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Social Security: The Inside Story, 2016 Edition

Andy Landis · Thinking Retirement
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

Social Security and Medicare form the bedrock of your retirement security. You paid for them - now make them work for you! SOCIAL SECURITY: THE INSIDE STORY is detailed. Comprehensive. User-friendly. It's been hailed since 1993 as "the best" resource on Social Security...
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A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life

Brian Grazer · Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer has written a brilliantly entertaining and eye-opening exploration of curiosity and the life-changing effects it can have on every person's life.From Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer, New York Times...
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Making Conflict Work: Harnessing the Power of Disagreement

Peter T. Coleman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide to navigating workplace conflicts by better understanding the power dynamics at play in every interaction Conflicts at work are as inevitable as they are frustrating. In Making Conflict Work, Peter Coleman and Robert Ferguson's leading experts in the field of conflict...
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The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry

Elizabeth Woyke · The New Press
Format: Print book

We think we know everything about our smartphones. We use them constantly. We depend on them for every conceivable purpose. We are familiar with every inch of their compact frames. But there is more to the smartphone than meets the eye. How have smartphones shaped the way we socialize and interact?...
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The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food

Ted Genoways · Harper
Format: Hardcover

A powerful and important work of investigative journalism that explores the runaway growth of the American meatpacking industry and its dangerous consequences.On the production line in American packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule the chain never slows. Every year, the chain conveyors...
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Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy

Paul B. Brown · Amacom
Pages: 211
Format: Hardcover

It used to be that if you studied and worked hard, you could be assured of an extremely satisfying career. But in a world of constant layoffs and dying industries, it has become increasingly difficult to "plan" your way to success. So what is the solution? Well, when it comes...
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The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See

Max Bazerman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

A "must-read" (Booklist) from Harvard Business School Professor and Codirector of the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership: A guide to making better decisions, noticing important information in the world around you, and improving leadership skills.Imagine...
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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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Just Shut Up and Do It: 7 Steps to Conquer Your Goals

Brian Tracy · Simple Truths
Pages: 100
Format: Print book

What makes some people successful in life? In Just Shut Up and Do It, bestselling author and success expert Brian Tracy shares a simple, practical, proven seven-part method that will help you accomplish more in the next few months and years than most people accomplish in a lifetime. In its simplest...
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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day

David J. Hand · Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover

In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions,...
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town

Beth Macy · Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business.The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations,...
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Business Plans Kit For Dummies

Barbara Findlay Schenck · For Dummies; 4 edition
Format: Paperback

Discover the ins and outs of constructing a winning business plan When youre establishing, expanding, or re-energizing a business, the best place to start is with your business plan. Whether you want startup money from investors or are looking to expand or re-energize your business, a business...
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The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells

Jeetendr Sehdev · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

How do social media stars attract such obsessive attention-even more than the Hollywood A-list? And what can they teach us about making our own ideas, products and services break through? The world's leading authority on celebrity branding, Jeetendr Sehdev, whom Variety calls "the...
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Business Plans Kit For Dummies

Dummies. · John Wiley
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

The fast and easy way to construct a winning business plan If you're looking to establish, expand, or re-energize a business, the best place to start is with a sound business plan - and this new edition of Business Plans Kit For Dummies is here to help you get you started. From getting...
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Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion

David Zweig · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring look at the hidden stars in every field who perform essential work without recognition In a culture where so many strive for praise and glory, what kind of person finds the greatest reward in anonymous work? Expanding from his acclaimed Atlantic article, "What Do Fact-Checkers...
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