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Getting Financial Aid 2016 (College Board Getting Financial Aid)
The College Board - College Board
Format: 10th Edition
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Describes the financial aid opportunities at over three thousand two- and four-year colleges, universities, and technical schools, accompanied by a planning calendar, worksheets, itemized charts, and cost-saving tips. |
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Perspective Sketching: Freehand and Digital Drawing Techniques for Artists & Designers
Jorge Paricio - Rockport Publishers; Ill edition
Format: Book
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Go beyond the horizon with Perspective Sketching. This book offers a command of the basic principles of perspective that is essential to creating dynamic, plausible compositions. With a user-friendly approach, this step-by-step guide will help you master the basics like scale drawing, contour... |
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Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
Brian Alexander - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Strangers in Their Own Land**A New York Post Must-Read Book, a Newsweek Best New Book, one of The Week's 20 Books to Read in 2017, one of Bustle's 16 Best Nonfiction Books Coming in February 2017**"A devastating... |
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Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
Mary L. Gray - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web - and that foreshadows the true future of work.Hidden beneath the surface of the web, lost in our wrong-headed debates about AI, a new menace is looming. Anthropologist... |
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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Russ Roberts - Portfolio; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A forgotten book by one of historys greatest thinkers reveals the surprising connections between happiness, virtue, fame, and fortune.Adam Smith may have become the patron saint of capitalism after he penned his most famous work, The Wealth of Nations. But few people know that when it came... |
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The Trump Tax Cut: Your Personal Guide to the New Tax Law
Eva Rosenberg EA - Humanix Books
Format: Paperback
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President Trumps tax cut reduced taxes by $5 trillion. Now The Trump Tax Cut shows how you can benefit from hundreds of deductions, loopholes and tax secrets. Youll also read about the "Trump Tax Loophole" that can slash your personal taxes by an additional 20% instantly! Thats... |
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Every Landlord's Legal Guide
MARCIA STEWART - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Every Landlord's Legal Guide gives landlords and property managers the legal and practical solutions they need to rent residential property right. From move-in to move-out, this book covers a wide range of issues, including fair housing, repairs, sublets, screening for good tenants,... |
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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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How to Quit Your Day Job and Live Out Your Dreams: Do What You Love for Money
Kenneth Atchity - Skyhorse Publishing; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Are you a creative person seeking more satisfying work? Do you want to make the transition from a job you find secure but soulless to a life built around your creative dream? Then look no further than this essential guide, written by a tenured professor who quit his job and pursued his dream... |
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The Wealthy Renter: How to Choose Housing That Will Make You Rich
Alex Avery - Dundurn
Format: Print book
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Why be house poor when you can rent rich? "Why rent when you can buy?" More than any other, this phrase captures the overwhelmingly unanimous promotion of home ownership to Canadians. Real estate agents, mortgage brokers, family, friends, and even the government promote ownership... |
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Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games
WALT WILLIAMS - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning videogame writer behind Spec Ops: The Line comes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how today's blockbuster video games are made.When his satirical musings in a college newspaper got him discharged from the Air Force, it became clear to Walt Williams that... |
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Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
Marshall Goldsmith - Crown Business
Format: Hardcover
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In his powerful new book, bestselling author and world-renowned executive coach Marshall Goldsmith examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail us at work and in life.Do you ever find that you are not the patient, compassionate problem solver you believe yourself... |
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CPA Exam For Dummies
Kenneth Boyd - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Get started on the path to passing the CPA exam today Passing the CPA exam can be the first step to a long and rewarding career. With CPA Exam For Dummies, you'll get a full overview of the exam, information on how to register, the requirements for taking and passing the tests, as well... |
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The Credit Cleanup Book: Improving Your Credit Score, Your Greatest Financial Asset
Shindy Chen - Praeger
Format: Hardcover
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Many consumers dont understand the basics of credit reporting and scoring or how this information is used by lenders and service providers today. This book was written to remedy that. The no-nonsense guide teaches readers about credit reporting and scoring, shows them how to obtain and read... |
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective
Thomas Sowell - Basic Books (AZ)
Format: Hardcover
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In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet... |
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Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
Ryan Holiday - Portfolio Hardcover
Format: Hardcover
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You’ve seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don’t know is that someone is responsible... |
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100 Winning Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions
Casey Hawley M.A. - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Titles in Barron's Business Success Series are of special interest to newcomers to the corporate world, offering them practical advice on career advancement. The books are written by experienced business professionals and cover a wide range of business topics, from effective methods... |
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Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
