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Smart Policies for Workplace Technologies: Email, Blogs, Cell Phones & More

Lisa Guerin J.D. - NOLO
Format: Print book

Worried that your company's employees might post trade secrets on Facebook, send harassing email, or text while driving on company business? Advances in workplace technology bring big benefits in productivity and connectivity, but they come at the cost of legal exposure. To protect...
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Reset YOUR Barcode: Five Steps to a Financial Reset

Marvin Reynolds - Morgan James Publishing,
Format: Print book

We all know that money isn't everything, but I challenge you to identify three aspects of your life that are not affected by it.Why is it that the desire and pursuit of money demands so much of our personal and national time and attention?How is it that money mastery has come to mean...
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100 Secrets of the Art World: Everything You Always Wanted to Know from Artists, Collectors and Curators, but Were Afraid to Ask

Thomas Girst - Koenig Books
Format: Print book

What do major artists consider their best-kept secret What is regarded as confidential knowledge among the key players of the global art market In 100 Secrets of the Art World, the most powerful international individuals share their insights.Edited by Thomas Girst and Magnus Resch (author...
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A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation

SCOTT NATIONS - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history in the vein of the works of Michael Lewis and Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial executive and CNBC contributor examines the five most significant stock market crashes in the United States over the past century,...
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Working With Independent Contractors

Stephen Fishman - NOLO
Format: Paperback

This is your complete guide to hiring independent contractors to meet your business needs, from making sure you comply with state labor and antidiscrimination laws to protecting your intellectual property to drafting and signing agreements. Working With Independent Contractors also has everything...
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Bookkeeping All-In-One For Dummies

Consumer Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Your one-stop guide to mastering the art of bookkeeping Do you need to get up and running on bookkeeping basics and the latest tools and technology used in the field? You've come to the right place! Bookkeeping All-In-One For Dummies is your go-to guide for all things bookkeeping, covering...
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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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Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Finding Your Message, Building a Tribe, and Changing the World

Russell Brunson - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Paperback

Your message has the ability to change someone's life. The impact that the right message can have on someone at the right time in their life is immeasurable. It could help to save marriages, repair families, change someone's health, grow a company or more ... But only if you know...
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Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less

Tiffany Dufu - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement who shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go.Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child,...
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Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust: How Game Theory, Strategy and Probability Rule Our Lives

Haim Shapira - Watkins Publishing
Format: Paperback

A bestselling Israeli author offers a delightful take on decision making for non-experts and non-mathematicians. Written in simple language, the book is essential reading for business professionals and anyone interested in cognitive psychology and economics.Shapira provides humorous anecdotes...
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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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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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Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive

Ned Hallowell - Harvard Bus Review Press
Format: Hardcover

Are you driven to distraction at work?Bestselling author Edward M. Hallowell, MD, the world's leading expert on ADD and ADHD, has set his sights on a new goal: helping people feel more in control and productive at work.You know the feeling: you can't focus; you feel increasingly...
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The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves

Arbinger Institute - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format: Print book

The Arbinger Institute has helped millions with their books Leadership and Self-Deception and The Anatomy of Peace. Their newest book, The Outward Mindset, reflects their latest research and experience and offers a new and intuitive way to teach people how to implement mindset change in themselves...
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Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

Spencer Johnson - Alexandria Library
Format: Print book

With Who Moved My Cheese? Dr. Spencer Johnson realizes the need for finding the language and tools to deal with change--an issue that makes all of us nervous and uncomfortable.Most people are fearful of change because they don't believe they have any control over how or when it happens...
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Your Money Life: Your 30s

Peter Dunn - Cengage Learning PTR; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Our thirties--it's the decade when we put down roots, deepen our relationships, and establish our lifestyle. The financial challenges facing us through these years are substantial, often involving marriage, children, job changes, and even divorce or other unforeseen hurdles. Investment...
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Solve Your Money Troubles: Strategies to Get Out of Debt and Stay That Way

CARA O'NEILL - NOLO
Format: Print book

Are you overwhelmed by debt? Facing collection calls, a wage garnishment, car repossession, or lawsuit? Solve Your Money Troubles is a comprehensive guide that provides the practical information you need to take financial control of your life. Learn how to: prioritize debts & create...
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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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Get the Most Out of Retirement: Checklist for Happiness, Health, Purpose, and Financial Security

Sally Balch Hurme - American Bar Association
Format: Paperback

How to Get the Most Out of Your Retirement.Whether youre planning for or already living in retirement, theres a lot that goes into making the most of every day. From crafting a budget and managing your money to last a lifetime to simplifying your life so you can really focus on what you want...
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The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers

Mark Hatch - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Hardcover

YOU can create the next breakthrough innovation A revolution is under way. But it's not about tearing down the old guard. It's about building, it's about creating, it's about breathing life into groundbreaking new ideas. It's called the Maker Movement, and it's...
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The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business: Make Great Money. Work the Way You Like. Have the Life You Want.

