Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. "My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter."While the gap between upper middle-class Americans and the working poor widens, grueling low-wage domestic and service work--primarily done by women--fuels the economic success of the wealthy. Stephanie Land worked for years as a maid, pulling long hours while struggling as a single mom to keep a roof over her daughter's head. In Maid, she reveals the dark truth of what it takes to survive and thrive in today's inequitable society.While she worked hard to scratch her way out of poverty as a single parent, scrubbing the toilets of the wealthy, navigating domestic labor jobs, higher education, assisted housing, and a tangled web of government assistance, Stephanie wrote. She wrote the true stories that weren't being told. The stories of overworked and underpaid Americans.Written in honest, heart-rending prose and with great insight, Maid explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them. "I'd become a nameless ghost," Stephanie writes. With this book, she gives voice to the "servant" worker, those who fight daily to scramble and scrape by for their own lives and the lives of their children.
Hachette Books
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9780316505116
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Hardcover
Faster, Higher, Farther
By Ewing, Jack
A shocking expos of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.In mid-2015, Volkswagen proudly reached its goal of surpassing Toyota as the world's largest automaker. A few months later, the EPA disclosed that Volkswagen had installed software in 11 million cars that deceived emissions-testing mechanisms. By early 2017, VW had settled with American regulators and car owners for $20 billion, with additional lawsuits still looming. In Faster, Higher, Farther, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the conspiracy. He describes VW's rise from "the people's car" during the Nazi era to one of Germany's most prestigious and important global brands, touted for being "green." He paints vivid portraits of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech and chief executive Martin Winterkorn, arguing that the corporate culture they fostered drove employees, working feverishly in pursuit of impossible sales targets, to illegal methods. Unable to build cars that could meet emissions standards in the United States honestly, engineers were left with no choice but to cheat. Volkswagen then compounded the fraud by spending millions marketing "clean diesel," only to have the lie exposed by a handful of researchers on a shoestring budget, resulting in a guilty plea to criminal charges in a landmark Department of Justice case. Faster, Higher, Farther reveals how the succeed-at-all-costs mentality prevalent in modern boardrooms led to one of corporate history's farthest-reaching cases of fraud -- with potentially devastating consequences. 8 pages of illustrations
W. W. Norton & Company
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9780393254501
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Hardcover
The Illusion of Money
By Cease, Kyle
New York Times best-selling author and comedian-turned-motivational speaker, Kyle Cease, shows how your obsession with money is actually preventing you from living the life of your dreams."I can't afford that." "Now's not the right time . . . I need to save up." "Quit my job? Are you nuts?!" Sound familiar? Money is one of the biggest excuses we make to not go after what we really want. Our fixation with money--the desire for more of it, and the fear of not having enough of it--is often really just a longing to feel safe. But this obsession with money is coming at a much bigger cost: our sanity, our creativity, our freedom, and our ability to step into our true power.This book is about eliminating the need to seek safety through the illusion of money, and learning to see ourselves for the perfection that we are--so that we can bring our gifts to the world in an authentic way, and allow ourselves to receive massive, true abundance as a result.
Hay House Inc.
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9781401957445
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Hardcover
J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2012
By Lasser, J. K.
America's number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usabilityFor over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team of tax specialists, J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2012 includes all the outstanding features that have made this book the nation's all-time top-selling tax guide. It covers some of the most important topics associated with your taxes, from what must you report as income and strategies that will save you on taxes to how much tax you actually owe and what deductions can you claim.As an added value, you can gain direct access to bonus materials through jklasser.
Wiley; 2 edition
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9781118072547
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Paperback
2,000 review questions for the cpa exam
By Stefano, Denise M
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 topics. This book provides thorough coverage of the four sections of the CPA Exam: Auditing and Attestation, Business Environment and Concepts, Financial Accounting and Reporting, and Regulation. The 2, 000 practice questions are similar to the exam questions so you will know what to expect on test day. Each question includes a fully detailed answer that puts the subject in context. This additional practice helps you build your knowledge, strengthen test-taking skills, and build confidence.