Gerald Posner - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and journalist Gerald Posner brings to life the heroes and villains of the pharmaceutical industry and how a business meant to save lives is steeped in corruption and reckless profiteering - with deadly consequences. Pharmaceutical breakthroughs... |
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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Bradley Hope - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" (Axios) .. Now a #1 international... |
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JFK and the Reagan Revolution: A Secret History of American Prosperity
Lawrence Kudlow - Portfolio
Format: Print book
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The fascinating, suppressed history of how JFK pioneered supply-side economics.John F. Kennedy was the first president since the 1920s to slash tax rates across-the-board. He was essentially the first supply-sider. Sadly, today's Democrats have ignored JFK's tax-cut legacy and have... |
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Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story
Alexandra Wolfe - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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In a riveting, hilarious account, reporter Alexandra Wolfe exposes a world that is not flat but bubbling - the men and women of Silicon Valley, whose hubris and ambition are changing the world.Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company,... |
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No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future
Samuel I. Schwartz - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The country's leading transport expert describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe. Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous... |
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From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
Howard Schultz - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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From the longtime CEO and chairman of Starbucks, a bold, dramatic work about the new responsibilities that leaders, businesses, and citizens share in American society today - as viewed through the intimate lens of one man's life and work. What do we owe one another? How do we channel our drive,... |
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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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The Murdoch Method: Observations on Rupert Murdoch's Management of a Media Empire
IRWIN STELZER - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Following Murdoch's journey from a small-town newspaperman to a globe-dominating media mogul, a clear-eyed examination of Rupert Murdoch's business philosophies and management techniques, from a key advisor of thirty-five years. After having worked closely with the legendary media... |
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Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Edward M. Corrado - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Digital Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums represents a new approach to getting started with digital preservation that of what cultural heritage professionals need to know as they begin their work. For administrators and practitioners alike, the information in this book is presented... |
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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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Great Quotes for Great Businesses: Words That Leaders Live By
Bud Carter - Simple Truths
Format: Hardcover
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Take a new approach to success! Let words of wisdom from billionaires, entrepreneurs, and businesspeople motivate you and help you on your own path to success.In this witty collection of business know-how, you will find quotations grouped into categories that reflect the full scope of business... |
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Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Mk1-MOD1
Jocko Willink
Format: Hardcover
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Jocko Willink's methods for success were born in the SEAL Teams, where he spent most of his adult life, enlisting after high school and rising through the ranks to become the commander of the most highly decorated special operations unit of the war in Iraq. In Discipline Equals Freedom,... |
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Total Rethink: Why Entrepreneurs Should Act Like Revolutionaries
David McCourt - Wiley
Format: Hardcover
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Rethink your way to a better life In business, and in life, everything is changing fast, apart from how we behave. Our ways of thinking and making decisions have changed little since we lived in agricultural and industrial societies, but the problems we now need to solve are entirely different.... |
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Your Money Life: Your 40s
Peter Dunn - Cengage Learning PTR; 1 edition
Format: eBook
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Our forties--it's the decade when everything is on the line, from houses and cars to insurance, retirement, college funding, and the impending mid-life crisis. There is no decade of life in which our financial decision-making can have such far-reaching repurcussions for our future.... |
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Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter
DAN ARIELY - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Blending humor and behavioral economics, the New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delves into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions, and gives them the knowledge they need to make better... |
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How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
Mehrsa Baradaran - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The United States has two separate banking systems today -- one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran... |
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The Four: Or, How to Build a Trillion-Dollar Company
SCOTT GALLOWAY - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook are four of the most influential entities on the planet. Just about everyone knows how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that's been written about The Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering... |
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The Euro and the Battle of Ideas
Markus Konrad Brunnermeier - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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Why is Europe's great monetary endeavor, the Euro, in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and other Eurozone nations has left observers wondering whether the currency union can survive. In this book, Markus Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre... |
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Starting a Business All-in-One For Dummies
