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The Schmuck in My Office: How to Deal Effectively with Difficult People at Work

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

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

The Inside Guide to Funding Real Estate Investments: How to Get the Money You Need for the Property You Want

Ross Hamilton - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

Because financing can make or break the deal. Finding great financing is the Holy Grail of real estate. Whether it's your first deal or 50th, it can be the most daunting--but most important--challenge you face. The good news is that today there are more ways to finance a property...

It's How We Play the Game: Build a Business. Take a Stand. Make a Difference.

Ed Stack - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog and Howard Schultz's Onward, an inspiring memoir from the CEO of DICK's Sporting Goods about building a multibillion dollar business, coming to the defense of embattled youth sports programs, and taking a principled - and highly controversial...

Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least

Antti Ilmanen - Wiley
Format: Hardcover

Elevate your game in the face of challenging market conditions with this eye-opening guide to portfolio managementInvesting Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least provides an evidence-based blueprint for successful investing when decades of market tailwinds...

Social Security Works For Everyone!: Protecting and Expanding America's Most Popular Social Program

Nancy J. Altman - The New Press
Format: Paperback

Social Security expansion is back on the agenda, at a time when Americans need it more than ever -- here's what it should look like (and why it matters to everyday people all over the country) "Altman and Kingson cut through the fog of calculated confusion and outright lies...

Infused: Adventures in Tea

Henrietta Lovell - Faber & Faber
Format: Hardcover

Henrietta Lovell is best known as "The Rare Tea Lady". She is on a mission to revolutionize the way we drink tea by replacing industrially produced teabags with the highest quality tea leaves. Her quest has seen her travel to the Shire Highlands of Malawi, across the foothills...

Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition: Breed Selection, Facilities, Feeding, Health Care, Managing Layers & Meat Birds

GAIL DAMEROW - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of Gail Damerow's comprehensive handbook is now completely revised and redesigned, making it more accessible and informative than ever. You'll...

Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy

Adam Tooze - Viking
Format: Hardcover

The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism...

The Art of Still Life: A Contemporary Guide to Classical Techniques, Composition, and Painting in Oil

Todd M. Casey - Monacelli Studio
Format: Hardcover

A must-have reference book for today's artists and art students.Every artist needs to learn and master the still life. Written by a well-known artist and expert instructor, The Art of Still Life offers a comprehensive, contemporary approach to the subject that instructs artists on the foundation...

Seen, Heard, and Paid: The New Work Rules for the Marginalized

Alan Henry - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

The real tools for career success and work satisfaction for anyone feeling undermined or marginalized at their job, from a productivity expert and editor at Wired."Alan Henry doesnt just illuminate the invisible barriers that often stand in the way of success - he shines a light on what...

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