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Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Katherine Eban - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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From an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale - The Jungle for pharmaceuticalsMany have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health... |
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Preventing Credit Card Fraud: A Complete Guide for Everyone from Merchants to Consumers
Jen Grondahl Lee - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Everyone is affected by credit card fraud, if they are aware of it or not. Every day there are a variety of ways that scams and fraudsters can get your card and personal information. Today so much business occurs over the Internet or via the phone where no card is present. What can start... |
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Famous Works of ArtAnd How They Got That Way
John B Nici - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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In a world filled with great museums and great paintings, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is the reigning queen. Her portrait rules over a carefully designed salon, one that was made especially for her in a museum that may seem intended for no other purpose than to showcase her virtues.... |
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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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Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy
Sheldon Whitehouse - New Press
Format: Print book
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In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Americans know something is wrong in their... |
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JELL-O Girls: A Family History
ALLIE ROWBOTTOM - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its faade - told by the inheritor of their stories.In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor... |
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Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption
Ben Mezrich - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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From Ben Mezrich, the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, comes Bitcoin Billionaires--the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's big bet on crypto-currency and its dazzling pay-off.... |
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Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do
Eve Rodsky - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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A revolutionary, real-world solution to the problem of unpaid, invisible work that women have shouldered for too long--from a woman tapped by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine as the expert on this topic for a new generation of women.Eve Rodsky is changing society one marriage at a time... |
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Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life
Marie Kondo - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover
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Declutter your desk and brighten up your business with this transformative guide from an organizational psychologist and the #1 New York Times bestselling... |
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This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
SETH GODIN - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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Real marketing isn't about racking up clicks and tweets; it's about connection, empathy, and making a difference.Over the past quarter century, Seth Godin has taught and inspired millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, leaders, and fans from all walks of life, via his blog, online courses,... |
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Becoming a Fashion Designer (Masters at Work)
Lindsay Peoples Wagner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An illuminating guide to a career as a fashion designer written by the Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue Lindsay Peoples Wagner, based on the real-life experiences of three acclaimed designers - required reading for anyone considering this competitive profession.. Go behind the scenes and be mentored... |
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Travel with Purpose: A Field Guide to Voluntourism
Jeff Blumenfeld - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Imagine yourself in a schoolroom in one of the most remote regions of one of the most hard-to-reach countries on earth. Nepal. The Lower Mustang region to be exact. To reach it takes a 14-hour flight from New York to Doha, Qatar. Then four hours by air to Kathmandu. Transfer at one of the world's... |
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2018: For Preparing Your 2017 Tax Return
J.K. Lasser Institute - Wiley
Format: Paperback
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The nation's most trusted tax guide, updated for your 2017 returns J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2018 is the nation's most trusted tax guide, updated to help you prepare your 2017 return. Step-by-step expert guidance walks you through the forms, calculations, and deadlines to help... |
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Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do
SHOYA ZICHY - AMACOM
Format: Print book
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Is your job just a way to pay the bills? It doesn't have to be that way. You'll find that when your career fits your personality, it becomes a source of tremendous satisfaction and success. Career Match is designed to help you discover your ideal work. Take the ten-minute self-assessment... |
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Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Rachel Hollis - Harpercollins Leadership
Format: Hardcover
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"Hollis's writing is beautifully blunt, and she humbly thanks her fans for her success. Her actionable ideas and captivating voice will encourage women to believe in themselves." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "I believe we can change the world. But first, we've... |
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American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
Shane Bauer - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history.In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana.... |
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Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion
Tiffany Jana - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format: Paperback
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All humans have bias, and as a result, so do the institutions we build. Internationally sought after diversity consultant Tiffany Jana offers concrete ways for anyone to work against institutional bias no matter what their position is in an organization.While it is easy to identify intentionally... |
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The Pie Life: A Guilt-Free Recipe For Success and Satisfaction
Samantha Ettus - Ghost Mountain Books
Format: Print book
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The Pie Life is the ultimate self-improvement playbook for women who work. Now is the time for you to banish the guilt and start living a life you love Havingworked withthousands of womenover the past two decades, Harvard MBA and best-selling author Samantha Ettus shares the secrets for how you can sustain... |
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For-Profit Democracy: Why the Government Is Losing the Trust of Rural America
LOKA ASHWOOD - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating sociological assessment of the damaging effects of the forprofit partnership between government and corporation on rural Americans Why is government distrust rampant, especially in the rural United States This book offers a simple explanation: corporations and the government... |
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Credit Repair: Improve and Protect Your Credit
Amy Loftsgordon - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Bad credit can prevent you from getting a mortgage, car loan, credit card, apartment, or even a job. It can also mean paying a bundle in rates and fees for any loans or credit you do get.Use this comprehensive how-to manual to rebuild bad credit and protect improved credit. Learn how to: reduce... |
