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Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses

Amy Whitaker - HarperBusiness
Format: Print book

An indispensable and inspiring guide to creativity in the workplace and beyond, drawing on art, psychology, science, sports, law, business, and technology to help you land big ideas in the practical world.Anyone from CEO to freelancer knows how hard it is to think big, let alone follow...
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The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells

Jeetendr Sehdev - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book

How do social media stars attract such obsessive attention-even more than the Hollywood A-list? And what can they teach us about making our own ideas, products and services break through? The world's leading authority on celebrity branding, Jeetendr Sehdev, whom Variety calls "the...
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Employer's Legal Handbook, The: Manage Your Employees & Workplace Effectively

Fred S Steingold - Nolo, 2015.
Format: Print book

All the laws employers need to know Employment laws change often. Staying on top of them is essential to running an efficient, fair workplace - and heading off expensive lawsuits. Use this comprehensive guide to find answers to workplace questions, quickly and easily. The Employer's...
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A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

Edward O Thorp - Random House
Format: Print book

The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street. A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented...
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21 Secrets of Million-Dollar Sellers: America's Top Earners Reveal the Keys to Sales Success

Stephen J Harvill - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

In this sharp, invigorating read, Fortune 50 consultant Stephen Harvill discovers twenty-one common behaviors of top earners across seven major industries that set them apart. These are the secrets of the world's best salespeople who rake in at least one million dollars a year.For over...
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The Compassionate Achiever: How Helping Others Fuels Success

Christopher L Kukk - Harper One
Format: Print book

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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AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

Kai-Fu Lee - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Here are two well-known facts: Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the world as we know it. The United States has long been, and remains, the global leader in AI. That first fact is correct. But in his provocative new book, Dr. Kai-Fu Lee - one of the world's most respected experts...
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Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits: Real-World Strategies That Work

Ilona Bray JD - NOLO
Format: Paperback

This easy-to-read book combines the author's legal and fundraising experience with advice and stories from over 50 experienced fundraisers. Offers practical guidance on all the forms of fundraising that a new or small to mid-size nonprofit will need, including working with individual...
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There Is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow

Jeffrey J Selingo - William Morrow
Format: Print book

New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author of College Unbound comes a hopeful, inspiring blueprint to help alleviate parents' anxiety and prepare their college-educated child to successfully land a good job after graduation.Saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, today's...
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The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life

Bernard Roth - HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Print book

The co-founder of the Stanford d.School introduces the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible.Achievement can be learned. It's a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you'll be able to meet life's challenges and fulfill your goals,...
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Grant Writing For Dummies

Beverly A Browning - John Wiley
Format: Print book

Discover enterprising ways to get grants Write compelling applications for grant funding Find budgets, sample letters and more online Find and win grant money Grant writing can be daunting, but this book gives you everything you need to get started with your application right away! This...
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Divorce & Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce

Violet Woodhouse - NOLO
Format: Print book

All the information you need to split assets, easily and fairly. Especially in uncertain economic times, divorce isn't simple. Turn to Divorce & Money, the acclaimed guide to evaluating and dividing assets during divorce, to avoid making financial mistakes that could affect you for the rest...
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Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown

Gerri Hirshey - Sarah Crichton Books ; Farrar
Format: Print book

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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Killing It: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart

Sheryl O'Loughlin - Harper Business
Format: Print book

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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How to Start a Home-based Wedding Planning Business

Jill S. Moran - Globe Pequot Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book

Planning weddings is a growing business area. The author is one of our top-selling home-based business authors and is herself a successful event and wedding planner.
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Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money

Robert Kiyosaki - Plata Publishing; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback

In Rich Dads Conspiracy of the Rich Robert Kiyosaki explores why many people are waiting for the political and financial systems of the world to change He shares his opinion that its easier to change yourself than to wait for our leaders and systems to changeIs it time for you to take control...
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Quotations for Effective Leadership

Sunil Thomas Ph D
Format: Paperback

Leadership involves influencing others leading to a specific objective. Great leaders bring out the best in others and also add value to the organization they lead. Most often the leadership style is influenced by education and experience. The words and wisdom of people also influence leadership....
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The Real Estate Wholesaling Bible: The Fastest, Easiest Way to Get Started in Real Estate Investing

Than Merrill - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Learn how to make money wholesaling real estate without having to swing a hammer or deal with tenants.Wholesaling is one of the best ways to get started making money in the world of real estate investing. Think of it as the day trading of real estate except it is simpler and has less risk...
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The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America

Oren Cass - Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover

"[Cass's] core principle -- a culture of respect for work of all kinds -- can help close the gap dividing the two Americas ... ." - William A. Galston, The Brookings Institution The American worker is in crisis. Wages have stagnated for more than a generation. Reliance on welfare...
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101 Job Interview Questions You'll Never Fear Again

James Reed - Plume
Format: Paperback

"An insider's guide to the perfect interview." - Daily Express What are job interviewers actually looking for in a candidate What questions will they ask What does each question really mean What are the answers that will secure you the job James Reed, chairman...
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Home Buying Kit For Dummies

Eric Tyson - For Dummies
Format: Print book

America's #1 bestselling home buying guide Are you looking to buy a house, but don't quite know where to begin? Have no fear! This new edition of Home Buying Kit For Dummies arms you with Eric Tyson and Ray Brown's time-tested advice and strategies for buying a home in current...
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Marketing and Promoting Your Business: Products and Services

Ian Birt - Tilde University Press; Second edition
Format: Book

Marketing and Promoting Your Business, Second Edition, describes the marketing process for a small business and how to prepare a marketing plan for your operation. A separate chapter covers evaluating marketing results, including getting customer feedback, and business responses to unsatisfactory...
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The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later

RIC EDELMAN - SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author and legendary investment guru Ric Edelman reveals his forward-thinking guide on how technology and science will reshape the way we save, invest, and plan for the future.Technology and science are evolving at a blistering, almost incomprehensible...
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Tax Savvy for Small Business

