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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
JOHN CARREYROU - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from their charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.In 2014,... |
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The Inequality Paradox: How Capitalism Can Work for Everyone
DOUGLAS MCWILLIAMS - The Overlook Press
Format: Hardcover
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The groundbreaking and timely challenge to dominant theories on global inequality by leading economist Douglas McWilliamsIn his illuminating new book, Douglas McWilliams argues that inequality is largely driven not by a conspiracy of the rich, as Thomas Piketty suggests, but by technology... |
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Everydata: The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You Consume Every Day
John H. Johnson - Bibliomotion
Format: Print book
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While everyone is talking about "big data," the truth is that understanding the "little data" (stock reports, newspaper headlines, weather forecasts, etc.) is what will help you make smarter decisions at work, at home, and in every aspect of your life.The average... |
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Advertising Transformed: The New Rules for the Digital Age
Fons Van Dyck - Kogan Page Limited
Format: Paperback
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Framing advertising as an essential part of marketing strategy, this book offers strategic answers to questions marketers and managers have about the effectiveness of advertising in the digital age. The author synthesizes the latest thinking about advertising into a digestible list of rules... |
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Creating Things That Matter: The Art and Science of Innovations That Last
David A Edwards - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Most things we create will not matter. This book is about creating things that do, from a master innovator who brings science and art together in his cutting edge labs.Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards... |
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Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Rachel Hollis - Harpercollins Leadership
Format: Hardcover
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"Hollis's writing is beautifully blunt, and she humbly thanks her fans for her success. Her actionable ideas and captivating voice will encourage women to believe in themselves." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "I believe we can change the world. But first, we've... |
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The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants
Jennifer Jewell - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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"An informative and celebratory resource." - BOOKLIST In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell - host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place - introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include... |
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Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side
Howard S Marks - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal With People Who Treat You Like Dirt
ROBERT I SUTTON - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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How to avoid, outwit, and disarm assholes, from the author of the classic bestseller The No Asshole Rule "Help, I'm dealing with an asshole! What can I do" Since his book The No Asshole Rule became a national bestseller a decade ago, Robert Sutton... |
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Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams with Online Digital Flash Cards
Jack P. Friedman Ph.D. - Barrons Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams has been updated to provide the latest information in real estate finance, federal law and regulation, and appraisal license requirements.This edition features:Explanations of all aspects of real estate law and finance, including contracts, deeds,... |
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Trading For Dummies
Michael Griffis - For Dummies; 3 edition
Format: Paperback
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Make informed trading decisions regardless of the markets condition Savvy traders can make money in both up and down markets. Trading For Dummies is for investors at all levels who are looking for a clear guide to successfully trading stocks in any type of market. It is also for investors... |
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If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
Raj Raghunathan - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book
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Widely admired psychological researcher Raj Raghunathan explains how the traits that usually lead to success can also lead to unhappiness--and how to be happy and successfulFifteen years after Raj Raghunathan completed his MBA, he checked in on his old classmates and noticed something strange:... |
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The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything
PAUL VIGNA - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna, the authors of The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet's Next Big Thing: The Blockchain.Big banks have grown bigger and more entrenched. Privacy exists only until the next hack. Credit card fraud is a fact of life. Many... |
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Fundamental Analysis For Dummies
Consumer Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Print book
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Determine the strength of any business with fundamental analysis Have you ever wondered the key to multibillionaire Warren Buffet's five-decade run as the most successful investor in history? The answer is simple: fundamental analysis. In this easy-to-understand, practical, and savvy... |
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The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies
Ben Fritz - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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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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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
JOSHUA B FREEMAN - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on society.We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since... |
