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Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most
Hendrie Weisinger - Crown Business Format: Hardcover
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Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, and performance in every professional and personal arena. In Performing Under Pressure, Drs. Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry introduce... |
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The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later
RIC EDELMAN - SIMON & SCHUSTER Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author and legendary investment guru Ric Edelman reveals his forward-thinking guide on how technology and science will reshape the way we save, invest, and plan for the future.Technology and science are evolving at a blistering, almost incomprehensible... |
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The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Joseph E. Stiglitz - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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How has America become the most unequal advanced country in the world, and what can we do about it?In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter America's growing problem. With... |
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Video Marketing For Dummies
Kevin Daum - For Dummies; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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Savvy advice for adding video to your marketing planVideo marketing is rapidly gaining popularity in online marketing and this fun-but-practical guide presents you with all aspects of video marketing from planning to production to distribution. You'll learn how to create a video strategy,... |
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Billion-Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
Gilbert M. Gaul - Viking Format: Hardcover
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"A penetrating examination of how the elite college football programs have become 'giant entertainment businesses that happened to do a little education on the side.'" - Mark Kram, The New York TimesTwo-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Gilbert M. Gaul offers a riveting... |
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Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies
Jan Zimmerman - For Dummies; 3 edition Format: Print book
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A new edition of the bestselling social media marketing book Updated to include the latest information on engaging with your community, measuring your efforts, blending your social media with other online and offline marketing efforts, and leveraging data you collect into learning more... |
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Your Own Terms: A Woman's Guide to Taking Charge of Any Negotiation
Yasmin Davidds - AMACOM/American Management Association Format: Paperback
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When it comes to negotiation, there is an ugly double standard. As women, if we make concessions to further a deal, we're viewed as weak. But if we play hard-ball, we can be seen as overly aggressive - and the strategy backfires. No wonder most women hate negotiating. In Your Own Terms,... |
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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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Why Save the Bankers?: And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
Thomas Piketty - Mariner Books Format: Hardcover
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Reflections on politics, the economy, and the modern world by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Thomas Pikettys work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality, and that without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies... |
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Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn
Stephen Fishman JD - NOLO; Twelfth Edition edition
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Pay less to the IRS Completely updated for 2015 returns! For any home business, claiming all the tax deductions you are entitled to is essential to your business's financial success. Don't miss out on the many valuable deductions you can claim. Here, you'll find out how to deduct:... |
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Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose
Melanne Verveer - Houghton Mifflin Format: Hardcover
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"Learn how some of the world's most powerful women are using their growing economic power to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In ignited a conversation about women and their careers, and resonated with millions... |
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Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned over a Beer or Two
Jim Koch - Macmillan Audio Format: Hardcover
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Founder of The Boston Beer Company, brewer of Samuel Adams Boston Lager, and a key catalyst of the American craft beer revolution, Jim Koch offers his unique perspective when it comes to business, beer, and turning your passion into a successful company or career. In 1984, it looked like... |
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Writing Resumes and Cover Letters For Dummies - Australia / NZ
Amanda McCarthy - For Dummies; 2nd Australian & New Zealand Edition edition Format: Paperback
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Practical tricks for standing out from the crowd and getting the job you want in the Australian and New Zealand market Applying for jobs in today's tight job market can seem like an overwhelming process. Competition is fierce and employers expect more than ever before from job applicants.... |
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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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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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Why Wall Street Matters
William D Cohan - Random House Format: Hardcover
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A timely, counterintuitive defense of Wall Street and the big banks as the invisible - albeit flawed - engines that power our ideas, and should be made to work better for all of us Maybe you think the banks should be broken up and the bankers should be held accountable for the financial... |
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Getting the Job You Want After 50 For Dummies
Kerry Hannon - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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Learn to: Showcase the value you have to offer a potential employer Perfect your rsum and interview skills Negotiate for what you want Snag your dream job in the age of social media Launch a whole new career or business Your guide to navigating today's workplace and snagging that... |
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How to Make It: 25 Makers Share the Secrets to Building a Creative Business