Frederick W. Daily Attorney - NOLO; Eighteenth Edition edition

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 can help you create a business tax strategy that can save you time, energy and money. It shows you how to: deduct operating expenses deduct travel,...
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Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break

Rachael O'Meara - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

Feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck? Discover the power of the pause. Sometimes life throws you for a loop. You're stressed out at your job; you're torn between work and family; your motivation and productivity are taking a nosedive. Your impulse might be to lean in and tough it out,...
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Send Your Child to College for Free: Successful Strategies that Earn Scholarships

Tameka Williamson - Celestial Enterprises
Format: Paperback

Sending your child to college is possible, it starts with a plan, a strategy and a willingness to work the plan! Whether you are a college graduate or not, there is much to learn and do when it comes to getting your child college and career ready in the 21st century. Send Your Child to College...
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books, Big Profits)

John C Bogle - Wiley
Format: Hardcover

The best-selling investing "bible" offers new information, new insights, and new perspectives The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. Legendary mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle reveals his key to getting more out of investing:...
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J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2019: Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible

BARBARA WELTMAN - Wiley
Format: Paperback

A complete list of individual tax relief opportunities J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2019 is the complete and thorough guide to reducing your tax burden. By listing every possible deduction and credit available to individual taxpayers, this book can help you achieve substantial...
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1,001 Ways to Engage Employees: Help People Do Better What They Do Best

BOB NELSON - Career Press
Format: Paperback

Employee engagement has been consistently cited as a top and growing priority by CEOs, managers, and human resources leaders across the country. This new title from best-selling author Dr. Bob Nelson will help move any organization from just measuring the need to engage employees to actually...
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Cracking the GMAT Premium Edition with 6 Computer-Adaptive Practice Tests, 2018: The All-in-One Solution for Your Highest Possible Score

PRINCETON REVIEW. - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

THE ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION FOR YOUR HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORE - including 6 computer-adaptive practice tests (the MOST CATs on the market!) for realistic preparation!Techniques That Actually Work.* Powerful tactics to avoid traps and help beat the GMAT* Step-by-step problem-solving guides...
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Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change

Michelle Gielan - Benbella Books
Format: Hardcover

We are all broadcasters. And the messages we choose to broadcast predict our success.All of us constantly broadcast information to others, even when we don't say a word. Sales professionals broadcast to potential clients in a way that wins new business. Managers broadcast to their teams...
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The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World

Nilofer Merchant - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"For any would-be activists who hear the voice: 'not me' or 'not now,' Merchant makes the strong case for 'yes you' and 'yes now' - and even shows you how to jump in." - Van Jones, host of CNN's The Messy Truth, author of Rebuild the Dream and The Green Collar...
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eBay For Dummies

Marsha Collier - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

It's a bargain! The definitive guide to buying and selling success on eBay Want to know the best way to get rid of some of that clutter laying around the house and make some cash? Or sell that beautiful jewelry you made recently? It might be time to take a quick trip to a market with...
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Business Buyout Agreements: Plan Now for All Types of Business Transitions

Anthony Mancuso - Nolo
Format: Print book

Head off disagreements with departing co-owners It happens to any business that's owned by more than one person: Sooner or later, one or more owners will want or need to leave the business. What will happen to your company if one co-owner wants to retire, files for bankruptcy, or goes...
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How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation

Anthony Mancuso Attorney - NOLO
Format: Print book

Form a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt nonprofit in your state The process of becoming a tax-exempt organization may appear intimidating, but with How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation, you can do it quickly, easily, and with confidence. You've got a cause you care about -- now you just need...
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Utopia for Realists: Why Making the World a Better Place Isnt a Fantasy and How We Can Do It

Rutger Bregman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Print book

From one of Europe's leading young thinkers, a brief history of utopia and a pragmatic manifesto for how to improve the lives of the 99 percent todayA majority of Americans report that they would take two extra weeks of vacation above two extra weeks of salary, half of all business professionals...
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How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job

Sally Helgesen - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

Ready to take the next step in your career . . . but not sure what's holding you back? Read on. Leadership expert Sally Helgesen and bestselling leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith have trained thousands of high achievers--men and women--to reach even greater heights. Again and again, they...
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How Women Decide

Therese Huston - HarperOne
Format: Paperback

"One could imagine it becoming required reading on Wall Street." - New York Times Book Review So, youve earned a seat at the table.What happens next? We all face hard decisions every day and the choices we make, and how others perceive them, can be life-changing. There are countless...
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Resilience: Navigating Life, Loss, and the Road to Success

LISA LISSON - ECW Press
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring book for readers of Sheryl Sandberg and Arlene Dickinson Lisa Lisson's life seemed perfect: she had married her high school sweetheart, applied her marketing degree to a position at FedEx Express Canada, and risen to become a vice president (and would ultimately become president)...
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Salted and Cured: Savoring the Culture, Heritage, and Flavor of America's Preserved Meats

Jeffrey P Roberts - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From country ham to coppa, bacon to bresaola Prosciutto. Andouille. Country ham. The extraordinary rise in popularity of cured meats in recent years often overlooks the fact that the ancient practice of meat preservation through the use of salt, time, and smoke began as a survival technique....
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JK Lasser's New Rules for Estate, Retirement, and Tax Planning

Stewart H. Welch III - John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback

Current, relevant estate, retirement and tax planning strategies with expert insight and advice JK Lasser's New Rules for Estate, Retirement and Tax Planning is the authoritative guide to estate, retirement and tax planning, fully updated to reflect new changes and legal updates. Written...
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The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback

Nigel Travis - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The charismatic, accessible, and down-to-earth CEO of Dunkin' Brands (Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins) shows how positive pushback--the discipline of "questioning everything without trashing anyone"--provides a unique results-oriented way to lead an organization to prosperity....
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World Economic Outlook, April 2017: Gaining Momentum

International Monetary Fund - International Monetary Fund
Format: Paperback

Global economic activity is picking up with a long-awaited cyclical recovery in investment, manufacturing, and trade, according to Chapter 1 of this World Economic Outlook. World growth is expected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018. Stronger...
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Success and Something Greater: Your Magic Key

