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Why Sell Tacos in Africa?: 16 life-changing business strategies you can use anywhere, from the man who turned $400 into $200 million

Oberschneider Paul - Explorer
Format: Print book

It's hard to find tacos in Africa.What is a self-made man or woman? Ever thought about it? Success is not a straight-line deal. There is no A-to-Z path, and there are no magic beans that will carry you upward overnight. Have you ever wondered how to start, scale up, build teams, and flourish...
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More Sales, Less Time: Surprisingly Simple Strategies for Today's Crazy-Busy Sellers

Jill Konrath - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book

"I felt like time was taunting me: 'Behind again? You'll never get it all done.' I worked harder and longer hours, sacrificing my limited personal time to stay ahead of the game. Still, it wasn't sufficient. My work just kept expanding, demanding more of me. I could...
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Here's the Plan.: Your Practical, Tactical Guide to Advancing Your Career During Pregnancy and Parenthood

Allyson Downey - Seal Press
Format: Print book

For many women in their 20's and 30's, the greatest professional hurdle they'll need to overcome has little to do with their work life. The most focused, confident, and ambitious women can find themselves derailed by a tiny little thing: a new baby. While more workplaces are espousing...
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The Internet Trap: How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy

Matthew Hindman - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the online economyThe internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies impossible. Instead, behemoths like Google and Facebook now dominate the time we spend online -- and grab all the profits from the attention...
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The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't

Carmine Gallo - St Martin'S Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

How did a Venice Beach T-shirt vendor become television's most successful producer? How did an entrepreneur who started in a garage create the most iconic product launches in business history? How did a timid pastor's son overcome a paralyzing fear of public speaking to captivate sold-out...
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Break Through the Noise: The Nine Rules to Capture Global Attention

Tim Staples - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The odds of getting a video onto YouTube's front page are 1-in-2,000,0000, but Tim Staples, founder and CEO of Shareability, knows how to make the algorithms of Youtube, Google, Facebook and Instagram work for you - and he has the results to prove it, with a thriving business that has gotten...
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

From best-selling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs and their consequences.Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled...
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The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't

Carmine Gallo - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

How did an American immigrant without a college education go from Venice Beach T-Shirt vendor to television's most successful producer? How did a timid pastor's son surmount a paralyzing fear of public speaking to sell out Yankee stadium, twice? How did the city of Tokyo create...
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Downhill from Here: Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality

Katherine S. Newman - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

A sharp examination of the looming financial catastrophe of retirement in America.As millions of Baby Boomers reach their golden years, the state of retirement in America is little short of a disaster. Nearly half the households with people aged 55 and older have no retirement savings at all....
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It's About More Than the Money: Investment Wisdom for Building a Better Life

Saly A. Glassman - FT Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

"Concise, realistic, and very readable, this book opens up the complex world of financial investing and provides a useful guide that first-time investors can and should utilize." -Publishers Weekly "It's About More Than the Money is a book for our times. Now more...
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Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words

Stephen Young - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

"Micromessaging" may be the most important skill set in your leadership portfolio -- and you can learn everything you need to know right here Micromessages come in various forms, such as gestures, facial expressions, tones of voice, word choices, eye contact, and interactive...
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Developing the Leader Within You 2.0

John C. Maxwell - HarperCollins Leadership
Format: Paperback

In this thoroughly revised and updated 25th-anniversary edition of his now-classic work, John C. Maxwell reveals how to develop the vision, value, influence, and motivation required of successful leaders - now in paperback.Twenty-five years ago, John Maxwell published the book that forever...
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JELL-O Girls: A Family History

ALLIE ROWBOTTOM - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

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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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads

Tim Wu - Knopf
Format: Print book

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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Federal Resume Guidebook 6th Ed, : Writing the Successful Outline Format Federal Resume

Kathryn Troutman - Resume Place Pr
Format: Paperback

Federal jobs tend to offer high pay, great benefits, a strong employee support system, and they are some of the most coveted opportunities in today's job market. As a result, competition for these jobs is at a record high. To survive the initial resume screening, let alone achieve one of these...
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Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

Laura Vanderkam - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Learn to savor life's best moments--no matter how busy you are--through mindset shifts that alter your perception of time.Laura Vanderkam, the acclaimed author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, isn't like other time-management gurus. She's not trying to shave...
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The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers

Baruch Lev - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book

An innovative new valuation framework with truly useful economic indicators The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers shows how the ubiquitous financial reports have become useless in capital market decisions and lays out an actionable alternative. Based on a comprehensive,...
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Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination

ADAM LASHINSKY - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Fortune writer and bestselling author of Inside Apple's expos of Uber, the multi-billion dollar Silicon Valley upstart that has disrupted the transportation industry around the world.Uber is one of the most fascinating and controversial businesses in the world, both beloved...
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Presentation Skills For Managers, 2E

Kerri Garbis - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

Proven Techniques for Designing and Delivering a Powerful Presentation Every TimeGreat presentations have the power to impact people, boost careers, and generate interest in both the speaker and the topic. Presentation Skills for Managers, Second Edition equips you with the tools and confidence...
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Personal Finance For Dummies

Eric Tyson - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Take stock of your financial situation From budgeting, saving, and reducing debt, to making timely investment choices and planning for the future, Personal Finance For Dummies provides fiscally conscious readers with the tools they need to take charge of their financial life. This...
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Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

Grant Sabatier - Avery
Format: Hardcover

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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Management 101: From Hiring and Firing to Imparting New Skills, an Essential Guide to Management Strategies

Stephen Soundering - Adams Media Corporation
Format: Print book

A crash course in managing productive, successful, and happy employees! Effective employee management is imperative to a business' success, but all too often management books turn the important details of best practices into tedious reading that would put even a CEO to sleep. Management...
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

From bestselling writer David Graeber - "a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate" (Slate) - a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs ... and their consequences.Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring...
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Make Your Mark: The Smart Nonprofit Professional's Guide to Career Mapping for Success

NURYS HARRIGAN-PEDERSEN - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Paperback

Make Your Mark guides those who want to change their career route to create an empowering, re-warding, and fulfilling journey towards having a job they love. What would it be like to have a job that makes you so happy you could sing, where your professional goals are aligned and make a significant...
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Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World

ANNIE LOWREY - Crown
Format: Hardcover

A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic income - a stipend given to every citizen - and why it might be necessary for our age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your checking account,...
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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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Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble

Bernard B. Kamoroff C.P.A. - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

Small Time Operator is one of the most popular business start-up guides ever. In clear, easy-to-understand language, the author covers:Getting permits and licensesHow to finance a businessCreating and using a business planChoosing and protecting a business nameDeciding whether to incorporateEstablishing...
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The Glass Wall: Success strategies for women at work and businesses that mean business

Sue Unerman - Profile Books(GB)
Format: Paperback

Never mind the glass ceiling. In the workplace today there's a glass wall. Men and women can see each other clearly through the divide, but they don't speak the same language or have the same expectations. And as a result, women and their careers are suffering.With more women than...
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2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials Are Breaking Down Age Barriers and Changing the World

Stacey Ferreira - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to the future!2 Billion Under 20 is a book, online community, and movement inspired by the 2 billion people in the world currently at or under the age of twenty. We stand for Millennials, Gen Z'ers, and those who want to better understand them and their unique potential. This...
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Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do about It

Larry Olmsted - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book

"Impressive . . . Readers will be inspired by Olmsted's intensity and clarity, and floored by how far some counterfeiters go to fool consumers and some historic food institutions go to protect their products and their names. Olmsted's sharp language will hopefully put fires under counterfeiters...
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The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History

David Enrich - Custom House
Format: Print book

The Wall Street Journal's award-winning business reporter unveils the bizarre and sinister story of how a math genius named Tom Hayes, a handful of outrageous confederates, and a deeply corrupt banking system ignited one of the greatest financial scandals in history.In 2006, an oddball...
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Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust

Edgar H. Schein - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format: Paperback

Bestselling author and father of organizational culture studies, Edgar Schein and Peter Schein trail-blaze with a creative perspective on leadership that encourages vulnerability and empathy as a form of strength.The more traditional forms of leadership that are based on static hierarchies...
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Mastering Catastrophic Risk: How Companies Are Coping with Disruption

Howard Kunreuther - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

A profound and insightful look at how company leaders prepare for and respond to shocks and crises that threaten their business.Successful firms strategically manage and are more accurate in their assessment of large-scale risks. Doing so is increasingly challenging given the pace of change,...
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Becoming Hewlett Packard: Why Strategic Leadership Matters