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Debt-Proof Living: How to Get Out of Debt & Stay That Way
Mary Hunt - Revell
Format: Paperback
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Mortgages, credit card balances, student loans, car loans, and home improvement loans have become a way of life for the majority of us. And debt is putting not only our present at risk as we live paycheck to paycheck, but our futures in jeopardy as shockingly few of us have enough put away... |
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WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
Abby Wambach - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover
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Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College's graduates in New York City, New York Times bestselling author, two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion Abby Wambach delivers her empowering rally cry for women to unleash their individual... |
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Simple Giving: Easy Ways to Give Every Day
Jennifer Iacovelli - Penguin Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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You can make a difference on a daily basis, and it's not as difficult as you might think. Simple Giving includes more than 40 ideas to make the world a better place. Most people think they have to donate a lot of time and money in order to make a difference. But there are simple ways... |
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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An instant New York Times bestsellerSent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed "all but lost." In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic... |
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Bookkeeping For Dummies
Lita Epstein - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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The fast and easy way to master the art of bookkeepingIf youre a business owner or an employee who manages finances, the latest edition of Bookkeeping For Dummies is for you. This handy guide gives you clear and concise information on how to keep track of accounts, prepare balance sheets,... |
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Worth It: Your Life, Your Money, Your Terms
Amanda Steinberg - North Star Way
Format: Print book
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From the founder and superstar CEO of DailyWorth.com - the go-to financial site for women with more than one million subscribers - comes a fresh book that redefines the relationship between women, self-worth, and money. Worth It shows women how to view money as a source of personal... |
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Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech
HEATHER CABOT - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Meet the women who haven't asked for permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it -- building the next generation of tech start-ups, investing in each other's ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes and rallying women and girls everywhere to join the digital... |
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Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season
Urban Meyer - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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Remarkable lessons in leadership and teambuilding from one of the greatest college football coaches of our timeIn only thirteen years as a head football coach, first at Bowling Green and then at Utah, Florida, and Ohio State, Urban Meyer has established himself as one of the elite coaches... |
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High-Hanging Fruit: Build Something Great by Going Where No One Else Will
Mark Rampolla - Portfolio
Format: Print book
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ZICO founder Mark Rampolla is building a social good movement: how to make money starting a company that is good for you, your colleagues, customers, and the worldWhen Mark Rampolla filled a notebook with potential startup ideas, his wife asked him some tough questions. What about this... |
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Women & Money
Suze Orman - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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The million-copy #1 New York Times bestseller, revised and updated with a whole new financial plan for 2018, for women who want short-term clarity and long-term security.The message of Suze Orman's phenomenal bestseller Women & Money resonates as deeply today as it did when... |
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Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage
Laura Huang - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, shows that success is about gaining an edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support. Some people seem to naturally have it. Now, Huang teaches the rest of us how to create our own from... |
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Future Trends: A Guide to Decision Making and Leadership in Business
Lawrence R Samuel - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Future Trends: A Guide to Decision Making and Leadership in Business is the first and only book to link a decision-making and leadership platform to trends pointing to the future. By identifying sixty global, long-term trends and detailing how businesspeople can leverage them in both the short-... |
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Getting Financial Aid 2018 (College Board Guide to Getting Financial Aid)
College Entrance Examination Board - College Board
Format: Paperback
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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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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Christopher Voss - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations - whether in the boardroom or at home.After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator... |
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Cracking the GMAT Premium Edition with 6 Computer-Adaptive Practice Tests, 2020
Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback
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THE BEST VALUE ON THE MARKET! Everything students need to know to master the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) , with the most CAT exams on the market--and now at a new, extra-consumer-friendly price.Cracking the GMAT Premium Edition, 2020, provides students with a thorough review... |
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U.S. Master Tax Guide--Hardbound Edition
