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The Long View: Career Strategies to Help You Start Strong, Reach High, and Go Far

Brian Fetherstonhaugh - Diversion Publishing
Format: Print book

The Chairman & CEO of OgilvyOne Worldwide and career advisor extraordinaire, Brian Fetherstonhaugh, outlines the three stages of a long, successful work life and offers guidance to plan ahead and get the most out of each phase. From the moment you set foot on the ground floor, you are carving...
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Knock 'Em Dead 2016: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin John Yate - Adams Media
Format: Print book

Take control of your job search, career, and life!New York Times bestseller Martin Yate has helped millions of job seekers improve their job search and career management tactics, changing their lives forever. Featuring his unique, time-tested methods for achieving professional success,...
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101 Job Interview Questions You'll Never Fear Again

James Reed - Plume
Format: Paperback

"An insider's guide to the perfect interview." - Daily Express What are job interviewers actually looking for in a candidate What questions will they ask What does each question really mean What are the answers that will secure you the job James Reed, chairman...
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Welcome to the Real World: Finding Your Place, Perfecting Your Work, and Turning Your Job into Your Dream Career

Lauren Berger - Business
Format: Paperback

The essential book every workplace novice needs - a smart, practical, and fun guide to help them navigate the minefield of personalities, learn to work with their boss, identify priorities, and ultimately kick butt at their first job.Its a challenging time to be young and new in the workplace....
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Webster's New World Robert's Rules of Order Simplified and Applied, Third Edition

Robert McConnell Productions - Webster's New World; 3 Updated edition
Format: Book

A revised and updated edition of the clearest, most useful guide to parliamentary procedure This essential and authoritative resource, based on the principles originally laid out in the classic Roberts Rules of Order, explains the often-confusing rules of parliamentary procedure in clear,...
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Roadmap: The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life

Nathan Gebhard - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book

This welcome antidote to the conventional career guide answers the old question - "So, what are you going to do with your life?" - in a groundbreaking way. From the team behind the campus and online resource and the inspirational TV series in its eleventh season, ROADMAP helps...
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Idiot's Guides: Management Skills

David Rohlander - Alpha
Format: Book

Being a manager is tough, and being a first-time manager is even tougher. Idiots Guides Management Skills is a hands-on guide to helping managers of all experience levels survive and thrive in the often murky and difficult world of management. Readers of all skill levels will benefit from...
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The Smart Womans Guide to Planning for Retirement: How to Save for Your Future Today

Mary Hunt - Revell
Format: Hardcover

What does a woman want to do when she retires? Travel? Pursue hobbies? Spend time with friends and family? We all have dreams about what those days will be like. But when it comes to turning those dreams into reality, womens retirement confidence and know-how is low. According to a 2012...
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ThriftStyle: The Ultimate Bargain Shopper's Guide to Smart Fashion

Allison Engel - Imagine
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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HBR Guide to Project Management

Harvard Business Review - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Paperback

MEET YOUR GOALS - ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.How do you rein in the scope of your project when you've got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down your neck? And map out a schedule everyone can stick to? And motivate team members who have competing demands on their time and attention?Whether...
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The Economist Guide to Emerging Markets: Lessons for Business Success and the Outlook for Different Markets

Frida Wallin - The Economist; First Trade Paper Edition, paperback original edition

The growth that companies can achieve from their operations in home and developed world markets has for many years been modest. Real opportunities to take a business to a higher level exist in identifying and cultivating emerging markets. For many years, The Economist Corporate Network...
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Pitch Perfect: How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time

Bill McGowan - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

Media guru and Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bill McGowan - coach to some of the biggest names in business and entertainment, including Eli Manning, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Welch, Thomas Keller and Kenneth Cole teaches you how to get your message across and get what you want with pitch...
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The ABC Book of Buying and Selling Real Estate: Buying Your First Home

Thaddeus Faulknor - Xlibris Corp.
Format: Print book

I hope this little handbook will be helpful to everyone: (1) the tenant (2) buyers, (3) sellers, and (4) investors. It was written specifically for those who want to learn more about the real estate industry without the knowledge of how or where to start. Some are even in but are afraid...
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Power Your Happy: Work Hard, Play Nice & Build Your Dream Life