Bob Nelson - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Starting a business? Don't sweat it! With all-new content and updates reflecting the latest laws, business climate, and startup considerations, Starting a Business All-In-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is the book you need if you're starting a business today. Inside, you'll... |
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First-Time Landlord: Your Guide to Renting out a Single-Family Home
Janet Portman - NOLO
Format: Third edition
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Whether youre ready for a new entrepreneurial opportunity or considering renting out a home instead of selling, youll need to learn the basics of being a landlord. . Let First-Time Landlord show you how to start your landlording business and maintain it in your spare time. Get the concise... |
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The Clean Energy Age: A Guide to Beating Climate Change
B F Nagy - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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It's time for a new approach to environmentalism that focusses on practical solutions rather than problems and speaks to ordinary citizens in simple terms. This clear, positive, and non-partisan guidebook offers Top 10 lists that will help individuals and organizations save money while... |
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Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security
Laurence J. Kotlikoff - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Learn the secrets to maximizing your Social Security benefits and earn up to thousands of dollars more each year with expert advice that you can't get anywhere else.Want to know how to navigate the forbidding maze of Social Security and emerge with the highest possible benefits? You could... |
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The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
Bina Venkataraman - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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"How might we mitigate losses caused by shortsightedness? Bina Venkataraman, a former climate adviser to the Obama administration, brings a storyteller's eye to this question. . . . She is also deeply informed about the relevant science." - The New York Times Book Review... |
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Climbing the Hill: How to Build a Career in Politics and Make a Difference
Jaime R Harrison - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback
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Inspiring, nonpartisan insider's advice on how anyone can build a career in local, state, and national government, from two rising stars in Washington government and policy. This inspiring, nonpartisan guide, written by longtime staff members of Republican and Democratic house leadership... |
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Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors
Edward Niedermeyer - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover
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Tesla is the most exciting car company in a generation . . . but can it live up to the hype?Tesla Motors and CEO Elon Musk have become household names, shaking up the staid auto industry by creating a set of innovative electric vehicles that have wowed the marketplace and defied conventional... |
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How to be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening
Julian Treasure - Mango
Format: Paperback
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Learn communication skills secrets from one of the most successful TED Talks stars of all time Transform your communication skills: Have you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Renowned five time TED Talks speaker and author Julian Treasure reveals how to speak... |
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Think Black
Clyde W. Ford - Amistad
Format: Hardcover
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In this thought-provoking and heartbreaking memoir, an award-winning writer tells the story of his father, John Stanley Ford, the first black software engineer at IBM, revealing how racism insidiously affected his father's view of himself and their relationship.In 1947, Thomas J. Watson... |
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Modernize Your Resume: Get Noticed Get Hired
Wendy Enelow - Emerald Career Pub
Format: Paperback
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Based on todays real-world job search trends, MODERNIZE YOUR RESUME shows you how to craft a winning resume to meet the complexities of todays highly competitive and technologically driven employment market. The 2nd edition has been updated with new resume samples, new designs, and new ATS and e-resume... |
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Be Bad First: Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future
Erika Andersen - Bibliomotion
Format: Print book
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We are operating in a world defined by constant connection, rapid change, and abundant choices. News that once took months, even years, to spread now reaches across the globe in seconds. Advances in medicine and science are pushing boundaries with gene therapy and stem cell transplants.... |
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The Power of a Single Number: A Political History of GDP
Philipp Lepenies - Columbia University Press
Format: Print book
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Widely used since the mid-twentieth century, GDP (gross domestic product) has become the world's most powerful statistical indicator of national development and progress. Practically all governments adhere to the idea that GDP growth is a primary economic target, and while criticism... |
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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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Sustainability Made Simple: Small Changes for Big Impact
Rosaly Byrd - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Hardcover
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Sustainability Made Simple is an introduction to sustainability and sustainable living that explores the relationship between everyday life and the intricate global environmental issues of today, including air and water pollution, deforestation, and climate change. Rosaly Byrd and Laurn... |
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The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly
David Meerman Scott - Wiley
Format: Paperback
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The most updated edition yet of the benchmark guide to marketing and PR, with the latest social media, marketing, and sales trends, tools, and real-world examples of success This is the fifth edition of the pioneering guide to the future of marketing. The New Rules of Marketing & PR is an international... |
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Poverty: A Very Short Introduction
Philip N Jefferson - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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No one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, we find ourselves in a situation where millions of people worldwide live in poverty. Indeed, according to the World Bank in 2010, 1.2 billion people lived below the extreme poverty line with an income of US $1.25... |
