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What to Do to Retire Successfully: Navigating Psychological, Financial and Lifestyle Hurdles

Martin B. Goldstein - New Horizon Press
Format: Print book

What to Do to Retire Successfully is an enlightening blend of actual retirement scenarios intermingled with healthy, practical advice from a respected neuropsychiatrist, who is a fellow retiree with a wonderfully optimistic glass-half-full philosophy on living a fulfilling retirement life....
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Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success

Kerry Patterson - Business Plus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A stunning new approach to how individuals can not only change their lives for the better in the workplace, but also their lives away from the office, including (but not limited to) finding ways to improve one's working relationship with others, one's overall health, outlook on life,...
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The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

Neil Pasricha - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

What's the formula for a happy life Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a Walmart executive, a New York Times-bestselling author, and a husband and dad. After selling more than a million copies of his Book of Awesome series, he now shifts his focus from observation to application....
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Privacy in the New Media Age

Jon L. Mills - University Press of Florida
Format: Hardcover

"An essential book for anyone concerned with the increasingly ubiquitous clashes between a technologically borderless world, free press, safety and personal privacy." - Charlotte Laws, board member, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative "Elucidates a path that both enhances dignity...
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Homemade for Sale: How to Set Up and Market a Food Business from Your Home Kitchen

Lisa Kivirist - New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback

Provides entrepreneurs with advice on all aspects of launching a home-based food business, covering product development and testing, marketing, structuring a business, managing regulations, and planning for the future. --Publisher's description.
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The Simple Art of Business Etiquette: How to Rise to the Top by Playing Nice

Jeffrey L. Seglin - Tycho Press
Format: Print book

Rules of Thumb for Minding Your Manners In The Workplace From ethics columnist and Harvard lecturer Jeffrey L. Seglin, discover practical tips for succeeding professionally by succeeding socially. Practicing business etiquette doesn't mean pretending to be someone you're not....
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town

Beth Macy - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business.The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations,...
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Making Waves: Michigan's Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000

Scott M Peters - University of Michigan Press
Format: Print book

Michigan will always be known as the automobile capital of the world, but the Great Lakes State boasts a similarly rich heritage in the development of boat building in America. By the late nineteenth century, Michigan had emerged as the industry's hub, drawing together the most talented...
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Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever

Reed Albergotti - Gotham; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process...
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Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It

Marc Goodman - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLEROne of the world's leading authorities on global security, Marc Goodman takes readers deep into the digital underground to expose the alarming ways criminals, corporations, and even countries are using new and emerging technologies against...
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Starting a Business All-In-One For Dummies

Consumer Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

All the practical advice you need for starting a businessStarting a business? Dont sweat it! Reflecting todays unique opportunities and challenges, Starting a Business All In One For Dummies is packed with everything you need to manage your personal and business risks and successfully navigate...
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Truffle Boy: My Unexpected Journey Through the Exotic Food Underground

Ian Purkayastha - Hachette Books
Format: Print book

"[Ian Purkayastha] has a true, deep expertise in everything he sells--caviar, truffles, fish. He knows the stories that we need to sell the stuff tableside . . . he can disrupt the entire luxury foods market." ---From the Foreword by David Chang Ian Purkayastha is New York City's...
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The innovators : how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution

Walter Isaacson - Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Format: Print book

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a "riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving" (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the Internet.What...
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The Flower Farmer's Year: How to Grow Cut Flowers for Pleasure and Profit

Georgie Newbery - Uit Cambridge Ltd
Format: Hardcover

The Flower Farmer's Year is a light, entertaining look at how to plant, maintain, and keep evolving a productive cut-flower garden. Whether you want to devote a corner of your garden to a stand of sweet peas and some cosmos, take up flower production for gate sales, or make a livelihood...
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More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys and Their Heroic Quest to Save Your Privacy from Facebook

Jim Dwyer - Viking
Format: Hardcover

David versus Goliath in Silicon Valley - an epic attempt to take back the InternetTheir idea was simple. Four NYU undergrads wanted to build a social network that would allow users to control their personal data, instead of surrendering it to big businesses like Facebook. They called it Diaspora....
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Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business

Paul Downs - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

When columnist Paul Downs was approached by The New York Times to write for their "You're the Boss" blog, he had been running his custom furniture business for twenty-four years strong. or mostly strong. Now, in his first book, Downs paints an honest portrait of a real business,...
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Michigan Real Estate: Principles and Practices

Marge Fraser - Cengage Learning
Format: Print book

This popular text covers the latest Michigan real estate laws, rule and practices in addition to the recent changes and requirement in the mortgage industry. Each chapter ends with summary points and quizzes to strengthen student comprehension and success on the license exam. Using a workbook...
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The Handy Investing Answer Book