Lisa Sugar - Dutton
Format: Print book

Lisa Sugar has an amazing job. She spends her days creating content about pop culture, must-have handbags and makeup, healthy recipes, and Instagram-worthy sweets. She manages an enormously successful, growing company with employees who love what they do. And her life is just as great at home....
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Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness

Kerry Hannon - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Step-by-step tips for revitalizing your career Yes, it is possible to have a job you love, and it doesn't require starting from scratch. Love Your Job is a guide to making work fulfilling and fun again, or even for the first time. Why count down the hours of the day or the days to retirement...
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The Complete Guide to Paying for College: Save Money, Cut Costs, and Get More for Your Education Dollar

LEAH INGRAM - Career Press
Format: Paperback

College costs are straining every family except the richest. Most financial aid goes to the neediest families. The middle class typically doesn't qualify for need-based financial aid, even though most can't afford to pay cash for college and their salaries haven't allowed them...
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Scale: Seven Proven Principles to Grow Your Business and Get Your Life Back

Jeff Hoffman - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Your concrete road map to rapidly grow your business and get your life back!Have you ever wanted to grow your business but held back because of fear that it would take over your life? As an owner, it's all too common to feel you have to choose between your personal life and the success...
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AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip

Jean Chatzky - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Hardcover

Two of the world's leading experts explain the vital link between health and wealth that could add years to your life and dollars to your retirement savings.All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if we're...
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Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future

Joi Ito - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

Today, not only is everything digital getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, we also have the Internet. When these two revolutions-one in technology and the other in communications-joined, an explosive force was unleaded that changed the very nature of innovation....
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JumpStart Your Growth: A 90-Day Improvement Plan

John C. Maxwell - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

John C. Maxwell helps readers maximize their potential with this 90-day guide based on his 1 New York Times bestseller, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. Named Inc. magazines 1 most popular leadership expert in 2014, Maxwell delivers daily inspiration and practical advice for bringing...
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Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: "For the last two years, I've interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The...
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Live Your Life for Half the Price

Mary Hunt - Fleming H. Revell Company
Format: Paperback

"It's the money you don't spend that ultimately gives you the freedom to live the life you love!"You work hard for your money. You know you should save some, but it seems like every month something comes up that sets back your best laid plans. If you're tired of working...
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds

Michael Lewis - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

How a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways...
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The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street: 11 Key Principles from Battlefield to Boardroom

Ken Marlin - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book

Many Americans view Wall Street as a bastion of greed and corruption; a place that attracts people who don't deserve the money they make but are willing to break the law to get more of it. Yet for all their mistrust, many of these same Americans believe that Wall Street is essential for our economy...
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Sync or Swim: A Fable About Workplace Communication and Coming Together in a Crisis

Gary D Chapman - Northfield Publishing; New Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Sam, the new CEO, was ready to hit the ground running. But his team members-and Mother Nature-had other plans. An ambitious yet na�ve sheepdog is called upon to lead Monarch Enterprises-a troubled organization on a beautiful isle. Confronted with broken systems and challenging...
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Be the boss everyone wants to work for : a guide for new leaders

William A Gentry - Berrett-Koehler Publishers ; Published with the Center for Creative Leadership
Format: Print book

Flip Your Script!You've been promoted to leadership - congratulations! But it's nothing like your old job, is it? William Gentry says it's time to flip your script. We all have mental scripts that tell us how the world works. Your old script was all about "me": standing out as an individual....
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Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood without Killing Your Career

Lisen Stromberg - Benbella Books
Format: Print book

In today's work-first culture, career women with children are told they have two options: lean in or opt out. Pouring all your energy into work can mean compromising your commitment to your family. Leaving your job can mean sacrificing the career you've spent years cultivating.Work...
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Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs

Philip Moeller - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What's Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation's other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money.Social Security provides...
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Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success

