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Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream

Aaron Glantz - Custom House
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of Evicted, Bait and Switch, and The Big Short, a shocking, heart-wrenching investigation into America's housing crisis and the modern-day robber barons who are making a fortune off the backs of the disenfranchised working and middle class - among them, Donald Trump and his inner...
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Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company's Future - and What to Do About It

Tien Tzuo - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Salesforce are just the tip of the iceberg for the subscription model. The real transformation--and the real opportunity--is just beginning.Subscription companies are growing nine times faster than the S&P 500. Why? Because unlike product companies,...
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Medicare For Dummies

PATRICIA BARRY - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Make the most of MedicareMore than 55.5 million people today are Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare for Dummies, 3rd Edition, addresses the complexities of Medicare and helps those eligible for benefits maneuver the complicated claims process. With the easy-to-follow, comprehensive...
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The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind

Jonah Berger - SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: Hardcover

From the author of New York Times bestsellers Contagious and Invisible Influence, comes a revolutionary approach to changing anyone's mind.

Everyone has something they want to change. Marketers want to change their customers' minds and leaders want to change organizations....

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Getting Started in Consulting

Alan Weiss - Wiley
Format: Paperback

The definitive guide to getting out of the office and getting into consulting Getting Started in Consulting, Fourth Edition is the acclaimed real-world blueprint to professional and financial freedom. For nearly two decades, this invaluable resource has helped thousands of people quit...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2021: For Preparing Your 2019 Tax Return

J.K. Lasser Institute - Wiley
Format: Paperback

J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2021: For Preparing Your 2020 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 2020 tax code, this authoritative text offers step-by-step instructions that guide...
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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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Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber

Susan Fowler - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Vogue, Forbes, and CosmopolitanThe unbelievable true story of the young woman who faced down one of the most valuable startups in Silicon Valley history--and what came afterSusan Fowler was just twenty-five years old when her blog...
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IDENTITY LEADERSHIP : discover who you are

STEDMAN GRAHAM - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

Become a passionate, purposeful, and meaningful leader through identifying who you are, your strengths, and your skills. New York Times bestselling author Stedman Graham's Identity Leadership is a very personal and prescriptive guide that is based on his philosophy that a leader...
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How to Talk to Anyone at Work: 72 Little Tricks for Big Success in Business Relationships

LEIL LOWNDES - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback

From the bestselling author of How to Talk to Anyone comes a book dedicated to helping business professionals at any level communicate for success on the jobYou face tough communication challenges every day at work, both in person and online -- a toxic boss, backstabbing coworkers,...
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Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age

Brad Smith - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

"A clear, compelling guide to some of the most pressing debates in technology today." - Bill Gates, from the forewordFrom Microsoft's President and one of the tech industry's wisest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential...
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Expert Resumes and Linkedin Profiles for Managers & Executives

Wendy Enelow - Emerald Career Pub
Format: Paperback

Expert Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles for Managers and Executives was written specifically to address the nuances of writing for senior-level job search candidates. For managers and executives, writing resumes and LinkedIn profiles is a complex process that requires strategy, careful selection...
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Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell

Eric Schmidt - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

The team behind How Google Works returns with management lessons from legendary coach and business executive, Bill Campbell, whose mentoring of some of our most successful modern entrepreneurs has helped create well over a trillion dollars in market value.Bill Campbell played an instrumental...
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Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving

Caitlyn Collins - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A moving, cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives -- and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve themThe work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and stress...
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That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

Marc Randolph - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog comes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company-all revealed by co-founder and first CEO Marc Randolph. Once upon a time, brick-and-mortar video stores were king. Late fees were ubiquitous, video-streaming unheard...
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Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

JENNIFER PALMIERI - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Redefine the expectations for women in leadership roles with this #1 New York Times bestselling volume of inspiring advice by the former communications director for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Framed as an empowering letter from former Hillary Clinton Communications Director...
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