Robert A. Burgelman - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard invented the model of the Silicon Valley start-up and set in motion a process of corporate becoming that made it possible for HP to transform itself six times over the 77 years since its founding in the face of sweeping technological changes that felled most...
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Africa's Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World's Next Big Growth Market

Acha Leke - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover

The Definitive Guide to Doing Business in AfricaFor global and Africa-based companies looking to access new growth markets, Africa offers exciting opportunities to build large, profitable businesses. Its population is young, fast-growing, and increasingly urbanized--while rapid technology...
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Fed Power: How Finance Wins

Lawrence Jacobs - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover

The Federal Reserve is the most powerful central bank in the world. Without its central bank, America would be subject to devastating fluctuations in currency value and chronic economic instability. To stabilize the economy, the Fed adjusts interest rates and intervenes in the economy more...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2014: For Preparing Your 2013 Tax Return

J.K. Lasser Institute - Wiley; 4 edition
Format: Paperback

Americas number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usability For over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team...
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8 Steps to High Performance: Focus On What You Can Change

Marc Effron - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover

What Really WorksThere's no shortage of advice out there on how to perform better, and better than others, at work. The problem is knowing which methods are actually proven to work--and how you should act on them to get the best results.In 8 Steps to High Performance, talent expert...
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Million Dollar Habits: Proven Power Practices to Double and Triple Your Income

Brian Tracy - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Paperback

95% of what people think, feel and do, is determined by habits. Habits are ingrained but not unchangeable -- new, positive habits can be learned to replace worn-out, ineffective practices with optimal behaviors that can cause dramatic, immediate benefits to the bottom line. In Million Dollar...
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The Tactical Guide to Six Sigma Implementation

Suresh Patel - CRC Press
Format: eBook

Books in the Quality and Business Excellence series can help readers enhance customer value and satisfaction by integrating the customer's voice into design, manufacturing, supply chain, and field processes. Although there are many Six Sigma books on the market, few clarify the essential...
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The Power of Failure: Succeeding in the Age of Innovation

Fran Tarkenton - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Failure is your key to success.So says Hall of Fame quarterback and hugely successful serial entrepreneur Fran Tarkenton.Don't get him wrong - there's no one more competitive or keener on winning than Fran.But in his inspiring and insightful new book, The Power of Failure, Tarkenton...
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The Soul of a Team: A Modern-Day Fable for Winning Teamwork

Tony Dungy - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mentor Leader and Quiet Strength comes a book sure to transform your team or organization!For most people, succeeding in life requires mastering the art of teamwork. Whether at work, school, church, or home, virtually...
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A Human's Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay in Control

Kartik Hosanagar - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A Wharton professor and tech entrepreneur examines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives, and how we can shape the way they impact usThrough the technology embedded in almost every major tech platform and every web-enabled device, algorithms...
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Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers -- and Seize Success

Dawn Marie Graham - AMACOM
Format: Hardcover

Don't settle . . . SUCCEED in the right career! Are you stuck in an unsatisfying job? In the wrong profession? An industry that just isn't a fit? Get unstuck! Land a new career - one you're genuinely passionate about. Switchers helps you realize that dream. Written by celebrated...
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New Brunswick, New Jersey: The Decline and Revitalization of Urban America

David Listokin - Rutgers University Press
Format: eBook

While many older American cities struggle to remain vibrant, New Brunswick has transformed itself, adapting to new forms of commerce and a changing population, and enjoying a renaissance that has led many experts to cite this New Jersey city as a model for urban redevelopment. Featuring...
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GMAT Foundations of Math: 900 Practice Problems in Book and Online

Manhattan Prep - Manhattan Prep
Format: Print book

Developed for test-takers who need a refresher, GMAT Foundations of Math provides a user-friendly review of basic math concepts crucial for GMAT success.Designed to be user-friendly for all students, GMAT Foundations of Math provides:* Easy-to-follow explanations of fundamental math concepts*...
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Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business

TIFFANI D BOVA - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Do you know the best way to drive your company's growth? If not, it's time to boost your Growth IQ.Trying to find the one right move that will improve your business's performance can feel overwhelming. But, as you'll discover in Growth IQ, there are just ten simple--but...
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Sell Online Like a Creative Genius: A Guide for Artists, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Kindred Spirits

