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White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America
Joan Williams - Harvard Business Review Press Format: Hardcover
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Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile, members of the professional elite -- journalists, managers, and establishment politicians -- are on the outside looking in, left to argue over the reasons. In White Working Class,... |
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Happy as a Dane: 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
Malene Rydahl - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Paperback
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This international bestseller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be, too.For decades Denmark has ranked at the top of the world's happiness surveys. How is it that these 5.6 million Danes are so content when they live in a country that is dark and cold nine months of the year... |
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Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office
Bill McDermott - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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A leadership and career manifesto told through the narrative of one of todays most inspiring, admired, and successful global leaders. In Winners Dream, Bill McDermottthe CEO of the worlds largest business software company, SAPchronicles how relentless optimism, hard work, and disciplined... |
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Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms
Maureen Chiquet - Harper Business Format: Hardcover
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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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One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams
Chris Fussell - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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From the co-author ofthe New York Times bestseller Team of Teams, a practical guide for leaders looking to make their organizations more interconnected and unified in the midst of sudden change. Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics... |
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Power Your Happy: Work Hard, Play Nice & Build Your Dream Life
Lisa Sugar - Dutton Format: Print book
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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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Fed Up: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America
Danielle Dimartino Booth - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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A Federal Reserve insider pulls back the curtain on the secretive institution that controls America's economy After correctly predicting the housing crash of 2008 and quitting her high-ranking Wall Street job, Danielle DiMartino Booth was surprised to find herself recruited as an analyst... |
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Digital Marketing For Dummies
Ryan Deiss - For Dummies Format: Print book
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Does your digital marketing pack a punch? Written with the marketer's best interests in mind, this friendly, down-to-earth guide shows you how to use proven digital marketing strategies and tactics to expand the reach of your brand, increase audience engagement, and acquire and monetize... |
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Inside the Investments of Warren Buffett: Twenty Cases
Yefei Lu - Columbia University Press Format: Print book
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Since the 1950s, Warren Buffett and his partners have backed some of the twentieth century's most profitable, trendsetting companies. But how did they know they were making the right investments? What did Buffet and his partners look for in an up-and-coming company, and how can others replicate... |
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Job Interviews For Dummies
Kennedy - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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Deliver a show-stopping interview performance Does the thought of interviewing for a new job send shivers down your spine? It doesn't have to! Whether you're searching for your first job, changing careers, or looking for advancement in your current line of work, Job Interviews For Dummies... |
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Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality
James Kwak - Pantheon Books Format: Print book
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Here is a bracing deconstruction of the framework for understanding the world that is learned as gospel in Economics 101, regardless of its imaginary assumptions and misleading half-truths.Economism: an ideology that distorts the valid principles and tools of introductory college... |
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth - Scribner Format: Hardcover
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed - be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people - that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence... |
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Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives
Tim Harford - Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover
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"Utterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world." - Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take"Engrossing." - New York TimesFrom... |
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Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Jonah Berger - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling author of Contagious explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make - from what we buy, to the careers we choose, to what we eat - in this fascinating and groundbreaking work.If you're like most people, you think that... |
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Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change
Ellen Pao - Random House Format: Hardcover
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The "necessary and incisive" (Roxane Gay) account of the discrimination case that "has blown open a conversation about the status of women" in the workplace (The New York Times)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR | NAMED... |
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The Dream Lover: A Novel
Elizabeth Berg - Random House Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERElizabeth Berg has written a lush historical novel based on the sensuous Parisian life of the nineteenth-century writer George Sand - which is perfect for readers of Nancy Horan and Elizabeth Gilbert. At the beginning of this powerful novel, we meet Aurore Dupin... |
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Boss Bitch: A Simple 12-Step Plan to Take Charge of Your Career
Nicole Lapin - Crown Business Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author Nicole Lapin is back with a sassy and actionable guide empowering women to be the boss of their own lives and careers. You don't need dozens or hundreds of employees to be a boss, says financial expert and serial entrepreneur Nicole Lapin. Hell,... |
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Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide
Stephen Fishman - Nolo Format: Print book
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Maximize your tax deductions. Named a "Top 10 Real Estate Book" by Robert Bruss, syndicated real estate columnist. If you own residential rental properties, you will want to know about all the valuable deductions you are entitled to take as a landlord. Every Landlord's Tax Deduction... |
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A square meal : a culinary history of the Great Depression
Jane Ziegelman - Harper Format: Print book
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From the author of the acclaimed 97 Orchard and her husband, a culinary historian, an in-depth exploration of the greatest food crisis the nation has ever faced - the Great Depression - and how it transformed America's culinary culture.The decade-long Great Depression, a period of shifts... |