CCH Tax Law Editors - CCH Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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CCH's U.S. Master Tax Guide - Hardbound Edition provides helpful and practical guidance on today's federal tax law. This 102nd Edition reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2018 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals... |
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The Four Virtues of a Leader: Navigating the Hero's Journey Through Risk to Results
Eric Kaufmann - Sounds True
Format: Print book
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When we see leaders from the outside, we are often focused on their power, authority, and status. But from the inside, true leaders succeed through cultivating the same essential qualities found in the classic hero's journey. With The Four Virtues of a Leader, top executive coach Eric... |
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Pitch Perfect: How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time
Bill McGowan - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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Media guru and Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bill McGowan - coach to some of the biggest names in business and entertainment, including Eli Manning, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Welch, Thomas Keller and Kenneth Cole teaches you how to get your message across and get what you want with pitch... |
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How to Be a Leader
Martin Bjergegaard - Picador
Format: Print book
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What does it really mean to take a leadership role? In this book, learn how true leaders are made and how you can be one tooNo one is born to lead. This is the idea at the heart of this thoughtful book on true leadership. While popular culture feeds us images of the stereotypical leader... |
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Good for the Money: My Fight to Pay Back America
Bob Benmosche - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard... |
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A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Daniel J Levitin - Dutton
Format: Print book
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From The New York Times bestselling author of THE ORGANIZED MIND and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process - especially in election season.... |
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Love Your Life, Not Theirs: 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want
Rachel Cruze - Ramsey Press
Format: Hardcover
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In Love Your Life, Not Theirs, Rachel Cruze shines a spotlight on the most damaging money habit we have: comparing ourselves to others. Then she unpacks seven essential money habits for living the life we really want--a life in line with our values, where we can afford the things... |
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LEGENDARY SERVICE: The Key is to Care
Ken Blanchard - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Take care of your customers - or someone else will!Legendary ServiceGreat customer service is a concept organizations love to be known for. Yet most people consider the service they receive to be average, at best. Successful companies make the connection between legendary customer service... |
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Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations
Dan Roam - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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"If I tell you the truth, if I tell it with a story, and if I tell that story with pictures, I can keep you glued to your seat. Let me show you how."For the vast majority of us, giving a presentation is an extremely difficult and nerve-wracking process, whether we're in a one-on-one... |
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Connecting the Dots: Lessons for Leadership in a Startup World
John Chambers - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Legendary Silicon Valley visionary and one of the world's greatest business leaders, John Chambers shares the playbook and philosophy that transformed Cisco into a global tech titan and now inspire a new generation of leaders. When Chambers joined Cisco in 1991, it was a company with... |
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Get Scrappy: Smarter Digital Marketing for Businesses Big and Small
Nick Westergaard - Amacom
Format: Hardcover
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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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Average is the New Awesome: A Manifesto for the Rest of Us
Samantha Matt - Seal Press
Format: Paperback
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A celebration of ordinary awesomeness, for all of us who were told "You can do anything!" and then found out we actually can'tCrappy homes, lame love lives, getting passed over for a great job (again) --not what we expected for our adulthoods. Americans tell their children... |
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Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy
LAWRENCE KUDLOW - All Points Books
Format: Hardcover
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Donald Trump promised the American people a transformative change in economic policy after eight years of stagnation under Obama. But he didn't adopt a conventional left or right economic agenda. His is a new economic populism that combines some conventional Republican ideas-tax cuts,... |
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Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
Lea Berman - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries who offer an important fundamental message - everyone is important and everyone deserves to be treated well.Former White House social secretaries Lea Berman,... |
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Hell Week: Seven Days to Be Your Best Self
Erik Bertrand Larssen - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Norway native Erik Bertrand Larssen is many things: a veteran paratrooper who served in Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Afghanistan; a successful entrepreneur; and a critically acclaimed performance consultant. He has helped catapult the success of countless high-achievers, including Microsoft,... |
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Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life
