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Small Business Start-Up Kit, The: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide
Peri Pakroo - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Every entrepreneur needs The Small Business Start-Up Kit. Want to start a business? Dont know where to begin? Start here. The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to set up a small business in your state, quickly and efficiently clearing state and local bureaucratic hurdles along the way.... |
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Investing For Dummies
Eric Tyson - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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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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Launch Your Dream: A 30-Day Plan for Turning Your Passion into Your Profession
Dale Partridge - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Dale Partridge provides a concrete, easily executed plan for readers looking to start a business that will result in greater freedom, a stronger family, and healthier finances.Dale Partridge, bestselling author and founder of StartupCamp.com and many... |
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Self-Made: How to Become Self-Reliant, Self-Realized, and Rich in Every Way
Nely Galán - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Print book
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For readers of #GIRLBOSS and viewers of Shark Tank - a global revolution in entrepreneurship is under way, inspiring women to blaze a trail of financial self-reliance and become self-made. Featuring a foreword by Suze Orman. What does it mean to be self-made It's not just... |
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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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Co-Create: How Your Business Will Profit from Innovative and Strategic Collaboration
DAVID NOUR - ST MARTIN'S Press
Format: Print book
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What if your customers had a vested interest in guiding your company toward greater success What if your employees had a personal as well as professional commitment to elevating your organization Imagine how different your results would be if investors, vendors, and even analysts treasured... |
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Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless CarAnd How It Will Reshape Our World
LAWRENCE D BURNS - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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A deep dive into the race to develop and perfect the driverless car - an innovation that promises to be the most disruptive change to our way of life since the smartphone - by a veteran insider of the automotive and tech worldsIn Autonomy, former GM executive and current advisor to the Google... |
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Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference
Richard Stim Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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A plain-English guide to intellectual property law. Whether you are in the world of business or creative arts, you need to understand the laws that govern your work. But given the convoluted terminology that surrounds patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights,... |
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Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy
Stephen Moore - Regnery Publishing
Format: Print book
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Fossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Before the Industrial Revolution, humanity depended on burning wood and candle wax. But with the ability to harness the energy in oil and other fossil fuels, quality of life and capacity for progress increased exponentially. Thanks... |
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future
Steve Case - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from Steve Case - the co-founder of AOL - presents "a compelling roadmap for the future ... that can help us make sense of the technological changes reshaping our economy and the world. A fascinating read" (Sheryl Sandberg,... |
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Solve Your Money Troubles: Strategies to Get Out of Debt and Stay That Way
CARA O'NEILL - NOLO
Format: Print book
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Are you overwhelmed by debt? Facing collection calls, a wage garnishment, car repossession, or lawsuit? Solve Your Money Troubles is a comprehensive guide that provides the practical information you need to take financial control of your life. Learn how to: prioritize debts & create... |
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The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs
Amy Wilkinson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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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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Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams, 10th Edition
Jack P. Friedman Ph.D. - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Print book
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This study guide and test preparation manual has been updated to provide the latest information in real estate finance, federal law and regulation, and appraisal license requirements.Explains all aspects of real estate law and finance, including contracts, deeds, appraisals, brokerage,... |
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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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East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa /Volumes I - VII
Jonathan Kingdon - Academic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed and coveted by both naturalists and lovers of wildlife illustration, Jonathan Kingdon's seven-volume East African Mammals has become a classic of modern natural history. This paperback edition makes Kingdon's remarkable artistic and scientific achievement - his hundreds... |
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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
JOSHUA B FREEMAN - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on society.We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since... |
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Launch!: The Critical 90 Days from Idea to Market