Mcgraw-Hill Education
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9781259586293
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Print book
The Path to Personal Power
By Hill, Napoleon
This true lost manuscript from the "grandfather of self-help," Napoleon Hill provides timeless wisdom on how to attain a more successful and wealthy life using simple principles. Napoleon Hill first wrote The Path to Personal Power in 1941, intending it as a handbook for people lifting themselves out of the Great Depression. But upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America's entrance into World War II, these lessons were put aside and largely forgotten--until today.Discovered in the archives of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, this never-before-published work is made up of three easily digested lessons, each its own chapter: Definteness of Purpose; the Master Mind; and Going the Extra Mile.This concise book is a powerful roadmap that leads to a single discovery--you already have the power to attain whatever wealth, success, and prosperity you desire in life. All you need to do is walk the path without straying, and the rest will follow.Using these lessons, you have principles to live by that will help you stay on your own personal path to power, and achieve success that you never thought possible.
TarcherPerigee
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9780143111535
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Paperback
Hustle
By Patel, Neil
Let's be honest: most of us aren't exactly "special." We don't boast an Ivy League degree like Sheryl Sandberg, a political pedigree like a Kennedy, or a wealthy father like Donald Trump. At best, we're underdogs fighting a system that stacks the odds against us. So how do we find a way to break free and achieve fulfillment and success on our terms One way: We hustle.Hustle teaches you how to look at reality through a new lens -- one based on fearless doing, demanding more (from ourselves and others) , and never giving up on what's important. The book will teach you the lessons that the authors and the iconic hustlers they profile have learned the hard way on their own rise to the top.But this is more than a business mantra. The authors understand that success is grounded in all around wellness. They break down what it means to hustle in a three-part framework that starts with The Heart, The Head, and The Habits. Along the way, you will learn the optimal path to: Discover the work you enjoy in settings supportive of your talents Gain the confidence and motivation to choose your own adventures Gather the resources to invest in owning your own dreams and directing your own destiny Reset reality and rewrite the rules of an unfair system Command the respect, rewards, and recognition that come from shared purpose and from being part of a community of like-minded doers changing the world Make an impact and leave a legacy worthy of your unique contributions
Rodale
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9781623367169
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Print book
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2011
By Bolles, Richard N.
“How many jobs are out there, in this economy?”“Where do I go from here with my life?” These are some of the questions at the forefront of the modern job-searcher’s mind. And they are thoroughly and thoughtfully answered with all-new chapters in the 2011 edition of What Color Is Your Parachute?, the best-selling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades--in good times and bad. A longtime fixture on best-seller lists, What Color Is Your Parachute? features life-saving information that is updated each year to cater to the specific requirements of today’s job market. Career guru Richard N. Bolles leads job-searchers to find meaningful work. He asks, WHAT skills do you most love to use? WHERE--in what field--would you most love to use them? And HOW do you find such jobs without depending on agencies, ads, and online postings? This book is not only about finding a job in hard times, it’s also about finding your passion.
Ten Speed Press; Rev Upd edition
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9781580082679
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Hardcover
13th Grade
By Hofstein, Daniel G
Choice is your greatest power, but we only have a choice when we have knowledge to go along with it.TL;DR (too long; didn't read - an option within each chapter) : This book is for everyone who's asked, "Why do I know the Pythagorean theorem and not how to do my taxes?" It's not about telling you what to do, it's about gaining the knowledge in order to make your own informed choices. End of TL;DR. The information in this book is based on both scientific research and the experience of relevant experts. Rather than saying, "DON'T DO DRUGS," this book says, "This is what drugs do to you, make your own choices." A person should have knowledge of their possible actions and consequences of those actions - not a preacher. The book covers a myriad of subjects (Money, Sex, Laws, more) and shows how to: build wealth and make sense of the stock market and other investment opportunities, understand taxation, prepare yourself for the realities of the working world, assert your lawful rights as a US citizen, make a plan for a successful future, and much more.