Francesca Gino - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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Do you want to follow a script - or write your own story? Award-winning Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino shows us why the most successful among us break the rules, and how rebellion brings joy and meaning into our lives. Rebels have a bad reputation. We think of them... |
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The Compassionate Achiever: How Helping Others Fuels Success
Christopher L Kukk - Harper One
Format: Print book
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A powerful, practical guide for cultivating compassion - the scientifically proven foundation for personal achievement and success at work, at home, and in the community.For decades, we've been told the key to prosperity is to look out for number one. But recent science shows that to achieve... |
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Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder
Chip Conley - Currency
Format: Hardcover
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Experience is making a comeback. Learn how to repurpose your wisdom.At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley was looking at an open horizon in midlife. Then he received a call from the young founders of Airbnb, asking... |
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The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th-Century Journalism
MITCHELL STEPHENS - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The first and definitive biography of an audacious adventurer -- the most famous journalist of his time -- who more than anyone invented contemporary journalism.Tom Brokaw says: "Lowell Thomas so deserves this lively account of his legendary life. He was a man for all seasons."Few... |
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The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
MICHAEL LEWIS - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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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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Quick & Legal Will Book
Denis Clifford - Nolo
Format: Print book
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If you want to create a will without the trouble, Quick & Legal Will Book is the simplest and fastest way to reach your goal. Get the forms and step-by-step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs with this all-in-one guide. Find out how to: name beneficiaries choose... |
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The Power of Peers: How the Company You Keep Drives Leadership, Growth, and Success
Leon Shapiro - Bibliomotion
Format: Print book
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Birds of a feather flock together. We're all in the same boat. Great minds think alike. While just figures of speech to some, they reflect a simple truth - it's the company we keep that often determines the level of personal growth and professional success we achieve in life.Business... |
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Pivot Points: Five Decisions Every Successful Leader Must Make
Julia Tang Peters - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Book
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A Roadmap for Transforming Ambition into AchievementIn the sea of thrown-together, stereotypical leadership advice, Julia Tang Peters’ Pivot Points stands out like a beacon. This book is not the result of trite 10-step recipes or unstudied observations. Instead, its source is in-depth... |
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The Latte Factor: Why You Dont Have to Be Rich to Live Rich
John David Mann - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Discover #1 New York Times bestselling author David Bachs three secrets to financial freedom in an engaging story that will show you that you are richer than you think. Drawing on the authors experiences... |
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Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Jonah Berger - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling author of Contagious explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make - from what we buy, to the careers we choose, to what we eat - in this fascinating and groundbreaking work.If you're like most people, you think that... |
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Lessons for Non-Profit and Start-Up Leaders: Tales from a Reluctant CEO
MAXINE PH D HARRIS - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Lessons for Non-Profit and Start-Up Leaders: Tales from a Reluctant CEOuses the experiences of a real company, Community Connections, to bring to life the practical dilemmas that an organization founded on a mission and guided by a set of ideals must confront and solve if it is to thrive.... |
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That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know
Joanne Lipman - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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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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Agile Selling: Get Up to Speed Quickly in Today's Ever-Changing Sales World
Jill Konrath - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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Sales expert Jill Konrath offers powerful strategies for sales proficiency in ever-changing situations When sales people are promoted, change jobs, or face new business environments, they inevitably need to learn new skills quickly. This rapid change is often overwhelming, and sellers... |
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Choose Your Retirement: Find the Right Path to Your New Adventure
Emily Guy Birken - Adams Media
Format: Print book
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Uncover the truth about planning for retirement!From financial advisors and pundits on television to colleagues and family members, everyone has something to say about retirement. But how much of it is true? Whether you're looking to move into a senior living community or travel the world,... |
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Jason Fried - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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In this timely manifesto, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework broadly reject the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and "whatever it takes" are required to run a successful business today.In Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson introduced... |
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The Power of Nice: How to Negotiate So Everyone Wins - Especially You!