Scott Duffy - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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WANT TO GET YOUR BIG IDEA TO MARKET? In 90 days, you can successfully launch a new business, product, or service by following the steps in this playbook. Ninety-seven percent of a rocket's fuel is used in the first three feet of its launch. The same is true when launching a new business.... |
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Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change
Frank Sesno - AMACOM
Format: Print book
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What hidden skill links successful people in all walks of life? What helps them make smart decisions? The answer is surprisingly simple: They know how to ask the right questions at the right time. Questions help us break down barriers, discover secrets, solve puzzles, and imagine new ways... |
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Agile Selling: Get Up to Speed Quickly in Today's Ever-Changing Sales World
Jill Konrath - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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Sales expert Jill Konrath offers powerful strategies for sales proficiency in ever-changing situations When sales people are promoted, change jobs, or face new business environments, they inevitably need to learn new skills quickly. This rapid change is often overwhelming, and sellers... |
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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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The Inner Lives of Markets: How People Shape ThemAnd They Shape Us
Raymond Fisman - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book
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America's economic revolution isn't just driven by technology. It's about markets.The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in how we get the stuff we want. If you've ever owned a business, rented an apartment, or shopped online, you've had a front-row seat for this revolution-in-progress.... |
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Form a Partnership: The Complete Legal Guide
Denis Clifford Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Everything you and your partners need to go into business together! Form a Partnership thoroughly explains the legal and practical issues involved in forming a business partnership, creating a partnership agreement and protecting each person's interests. In plain English, the book... |
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Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies
Dirk Zeller - John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
Format: Paperback
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Make your fortune in the real estate business? Easy. Whether you are looking to rev up your real estate business, deciding whether to specialize in commercial or residential real estate, or just interested in refining specific skills, Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies has it covered.... |
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Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management
Charles Widger - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management, Chuck Widger and Dr. Daniel Crosby outline the ways in which a program of embedded behavioral finance, fueled by what matters most to you, can be your protection against irrational financial behavior.... |
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Federal Resume Guidebook 6th Ed, : Writing the Successful Outline Format Federal Resume
Kathryn Troutman - Resume Place Pr
Format: Paperback
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Federal jobs tend to offer high pay, great benefits, a strong employee support system, and they are some of the most coveted opportunities in today's job market. As a result, competition for these jobs is at a record high. To survive the initial resume screening, let alone achieve one of these... |
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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
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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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The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture
Pamela Haag - Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation. Or so were told. In The Gunning... |
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Facebook Marketing All-in-One For Dummies
Andrea Vahl - For Dummies
Format: Print book
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Reach your customers with the latest Facebook marketing strategies Facebook Marketing All-in-One For Dummies, 3 rd Edition is a detailed resource for businesses, brands, and people who are interested in promoting themselves, their goods, and their services on Facebook. Fully updated to cover... |
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The Like Economy: How Businesses Make Money with Facebook
Brian Carter - Que Publishing; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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The #1 Plan for Profiting from Facebook: Now Updated with New Tools, Techniques, & Strategies! Brian Carter’s complete, step-by-step Facebook sales and marketing plan has helped thousands of companies supercharge their online sales and profits. Now, he’s completely updated... |
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The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2017: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes
Gen Tanabe - Supercollege
Format: Print book
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Information on 1.5 million scholarships, grants, and prizes is easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 300 new listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more. Each entry contains... |
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The Day After the Dollar Crashes: A Survival Guide for the Rise of the New World Order
Damon Vickers - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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How to profit from the events leading up to the likely collapse of the US dollar Society is at a crossroads Here at home and around the world we are living in a manner that is absolutely unconditionally irrevocably unsustainable The Day After the Dollar Crashes A Survival Guide for the Rise... |
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Pogue's Basics: Money: Essential Tips and Shortcuts
David Pogue - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book
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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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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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Investing Online for Dummies.
