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You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth

Jen Sincero - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"A cheerful manifesto on removing obstacles between yourself and the income of your dreams." - New York MagazineFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Are a Badass, a life-changing guide to making the kind of money you've only ever dreamed ofYou...
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The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks

Joshua Cooper Ramo - Little Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The Digital Age we live in is as transformative as the Industrial Revolution and Joshua Cooper Ramo explains how to survive. If you find yourself longing for a disconnected world where information is not always at your fingertips, you may eventually be as useful as the carriage maker post-Henry...
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Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the American Diet

Mckay Jenkins - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

Are GMOs really that bad? A prominent environmental journalist takes a fresh look at what they actually mean for our food system and for us. In the past two decades, GMOs have come to dominate the American diet. Advocates hail them as the future of food, an enhanced method of crop breeding...
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Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter

DAN ARIELY - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Blending humor and behavioral economics, the New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delves into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions, and gives them the knowledge they need to make better...
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How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation

Anthony Mancuso Attorney - NOLO; Twelfth edition
Format: Print book

Create a nonprofit in your state without pricey attorneys fees!The process of becoming a tax-exempt organization may appear intimidating, but with How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation, you can do it quickly, easily, and with confidence.This bestselling book includes complete instructions...
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The New One Minute Manager

Ken Blanchard - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

A new edition based on the timeless business classic - updated to help today's readers succeed more quickly in a rapidly changing world.For decades, The One Minute Manager has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless,...
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Quick & Legal Will Book

Denis Clifford - Nolo
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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The Aspirational Investor: Taming the Markets to Achieve Your Life's Goals

Ashvin B. Chhabra - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

The Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management explains why goals, not markets, should be the primary focus of your investment strategy - and offers a practical, innovative framework for making smarter choices about aligning your goals to your investment strategy.Today...
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How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy

Stephen Witt - Viking
Format: Hardcover

* Finalist for the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Named one of Time magazine's Best Books of 2015 So Far * A New York Times Editors' Choice * "[How Music Got Free] has the clear writing and brisk reportorial acumen of a Michael Lewis book."...
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Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2017

Peterson's - Peterson Nelnet Co
Format: Paperback

Scholarships, Grants & Prizes provides up-to-date information on millions of privately funded awards available to college students. It contains detailed profiles of awards based on academic fields and career goals, ethnic heritage, talent, employment experience, military service, and other...
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Crowdsourcing: Uber, Airbnb, Kickstarter, & the Distributed Economy

Lightning Guides - Lightning Guides
Format: Paperback

From investor incentives, to detailed explorations of today's best funded campaigns, to a complete guide for launching your next project, Crowdsourcing: Uber, Airbnb, Kickstarter, & The Distributed Economy provides a current, comprehensive introduction to the art of raising capital...
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Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

MALCOLM HARRIS - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A Millennial's groundbreaking investigation into why his generation is economically worse off than their parents, creating a radical and devastating portrait of what it means to be young in America.Millennials have been called lazy, entitled, narcissistic, and immature, but when you push...
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Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: Child Custody Agreements Step by Step

Mimi Lyster Zemmelman - NOLO; Eighth edition
Format: Paperback

Avoid custody battles -- save time, money and grief Working out a fair and realistic child custody agreement is one of the most difficult tasks for parents going through a divorce or separation. Building a Parenting Agreement That Works is the only book to show separating or divorcing...
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No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity

John C Maxwell - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwells latest book will enhance the lives of leaders, professionals, and anyone who wants to achieve success and personal growth.We often treat the word capacity as if it were a natural law of limitation. Unfortunately, most of us are much...
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Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think

Eyal Winter - ‎PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Which is smarter -- your head or your gut? Its a familiar refrain: youre getting too emotional. Try and think rationally. But is it always good advice? In this surprising book, Eyal Winter asks a simple question: why do we have emotions?...
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Pogue's Basics: Money: Essential Tips and Shortcuts

David Pogue - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book

Following the success of the New York Times bestsellers Pogue's Basics: Tech and Pogue's Basics: Lifecomes the next book in the series: Pogue's Basics: Money which will be a timeless reference book of 200 simple tips and tricks for making managing your finances...
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Killing It: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart

Sheryl O'Loughlin - Harper Business
Format: Print book

The former CEO of Clif Bar, Co-founder of Plum, and serial entrepreneur offers insights about launching and growing a business while maintaining a fulfilled life in this practical guide filled with hard-won advice culled from the author's own sometimes dark, raw experiences. With a foreword...
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Getting Financial Aid 2018 (College Board Guide to Getting Financial Aid)

College Entrance Examination Board - College Board
Format: Paperback

Getting Financial Aid 2018 is a must-have book for parents and students struggling to meet the cost of college. The all-important FAFSA form is explained with step-by-step instructions, and the College Boards CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE® form is explained by the people who administer it.This...
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Basic Economics

Thomas Sowell - Basic Books; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on common sense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Drawing on lively examples from...
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back

Elisabeth Rosenthal - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller.At a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking investigation into our dysfunctional healthcare system - and offers practical solutions to its myriad problems."Patients can save thousands of dollars by purchasing...
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The Power to Get Things Done:

Steve Levinson - Perigee,
Format: Print book

Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, you've probably got a lot on your plate. Unfortunately, much of it may not be all that appetizing. Along with the portion of your work that you truly feel like doing comes a generous helping of things you'd rather not do. As consultants,...
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3 Things Successful People Do: The Road Map That Will Change Your Life

John C Maxwell - Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Format: Print book

You have the potential to become a success today. Success is a journey. If you know where you're going and how to get there, you are going to reach your destination. In fact, you already have. The single most fulfilling, game-changing state of mind a person can adopt is the notion...
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Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2018

PETERSON'S. - Peterson's
Format: Paperback

Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2018 provides up-to-date information on millions of privately funded awards available to college students. It contains detailed profiles of awards based on academic fields and career goals, ethnic heritage, talent, employment experience, military service,...
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Accounting for Non-Accountants: Financial Accounting Made Simple for Beginners (Basics for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners) (Quick Start Your Business)

Wayne A Label - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

A Quick, Compact, and Easy-to-Understand Resource for Non-Accountants! The perfect financial accounting guide for beginners!Accounting for Non-Accountants is the must-have guide for all of us who have never taken an accounting class, are mystified by accounting jargon, and have no clue...
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The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers

Jon Pessah - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The incredible inside story of power, money, and baseball's last twenty yearsIn the fall of 1992, America's National Pastime is in crisis and already on the path to the unthinkable: cancelling a World Series for the first time in history. The owners are at war with each other, their...
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Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms

Maureen Chiquet - Harper Business
Format: Hardcover

The former global CEO of Chanel charts her unlikely path from literature major to global chief executive, guiding readers to move beyond the confines of staid expectations and discover their own true paths, strengths, and leadership values.Driven. Shy. Leader. Wife. Mother. We live in a world...
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The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs

Amy Wilkinson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

Based on in-depth interviews with more than 200 leading entrepreneurs, a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business identifies the six essential disciplines needed to transform your ideas into real-world successes.Each of us has the capacity to spot opportunities, invent products,...
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How Not to Get Rich: The Financial Misadventures of Mark Twain

ALAN PELL CRAWFORD - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

An uproarious account of Mark Twain's endless attempts to strike it rich, all of which served only to empty his pockets Mark Twain's lifetime spans America's era of greatest economic growth. And Twain was an active, even giddy, participant in all the great booms and busts of his time, launching...
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Picture Your Prosperity: Smart Money Moves to Turn Your Vision into Reality

Ellen Rogin - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Everyone has a unique vision of a prosperous and secure future. Whats yours?If someone asked you to describe prosperity and security, what would you see in your minds eye? Is it finally taking that trip to Paris? A beautiful beach house? Or maybe making that last mortgage payment and staying...
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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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Every Landlord's Guide to Managing Property: Best Practices, From Move-In to Move-Out

Michael Boyer Attorney - Nolo, 2015.
Format: Print book

The ultimate property management guide for the do-it-yourself landlord! Written for the millions of landlords who own a single-family home, condo, or small (less than four unit) multiplex, Every Landlord's Guide to Managing Property helps them learn how to keep their day job and manage...
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Aftershock: Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown

David Wiedemer - Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Format: Hardcover

From the authors who accurately predicted the bursting of the global bubble economy comes the definitive look at what lies ahead in 2013 and beyond Written by the market oracles who predicted, with uncanny accuracy, the global financial meltdown and the economic chain reaction it set in motion,...
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J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2015: Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible

Barbara Weltman - Wiley; 12 edition
Format: Book

The must-have guide to tax write-offs, with clear advice from a trusted expert J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2015 answers the most common tax question—"what can I deduct?" Updated and expanded for 2014 tax filing and 2015 tax planning, this straightforward...
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Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want

Michael S Hyatt - Baker Books
Format: Print book

Each of us has but one life to live on this earth. What we do with it is our choice. Are we drifting through it as spectators, reacting to our circumstances when necessary and wondering just how we got to this point anyway? Or are we directing it, maximizing the joy and potential of every...
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The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal With People Who Treat You Like Dirt

ROBERT I SUTTON - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

How to avoid, outwit, and disarm assholes, from the author of the classic bestseller The No Asshole Rule "Help, I'm dealing with an asshole! What can I do" Since his book The No Asshole Rule became a national bestseller a decade ago, Robert Sutton...
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Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business

Porter Erisman - Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover

**One of six of The Wall Street Journal's "Best Business Books of 2015"**In September 2014, a Chinese company that most Americans had never heard of held the largest IPO in history - bigger than Google, Facebook and Twitter combined. Alibaba, now the world's largest e-commerce...
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Cold Hard Truth On Men, Women, and Money: 50 Common Money Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Kevin O'Leary - Gallery Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author and television superstar Kevin OLeary comes a new financial guide that takes you through money mistakes at every stage of life and teaches you how to avoid them. DONT SPEND TOO MUCH. MOSTLY SAVE. ALWAYS INVEST. This is simple advice, but its often the simple advice...
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Happy Retirement: The Psychology of Reinvention

DK - DK
Format: Print book

A practical, fully illustrated guide to planning and enjoying retirement, grounded in psychological research.Retirement can bring immense fulfillment but also can be a source of stress, especially today. Retirement: The Psychology of Reinvention uses psychological research and a unique...
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Neither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service

Devin Leonard - Grove Press
Format: Print book

The United States Postal Service is a wondrous American creation. Seven days a week, its army of 300,000 letter carriers delivers 513 million pieces of mail, forty percent of the world's volume. It is far more efficient than any other mail service - more than twice as efficient as the Japanese...
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Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case

Paul Bergman - NOLO
Format: Print book

How to prepare and present a winning civil court caseMany disputes are too big for small claims court but too small to justify a lawyer's fee. Fortunately, if you are willing to learn the courtroom ropes, you can successfully handle your own case from start to finish. Represent Yourself...
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Walter Isaacson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a "riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving" (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the Internet.What...
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The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money

Ron Lieber - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's Nurture Shock, New York Times "Your Money" columnist Ron Lieber delivers a taboo-shattering manifesto that explains how talking openly to children about money can help parents...
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Gen Z @ Work: How the Next Generation Is Transforming the Workplace

David Stillman - Harperbusiness
Format: Print book

A generations expert and author of When Generations Collide and The M-Factor teams up with his seventeen-year-old son to introduce the next influential demographic group to join the workforce - Generation Z - in this essential study, the first on the subject.They were born between between...
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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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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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Curing Medicare: A Doctor's View on How Our Health Care System Is Failing Older Americans and How We Can Fix It

Andrew Lazris - ILR Press
Format: Print book

Andy Lazris, MD, is a practicing primary care physician who experiences the effects of Medicare policy on a daily basis. As a result, he believes that the way we care for our elderly has taken a wrong turn and that Medicare is complicit in creating the very problems it seeks to solve. Aging...
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Healthcare Made Easy: Answers to All of Your Healthcare Questions under the Affordable Care Act

Michelle Katz - Adams Media
Format: Book

An easy-to-understand guide to the Affordable Care Act!Written by ABC World News' Real Money expert and healthcare advocate Michelle Katz, Healthcare Made Easy is the ultimate resource for understanding and navigating the Affordable Care Act. Using simple and easy-to-follow language,...
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Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace

Jessica Bennett - Harperwave
Format: Print book

Part manual, part manifesto, a humorous yet incisive guide to navigating subtle sexism at work - a pocketbook Lean In for the Buzzfeed generation that provides real-life career advice and humorous reinforcement for a new generation of professional women.It was a fight club - but without...
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Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs a New Kind of Labor Movement

Thomas Geoghegan - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

Is labors day over or is labor the only real answer for our time? In his new book, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan argues that even as organized labor seems to be crumbling, a revivedbut differentlabor movement is the only way to stabilize the economy...
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Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, The: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide

Peri Pakroo - Nolo, 2016.
Format: Print book

The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, written by the author of the bestselling The Small Business Start-Up Kit, gives you the practical and legal information you need to kickstart a successful enterprise -- whether you're an arty creative type, an independent consultant, or a Fortune...
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Woo, Wow, and Win: Service Design, Strategy, and the Art of Customer Delight

Thomas A Stewart - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

In this pioneering guide, two business authorities introduce the new discipline of Service Design and reveal why trying new strategies for pleasing customers isn't enough to differentiate your business - it needs to be designed for service from the ground up.Woo, Wow, and Win reveals...
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Getting the Job You Want After 50 For Dummies

Kerry Hannon - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Learn to: Showcase the value you have to offer a potential employer Perfect your rsum and interview skills Negotiate for what you want Snag your dream job in the age of social media Launch a whole new career or business Your guide to navigating today's workplace and snagging that...
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Knock 'em Dead 2017: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin Yate - Adams Media
Format: Print book

Take control of your job search--with proven strategies for success! New York Times bestseller Martin Yate has helped millions of people turn their lives around by finding great jobs and managing their career progress. Whether you're looking for a first job, re-entering the market,...
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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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Writing without bullshit

Joshua Bernoff - Harper Business
Format: Print book

Joining the ranks of classics like The Elements of Style and On Writing Well, Writing Without Bullshit helps professionals get to the point to get ahead. It's time for Writing Without Bullshit.Writing Without Bullshit is the first comprehensive guide to writing for today's world: a noisy...
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The Art of People: 11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want

Dave Kerpen - Crwon Business
Format: Print book

What does it take to win success and influence? Some people think that in today's hyper-competitive world, it's the tough, take-no-prisoners type who comes out on top. But in reality, argues New York Times bestselling author Dave Kerpen, it's actually those with the best people...
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Powered by Girl: A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists

Lyn Mikel Brown - Beacon Press
Format: Print book

A playbook for working with and training girls to be activists of their own social movementsArmed with a rich array of online media platforms, seemingly endless reserves of creativity, and a keen sense of justice, girl activists are getting things done. But scholar and activist Lyn Mikel...
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Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed

DAN MCGINN - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Harvard Business Review editor Daniel McGinn explains science of how the difference between success and failure at life's big moments can come down to what you do in the last few minutes before you start.The science of effective practice and how to perform at peak levels has long been...
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The Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist's Quest for a Sustainable Future

Mason Inman - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

The first comprehensive biography of Marion King Hubbert, the "father of peak oil."In 1956, geologist and Shell Oil researcher Marion King Hubbert delivered a speech that has shaped world energy debates ever since.Addressing the American Petroleum Institute, Hubbert dropped a bombshell...
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How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation

Anthony Mancuso Attorney - NOLO
Format: Print book

Form a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt nonprofit in your state The process of becoming a tax-exempt organization may appear intimidating, but with How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation, you can do it quickly, easily, and with confidence. You've got a cause you care about -- now you just need...
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How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation (National Edition): A Step-by-Step Guide to Forming a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit in Any State (How to Form Your Own Nonprofit Corporation)

Anthony Mancuso Attorney - NOLO
Format: Twelfth Edition

Form a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt nonprofit in your state Youve got a cause you care about - now you just need the legal status that will help your organization raise money to further that cause. Here, youll find all the forms and information you need to create a tax-exempt nonprofit for your...
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Habit Changers: 81 Game-Changing Mantras to Mindfully Realize Your Goals

M J Ryan - Crown Business
Format: Book

What would you like to change in your life? Be more focused at work? Communicate more effectively? Find work-life balance? Make smarter decisions? Be more patient with your team or family? Have greater self-confidence? Less stress? Just . . . be happier? Often, the biggest obstacle to change...
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Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

John C. Maxwell - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

John C. Maxwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author, helps readers take the first steps to living a life that matters in INTENTIONAL LIVING.
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Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur

Derek Sivers - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

You can follow the beaten path and call yourself an entrepreneur or you can blaze your own trail and really be one. When Derek Sivers started CD Baby, he wasn't planning on building a major business. He was a successful independent musician who just wanted to sell his CDs online. When...
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One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor-And Why You'll Benefit from Being One

Ken Blanchard - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling co-author of the legendary The One Minute Manager and a former Twitter executive join forces to create the ultimate guide to creating powerful mentoring relationships.While most people agree that having a mentor is a good thing, they don't know how to find one or use one....
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europes Crisis and Americas Economic Future