Ronald M. Shapiro - Wiley; 3 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Learn to get what you want without burning bridges In this revised and updated edition of the renowned classic The Power of Nice, negotiations expert, sports agent, New York Times bestselling author, attorney, business leader and educator, Ron Shapiro, shares the key principles of effective... |
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Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams, 10th Edition
Jack P. Friedman Ph.D. - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Print book
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This study guide and test preparation manual has been updated to provide the latest information in real estate finance, federal law and regulation, and appraisal license requirements.Explains all aspects of real estate law and finance, including contracts, deeds, appraisals, brokerage,... |
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Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
Michael Hyatt - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover
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Everyone gets 168 hours a week, but it never feels like enough, does it? Work gobbles up the lion's share--many professionals are working as much as 70 hours a week--leaving less and less for rest, exercise, family, and friends. You know, all those things that make life great.Most people... |
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Business Without the Bullsh*t: 49 Secrets and Shortcuts You Need to Know
Geoffrey James - Grand Central Pub
Format: Book
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Contrary to popular belief, the business world is not that complicated. While every industry and every profession requires specific expertise, the truth is that the "business of business" is relatively simple. For the past seven years, Geoffrey James has written a daily blog that's... |
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Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together
Gaby Dunn - Atria Books
Format: Paperback
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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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Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace
Christine Lynne Porath - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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From the leading authority on workplace incivility, Christine Porath, shows why it pays to be civil, and reveals just how to enhance effectiveness in the workplace and beyond by mastering civility. Incivility is silently chipping away at people, organizations, and our economy. Slights,... |
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Energy: A Human History
RICHARD RHODES - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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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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Stand Up to the IRS
Frederick W. Daily - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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The book the IRS doesn't want you to read The Internal Revenue Service can wreak havoc on your life. But now you can confront America's most intimidating government agency with confidence. Packed with practical information and advice, Stand Up to the IRS reveals the tactics of the IRS and how to deal... |
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Tax Savvy for Small Business: A Complete Tax Strategy Guide
Frederick W Daily - NOLO
Format: Other Sellers from
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Create a business tax strategy that will save you time, energy, and money Getting your tax matters on track will free up your time to do what really counts: run a profitable business. Tax Savvy for Small Business shows you how to: deduct operating expenses deduct travel, vehicle, and meal... |
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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
Chris J Anderson - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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A New York Times Bestseller For anyone who has ever been inspired by a TED talk ... ...this is an insider's guide to creating talks that are unforgettable. Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking... |
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Blockchain For Dummies
Tiana Laurence - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Find out what Blockchain is, how it works, and what it can do for you Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, the revolutionary 'virtual currency' that's changing the way people do business. While Bitcoin has enjoyed some well-deserved hype, Blockchain may be Bitcoin's... |
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Pogue's Basics: Money: Essential Tips and Shortcuts
David Pogue - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book
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Following the success of the New York Times bestsellers Pogue's Basics: Tech and Pogue's Basics: Lifecomes the next book in the series: Pogue's Basics: Money which will be a timeless reference book of 200 simple tips and tricks for making managing your finances... |
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You're It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most
Leonard J. Marcus - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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Become a better crisis leader while equipping yourself with the tools for every day transformative leadershipToday, in an instant, leaders can find themselves face-to-face with crisis. An active shooter. A media controversy. A data breach. In You're It, the faculty of the National Preparedness... |
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Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor
Tren Griffin - Columbia University Press
Format: Print book
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Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of "elementary, worldly wisdom" -- a set of interdisciplinary... |
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Employee Engagement For Dummies
Bob Kelleher - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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The easy way to boost employee engagementToday more than ever, companies and leaders need a road map to help them boost employee engagement levels. Employee Engagement For Dummies helps employers implement the necessary plans to create and sustain an engaging culture, allowing them to attract... |
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Mutual Funds For Dummies
Eric Tyson - John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Position your portfolio for growth with one of America's bestselling mutual fund books Are you looking for a trusted resource to help you add mutual funds to your investment strategy? With straightforward advice and a plethora of specific, up-to-date mutual fund recommendations, personal... |
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Roadside MBA: Back Road Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Small Business Owners
Michael Mazzeo - Business Plus
Format: Hardcover
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While playing hooky from a conference in Boston a few years back, three former colleagues from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management hopped in a car and headed on a road trip. They pulled into a shoe store in Maine and noticed that the sales help was unusually pushy. After a few questions,... |