Erin Austen Abbott - Chronicle Books Format: Print book
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This is the ultimate tell-all, show-all guide to making a living by making things. Featuring 25 profiles of illustrators, jewelry designers, ceramicists, painters, clothing designers, and printmakers, How to Make It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the daily rituals and best practices... |
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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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Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together
Pamela Slim - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated Format: Paperback
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These days it's increasingly rare to have a stable career in any field. More and more of us are blending big company jobs, startup gigs, freelance work, and volunteer side projects. We take chances to expand our knowledge, capabilities, and experience. But how do we make sense of that kind... |
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Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People
Jane Bryant Quinn - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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The author of Making the Most of Your Money presents a clear and efficient guide to creating a sound financial plan that will virtually run itself. Quinn maintains readers only need a handful of simple, low-cost financial products and strategies. |
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The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence
Dacher Keltner - Penguin Books Format: Print book
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A revolutionary and timely reconsideration of everything we know about power. Celebrated UC Berkeley psychologist Dr. Dacher Keltner argues that compassion and selflessness enable us to have the most influence over others and the result is power as a force for good in the world.It is taken... |
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A curious mind : the secret to a bigger life
Brian Grazer - Simon & Schuster, 2015. Format: Print book
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"From Academy Award-nominated producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed business journalist Charles Fishman comes a brilliantly entertaining peek into the weekly "curiosity conversations" that have inspired Grazer to create some of America's favorite and iconic movies and television... |
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Real Estate Investing For Dummies
Eric Tyson - John Wiley & Sons; 3 edition Format: Print book
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Everything you need to confidently make real estate part of your investing plan Do you want to get involved in real estate investing, but arent quite sure where to start? Real Estate Investing For Dummies is your go-to resource for making sense of the subject, offering plain-English, step-by-step... |
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Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
George A. Akerlof - Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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Ever since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible hand. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize-winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller deliver a fundamental challenge to this insight,... |
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Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
Anne Garrels - Farrar Format: Print book
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More than twenty years ago, the NPR correspondent Anne Garrels first visited Chelyabinsk, a gritty military-industrial center a thousand miles east of Moscow. The longtime home of the Soviet nuclear program, the Chelyabinsk region contained beautiful lakes, shuttered factories, mysterious... |
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The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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The Obstacle is the Way has become a cult classic, beloved by men and women around the world who apply its wisdom to become more successful at whatever they do. Its many fans include a former governor and movie star (Arnold Schwarzenegger) , a hip hop icon... |
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Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
Joi Ito - Grand Central Publishing Format: Print book
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Today, not only is everything digital getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, we also have the Internet. When these two revolutions-one in technology and the other in communications-joined, an explosive force was unleaded that changed the very nature of innovation.... |
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American Mojo: Lost and Found: Restoring our Middle Class Before the World Blows By
Peter D. Kiernan - Turner Format: Hardcover
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In American Mojo: Lost and Found, Peter D. Kiernan, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, focuses on America's greatest challenge -- and opportunity -- restoring the middle class to its full promise and potential. Our educated, skilled, and motivated middle class was the cornerstone... |
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Bond Investing For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Russell Wild - For Dummies; 2 edition Format: Paperback
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Your friendly guide to trading the bond and bond fund market Bonds and bond funds are among the safest and most reliable investments you can make to ensure an ample and dependable retirement income if you do it right! Bond Investing For Dummies helps you do just that, with clear explanations... |
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101 Job Interview Questions You'll Never Fear Again
James Reed - Plume Format: Paperback
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"An insider's guide to the perfect interview." - Daily Express What are job interviewers actually looking for in a candidate What questions will they ask What does each question really mean What are the answers that will secure you the job James Reed, chairman... |
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Job Interviews For Dummies
Kennedy - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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Deliver a show-stopping interview performance Does the thought of interviewing for a new job send shivers down your spine? It doesn't have to! Whether you're searching for your first job, changing careers, or looking for advancement in your current line of work, Job Interviews For Dummies... |
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Baseball Maverick: How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets
Steve Kettmann - Atlantic Monthly Format: Hardcover