Ivanka Trump - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Ivanka is donating the unpaid portion of her advance and all future royalties received from Women Who Work to the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund that will make grants to organizations that empower and educate women and girls.* "This...
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The Perfect Resume: Resumes That Work in the New Economy

Dan Quillen - Cold Spring Press
Format: Print book

HR Director and author of four job search books Dan Quillen shows readers how to craft an incredible resume that will get job-seekers in the door!Dan Quillen calls on his expertise as an HR professional (and as one who lost and found a job in the toughest economic environment since the Great...
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Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose

Melanne Verveer - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

"Learn how some of the world's most powerful women are using their growing economic power to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In ignited a conversation about women and their careers, and resonated with millions...
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Trump's War: His Battle for America

MICHAEL SAVAGE - CENTER ST
Format: Print book

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Arial; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The wall, taxes, tariffs, deportations, Obamacare, guns, military strength, schools, abortion, religion - what will the new president do? The "Godfather of Trumpmania,"...
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Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter

SCOTT GERBER - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover

Abandon the networking-for-networking's-sake mentality in favor of a more powerful and effective approach to creating and enhancing connections.Superconnectors are a new category of tradespeople born out of the social media era. They are highly valuable community-builders who make things...
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Own It: Oprah Winfrey In Her Own Words

Anjali Becker - Agate B2
Format: Print book

The public's appetite for all things Oprah Winfrey has waned little since her Chicago TV debut in 1983. Known as a self-help guru and the "Queen of All Media," Oprah (it's almost impossible not to refer to her by her globally recognized first name) has been shining light...
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Be A Millionaire Next Year: Strategies to Build Your Wealth Quickly and Permanently

Michael R Berg - Humanix Books
Format: Print book

The SMARTEST MOVES to INCREASE YOUR WEALTH...NOW!You may not be a millionaire now or in six months, but you can become one if you change your mindset and adopt proven financial strategies that have helped countless others become true millionaires.There's no need to live frugally to achieve...
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Medicare For Dummies

PATRICIA BARRY - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Make the most of MedicareMore than 55.5 million people today are Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare for Dummies, 3rd Edition, addresses the complexities of Medicare and helps those eligible for benefits maneuver the complicated claims process. With the easy-to-follow, comprehensive...
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Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others

Cheryl Bachelder - Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Cheryl Bachelder joined an ailing restaurant chain and turned it into the darling of the industry - by daring to serve the people in her organization well. When Bachelder was named CEO of Popeyes in the fall of 2007, guest visits had been declining for years, restaurant sales and profit...
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The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders

ELENA L BOTELHO - Currency
Format: Hardcover

Based on an indepth analysis of over 2,600 leaders drawn from a database of more than 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives, as well 13,000 hours of interviews, and two decades of experience advising CEO's and executive boards, Elena L. Botelho and Kim R. Powell overturn the myths about what...
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Social Security 101: From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid

Alfred Mill - Adams Media
Format: Print book

A crash course in retirement benefits! Too often, writing about social security turns the noteworthy details of the benefits into boring details about regulations or biased political arguments that would put even a die-hard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101 cuts out the tedious...
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Selling Your House: Nolos Essential Guide

Ilona Bray J.D. - NOLO
Format: Second Edition

Whether your local real estate market is super-heated or still making a comeback, there are steps you can take to reach the right buyers, pick the best offer, and ultimately get top dollar for your home. Selling Your House: Nolos Essential Guide will take you through the process from start...
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Financial Forecasting in Microsoft Excel

Jeffrey Kenneth Prager - National Association of Home Builders
Format: Print book

Financial Forecasting in Microsoft Excel shows small- to medium-sized businesses how to achieve the same forecasting power as larger companies. Filled with a wealth of illustrations and how-to templates, the book is written to help you make better, more educated decisions that result in more...
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Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town

Brian Alexander - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Strangers in Their Own Land**A New York Post Must-Read Book, a Newsweek Best New Book, one of The Week's 20 Books to Read in 2017, one of Bustle's 16 Best Nonfiction Books Coming in February 2017**"A devastating...
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The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World

