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A Year with Peter Drucker: 52 Weeks of Coaching for Leadership Effectiveness
Joseph A. Maciariello - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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A year-long leadership development course, divided into short, weekly lessons, based on Peter Drucker's personal coaching program, previously unpublished material, and selected readings from the management guru's classic works, compiled by his longtime collaborator Joseph A. Maciariello.A... |
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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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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
David J. Hand - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions,... |
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Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Billion-Dollar Empire
Zack O'Malley Greenburg - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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The surprising rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story of how Michael Jackson grew a billion-dollar business.Michael Jackson is known by many as the greatest entertainer of all time, but he was also a revolutionary when it came to business. In addition to famously buying the Beatles'... |
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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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MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership
John Baldoni - Bibliomotion
Format: Hardcover
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Leaders today need to be mindful of their circumstances as well as mindful of their own strengths and shortcomings. They need to have the disposition to succeed as well as the inner resourcefulness to persevere. Leaders must be willing to do things differently but also draw on tried and true... |
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Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why
Paul Tough - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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In How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control, and conscientiousness play a critical role in children's success. Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions:... |
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Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits
Heather Mansfield - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Mobile devices are fast becoming the number 1 means of digital communication. This title shows you learn how to: master your mobile fundraising strategy; create a strategic plan flexible enough to handle changes in technology; and design a website and emails that workon both mobile devices... |
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Start Your Own Nonprofit Organization: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success
Cheryl Kimball - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Print book
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Whether you want to serve a community need, assist citizens, or advocate for animals—your aspiration is a noble one and likely an ideal mission for a nonprofit organization. The experts at Entrepreneur show you how to turn your desire for change into a successful—and satisfying—business.This... |
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The Decoded Company: Know Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers
Leerom Segal - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful guide to building a data-centric corporate culture that unleashes talent and improves engagement Amazon delights customers with recommendations that are spot on. Google amazes us by generating answers before we've even finished asking a question. These companies know who we are and what... |
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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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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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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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A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
Nicholas D. Kristof - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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An essential, galvanizing narrative about making a difference here and abroada road map to becoming the most effective global citizens we can be.In their number one New York Times best seller Half the Sky, husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles... |
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Everyone's a Critic: Winning Customers in a Review-Driven World
Bill Tancer - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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More than of customers consult online reviews and take them very seriously A disgruntled customer on Yelp might have more clout than a guidebook magazine or newspaper This review-driven marketplace terrifies many businesses But some have learnt to navigate and profit from customer reviews... |
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The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir
Thomas Dolby - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of rising to the top of the music charts, a second act as a tech pioneer, and the sustaining power of creativity and art.Thomas Dolby's hit songs "She Blinded Me with Science" and "Hyperactive!" catapulted him to international fame in the early 80's.... |
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The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class
Edward Conard - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book
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The scourge of America's economy isn't the success of the 1 percent - quite the opposite. The bigger problem is the government's well-meaning but misguided attempt to reduce the payoffs for success. Four years ago, Edward Conard wrote a controversial bestseller, Unintended Consequences,... |
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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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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 Moment of Clarity: Using the Human Sciences to Solve Your Toughest Business Problems
Christian Madsbjerg - Harvard Business School Press
Format: Hardcover
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Businesses need a new type of problem solving. Why? Because they are getting people wrong.Traditional problem-solving methods taught in business schools serve us well for some of the everyday challenges of business, but they tend to be ineffective with problems involving a high degree of uncertainty.... |
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The Hockey Stick Principles: The 4 Key Stages to Entrepreneurial Success
Bobby Martin - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book
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Many business books fuel unrealistic notions about what a good idea looks like, how fast a founder should attract investment, and how quickly growth will take off. The problem with this mythology is that it can sometimes end with entrepreneurs abandoning their dreams too soon if they don't... |
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Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
Clayton M. Christensen - Harperbusiness
Format: Print book
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The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for.How do companies know... |
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The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World
Dan Ackerman - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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Tetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. But the fascinating story of its origins is lesser known. How did an obscure Soviet programmer, working on frail, antiquated computers, create a product that has earned nearly $1 billion in sales? How did an inspired,... |