Daniel G. Hofstein
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9781732237513
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Paperback
The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook
By Press., Harvard Business Review
The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills.Whether you're a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes - a direct report's anxious questions, your boss's last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case staring you in the face. To reach your full potential in these situations, you need to master a new set of business and personal skills.Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Review's management archive, the HBR Manager's Handbook provides best practices on topics from understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy to emotional intelligence and building your employees' trust.
Maid
By Land, Stephanie
Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. "My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter."While the gap between upper middle-class Americans and the working poor widens, grueling low-wage domestic and service work--primarily done by women--fuels the economic success of the wealthy. Stephanie Land worked for years as a maid, pulling long hours while struggling as a single mom to keep a roof over her daughter's head. In Maid, she reveals the dark truth of what it takes to survive and thrive in today's inequitable society.While she worked hard to scratch her way out of poverty as a single parent, scrubbing the toilets of the wealthy, navigating domestic labor jobs, higher education, assisted housing, and a tangled web of government assistance, Stephanie wrote. She wrote the true stories that weren't being told. The stories of overworked and underpaid Americans.Written in honest, heart-rending prose and with great insight, Maid explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them. "I'd become a nameless ghost," Stephanie writes. With this book, she gives voice to the "servant" worker, those who fight daily to scramble and scrape by for their own lives and the lives of their children.
Faster, Higher, Farther
By Ewing, Jack
A shocking expos of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.In mid-2015, Volkswagen proudly reached its goal of surpassing Toyota as the world's largest automaker. A few months later, the EPA disclosed that Volkswagen had installed software in 11 million cars that deceived emissions-testing mechanisms. By early 2017, VW had settled with American regulators and car owners for $20 billion, with additional lawsuits still looming. In Faster, Higher, Farther, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the conspiracy. He describes VW's rise from "the people's car" during the Nazi era to one of Germany's most prestigious and important global brands, touted for being "green." He paints vivid portraits of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech and chief executive Martin Winterkorn, arguing that the corporate culture they fostered drove employees, working feverishly in pursuit of impossible sales targets, to illegal methods. Unable to build cars that could meet emissions standards in the United States honestly, engineers were left with no choice but to cheat. Volkswagen then compounded the fraud by spending millions marketing "clean diesel," only to have the lie exposed by a handful of researchers on a shoestring budget, resulting in a guilty plea to criminal charges in a landmark Department of Justice case. Faster, Higher, Farther reveals how the succeed-at-all-costs mentality prevalent in modern boardrooms led to one of corporate history's farthest-reaching cases of fraud -- with potentially devastating consequences. 8 pages of illustrations
The Illusion of Money
By Cease, Kyle
New York Times best-selling author and comedian-turned-motivational speaker, Kyle Cease, shows how your obsession with money is actually preventing you from living the life of your dreams."I can't afford that." "Now's not the right time . . . I need to save up." "Quit my job? Are you nuts?!" Sound familiar? Money is one of the biggest excuses we make to not go after what we really want. Our fixation with money--the desire for more of it, and the fear of not having enough of it--is often really just a longing to feel safe. But this obsession with money is coming at a much bigger cost: our sanity, our creativity, our freedom, and our ability to step into our true power.This book is about eliminating the need to seek safety through the illusion of money, and learning to see ourselves for the perfection that we are--so that we can bring our gifts to the world in an authentic way, and allow ourselves to receive massive, true abundance as a result.
J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2012
By Lasser, J. K.
America's number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usabilityFor over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team of tax specialists, J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2012 includes all the outstanding features that have made this book the nation's all-time top-selling tax guide. It covers some of the most important topics associated with your taxes, from what must you report as income and strategies that will save you on taxes to how much tax you actually owe and what deductions can you claim.As an added value, you can gain direct access to bonus materials through jklasser.
2,000 review questions for the cpa exam
By Stefano, Denise M
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 topics. This book provides thorough coverage of the four sections of the CPA Exam: Auditing and Attestation, Business Environment and Concepts, Financial Accounting and Reporting, and Regulation. The 2, 000 practice questions are similar to the exam questions so you will know what to expect on test day. Each question includes a fully detailed answer that puts the subject in context. This additional practice helps you build your knowledge, strengthen test-taking skills, and build confidence.