Sharon L. Lechter CPA - Sound Wisdom LLC
Format: Hardcover

An Official Publication of The Napoleon Hill Foundation with Never Before Published Content from Napoleon Hill In Think and Grow Rich - Success and Something Greater, authors Sharon Lechter and Greg Reid once again join forces with the Napoleon Hill Foundation including never before published...
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Taken for Granted: How Conservatism Can Win Back the Americans That Liberalism Failed

Gianno Caldwell - Crown Forum
Format: Hardcover

A Fox News political analyst tackles some of our communities' toughest challenges with timely insight from his own life: the story of how conservative values helped a kid from the South Side of Chicago find a life of opportunity.Born to a mother consumed by drugs and raised by his grandmother...
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Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation

Larry Downes - Portfolio/Penguin
Format: Print book

It used to take years or even decades for disruptive innovations to dethrone dominant products and services. But now any business can be devastated virtually overnight by something better and cheaper. How can executives protect themselves and harness the power of Big Bang Disruption?Just...
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Lower Your Taxes - BIG TIME! 2019-2020: Small Business Wealth Building and Tax Reduction Secrets from an IRS Insider

Sandy Botkin - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback

Learn how to navigate the latest changes to the tax law -- and save big on your taxes! For most people, tax time is the most dreaded time of the year. After the recent tax overhaul enacted by Congress, taxpayers are more anxious and confused than ever. Lower Your Taxes -- Big Time! helps...
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Such a perfect wife

Kate White - Harper Audio
Format: Audiobook

True crime writer Bailey Weggins heads to Lake George to investigate the disappearance of Shannon Blaine, a case that appears to be straightforward until Bailey uncovers the work of a serial killer.
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Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts

RYAN HOLIDAY - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author and marketing strategist Ryan Holiday reveals to creatives of all stripes - authors, entrepreneurs, musicians, filmmakers, fine artists - how a classic work is made and marketed.In Hollywood, a movie is given a single weekend to succeed before being written off. In Silicon...
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Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets

Al Ramadan
Format: Print book

The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design.Winning today isn't about beating the competition at the old game. It's about inventing a whole new game - d
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Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future

Joi Ito - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

Today, not only is everything digital getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, we also have the Internet. When these two revolutions-one in technology and the other in communications-joined, an explosive force was unleaded that changed the very nature of innovation....
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Where to Retire: America's Best & Most Affordable Places

John Howells - Globe Pequot Press; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Book

Where to Retire offers the best advice not only on where to relocate in the retirement years, but why people should pick up and move just as life is settling down. Retirement guru John Howells provides well-researched and completely revised and updated information on how to find the ideal...
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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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Ready. Set. Retire!: Crafting a Worry-Free Retirement Plan You Can Live With

Stephen J Kelley - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

Drawn from author Stephen Kelley's vast store of content emanating from his radio program, lectures, workshops and news columns, "Ready. Set. Retire!" covers when and when not to use annuities, the importance of using a fiduciary, and how to invest without falling into the most...
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Create Your Own Employee Handbook: A Legal & Practical Guide for Employers

Lisa Guerin J.D. - NOLO; Seventh edition
Format: Print book

Make - or update - your employee handbook today! Clear employee policies help you run a productive workplace and avoid legal problems. Create Your Own Employee Handbook provides everything managers or HR professionals need to create a reader-friendly guide, or update an existing handbook...
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Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work

TODD DAVIS - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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

Sean Masaki Flynn - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Find the latest on economics The economy is always changing but some things are eternal! Economics For Dummies, Third Edition, gives you everything you need to understand our rapidly evolving economy as well as the basics that never change. What's the best way to fight poverty?...
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Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonalds Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away

Lisa Napoli - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The movie The Founder, starring Michael Keaton, focused the spotlight on Ray Kroc, the man who amassed a fortune as the chairman of McDonalds. But what about his wife Joan, the woman who became famous for giving away his fortune? Lisa Napoli tells the fascinating story behind the historic...
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Technical Analysis For Dummies

Barbara Rockefeller - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Grasp and apply the basic principles of technical analysis Savvy traders know that the best way to maximize return is to interpret real-world market information for themselves rather than relying solely on the predictions of professional analysts. This straightforward guide shows you how to put this...
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Economics: The User's Guide

Ha-Joon Chang - Bloomsbury
Format: Hardcover

In his bestselling 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang brilliantly debunked many of the predominant myths of neoclassical economics. Now, in an entertaining and accessible primer, he explains how the global economy actually works--in real-world...
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Your Rights in the Workplace

Barbara Kate Repa - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Your Rights in the Workplace is an invaluable reference for every employee. Whether you have questions about your paycheck, discrimination, layoffs, or benefits, you'll find answers here.Get the facts on: wages, hours, and breaks drug and alcohol testing illegal discrimination...
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3D Team Leadership: A New Approach for Complex Teams

Bradley Lane Kirkman - Stanford Business Books
Format: Hardcover

Many organizations believe that high-functioning teams hold the key to breakthrough thinking, superior customer service, and high-quality products. But, all too often, leaders and managers fail to support teams so that they can deliver on their promises. For instance, many leaders ask for teamwork,...
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Trajectory: 7 Career Strategies to Take You from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

David L. Van Rooy Ph.D. - Amacom Books
Format: Paperback

When the economy's difficult and jobs aren't secure, people tend to focus on the short term ...on survival. But what they don't grasp is how their current position could be a springboard to their next position - or even the one after that. Caught between a fear of failure and a desire...
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Paying for College, 2019 Edition: Everything You Need to Maximize Financial Aid and Afford College

PRINCETON REVIEW. - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

Paying for College: Everything You Need to Maximize Financial Aid and Afford College is the ONLY annual college financial aid guide with line-by-line instructions for completing the FAFSA and CSS Profile aid forms!Featured in USA Today, the WSJ, Money, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington...
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Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