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Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown
Gerri Hirshey - Sarah Crichton Books ; Farrar
Format: Print book
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A bold and deeply researched biography of a complicated cultural iconWhen Helen Gurley Brown published Sex and the Single Girl in 1962, it sold more than two million copies in just three weeks, presaging the self-help boom and helping to usher in the unapologetic self-affirmation... |
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You Are a Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do It Now
Tiffany Pham - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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As the founder of Mogul - praised by Sheryl Sandberg as the #1 millennial platform - Tiffany Pham created a global technology and media empire by the age of 27. As living proof that the old rules of success no longer apply, Tiffany writes the new rules for following your passions and forging... |
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Innovation Capital: How to Compete--and Win--Like the World's Most Innovative Leaders
Jeff Dyer - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Learn from the BestGreat leaders of innovation know that creativity is not enough. They succeed not only on the basis of their ideas, but because they have the vision, reputation, and networks to win the backing needed to commercialize them. It turns out that this quality--called "innovation... |
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U.S. Master Tax Guide
CCH Incorporated - Wolters Kluwer
Format: Print book
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The U.S. Master Tax Guide provides helpful and practical guidance on today's federal tax law. This 100th Edition reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2016 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income... |
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Leaders: Myth and Reality
Stanley McChrystal - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author of Team of Teams dismantles the Great Man theory of leadership, by profiling leaders whose real stories defy their legends.Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has studied leadership his whole adult life, from his first day at West Point to his most recent... |
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Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless CarAnd How It Will Reshape Our World
LAWRENCE D BURNS - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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A deep dive into the race to develop and perfect the driverless car - an innovation that promises to be the most disruptive change to our way of life since the smartphone - by a veteran insider of the automotive and tech worldsIn Autonomy, former GM executive and current advisor to the Google... |
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A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs
Trenholme J Griffin - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From profiles and interviews with the world's leading venture capitalists and high-profile coaches of business founders, A Dozen Lessons distills a set of bedrock methods for approaching business questions and creating value. The veteran business writer Tren Griffin takes the reader... |
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Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
Dan Lyons - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Why do so many Americans hate their jobs? From New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons, Lab Rats is a groundbreaking, incisive examination of how the internet--and ideas championed by Silicon Valley powerbrokers--changed the way we work, damaged our brains, and left us poorer... |
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Killing It: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart
Sheryl O'Loughlin - Harper Business
Format: Print book
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The former CEO of Clif Bar, Co-founder of Plum, and serial entrepreneur offers insights about launching and growing a business while maintaining a fulfilled life in this practical guide filled with hard-won advice culled from the author's own sometimes dark, raw experiences. With a foreword... |
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Fins: Harley Earl, the Rise of General Motors, and the Glory Days of Detroit
William Knoedelseder - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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How a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways... |
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Success Through Diversity: Why the Most Inclusive Companies Will Win
Carol Fulp - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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Explores how investing in a racially and ethnically diverse workforce will help make contemporary businesses more dynamic, powerful, and profitableIn our fast-changing demographic landscape, companies that proactively embrace diversity in all areas of their operations will be best poised... |
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The New Case for Gold
James Rickards - Portfolio/Penguin
Format: Print book
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**USA Today bestseller and Wall Street Journal business bestseller**They say John Maynard Keynes called gold a "barbarous relic." They say there isn't enough gold to support finance and commerce. They say the gold supply can't increase... |
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Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia
Alexander A. Cooley - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed... |
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A Truck Full of Money
Tracy Kidder - Random House Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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"A perfectly executed, exquisitely reported parable of the Internet age and the wild, mad adventure that is start-up culture." - Charles Duhigg Fortune, mania, genius, philanthropy - the bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains gives us the inspiring story of Paul... |
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Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies
Consumer Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Make your fortune in the real estate business With home prices jumping nationwide, the real estate market is clearly starting to show stabilization. In the latest edition of Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies, expert author Dirk Zeller shows you how to become a top-performing... |
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Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular
Derek Thompson - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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Nothing "goes viral." If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history - of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate... |
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Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations
Tracy Brower - Bibliomotion
Format: Book
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Organizations accomplish results when they powerfully engage employees and capture their discretionary time. This is more important than ever during this period where employees are facing unprecedented time poverty. Technology has blurred the lines between employees’ work and personal... |