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Marketing For Dummies
CONSUMER DUMMIES. - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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The classic, bestselling marketing guide, updated for the digital era Marketing For Dummies, 5th Edition is the ultimate handbook for boosting your business. Whether you're a small mom-and-pop shop, a local nonprofit, or a mid-size business looking to grow, the right marketing approach... |
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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
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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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Make Your Kid A Money Genius
Beth Kobliner - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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From Beth Kobliner, the author of the bestselling personal finance bible Get a Financial Life - a new, must-have guide showing parents how to teach their children (from toddlers to young adults) to manage money in a smart way.Many of us think we can have the "money talk"... |
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Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2018
PETERSON'S. - Peterson's Format: Paperback
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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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Seeing the Big Picture: Business Acumen to Build Your Credibility, Career, and Company
Kevin Cope - Greenleaf Book Group Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERAn MBA in 180 pages, Seeing the Big Picture simplifies the complexities of businesses large and small and shows you how a deep understanding of your company can help build the credibility and career you want. And it can make your... |
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How to Write a Stellar Executive Resume: 50 Tips to Reaching Your Job Target
Brenda Bernstein - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Paperback
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How to Write a Stellar Executive Resume empowers readers to create an effective resume step-by-step, that will allow them to stand out from the crowd as a top candidate for an executive position. Brenda Bernstein, a Certified Executive Resume Master and senior editor at TheEssay Expert.com... |
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Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Tony Hsieh - Business Plus; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success. Pay new employees $2000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness... |
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Crowdsourcing: Uber, Airbnb, Kickstarter, & the Distributed Economy
Lightning Guides - Lightning Guides Format: Paperback
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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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Generation Chef: Risking It All for a New American Dream
Karen Stabiner - Avery Pub Group Format: Print book
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Inside what life is really like for the new generation of professional cooks - a captivating tale of the make-or-break first year at a young chef's new restaurant. For many young people, being a chef is as compelling a dream as being a rock star or professional athlete. Skill and creativity... |
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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Adam Braun - Scribner Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of how a young man turned $25 into more than 200 schools around the world and the guiding steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life.Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful... |
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The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media
John Durham Peters - University Of Chicago Press Format: Hardcover
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When we speak of clouds these days, it is as likely that we mean data clouds or network clouds as cumulus or stratus. In their sharing of the term, both kinds of clouds reveal an essential truth that the natural world and the technological world are not so distinct. In The Marvelous Clouds,... |
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Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future
Philip Warburg - Beacon Format: Print book
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Going from the inner city to the open desert, a seasoned environmental advocate looks at solar energy's remarkable ascent and its promise for America's future Solar power was once the domain of futurists and environmentally minded suburbanites. Today it is part of mainstream America.... |
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated... |
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How to Get Money for College 2018
PETERSON'S. - Peterson's
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How to Get Money for College 2018 is a great resource for students looking to supplement their federal financial aid package with aid from colleges and universities. This comprehensive directory points students and their families to complete and accurate information on need-based and non-need... |
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Own It: The Power of Women at Work
Sallie Krawcheck - Crown Business Format: Print book
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A new kind of career playbook for a new era of feminism, offering women a new set of rules for professional success: one that plays to their strengths and builds on the power they already have. Weren't women supposed to have "arrived"? Perhaps with the nation's first female President,... |
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Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
John C Bogle - John Wiley & Sons Format: Print book
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John Bogle puts our obsession with financial success in perspective Throughout his legendary career, John C. Bogle-founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group and creator of the first index mutual fund-has helped investors build wealth the right way and led a tireless campaign to restore... |
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Tax Deductions for Professionals: Pay Less to the IRS
Stephen Fishman - Nolo Format: Print book
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A tax deduction guide just for professionals. Winner of the Independent Book Publisher's Association's Benjamin Franklin Award. Keep your taxes under control! Architects, lawyers, dentists, chiropractors, doctors and other licensed professionals are subject to special tax rules.... |
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The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later
RIC EDELMAN - SIMON & SCHUSTER Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author and legendary investment guru Ric Edelman reveals his forward-thinking guide on how technology and science will reshape the way we save, invest, and plan for the future.Technology and science are evolving at a blistering, almost incomprehensible... |
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Picture Your Prosperity: Smart Money Moves to Turn Your Vision into Reality
Ellen Rogin - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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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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Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
Joi Ito - Grand Central Publishing Format: Print book
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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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Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits
Lesley Rosenthal - Wiley; 1 edition Format: Print book
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A concise overview of the legal needs of nonprofit organizationsGood Counsel is a compact and personable overview of the legal needs of nonprofits, crafted by one of America's most astute nonprofit general counsels. The book distills the legal needs of the 1.8 million tax-exempt organizations... |