BRAINARD CAREY - Allworth
Format: Paperback

How to sell art or anything else online without leaving your home. Whether you're selling original artwork, jewelry, or a unique product, this is the book for you. Brainard Carey offers advice with solid examples of how building an online business is something every creative person can pursue....
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Opportunity: How to Win in Business and Create a Life You Love

Eben Pagan - Hay House Business
Format: Hardcover

Make the most of life's opportunities with savvy internet marketer Eben Pagan's ode to opportunity: how to recognize it, how to find more of it, and how to make it work for you.Well-known entrepreneur teacher and technology investor Eben Pagan has spent thousands of hours studying opportunity....
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2013: For Preparing Your 2012 Tax Return

J.K. Lasser Institute - Wiley; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

America's number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness,organization, and usability For over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser foreasy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written...
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Relationomics: Business Powered by Relationships

Dr. Randy Ross - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover

Relationships are at the core of our lives. They shape and refine our character. They influence our worldview. They're not just important to us as human beings--they're crucial. So it should come as no surprise that healthy relationships are the heart of a successful business or organization....
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Start Your Own Travel Hosting Business: Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway, and More

Jason Rich - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Paperback

GET PAID FOR YOUR PADAn ever-growing number of travelers are searching for more convenient and low-cost accommodation alternatives, as opposed to staying at traditional hotels. As a result, online-based services like Airbnb, FlipKey, HomeAway, Roomorama, and VRBO are making it easy for you to list...
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The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind

Raghuram Rajan - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization.Raghuram Rajan, distinguished University of Chicago professor, former IMF chief economist, head of India's central bank, and author of the 2010...
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Sales in a New York Minute: 212 Pages of Real World and Easy to Implement Strategies to Make More Sales, Build Loyal Relationships, and Make More Money

Jennifer Gluckow - Sound Wisdom
Format: Hardcover

You've heard the term ''...in a New York minute,'' and you have your own ideas of what it means. Jennifer Gluckow defines it as ''fast, clear, direct, and successful.'' That's the way of New York, and it's the way sales are made (or lost) in New York...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2011: For Preparing Your 2010 Tax Return

J. K. Lasser - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

America's number one bestselling and most trusted tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usability. For over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing...
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Planning a Career in Biomedical and Life Sciences: Making Informed Choices

Avrum I Gotlieb - Academic Press
Format: eBook

Planning a Career in Biomedical and Life Sciences presents useful information, insights, and tips to those pursuing a career in the biomedical and life sciences. The book focuses on making educated choices during schooling, training, and job searching in both the academic and non-academic...
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Playing with FIRE

Scott Rieckens - New World Library
Format: Paperback

What if the one thing that could make you happy was a few simple choices away? A successful entrepreneur living in Southern California, Scott Rieckens felt like he had a dream life: A happy marriage, a two-year-old daughter, a membership to a boat club, and a BMW in the driveway. But underneath...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2008: For Preparing Your 2007 Tax Return

J.K. Lasser Institute. - Wiley
Format: Paperback

Navigating the ever-changing income tax landscape is no easy task. Each year, millions of taxpayers are affected by new IRS regulations, federal court decisions and amendments from congressional tax committees. This year alone, there are many important developments such as the AMT exemption,...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2015: For Preparing Your 2014 Tax Return

J.K. Lasser Tax Institute. - Wiley; 5 edition
Format: Book

America's bestselling tax guide for over seventy-five years, updated for 2014 taxes J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2015 is the most trusted tax guide on the market, updated for 2014 tax returns. With full coverage of all changes and adjustments to the tax laws—including new deductions...
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Designing the Future: How Ford, Toyota, and other World-Class Organizations Use Lean Product Development to Drive Innovation and Transform Their Business

James M. Morgan - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Hardcover

How companies are using lean development to revolutionize their product and service offerings -- vital lessons any business leader can use as an engine of innovationHow did Ford Motors use Lean Development to pull off one of the most impressive corporate turnarounds in history? Largely...
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Have You Eaten Grandma?: Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation, Grammar, and Good English

Gyles Brandreth - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

For anyone who wants to make fewer (not less) grammar mistakes, a lively, effective, and witty guide to all the ins and outs of the English language, reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp...
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DK Essential Managers: Leadership