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The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table
Minda Harts - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover
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Lean In for women of color: A no-BS look at the odds stacked against women of color in professional settings, from the wage gap to biases and micro-aggressions, with actionable takeawaysThe Memo is the much-needed career advice guide for women of color specifically, finally... |
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The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives
Lisa Servon - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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An urgent, absorbing expos - why Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once did What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a highnetworth entrepreneur, and a twentysomething graduate student have... |
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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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Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
Paul Hendrickson - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning and nationally best-selling author of Hemingway's Boat and Sons of Mississippi--an illuminating, pathbreaking biography that will change the way we understand the life, mind, and work of the premier American architect.Frank Lloyd Wright has long been... |
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Check It Off!: Pave Your Way through College to Career
Vera Teller - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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Check It Off! Pave Your Way through College to Career is an excellent resource for high-school students entering college and a great read for parents too! Vera Teller, a college lecturer of first-year seminars, shows readers what they need to do in college to prepare themselves to seek... |
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2017: For Preparing Your 2016 Tax Return
J. K. Lasser Institute. - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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America's number-one all-time best-selling tax guide, with 2,500 money-saving tips J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2017 puts America's most trusted tax advice to work to help you with your 2016 tax return. Reader-friendly and easy to use, this book answers your most pressing questions... |
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Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
Robert B. Reich - Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Format: Print book
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From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date - a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it. Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection... |
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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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Curators: Behind the Scenes of Natural History Museums
Lance Grande - The University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book
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Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centers, full of engaging exhibits that share those... |
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Grant Writing For Dummies
Beverly A Browning - John Wiley
Format: Print book
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Discover enterprising ways to get grants Write compelling applications for grant funding Find budgets, sample letters and more online Find and win grant money Grant writing can be daunting, but this book gives you everything you need to get started with your application right away! This... |
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Nonprofit kit for dummies.
Stan Hutton - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Help your nonprofit thrive Need practical advice on running a nonprofit? No problem! Packed with the latest tips and techniques on starting and managing a charitable organization, this easy-to-follow guide offers everything you need to help your nonprofit endure the ups and downs of the economy.... |
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ThriftStyle: The Ultimate Bargain Shopper's Guide to Smart Fashion
Allison Engel - Imagine
Format: Paperback
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"A must-have guide for bargain-hunting fashionistas looking to make a statement without sabotaging their budgets. In this photo-filled, easy-to-use resource, shoppers will learn to navigate the racks of their local consignment shop, spot name brands like Versace, Dior, and Burberry,... |
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2019: For Preparing Your 2018 Tax Return
J K LASSER - Wiley
Format: Paperback
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The nation's most trusted tax guide, updated for your 2018 returns J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2019 is the nation's most trusted tax guide, updated to help you prepare your 2018 return. Step-by-step expert guidance walks you through the forms, calculations, and deadlines... |
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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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Morocco - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Jillian York - Kuperard
Format: Paperback
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Morocco is a land of spectacular scenery, with a rich history, and heady with tantalizing scents and colorful sights. The call of the muezzin seems to draw people from every corner of the globe. In 1956 Morocco gained independence from French colonial rule and was jolted into the 20th century.... |
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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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In This Together: How Successful Women Support Each Other in Work and Life
Nancy D O'Reilly - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover
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Thoughts, advice, and stories from 40 successful women across a variety of careers - from authors to actresses, CEOs and professors - encouraging women to support each other in the workplace and in life - along with action plans on how all women can work together to break free from the binds... |
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3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop's Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Zack O'Malley Greenburg - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Tracing the careers of hip-hop's three most dynamic stars, this deeply reported history brilliantly examines the entrepreneurial genius of the first musician tycoons: Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-ZBeing successful musicians was simply never enough for the three kings of hip-hop. Diddy, Dr. Dre,... |
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Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential Guide
Ilona Bray - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Buyers can't wait to get a look at your home -- but what's the best way to earn the highest return? You may hope to inspire multiple offers, but also want to make sure to choose a buyer who will close the deal without last-minute issues or drama. Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential... |
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Knock em Dead: The Ultimate Job Search Guide
Martin John Yate - Adams Media
Format: Paperback
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Completely updated with new material, this bestselling job search guide can help you keep up with changes in the job market - from updating the language of your resume to using social media networking to make professional connections that are essential in finding new employment opportunities.For... |
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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
JOSHUA B FREEMAN - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on society.We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since... |
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Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You