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The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter
David Sax - PublicAffairs Format: Hardcover
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One of Michiko Kakutani's (New York Times) top ten books of 2016A funny thing happened on the way to the digital utopia. We've begun to fall back in love with the very analog goods and ideas the tech gurus insisted that we no longer needed. Businesses that once looked outdated,... |
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The CEO Pay Machine: How it Trashes America and How to Stop it
Steven Clifford - Blue Rider Press Format: Hardcover
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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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The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dream
Courtney E Martin - Seal Press Format: Print book
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Are we living the good life - and what defines 'good', anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TEDWomen speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New... |
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The Hollywood MBA: A Crash Course in Management from a Life in the Film Business
Tom Reilly - St Martin'S Press Format: Print book
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What would you do if alligators were loose in your office? Or if your place of business changed 80 times during a four month period? What if two of your key employees were infant twins? Or you were asked to manage 130 people who were hired yesterday?Tom Reilly has faced these obstacles... |
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Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges
David Scott - Globe Pequot Press; Eighth Edition edition Format: Book
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The Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges is the only definitive guide of its kind--covering every lodge run by the National Park Service, from luxurious inns to rustic cabins. The authors, National Park experts, tell readers how to leave behind the hassles and headaches and make trip... |
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Renters' Rights: The Basics
Janet Portman Attorney - NOLO; Eighth Edition edition Format: Print book
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Handle problems with landlords and roommates The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommate is always late with his share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems - and others... |
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
Ruchir Sharma - W W Norton Format: Print book
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This pioneering work demystifies the drivers behind political, economic, and social change. Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks... |
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Unshakable: How to Thrive
TONY ROBBINS - SIMON & SCHUSTER Format: Print book
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After interviewing fifty of the world's greatest financial minds and penning the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins returns with a step-by-step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial... |
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Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential Guide
Ilona M Bray - Nolo Format: Print book
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What's the best way to get the highest return if you want to sell your home now? With pent-up demand for homes, you hope yours will inspire multiple offers; but want to make sure to choose a solid one that will proceed successfully to closing. Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential Guide... |
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Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships in a Hyper-Connected World
Kelly Hoey - Penguin Books Format: Print book
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Cut through the networking noise and start building the powerful, real relationships needed to succeed in our digital world If you think of networking as schmoozing at boring cocktail parties or scrolling through LinkedIn for new contacts to add, think again. In the social media age, you need... |
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Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Bob Lutz - Portfolio Trade; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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One of the most acute books about management and how companies work in practice that I have read in a long time. If anyone wants to know exactly how the U.S. auto industry got into trouble, here is your guide.” John Gapper, FINANCIAL TIMES When Bob Lutz... |
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Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech
HEATHER CABOT - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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Meet the women who haven't asked for permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it -- building the next generation of tech start-ups, investing in each other's ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes and rallying women and girls everywhere to join the digital... |
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Win at Losing: How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead to Our Greatest Gains
Sam Weinman - TarcherPerigee Format: Hardcover
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An engaging, inspiring exploration of the surprising value of setbacks - and how we can use them to succeed As an award-winning sports journalist, Sam Weinman has long studied the ripple effects of losing. But as a father of two competitive boys, he struggled to convince them that failing... |
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Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
Kim Malone Scott - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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"I raced through RADICAL CANDOR--It's thrilling to learn a framework that shows how to be both a better boss and a better colleague. RADICAL CANDOR is packed with illuminating truths, insightful advice, and practical suggestions, all illustrated with engaging (and often funny) stories... |
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The Farm to Market Handbook: How to create a profitable business from your small farm
Janet Hurst - Voyageur Press; First edition Format: Book
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Transform your pastime into your livelihood. If your sweet corn is tall, your brood of chickens is beautiful, and your half-dozen goats give delicious milk, then you know firsthand the rewards of running a small farm. But what if you could turn that Do-It-Yourself hobby into a long-term... |
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2015: For Preparing Your 2014 Tax Return
J.K. Lasser Tax Institute. - Wiley; 5 edition Format: Book
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America's bestselling tax guide for over seventy-five years, updated for 2014 taxes J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2015 is the most trusted tax guide on the market, updated for 2014 tax returns. With full coverage of all changes and adjustments to the tax laws—including new deductions... |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home
Ilona Bray - Nolo Format: Print book
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Everything a buyer needs to know to buy a first home, with insider tips and advice from the experts! Rental prices have gone through the roof, more homes are coming up for sale, and buying a home remains a sound investment. But how do you know whether you're ready? And what steps should... |
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Bad Choices: How Algorithms Can Help You Think Smarter and Live Happier
Ali Almossawi - Viking Format: Print book
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The wildly popular author of Bad Arguments returns with a funny, smart introduction to algorithms - those perennially misunderstood, increasingly important problem-solving rules that can save you time and lead to better choices, every day. Why is Facebook so good at predicting... |
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Nonprofit kit for dummies.
