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The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption

Farai Chideya · Atria Books
Pages: 290
Format: Print book

Find your most rewarding place in today's economy. Award-winning author, researcher, and analyst Farai Chideya offers a practical guide to the ways in which work in America is changing and how you can navigate today's volatile job market.Since the Great Recession of 2007-2009, America's...
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Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy

Tressie McMillan Cottom · New Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

For nearly three centuries, American institutions of higher education have had missions driven not by money but by training, educating, or cultivating minds. Today more than two million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges such as ITT Technical Institute, the University of Phoenix,...
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Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

SHEELAH KOLHATKAR · RANDOM HOUSE
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

For readers of deeply reported nonfiction such as The Big Short and Dark Money comes the story of the largest insider trading investigation in history - and the rise and fall of the Wall Street legend who rewrote all the rules.
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Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

Kim Malone Scott · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

"I raced through RADICAL CANDOR--It's thrilling to learn a framework that shows how to be both a better boss and a better colleague. RADICAL CANDOR is packed with illuminating truths, insightful advice, and practical suggestions, all illustrated with engaging (and often funny) stories...
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Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech

HEATHER CABOT · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Meet the women who haven't asked for permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it -- building the next generation of tech start-ups, investing in each other's ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes and rallying women and girls everywhere to join the digital...
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