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Daring & Disruptive: Unleashing the Entrepreneur
Lisa Messenger - North Star Way
Format: Print book
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Vibrant, game-changing CEO Lisa Messenger shares an insightful account of her rollercoaster ride as the creator and founder of the globally popular Collective Hub, the hip magazine of inspiration for disrupters and innovators of all stripes - with bold ideas on how you can stay on track... |
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Gamer Nation: The Rise of Modern Gaming and the Compulsion to Play Again
Eric Geissinger - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A tech-industry insider takes a critical look at the effect games are having on our short- and long-term happiness and assesses the cultural prospects of a society increasingly obsessed with gaming.The American "game economy" has become an enormous enterprise, devouring roughly... |
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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
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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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Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book
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"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their... |
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The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2020: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes
Gen Tanabe - SuperCollege
Format: Paperback
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Information on 1.5 million scholarships, grants, and prizes is easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 300 new listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more. Each entry contains... |
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Women & Weed: How the Green Rush Is Changing Our Lives
Elana Frankel - Centennial Books
Format: Hardcover
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It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the newfound power of buying and using pot. So, first things first - here's a basic look at the plant. What is it? Where has it been? And how do you use it? Even if you consider yourself a pro, a little refresher could not hurt. As cannabis moves... |
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The End of Work: Why Your Passion Can Become Your Job
John Tamny - Gateway Editions
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Popular Economics comes a surpringly sunny projection of America's future job market. Forget the doomsday predictions of sour-faced nostalgists who say automization and globalization will take away your dream job. The job market is only going to get better and better,... |
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The Quantum Leader: A Revolution in Business Thinking and Practice
Danah Zohar - Prometheus Books
Format: Print book
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Drawing inspiration from quantum physics, innovative management thinker Danah Zohar offers a powerful new model for business thinking and practice. "Quantum leaders," she says, like the systems they have to manage, are poised at "the edge of chaos." They thrive on the potential... |
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Merchants of Truth: The Business of Facts and The Future of News
Jill Abramson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive report on the disruption of the news media over the last decade. With the expert guidance of former Executive Editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson, we follow two legacy (The New York Times and The Washington Post) and two upstart... |
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A Practical Education: Why Liberal Arts Majors Make Great Employees
Randall Stross - Redwood Press
Format: Paperback
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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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Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Robert B Cialdini - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The author of the legendary bestseller Influence, social psychologist Robert Cialdini shines a light on effective persuasion and reveals that the secret doesn't lie in the message itself, but in the key moment before that message is delivered.What separates effective communicators... |
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Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive
Ned Hallowell - Harvard Bus Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Are you driven to distraction at work?Bestselling author Edward M. Hallowell, MD, the world's leading expert on ADD and ADHD, has set his sights on a new goal: helping people feel more in control and productive at work.You know the feeling: you can't focus; you feel increasingly... |
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Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government
Paul Volcker - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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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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Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
Rana Foroohar - Crown Business
Format: Print book
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Eight years on from the biggest market meltdown since the Great Depression, the key lessons of the crisis of 2008 still remain unlearned - and our financial system is just as vulnerable as ever. Many of us know that our government failed to fix the banking system after the subprime mortgage... |
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A Colorful Way of Living: How to Be More, Create More, Do More the Vera Bradley Way
Barbara Bradley Baekgaard - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book
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From the co-founder of the Vera Bradley empire, a practical and inspiring book that shows women how to awaken their full potential, at any age."This place could use some color!" That's what Barbara Bradley said to her friend Pat during an airport layover. It was 1982 and all the women... |
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Millennial Money: How Young Investors Can Build a Fortune
Patrick O'Shaughnessy - Palgrave MacMillan Trade
Format: Hardcover
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Fact: the Millennial Generation will not be able to rely on pensions and social security in retirement. Instead, they will have to save and invest in the global stock market to meet their goals. When it comes to thinking about money, Millennials are, as a generation, different from their... |
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Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money
Ken Honda - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Tyranny of Metrics
Jerry Z Muller - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens our schools, medical care, businesses, and governmentToday, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards based... |
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Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
Paul Krugman - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An accessible, compelling introduction to today's major policy issues from columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no better... |
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