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Collaborating in the Workplace: A Guide for Building Better Teams
Ike Lasater - PuddleDancer Press
Format: Paperback
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Collaborating in the Workplace arms readers with tips to help teams collaborate and create more powerful outcomes. Focusing on the key skills necessary for effective collaboration, along with practical exercises to help improve these skills, the goal of this informative volume is to encourage... |
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Plan Your Estate
DENIS CLIFFORD - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Turn to Plan Your Estate for straightforward, plain-English explanations of each of your estate-planning options, so you can make the best decisions for you and those you love. Attorney Denis Clifford shows you how to: avoid probate leave property through a will or trust use life insurance... |
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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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Buy Low, Sell High: The Simplicity of Business Finance
Philip K Y Young - Lid Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Financial acumen is essential for the success of all business people, whether they are in a small start-up or a global corporation. Buy Low, Sell High is a compact finance book dedicated to helping non-financial people understand business finance easily and painlessly. Written by an experienced... |
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Influence: How to Raise Your Profile, Manage Your Reputation and Get Noticed
Warren Cass - Capstone
Format: Paperback
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Stand out in a sea of "average" and start achieving your goals Success is not only a matter of what you know and who you know, it's also a matter of who knows you; by becoming a trusted contact and a source of answers, your influence expands - and so do your opportunities.... |
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Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success
Napoleon Hill - Union Square & Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Napoleon Hill wrote this book in 1938, just after publication of his all-time bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. This powerful tale has never been published, considered too controversial by his family and friends.Using his legendary ability to get to the root of human potential, Napoleon... |
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Sidetracked Home Executives
Pam Young - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Two sisters share the system of organising household chores that they created to make managing a home less time consuming and more efficient, in an updated handbook that explains how to reduce chaos and clutter and achieve organisation in the home. |
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Post Office Jobs: The Ultimate 473 Postal Exam Study Guide and Job FInder
Dennis V Damp - Bookhaven Press LLC
Format: Print book
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The all-new sixth-edition of Post Office Jobs provides an overview of what jobs are available, including many that don't require written tests and how to apply for them. You will also find a comprehensive 473/473E study guide with helpful test-taking strategies that could dramatically... |
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Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy
LAWRENCE KUDLOW - All Points Books
Format: Hardcover
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Donald Trump promised the American people a transformative change in economic policy after eight years of stagnation under Obama. But he didn't adopt a conventional left or right economic agenda. His is a new economic populism that combines some conventional Republican ideas-tax cuts,... |
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Your Money Life: Your 20s
Peter Dunn - Cengage Learning PTR; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Our twenties--it's the decade when we come of age as adults and when we establish, for better or for worse, the foundations of our financial lives. Many of us begin our twenties burdened with college loan payments, and it's not unusual to end them with even more debt, often in the form... |
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The Travelers Summit: The Remarkable Sequel to The Traveler’s Gift
Andy Andrews - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback
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The Travelers Summit explores the historically proven principles that have guided our greatest leaders for centuries, and how we might restore these principles in our own lives ... before its too late.Dave Ponder is back, and this time, the fate of civilization may be in his hands.Centuries... |
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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Jake Knapp - Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Format: Print book
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From three partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at more than a hundred companies.Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What's the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? What will your idea... |
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The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change
Jon Gordon - Wiley
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling author Jon Gordon and rising star Damon West comes The Coffee Bean: an illustrated fable that teaches readers how to transform their environment, overcome challenges, and create positive change. Life is often difficult. It can be harsh, stressful, and feel... |
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The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job
Patrick J McGinnis - Portfolio
Format: Print book
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Choosing between the stability of a traditional career and the upside of entrepreneurship? Why not have both?Becoming a full-time entrepreneur can look glamorous from the outside. Who doesn't want to chase their dreams, be their own boss, and do what they love? But the truth is that entrepreneurship... |
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Every Landlord's Guide to Managing Property: Best Practices, From Move-In to Move-Out
Michael Boyer Attorney - Nolo, 2015.
Format: Print book
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The ultimate property management guide for the do-it-yourself landlord! Written for the millions of landlords who own a single-family home, condo, or small (less than four unit) multiplex, Every Landlord's Guide to Managing Property helps them learn how to keep their day job and manage... |
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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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Knock 'em Dead Resumes: A Killer Resume Gets MORE Job Interviews!