Yanis Varoufakis - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook

A number one Sunday Times best seller [UK] A titanic battle is being waged for Europes integrity and soul, with the forces of reason and humanism losing out to growing irrationality, authoritarianism, and malice, promoting inequality and austerity. The whole world has a stake in a victory...
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Christopher Voss - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations - whether in the boardroom or at home.After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator...
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8 Lessons in Military Leadership for Entrepreneurs

Robert T. Kiyosaki - Plata Publishing; 1st edition

Robert Kiyosakis new book 8 Lessons in Leadership draws from his years at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and his service in the United Sates Marine Corps. With compelling stories and examples and a engaging way of comparing and contrasting two very different cultures and value...
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Customer Service Training 101: Quick and Easy Techniques That Get Great Results

Renee Evenson - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

Employees aren't just the front line of any business. To customers, they are the business. Nothing is more important than arming these essential employees with the knowledge they need to find the best solution for each and every customer. Whether you're a manager, owner, or employee,...
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Plan Your Estate

Denis Clifford - Nolo
Format: Print book

Turn to Plan Your Estate for straightforward, plain-English explanations of each of your estate-planning options, so you can make the best decisions for you and those you love. Attorney Denis Clifford shows you how to: avoid probate leave property through a will or trust use life insurance...
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100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, Fourth Edition: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country

Ilyce R Glink - Three Rivers Press
Format: eBook

From the most trusted name in real estate, a new and fully updated edition of the indispensable guide that helps first-time buyers land the home of their dreamsWhat does "location, location, location" really mean? How do I decide what to offer on a house? What exactly is the closing?Buying...
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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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How Successful People Win: Turn Every Setback into a Step Forward

John C. Maxwell - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell can teach you how to turn any situation into a winning experience.
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The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles

Astronaut Ron Garan - Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

For astronaut Ron Garan, living on the International Space Station was a powerful, transformative experience - one that he believes holds the key to solving our problems here on Earth. On space walks and through windows, Garan was struck by the stunning beauty of the Earth from space but sobered...
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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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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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Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

ELIZABETH WILLARD THAMES - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

The deeply personal story of how award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced frugality to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life, and retire to a homestead in the Vermont woods at age thirty-two with her husband...
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Captivology: The Science of Capturing Peoples Attention

Ben Parr - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The former editor of Mashable, cofounder of Octane AI, and co-host of Business Envy examines the psychological phenomena that captivate our attention - and how we can leverage them to draw and retain attention for our ideas, work, companies, and more.. Whether youre an artist or a salesperson,...
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The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation

Antoine W van Agtmael - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book

Antoine van Agtmael coined the term "emerging markets" and built a career and a multibillion-dollar investing firm centered on these surging economies that would, over time, supplant the West as engines of wealth and prosperity. The trend held for decades, but a few years ago van Agtmael...
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Complete Guide to Buying a Business, The

Fred S. Steingold Attorney - NOLO; Fourth edition
Format: Print book

A perfect guide for entrepreneurs Whether you just want an overview of the business buying process or you're ready to acquire an existing business, you know you'll need to finance, negotiate and structure the deal and protect yourself from unpleasant surprises. The Complete Guide...
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The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesnt Have to Be Complicated

Helaine Olen - Portfolio/Penguin
Format: Print book

"THE MOST NOTABLE PERSONAL FINANCE WRITING OF 2013 . . . WAS A HANDWRITTEN 4 6 INDEX CARD." - MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don't follow their guidance, you'll end up in the poorhouse....
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Europe since 1989: A History

Philipp Ther - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book

The year 1989 brought the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. But it was also the year that the economic theories of Reagan, Thatcher, and the Chicago school achieved global dominance. And it was these neoliberal ideas that largely determined the course...
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Insight Out: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World

Tina Seelig - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

"What if there were a clear set of instructions to help you bring your best ideas to life? As with a recipe, you could take a compelling idea and with concrete steps, transform it into something extraordinary.As a professor at Stanford University, Tina Seelig has dedicated her career...
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The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

Mark Schatzker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

A lively and important argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the key to reversing America's health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition and flavor.In The Dorito Effect, Mark Schatzker shows us how our approach to the nation's number one public health...
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Why save the bankers? : and other essays on our economic and political crisis