Brad Stone - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or a walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering...
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The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life

Lynne Twist - W W Norton
Format: Print book

"A book for everyone who wants to make the world a better place." -- Jane Goodall This liberating book shows us that examining our attitudes toward money -- earning it, spending it, and giving it away -- can offer surprising insight into our lives, our values, and the essence...
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Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation

James D Kirkpatrick - Amer Soc For Training &
Format: Print book

Don Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking Four Levels of Training Evaluation is the most widely used training evaluation model in the world. Ask any group of trainers whether they rely on the model's four levels Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results in their practice, and you'll...
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Mercy For Animals: One Man's Quest to Inspire Compassion, and Improve the Lives of Farm Animals

Nathan Runkle - Avery
Format: Hardcover

A compelling look at animal welfare and factory farming in the United States from Mercy For Animals, the leading international force in preventing cruelty to farmed animals and promoting compassionate food choices and policies. Nathan Runkle would have been a fifth-generation farmer in his small...
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What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Rethinking Resumes: Write a Winning Resume and Cover Letter and Land Your Dream Interview

Richard N. Bolles - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

The first resume book from the What Color Is Your Parachute? career guru Richard Bolles.. Resumes get an average of eight seconds of attention before going in the trash - or getting on the shortlist. Thats just one of the findings reported here, as legendary career expert Richard N. Bolles...
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Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability

Lee Ellis - Freedomstar Media
Format: Print book

Honor and accountability are linked together as a formula for great leadership, and a healthy mindset of accountability can inspire every team and organization to achieve a higher level of performance. The key is engaging with courage, commitment, and caring concern as opposed to motivation...
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Reinvention Roadmap: Break the Rules to Get the Job You Want and Career You Deserve

Liz Ryan - Benbella Books
Format: Print book

Break the rules and take charge of your career!The traditional job-search approaches just don't work anymore, and the days of trusting your career to your employer are long over. The new-millennium workplace requires all of us to rewrite the rules and start treating our careers like we're...
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The Best Things in Life are Free

Lonely Planet. - Lonely Planet Pbns
Format: Print book

Lonely Planet's The Best Things in Life are Free is packed full of money-saving tips, tricks and recommendations for the best-value sights and experiences around the world. From parks, museums and exercise classes that are free, to insider ideas on food and experiences offered at great...
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The Inspiration Code: How the Best Leaders Energize People Every Day

KRISTI HEDGES - AMACOM
Format: Hardcover

All it takes is the right conversation . . . Great leaders inspire action with their words. They spark enthusiasm and commitment. With a single conversation, they can change the direction of someone's life. Everyone wants to be the kind of leader who energizes and mobilizes others--yet...
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The Economics Book

DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover

From Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas to Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes to the top economic thought leaders of today The Economics Book is the essential reference for students and anyone else with an interest in how economies work Easy-to-follow graphics succinct quotations and thoroughly...
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Coaching for Performance Fifth Edition: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership UPDATED 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

John Whitmore - Nicholas Brealey
Format: Paperback

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The Millionaire Master Plan: Your Personalized Path to Financial Success

Roger James Hamilton - Business Plus
Format: Hardcover

The Millionaire Master Plan is a unique and fresh approach as to how individuals can not only get a sense of where they stand on the spectrum of personal wealth, but more importantly, how they can learn to ascend from their present state to a higher level. Roger James Hamilton, himself...
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Thank You for Being Late: Finding a Job, Running a Country, and Keeping Your Head in an Age of Accelerations

Thomas L Friedman - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Audiobook

A New York Times Bestseller A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observersWe all sense it -- something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can't miss it when you read the newspapers...
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Widgets: The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees As If They're Real People

Rodd Wagner - McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Rodd Wagner tackles one of the most destructive problems facing organizations today - the breakdown of the social contract between people and the organizations where they work. Your people are not your greatest asset. Theyre not yours, and theyre not assets....
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The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class