Stan Hutton - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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Help your nonprofit thrive Need practical advice on running a nonprofit? No problem! Packed with the latest tips and techniques on starting and managing a charitable organization, this easy-to-follow guide offers everything you need to help your nonprofit endure the ups and downs of the economy.... |
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Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg - Random House Format: Print book
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling phenomenon The Power of Habit comes a fascinating new book that explores the science of productivity, and why, in today's world, managing how you think - rather than what you think - can transform your life. A young... |
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Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed
DAN MCGINN - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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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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Head ball coach : doing it differently. and winning
Steve Spurrier - Blue Rider Press Format: Print book
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In this New York Times Bestseller, College football's most colorful, endearing, and successful pioneer, Steve Spurrier, shares his story of a life in football -- from growing up in Tennessee to winning the Heisman Trophy to playing and coaching in the pros to leading the Florida... |
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The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
Stephen M.R. Covey - Free Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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From Stephen R. Coveys eldest son comes a revolutionary new path towards productivity and satisfaction. Trust says Stephen M.R. Covey is the very basis of the new global economy and he shows how trustand the speed at which it is established with clients employees and constituentsis the essential... |
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Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity
DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF - Portfolio Format: Paperback
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Why doesn't the explosive growth of companies like Facebook and Uber deliver more prosperity for everyone What is the systemic problem that sets the rich against the poor and the technologists against everybody else When protesters shattered the windows of a bus carrying Google employees... |
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You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
Tom Vanderbilt - Alfred A. Knopf Format: Print book
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"From the best-selling author of Traffic, a brilliant and entertaining exploration of our personal tastes--why we like the things we like, and what it says about us,"--NoveList.From the tangled underpinnings of our food taste to the complex dynamics of our playlists, our preferences... |
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IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans: Strategies for Taking Your Money Out
Twila Slesnick PhD Enrolled Agent - NOLO Format: Thirteenth Edition
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Save your nest egg from the IRS . About to retire? Over 70 and facing mandatory withdrawal rules? Just inherited money from a retirement plan? . Whether you have an IRA, Roth IRA, 401(k) , Keogh or other retirement plan, this book will help you make sense of the rules for taking your money... |
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Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court
Jay Wright - Ballantine Format: Print book
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In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of a champion, the coach of the Villanova University men's basketball team shares his competitive and cooperative philosophy, along with lessons from his coaching career and the story of his personal road to success. When Kris Jenkins sank... |
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Unti on creative artists agency.