Paul A Tucci - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback

Buy Low. Sell High. Build a Nest Egg. Live a Prosperous Life. Appreciation, dividends, interest, and inflation all affect the value of investments. The concepts of compounding, portfolios, and diversification should influence investment strategies. Whether you are a novice or budding expert,...
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Neither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service

Devin Leonard - Grove Press
Format: Print book

The United States Postal Service is a wondrous American creation. Seven days a week, its army of 300,000 letter carriers delivers 513 million pieces of mail, forty percent of the world's volume. It is far more efficient than any other mail service - more than twice as efficient as the Japanese...
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Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead

Laszlo Bock - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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Downsizing The Family Home: What to Save, What to Let Go

Marni Jameson - Sterling
Format: Print book

It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively guides readers through the process, from opening that first closet, to sorting through...
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Changing the Conversation: The 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution

Dana Caspersen - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

The seventeen key principles for transforming conflict - in a beautiful package from the creator of The 48 Laws of PowerFrom Joost Elffers, the packaging genius behind the huge New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, and The Art of Seduction, comes this...
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Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be

Marshall Goldsmith - Crown Business
Format: Hardcover

In his powerful new book, bestselling author and world-renowned executive coach Marshall Goldsmith examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail us at work and in life.Do you ever find that you are not the patient, compassionate problem solver you believe yourself...
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101 Smart Questions to Ask on Your Interview, 4th Edition

Ron Fry - Career Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

Don't become tongue-tied during the most crucial phase of the interview process.101 Smart Questions to Ask on Your Interview is for every job candidate who thinks the question "Do you have any questions for me?" marks the end of an interview. In Fry's view, it marks the beginning...
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Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld

Jake Halpern - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Federal Trade Commission receives more complaints about rogue debt collecting than about any activity besides identity theft. Dramatically and entertainingly, Bad Paper reveals why. It tells the story of Aaron Siegel, a former banking executive, and Brandon Wilson, a former armed robber,...
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Elizabeth Gilbert - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerNamed a Hot Fall Read by USA Today, Vanity Fair, Newsday, O Magazine, the Seattle Times, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Mashable, Pop Sugar, and the San Antonio Express-NewsNamed a Best Book of the Year by Brainpickings and...
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101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions, 25th Anniversary Edition

Ronald W Fry - Career Press
Format: Paperback

No matter how good you look, how much research you've done, or how perfectly your qualifications match the job description, if you're not prepared with great answers to the toughest interview questions, you won't get the job.101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions is a manual...
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How Are We Doing?: A 1-hour Guide To Evaluating Your Performance As A Nonprofit Board

Gayle Gifford - Emerson & Church
Format: Print book

What if your nonprofit board is temporarily suffering from the bug of listlessness? Does it need a full-blown board self-evaluation? You know, the quarter-pound questionnaire where a consultant is called in and months fly by? Not by a long shot. It is likely your board needs a little self-correction,...
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Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership

Donald T Phillips - St. Martin's Press
Format: Book

Vince Lombardi, whom many believe to be the greatest football coach in the history of the sport, is both a household name and an icon. He is not only renowned in the sports world, but also in business and industry for his exceptional leadership skills. In Run to Win, acclaimed author...
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Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America

Liz Carlisle - Gotham Books
Format: Hardcover

A protg of Michael Pollan shares the story of a little known group of renegade farmers who defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable farm-to-table food movement.The story of the Lentil Underground begins on a 280-acre homestead rooted in America's Great Plains:...
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed - be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people - that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence...
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A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity

Nicholas D. Kristof - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

An essential, galvanizing narrative about making a difference here and abroada road map to becoming the most effective global citizens we can be.In their number one New York Times best seller Half the Sky, husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles...
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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

Sherry Turkle - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity - and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground.We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating....
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Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate

Spencer Rascoff - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

How do you spot an area poised for gentrification? Is spring or winter the best time to put your house on the market? Will a house on Swamp Road sell for less than one on Gingerbread Lane? The fact is that the rules of real estate have changed drastically over the past five years. To understand...
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Prepare to Defend Yourself ... How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life

Matthew Minson - Texas A&M University Press
Format: Book

Do you really need to pay that outstanding balance with the hospital? Do you know the differences between a nurse practitioner, a physician's assistant, a physician, and a paramedic? Did you realize that not all hospitals can treat your stroke, heart attack, or trauma with equal speed...
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Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

Peter H. Diamandis - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Abundance comes their much anticipated follow-up: Bold - a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions.Bold...
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Grand Rapids: Furniture City

