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Way of the Wolf: Master the Art of Persuasion and Build Massive Wealth

JORDAN BELFORT · North Star Way
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Jordan Belfort - immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street - reveals the step-by-step sales and persuasion system proven to turn anyone into a sales-closing, money-earning rock star.For the first time ever, Jordan Belfort opens his playbook and gives readers...
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The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

PRIYA PARKER · Riverhead Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A bold new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together--at work, at home, in our communities, and beyond.In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely...
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Napa at Last Light: America's Eden in an Age of Calamity

JAMES CONAWAY · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling author reveals how the beautiful, isolated Napa Valley wine region of California exploded into an extraordinary outsized version of the American dream and whose vineyards sparked an unbelievable power struggle between old family stewardship and multinational...
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Dirty Secrets: How Tax Havens Destroy the Economy

Richard Murphy · Verso
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

What happens when the rich are allowed to hide their money in tax havens, and what we should do about it?The revelations from the Panama Papers show unknown levels of secret money: how the superrich hide their wealth from the rest of us. Dirty Secrets uncovers the extent of the corruption...
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No B.S. Guide to Powerful Presentations: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Plan to Sell Anything with Webinars, Online Media, Speeches, and Seminars

Dan S Kennedy · Entrepreneur Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Can One Great Presentation Make You Rich? The answer is YES. Packed with battle-tested strategies and formulas to craft audience-retaining powerful presentations, this No B.S. guide is designed to turn any ordinary business into an extraordinary sell. Millionaire maker Dan S. Kennedy and public...
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How Cycling Can Save the World

Peter Walker · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Peter Walker - reporter at the Guardian and curator of its popular bike blog - shows how the future of humanity depends on the bicycle. Car culture has ensnared much of the world - and it's no wonder. Convenience and comfort (as well as some clever lobbying) have made the car the transportation...
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How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story

Billy Gallagher · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The improbable and exhilarating story of the rise of Snapchat from a frat boy fantasy to a multi-billion dollar internet unicorn that has dramatically changed the way we communicate.In 2013 Evan Spiegel, the brash CEO of the social network Snapchat, and his co-founder Bobby Murphy stunned...
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Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It

Steven Brill · Knopf
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of America's Bitter Pill: a tour de force examination of 1) how and why major American institutions no longer serve us as they should, causing a deep rift between the vulnerable majority and the protected few, and 2) how some...
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The Forever Letter: Writing What We Believe For Those We Love

ELANA ZAIMAN · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Connect with your family and friends in a meaningful way through the forever letter, a message to impart your values, articulate your feelings, and deepen relationships. Elana Zaiman transforms the little-known Jewish tradition of writing an ethical will into an important tool for anyone...
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Know Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth

Mika Brzezinski · Hachette Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Mika Brzezinski's bestselling motivational guide--"a rallying cry for women to get the money they deserve." (TheAtlantic.com) --now updated and expanded.Why are women so often overlooked and underpaid? What are the real reasons men get raises more often than women? How can women...
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Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge , and Build Confidence

Andy Molinsky · Avery Pub Group
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Do you feel comfortable delivering bad news? Do you look forward to speaking in public? Do you enjoy networking? Is it easy for you to speak your mind and be assertive with friends and colleagues? If you answered no to any of these questions, this book can help! What often sets successful...
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Raising Private Capital: Building Your Real Estate Empire Using Other People's Money

Matt Faircloth · BiggerPockets
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

Raise more money (other people's money!) for your next real estate deal with the practical tips and techniques in this book! Are you ready to help other investors build their wealth while you build your real estate empire? The road map outlined in this book helps investors looking...
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The Value of Everything: Who Makes and Who Takes from the Real Economy

Mariana Mazzucato · PublicAffairs
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A work of tremendous ambition, academic rigor, and originality, The Value of Everything argues that American companies have for too long been valued according to the amount of wealth they capture for themselves rather than for the value they create for the economy. In fact, Pfizer, Amazon,...
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A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug: The Working Woman's Guide to Overthrowing the Patriarchy

SARAH LACY · HarperBusiness
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A rally cry for working mothers everywhere that demolishes the "distracted, emotional, weak" stereotype and definitively shows that these professionals are more focused, decisive, and stronger than any other force.Working mothers aren't a liability. They are assets you - and every...
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Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & flow

DOMINICA DEGRANDIS · It Revolution Press
Format: Paperback

If someone stole your wallet, you'd notice it. So why don't people notice when they are robbed of something much more valuable than their wallet--time? Today's workers are drowning: nonstop requests for time, days filled to the brim with meetings, and endless nights spent heroically...
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