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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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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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Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder
Sangeeta Bharadwaj Badal - Gallup Press
Format: Hardcover
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Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder delves into the psychology of the entrepreneur. Gallup research shows that decisions and actions, influenced by the personality of the entrepreneur, affect the survival and growth of the venture.Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder is about understanding what... |
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Game-Changer: Game Theory and the Art of Transforming Strategic Situations
David McAdams - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A radically new, and easily learned, way to outstrategize your rivals. “The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.” So wrote Zhuge Liang, the great Chinese military strategist. He was referring to battlefield tactics, but the same can be said about any strategic... |
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Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt our Finances, Freedom, and Security
Janine Wedel - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking book that challenges Americans to reevaluate our views on how a new and more sophisticated style of corruption and private interests have infiltrated every level of society.From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, however divergent their political views, these groups seem... |
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Truffle Boy: My Unexpected Journey Through the Exotic Food Underground
Ian Purkayastha - Hachette Books
Format: Print book
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"[Ian Purkayastha] has a true, deep expertise in everything he sells--caviar, truffles, fish. He knows the stories that we need to sell the stuff tableside . . . he can disrupt the entire luxury foods market." ---From the Foreword by David Chang Ian Purkayastha is New York City's... |
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For the Love of Money: A Memoir
Sam Polk - Scribner
Format: Print book
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In 2014, a former hedge fund trader's New York Times Sunday Review front page article about wealth addicition instantly went viral. This is his unflinching memoir about coming of age on Wall Street, fighting to overcome the ghosts of his past - and the radical new way he now defines... |
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Christopher Voss - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations - whether in the boardroom or at home.After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator... |
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How to Start a Home-based Etsy Business
Gina Luker - Globe Pequot Press; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Money.msn.com has named being an Etsy-based Business Operator one of the top ten ideas for retirees.Etsy receives more than 10 million unique views per month: http://www.etsy.com/This market both young and old is ideal to target with a specialized How to Start business book that goes beyond... |
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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Antonio Garcia Martinez - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Business Insider Top 20 Business Book of the Year * An Inc. Best Book of the Year for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners"Incisive.... The most fun business book I have read this year.... Clearly there will be people... |
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Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion
David Zweig - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring look at the hidden stars in every field who perform essential work without recognition In a culture where so many strive for praise and glory, what kind of person finds the greatest reward in anonymous work? Expanding from his acclaimed Atlantic article, "What Do Fact-Checkers... |
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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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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 Price of Prosperity: Why Rich Nations Fail and How to Renew Them
Todd G Buchholz - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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In this bold history and manifesto, a former White House director of economic policy exposes the economic, political, and cultural cracks that wealthy nations face and makes the case for transforming those same vulnerabilities into sources of strength - and the foundation of a national... |
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Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Steven D Levitt - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have... |
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A Truck Full of Money
Tracy Kidder - Random House Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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"A perfectly executed, exquisitely reported parable of the Internet age and the wild, mad adventure that is start-up culture." - Charles Duhigg Fortune, mania, genius, philanthropy - the bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains gives us the inspiring story of Paul... |
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Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
Jenny Blake - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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"Looking to make a career change Pivot is a book you will turn to again and again." - Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive If you've got the perfect job or business, congratulations. But if you are even a little bit uncertain that your current... |
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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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By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World
Elizabeth Economy - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. This remarkable transformation has required, and will... |
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Working With Independent Contractors
Stephen Fishman - 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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The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business
Christopher Leonard - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The biggest takeover in American business that you've n ever heard of The American supermarket seems to represent the best in America: abundance, freedom, choice. But that turns out to be an illusion. The rotisserie chicken, the pepperoni, the cordon bleu, the frozen pot pie, and the bacon... |
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The Truth About Retirement Plans and IRAs
Ric Edelman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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From the #1 independent financial advisor in America, ranked three times by Barron's: a guide to making the most of your retirement plans and assuring long-term financial security.Everyone knows that saving for your retirement is important. Yet only half of all eligible Americans contribute... |
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Hell Week: Seven Days to Be Your Best Self
Erik Bertrand Larssen - Gallery Books
Format: Print book
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From world-renowned mental trainer Erik Bertrand Larssen, whose clients include Olympic athletes and Fortune 500 CEOs, Hell Week is a military-inspired yet accessible guide to making the critical changes necessary for long-term professional and personal success and overall lifestyle... |
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The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone
David M Smick - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book
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The experts say that America's best days are behind us, that mediocre long-term economic growth is baked in the cake, and that politically, socially, and racially, the United States will continue to tear itself apart. But David Smick - hedge fund strategist and author of the 2008 bestseller... |