Thomas Piketty - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format:  Print book : English

Shares incisive commentary on the financial meltdown and its aftermath, counseling democratic societies on how to avoid the practices that have led to unregulated markets and economic inequality.
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SPARK: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success

Angie Morgan - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Leadership isn't about a job title - it's about action and behavior. In SPARK, entrepreneurs, business consultants and military Veterans Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, and Sean Lynch show how anyone can become an extraordinary leader by embracing seven key behaviors. Many people believe...
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Investing For Dummies

Eric Tyson - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book

The easy way to invest in your financial future In the world of investing, slow and steady wins the race. With this mantra in mind, trusted author and finance guru Eric Tyson is back with the latest edition of the #1 bestselling book, Investing For Dummies, to help you achieve your investment...
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No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career

Larry Smith - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

A provocative new approach to discovering your true calling in life and achieving not just a good career, but a great one Over the past three decades, professor Larry Smith has become something of a "career whisperer" for his students at the University of Waterloo. Each year,...
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The Fifth Trimester: The Working Moms Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby

Lauren Smith Brody - Anchor
Format: Hardcover

Packed with honest, funny, and comforting advice - "a book you MUST read if you are returning to work after the birth of a child ... . I loved it and you will too." - New York Times bestselling author Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D. . The first three trimesters (and the fourth - those...
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Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck

Jon Acuff - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

It took me sixteen years to write this book. That breaks down to a brisk twelve words per day. But it wasn't the writing that took so long. . . . It was the working.I had to work at big companies and small companies. I had to get hired and fired several times. I had to find my dream...
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Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide

STEPHEN FISHMAN - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Maximize your tax deductions Rental real estate provides more tax benefits than almost any other investment. Whether you own a ten-unit rental apartment building or rent a room in your home through Airbnb, you need to know about all the valuable deductions you are entitled to take as a landlord....
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Use Social Media to Find Your Dream Job!: How to Use LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Media in Your Job Search

Dan Quillen - Cold Spring Press
Format: Paperback

Shows readers how to navigate the most important development in job hunting: social media!In today's economy job hunters need to use every tool available to them, and that includes social networking. Building on the author's "Get a Job!" and "The Perfect Resume," and his 20+ years...
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The Girl's Guide: Getting the hang of your whole complicated, unpredictable, impossibly amazing life

Melissa Kirsch - Workman Publishing Company; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book

A colossal cheat sheet for your post-college years, answering all the needs of the modern woman - from mastering money to placating overly anxious parents, from social media etiquette to the pleasure and pain of dating (and why it's not a clich to love yourself first). A perfect combination...
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How to Get Money for College 2017

Peterson's - Peterson Nelnet Co
Format: Print book

How to Get Money for College is a great resource for students looking to supplement their federal financial aid package with aid from colleges and universities. This comprehensive directory points you to complete and accurate information on need-based and non-need gift aid, loans, work-study,...
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Quicken Willmaker Plus 2017 Book & Software Kit

Betsy Simmons Hannibal - NOLO
Format: Print book

"Quicken WillMaker Plus 2017" is the easiest ways to create your estate plan, whether it's your first time or you want to update a previous plan. You'll be guided through the process from beginning to end with practical and relevant legal information so that you can make...
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The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't

Carmine Gallo - St Martin'S Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

How did a Venice Beach T-shirt vendor become television's most successful producer? How did an entrepreneur who started in a garage create the most iconic product launches in business history? How did a timid pastor's son overcome a paralyzing fear of public speaking to captivate sold-out...
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Why Wall Street Matters

William D Cohan - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A timely, counterintuitive defense of Wall Street and the big banks as the invisible - albeit flawed - engines that power our ideas, and should be made to work better for all of us Maybe you think the banks should be broken up and the bankers should be held accountable for the financial...
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The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

CHIP HEATH - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us - and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable...
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There is life after college.