JOHN CARREYROU - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

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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The Amusement Park: 900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them

Stephen M. Silverman - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover

The electrifying, never-before-told history of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, populated by the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who built them, and the regular folks who sought their magical, albeit temporary, charms. Step right up! The Amusement...
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Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off

Richard Stim Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

If you're using copyrighted material, don't get sued -- get permission! Online or off, before you use some or all of a song, photo, book, or any other work covered by copyright law, you need to get permission first. If you don't, you could end up facing legal action from the rights-holder....
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The Ultimate Side Hustle Book: 450 Moneymaking Ideas for the Gig Economy

Elana Varon - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Get your side hustle on with this handy guide that gives you hundreds of ideas on how to make extra cash - and have fun doing it! Do you work a regular job, but still find yourself wishing you had a little extra money? Or maybe you just want some extra fulfillment after hours that you just...
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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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Do the F*cking Work: Lowbrow Advice for High-Level Creativity

Brian Buirge - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

A wake-up call for creatives who need that inspiring kick to finally create the thing they've been meaning to make, while celebrating the journey of trying, learning, and failing.Over the last eight years, Jason Bacher and Brian Buirge of Good F*cking Design Advice (GFDA) have made...
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One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor-And Why You'll Benefit from Being One

Ken Blanchard - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling co-author of the legendary The One Minute Manager and a former Twitter executive join forces to create the ultimate guide to creating powerful mentoring relationships.While most people agree that having a mentor is a good thing, they don't know how to find one or use one....
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The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power

Joseph Turow - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

A revealing and surprising look at the ways that aggressive consumer advertising and tracking, already pervasive online, are coming to a retail store near you By one expert's prediction, within twenty years half of Americans will have body implants that tell retailers how they feel about...
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How to Get Money for College 2019

PETERSON'S. - Peterson Nelnet Co
Format: Print book

Peterson's How to Get Money for College 2019 is a great resource for students looking to supplement their federal financial aid package with aid from colleges and universities. This comprehensive directory points students and their families to complete and accurate information on need-based...
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The Marvel Studios Story: How a Failing Comic Book Publisher Became a Hollywood Superhero

Wetzel, Charlie - HARPERCOLLINS LEADERSHIP

What can you learn from the world's most successful companies? The Marvel Studios Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled a struggling comic book publisher to parlay the power of myth and storytelling...
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Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money

Ken Honda - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

Ken Honda - Japan's #1 bestselling personal development guru - teaches you how to achieve peace of mind when it comes to money with this instant national bestseller. Too often, money is a source of fear, stress, and anger, often breaking apart relationships and even ruining lives. We like...
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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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Start Your Own Business: The Only Startup Book You'll Ever Need

INC ENTREPRENEUR MEDIA - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Paperback

In 2017 34% of the workforce was considered part of the gig economy. This growing workforce of freelancers and side-giggers is also estimated to grow to 43% by 2020. That's 4 million freelancers, soon to be 7 million by 2020. Whether it's people looking to earn extra money, those tired...
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Economic Facts and Fallacies, 2nd edition

Thomas Sowell - Basic Books; 2nd edition
Format: Paperback

In Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics. These fallacies include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as fallacies...
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The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies

Ben Fritz - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The stunning metamorphosis of twenty-first-century Hollywood and what lies ahead for the art and commerce of film In the past decade, Hollywood has endured a cataclysm on a par with the end of silent film and the demise of the studio system. Stars and directors have seen their power dwindle,...
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Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way

Tanja Hester - Hachette Books
Format: Paperback

A practical action guide for financial independence and early retirement from the popular "Our Next Life" blogger. In today's work culture, we're expected to hustle around the clock. But what if you could escape the traditional path and get on one that doesn't require working...
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The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

PRIYA PARKER - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

A bold new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together--at work, at home, in our communities, and beyond.In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely...
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The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