Krantz Matthew
Format: Print book : English
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Building substantial online investments is a page away Anyone can invest online, but without the right guidance and know-how, a well-meaning online investment can go wrong - fast. Inside, you'll find the investment strategies you need to pick a winning strategy, find an online broker,... |
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The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
Peter Conti-Brown - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary policy decisions free of electoral politics. But do we really understand what is meant by "Federal Reserve independence"? Using scores of examples from the Fed's... |
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The New Wild West: Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown
BLAIRE BRIODY - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations -- until the frackers arrived. The oil companies moved into Williston, overtaking the town and setting off a boom that America hadn't seen since the Gold Rush. Workers from all over the country descended, chasing jobs that promised... |
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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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The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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How a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways... |
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The 9-to-5 Cure: Work on Your Own Terms and Reinvent Your Life
Kristin Cardinale - JIST Works
Format: Print book
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The 9 -to-5 Cure is a ground-breaking new guide outlining an immediate and practical strategy for being abundantly employed in any economy. Learn how to insulate yourself from sudden and total job loss by following the practical advice detailed in each chapter. Earn a good living... |
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Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive
Ned Hallowell - Harvard Bus Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Are you driven to distraction at work?Bestselling author Edward M. Hallowell, MD, the world's leading expert on ADD and ADHD, has set his sights on a new goal: helping people feel more in control and productive at work.You know the feeling: you can't focus; you feel increasingly... |
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Capital without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent
Brooke Harrington - Harvard University Press
Format: Print book
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How do the one percent hold on to their wealth? And how do they keep getting richer, despite financial crises and the myriad of taxes on income, capital gains, and inheritance? Capital without Borders takes a novel approach to these questions by looking at professionals who specialize in protecting... |
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Ready to Pull the Retirement Trigger?: Your Strategic Guide to Retire With Confidence
Mary Sterk - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Ready To Pull The Retirement Trigger? Many want to retire early...slow down a bit...enjoy their life, their spouse and grandkids. But what if there is a major health issue? Or what if they run out of money? There are many issues facing people as they consider retirement. Where can they... |
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Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
Rana Foroohar - Crown Business
Format: Print book
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Eight years on from the biggest market meltdown since the Great Depression, the key lessons of the crisis of 2008 still remain unlearned - and our financial system is just as vulnerable as ever. Many of us know that our government failed to fix the banking system after the subprime mortgage... |
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Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements
STEPHEN FISHMAN - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Get your contract in writing Whether you're an independent contractor or a business hiring independent contractors to work for you, it's important to get your deal in writing. A written agreement will help to protect your rights, define expectations, and prove that there's no employer-employee... |
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Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media
ROBERT KYNCL - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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An entertainment and tech insider - YouTube's chief business officer - delivers the first detailed account of the rise of YouTube, the creative minds who have capitalized on it to become pop culture stars, and how streaming video is revolutionizing the media world.In the past ten years,... |
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Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown
Gerri Hirshey - Sarah Crichton Books ; Farrar
Format: Print book
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A bold and deeply researched biography of a complicated cultural iconWhen Helen Gurley Brown published Sex and the Single Girl in 1962, it sold more than two million copies in just three weeks, presaging the self-help boom and helping to usher in the unapologetic self-affirmation... |
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Champions Way: Football, Florida, and the Lost Soul of College Sports
Mike McIntire - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: 1st Edition
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A searing exposé of how the multibillion dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes.With little public debate or introspection, our institutions of higher learning have become hostages to the rapacious, smash-mouth entertainment conglomerate known, quaintly,... |
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Idiot's Guides: Flipping Houses
Alpha. - Alpha Books
Format: Print book
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Flipping houses can be a dream - or a nightmare. You have to know what you're doing. Idiot's Guides: Flipping Houses takes a practical, real world look at the process by presenting the risks and rewards of flipping real estate. This book will help determine if you have the necessary... |
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Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood without Killing Your Career
Lisen Stromberg - Benbella Books
Format: Print book
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In today's work-first culture, career women with children are told they have two options: lean in or opt out. Pouring all your energy into work can mean compromising your commitment to your family. Leaving your job can mean sacrificing the career you've spent years cultivating.Work... |