Jeffrey Selingo - William Morrow
Format: Print book

From the bestselling author of College Unbound comes a hopeful, inspiring blueprint to help alleviate parents' anxiety and prepare their college-educated child to successfully land a good job after graduation.Saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, today's college students are graduating...
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The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse

CROWN. - CROWN
Format: Print book

With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey...
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The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

PRIYA PARKER - Riverhead Books
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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Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case

Paul Bergman JD - NOLO
Format: Print book

How to prepare and present a winning civil court case Many disputes are too big for small claims court but too small to justify a lawyer's fee. Fortunately, if you are willing to learn the courtroom ropes, you can successfully handle your own case from start to finish. Represent...
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Stock Market 101: From Bull and Bear Markets to Dividends, Shares, and MarginsYour Essential Guide to the Stock Market

Michele Cagan CPA - Adams Media Corporation
Format: Hardcover

All you need to know about buying and selling stocks! Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of investing into tedious discourse that would put even a hedge fund manager to sleep. Stock Market 101 cuts out the boring explanations of basic investing, and instead provides hands-on...
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The Self-made Billionaire Effect: How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value

Mitch Cohen - Portfolio; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In honor of The Self-Made Billionaire Effect purchases, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is making a significant contribution to DonorsChoose.org, an online charity that connects public school teachers in need of classroom materials and experiences with individual donors who want to help. PwC's...
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Personal Finance For Dummies

Eric Tyson - For Dummies
Format: Print book

Understand personal finance and put your money to work! Is your money working to increase your wealth? If not, it's time to take stock of your financial situation. Personal Finance For Dummies, 8th Edition offers time-tested financial tips and advice on how to continue to grow your...
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Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization

Branko Milanović - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format: Print book

One of the world's leading economists of inequality, Branko Milanovic presents a bold new account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Drawing on vast data sets and cutting-edge research, he explains the benign and malign forces that make inequality rise and fall...
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The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers are Transforming the Lives of Animals

Wayne Pacelle - William Morrow, 2016.
Format: Print book

A major new exploration of the economics of animal exploitation and a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, from the renowned animal-rights advocate Wayne Pacelle, President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and New York...
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The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs

Amy Wilkinson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Each of us has the capacity to spot opportunities, invent products, and build businesses - even $100 million businesses.How do some people turn ideas into enterprises that endure? Why do some people succeed when so many others fail? The Creator's Code unlocks the six essential skills...
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Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few

Robert B. Reich - Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Format: Print book

From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date - a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it. Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection...
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Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2017

Ernst & Young Llp. - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book

Authoritative, user-friendly tax help from a global leader in tax services The EY Tax Guide 2017 is the American taxpayer's essential companion, providing the answers you need alongside trusted advice from EY professionals and turning filing your taxes into a simple process. This...
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Working for Yourself: Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Consultants

Stephen Fishman - NOLO
Format: Paperback

The all-in-one legal and tax resource every IC (and gig worker) needs Ready to be your own boss? Whether you're starting a full-scale consulting business or booking gigs on the side, Working for Yourself provides all the legal and tax information you need in one place. This excellent,...
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Why Save the Bankers?: And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis

Thomas Piketty - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover

Reflections on politics, the economy, and the modern world by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Thomas Pikettys work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality, and that without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies...
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Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

Nathaniel Popper - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age. Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper's brilliant and engrossing history...
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Barron's GMAT, 2nd Edition

BOBBY UMAR - BARRON'S
Format: Print book

Barron's brand-new GMAT is a game-changer, designed to give you the best balance in both the depth of content and breadth of strategies. Written by two of North America's leading GMAT experts and award-winning instructors, this updated edition gives you the confidence to tackle...
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QuickBooks 2015: The Missing Manual: The Official Intuit Guide to QuickBooks 2015

Bonnie Biafore - O'Reilly Media; 1 edition
Format: Print book

How can you make your bookkeeping workflow smoother and faster? Simple. With this Missing Manual, youre in control you get step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic bookkeeping and accounting advice to guide you through the learning process. Discover...
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Accounting for Small Business Owners

Tycho Press - Tycho Press
Format: Print book

All the financial accounting a small business will ever needOwning and running a small business can be complicated. On top of developing, marketing and selling your product or service, you've got to be prepared to handle the money that's coming in, pay your employees, track expenditures,...
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The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge

Matt Ridley - Harper
Format: Print book

Human society evolves. Change in technology, language, morality, and society is incremental, inexorable, gradual, and spontaneous. It follows a narrative, going from one stage to the next, and it largely happens by trial and error - a version of natural selection. Much of the human world...
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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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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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Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff

Edward J. Balleisen - Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive history of fraud in America, from the early nineteenth century to the subprime mortgage crisis. In America, fraud has always been a key feature of business, and the national worship of entrepreneurial freedom complicates the task of distinguishing salesmanship from deceit....
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Bookkeeping For Dummies