Adam Savage - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

MythBusters' Adam Savage - Discovery Channel star and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech - shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully turning your idea into reality. Adam Savage is a maker. From Chewbacca's...
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J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2018: Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible

Barbara Weltman - Wiley
Format: Paperback

A complete list of individual tax relief opportunities J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2018 is the complete and thorough guide to reducing your tax burden. By listing every possible deduction and credit available to individual taxpayers, this book can help you achieve substantial...
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The Deals That Made the World: Reckless Ambition, Backroom Negotiations, and the Hidden Truths of Business

Jacques Peretti - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Filled with startling observations and thought-provoking findings, an award-winning BBC investigative reporter's compelling and informative look at twelve business deals that have transformed the modern world.While the laws that guide our lives are written by the politicians we elect, much...
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Nasty Galaxy

Sophia Amoruso - G.P. Putnams Sons
Format: Hardcover

From Sophia Amoruso, the New York Times-bestselling author of #GIRLBOSS, a lushly illustrated embodiment of the collective spirit of the Nasty Gal brand, Sophias own personal brand, and girlbosses everywhere, with a foreword by Courtney Love. Warning: this is not a style book. Its not about...
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Downhill from Here: Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality

Katherine S. Newman - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

A sharp examination of the looming financial catastrophe of retirement in America.As millions of Baby Boomers reach their golden years, the state of retirement in America is little short of a disaster. Nearly half the households with people aged 55 and older have no retirement savings at all....
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Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought

ANDREW W LO - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behaviorHalf of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral...
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The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over

Jack Schafer - Touchstone
Format: Book

From a former FBI Special Agent specializing in behavior analysis and recruiting spies comes a handbook filled with his proven strategies on how to instantly read people and influence how they perceive you, so you can easily turn on the like switch.The Like Switch is packed with all the tools...
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Every Nonprofit's Tax Guide: How to Keep Your Tax-Exempt Status and Avoid IRS Problems

Stephen Fishman - Nolo, 2015.
Format: Print book

Nonprofits enjoy privileges not available to other organizations. But these privileges come at a price: Nonprofits must comply with special IRS rules and regulations. This book covers what your organization must do to maintain its tax-exempt status. Practical, comprehensive, and easy to understand,...
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Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World

Ama Marston - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Forget Type As and Bs. The future lies with Type Rs-- the individuals, leaders, businesses, families and communities that turn challenges into opportunity in times of upheaval, crisis and change. In this thought provoking book Ama Marston, an internationally recognized strategist and thought...
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To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

Lawrence Levy - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success. "Hi, Lawrence?" the caller asked. "This is Steve Jobs. I saw your picture in a magazine a few years ago and thought we'd work together someday." After Steve Jobs was unceremoniously dismissed from Apple,...
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Complete Guide to Selling a Business, The

FRED S STEINGOLD - NOLO
Format: Paperback

The most comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to selling a business available! Out there somewhere is a buyer looking to buy a business like yours -- so if you're ready to sell, make sure that you protect your interests and maximize your profit with The Complete Guide to Selling a Business....
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Rental-Property Profits: A Financial Tool Kit for Landlords

MICHAEL C THOMSETT - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

Real estate investing doesn't have to be risky. With rental prices climbing, vacancy rates low, and property values rising, real estate investing has become a tempting option for achieving financial security. The idea is simple: buy a property, fix it up, and then rent it until...
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The Curriculum: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master of Business Arts

Stanley Bing - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

From the mind of the ultimate corporate gunslinger comes this no-nonsense, real-world Curriculum, designed to augmentif not replacethe more traditional path to achieving mastery of the business universe. Conquer this sharp, practical and often amusing course of study and save 250,000 of wasted...
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How Much Can I Spend in Retirement?: A Guide to Investment-Based Retirement Income Strategies

Wade Donald Pfau - McLean Asset Management Corporation
Format: Paperback

How much can you spend in retirement? Naturally, this is an essential question for those approaching this important life transition. Essentially, if you wish to retire one day, you are increasingly responsible for figuring out how to save during your working years and convert your savings...
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In a Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers

Bernice Yeung - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

An acclaimed journalist investigates sexual assault against the invisible workers who are an essential part of the #metoo and #timesup movementsApple orchards in bucolic Washington state. Office parks in Southern California under cover of night. The home of an elderly man in Miami. These...
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Go Together: How the Concept of Ubuntu Will Change How You Live, Work, and Lead

SHOLA RICHARDS - Sterling Ethos
Format: Hardcover

Workplace positivity expert Shola Richards (Making Work Work) explores a radical new concept for rethinking our personal, professional, and social lives: togetherness. The illusion that we are separate from each other, more different than similar, is eroding our ability to work,...
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The Financial Aid Handbook, Revised Edition: Getting the Education You Want for the Price You Can Afford

CAROL STACK - Career Press
Format: Paperback

The Financial Aid Handbook is the only book families need to find the right college at the right price.This completely revised, up-to-date edition builds on the success of the original -- the definitive, one-stop guide to the college selection and payment process, covering everything from...
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Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, The: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide

Peri Pakroo - NOLO
Format: Paperback

The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, written by the author of the bestselling The Small Business Start-Up Kit, gives you the practical and legal information you need to kickstart a successful enterprise--whether you're an artsy creative type, an independent consultant, or a Fortune...
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Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone

Satya Nadella - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

"At the core, Hit Refresh, is about us humans and the unique quality we call empathy, which will become ever more valuable in a world where the torrent of technology will disrupt the status quo like never before." - Satya Nadella from Hit Refresh"Satya has charted a course...
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Starting an Online Business All-in-One For Dummies

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

Start a successful online business - and be your own boss! Being an online entrepreneur means more than just building a website - and this book breaks down everything you need to know to be successful. Inside, you'll get plain-English explanations and easy-to-follow instruction on online...
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Your Limited Liability Company: An Operating Manual