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Low-Hanging Fruit: 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits
Jeremy Eden - Wiley
Format: Hardcover
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Management guru, Peter Drucker once observed, "So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work." His observation rings true all across the corporate world: poor or non-existent decision-making processes, endless meetings, and layers of management... |
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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
Jesse Eisinger - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, a blistering account of corporate greed and impunity, and the reckless, often anemic response from the Department of Justice.Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing... |
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Pick Three: You Can Have It All
RANDI ZUCKERBERG - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this motivational handbook - both a business how-to and self-help guide - the New York Times bestselling author of Dot Complicated takes on the fallacy of the "well-balanced" life, arguing that the key to success is learning to be well-lopsided.Work. Sleep. Fitness. Family.... |
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Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment
Wenonah Hauter - New Press
Format: Book
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Over the past decade a new and controversial energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has rocketed to the forefront of U.S. energy production. With fracking, millions of gallons of water, dangerous chemicals, and sand are injected under high pressure deep into... |
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Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies
Jan Zimmerman - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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The bestselling social media marketing book Marketing your business through social media isn't an option these days - it's absolutely imperative. In this new edition of the bestselling Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies, you'll get comprehensive, expert guidance on how to use the latest... |
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How to Start a Home-based Mail Order Business, 4th
Georganne Fiumara - Globe Pequot; Fourth edition
Format: Paperback
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Launch and grow your home-based mail order business with this step-by-step guide. Learn about equipment, pricing, online marketing, and much more while using worksheets and checklists to get organized and achieve your goals. |
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The energy bus : 10 rules to fuel your life, work, and team with positive energy
Jon Gordon - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Hardcover
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The Energy Bus, an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment - at work and at home. Jon infuses this engaging... |
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High Performance Habits
Brendon Burchard - Hay House, Inc.
Format: Book
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THESE HABITS WILL MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY. Twenty years ago, author Brendon Burchard became obsessed with answering three questions:
1. Why do some individuals and teams succeed more quickly than others and sustain that success over the long term?
2. Of those who pull... |
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Knock 'em Dead 2017: The Ultimate Job Search Guide
Martin Yate - Adams Media
Format: Print book
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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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The Big Fish Experience: Create Memorable Presentations That Reel In Your Audience
Kenny Nguyen - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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From one of Inc. magazine's "Coolest College Startups"―the revolutionary three-step method that will transform every presentation into an experience for the audience In The Big Fish Experience, the authors detail their proven process of crafting engaging content, creating... |
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Federal Taxation in America: A History
W. Elliot Brownlee - Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover
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This authoritative and readable survey is a comprehensive historical overview of federal taxation and fiscal policy in the United States, extending from the era of the American Revolution to the present day. Brownlee relates the principal stages of federal taxation to the crises that led to their... |
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60 Seconds and You're Hired!
Robin Ryan - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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Now fully revised and updated for the 2016 job hunt - the must-have guide to acing the interview and landing the dream job, from "America's top career expert" (The Los Angeles Times) 60 Seconds & You're Hired! has already helped thousands of job seekers get their... |
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The Fix: How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline
Jonathan Tepperman - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Print book
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A provocative look at the world's most difficult, seemingly ineradicable problems - and the surprising stories of the countries that solved them. We all know the bad news. The heady promise of the Arab Spring has given way to repression, civil war, and an epic refugee crisis. Economic growth... |
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The 100 Best Stocks to Buy in 2016
Peter Sander - Adams Media Corporation
Format: Paperback
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Now is the time to make money!Although the market has seen growth in 2015, it continues to swing on concerns over energy prices, the possibility of a "Grexit," and currency headwinds. With The 100 Best Stocks to Buy in 2016, you'll protect your money from sharp declines with... |
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Ford Motor Company: The Greatest Corporate Turnaround In U.S. History
Gerhard Geyer - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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With the survivability of his company in serious doubt, William Clay Ford, Jr. dismissed himself as CEO of Ford Motor Company in September 2006 and appointed Boeing engineer Alan R. Mulally as President and CEO. Mr. Mulally’s appointment was risky because he had no automotive experience,... |
