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The Reputation Game: The Art of Changing How People See You

RUPERT WALLER DAVID YOUNGER - Oneworld Publications
Format: Hardcover

You're already playing the game, whether you like it or not. You can try to ignore what others say about you or you can choose to learn the rules and discover that the potential benefits are unlimited. Reputation can't be owned or managed - not by an individual, an organization...
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Local Is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness

Helena Norberg-Hodge - Local Futures
Format: Paperback

From a renowned pioneer of the anti-globalization movement, a primer on working towards a localized world From disappearing livelihoods to financial instability, from climate chaos to an epidemic of depression, we face crises on a number of seemingly unrelated fronts. This well-referenced...
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How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Small Farm: With Companion CD-ROM

Melissa G Nelson - Atlantic Group
Format: Paperback

Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, the number of small farms operating in the United States dropped by more than 75 percent according to the US Department of Agriculture. But, recently, there has been a major resurgence in these family operated, outdoor businesses that has made...
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The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America

Jack Kelly - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

"Pay attention, because The Edge of Anarchy not only captures the flickering Kinetoscopic spirit of one of the great Labor-Capital showdowns in American history, it helps focus today's great debates over the power of economic concentration and the rights and futures of American...
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Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand in the Age of Social Media

BRITTANY HENNESSY - Citadel
Format: Paperback

"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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Edison

Edmund Morris - Random House
Format: Hardcover

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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Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals

Tori O'Neal-McElrath - Jossey-Bass

Strong grant proposal writing made easy From small startups to established national organizations, nonprofits large and small depend on grant funding to survive and thrive. Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals has long...
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Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter

DAN ARIELY - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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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Creating Things That Matter: The Art and Science of Innovations That Last

David A Edwards - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Most things we create will not matter. This book is about creating things that do, from a master innovator who brings science and art together in his cutting edge labs.Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards...
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Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey

John L. Hennessy - Stanford Business Books
Format: Hardcover

In Leading Matters, current Chairman of Alphabet (Google's parent company) , former President of Stanford University, and "Godfather of Silicon Valley," John L. Hennessy shares the core elements of leadership that helped him become a successful tech entrepreneur, esteemed...
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