James Andrew Miller - William Morrow Format: Print book
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An astonishing - and astonishingly entertaining - behind-the-curtain history of Hollywood's transformation over the past five decades as seen through the agency at the heart of it all, from the #1 bestselling co-author of Live from New York and Those Guys Have All the Fun.In 1975, five... |
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How to get a good Job after 50: A step-by-step guide to job search success
Rupert French - Exisle Publishing Format: Print book
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Many baby boomers are seeking to stay in the workforce longer and are looking for satisfying, fulfilling jobs. This book is a step- by-step guide to finding and winning the sort of job most likely to give job satisfaction and success. It sets out how older workers are often valued in the workplace... |
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Think Simple: How Smart Leaders Defeat Complexity
Ken Segall - Portfolio Format: Print book
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Simplicity is arguably the most potent weapon in business - attracting customers, motivating employees, helping outthink competitors, and creating new efficiencies. Yet rarely is it as simple as it looks. Ken Segall's first book, Insanely Simple, was based on observations gained... |
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Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the American Diet
Mckay Jenkins - Penguin Audio Format: Audiobook
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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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The Case Against Sugar
Gary Taubes - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expos that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent... |
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Avid Reader: A Life
Robert Gottlieb - Farrar Format: Print book
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A spirited and revealing memoir by the most celebrated editor of his timeAfter editing The Columbia Review, staging plays at Cambridge, and a stint in the greeting-card department of Macy's, Robert Gottlieb stumbled into a job at Simon and Schuster. By the time he left to run Alfred... |
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Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story
Alexandra Wolfe - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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In a riveting, hilarious account, reporter Alexandra Wolfe exposes a world that is not flat but bubbling - the men and women of Silicon Valley, whose hubris and ambition are changing the world.Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company,... |
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Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Robert B Cialdini - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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The author of the legendary bestseller Influence, social psychologist Robert Cialdini shines a light on effective persuasion and reveals that the secret doesn't lie in the message itself, but in the key moment before that message is delivered.What separates effective communicators... |
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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
Matt Taibbi - Random House Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, AND KIRKUS REVIEWSA scathing portrait of an urgent new American crisis Over the last two decades, America has been falling deeper and deeper into a statistical mystery: Poverty goes up. Crime... |
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Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story About Women and Economics
Katrine Marcal - Pegasus Books Format: Print book
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A funny, clever, and thought-provoking examination of the myth of the "economic man" and its impact on the global economy How do you get your dinner? That is the basic question of economics. When economist and philosopher Adam Smith proclaimed that all our actions were motivated... |
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Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, and Sustainable
Jeffrey Sachs - Columbia University Press Format: Print book
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In this passionate and powerful book -- part manifesto, part plan of action -- the renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical strategy to move America, seemingly more divided than ever, toward a new consensus: sustainable development. Sustainable development is a holistic approach... |
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The Fight for Fifteen: The Right Wage for a Working America
David Rolf - The New Press Format: Print book
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The fight for a higher minimum wage has become the biggest national labor story in decades. Beginning in November 2012, strikes by fast food workers spread across the country, landing in Seattle in May 2013. Within a year, Seattle had adopted a $15 minimum wage - the highest in the United... |
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Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating
Charles Spence - Viking Format: Hardcover
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The science behind a good meal: all the sounds, sights, and tastes that make us like what we're eating - and want to eat more.Why do we consume 35 percent more food when eating with one other person, and 75 percent more when dining with three? How do we explain the fact that people... |
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Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing the Digital Revolution
ANDREW MCAFEE - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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From the authors of the best-selling The Second Machine Age, a leader's guide to success in a rapidly changing economy.We live in strange times. A machine plays the strategy game Go better than any human; upstarts like Apple and Google destroy industry stalwarts such as Nokia; ideas from... |
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Hustle: The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning, and Momentum
Neil Patel - Rodale Format: Print book
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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... |
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Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm
Christian Madsbjerg - Hachette Books Format: Book
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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 Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives
Lisa Servon - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Print book
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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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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Adam M Grant - Viking Format: Print book
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The #1 New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas - and how leaders can fight groupthink, from the author of Give and Take"Reading Originals made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite... |
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Worth It: Your Life, Your Money, Your Terms
Amanda Steinberg - North Star Way Format: Print book
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From the founder and superstar CEO of DailyWorth.com - the go-to financial site for women with more than one million subscribers - comes a fresh book that redefines the relationship between women, self-worth, and money. Worth It shows women how to view money as a source of personal... |
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Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal
JACK EWING - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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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... |
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The Small-Scale Dairy: The Complete Guide to Milk Production for the Home and Market
Gianaclis Caldwell - Chelsea Green Publishing Format: Paperback
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The Small-Scale Dairy includes everything you need to know in order to successfully produce nourishing, healthy, farm-fresh milk. Whether for home use, direct sale to the consumer, or sale to an artisanal cheesemaker, high-quality raw milk is a delicate, desirable product. Successful and sustainable... |
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eBay For Dummies
Marsha Collier - For Dummies Format: Print book
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Your must-have guide to buying and selling on eBay Over 160 million buyers can't be wrong! That's how many people are buying on eBay, and that number only continues to grow. If you're an eBay beginner looking to find bargains or make money by selling, look no further than eBay For Dummies.... |
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Superfandom: How Our Obsessions are Changing How We Buy and Who We Are
Zoe Fraade-Blanar - W W Norton Format: Print book
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As fandom sheds its longtime stigmas of geekiness and hysteria, fans are demanding more from the celebrities and brands they love. Digital tools have given organizations from traditional businesses to tech startups direct, real-time access to their most devoted consumers, and it s easy... |
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