Norma Lewis - Arcadia
Format: Book

William Haldane opened a cabinet shop in 1836, 14 years before Grand Rapids incorporated. Other furniture companies followed: Berkey and Gay, Widdicomb, Sligh, Hekman, and Phoenix were among those taking advantage of the Grand River for transportation and power, the area's abundant...
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The Economics Book

DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover

From Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas to Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes to the top economic thought leaders of today The Economics Book is the essential reference for students and anyone else with an interest in how economies work Easy-to-follow graphics succinct quotations and thoroughly...
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Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business

Rana Foroohar - Crown Business
Format: Print book

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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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

Naomi Klein - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political...
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How to Raise Cattle: Everything You Need to Know, Updated & Revised

Philip Hasheider - Voyageur Press; Second, Updated & Revised edition
Format: Paperback

Whether your goal is to raise one cow or to own a larger herd of dairy or beef cattle, the expert advice in this hands-on guidebook will tell you all you need to know. How to Raise Cattle guides readers through beef and dairy operations from beginning to end, sharing valuable information...
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The Sell: The Secrets of Selling Anything to Anyone

Fredrik Eklund - Avery Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

The nation's #1 real estate broker and star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York shares his secrets for superstar success and getting what you want out of life - no matter who you are or what you do.Ten years ago, Fredrik Eklund moved to New York City from his native Sweden...
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American Mojo: Lost and Found: Restoring our Middle Class Before the World Blows By

Peter D. Kiernan - Turner
Format: Hardcover

In American Mojo: Lost and Found, Peter D. Kiernan, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, focuses on America's greatest challenge -- and opportunity -- restoring the middle class to its full promise and potential. Our educated, skilled, and motivated middle class was the cornerstone...
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$2.00 a day : living on almost nothing in America

Kathryn Edin - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Format: Print book

A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't think it exists Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna...
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The Perfect Resume: Resumes That Work in the New Economy

Dan Quillen - Cold Spring Press
Format: Print book

HR Director and author of four job search books Dan Quillen shows readers how to craft an incredible resume that will get job-seekers in the door!Dan Quillen calls on his expertise as an HR professional (and as one who lost and found a job in the toughest economic environment since the Great...
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg - Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Thirty years after women became percent of the college graduates in the United States men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry This means that womenrsquos voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives In Lean In Sheryl...
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The Dog Merchants: Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores, and Rescuers

Kim Kavin - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book

We love them with all our hearts, but do we really know where our dogs came from? Kim Kavin, author of Little Boy Blue, reveals the complex network behind the $11 billion-a-year business of selling dogs. A must-read for the benefit of all dogs, everywhere. In what promises to become an "Omnivore's...
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Cover Letters in a Week: Teach Yourself

Patricia Scudamore - Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Format: Print book

Sunday: Understand the importance of first impressions and the common mistakes people make Monday: Ensure your application is taken seriously with a cover letter that is concise, complements your CV and is targeted to the job you have applied for Tuesday: Discover how to style and structure...
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MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom

Tony Robbins - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Multimillion-copy bestselling author of Awaken the Giant Withinand Unlimited Power has created a new 7-step blueprint for securing financial freedom. Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world - from Carl...
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Make Facebook Work for your Business: The complete guide to marketing your business, generating new leads, finding new customers and building your ... Media Work for your Business)

Ms Alex Stearn - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

HOW TO MAKE FACEBOOK WORK FOR YOUR BUSINESS -Constantly updated Many businesses and entrepreneurs are still struggling to make social media work for them and are either continuing to waste valuable time and resources or giving up altogether. However, businesses that are mastering social...
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Plan Your Prosperity: The Only Retirement Guide You'll Ever Need, Starting Now--Whether You're 22, 52 or 82

Kenneth L. Fisher - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Whether youre in retirement just getting ready to retire or or years out this book can help you invest smarter your whole life and yes plan better for retirement Harmful mythology abounds about retirement investing Many retirees or soon-to-be retirees have heard a plethora of advice...
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The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even if You're a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me

Phyllis Korkki - Harper
Format: Print book

A New York Times business journalist explains why it's important for people to pursue big creative projects, and identifies both the obstacles and the productive habits that emerge on the path to completion - including her own experience writing this book.Whether it's the Great...
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House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street

William D. Cohan - Doubleday; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

On March 5, 2008, at 1015 A.M., a hedge fund manager in Florida wrote a post on his investing advice Web site that included a startling statement about Bear Stearns Co., the nations fifth-largest investment bank In my book, they are insolvent.This seemed a bold and risky statement. Bear...
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How to Raise Chickens: Everything You Need to Know, Updated & Revised