Andrew Tobias - Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

"The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need . . . actually lives up to its name." - Los Angeles Times "So full of tips and angles that only a booby or a billionaire could not benefit." - New York Times For nearly forty years, The Only Investment...
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Extra Helping: Recipes for Caring, Connecting, and Building Community One Dish at a Time

Janet Reich Elsbach - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

Show up, be kind, and cook! Over 70 recipes for those who need a helping hand in your community. There is no more essential place to show up for people than on the plate. Extra Helping is for anyone who wants to respond to the challenge of baby announcements, PTO meal chains, and CaringBridge...
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Your Score: An Insider's Secrets to Understanding, Controlling, and Protecting Your Credit Score

ANTHONY DAVENPORT - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The most comprehensive insider's look at what every consumer needs to know about their credit score - and most importantly, how to fix it Like it or not, a healthy credit score is essential if you want to participate in today's financial world. But very few people actually understand how their...
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Powershift: Transform Any Situation, Close Any Deal, and Achieve Any Outcome

Daymond John - DOUBLEDAY & CO
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author and Shark Tank star Daymond John reveals the secrets to cultivating influence, building relationships, and negotiating your way to any deal or outcome.

Getting what you want in life is all about relationships: establishing them, leveraging them at the right...

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The Vanity Fair Diaries

OCTAVIA MANN - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

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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Blockchain: The Next Everything

Stephen P. Williams - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

An experienced tech writer fully explains blockchain technology and how it will radically transform the world as we know it in this accessible, reader-friendly, illuminating guide.. What is blockchain? Why does everyone from tech experts to business moguls to philanthropists believe it is a paradigm-shifting...
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Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass

Mary L. Gray - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web - and that foreshadows the true future of work.Hidden beneath the surface of the web, lost in our wrong-headed debates about AI, a new menace is looming. Anthropologist...
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Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together

Gaby Dunn - Atria Books
Format: Paperback

The beloved writer-comedian expands on her popular podcast with an engaging and empowering financial literacy book for Millennials and Gen Z. In the first episode of her "Bad With Money" podcast, Gaby Dunn asked patrons at a coffee shop two questions: First, what's your favorite...
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InstaStyle: Curate Your Life, Create Stunning Photos, and Elevate Your Instagram Influence

Tessa Barton - Alpha
Format: Paperback

Gain Instagram followers, grow your personal brand, and influence others with your authentic personality, beautiful photography, and stunningly curated grid.Instagram is the place where trends break, tastes are made, and brands are launched. Plus it's packed with insightful analytics and handy...
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The Invisible Brand: Marketing in the Age of Automation, Big Data, and Machine Learning

William Ammerman - McGraw Hill
Format: Hardcover

Marketers are harnessing the enormous power of AI to drive unprecedented results The world of marketing is undergoing major change. Sophisticated algorithms can test billions of marketing messages and measure results, and shift the weight of campaigns -- all in real time. Whats next? A complete...
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Get Free Cash for College: Secrets to Winning Scholarships

Gen S Tanabe - SuperCollege
Format: Print book

The secrets, tips, and strategies used by actual students to win millions of dollars in financial aid and scholarships are revealed in this completely revised guide for parents and high school, college, and graduate students. Every step of the scholarship process is examined, with advice...
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Principles: Life and Work

Ray Dalio - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller "Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving." - The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined,...
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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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Foreclosure Survival Guide, The: Keep Your House or Walk Away With Money in Your Pocket

Amy Loftsgordon Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Facing foreclosure? Put together a plan. Take action. . When youre in foreclosure, theres no time to waste. You need to know your options so you can do whats right for you and your family now. But things have changed since the Great Recession. The Foreclosure Survival Guide has up-to-date...
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Rockonomics: A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life

Alan B. Krueger - Currency
Format: Hardcover

Alan Krueger, a former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry, from superstar artists to music executives, from managers to promoters, as a way in to explain key principles of economics, and the forces shaping our economic lives.The music industry...
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The Handy Accounting Answer Book