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Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact
Peter Plastrik - Island Press
Format: Book
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Something new and important is afoot. Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations are under increasing pressure to do more and to do better to increase and improve productivity with fewer resources. Social entrepreneurs, community-minded leaders, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropists... |
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Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids--and How to Break the Trance
Nicholas Kardaras - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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We've all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses -- and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces -- the Glow Kids -- are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence... |
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The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success
Rich Karlgaard - Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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What Does it Take to Get Ahead Now—And Stay There?High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. These factors remain critical, especially given today’s unprecedented business climate. But Rich Karlgaard—Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor,... |
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Strategize to Win: The New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career
Carla A Harris - Hudson Street Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Wall Street powerhouse and author of Expect to Win offers a new way to conceptualize career strategies and gives us proven tools for successful changeWhether we're starting out, striving toward a promotion, or looking for a new opportunity, the working world isn't what it used... |
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Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible
William N Goetzmann - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William Goetzmann argues the exact opposite - that the development... |
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Startup Your Life: Hustle and Hack Your Way to Happiness
Anna Akbari - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book
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As an entrepreneur, Anna Akbari learned that one of the best things about startups is their ability to pivot quickly basically a euphemism for failing and starting over. And she quickly found that personal success is no different. It s not just about developing and following the right process... |
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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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Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs
Philip Moeller - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What's Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation's other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money.Social Security provides... |
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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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Roadside MBA: Back Road Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Small Business Owners
Michael Mazzeo - Business Plus
Format: Hardcover
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While playing hooky from a conference in Boston a few years back, three former colleagues from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management hopped in a car and headed on a road trip. They pulled into a shoe store in Maine and noticed that the sales help was unusually pushy. After a few questions,... |
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How to Create Your Own Jewelry Line: Design Production Finance Marketing & More
Emilie Shapiro - Lark Books (NC)
Format: Print book
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To develop a successful jewelry line, designers have to be more than just creative artists - they have to understand the ins and outs of running a crafts business. Emilie Shapiro's detailed guide explores the many facets of creating a quality handmade collection that people will buy,... |
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The Wealth of Humans: Work in the Twenty-First Century
Ryan Avent - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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None of us has ever lived through a genuine industrial revolution. Until now. Digital technology is transforming every corner of the economy, fundamentally altering the way things are done, who does them, and what they earn for their efforts. In The Wealth of Humans, Economist... |
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Let Me Out: Unlock Your Creative Mind and Bring Your Ideas to Life
Peter Himmelman - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning musician turned communications expert Peter Himmelman, science-based techniques and simple exercises to get unstuck and unlock your creative potential. Do you want to stop procrastinating? Would you love to be more creative? Is there an idea you've dreamt of making... |
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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
William Burnett - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times Bestseller At last, a book that shows you how to build - design - a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home - at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding... |
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The Curriculum: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master of Business Arts
Stanley Bing - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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From the mind of the ultimate corporate gunslinger comes this no-nonsense, real-world Curriculum, designed to augmentif not replacethe more traditional path to achieving mastery of the business universe. Conquer this sharp, practical and often amusing course of study and save 250,000 of wasted... |
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Days of Slaughter: Inside the Fall of Freddie Mac and Why It Could Happen Again
Susan Wharton Gates - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book
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In September 2008, beset by mounting losses on high-risk mortgages and mortgage securities, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation teetered on the brink of insolvency. Fearing that confidence in the housing market would collapse completely if Freddie Mac and its competitor Fannie Mae failed,... |
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Driving Honda: Inside the World's Most Innovative Car Company
Jeffrey Rothfeder - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies. One has been endlessly studied and written about. The other has been generally underappreciated and misunderstood. Until now.Since its birth as a motorcycle company in 1949, Honda has steadily grown into the world’s fifth... |
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Just Shut Up and Do It: 7 Steps to Conquer Your Goals
Brian Tracy - Simple Truths
Format: Print book
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What makes some people successful in life? In Just Shut Up and Do It, bestselling author and success expert Brian Tracy shares a simple, practical, proven seven-part method that will help you accomplish more in the next few months and years than most people accomplish in a lifetime.... |
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Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do about It
Larry Olmsted - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book
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"Impressive . . . Readers will be inspired by Olmsted's intensity and clarity, and floored by how far some counterfeiters go to fool consumers and some historic food institutions go to protect their products and their names. Olmsted's sharp language will hopefully put fires under counterfeiters... |