Christina Osborne - Dorling Kindersley, 2015.
Format: Print book

DK Essential Managers: Leadership is the visual guide that gives you all the know-how you need to be a more effective manager. Now newly updated with an all-new graphic approach to explaining key techniques and skills, the best-selling DK Essential Managers: Leadership features: A practical,...
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The Cheat Code: Going Off Script to Get More, Go Faster, and Shortcut Your Way to Success

Brian Wong - Crown
Format: Print book

Have you ever noticed that there are certain people who seem to get ahead just a bit faster than everyone else? You know, the types who always seem to be a bit ahead of the curve, to get noticed a bit more, and to achieve their goals a bit more quickly than the rest of the pack? And have...
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The Complete Guide to B2B Marketing: New Tactics, Tools, and Techniques to Compete in the Digital Economy

Kim Ann King - Pearson Education
Format: Print book

To succeed at B2B marketing today, you must excel across all areas: from getting your message out, to generating demand, to enabling sales teams. New technologies and new techniques make excellence possible. Now, top B2B marketer Kim Ann King brings together all the best practices and tools...
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The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy

MICHAEL LEWIS - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments,...
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The Goldilocks Challenge: Right-Fit Evidence for the Social Sector

Mary Kay Gugerty - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

The social sector provides services to a wide range of people throughout the world with the aim of creating social value. While doing good is great, doing it well is even better. These organizations, whether nonprofit, for-profit, or public, increasingly need to demonstrate that their efforts...
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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

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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How to Wash a Chicken: Mastering the Business Presentation

Tim Calkins - Page Two
Format: Hardcover

"Clear, practical, thorough and right on the mark. It's a must-read for people who are new to giving presentations as well as experienced presenters who want to get even better. This book belongs on everyone's bookshelf."Jim Lecinski Associate Professor of Marketing, Northwestern...
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55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life

Elizabeth White - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2016: For Preparing Your 2015 Tax Return

J.K. Lasser Tax Institute. - Wiley
Format: Print book

Prepare your 2015 taxes with ease! J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2016: For Preparing Your 2015 Tax Return is a bestselling tax reference that has been trusted by taxpayers for over seventy-five years. Updated to reflect the changes to the 2015 tax code, this authoritative text offers...
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Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories

Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack - Sasquatch Books
Format: Print book

Geared toward women who are considering getting into tech, or those already in a tech job who want to take their career to the next level, this book combines practical career advice and inspiring personal stories from successful female tech professionals Brianna Wu (founder, Giant Spacekat)...
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Eat Their Lunch: Winning Customers Away from Your Competition

Anthony Iannarino - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

The first ever playbook for B2B salespeople on how to win clients and customers who are already being serviced by your competition, from the author of The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need and The Lost Art of Closing.Like it or not, sales is often a zero-sum game: Your win is someone...
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Choose: The Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Business

Ryan Levesque - Hay House Inc.
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Ask comes a detailed, three-tiered, step-by-step process for choosing the right market to serve in order to succeed with your new start-up business.Starting a business is hard. Most people fail, but it doesn't have to be that way. Of the millions of people who start...
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Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework

Mik Kersten - IT Revolution Press
Format: Paperback

In the Age of Software, will your business dominate and maintain relevance -- or will it become a digital relic?As tech giants and startups disrupt every market, those who master large-scale software delivery will define the economic landscape of the 21st century, just as the masters of mass...
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Lean Six Sigma

Craig Gygi - Barcharts
Format: Print book

Lean Six SIGMA Quick Study
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Powered by Girl: A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists

Lyn Mikel Brown - Beacon Press
Format: Print book

A playbook for working with and training girls to be activists of their own social movementsArmed with a rich array of online media platforms, seemingly endless reserves of creativity, and a keen sense of justice, girl activists are getting things done. But scholar and activist Lyn Mikel...
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The Oxford Handbook of Management

Adrian Wilkinson
Format: Paperback

Management, the pursuit of objectives through the organization and co-ordination of people, has been and is a core feature-and function-of modern society. Some 'classic' forms of corporate and bureaucratic management may be seen as the prevalent form of organization and organizing...
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7 Secrets of Persuasion: Leading-Edge Neuromarketing Techniques to Influence Anyone