Amber K. Gray Ph.D. - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback

Everyone needs to budget money and manage costs, whether for groceries and everyday purchases, rent or mortgage, education, retirement, or even a business. Like it or not, accounting infuses most everything in life. From credits, debits, and basic bookkeeping to getting the most out of tax deductions...
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Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection

Brian Grazer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Featured on CBS This Morning, Squawk Box, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, and more. "Reading Face to Face is like being a fly on the wall, watching Brian Grazer work his magic. Utterly entertaining, this...
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books, Big Profits)

John C Bogle - Wiley
Format: Hardcover

The best-selling investing "bible" offers new information, new insights, and new perspectives The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. Legendary mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle reveals his key to getting more out of investing:...
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Your Income Tax 2020: For Preparing Your 2019 Tax Return

J.K Lasser - Wiley
Format: Paperback

Prepare your 2019 taxes with ease! J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2020: For Preparing Your 2019 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 2019 tax code, this authoritative text offers...
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Blue-Collar Cash: Love Your Work, Secure Your Future, and Find Happiness for Life

Ken Rusk - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A prescriptive and timely guide to finding success and happiness without a college degree by Ken Rusk, the Ohio-based entrepreneur and "million-dollar ditch digger" who believes it is time to celebrate the possibilities and financial opportunities that a Blue-Collar life can bring.A...
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Debt 101: From Interest Rates and Credit Scores to Student Loans and Debt Payoff Strategies, an Essential Primer on Managing Debt

Michele Cagan CPA - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

Get out of debt and use credit wisely with this easy-to-understand, comprehensive guide to making your debt work for you. The key to borrowing, managing, and paying off debt is understanding what it is, how it works and how it can affect your finances and your life. Debt 101 is the easy-to-follow...
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You Are Awesome: How to Navigate Change, Wrestle with Failure, and Live an Intentional Life

Neil Pasricha - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

From Neil Pasricha - New York Times, million-copy bestselling author of The Book of Awesome series and The Happiness Equation, thought leader for the next generation, and one of the most popular TED speakers in the world - comes a revelatory and inspiring book that...
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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

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 New Retirementality: Planning Your Life and Living Your Dreams...at Any Age You Want

Mitch Anthony - Wiley
Format: Paperback

Stop making a living and start making a life with The New Retirementality In 2000, when top financial philosopher and bestselling author Mitch Anthony first presented a new way of thinking about retirement, it was novel, and many critics didn't buy into it. Originally written to get the attention...
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The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers

ALEX BANAYAN - Currency
Format: Hardcover

The larger-than-life journey of an 18-year-old college freshman who set out from his dorm room to track down Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, and dozens more of the world's most successful people to uncover how they broke through and launched their careers.The Third Door takes readers on an unprecedented...
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I'm Not Really a Waitress: How One Woman Took Over the Beauty Industry One Color at a Time

Suzi Weiss-Fischmann - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover

Inspiring women to pursue their own colorful dreams, I'm Not Really a Waitress tells the story of how Suzi Weiss-Fischmann transformed a small dental supply company into a #1 beauty brand around the world Today, OPI is known as a global beauty brand, famous for its trend-setting...
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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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Sellout: How Washington Gave Away America's Technological Soul, and One Man's Fight to Bring It Home

Victoria Bruce - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

The story of one citizen's fight to preserve a US stake in the future of clean energy and the elements essential to high tech industries and national defense.American technological prowess used to be unrivaled. But because of globalization, and with the blessing of the U.S. government,...
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The Infographic Guide for Entrepreneurs: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know

Carissa Lytle - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to know about starting your own independent business - and earning big - through easy-to-understand infographics.. Start your dream business, optimize your freelancing, and max out your earnings with this graphic guide to everything you need to know to work for yourself....
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Knock em Dead: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin John Yate - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

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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EARN IT!: Know Your Value and Grow Your Career, in Your 20s and Beyond