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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 Secret Club That Runs the World: Inside the Fraternity of Commodity Traders
Kate Kelly - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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"Commodity players are a shrewd and indomitable lot. And the contracts they trade are still so loosely regulated that the correct combination of money and skill creates irresistible opportunity. That's why I'm only half joking when I call them the secret club that runs the world."When... |
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SPARK: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success
Angie Morgan - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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Leadership isn't about a job title - it's about action and behavior. In SPARK, entrepreneurs, business consultants and military Veterans Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, and Sean Lynch show how anyone can become an extraordinary leader by embracing seven key behaviors. Many people believe... |
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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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Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace
Nikil Saval - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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You mean this place we go to five days a week has a history Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the worlds workour workgets done. From Bartleby the Scrivener to The Office, from the steno pool to the open-plan cubicle farm, Cubed is a fascinating,... |
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An Accident of Geography: Compassion, Innovation and the Fight Against Poverty
Richard Blum - Greenleaf Book Group Llc
Format: Print book
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Advances in global development have helped lift hundreds of millions of people from poverty in recent decades, but major challenges in fighting poverty remain. Billions of people continue to have little or no access to the basic necessities of life: clean water, food, shelter, education,... |
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Scale: Seven Proven Principles to Grow Your Business and Get Your Life Back
Jeff Hoffman - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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Your concrete road map to rapidly grow your business and get your life back!Have you ever wanted to grow your business but held back because of fear that it would take over your life? As an owner, it's all too common to feel you have to choose between your personal life and the success... |
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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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Your One Word: The Powerful Secret to Creating a Business and Life That Matter
Evan Carmichael - Tarcherperigee
Format: Print book
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In this bold and empowering guide, entrepreneur and social media sensation Evan Carmichael shares the secret to turbo-charging your path to success on your own terms. With thought-provoking questions and inspiring, instructive examples, Your One Word will help you nail down your personal... |
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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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Data for the People: How to Make Our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You
Andreas Weigend - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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Every time we Google something, Facebook someone, Uber somewhere, or even just turn on a light, we create data that businesses collect and use to make decisions about us. In many ways this has improved our lives, yet, we as individuals do not benefit from this wealth of data as much as we could.... |
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Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular
Derek Thompson - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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Nothing "goes viral." If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history - of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate... |
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management, 5th Edition
G. Michael Campbell PMP - Alpha; 5 edition
Format: Paperback
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The step-by-step guide to becoming a successful project manager By systematically managing goals and resources any project large or small complicated or straightforward can be achieved with great profitability A certified project management professional shares the latest theories procedures... |
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We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative
George J Borjas - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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From America's leading immigration economist, a refreshingly level-headed exploration of the effects of immigration on migrant and nonmigrant workers. The economic impact of immigration is often viewed through a narrow lens. To many economists, immigrants are a collection of much-needed... |
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Killing It: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart
Sheryl O'Loughlin - Harper Business
Format: Print book
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The former CEO of Clif Bar, Co-founder of Plum, and serial entrepreneur offers insights about launching and growing a business while maintaining a fulfilled life in this practical guide filled with hard-won advice culled from the author's own sometimes dark, raw experiences. With a foreword... |
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The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe
Joseph E Stiglitz - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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Can Europe prosper without the euro?In 2010, the 2008 global financial crisis morphed into the "eurocrisis." It has not abated. The 19 countries of Europe that share the euro currency -- the eurozone -- have been rocked by economic stagnation and debt crises. Some countries have... |
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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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Oh, The Meetings You'll Go To!: A Parody
DR. SUITS. - PORTFOLIO PENGUIN
Format: Print book
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A side-splitting parody of Dr. Seuss's graduation classic, Oh, the Places You'll Go! for real life. Dr. Suits in Oh, The Meetings You'll Go To! helps every 20-something suddenly staring down the daunting task of entering the real world. Follow our protagonist as he embarks... |
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Extreme You: Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat.
Sarah Robb O'Hagan - Harperbusiness
Format: Print book
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"Every once in a while, you need someone standing by your shoulder, inspiring you, cheering you on, pushing you to go further. Sarah might be just the coach you're looking for." - Seth Godin, author of LinchpinAs a child, Sarah Robb O'Hagan dreamed she could be a champion. Her early... |
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Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality since 1700
Peter H Lindert - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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"Unequal Gains" offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert... |
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Janesville: An American Story
AMY GOLDSTEIN - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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"Moving and magnificently well-researched...Janesville joins a growing family of books about the evisceration of the working class in the United States. What sets it apart is the sophistication of its storytelling and analysis." - The New York Times A Washington... |
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