Christine Heinrichs - Voyageur Press; Second, Updated & Revised edition
Format: Book

Whether you want to raise 5 chickens or 50, whether you have a 40-foot city lot or a 40-acre farm, the expert advice in this hands-on guidebook makes it easy for you to get started raising a healthy flock. Whichever comes first for you, the chicken or the egg, this book will show you what...
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Start Your Own Business, Sixth Edition: The Only Startup Book You'll Ever Need

The Staff of Entrepreneur Media - Entrepreneur Press; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Tapping into more than 33 years of small business expertise, the staff at Entrepreneur Media takes todays entrepreneurs beyond opening their doors and through the first three years of ownership. This revised edition features amended chapters on choosing a business, adding partners, getting...
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Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution

Auden Schendler - PublicAffairs; 1st edition
Format: Book

“Green” has finally hit the mainstream. Soccer moms drive Priuses. And the business consultants say it’s easy and profitable. In reality, though, many green-leaning businesses, families, and governments are still fiddling while the planet burns. Why? Because implementing...
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The Essentials of Business Etiquette: How to Greet, Eat, and Tweet Your Way to Success

Barbara Pachter - Mcgraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Book

The Definitive Guide to Professional Behavior Whether you’re eating lunch with a client, Skyping with your boss, or meeting a business partner for the first time--it's all about how you present yourself. The Essentials of Business Etiquette gives you 101 critical tips for improving...
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Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works

Elizabeth Green - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable BookWe've all had great teachers who opened new worlds, maybe even changed our lives. What made them so great?Everyone agrees that a great teacher can have an enormous impact. Yet we still don't know what, precisely, makes a teacher great....
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The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom

James Green - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

From before the dawn of the 20th century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other...
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The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers

Jon Pessah - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The incredible inside story of power, money, and baseball's last twenty yearsIn the fall of 1992, America's National Pastime is in crisis and already on the path to the unthinkable: cancelling a World Series for the first time in history. The owners are at war with each other, their...
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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

Chris J Anderson - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

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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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It

Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO; Tenth edition
Format: Paperback

Finding the right long-term care often means making difficult decisions during difficult times. Whether you're planning for the future or need to make a quick decision, Long-Term Care helps you understand the alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to find the best care...
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A Social Security Owner's Manual, 3rd Edition: Your Guide to Social Security Retirement, Dependent's, and Survivor's Benefits

Jim Blankenship - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 3 edition
Format: Print book

In this age of disappearing pensions and decimated retirement savings accounts, Social Security benefits are becoming more and more important all the time. As the baby boom generation reaches retirement age, were seeing more and more folks who want learn how to maximize the Social Security...
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People Tools for Business

Alan Fox - SelectBooks; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Great Relationships Are Your Key To Business Success. Whether youre just starting your career or have been in the business world for years, this book provides all the tools youll need to create long lasting success in your life. Why wait to build the life youve always dreamed of Running...
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Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

Carmine Gallo - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Ideas are the true currency of the twenty-first century. So, in order to succeed you need to be able to sell yourself and your ideas persuasively. The ability to sell yourself and your ideas is the single greatest skill that will help you accomplish your dreams. TED Talks have redefined...
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A Truck Full of Money

Tracy Kidder - Random House Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

"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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The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age

Reid Hoffman - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerIntroducing the new, realistic loyalty pact between employer and employee.The employer-employee relationship is broken, and managers face a seemingly impossible dilemma: the old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business environment...
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The Business Book

DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover

Packed with innovative graphics and simple explanations of business concepts, from managing risk and alternative business models to effective leadership and thinking outside the box, The Business Book covers every facet of business management. Big ideas make great business thinkers and leaders....
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Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties

Beth Kobliner - Touchstone
Format: Paperback

A completely revised and updated fourth edition of the New York Times bestseller, designed to guide younger adults through the world of personal finance.More than ever before, people in their twenties and thirties need help getting their financial lives in order. And who could blame...
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Everyone's a Critic: Winning Customers in a Review-Driven World

Bill Tancer - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

More than of customers consult online reviews and take them very seriously A disgruntled customer on Yelp might have more clout than a guidebook magazine or newspaper This review-driven marketplace terrifies many businesses But some have learnt to navigate and profit from customer reviews...
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The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

Daniel J. Levitin - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more - and faster...
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Green Collar Jobs: Environmental Careers for the 21st Century

Scott M. Deitche - Praeger
Format: Hardcover

Green Collar Jobs: Environmental Careers for the 21st Century is a simple, easy-to-reference guide that will help students, recent graduates, job seekers, and career changers at all levels find the latest information and job resources in this burgeoning new field.This exceptionally timely...
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Start Your Own Restaurant and More