Mika Brzezinski - Hachette Books
Format: Paperback

A straight-talking guide for the newest members of the workforce, with road-tested advice for landing a job, navigating the new world of work, establishing a personal brand, and getting the recognition (and money) you deserve. The whirlwind of job applications, interviews, follow-up,...
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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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Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do

Carl J. Schramm - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"The evangelist of entrepreneurship" (The Economist) reveals the true stories about how a range of entrepreneurs created their successful start-ups: hint, many of them never began with a business plan.Business schools teach that the most important prerequisite for starting...
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Idiot's Guides: Beginning Investing

Joe Duarte - Alpha Books
Format: Print book

Idiot's Guides: Beginning Investing helps the new investor understand all of the most common investment options, how to choose the right ones for your needs and goals, and how to increase your chances for success.This book covers: * Self-assessment tools that help readers understand...
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Discrimination and Disparities

Thomas Sowell - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

An empirical examination of how economic and other disparities ariseEconomic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics....
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eBay For Dummies

Marsha Collier - For Dummies; 8 edition
Format: Paperback

The leading guide for eBay buyers and sellers, updated to give you all the essentials for buying and selling on eBay More than 112 million people regularly use eBay. To find the best deals and make the best profits, you need the guidance in this book from eBay expert Marsha Collier! With...
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Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government

Paul Volcker - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary life story of the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, whose absolute integrity provides the inspiration we need as our constitutional system and political tradition are being tested to the breaking point.Paul Volcker has devoted his life's work to public service...
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Zoom For Dummies

Phil Simon - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Stay connected despite the distance Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to hold a videoconference or to share your screen with a colleague? We can put a man on the moon, but we can't seem to get videoconferencing right. At least until now. More than 300 million people have...
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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

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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The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty

PHILIP JETT - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The Death of an Heir is Philip Jett's chilling true account of the Coors family's gilded American dream that turned into a nightmare when a meticulously plotted kidnapping went horribly wrong.In the 1950s and 60s, the Coors dynasty reigned over Golden, Colorado, seemingly invincible....
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Flex: The Art and Science of Leadership in a Changing World

Jeffrey Hull PhD - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

From one of the world's preeminent leadership coaches, an insightful, indispensable guide to effective leadership.For the first time, leadership expert Jeffrey Hull shares the secrets, strategies, and science underlying his, and his clients', successes. Interweaving real-life stories...
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Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception

Matt Hart - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Game of Shadows meets Shoe Dog in this explosive behind-the-scenes look that reveals for the first time the unsettling details of Nike's secret running program - the Nike Oregon Project.In May 2017, journalist Matt Hart received a USB drive containing a single file - a 4.7-megabyte...
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Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life

Jennifer Aaker - Currency
Format: Hardcover

Working professionals have fallen off a humor cliff. In fact, around the time we enter the workforce, the number of times we laugh and smile on an average day statistically starts to plummet. And yet, research shows that humor is one of the most powerful tools we have for accomplishing...
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How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers

David M. Rubenstein - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The essential leadership playbook. Learn the principles and guiding philosophies of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffet, Oprah, and many others through illuminating conversations about their remarkable lives and careers. For the past five years, David M. Rubenstein...
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The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success

Wayne Breitbarth - Greenleaf Book Group Press
Format: Paperback

4th edition of the world's most popular LinkedIn handbook - completely revised and updated, including tips for the mobile app Many LinkedIn books focus solely on creating a killer profile. But LinkedIn is not a spectator event. You can't just show up and wait for people to come...
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JK Lasser's New Rules for Estate, Retirement, and Tax Planning

Stewart H. Welch III - Wiley
Format: Paperback

The popular handbook to estate planning, now updated for 2018 Since its first publication in 2002, New Rules for Estate, Retirement, and Tax Planning has sold more than 40,000 copies, providing a solid, accessible introduction to estate planning for any age or income bracket. Now in its sixth...
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America