Lita Epstein - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

The fast and easy way to master the art of bookkeepingIf youre a business owner or an employee who manages finances, the latest edition of Bookkeeping For Dummies is for you. This handy guide gives you clear and concise information on how to keep track of accounts, prepare balance sheets,...
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The Price of Prosperity: Why Rich Nations Fail and How to Renew Them

Todd G Buchholz - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this bold history and manifesto, a former White House director of economic policy exposes the economic, political, and cultural cracks that wealthy nations face and makes the case for transforming those same vulnerabilities into sources of strength - and the foundation of a national...
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The CEO Pay Machine: How it Trashes America and How to Stop it

Steven Clifford - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

The former top CEO examines the scandalous and corrupt reasons behind obscene pay packages for corporate executives - and explains how this hurts all of us--and how we can stop it. Today, the pay gap between chief executive officers of major U.S. firms and their workers is higher than ever...
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Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life

Lea Berman - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries who offer an important fundamental message - everyone is important and everyone deserves to be treated well.Former White House social secretaries Lea Berman,...
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LLC or Corporation?: How to Choose the Right Form for Your Business

Anthony Mancuso Attorney - NOLO; Sixth edition
Format: Paperback

Decide whether to form an LLC or a corporation -- the most important decision you'll make for your business Your company has grown -- now it's time to upgrade your legal structure to something that will protect you and your assets, as well as provide other benefits. In other words,...
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Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

Amy Cuddy - Little, Brown and Company; First Edition
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. Too often we approach...
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Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

Frank Trentmann - Harpercollins, 2016.
Format: Print book

What we consume has become a central - perhaps the central - feature of modern life. Our economies live or die by spending, we increasingly define ourselves by our possessions, and this ever-richer lifestyle has had an extraordinary impact on our planet. How have we come to live with so much...
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Basic Economics

Thomas Sowell - Basic Books
Format: eBook

In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on common sense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Drawing on lively examples from...
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ABA/AARP Checklist for My Family: A Guide to My History, Financial Plans and Final Wishes

Sally Balch Hurme - American Bar Association; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Put your life in order with this valuable new resource from AARP and the American Bar Association. Checklist for My Family guides you through the process of gathering in one place your finances, legal documents, online accounts, wishes about medical care, and more. Plus it tells you what...
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Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever

James Wallman - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

Stuffocation is a movement manifesto for "experiential" living, a call to arms to stop accumulating stuff and start accumulating experiences, and a road map for a new way forward with the potential to transform our lives.Reject materialism. Embrace experientialism. Live more with...
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Job U: How to Find Wealth and Success by Developing the Skills Companies Actually Need

Nicholas Wyman - Crown
Format: Book

Get ready to relearn everything you thought you knew about what a successful career path can look like. Today, unemployment hovers at a near-record high, yet 3.5 million American jobs remain unfilled. Why? Because companies simply cannot find people with the skills they actually...
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Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm

Christian Madsbjerg - Hachette Books
Format: Book

Based on his work at some of the world's largest companies, including Ford, Adidas, and Chanel, Christian Madsbjerg's Sensemaking is a provocative stand against the tyranny of big data and scientism, and an urgent, overdue defense of human intelligence.

Humans...

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The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power

Joseph Turow - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

A revealing and surprising look at the ways that aggressive consumer advertising and tracking, already pervasive online, are coming to a retail store near you By one expert's prediction, within twenty years half of Americans will have body implants that tell retailers how they feel about...
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The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse

Mohamed A El-Erian - Random House
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, one of the world's most influential economic thinkers and the author of When Markets Collide, has written a roadmap to what lies ahead and the decisions we must make now to stave off the next global economic and financial crisis.Our...
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The Suitcase Entrepreneur: Create Freedom in Business and Adventure in Life

NATALIE SISSON - North Star Way
Format: Paperback

Now in its third edition, The Suitcase Entrepreneur teaches readers how to package and sell their skills to earn enough money to be able to work and live anywhere, build a profitable online business, and live life on their own terms. With new material pertinent to today's business world,...
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Lighting the World: Transforming our Energy Future by Bringing Electricity to Everyone

Jim Rogers - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover

1.2 billion people on Earth still dont have electricity. Even where cell phones are now common, like sub-Saharan Africa and parts of India, villagers still walk miles to charge them. But new large-scale, sustainable solutions will not only usher in a new era of light, but be an important...
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