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In 2010, the New York Mets were in trouble. One of baseball's most valuable franchises, they had recently suffered an embarrassing September collapse and two bitter losing seasons. Their GM had made costly mistakes. And their principle owners were embroiled in the largest financial... |
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Cool: How the Brain's Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World
Steven Quartz - Farrar, Straus & Giroux Format: Hardcover
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If you have ever wondered why SUVs replaced minivans, how one rap song turned the cognac industry upside down, or what gives Levi's jeans their iconic allure, look no further-in Cool, Steven Quartz and Anette Asp finally explain the fascinating science behind unexpected trends and enduring... |
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Trump's War: His Battle for America
MICHAEL SAVAGE - CENTER ST Format: Print book
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Arial; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The wall, taxes, tariffs, deportations, Obamacare, guns, military strength, schools, abortion, religion - what will the new president do? The "Godfather of Trumpmania,"... |
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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Sherry Turkle - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity - and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground.We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating.... |
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Sales Presentations For Dummies
Julie Hansen - For Dummies Format: Print book
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Are your sales presentations stuck in the 20th century? Sales Presentations For Dummies rises to the challenge of guiding you through the process of engaging and persuading busy buyers in a world that's constantly bombarding them with sales pitches. Motivating today's buyers to pull... |
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Double Bind: Women on Ambition
Robin Romm - Liveright Format: Paperback
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"Bold, absorbing, insightful, and wise. . . . Read it: the truth is inside." -- Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things "A work of courage and ferocious honesty" (Diana Abu-Jaber) , Double Bind could not come at a more urgent time. Even as major figures... |
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Investing in Bonds For Dummies
Russell Wild - For Dummies a Wiley brand Format: Print book
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Change up your investment strategy. Diversify with bonds! Stock, bonds, mutual funds - are all of these elements really necessary in your investment portfolio? Yes! Investing in Bonds For Dummies introduces you to the world of bond investment - and equips you to diversify your portfolio... |
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Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies
Jan Zimmerman - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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The bestselling social media marketing book Marketing your business through social media isn't an option these days - it's absolutely imperative. In this new edition of the bestselling Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies, you'll get comprehensive, expert guidance on how to use the latest... |
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The Sell: The Secrets of Selling Anything to Anyone
Fredrik Eklund - Avery Publishing Group Format: Hardcover
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The nation's #1 real estate broker and star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York shares his secrets for superstar success and getting what you want out of life - no matter who you are or what you do.Ten years ago, Fredrik Eklund moved to New York City from his native Sweden... |
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A Colorful Way of Living: How to Be More, Create More, Do More the Vera Bradley Way
Barbara Bradley Baekgaard - St Martin'S Press Format: Print book
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From the co-founder of the Vera Bradley empire, a practical and inspiring book that shows women how to awaken their full potential, at any age."This place could use some color!" That's what Barbara Bradley said to her friend Pat during an airport layover. It was 1982 and all the women... |
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Refire! Don't Retire: Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
Ken Blanchard - Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Refire! Don't Retire asks readers the all-important question: as you look at the years ahead, what can you do to make them satisfying and meaningful? Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz point out that some people see their later years as a time to endure rather than as an exciting opportunity.... |
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Life is Good: The Book
Bert Jacobs - National Geographic Format: Hardcover
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From Life is Good founders and brothers Bert and John Jacobs, this inspiring book of wisdom celebrates the power of optimism: the driving force behind their beloved, socially conscious clothing and lifestyle brand, now worth more than $100 million.Following the chronology of their personal... |
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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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Medicare For Dummies
Patricia Barry - John Wiley & Sons Format: Print book
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Make your way through the Medicare maze with help from For DummiesAmerica's baby boomers are now turning 65 at the rate of about 10,000 a day. Yet very few have any idea about how Medicare works, when they should sign up, or how the program fits in with other health insurance they... |
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The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone
BRIAN MERCHANT - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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We know the iPhone as the device that transformed our world, changing everything from how we talk to each other and do business, to how we exercise, travel, shop, and watch TV. But packed within its slim profile is the fascinating, untold story of scientific, technological, and business... |
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Credit Repair: Make a Plan, Improve Your Credit, Avoid Scams
Robin Leonard J.D. - NOLO Format: Paperback
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When debts pile up, it can be impossible to see a way out. And in the meantime, the consequences pile up. Let the sensible strategies in Credit Repair help you take control, clean up your credit report, and live debt-free. assess your debt situation correct errors and improve your... |
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Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business from the Inside Out