David Von Drehle - Grove
Format: Paperback

"Sure to become the definitive account of the fire. . . . Triangle is social history at its best, a magnificent portrayal not only of the catastrophe but also of the time and the turbulent city in which it took place." - The New York Times Book ReviewTriangle is a poignantly...
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Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary

Louis Hyman - Viking
Format: Hardcover

The untold history of the surprising origins of the "gig economy" --how deliberate decisions made by consultants and CEOs in the 50s and 60s upended the stability of the workplace and the lives of millions of working men and women in postwar America.Every working person in the United...
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The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth

Thomas J Stanley - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

What does it take to become wealthy today? The simple and yet challenging answer is: the consistent exercise of certain behaviors that have been shown to relate to financial success. Millionaires continue to demonstrate a disciplined approach to their finances, allowing them, over time,...
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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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That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know

Joanne Lipman - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

First things first: There will be no man shaming in That's What She Said. A recent Harvard study found that corporate "diversity training" has actually made the gender gap worse - in part because it makes men feel demonized. Women, meanwhile, have been told closing the gender...
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eBay For Dummies

Marsha Collier - For Dummies
Format: Print book

Your must-have guide to buying and selling on eBay Over 160 million buyers can't be wrong! That's how many people are buying on eBay, and that number only continues to grow. If you're an eBay beginner looking to find bargains or make money by selling, look no further than eBay For Dummies....
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Dont Keep Your Day Job: How to Turn Your Passion into Your Career

Cathy Heller - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of the #1 podcast "Dont Keep Your Day Job," an inspiring book about turning your passion into profit . "Heller pivots effortlessly from encouraging readers to accept "miraculous changes," find their bliss, and examine their authentic selves to practical...
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Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing

Jacob Goldstein - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for thousands of years, from the rise of coins in ancient Greece to the first stock market in Amsterdam to the emergence of shadow banking in the 21st...
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The Motley Fool Investment Guide: Third Edition: How the Fools Beat Wall Street's Wise Men and How You Can Too

TOM GARDNER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

A completely revised and updated edition of an investing classic to help readers make sense of investing today, full of "solid information and advice for individual investors" (The Washington Post) .Today, anyone can be an informed investor, and once you learn to tune out the hype...
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Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work

TODD DAVIS - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide for anyone looking to create a competitive advantage in any size and type of organization by building effective relationships - from the performance improvement experts at FranklinCovey.In Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships, FranklinCovey's...
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Starting a Business All-in-One For Dummies

Bob Nelson - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Starting a business? Don't sweat it! With all-new content and updates reflecting the latest laws, business climate, and startup considerations, Starting a Business All-In-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is the book you need if you're starting a business today. Inside, you'll...
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100 Side Hustles: Unexpected Ideas for Making Extra Money Without Quitting Your Day Job

CHRIS GUILLEBEAU - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

Best-selling author Chris Guillebeau presents an ideabook featuring 100 stories of regular people launching successful side businesses that almost anyone can do. This unique guide features the startup stories of regular people launching side businesses that almost anyone can do: an urban...
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How to Make Your Money Last - Completely Updated for Planning: The Indispensable Retirement Guide

Jane Bryant Quinn - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED to reflect the changes in tax legislation, health insurance, and the new investment realities. In this "highly valuable resource" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) Quinn "provides simple, straightforward" (The New York Times) solutions...
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The Schmuck in My Office: How to Deal Effectively with Difficult People at Work

Jody Foster - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

"This is a timely must-read for managers and anyone who has ever had to deal with a difficult coworker; it addresses a ubiquitous problem in a proactive, positive manner that should get the desired results." - Publishers Weekly Everyone has a "schmuck" in their...
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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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Energy: A Human History

RICHARD RHODES - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time - wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond.People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power...
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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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Starting an Online Business All-in-One For Dummies

