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Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind

David Wanczyk · Swallow Press
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover

A 2018 Junior Library Guild selectionIn Beep, David Wanczyk illuminates the sport of blind baseball to show us a remarkable version of America's pastime. With balls tricked out to squeal three times per second, and with bases that buzz, this game of baseball for the blind is both innovative...
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Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell

Eric Schmidt · HarperBusiness
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The team behind How Google Works returns with management lessons from legendary coach and business executive, Bill Campbell, whose mentoring of some of our most successful modern entrepreneurs has helped create well over a trillion dollars in market value.Bill Campbell played an instrumental...
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Barron's GMAT, 2nd Edition

BOBBY UMAR · BARRON'S
Pages: 800
Format: Print book

Barron's brand-new GMAT is a game-changer, designed to give you the best balance in both the depth of content and breadth of strategies. Written by two of North America's leading GMAT experts and award-winning instructors, this updated edition gives you the confidence to tackle...
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Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

Noam Chomsky · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

NOAM CHOMSKY is widely regarded as the most influential thinker of our time, but never before has he devoted a major book to one topic, income inequality: "During the Great Depression, things were much worse than they are today, but there was an expectation that things were going to get better....
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Idiot's Guides: Management Skills

David Rohlander · Alpha
Format: Book

Being a manager is tough, and being a first-time manager is even tougher. Idiots Guides Management Skills is a hands-on guide to helping managers of all experience levels survive and thrive in the often murky and difficult world of management. Readers of all skill levels will benefit from...
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Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life

Lea Berman · Scribner
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries who offer an important fundamental message - everyone is important and everyone deserves to be treated well.Former White House social secretaries Lea Berman,...
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Heads I Win, Tails I Win: Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor

Spencer Jakab · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

INVESTING IS ONE OF THE FEW AREAS IN LIFE WHERE EVEN VERY SMART PEOPLE LET HOPE TRIUMPH OVER EXPERIENCE According to Wall Street Journal investing colum­nist Spencer Jakab, most of us have no idea how much money we're leaving on the table - or that the average saver doesn't come...
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Getting to Yes with Yourself: And Other Worthy Opponents

William Ury · Harper One
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

William Ury, coauthor of the international bestseller Getting to Yes, returns with another groundbreaking book, this time asking: how can we expect to get to yes with others if we haven't first gotten to yes with ourselves?Renowned negotiation expert William Ury has taught tens of thousands...
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Stock Investing For Dummies

Paul Mladjenovic · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 358
Format: Print book

Grow your stock investments in today's changing environment Updated with new and revised material to reflect the current market, this new edition of Stock Investing For Dummies gives you proven strategies for selecting and managing profitable investments. no matter what the conditions....
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Superconsumers: A Simple, Speedy, and Sustainable Path to Superior Growth

Eddie Yoon · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Pork dorks. Craftsters. American Girl fans. Despite their different tastes, these eclectic diehards have a lot in common: they're obsessed about a specific brand, product, or category. They pursue their passions with fervor, and they're extremely knowledgeable about the things they...
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Keep Calm . . . It's Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home

Egypt Sherrod · Running Press Book Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Egypt Sherrod knows how to take nervous prospective home-buyers by the hand and lead them through the process. She does it every week as host of HGTV's highly-rated show, Property Virgins. Now she translates her reassuring personality onto the page, with this "No-Stress" guide...
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The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later

RIC EDELMAN · SIMON & SCHUSTER
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author and legendary investment guru Ric Edelman reveals his forward-thinking guide on how technology and science will reshape the way we save, invest, and plan for the future.Technology and science are evolving at a blistering, almost incomprehensible pace. The Human...
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Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car-and How It Will Reshape Our World

Lawrence D. Burns · Harperaudio
Format: Preloaded Digital Audio Player

An automotive and tech world insider investigates the quest to develop and perfect the driverless car - an innovation that promises to be the most disruptive change to our way of life since the smartphoneWe stand on the brink of a technological revolution. Soon, few of us will own our own automobiles...
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The Four: Or, How to Build a Trillion-Dollar Company

SCOTT GALLOWAY · Portfolio
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook are four of the most influential entities on the planet. Just about everyone knows how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that's been written about The Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering...
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The Debt Escape Plan: How to Free Yourself From Credit Card Balances, Boost Your Credit Score, and Live Debt-Free

Beverly Harzog · Career Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

"Don't let excessive debt and poor credit hold you back! Reclaim your financial life using the proven strategies and motivational tools found throughout The Debt Escape Plan. Along the way, you'll be amused by Beverly Harzog's humor and inspired by her considerable been-there,...
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