James Crimmins - Career Press
Format: Print book

7 Secrets of Persuasion is the first book to take the latest scientific insights about the mind and apply them to the art of persuasion. It directly translates the revolution in neuroscience that has occurred over the last 40 years into practical new techniques for effective persuasion.Whether...
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Series 7 Exam For Dummies, with Online Practice Tests

Steven M. Rice - For Dummies
Format: Print book

Take your Series 7 exam preparation to the next level Knowing exactly what to study for any exam is daunting. There's so much information out there, how can you possibly know what will be on the test? Series 7 Exam For Dummies, 3rd Edition with Online Practice Tests is a critical...
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Goliath's Revenge: How Established Companies Turn the Tables on Digital Disruptors

Todd Hewlin - Wiley
Format: Hardcover

Harness your company's incumbent advantages to win the digital disruption gameGoliath's Revenge is the practical guide for how executives and aspiring leaders of established companies can run the Silicon Valley playbook for themselves and capitalize on digital disruption. Technologies...
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The Objective Leader: How to Leverage the Power of Seeing Things As They Are

Elizabeth R. Thornton - Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover

We are all subjectiveits human nature We overreact to situations we judge people too quickly and unfairly we take something personally when it was not really meant that way As a result we lose relationships reputation money and peace of mind And in our ever-more-complex world leaders must...
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Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies

Bruce Clay - For Dummies; 3 edition
Format: Book

The most comprehensive coverage of search engine optimization In Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition, Bruce Clay—whose search engine consultancy predates Google—shares everything you need to know about SEO. In minibooks that cover the entire topic,...
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Lean and Agile Project Management: How to Make Any Project Better, Faster, and More Cost Effective

Terra Vanzant-Stern - Productivity Press
Format: Print book

When project managers are faced with budget cuts and fewer resources, waste elimination becomes a priority in maintaining effectiveness. This does not mean shortening or abandoning traditional project cycles, though. In fact, fast results on critical assignments can only be completed with...
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A Practical Education: Why Liberal Arts Majors Make Great Employees

Randall E Stross - Redwood Press
Format: Hardcover

The liberal arts major is often lampooned: lacking in "skills," unqualified for a professional career, underemployed. But studying for the joy of learning turns out to be surprisingly practical. Unlike career-focused education, liberal education prepares graduates for anything...
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Insane Mode: How Elon Musk's Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil

Hamish McKenzie - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

"You'll tell me if it ever starts getting genuinely insane, right?" --Elon Musk, TED interview Hamish McKenzie tells how a West Coast start-up's audacious dream came true. Elon Musk created a car company that would go up against not only the might of the government-backed Detroit...
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Feeding You Lies: How to Unravel the Food Industry's Playbook and Reclaim Your Health

Vani Hari - Hay House Inc.
Format: Hardcover

This follow-up to New York Times bestseller The Food Babe Way exposes the lies we've been told about our food--and takes readers on a journey to find healthy options.This follow-up to New York Times bestseller The Food Babe Way exposes the lies we've been told about our food--and takes...
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Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business

Paul Jarvis - Audible Studios
Format: Audiobook

What if the real key to a richer and more fulfilling career was not to create and scale a new start-up, but rather, to be able to work for yourself, determine your own hours, and become a (highly profitable) and sustainable company of one? Suppose the better - and smarter - solution is simply...
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The Peter F. Drucker Reader: Selected Articles from the Father of Modern Management Thinking

Peter F Drucker - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Print book

The best of Peter F. Drucker's articles on management, all in one place.That "management" exists as a concept, a practice, and a profession is largely due to the thinking of Peter F. Drucker. For nearly half a century, he inspired and educated managers - and powerfully shaped...
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Project Management Absolute Beginner's Guide

GREG HORINE - Que Publishing
Format: Paperback

Succeed as a project manager, even if you've never run a project before! This book is the fastest way to master every project management task, from upfront budgeting and scheduling through execution, managing teams through closing projects, and learning from experience. Updated with more...
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Self-Made: How to Become Self-Reliant, Self-Realized, and Rich in Every Way

Nely Galán - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Print book

For readers of #GIRLBOSS and viewers of Shark Tank - a global revolution in entrepreneurship is under way, inspiring women to blaze a trail of financial self-reliance and become self-made. Featuring a foreword by Suze Orman. What does it mean to be self-made It's not just...
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Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealthand How You Can Too

