How to Make Our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You

Andreas Weigend · Basic Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Every time we Google something, Facebook someone, Uber somewhere, or even just turn on a light, we create data that businesses collect and use to make decisions about us. In many ways this has improved our lives, yet, we as individuals do not benefit from this wealth of data as much as we could....
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Changing the Conversation: The 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution

Dana Caspersen · Penguin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

The seventeen key principles for transforming conflict - in a beautiful package from the creator of The 48 Laws of PowerFrom Joost Elffers, the packaging genius behind the huge New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, and The Art of Seduction, comes this...
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