Shannon Belew - John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Print book

Start a successful online business - and be your own boss! Being an online entrepreneur means more than just building a website - and this book breaks down everything you need to know to be successful. Inside, you'll get plain-English explanations and easy-to-follow instruction on online...
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Employer's Legal Handbook, The: Manage Your Employees & Workplace Effectively

Fred S. Steingold - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Handle employment decisions legally and effectively -- from hiring to firing Employment laws change often. Staying on top of them is essential to running an efficient, fair workplace -- and heading off expensive lawsuits. Use this must-have desk reference to find answers to workplace questions,...
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FAKE: Fake Money, Fake Teachers, Fake Assets: How Lies Are Making the Poor and Middle Class Poorer

Robert T. Kiyosaki - Plata Publishing
Format: Paperback

Robert Kiyosaki -- author of the #1 Personal Finance book of all time -- has built a legacy around simplifying complex and often-confusing subjects like money and investing. He continues to challenge conventional wisdom and asks the questions that will help readers sift through today's...
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The Dumb Things Smart People Do with Their Money: Thirteen Ways to Right Your Financial Wrongs

Jill Schlesinger - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Why do even the smartest among us make dumb mistakes with our money? Pinpoint your biggest money blind spots and take control of your finances with these tools from CBS News Business Analyst and host of the nationally syndicated radio show Jill on Money, Jill Schlesinger.Do you have...
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Pick Three: You Can Have It All

RANDI ZUCKERBERG - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

In this motivational handbook - both a business how-to and self-help guide - the New York Times bestselling author of Dot Complicated takes on the fallacy of the "well-balanced" life, arguing that the key to success is learning to be well-lopsided.Work. Sleep. Fitness. Family....
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Simply Electrifying: The Technology that Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk

Craig R. Roach - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

Imagine your life without the internet. Without phones. Without television. Without sprawling cities. Without the freedom to continue working and playing after the sun goes down. Electricity is at the core of all modern life. It has transformed our society more than any other technology....
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Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential Guide

Ilona Bray - NOLO
Format: Paperback

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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Spending Time: The Most Valuable Resource

Daniel S. Hamermesh - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

Time is the ultimate scarce resource and thus quintessentially a topic for economics, which studies scarcity. Starting with the observation that time is increasingly valuable given competing demands as we have more things we can buy and do, Spending Time provides engaging insights into...
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Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements

STEPHEN FISHMAN - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Get your contract in writing Whether you're an independent contractor or a business hiring independent contractors to work for you, it's important to get your deal in writing. A written agreement will help to protect your rights, define expectations, and prove that there's no employer-employee...
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Barons of the Sea: And their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship

Steven Ujifusa - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In the grand tradition of David McCullough and Ron Chernow, the sweeping story of the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades.There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into...
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

Jason Schreier - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Developing video games - hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels,...
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How to Write a Business Plan

Mike McKeever - NOLO
Format: Paperback

How to create the business plan you need To borrow money or find investors to start or expand a business, you need a convincing business plan. For over 30 years, this book has helped fledgling businesses write winning plans and get backers to invest. This bestselling, newly updated book...
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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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A History of America in Ten Strikes

Erik Loomis - Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook

A thrilling and timely account of ten moments in history when labor challenged the very nature of power in America, by the author called "a brilliant historian" by The Progressive magazine Powerful and accessible, A History of America in Ten Strikes challenges all of our contemporary...
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When the Wolves Bite: Two Billionaires, One Company, and an Epic Wall Street Battle

Scott Wapner - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The inside story of the clash of two of Wall Street's biggest, richest, toughest, most aggressive players--Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman--and Herbalife, the company caught in the middleWith their billions of dollars and their business savvy, activist investors Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman have...
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Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen

Marc Lesser - New World Library
Format: Paperback

What would your work and your life look like if you knew how to stay focused yet flexible, if you got more of the right things done, and if you were helping to create a more peaceful world at the same time? "A mindful leader makes the work environment a generative social field in which...
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Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