Edward Conard - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book

The scourge of America's economy isn't the success of the 1 percent - quite the opposite. The bigger problem is the government's well-meaning but misguided attempt to reduce the payoffs for success. Four years ago, Edward Conard wrote a controversial bestseller, Unintended Consequences,...
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You Don't Have to Be a Shark: Creating Your Own Success

Robert Herjavec - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

" Many people assume that effective sales ability demands a unique personality and an aggressive attitude. It's not true, and Robert Herjavec is proof. Known as the "Nice Shark" on the ABC's Emmy Award-winning hit show SHARK TANK, Robert Herjavec is loved by viewers, who respond...
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Girls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide

Patrice Banks - Touchstone
Format: Paperback

A do-it-herself guide to auto maintenance, roadside emergencies, and the real scoop on how women can get honest car service at the garage, from engineer turned auto mechanic and award-winning entrepreneur Patrice Banks.Do you feel lost when explaining your car problems to a mechanic? Do you panic...
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Economics: The User's Guide

Ha-Joon Chang - Bloomsbury
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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Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family

Kimberly Palmer - American Management Association
Format: Print book

Of all life's financial shocks, few compare to bringing home an infant. Just one tiny person costs $250,000 to raise-- not including college! How will you pay for it? That agonizing question fuels mothers' choices about their careers, budgets, and families. Some lean in, some scale back...
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How To Make It in the New Music Business: Practical Tips on Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living as a Musician

Ari Herstand - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Print book

"Ari is at the front of the front. He gets it. I've read a hundred how-to-make-it-in-the-music-biz books, and this one is today's definitive, comprehensive manual." -- Jack Conte, 150 million YouTube views, Pomplamoose, CEO of PatreonForget everything you think you know...
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The Purpose Is Profit: The Truth about Starting and Building Your Own Business

Ed Mclaughlin - Greenleaf Book Group Llc
Format: Print book

Do you feel the pull to start your own business? Tired of working for others and dealing with office politics, eager for control and more money, Ed ''Skip'' McLaughlin certainly felt it. When he left his high-level corporate position to start not one but two new businesses,...
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Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Erin Lowry - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck and Get Your Financial Life Together (#GYFLT) ! If you're a cash-strapped 20- or 30-something, it's easy to get freaked out by finances. But you're not doomed to spend your life drowning in debt or mystified by money. It's time to stop scraping by and take...
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The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty: Answers to Your Most Important Money Questions

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz - Crown
Format: Print book

Here at last are the hard-to-find answers to the dizzying array of financial questions plaguing those who are age fifty and older.The financial world is more complex than ever, and people are struggling to make sense of it all. If you're like most people moving into the phase of life...
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Dream Year: Make the Leap from a Job You Hate to a Life You Love

Ben Arment - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Somewhere along the road to adulthood, dreams get pushed aside - for bills, for fear, for ease. And so you settle into an unfulfilling, perhaps even unpleasant career. But what if someone could guide you, step-by-step, as you identify, plan, and launch your dream career-in just one year....
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101 Ways To Save Money On Your Tax - Legally! 2015-2016

Adrian Raftery - Wrightbooks; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Stop overpaying your taxes and start saving money! 101 Ways to Save Money on Your Tax-Legally! 2015-2016 sheds light on how you can increase your tax return by maximising your deductions. This practical guide explores how individual, family, property, education, employment, small business,...
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The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives

Lisa Servon - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

An urgent, absorbing expos - 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 highnetworth entrepreneur, and a twentysomething graduate student have...
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Love the Hustle: 10 Steps to Earn More and Be More--One Womans Journey from Struggling Temp to Thriving CEO

Elle Kaplan - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover

After college, Elle Kaplan arrived in Manhattan with a dream of conquering the finance world. When everyone told her to come back in a few years with an MBA, she interviewed for a receptionist position at a private equity firm instead. It was hardly the starter job of her dreams, but it turned...
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Get the Most Out of Retirement: Checklist for Happiness, Health, Purpose, and Financial Security