David Gelles - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times reporter reveals what business leaders around the country are already discovering Meditation may be the key to fostering a happier, more productive workplace. For the past few years, mindfulness has begun to transform the American workplace. Many of our largest companies,... |
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Rising Strong
Brené Brown - Spiegel & Grau Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Don't miss the hourlong Netflix special Bren Brown: The Call to Courage! Social scientist Bren Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage,... |
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The Etiquette Edge: Modern Manners for Business Success
Beverly Langford - Amacom Format: Paperback
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Intelligence, ambition, and skill will start you on the road to success, but without strong communications skills, social savvy, and a sense of appropriate behavior...you won't get far. "The Etiquette Edge "gives you a crash course on modern business manners. New advice explains... |
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Primary Greatness: The 12 Levers of Success
Stephen R Covey - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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From Stephen R. Covey - the late, legendary author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - a new set of rules for achieving a happy and fulfilling life of primary greatness.Many of us are hurting. We have chronic problems, dissatisfactions, and disappointments. Although we generally... |
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Everydata: The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You Consume Every Day
John H. Johnson - Bibliomotion Format: Print book
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While everyone is talking about "big data," the truth is that understanding the "little data" (stock reports, newspaper headlines, weather forecasts, etc.) is what will help you make smarter decisions at work, at home, and in every aspect of your life.The average... |
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The Best 295 Business Schools, 2016 Edition
Princeton Review - Princeton Review Format: Print book
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Get the Inside Word on Business Schools.The Princeton Review surveyed over 22,000 students to collect the information in the 2016 edition of The Best 295 Business Schools. This book gives you survey-driven profiles of the nation's top business schools as well as detailed statistical... |
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Charlie Mike: A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home
Joe Klein - Simon & Schuster, 2015. Format: Print book
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This is the true story of two decorated combat veterans linked by tragedy, who come home from the Middle East and find a new way to save their comrades and heal their country.In Charlie Mike, Joe Klein tells the dramatic story of Eric Greitens and Jake Wood, larger-than-life war heroes... |
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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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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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On Inequality
Harry G. Frankfurt - Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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Economic inequality is one of the most divisive issues of our time. Yet few would argue that inequality is a greater evil than poverty. The poor suffer because they don't have enough, not because others have more, and some have far too much. So why do many people appear to be more distressed... |
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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Tim Wu - Knopf Format: Print book
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From Tim Wu, author of the award-winning The Master Switch and who coined the phrase "net neutrality"--a revelatory look at the rise of "attention harvesting," and its transformative effect on our society and our selves. Attention merchant: an industrial-scale... |
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Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace
Christine Lynne Porath - Grand Central Publishing Format: Print book
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From the leading authority on workplace incivility, Christine Porath, shows why it pays to be civil, and reveals just how to enhance effectiveness in the workplace and beyond by mastering civility. Incivility is silently chipping away at people, organizations, and our economy. Slights,... |
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The Case Against Sugar
Gary Taubes - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expos that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent... |
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The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
John Seabrook - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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There's a reason hit songs offer guilty pleasure -- they're designed that way.Over the last two decades a new type of hit song has emerged, one that is almost inescapably catchy. Pop songs have always had a "hook," but today's songs bristle with them: a hook every... |
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Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever
James Wallman - Spiegel & Grau Format: Hardcover
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Stuffocation is a movement manifesto for "experiential" living, a call to arms to stop accumulating stuff and start accumulating experiences, and a road map for a new way forward with the potential to transform our lives.Reject materialism. Embrace experientialism. Live more with... |
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Stand Up to the IRS
Frederick W. Daily Attorney - NOLO Format: Paperback
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IRS Bills? Get the information and strategies you need to deal with the taxman. Named a "Best Tax Book" by Entrepreneur.co The Internal Revenue Service can wreak havoc on your life. But now you can confront America's most intimidating government agency with confidence. Packed... |
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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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Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance
John Kay - PublicAffairs Format: Hardcover
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The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention... |
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Plan Your Estate
Denis Clifford - Nolo Format: Print book
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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 Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute
Zac Bissonnette - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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A bestselling journalist delivers the never-before-told story of the plush animalcraze that became the tulip mania of the 1990s In the annals of consumer crazes, nothing compares to BeanieBabies. In just three years, collectors who saw the toys as ameans of speculation made creator... |