Emily Oster - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies....
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Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life

Marie Kondo - ‎Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

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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Retirement 101: From 401(k) Plans and Social Security Benefits to Asset Management and Medical Insurance, Your Complete Guide to Preparing for the Future You Want

Michele Cagan CPA - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

A comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide to the ins and outs of retirement planning - the key resource for creating a retirement you can live on!How much do I need to retire? Can I retire early? What's the retirement age, anyway? No matter whether you are 25, 65, or any age in between,...
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The Ladies of The View: How Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell, and Their Quarreling Co-Hosts Transformed Daytime TV

RAMIN SETOODEH - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

Like Fire & Fury, the gossipy real-life soap opera behind a serious show. When Barbara Walters launched The View, network executives told her that hosting it would tarnish her reputation. Instead, within ten years, she'd revolutionized morning TV and made household names...
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Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman's Playbook for Love and Success

CHARREAH JACKSON - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In our society, women earn the majority of degrees and are increasingly bringing home the bacon - and frying it, with 40% of American households having female breadwinners. ESSENCE Senior Editor and author Charreah K. Jackson interviewed and researched more than 150 professional women including...
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The Fifth Trimester: The Working Moms Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby

Lauren Smith Brody - Anchor
Format: Hardcover

Packed with honest, funny, and comforting advice - "a book you MUST read if you are returning to work after the birth of a child ... . I loved it and you will too." - New York Times bestselling author Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D. . The first three trimesters (and the fourth - those...
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Bad Data: Why We Measure the Wrong Things and Often Miss the Metrics That Matter

Peter Schryvers - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover

Highlights the pitfalls of data analysis and emphasizes the importance of using the appropriate metrics before making key decisions.Big data is often touted as the key to understanding almost every aspect of contemporary life. This critique of "information hubris" shows that even...
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Day Trading For Dummies

Ann C. Logue - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Understand how day trading works - and get an action plan Due to the fluctuating economy, trade wars, and new tax laws, the risks and opportunities for day traders are changing. Now, more than ever, trading can be intimidating due to the different methods and strategies of traders on Wall...
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Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

Clive Thompson - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Hello, world.Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant...
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Fins: Harley Earl, the Rise of General Motors, and the Glory Days of Detroit

William Knoedelseder - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile...
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How to Work With & Lead People Not Like You

KELLY MCDONALD - Wiley
Format: Hardcover

If you're in a diverse team, you know employee differences can cause miscommunication, lower trust, and hurt productivity. . . It doesn't have to be this way! The people you work with may be from a different generation, different culture, different race, different gender, or just...
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Getting Financial Aid 2018 (College Board Guide to Getting Financial Aid)

College Entrance Examination Board - College Board
Format: Paperback

Getting Financial Aid 2018 is a must-have book for parents and students struggling to meet the cost of college. The all-important FAFSA form is explained with step-by-step instructions, and the College Boards CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE® form is explained by the people who administer it.This...
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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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How to Spot the Next Starbucks, Whole Foods, Walmart, or McDonald's BEFORE Its Shares Explode: A Low-Risk Investment You Can Pretty Much ... to Retire to Florida or the South of France

Mark Tier - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Everyone knows the basic golden rule of investing: "Buy Low, Sell High," but how many of us ever really understand the stock market, how to recognize the "next big thing," and how to capitalize off of it once you do? ...the truth is not many or we'd all be millionaires....
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The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals

WAYNE PACELLE - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER"ESSENTIAL READING." - JANE GOODALL"A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BOOK." - JACK WELCHFrom the leader of the nation's most powerful animal-protection organization comes a frontline account of how conscience...
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The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

RYDER CARROLL - PORTFOLIO PENGUIN
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited first book by the founder of the enormously popular Bullet Journal organizational system. For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind worked. Out of sheer necessity, he developed a method called the Bullet...
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