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Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters
Charles Wheelan · W W Norton, 2016. Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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The best-selling Naked series tackles the weird world of money.Consider the $20 bill.It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually... |
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The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide
Peri Pakroo · NOLO; Third Edition edition Format: Paperback
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GOLD winner of the IBPA 2015 Benjamin Franklin Award - Business & Career The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, written by the author of the bestselling The Small Business Start-Up Kit, gives you the practical and legal information you need to kickstart a successful enterprise... |
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Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids--and How to Break the Trance
Nicholas Kardaras · St. Martin's Press Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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We've all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friend's houses -- and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces -- the Glow Kids -- are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence... |
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Investing For Dummies
Eric Tyson · For Dummies; 6 edition
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Proven investing advice from Eric Tyson Investing For Dummies arms novice investors with Eric Tyson's time-tested advice along with updates to his investing recommendations and strategies that reflect changing market conditions. You'll get coverage of all aspects of investing,... |
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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Antonio Garcia Martinez · Harpercollins Pages: 512 Format: Print book
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Liar's Poker meets The Social Network in an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble, from industry provocateur Antonio GarcÃÂa MartÃÂnez, a former Twitter advisor, Facebook product manager and startup founder/CEO.The reality is, Silicon Valley capitalism is very simple:Investors... |
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Christopher Voss · Harperbusiness Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations - whether in the boardroom or at home.After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator... |
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Pay-to-Play Politics: How Money Defines the American Democracy
Heath A Brown · Praeger Pages: 188 Format: Print book
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Everyone from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders to Ted Cruz complains about the corrupting role of money and politics, but money is the lifeblood of their political survival. The public, too, deplores big money politics, despite regularly reelecting the richest candidates for office. The purpose... |
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Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
Gina Keating · Portfolio Format: Paperback
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The inside story of Netflix’s incredible rise and uncertain future as master of the video universe Netflix has come a long way since 1997, when Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings decided to start an online DVD store before most people owned a DVD player. Yet its long-term success—or... |
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