Heidi Grant- Halvorson - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Imagine walking up to a stranger on the subway and asking them for their seat. What about asking a random person on the street if you could borrow their phone? If the idea makes you squeamish, you're not alone--social psychologists have found that doing these very things makes most... |
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Tax Guide for Short-Term Rentals: Airbnb, HomeAway, VRBO and More
Stephen Fishman - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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As a short-term rental host, you're entitled to many valuable deductions and other tax benefits. This book -- the first of its kind -- shows you how to pay no more tax than necessary on your rental income while complying with IRS rules. Learn everything you need to know about taxes,... |
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Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need
Grant Sabatier - Avery
Format: Hardcover
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Money is unlimited. Time is not. Become financially independent as fast as possible.In 2010, 24-year old Grant Sabatier woke up to find he had $2.26 in his bank account. Five years later, he had a net worth of over $1.25 million, and CNBC began calling him "the Millennial Millionaire."... |
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Facebook: The Inside Story
Steven Levy - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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From renowned tech writer Steven Levy, the definitive history of one of America's most powerful and controversial companies: Facebook In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, and soon... |
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Stephanie Land - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. "My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter."While the gap between upper... |
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Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships across Differences
Tiffany Jana - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format: Print book
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Control, Conquer, and Prevail! Everybody's biased. The truth is, we all harbor unconscious assumptions that can get in the way of our good intentions and keep us from building authentic relationships with people different from ourselves. Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman use vivid stories... |
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The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt
Robert I. Sutton - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
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"This book is a contemporary classic - a shrewd and spirited guide to protecting ourselves from the jerks, bullies, tyrants, and trolls who seek to demean. We desperately need this antidote to the a-holes in our midst." - Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of To Sell Is Human... |
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Make a Difference: The Ultimate Volunteer Handbook
Arthur Blaustein - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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A comprehensive guide to civic participation and the best opportunities for volunteering.We are proud residents of the land of the free and the home of the brave, but how often do we actually get involved and do anything to make a difference? The lifeblood of democracy is volunteering,... |
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
JOHN CARREYROU - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from their charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.In 2014,... |
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Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs
Nathalie Molina Niño - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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For women entrepreneurs (and anyone sick of the status quo) , this smart, unapologetic collection delivers fifty proven hacks to leapfrog over obstacles and succeed in business."A must-read for any woman who has a great idea and the nagging thought that doors are closed to her; Molina... |
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55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
Elizabeth White - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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For the millions of people in their fifties and sixties who find themselves out of work, unable to find a job, and financially incapable of retiring, here's a practical plan for getting past any blame or shame, overcoming denial, and finding a path to a new normal.Elizabeth White has an impressive... |
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Becoming a Venture Capitalist
Gary Rivlin - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A reader-friendly guide to the inner workings and behind-the-scenes action of Silicon Valley and venture capitalism. Investigative reporter Gary Rivlin gives an armchair tour of the world of venture capitalism, while providing vivid case studies illustrating how to get started in the field.... |
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Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand in the Age of Social Media
BRITTANY HENNESSY - Citadel
Format: Paperback
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"I highly advise anyone who has an interest in life online to get this book, sit down, and take notes because you're going to want to hear what Brittany has to say." -Iskra Lawrence, Aerie Model and Instagram star (@iskra) If you've ever scrolled through your Instagram... |
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
Burton G Malkiel - W W Norton, 2016.
Format: Print book
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The best investment guide money can buy, with over 1.5 million copies sold, now fully revised and updated. In today's daunting investment landscape, the need for Burton G. Malkiel's reassuring, authoritative, and perennially best-selling guide to investing is stronger than ever.... |
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The Vanity Fair Diaries
OCTAVIA MANN - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Tina Brown kept delicious daily diaries throughout her eight spectacular years as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair. Today they provide an incendiary portrait of the flash and dash and power brokering of the Excessive Eighties in New York and Hollywood.The Vanity Fair Diaries... |
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Small Business Start-Up Kit, The: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide
Peri Pakroo J.D. - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Start your business with confidence using the best step-by-step guide available! Many people dream of running a business of their own -- but often don't know how or where to start. Sound familiar? This is the book you need. User-friendly and loaded with tips, The Small Business Start-Up... |
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Nonprofit Board Service for the GENIUS
Susan Schaefer - For the Genius Press
Format: Print book
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Nonprofit Board Service for the GENIUS is a first-of-its kind reference for the millions of people who are seeking to serve on a nonprofit board or already serve on one. It is a fun, informative read that candidly highlights a board member's ups and downs. Perfect for the novice, the veteran... |
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Go Together: How the Concept of Ubuntu Will Change How You Live, Work, and Lead
SHOLA RICHARDS - Sterling Ethos
Format: Hardcover
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Workplace positivity expert Shola Richards (Making Work Work) explores a radical new concept for rethinking our personal, professional, and social lives: togetherness. The illusion that we are separate from each other, more different than similar, is eroding our ability to work,... |
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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Adam Braun - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of how a young man turned $25 into more than 200 schools around the world and the guiding steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life.Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful... |
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