Anthony Mancuso Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Your Limited Liability Company provides all he instructions and forms you need to maintain the legal validity of your LLC. It helps you approve and document important legal, tax and business decisions and create a paper trail to protect your LLC status. The book shows you how to: prepare...
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Anticipate: The Art of Leading by Looking Ahead

Rob-Jan de Jong - AMACOM
Format: Hardcover

Describes the practices that make successful business visionaries, including detecting change early, developing a coherent vision based on emerging trends, and creating scenarios that make game-changing products and strategies. --Publisher's description.
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Leaders: Myth and Reality

Stanley McChrystal - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

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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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

Cathy O'Neil - Crown
Format: Print book

"A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality,"--NoveList."We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives--...
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Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley

Corey Pein - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

A scathing, sardonic exploration of Silicon Valley tech culture, laying bare the greed, hubris, and retrograde politics of an industry that aspires to radically transform society for its own benefitAt the height of the startup boom, journalist Corey Pein set out for Silicon Valley with...
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Estate Planning Basics

Denis Clifford Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

This book provides concise, straightforward, and easy to read information about the major components of estate planning " without going into endless detail about arcane options that apply only to the wealthy. Topics include: choosing beneficiaries estate planning by parents with...
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Success Through Diversity: Why the Most Inclusive Companies Will Win

Carol Fulp - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

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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475 Tax Deductions for Businesses and Self-Employed Individuals: An A-to-Z Guide to Hundreds of Tax Write-Offs

BERNARD B KAMOROFF - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

Are you paying more taxes than you have to? The IRS is certainly not going to tell you about a deduction you failed to take, and your accountant is not likely to take the time to ask you about every deduction you're entitled to. As former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson admitted, "If...
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Equality for Women = Prosperity for All: The Disastrous Global Crisis of Gender Inequality

Augusto Lopez-Claros - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking book about the direct relationship between a woman's rights and freedoms and the economic prosperity of her country. "The authors speak to hearts as well as minds." -- Maud de Boer Buquicchio, UN Special Rapporteur"Not only timely but profoundly important...
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Rogues' Gallery: The Rise

Philip Hook - The Experiment
Format: Hardcover

Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed, and daring of its practitioners. In a richly anecdotal chronological narrative he describes the rise and occasional fall of the extraordinary men and women who over the centuries have made it their...
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3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop's Multibillion-Dollar Rise

Zack O'Malley Greenburg - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Tracing the careers of hip-hop's three most dynamic stars, this deeply reported history brilliantly examines the entrepreneurial genius of the first musician tycoons: Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-ZBeing successful musicians was simply never enough for the three kings of hip-hop. Diddy, Dr. Dre,...
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Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion--and the Future of Clothes

Dana Thomas - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it What should I wear? It's one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something...
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The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership

Richard Branson - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

While building the Virgin Group over forty years, Richard Branson has never shied away from seemingly outlandish challenges that others (including his own colleagues on several occasions) considered sheer lunacy. He has taken on giants like British Airways and won, and monsters like Coca-Cola...
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Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy

JONATHAN TAPLIN - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An Amazon Best Business & Leadership Book of 2017 Longlisted for Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2017 A strategy+business Best Business Book of 2017A stinging polemic that traces the destructive monopolization...
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Mike Isaac - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times technology correspondent presents the dramatic rise and fall of Uber, set against the rapid upheaval in Silicon Valley during the mobile era.In June 2017, Travis Kalanick, the hard-charging CEO of Uber, was ousted in a boardroom coup that capped a brutal year for the transportation...
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Silicon States: The Power and Politics of Big Tech and What It Means for Our Future

Lucie Greene - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

A bracing look at how Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and other Silicon Valley power players are using their influence across the globe to encroach upon our civil landscape In an era when faith in government and its institutions is quickly eroding, the businesses of Silicon Valley are stepping...
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The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization

Richard E Baldwin - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format: Print book

Between 1820 and 1990, the share of world income going to today's wealthy nations soared from twenty percent to almost seventy. Since then, that share has plummeted to where it was in 1900. As Richard Baldwin explains, this reversal of fortune reflects a new age of globalization that...
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Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide

Jonathan A. Rodden - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyondWhy is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats...
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Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals

Michael S Hyatt - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover

We all want to live a life that matters. We all want to reach our full potential. But too often we find ourselves overwhelmed by the day-to-day. Our big goals get pushed to the back burner--and then, more often than not, they get forgotten. New York Times bestselling author Michael...
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The Golden Rules: 10 Steps to World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work

Bob Bowman - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book

Bob Bowman, best known as the coach for the record-breaking run of Michael Phelps, is one of the most successful coaches in Olympic history. He is lauded for his intense personality, incredible dedication to his athletes, and his ability to nurture talent in athletes who have the heart...
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When Buyers Say No: Essential Strategies for Keeping a Sale Moving Forward

Tom Hopkins - Business Plus, 2014.
Format: Print book

This is a complete and practical guide which highlights the authors' new strategic approaches to selling when the buyer initially declines or is resistant on a sales opportunity. Hopkins and Katt explain that most sales reps take a traditional linear approach to selling, but that the trick...
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Energy: A Human History

RICHARD RHODES - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time - wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond.People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power...
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Build, Run, and Sell Your Apple Consulting Practice: Business and Marketing for iOS and Mac Start Ups

Charles Edge - Apress
Format: Paperback

Starting an app development company is one of the most rewarding things you'll ever do. Or it sends you into bankruptcy and despair. If only there was a guide out there, to help you along the way. This book is your guide to starting, running, expanding, buying, and selling a development...
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Franchise Management For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyle))

Michael H. Seid - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Learn what it takes to find, buy, and run a franchise -- and enjoy the rewards of being your own bossIf youve ever visited a chain restaurant and thought, "Id like to run one of these," youre among countless would-be entrepreneurs eager to be their own boss. Franchise Management...
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Hiring for Attitude: A Revolutionary Approach to Recruiting and Selecting People with Both Tremendous Skills and Superb Attitude