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Elizabeth Gilbert - Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover
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The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerNamed a Hot Fall Read by USA Today, Vanity Fair, Newsday, O Magazine, the Seattle Times, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Mashable, Pop Sugar, and the San Antonio Express-NewsNamed a Best Book of the Year by Brainpickings and... |
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Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties
Beth Kobliner - Touchstone Format: Paperback
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A completely revised and updated fourth edition of the New York Times bestseller, designed to guide younger adults through the world of personal finance.More than ever before, people in their twenties and thirties need help getting their financial lives in order. And who could blame... |
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Investing in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies
Eric Tyson - For Dummies; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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The easy way to make sense of investing when you're just starting out Today's 20- and 30-somethings have witnessed a miserable investment market during most, if not all, of their adult lives. But going forward, the opposite is more likely to be true. In order to build a retirement... |
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The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
Mohamed A El-Erian - Random House Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, one of the world's most influential economic thinkers and the author of When Markets Collide, has written a roadmap to what lies ahead and the decisions we must make now to stave off the next global economic and financial crisis.Our... |
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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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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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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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Happy as a Dane: 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
Malene Rydahl - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Paperback
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This international bestseller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be, too.For decades Denmark has ranked at the top of the world's happiness surveys. How is it that these 5.6 million Danes are so content when they live in a country that is dark and cold nine months of the year... |
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Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
Charles Eisenstein - EVOLVER EDITIONS; 1ST edition Format: Paperback
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Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but... |
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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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The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge
Matt Ridley - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Rational Optimist and Genome returns with a fascinating, brilliant argument for evolution that definitively dispels a dangerous, widespread myth: that we can command and control our world.The Evolution of Everything is about bottom-up order and its enemy,... |
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The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture
Pamela Haag - Blackstone Audio, Inc. Format: Hardcover
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Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation. Or so were told. In The Gunning... |
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You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
Tom Vanderbilt - Alfred A. Knopf Format: Print book
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"From the best-selling author of Traffic, a brilliant and entertaining exploration of our personal tastes--why we like the things we like, and what it says about us,"--NoveList.From the tangled underpinnings of our food taste to the complex dynamics of our playlists, our preferences... |
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Ultimate Guide to Local Business Marketing
Perry S Marshall - Entrepreneur Media Format: Print book
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Google AdWords looks easy but proves to be hard. Local business marketing is tough because owners are besieged with phone calls, reps and solicitations promising "first page on Google," "Facebook traffic," "Social Media expertise" and myriads of advertising... |
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A square meal : a culinary history of the Great Depression
Jane Ziegelman - Harper Format: Print book
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From the author of the acclaimed 97 Orchard and her husband, a culinary historian, an in-depth exploration of the greatest food crisis the nation has ever faced - the Great Depression - and how it transformed America's culinary culture.The decade-long Great Depression, a period of shifts... |
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Grow Your Value: Living and Working to Your Full Potential
Mika Brzezinski - Weinstein Books Format: Hardcover
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A woman who wants to be successful must make sacrifices, but how can she determine which ones she'll be happy with five, ten, twenty years from now?Mika Brzezinski, Morning Joe co-host and New York Times best-selling author of Knowing Your Value, has built a career on inspiring women... |
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Stephen R. Covey - Simon & Schuster; Anniversary Edition edition Format: Print book
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One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25 years. It has transformed the lives of Presidents and CEOs, educators and parents - in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations. |
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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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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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How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide
Jane Bryant Quinn - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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"Jane Bryant Quinn is America's dean of personal finance ... .The book is a true treasure chest of financial secrets." - Forbes With How to Make Your Money Last, you will learn how to turn your retirement savings into a steady paycheck that will last for life.Today,... |
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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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