The Path to Personal Power
By Hill, Napoleon
This true lost manuscript from the "grandfather of self-help," Napoleon Hill provides timeless wisdom on how to attain a more successful and wealthy life using simple principles. Napoleon Hill first wrote The Path to Personal Power in 1941, intending it as a handbook for people lifting themselves out of the Great Depression. But upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America's entrance into World War II, these lessons were put aside and largely forgotten--until today.Discovered in the archives of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, this never-before-published work is made up of three easily digested lessons, each its own chapter: Definteness of Purpose; the Master Mind; and Going the Extra Mile.This concise book is a powerful roadmap that leads to a single discovery--you already have the power to attain whatever wealth, success, and prosperity you desire in life. All you need to do is walk the path without straying, and the rest will follow.Using these lessons, you have principles to live by that will help you stay on your own personal path to power, and achieve success that you never thought possible.
Hustle
By Patel, Neil
Let's be honest: most of us aren't exactly "special." We don't boast an Ivy League degree like Sheryl Sandberg, a political pedigree like a Kennedy, or a wealthy father like Donald Trump. At best, we're underdogs fighting a system that stacks the odds against us. So how do we find a way to break free and achieve fulfillment and success on our terms One way: We hustle.Hustle teaches you how to look at reality through a new lens -- one based on fearless doing, demanding more (from ourselves and others) , and never giving up on what's important. The book will teach you the lessons that the authors and the iconic hustlers they profile have learned the hard way on their own rise to the top.But this is more than a business mantra. The authors understand that success is grounded in all around wellness. They break down what it means to hustle in a three-part framework that starts with The Heart, The Head, and The Habits. Along the way, you will learn the optimal path to: Discover the work you enjoy in settings supportive of your talents Gain the confidence and motivation to choose your own adventures Gather the resources to invest in owning your own dreams and directing your own destiny Reset reality and rewrite the rules of an unfair system Command the respect, rewards, and recognition that come from shared purpose and from being part of a community of like-minded doers changing the world Make an impact and leave a legacy worthy of your unique contributions
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2011
By Bolles, Richard N.
“How many jobs are out there, in this economy?”“Where do I go from here with my life?” These are some of the questions at the forefront of the modern job-searcher’s mind. And they are thoroughly and thoughtfully answered with all-new chapters in the 2011 edition of What Color Is Your Parachute?, the best-selling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades--in good times and bad. A longtime fixture on best-seller lists, What Color Is Your Parachute? features life-saving information that is updated each year to cater to the specific requirements of today’s job market. Career guru Richard N. Bolles leads job-searchers to find meaningful work. He asks, WHAT skills do you most love to use? WHERE--in what field--would you most love to use them? And HOW do you find such jobs without depending on agencies, ads, and online postings? This book is not only about finding a job in hard times, it’s also about finding your passion.
13th Grade
By Hofstein, Daniel G
Choice is your greatest power, but we only have a choice when we have knowledge to go along with it.TL;DR (too long; didn't read - an option within each chapter) : This book is for everyone who's asked, "Why do I know the Pythagorean theorem and not how to do my taxes?" It's not about telling you what to do, it's about gaining the knowledge in order to make your own informed choices. End of TL;DR. The information in this book is based on both scientific research and the experience of relevant experts. Rather than saying, "DON'T DO DRUGS," this book says, "This is what drugs do to you, make your own choices." A person should have knowledge of their possible actions and consequences of those actions - not a preacher. The book covers a myriad of subjects (Money, Sex, Laws, more) and shows how to: build wealth and make sense of the stock market and other investment opportunities, understand taxation, prepare yourself for the realities of the working world, assert your lawful rights as a US citizen, make a plan for a successful future, and much more.
The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook
By Press., Harvard Business Review
The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills.Whether you're a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes - a direct report's anxious questions, your boss's last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case staring you in the face. To reach your full potential in these situations, you need to master a new set of business and personal skills.Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Review's management archive, the HBR Manager's Handbook provides best practices on topics from understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy to emotional intelligence and building your employees' trust.