Mark Murphy - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Praise for HIRING FOR ATTITUDE “Success in business starts with finding great talent that will thrive within your company culture. Hiring for Attitude combines valuable insights with relatable examples, giving you the tools to recruit the right talent for your organization and reduce...
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Breaking and Entering: Getting Caught in the Act: From Auditions to Agents to a Career

Philip Carlson - Opus Books
Format: Print book

(Book) . Philip Carlson was the first agent to sign Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup, Liev Schreiber, Claire Danes, Idris Elba, Kyra Sedgwick, Adrien Grenier and Paul Giamatti. He has represented Viola Davis, Kathy Bates, Brian Dennehy, and W.H. Macy among many and gifted others. He shares...
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How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2020-2021: Your Guide to Every Tax Break the IRS Allows

Jeff A. Schnepper - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback

Packed with MORE DEDUCTIONS than any resource of its kind, the go-to tax-savings guide brings you fully up to date for the 2020 season When it comes to tax time, we're all focused on the same thing: keeping our hard-earned money in our own pockets -- and that's where this classic...
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The Lost Art of Closing: Winning the Ten Commitments That Drive Sales

Anthony Iannarino - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

If you want to succeed in sales, you need to know how to close. Anthony Iannarino, star sales blogger, consultant, speaker, and author of the national bestseller The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need, lays out the new rules of closing.Closing the deal is the most crucial step in the sales...
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Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass

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

In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web - and that foreshadows the true future of work.Hidden beneath the surface of the web, lost in our wrong-headed debates about AI, a new menace is looming. Anthropologist...
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Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared

Jessica Honegger - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

The founder of the popular fair trade jewelry brand Noonday Collection shares her story of starting the rapid-growing business that impacts over 4,400 artisans in vulnerable communities across the globe and invites readers on a journey of transformation, challenging them to trade their...
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A square meal : a culinary history of the Great Depression

Jane Ziegelman - Harper
Format: Print book

From the author of the acclaimed 97 Orchard and her husband, a culinary historian, an in-depth exploration of the greatest food crisis the nation has ever faced - the Great Depression - and how it transformed America's culinary culture.The decade-long Great Depression, a period of shifts...
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Resume Branding 101: Strategies for Getting Noticed in 10 seconds or Less Second Edition

Kim N. Carswell - Asta Publications, LLC; 2 edition
Format: Print book

The job market has changed, and so has the way to present your talents and abilities during the hiring process. Traditional career advice is too old and generic to work today. Many job seekers are amazed at how long it takes to land satisfying employment. This is because they're only...
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Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s For Dummies

STUART DONNELLY - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Create a solid pathway for financial success Millennials often confront greater difficulties - including economic uncertainty and student debt - than those who came before them. This new financial responsibility can be intimidating, and many people are unsure where to begin. Personal Finance...
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Scrappy: A Little Book About Choosing to Play Big

Terri L Sjodin - Portfolio
Format: Print book

Scrappy \'skra-p\ adj: Full of fighting spirit - synonymous with having moxie, being feisty, enthusiastic, gutsy, lively,and spunky Maybe you have been told time and time again that if you pay your dues and keep plugging away, you'll gain enough experience through "the school...
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Stand Up to the IRS

Frederick W. Daily - NOLO
Format: Paperback

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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8 Lessons in Military Leadership for Entrepreneurs

Robert T. Kiyosaki - Plata Publishing; 1st edition

Robert Kiyosakis new book 8 Lessons in Leadership draws from his years at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and his service in the United Sates Marine Corps. With compelling stories and examples and a engaging way of comparing and contrasting two very different cultures and value...
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Confessions of a Wall Street Insider: A Cautionary Tale of Rats, Feds, and Banksters

Michael Kimelman - W W Norton
Format: Print book

Although he was a suburban husband and father, living a far different life than the "Wolf of Wall Street," Michael Kimelman had a good run as the cofounder of a hedge fund. He had left a cushy yet suffocating job at a law firm to try his hand at the high-risk life of a proprietary...
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Rock Bottom to Rock Star: Lessons from the Business School of Hard Knocks

Ryan Blair - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book

Can you remember that one time you got recognized or someone thanked you for your contribution to their life? You were a rock star, even for just one second. This book isn't about a charmed path to success or some untouchable fairy tale that nobody can relate to-this is about going from...
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The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations

Tsedal Neeley - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

For nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border organizations, yet studies on corporate language strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley provides an in-depth look at a single...
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Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

Rachel Hollis - Harpercollins Leadership
Format: Hardcover

"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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Seeking Adam Smith: Finding the Shadow Curriculum of Business

Eli Peace Cox - World Scientific Publishing Co
Format: Hardcover

Seeking Adam Smith provides a fascinating insider's explanation for why business school faculty members, including the author, bear some responsibility for the highly destructive corporate practices evident throughout the first sixteen years of the 21st century. Since the Great Recession...
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Solve Your Money Troubles: Strategies to Get Out of Debt and Stay That Way

Amy Loftsgordon Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Are you overwhelmed by debt? If you're facing collection calls, a wage garnishment, foreclosure, car repossession, or a lawsuit, this book is for you. Solve Your Money Troubles is a comprehensive guide that provides the practical information you need to take financial control of your...
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No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career

Larry Smith - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

A provocative new approach to discovering your true calling in life and achieving not just a good career, but a great one Over the past three decades, professor Larry Smith has become something of a "career whisperer" for his students at the University of Waterloo. Each year,...
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Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success

Ivanka Trump - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Ivanka is donating the unpaid portion of her advance and all future royalties received from Women Who Work to the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund that will make grants to organizations that empower and educate women and girls.* "This...
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The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable

Rosa L. DeLauro - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

The outspoken Connecticut Congresswoman's impassioned defense of America's safety net during Tea Party times Cynical politicians like Paul Ryan and Donald Trump argue that the people of the United States would be better off without food stamps, Obamacare, and workplace protections. Congresswoman...
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Stacking the Deck: How to Lead Breakthrough Change Against Any Odds

