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Double Bind: Women on Ambition

Robin Romm · Liveright
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Breaking the last feminist taboo--once and for all.Even as toweringly successful women from Gloria Steinem to Beyoncé embrace the word "feminism," the word "ambition," for many, remains loaded with ambivalence. Women who are naturally driven and goal-oriented shy away...
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The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic

Ganesh Sitaraman · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

An original, provocative contribution to the debate over rising economic inequality that argues that a strong and sizable middle class is in fact embedded in the very framework of our government and its founding document. For two thousand years, constitutional republics assumed class divisions...
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Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think

Eyal Winter · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Distinguished authors like Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb have written much about the flaws in the human brain when it comes time to make a decision. Our intuitions and passions frequently fail us, leading to outcomes we don't want.In this book, Eyal Winter,...
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Quick & Legal Will Book

Denis Clifford · Nolo
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

If you want to create a will without the trouble, Quick & Legal Will Book is the simplest and fastest way to reach your goal. Get the forms and step-by-step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs with this all-in-one guide. Find out how to: name beneficiaries choose...
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Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual

David Burkus · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A provocative work that challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management - and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work Do open floor plans really work? Are there companies that put their employees' welfare first, and their...
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The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness

Bari Tessler · Parallax Press
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

This is the book your money savvy best friend, therapist, and accountant would write if they could. It s the book about money for people who don t even want to think about money, until the arrival of that inevitable day when we all realize "we must come to terms with this thing called...
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Economics: The User's Guide

Ha-Joon Chang · Bloomsbury
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In his bestselling 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang brilliantly debunked many of the predominant myths of neoclassical economics. Now, in an entertaining and accessible primer, he explains how the global economy actually works--in real-world...
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Plan Your Estate

Denis Clifford · NOLO; Twelfth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Straightforward, plain-English explanations of every significant estate-planning option available, all in easy to understand language. Nolo's bestseller Plan Your Estate shows how to:
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Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian

STEPHEN ROSENFIELD · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

This entertaining and sharply written guide - for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers - examines the work of great comedians such as Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Izzard, Moms Mabley, Hannibal Buress, Sarah Silverman,...
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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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Roadside MBA: Back Road Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Small Business Owners

Michael Mazzeo · Business Plus
Format: Hardcover

While playing hooky from a conference in Boston a few years back, three former colleagues from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management hopped in a car and headed on a road trip. They pulled into a shoe store in Maine and noticed that the sales help was unusually pushy. After a few questions,...
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Absolute Value: What Really Influences Customers in the Age of

Itamar Simonson · HarperCollins
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

Going against conventional marketing wisdom, Absolute Value reveals what really influences customers today and offers a new framework - the Influence Mix, a totally new way of thinking about consumer decision making and marketing, and about developing more effective business strategies.How...
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From Global to Local: The Making of Things and the End of Globalization

FINBARR LIVESEY · Pantheon
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

This brilliantly original book dismantles the underlying assumptions that drive the decisions made by companies and governments the world over to show that our shared narrative of the global economy is deeply flawed and, if left unexamined, will lead corporations and countries astray, with...
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Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies

Joshua Waldman · For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Paperback

Harness social media to land your dream job For anyone looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or just setting up for future success, social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing the job. Job Searching...
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Unshakable: How to Thrive

TONY ROBBINS · SIMON & SCHUSTER
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

After interviewing fifty of the world's greatest financial minds and penning the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins returns with a step-by-step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom....
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