Martin Yate - Adams Media Corporation
Format: Print book
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Expert advice on building a resume to get the job you want! Your resume is the most important financial document you'll ever create. When it works, so do you. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience, bestselling author Martin Yate shows you how to write a dynamic, effective resume... |
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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Richard H. Thaler - W. W. Norton & Company; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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Get ready to change the way you think about economics.Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans -- predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle... |
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Retire Inspired: It's Not an Age, It's a Financial Number
Chris E Hogan - Ramsey Press
Format: Print book
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When you hear the word retirement, you probably don't imagine yourself scrambling to pay your bills in your golden years. But for too many Americans, that's the fate that awaits unless they take steps now to plan for the future. Whether you're twenty-five and starting your first job or fifty-five... |
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Investing in REITs: Real Estate Investment Trusts
Ralph L. Block - Bloomberg Press; 4 edition
Format: Book
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The new Fourth Edition of the definitive handbook on investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), which provide some of the best total returns in the investment world, along with above-average dividend yields and stable earnings, have become... |
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Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
Adam M. Grant - Viking; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Explains how networking and leadership skills are subject to the professional interaction styles of takers, matchers, and givers, and how these personalities dramatically shape success rates.For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent,... |
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Leases & Rental Agreements
Marcia Stewart - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Essential rental forms every landlord needs Looking for a quick way to create the key documents necessary for owning or managing rental property, including a legally valid lease or rental agreement? Leases & Rental Agreements provides the practical and legal information necessary you need.... |
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Business Writing Today: A Practical Guide
Natalie C. Canavor - Sage Publications, Inc
Format: Paperback
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Confident writers succeed. Whether you aim for a career in the business, nonprofit or government world, good writing equips you to stand out. In this accessible and reader-friendly book, Natalie Canavor shares a step-by-step framework to help you write strategically, win opportunities,... |
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Rescuing Retirement
TERESA GHILARDUCCI - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Everyone deserves to be able to retire with dignity, but this core feature of the social contract is in jeopardy. Companies have swerved away from pensions, and most of the workforce has woefully inadequate retirement savings. If we don't act to fix this broken system, rates of impoverishment... |
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Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World
Joann S Lublin - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook
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More than 50 trailblazing executive women who broke the corporate glass ceiling offer inspiring and surprising insights and lessons in this essential, in-the-trenches career guide from Joann S. Lublin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and management news editor for The Wall Street Journal.Among... |
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What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism
Alan B Krueger - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Why we need to think more like economists to successfully combat terrorismIf we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism and successfully address the threat, we must think more like economists do. This is the argument of Alan Krueger's What Makes a Terrorist, a book that... |
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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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Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive
Ned Hallowell - Harvard Business 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 overwhelmed... |
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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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The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities
Patrick M. Lencioni - JOSSEY BASS
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni has written a dozen books that focus on how leaders can build teams and lead organizations. In The Motive, he shifts his attention toward helping them understand the importance of why theyre leading in the first place. |
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When She Makes More: 10 Rules for Breadwinning Women
Farnoosh Torabi - Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover
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How to thrive in a relationship when you’re the richer halfFor the top-earning woman, the rules are different. She faces a much higher risk for burnout, infidelity, and divorce. In this highly practical book, financial guru and media star Farnoosh Torabi—a breadwinner herself—presents... |
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Transformations: 7 Roles to Drive Change by Design
Joyce Yee - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Tracking how design has changed in previous book Design Transitions has inevitably led the authors to explore how organisations are changing using design. Design is now the key driver of innovation and change within organisations across the globe. It is therefore important to learn how,... |
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The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money
Carl Richards - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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Whenever I tell people about my job as a financial advisor, the conversation inevitably turns to how hopeless they feel when it comes to dealing with money. More than once, they've begged, "Just tell me what to do."It's no surprise that even my most successful friends... |
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Edison
Edmund Morris - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. Although Thomas Alva Edison was the most famous American of his time, and remains an international name today, he is mostly remembered only... |
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The Power of WOW: How to Electrify Your Work and Your Life by Putting Service First
The Employees of Zappos.com - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover
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Happy customers. Passionate employees. A highly recognizable brand known for delivering on its promises. That's the power of WOW. From its birth during the Dot Com Boom in 1999 to its acquisition by Amazon in 2009, Zappos, the customer service company that just happens to sell things online,... |
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Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Jim Mattis - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis - the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time - and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of defense and combat... |
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Total Focus: Make Better Decisions Under Pressure