David S. Pottruck - Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Change is a constant, and leaders must do more than keep upthey must innovate and accelerate to succeed. Yet people are often unnerved by change. As a leader during a time of transformation, you may stand up before teams that are indifferent, or even hostile, and need to convince them that...
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Starting Your Career as a Contractor: How to Build and Run a Construction Business

Claudiu Fatu - Allworth Press
Format: Paperback

This incisive, practical guide provides a thorough breakdown of the ins and outs everyone needs to know when turning contracting skills into a business. From summoning the motivation to start your own business to the intricacies of being your own boss, Claudiu Fatu artfully turns his personal...
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Tax Guide for Short-Term Rentals: Airbnb, HomeAway, VRBO and More

Stephen Fishman - NOLO
Format: Paperback

As a short-term rental host, you're entitled to many valuable deductions and other tax benefits. This book -- the first of its kind -- shows you how to pay no more tax than necessary on your rental income while complying with IRS rules. Learn everything you need to know about taxes,...
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Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy

Philippe van Parijs - Harvard University Press
Format: Print book

It may sound crazy to pay people an income whether or not they are working or looking for work. But the idea of providing an unconditional basic income to every individual, rich or poor, active or inactive, has been advocated by such major thinkers as Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, and John...
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Have You Eaten Grandma?: Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation, Grammar, and Good English

Gyles Brandreth - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

For anyone who wants to make fewer (not less) grammar mistakes, a lively, effective, and witty guide to all the ins and outs of the English language, reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp...
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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Michael Bungay Stanier - Box of Crayons Press
Format: Print book

Coaching is an essential skill for leaders. But for most busy, overworked managers, coaching employees is done badly, or not at all. They're just too busy, and it's too hard to change. But what if managers could coach their people in 10 minutes or less? In Michael Bungay Stanier's...
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Welcome to the Real World: A Complete Guide to Job Hunting for the Recent College Grad

John Henry Weiss - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

Are you still looking for that perfect job six months after graduating from college? Are you also still firing off hundreds of resumes from your parents house with little or no results? Then you need the real-world advice of executive recruiter John Henry Weiss. In Welcome to the Real World,...
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From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America

Howard Schultz - Random House
Format: Hardcover

From the longtime CEO and chairman of Starbucks, a bold, dramatic work about the new responsibilities that leaders, businesses, and citizens share in American society today - as viewed through the intimate lens of one man's life and work. What do we owe one another? How do we channel our drive,...
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Capital offenses : business crime and punishment in americas corporate age

Samuel Buell - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

From the lead prosecutor on the Enron investigation, an eye-opening examination of the explosion of American white-collar crime.If "corporations are people too," why isn't anyone in jail?A serious defect in a GM car causes accidents; Enron scams investors out of their money; banks...
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The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America

Margaret O'Mara - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

The true, behind-the-scenes history of the people who built Silicon Valley and shaped Big Tech in America Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest...
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The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything

PAUL VIGNA - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

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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Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud

David Dayen - New Press
Format: Print book

In the depths of the Great Recession, a cancer nurse, a car dealership worker, and an insurance fraud specialist helped uncover the largest consumer crime in American history - a scandal that implicated dozens of major executives on Wall Street. They called it foreclosure fraud: millions...
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Nolo's Guide to Single Member LLCs: How to Form and Run Your Single Member Limited Liability Company

David M Steingold - Nolo
Format: Print book

Learn about SMLLCs -- the new popular business entity choice for one-owner small businesses. From SMLLC formation to liability protection to dissolution, this book provides all the essential information you need to decide whether an SMLLC is the right choice for you and your business. The book...
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The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment That Energizes Everyone

Shawn Murphy - AMACOM, American Management Association, 2016. ©2016
Format: Print book

When it comes to work these days, we're expected to do more with less--but is this nose-to-the-grindstone philosophy the best way to run a business? Alarmingly low employee engagement numbers indicate otherwise. So, if pushing everyone harder isn't the path to productivity, what is? Supported...
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The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life

HANA SCHANK - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A big idea self-help book about the decisions that shape women's lives, in the vein of Designing Your LifeWhat happens to women's ambition in the years after college? The essays which were the catalyst for this book began as a series for the Atlantic, a project between two friends...
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Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2018

Ernst & Young LLP - Wiley
Format: Paperback

Minimize your tax and maximize your 2017 return The EY Tax Guide 2018 offers professional guidance for DIY tax prep. As one of the nation's most trusted resources for tax advice, this book can help you keep more of your money while filing completely, correctly, and on time. Fully updated...
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Confessions of a Credit Junkie: Everything You Need to Know to Avoid the Mistakes I Made

Beverly Blair Harzog - Career, 2013.
Format: Paperback

"With debt a common denominator in this country, consumers need a strong voice and a helping hand to guide them towards a better financial life. Beverly is precisely that--and more--when it comes to credit cards. Her book is a must-read."--Farnoosh Torabi, personal finance expert,...
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GMAT Official Guide 2020: Book Online

GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) - Wiley
Format: Paperback

The Official Guide is your must-have study guide that features Verbal, Quantitative, and Integrated Reasoning questions types. New this year is a mobil app that allows access to the online test bank to practice-on-the go. This online question bank allows you to create practice tests from...
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Anatomy of a Business Plan: The Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Business and Securing Your Company's Future

Linda Pinson - Out Of Your Mind . . . And Into The Mark; Eighth Edition, Eighth edition edition
Format: Paperback

Used by more than 1.5 million business owners since its original publication, the new edition of this classic how-to guide provides any entrepreneur the tools to create a well-constructed business plan. All steps are included - from initial considerations to envisioning the organizational...
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The Best 294 Business Schools, 2017 Edition

Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Print book

GET THE INSIDE WORD ON BUSINESS SCHOOLS.The Princeton Review surveyed over 25,000 students to collect the information in the 2017 edition of The Best 294 Business Schools. This book gives you survey-driven profiles of the nation's top business schools as well as detailed statistical...
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Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn

STEPHEN FISHMAN - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Pay less to the IRS Completely updated for 2017 returns! For any home business, claiming all the tax deductions you are entitled to is essential to your business financial success. Don't miss out on the many valuable deductions you can claim.Here, you'll find out how to deduct:...
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Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business

FRED S STEINGOLD - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Most small business owners, can't afford to hire a lawyer to draft the legal documents they need in the course of day-to-day business. Now there's an affordable solution. Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business provides over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step-by-step...
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The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate

Fran Hauser - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A candid guide for ambitious women who want to succeed without losing themselves in the process In THE MYTH OF THE NICE GIRL, Fran Hauser deconstructs the negative perception of "niceness" that many women struggle with in the business world. If women are nice, they are seen as weak...
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Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization

Parag Khanna - Random House
Format: Print book

From the visionary bestselling author of The Second World and How to Run the World comes a bracing and authoritative guide to a future shaped less by national borders than by global supply chains, a world in which the most connected powers - and people - will win.Connectivity...
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How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay: 30 Essays That Won Over $3 Million in Scholarships

Gen S Tanabe - SuperCollege
Format: Print book

Examining the two basic components of scholarship competition - essays and interviews - this vital guidebook offers practical advice and real-life examples to guide students through the entire application process. A roundtable panel of judges and applicants supply inside information regarding...
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Sustainability Made Simple: Small Changes for Big Impact

Rosaly Byrd - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Hardcover

Sustainability Made Simple is an introduction to sustainability and sustainable living that explores the relationship between everyday life and the intricate global environmental issues of today, including air and water pollution, deforestation, and climate change. Rosaly Byrd and Laurn...
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Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World

Joann S Lublin - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook

More than 50 trailblazing executive women who broke the corporate glass ceiling offer inspiring and surprising insights and lessons in this essential, in-the-trenches career guide from Joann S. Lublin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and management news editor for The Wall Street Journal.Among...
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Form a Partnership: The Complete Legal Guide

Denis Clifford - NOLO
Format: Ninth Edition

Everything you and your partners need to go into business together!Form a Partnership thoroughly explains the legal and practical issues involved in forming a business partnership, creating a partnership agreement and protecting each persons interests. In plain English, the book covers:....
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The Birth of Top 40 Radio: The Storz Stations' Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s

Richard W. Fatherley - McFarland
Format: Print book

"Top 40" was the preeminent American radio format of the 1950s and 1960s. Although several radio station group owners offered their own versions of the format, the AM stations owned by Todd Storz and his father were acknowledged as the principal developers of Top 40 radio, and the prime...
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New Rules of the Game: 10 Strategies for Women in the Workplace

Susan Packard - Prentice Hall Press
Format: Hardcover

Business is a team sport. Learn how to win.Where would your career be if you could understand how your colleagues--especially men--succeed and win at work And if, in understanding and applying the rules, you could win, tooIn New Rules of the Game, business leader Susan Packard shows you how to cultivate...
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How to Start a Home-Based Landscaping Business

Owen E. Dell - Taylor Trade Publishing; Seventh Edition edition
Format: Print book

Landscaping continues to be an in-demand business field for motivated entrepreneurs. This seventh edition includes updated information on business plans, managing both employees and paperwork, taxes, and in-depth discussions on the role social media can play in your successful landscaping...
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Truth at Work: The Science of Delivering Tough Messages

Mark A Murphy - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Hardcover

The truth matters! New York Times bestselling author Mark Murphy returns, with the latest science and techniques for delivering tough messages without causing anger or defensiveness. The greatest workplaces have one thing in common; they speak the truth! And they do it without causing...
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eBay For Dummies

Marsha Collier - For Dummies
Format: Print book

Your must-have guide to buying and selling on eBay Over 160 million buyers can't be wrong! That's how many people are buying on eBay, and that number only continues to grow. If you're an eBay beginner looking to find bargains or make money by selling, look no further than eBay For Dummies....
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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

Jesse Eisinger - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, a blistering account of corporate greed and impunity, and the reckless, often anemic response from the Department of Justice.Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing...
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Powerful Phrases for Successful Interviews: Over 400 Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases That Will Get You the Job You Want

Tony Beshara - American Managagment Association
Format: Paperback

The job market is awash with qualified applicants. Yet employers rarely select based solely on merit. Instead, most hiring decisions are gut-level evaluations made in the first few minutes of an interview. What people say determines who lands a job and who does not. Hiring expert Tony Beshara...
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2019: For Preparing Your 2018 Tax Return

J K LASSER - Wiley
Format: Paperback

The nation's most trusted tax guide, updated for your 2018 returns J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2019 is the nation's most trusted tax guide, updated to help you prepare your 2018 return. Step-by-step expert guidance walks you through the forms, calculations, and deadlines...
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Trading Options For Dummies

Joe Duarte - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Print book

Navigate options markets and bring in the profits Thinking about trading options, but not sure where to start? This new edition of Trading Options For Dummies starts you at the beginning, explaining the common types of options available for trading and helps you choose the right ones for your...
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Start Your Own Retail Business and More: Brick-and-Mortar Stores • Online • Mail Order • Kiosks

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

OPEN THE STORE OF YOUR DREAMS: START YOUR OWN RETAIL BUSINESSAt more than a trillion dollars, retail is one of the fastest-growing - and fastest-changing - segments of the economy. Apps, pop-up shops, and online shopping have made it easier to reach, interact with, sell to, and gain loyal...
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J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2020: Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible

Barbara Weltman - Wiley
Format: Paperback

A complete list of individual tax relief opportunities J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2020 is the complete and thorough guide to reducing your tax burden. By listing every possible deduction and credit available to individual taxpayers, this book can help you achieve substantial...
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Getting Started in Chart Patterns

Thomas N. Bulkowski - Wiley; 2 edition
Format: Paperback

Your plain-English guide to understanding and using technical chart patternsChart pattern analysis is not only one of the most important investing tools, but also one of the most popular. Filled with expert insights and practical advice from one of the best in the business, Getting Started...
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