Sally Balch Hurme - American Bar Association
Format: Paperback

How to Get the Most Out of Your Retirement.Whether youre planning for or already living in retirement, theres a lot that goes into making the most of every day. From crafting a budget and managing your money to last a lifetime to simplifying your life so you can really focus on what you want...
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The Recovering Spender: How to Live a Happy, Fulfilled, Debt-Free Life

Lauren Greutman - Center St
Format: Print book

After learning how to curb her spending habits, Lauren Greutman shares her hard-earned knowledge on how to get out of debt and live without the financial pressures that many people face today. A young married woman wants to live the American Dream: two fancy cars, custom built home, two-income...
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Leading the Unleadable: How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People

Alan Willett - AMACOM
Format: Print book

The control-freak, the narcissist, the slacker, the cynic... Difficult people are the worst part of a manager's job. Whether it comes from direct reports or people above, outbursts, irrational demands, griping, and other disruptions need to be dealt with--and it's your responsibility...
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How to Be a Leader

Martin Bjergegaard - Picador
Format: Print book

What does it really mean to take a leadership role? In this book, learn how true leaders are made and how you can be one tooNo one is born to lead. This is the idea at the heart of this thoughtful book on true leadership. While popular culture feeds us images of the stereotypical leader...
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Franchise Bible: How to Buy a Franchise or Franchise Your Own Business

Rick Grossmann - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Print book

This proven, popular reference has been completely updated to better guide readers through the current franchise environment. Real-life examples of both service- and product-oriented franchises and useful checklists prevent mistakes and save time and money. Contact information for state...
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The 21-Day Financial Fast: Your Path to Financial Peace and Freedom

Michelle Singletary - Zondervan
Format: Paperback

Financial Peace and Freedom in 21 Days In The 21-Day Financial Fast, award-winning writer and The Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary proposes a field-tested financial challenge. For twenty-one days, participants will put away their credit cards and buy only the barest essentials....
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Profitable Podcasting: Grow Your Business, Expand Your Platform, and Build a Nation of True Fans

Stephen Woessner - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

The secret to making money in podcasting. The word is out: content marketing is king. But when nearly every business has a blog, it's tough to stand out. The real secret is that there's a much better tool for spreading influence and generating revenue--one with far less competition....
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Under the Hood: Fire Up and Fine-Tune Your Employee Culture

Stan Slap - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

You cant sell it outside if you cant sell it insideYou want maximum business performance Look under the hood and youll find your employee culture it is the power that drives the enterprise engine. To harness that rumbling power youve got to solve the mystery of what an employee culture...
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Negotiating 101: From Planning Your Strategy to Finding a Common Ground, an Essential Guide to the Art of Negotiating

Peter J Sander - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

A quick-and-easy guide to core business and career concepts - no MBA required!The ability to negotiate a deal. Confidence to oversee staff. Complete, accurate monitoring of expenses. In today's business world, these are must-have skills. But all too often, comprehensive business books...
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The Career Playbook: Essential Advice for Today's Aspiring Young Professional

James M. Citrin - Crown Business
Format: Paperback

Are you about to graduate and begin your job search? Or are you a young professional trying to choose the right field or looking for that perfect position that will catapult your career? Figuring out a career and getting a great job has never been more difficult. On top of that, today's...
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What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Rethinking Interviews: Ace the Interview and Land Your Dream Job

Richard Nelson Bolles - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

The first interview book from the What Color Is Your Parachute? career guru Richard Bolles.Interviews instill fear in many a job-hunter, but this empowering guide from legendary career expert Richard N. Bolles reveals that interviews are really just conversations to determine if the work...
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HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business

Richard S Ruback - Harvard Bus Review Press
Format: Print book

Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: You can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards - as well as personal...
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Creating Inclusive Library Environments: A Planning Guide for Serving Patrons with Disabilities

Michelle Kowalsky - ALA Editions
Format: Print book

Librarians are continually faced with challenges of how to best meet the needs of patrons with disabilities, whether those patrons have physical or intellectual disabilities, differing learning styles, or even temporary problems which impact their access and may change over time. And because...
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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
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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