Brandon Webb - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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A former Navy SEAL sniper turned media CEO and New York Times bestselling author teaches business leaders how to make the best decisions under pressure. Over his four deployments as a Navy SEAL sniper, Brandon Webb learned all about performing while experiencing heart-pounding... |
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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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I.M.: A Memoir
Isaac Mizrahi - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis. Designer. Cabaret singer. Talk show host. He's a pop culture icon unlike any fashion designer of recent memory, just as likely to be recognized walking down Main Street USA as Madison Avenue NYC. Yet ever since he shot to fame in the 1980s, the private Isaac... |
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Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life
Amy Herman - HarperOne
Format: Paperback
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"Sharp and original, this book should alter how readers look at the world. " - Kirkus "This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book will make you see the world more clearly than you ever have before. And that clarity will transform how you deal with the challenges and opportunities... |
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Work with Me: The 8 Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Business
Barbara Annis - Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback
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"""Work with Me" is the timely collaboration of two of the world's foremost authorities on gender relations Barbara Annis and John Gray. Here they team up to resolve the most stressful and confusing challenges facing men and women at work, revealing, for the first... |
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Teeming: How Superorganisms Work Together to Build Infinite Wealth on a Finite Planet
Tamsin Woolley-Barker - White Cloud Press
Format: Paperback
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An entertaining and accessible read with profound implications for the future, Teeming takes us on a journey through nature's most ancient and successful R&D labs, and gives practical prescriptions for redesigning organizations to flourish far into the future. Evolutionary biologist... |
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Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work
Sarah Kessler - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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"With deep reporting and graceful storytelling, Sarah Kessler reveals the ground truth of a key part of the American workforce. Her analysis is both astute and nuanced, making GIGGED essential reading for anyone interested in the future of work." -- Daniel H. Pink, author of WHEN... |
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Advice and Dissent: Why America Suffers When Economics and Politics Collide
Alan S Blinder - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A bestselling economist tells us what both politicians and economists must learn to fix America's failing economic policiesAmerican economic policy ranks as something between bad and disgraceful. As leading economist Alan S. Blinder argues, a crucial cultural divide separates economic and political... |
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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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Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care
Estate of Uwe Reinhardt - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive"and why it doesnt have to beUwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised... |
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Winning Plays: Tackling Adversity and Achieving Success in Business and in Life
Matt Mayberry - Center Street
Format: Paperback
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No one goes undefeated when playing the game of life. Matt Mayberry is no exception. He's faced setbacks beyond his control and lots more he created himself. But even after conquering addiction, realizing his lifelong dream to play in the NFL, and then having it taken away from him in an instant,... |
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IRAs, 401
Twila Slesnick PhD Enrolled Agent - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Save your nest egg from the IRS About to retire? Over 70 and facing mandatory withdrawal rules? Just inherited money from a retirement plan? Whether you have an IRA, Roth IRA, 401(k) , Keogh or other retirement plan, this book will help you make sense of the rules for taking your money... |
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Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual
David Burkus - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Format: Print book
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A provocative work that challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management - and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work Do open floor plans really work? Are there companies that put their employees' welfare first, and their... |
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Choose Your Retirement: Find the Right Path to Your New Adventure
Emily Guy Birken - Adams Media
Format: Print book
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Uncover the truth about planning for retirement!From financial advisors and pundits on television to colleagues and family members, everyone has something to say about retirement. But how much of it is true? Whether you're looking to move into a senior living community or travel the world,... |
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How to Start a Home-based Catering Business
Denise Vivaldo - Globe Pequot Press; Seventh Edition edition
Format: Book
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Catering continues to be an expanding industry. The author is one of our top-selling home-based business authors and is an experienced chef with extensive knowledge of the hospitality industry. Spring of 2014 is a perfect time to do a seventh revision of this title to update any old information... |
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How Women Decide
Therese Huston - HarperOne
Format: Paperback
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"One could imagine it becoming required reading on Wall Street." - New York Times Book Review So, youve earned a seat at the table.What happens next? We all face hard decisions every day and the choices we make, and how others perceive them, can be life-changing. There are countless... |
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Happy Retirement: The Psychology of Reinvention
DK - DK
Format: Print book
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A practical, fully illustrated guide to planning and enjoying retirement, grounded in psychological research.Retirement can bring immense fulfillment but also can be a source of stress, especially today. Retirement: The Psychology of Reinvention uses psychological research and a unique... |
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Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
Jake Knapp - Currency
Format: Hardcover
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"A charming manifesto - as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts) , read this book." - Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better From... |
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Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg - Random House
Format: Print book
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling phenomenon The Power of Habit comes a fascinating new book that explores the science of productivity, and why, in today's world, managing how you think - rather than what you think - can transform your life. A young... |
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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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Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
Lea Berman - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries who offer an important fundamental message - everyone is important and everyone deserves to be treated well.Former White House social secretaries Lea Berman,... |
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