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The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life

J L Collins · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 265
Format: Paperback

"In the dark, bewildering, trap-infested jungle of misinformation and opaque riddles that is the world of investment, JL Collins is the fatherly wizard on the side of the path, offering a simple map, warm words of encouragement and the tools to forge your way through with confidence....
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Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job

Jeffrey Bussgang · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover

Many professionals aspire to work for startups. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today's dynamic innovation economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible....
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Extreme Teams: Why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail

Robert Bruce Shaw · Amacom
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Managers want great teams, but most build them around decades-old ideas and practices made popular by companies that have lost their edge. Extreme Teams looks at the new generation of teams driving growth in today's most innovative firms. They do this by doing things differently:...
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Patent Searching Made Easy: How to do Patent Searches on the Internet and in the Library

David Hitchcock · Nolo
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Inventor? Find out if you're the first to file a patent, online and in the library In the past, if you wanted to assess the novelty of an idea, you had to wade through the patent database at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in Virginia -- or hire a lawyer to do a patent...
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Champions Way: Football, Florida, and the Lost Soul of College Sports

MIKE MCINTIRE · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A searing exposé of how the multibillion-dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes. College sports have never been bigger. Once a roughneck intercollegiate pastime, football now commands millions of fans and generates massive revenues. New York Times investigative...
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2,000 review questions for the cpa exam

Denise M Stefano · Mcgraw-Hill Education
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

Sharpen your skills and prepare for the CPA Exam with a wealth of essential facts in a fast-and-easy Q&A format Get the question-and-answer practice you need with 2, 000 Review Questions for the CPA Exam. Organized for easy reference and intensive practice, the questions cover all essential...
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The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives

Lisa Servon · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

An urgent, absorbing exposé - why Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once did What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a high‑net‑worth entrepreneur, and a twenty‑something...
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You Get What You Pitch For: Control Any Situation, Create Fierce Agreement, and Get What You Want In Life

Anthony Sullivan · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

TV's most popular pitchman reveals the secrets of pitching to get what you want in virtually any situation.Pitching is about persuasion: radiating positivity, controlling the situation, winning an audience's trust, creating "fierce agreement," and getting them to want to give...
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ThriftStyle: The Ultimate Bargain Shopper's Guide to Smart Fashion

Allison Engel · Imagine
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

"A must-have guide for bargain-hunting fashionistas looking to make a statement without sabotaging their budgets. In this photo-filled, easy-to-use resource, shoppers will learn to navigate the racks of their local consignment shop, spot name brands like Versace, Dior, and Burberry,...
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A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System

T R REID · PENGUIN Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Bestselling author T. R. Reid voyages around the world to solve the urgent problem of America's failing tax code, unraveling a complex topic in plain English and telling a rollicking story along the way.The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Overstuffed with loopholes and special interest...
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How Did I Not See This Coming?

Katy Tynan · Association for Talent Development
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback

Julie's having a very bad day. She's a new manager, and her top performer has resigned to escape her, and her own manager is looking on with a skeptical eye. . . . This is the story of her turnaround. Being a first-time manager is a tough job. If you were Julie, what would you do? Wouldn't...
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Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular

Derek Thompson · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Nothing "goes viral." If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history - of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate...
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Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot--and Relaunch Their Careers

Wendy Sachs · AMACOM
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Unapologetic . . . and unstoppable! We are in the midst of a wild job market. Technology has disrupted nearly every industry, blowing up many careers, but creating millions more. Many women feel forced to pivot to stay relevant, while others choose to pivot to keep engaged. Or we may be struggling...
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The Vanity Fair Diaries

OCTAVIA MANN · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Tina Brown kept delicious daily diaries throughout her eight spectacular years as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair. Today they provide an incendiary portrait of the flash and dash and power brokering of the Excessive Eighties in New York and Hollywood.The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story...
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The Right—and Wrong—Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made and Unmade

Carter Cast · PublicAffairs
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Nearly a quarter century ago Carter Cast seemed to have it all together: he had a first-class education, an all-American athletic career, and was a very bright and energetic rising star on the fast track at a Fortune 100 company, PepsiCo. But blissfully unaware of how negative perceptions...
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