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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Keep Your Property & Repay Debts Over Time
Stephen Elias - Nolo
Format: Print book
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When you file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you can wipe out some of your debt and pay off the rest over time with a repayment plan approved by the bankruptcy court. You may be able to: avoid foreclosure stop car repossession reduce car loan debt stop most debt collectors, and remove junior... |
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Why the Rich Are Getting Richer
Robert T. Kiyosaki - Plata Publishing
Format: Paperback
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It's Robert Kiyosaki's position that "It is our educational system that causes the gap between the rich and everyone else." He laid the foundation for many of his messages in the international best-seller Rich Dad Poor Dad - the #1 Personal Finance book of all time - and in Why... |
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Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Rosabeth Moss Kanter - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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"America has been waiting for a call to think big and act big as we envision our transportation future. Kanter's important book is it." -- Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, 2007 -- 2015Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays... |
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The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
CHIP HEATH - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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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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The 100 Best Stocks to Buy in 2018
Peter Sander - Adams Media
Format: Paperback
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Updated for today's market, the 2018 edition of the 100 Best Stocks series picks the top stocks you should invest in based on the authors' investing philosophy - which has consistently beaten the S&P average for seven straight years!While the economic climate is constantly changing,... |
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Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT. - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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"When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own...author Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed... |
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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
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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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Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview
Thea Kelley - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Praised as "excellent" on Forbes.com, this concise interview guide gives listeners proven tips and clear instructions to prepare for breakthrough interviews.Job seekers will learn to identify and communicate their unique strengths, their "key selling points"; understand... |
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The Capitalist Code: It Can Save Your Life
Ben Stein - Humanix Books
Format: Hardcover
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In his entertaining and informative style that has captivated generations, beloved New York Times bestselling author, actor, and financial expert Ben Stein sets the record straight about capitalism in the United States - it is not the "rigged system" young people are led to believe.... |
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AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip
Jean Chatzky - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Hardcover
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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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Working With Independent Contractors
Stephen Fishman J.D. - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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This is your complete guide to hiring independent contractors to meet your business needs, from making sure you comply with state labor and antidiscrimination laws to protecting your intellectual property to drafting and signing agreements. Working With Independent Contractors also has everything... |
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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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Mutual Funds For Dummies
Eric Tyson - John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Position your portfolio for growth with one of America's bestselling mutual fund books Are you looking for a trusted resource to help you add mutual funds to your investment strategy? With straightforward advice and a plethora of specific, up-to-date mutual fund recommendations, personal... |
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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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Moonshot!: Game-Changing Strategies to Build Billion-Dollar Businesses
John Sculley - RosettaBooks
Format: Hardcover
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"The future belongs to those who see the possibilities before they become obvious ... This is the most exciting time ever to be part of the business world."Throughout history, there are some events that stand out as so groundbreaking that they completely change life as we know... |
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Mindful Leadership for Dummies.
Adams Juliet
Format: Paperback
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The easy way to become a more mindful leader Want to become a more mindful leader? With Mindful Leadership For Dummies, you'll find accessible and authoritative guidance for cultivating focus, clarity, and creativity from within your colleagues. Packed full of useful tips, this... |
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Stand Up to the IRS
Frederick W. Daily - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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The book the IRS doesn't want you to read The Internal Revenue Service can wreak havoc on your life. But now you can confront America's most intimidating government agency with confidence. Packed with practical information and advice, Stand Up to the IRS reveals the tactics of the IRS and how to deal... |
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Great on the Job: What to Say, How to Say It. The Secrets of Getting Ahead.