The Staff of Entrepreneur Media - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Print book

Americans spend more than $600 billion a year eating out. Busy consumers don't have the time or inclination to cook - they want tasty, nutritious meals without dishes to wash. More and more singles, working parents and seniors are demanding greater convenience and are turning to restaurants...
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How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide

Jane Bryant Quinn - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"Jane Bryant Quinn is America's dean of personal finance ... .The book is a true treasure chest of financial secrets." - Forbes With How to Make Your Money Last, you will learn how to turn your retirement savings into a steady paycheck that will last for life.Today,...
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Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business

Fred S. Steingold Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

The all-in-one business law book When you run a small business, legal questions crop up almost on a daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise - but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal...
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The Crowdfunding Handbook: Raise Money for Your Small Business or Start-Up with Equity Funding Portals

Cliff Ennico - AMACOM
Format: Print book

Ever wish your company could raise capital the Kickstarter(R) way? Equity crowdfunding is finally here, opening new funding avenues for small businesses and start-ups. In April 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups--or JOBS--Act into law. This groundbreaking...
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The Small-Scale Dairy: The Complete Guide to Milk Production for the Home and Market

Gianaclis Caldwell - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

The Small-Scale Dairy includes everything you need to know in order to successfully produce nourishing, healthy, farm-fresh milk. Whether for home use, direct sale to the consumer, or sale to an artisanal cheesemaker, high-quality raw milk is a delicate, desirable product. Successful and sustainable...
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Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security

Laurence J. Kotlikoff - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Learn the secrets to maximizing your Social Security benefits and earn up to thousands of dollars more each year with expert advice that you can't get anywhere else.Want to know how to navigate the forbidding maze of Social Security and emerge with the highest possible benefits? You could...
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Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time

Rory Vaden - Perigee Books
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs - a bold new way to get things done.New York Times bestselling author and sales-performance trainer Rory Vaden brings his high-energy approach and can-do spirit to the most nagging problem in our professional lives: stalled productivity....
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How to LIST & SELL Real Estate 30th Anniversary Edition

Danielle Kennedy - Cengage Learning
Format: Hardcover

This best-selling real estate book reveals Danielle Kennedy's proven formula for building a successful and profitable career in real estate. This 30th Anniversary Edition, DOMINATE EVERY TURN OF THE MARKET, will both inspire and empower real estate professionals to seize every opportunity...
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The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

Mark Schatzker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

A lively and important argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the key to reversing America's health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition and flavor.In The Dorito Effect, Mark Schatzker shows us how our approach to the nation's number one public health...
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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

Simon Sinek - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150+ million views)...
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Life is Good: The Book

Bert Jacobs - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

From Life is Good founders and brothers Bert and John Jacobs, this inspiring book of wisdom celebrates the power of optimism: the driving force behind their beloved, socially conscious clothing and lifestyle brand, now worth more than $100 million.Following the chronology of their personal...
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How to Kill a Unicorn: How the World's Hottest Innovation Factory Builds Bold Ideas That Make It to Market

Mark Payne - Crown Business
Format: Hardcover

A unique behind-the-scenes look at the groundbreaking methodology that today's most in-demand innovation factory uses to create some of the boldest products and successfully bring them to market.   Today, innovation is seen by business leaders and the media alike as the key to growth,...
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The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War

A. J. Baime - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerA dramatic, intimate narrative of how Ford Motor Company went from making automobiles to producing the airplanes that would mean the difference between winning and losing World War II.
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Make Your Kid A Money Genius

Beth Kobliner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

From Beth Kobliner, the author of the bestselling personal finance bible Get a Financial Life - a new, must-have guide showing parents how to teach their children (from toddlers to young adults) to manage money in a smart way.Many of us think we can have the "money talk"...
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QuickBooks 2014 For Dummies

Stephen L. Nelson - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Take control of the books and keep your finances in the black with QuickBooks and For Dummies With over four million of his books in print, CPA and perennial bestselling For Dummies author Stephen L. Nelson knows how to make QuickBooks and basic accounting easy for the rest of us. Small...
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Data-ism: The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else

Steve Lohr - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Steve Lohr, a technology reporter for the New York Times, chronicles the rise of Big Data, addressing cutting-edge business strategies and examining the dark side of a data-driven world.Coal, iron ore, and oil were the key productive assets that fueled the Industrial Revolution. Today,...
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Resumes That Impress!: The Insider's Guide for Success

Cory J Schulman - Best Seller Publications
Format: Print book

The latest instruction on how to write a professional resume.
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