Chris Hogan - Ramsey Press
Format: Hardcover

Everywhere we turn, we hear negative financial news - that the American Dream is dead or that the little man can't get ahead. Our culture feeds us the lie that it's impossible to become a millionaire in America today, but it's time you heard the truth. In his newest book, Everyday Millionaires:...
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From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America

Howard Schultz - Random House
Format: Hardcover

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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Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required

Kristy Shen - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

From two leaders of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, a bold, contrarian guide to retiring at any age, with a reproducible formula to financial independenceA bull***t-free guide to growing your wealth, retiring early, and living life on your own termsKristy Shen...
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Teens and the Job Game

Beverly Slomka - Mascot Books
Format: Paperback

In today's difficult job market, it is not enough to create an impressive resume or thoroughly rehearse for an interview. Although these are important elements in the job preparation process, an individual must possess more in order to successfully compete with other candidates. In Teens...
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Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution

John C. Bogle - Wiley
Format: Hardcover

A journey through the Index Revolution from the man who started it allStay the Course is the story the Vanguard Group as told by its founder, legendary investor John C. Bogle. This engrossing book traces the history of Vanguard - the largest mutual fund organization on earth.Offering the world's...
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Your One Word: The Powerful Secret to Creating a Business and Life That Matter

Evan Carmichael - Tarcherperigee
Format: Print book

In this bold and empowering guide, entrepreneur and social media sensation Evan Carmichael shares the secret to turbo-charging your path to success on your own terms. With thought-provoking questions and inspiring, instructive examples, Your One Word will help you nail down your personal...
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The Analytical Marketer: How to Transform Your Marketing Organization

Adele Sweetwood - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Print book

How to lead the changeAnalytics are driving big changes, not only in what marketing departments do but in how they are organized, staffed, led, and run. Leaders are grappling with issues that range from building an analytically driven marketing organization and determining the kinds of structure...
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The Franchisee Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Buying a Franchise

Mark Siebert - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Paperback

Is Franchising Right For You?Why start a business from scratch when you can have a piece of the greatest expansion strategy ever conceived? Franchising is BIG and getting bigger in every sector -- from restaurants and coffee chains to pet care and insurance. There is a franchise for everything...
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Social Media Management: Persuasion in Networked Culture

Ben Ryan Shields - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

Social media technologies are not only changing the way we communicate, but also disrupting the business world. Social Media Management: Persuasion in Networked Culture equips readers with a coherent framework and the tools to answer the question: Now what? Based on the author's extensive...
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Ultimate Guide to Pay-Per-Click Advertising

Richard Stokes - Entrepreneur Press,
Format: Paperback

Millions compete for exposure on Google and Bing but 99% of them fail to get results.As the founder of leading digital intelligence firm AdGooroo, search advertising authority Richard Stokes is in a unique position to reveal what's going wrong and provide solutions to fix it.Using proven...
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Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration

Martin Murray - Galileo Press
Format: Print book

Make the most of your Materials Management (MM) implementation with this completely updated, comprehensive guide. Based on ERP 6.0, this title provides an overview of the various functionalities and configurations needed for MM in SAP ERP. You will learn the ins and outs of Materials...
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Jobseeker's Guide: Ten Steps to a Federal Job for Military Personnel and Spouses

KATHRYN TROUTMAN - Resume Place Pr
Format: Paperback

The Jobseekers Guide 8th Edition is used at more than 150 military bases worldwide to teach Kathryn Troutman's highly acclaimed Ten Steps to a Federal Job to military personnel and family members. This title is recognized as the leading guide on the topic for 100,000 military...
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The Ruler's Guide: China's Greatest Emperor and His Timeless Secrets of Success

Chinghua Tang - Scribner
Format: Print book

In the classic tradition of Sun Tzu's The Art of War, here for the first time in English is the timeless wisdom of China's greatest emperor Tang Taizong (598-649 AD) which will show anyone who leads or manages how to achieve unparalleled results and an enduring legacy.Tang Taizong...
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Disrupt-Her: A Manifesto for the Modern Woman

Miki Agrawal - Hay House Inc.
Format: Hardcover

From the co-founder of THINX and hellotushy.com, start-ups collectively valued at more than $150 million, comes DISRUPT-HER, a rallying cry for women to radically question the status quo.Miki Agrawal has faced patriarchal pushback, fought girl-on-girl hate, ridden the roller coaster of building...
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Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal

JACK EWING - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A shocking expos of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.In mid-2015, Volkswagen proudly reached its goal of surpassing Toyota as the world's largest automaker. A few months later, the EPA disclosed that Volkswagen had installed software in 11 million...
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At Your Best as a Carpenter: Your Playbook for Building a Successful Career and Launching a Thriving Small Business as a Carpenter

Juan Carosso - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

The only series of step-by-step guides to succeeding in the skilled trades and achieving the American dream. At Your Best as a Carpenter is your playbook for learning if a career as a carpenter is right for you, progressing from pre-apprentice to journeyman to master carpenter,...
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Cracking The Hidden Job Market: How to Find Opportunity in Any Economy

Donald Asher - Ten Speed Press; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Print book

Canrsquot find a job Maybe yoursquore seeing only half the picture Half the job market is invisibleAre you spending all your time applying to posted job openingsmdashpostings that draw hundreds and in some cases thousands of applications No matter how perfect you are for the job there is always...
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Tap: Unlocking the Mobile Economy

Anindya Ghose - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover

Consumers create a data trail by tapping their phones; businesses can tap into this trail to harness the power of the more than three trillion dollar mobile economy. According to Anindya Ghose, a global authority on the mobile economy, this two-way exchange can benefit both customers and businesses....
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Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career

Scott Young - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. This is the essential guide to future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage through self-education.In...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2012: For Preparing Your 2011 Tax Return

J. K. Lasser - Wiley; 2 edition
Format: Paperback

America's number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usabilityFor over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written...
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Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side

Howard S Marks - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

One of the most successful Wall Street investors of all time provides practical insight and keen analysis on how to track, and react to, the ups and downs of the stock market. Marks reveals the hidden logic in carefully pinpointing market trends so that every investor can profit."When...
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Get Scrappy: Smarter Digital Marketing for Businesses Big and Small

Nick Westergaard - Amacom
Format: Hardcover

It's an exciting time to be in marketing: The Internet, social media, and content marketing are powerful equalizers, resetting the playing field for businesses large and small. Yet, it's also a challenging time, with much work to do and an ever-changing array of platforms, features,...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2010: For Preparing Your 2009 Tax Return

J.K. Lasser Institute - Wiley; 15 edition
Format: Paperback

America's number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usability For over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team...
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Your New Money Story: The Beliefs, Behaviors, and Brain Science to Rewire for Wealth

David Krueger MD - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Neuroscientists estimate that over 90 percent of our operating systems - beliefs, behaviors, patterns - are unconscious. Since the surface story determines less than 10 percent of our decisions, how can we illuminate the shadow story responsible for over 90 percent of what we do each day?...
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Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream

Sara Goldrick-Rab - The University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book

If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why. Quite simply, college is far too expensive...
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Pomodoro Technique Illustrated

Staffan Noteberg - Pragmatic Bookshelf; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Printed in full color.Do you ever look at the clock and wonder where the day went? You spent all this time at work and didn't come close to getting everything done. Tomorrow try something new. Use the Pomodoro Technique to work in focused sprints throughout the day. In Pomodoro Technique...
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Agile Engagement: How to Drive Lasting Results by Cultivating a Flexible, Responsive, and Collaborative Culture

Santiago Jaramillo - Wiley
Format: Print book

Achieve unprecedented business value by fostering true employee engagement Many organizations fail to realize and harness the power of their most valuable asset - their employees. Though they can be developed into a true competitive advantage, engagement isn't attainable if the employee...
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At Your Best as a Plumber: Your Playbook for Building a Successful Career and Launching a Thriving Small Business as a Plumber

- Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

The only series of step-by-step guides to succeeding in the skilled trades and achieving the American dream. At Your Best as a Plumber is your playbook for learning if a career as a plumber is right for you, progressing from pre-apprentice to journeyman to master plumber, and launching...
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Women with Money: The Judgment-Free Guide to Creating the Joyful, Less Stressed, Purposeful

Jean Chatzky - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Hardcover

Women have more money--and power--than ever before. So why are we still so conflicted, and unsure, of what or how to deal with it? Today show financial editor and bestselling author Jean Chatzky provides the much-needed answers in WOMEN WITH MONEY.Ask successful women what they want from...
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