Elaine Pofeldt - Lorena Jones Books
Format: Hardcover

The indispensable guide to earning a six-figure take-home income on your own terms, from Forbes.com contributing writer Elaine Pofeldt.The rise of one-million-dollar, one-person businesses in the past five years is the biggest trend in employment today, offering the widest range of people...
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

Brian Tracy - Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 2nd edition
Format: Paperback

The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 450,000 copies sold and translated into 23 languages) provides the 21 most effective methods for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. This new edition is revised and updated throughout, and includes brand new information on how to keep...
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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 to Spot the Next Starbucks, Whole Foods, Walmart, or McDonald's BEFORE Its Shares Explode: A Low-Risk Investment You Can Pretty Much ... to Retire to Florida or the South of France

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

Everyone knows the basic golden rule of investing: "Buy Low, Sell High," but how many of us ever really understand the stock market, how to recognize the "next big thing," and how to capitalize off of it once you do? ...the truth is not many or we'd all be millionaires....
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The 2% Rule to Get Debt Free Fast: An Innovative Method To Pay Your Loans Off For Good

ALEX MICHAEL - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

DEBT-FREE LIVING 2% AT A TIMEIn The 2% Rule To Get Debt Free Fast, Alex and Cassie break down the steps that took them from over $100,000 in consumer debt to living a debt-free life in just a few short years. Alex and Cassie's step-by-step plan is for even the most financially illiterate,...
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The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty

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

The Death of an Heir is Philip Jett's chilling true account of the Coors family's gilded American dream that turned into a nightmare when a meticulously plotted kidnapping went horribly wrong.In the 1950s and 60s, the Coors dynasty reigned over Golden, Colorado, seemingly invincible....
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Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness

Kerry Hannon - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Step-by-step tips for revitalizing your career Yes, it is possible to have a job you love, and it doesn't require starting from scratch. Love Your Job is a guide to making work fulfilling and fun again, or even for the first time. Why count down the hours of the day or the days to retirement...
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Your Money Life: Your 60s

Peter Dunn - Cengage Learning PTR; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Traditionally, our sixth decade has been seen as the decade of retirement. But whether or not you're ready to retire in your sixties, these years will be filled with important financial decisions to be made. Among other things, you'll learn your way around Medicare and Social Security,...
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Dead Companies Walking: How A Hedge Fund Manager Finds Opportunity in Unexpected Places

Scott Fearon - Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover

Unlike most investors, who live in fear of failure, Scott Fearon actively seeks it out. He has earned millions of dollars for his hedge fund over the last thirty years shorting the stocks of businesses he believed were on their way to bankruptcy. In Dead Companies Walking, Fearon describes...
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The Aspirational Investor: Taming the Markets to Achieve Your Life's Goals

Ashvin B. Chhabra - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

The Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management explains why goals, not markets, should be the primary focus of your investment strategy - and offers a practical, innovative framework for making smarter choices about aligning your goals to your investment strategy.Today...
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

David Allen - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

"The Bible of business and personal productivity" - Lifehack"A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'" - Fast CompanySince it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen's...
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Fortune Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career

Daniel Roberts - Time Home Entertainment
Format: Book

With Zoom, Fortune magazine extends one of its most successful franchises, 40 Under 40, to bring you original insight on the best-kept secrets of top entrepreneurs, business leaders, and rising tech stars. Discover how Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh built a uniquely attractive corporate culture,...
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Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better Than Best

Srinivas Rao - Portfolio/Penguin
Format: Print book

STOP TRYING TO BEAT EVERYONE ELSE. TRUE SUCCESS IS CREATING WORK THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN REPLICATE. DON'T AIM TO BE THE BEST - AIM TO BE THE ONLY.I was on the corporate hamster wheel. Seven years ago I had just gotten my MBA and hoped to do creative and meaningful work. But the soulless corporate...
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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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Rework

Jason Fried - Crown Business
Format: Hardcover

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll...
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Never Be Closing: How to Sell Better Without Screwing Your Clients, Your Colleagues, or Yourself

