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Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World

John P. Kotter - Harvard Bus Review Press
Format: Hardcover

Based on the award-winning article in Harvard Business Review, from global leadership expert John Kotter.It's a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and appoint your best people...
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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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Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

SHEELAH KOLHATKAR - RANDOM HOUSE
Format: Print book

For readers of deeply reported nonfiction such as The Big Short and Dark Money comes the story of the largest insider trading investigation in history - and the rise and fall of the Wall Street legend who rewrote all the rules.
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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: Paperback

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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Retirement Planning For Dummies

Matthew Krantz - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Advice and guidance on planning for retirement Retirement Planning For Dummies is a one-stop resource to get up to speed on the critical steps needed to ensure you spend your golden years living in the lap of luxury -- or at least in the comfort of your own home. When attempting to plan...
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Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand in the Age of Social Media

BRITTANY HENNESSY - Citadel
Format: Paperback

"I highly advise anyone who has an interest in life online to get this book, sit down, and take notes because you're going to want to hear what Brittany has to say." -Iskra Lawrence, Aerie Model and Instagram star (@iskra) If you've ever scrolled through your Instagram...
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Three Years in Wonderland: The Disney Brothers, C. V. Wood, and the Making of the Great American Theme Park

Todd James Pierce - University Press of Mississippi
Format: Hardcover

While the success of Disneyland is largely credited to Walt and Roy Disney, there was a third, mostly forgotten dynamo instrumental to the development of the park--fast-talking Texan C. V. Wood. Three Years in Wonderland presents the never-before-told, full story of "the happiest...
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Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire

Andrew Wilkinson - Matt Holt
Format: Hardcover

"Like going to business school and therapy all in one book." - James Clear, New York Times Bestselling Author, Atomic Habits. Once a barista in a small cafe making $6.50 an hour, Andrew Wilkinson built a business valued at over a billion dollars by the time he was 36 - and yet,...
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The Disney Way, 3E: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company

Bill Capodagli - Mcgraw-Hill Education, 2016.
Format: Print book

"Dream, Believe, Dare, Do . . ." Though four simple words, this carefully crafted credo lies at the heart of Walt Disney's enviable empire and has led The Walt Disney Company to prosperity for decades. As foremost experts on Disney, authors Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson...
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Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century

J. Bradford DeLong - ?Basic Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

From one of the world's leading economists, a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, yet left us unsatisfied  Before 1870, humanity lived in dire poverty, with a slow crawl of invention offset by a growing population. Then came a great shift: invention...
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