Jodi Glickman - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Print book
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A much-needed "people skills" primer and master class in all facets of workplace communication Do you know how to ask for help at work without sounding dumb? Do you know how to get valuable and useful feedback from your colleagues? Have you mastered your professional elevator... |
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Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment
Michael D Smith - MIT Press
Format: Print book
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Traditional network television programming has always followed the same script: executives approve a pilot, order a trial number of episodes, and broadcast them, expecting viewers to watch a given show on their television sets at the same time every week. But then came Netflix's House... |
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Start Your Own Restaurant and More
The Staff of Entrepreneur Media - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Print book
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Americans spend more than $600 billion a year eating out. Busy consumers don't have the time or inclination to cook - they want tasty, nutritious meals without dishes to wash. More and more singles, working parents and seniors are demanding greater convenience and are turning to restaurants... |
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Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office
David Pressman Attorney - NOLO
Format: Print book
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Attorney David Pressman and updater Thomas Tuytschaevers take you through the entire patent process, providing scrupulously updated information and clear instructions to help you: determine if you can patent your invention understand patent law evaluate the commercial potential of your... |
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Innovative Presentations For Dummies
Barbara Boyd - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Be the speaker they follow with breakthrough innovative presentations Innovative Presentations For Dummies is a practical guide to engaging your audience with superior, creative, and ultra-compelling presentations. Using clear language and a concise style, this book goes way beyond PowerPoint... |
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The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation
Josh Linkner - Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Companies, communities, and individuals fall for many reasons, but one of the most commonand easily avoidableis the failure to reinvent. When people and organizations rest on prior successes rather than driving purposeful transformation, they discover too late that they have lost their... |
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Trademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name
Stephen Fishman - Nolo
Format: Print book
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With the advent of the Internet, even small businesses now operate at a national level. While that's great for commerce, it can also open up a hornet's nest of trademark issues. Business owners and startups need to be careful not to infringe on other trademarks when selecting the name... |
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Driverless : intelligent cars and the road ahead
Hod Lipson - Mit Press
Format: Print book
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In the year 2014, Google fired a shot heard all the way to Detroit. Google's newest driverless car had no steering wheel and no brakes. The message was clear: cars of the future will be born fully autonomous, with no human driver needed. In the coming decade, self-driving cars will... |
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Leading the Unleadable: How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People
Alan Willett - AMACOM
Format: Print book
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The control-freak, the narcissist, the slacker, the cynic... Difficult people are the worst part of a manager's job. Whether it comes from direct reports or people above, outbursts, irrational demands, griping, and other disruptions need to be dealt with--and it's your responsibility... |
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Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
Didier Sornette - Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback
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The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure... |
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More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First
Steve Hilton - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book
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People feel angry and let down by their leaders, as well as by the institutions that dominate their lives: political parties, government bureaucracy, and corporations. Yet the cause of this malaise, according to political-advisor-turned-tech-CEO Steve Hilton, is not being addressed by politicians... |
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Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days
Al Lautenslager - Entrepreneur Press; Third Edition edition
Format: Book
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Updated with fresh examples, the latest techniques and trends, new success stories, and fresh, practical marketing habits for todays aspiring guerrillas, this new edition provides marketers with the latest guerrilla marketing tools and tactics. In just 30 chapters and 30 days, famous marketers... |
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Set for Life: Dominate Life, Money, and the American Dream.
Scott Trench - BiggerPockets
Format: Hardcover
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Set yourself up for life as early as possible and enjoy life on your terms! Are you tied to a nine-to-five workweek? Do you work hard making someone else rich? Are you financially free -- the sort of free that ensures you spend the best part of your day and week, and the best years of your... |
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The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy
The Economist - PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback
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Supported by numerous charts and detailed analysis, The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy outlines how to construct investment strategies appropriate for individual investors.It looks at the risks and opportunities of uncomplicated strategies and it comes with wealth-warnings for those... |
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The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds That Make a Business Great
Joel Peterson - Amacom
Format: Hardcover
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Trust is the glue that holds an organization together. It turns deflection into transparency, suspicion into empowerment, and conflict into creativity. With it, a tiny company like John Deere grew into a worldwide leader. Without it, a giant corporation like Enron toppled. In "The... |
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Running a Restaurant For Dummies
Michael Garvey - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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The easy way to successfully run a profitable restaurantMillions of Americans dream of owning and running their own restaurant — because they want to be their own boss, because their cooking always draws raves, or just because they love food. Running a Restaurant For Dummies covers... |
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