Tim Hurson - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Speaker and consultant Tim Hurson presents 12 techniques that benefit both the seller and the client Never Be Closing expands on the principles of Tim Hurson's first book, Think Better, to teach salespeople how to improve their strategy and sell anything to anyone using a simple, repeatable...
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Currency Trading For Dummies

Kathleen Brooks - For Dummies; 3 edition
Format: Print book

Your plain-English guide to currency trading Currency Trading For Dummies is a hands-on, user-friendly guide that explains how the foreign exchange (ForEx) market works and how you can become a part of it. Currency trading has many benefits, but it also has fast-changing financial-trading...
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The Underground Culinary Tour: How the New Metrics of Today's Top Restaurants Are Transforming How America Eats

Damian Mogavero - Crown Business
Format: Hardcover

In the bestselling vein of Moneyball comes an entertaining, behind-the-scenes narrative about how the restaurant business is being transformed by the use of data, in an industry historically run by gut and intuition. From celebrity-run restaurants to today's cutting-edge culinary...
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Social Security For Dummies

Jonathan Peterson - For Dummies
Format: Print book

Social Security For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293330) was previously published as Social Security For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118967560) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated...
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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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Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur

Derek Sivers - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

You can follow the beaten path and call yourself an entrepreneur or you can blaze your own trail and really be one. When Derek Sivers started CD Baby, he wasn't planning on building a major business. He was a successful independent musician who just wanted to sell his CDs online. When...
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Fed Up: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America

Danielle Dimartino Booth - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

A Federal Reserve insider pulls back the curtain on the secretive institution that controls America's economy After correctly predicting the housing crash of 2008 and quitting her high-ranking Wall Street job, Danielle DiMartino Booth was surprised to find herself recruited as an analyst...
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Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book

"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their...
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A Little History of Economics

Niall Kishtainy - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field
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Crowdfunding Basics In 30 Minutes: How to use Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and other crowdfunding platforms to support your entrepreneurial and creative dreams

Michael J Epstein - In 30 Minutes Guides
Format: Paperback

New 2017 crowdfunding guide Just a few short years ago, if you wanted to produce a new gadget or raise money to make an independent film, you had no choice but to scrape together funding on your own ... or hope a generous friend or relative might put up seed capital. These days, there's...
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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

William Burnett - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times Bestseller At last, a book that shows you how to build - design - a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home - at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding...
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How to Retire the Cheapskate Way: The Ultimate Cheapskate's Guide to a Better, Earlier, Happier Retirement

Jeff Yeager - Crown Business
Format: Paperback

Unlike most retirement planning and lifestyle books that focus on investing - or at the other end of the spectrum, on how to get the senior discount on a Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny's - this new book from Jeff Yeager, America's favorite cheapskate, makes the compelling case that you can have...
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The Leadership Playbook: Creating a Coaching Culture to Build Winning Business Teams

Nathan Jamail - Gotham Books
Format: Hardcover

The successful self-published author of The Sales Leaders Playbook writes his first mainstream leadership book There are enormous differences between managing and coaching. Yet many companies and organizations encourage their leaders to coach teams without ever teaching them how and without...
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The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out

Harvard Business Review Press. - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Print book

The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills.Whether you're a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes - a direct report's anxious questions, your boss's last-minute...
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Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town

Brian Alexander - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Strangers in Their Own Land**A New York Post Must-Read Book, a Newsweek Best New Book, one of The Week's 20 Books to Read in 2017, one of Bustle's 16 Best Nonfiction Books Coming in February 2017**"A devastating...
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The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter

David Sax - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

One of Michiko Kakutani's (New York Times) top ten books of 2016A funny thing happened on the way to the digital utopia. We've begun to fall back in love with the very analog goods and ideas the tech gurus insisted that we no longer needed. Businesses that once looked outdated,...
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Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular

Derek Thompson - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

Nothing "goes viral." If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history - of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate...
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Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World

Lynn Downey - University of Massachusetts Press
Format: Print book

Blue jeans are globally beloved and quintessentially American. They symbolize everything from the Old West to the hippie counter-culture; everyone from car mechanics to high-fashion models wears jeans. And no name is more associated with blue jeans than Levi Strauss & Co., the creator...
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The Vanity Fair Diaries

OCTAVIA MANN - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Tina Brown kept delicious daily diaries throughout her eight spectacular years as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair. Today they provide an incendiary portrait of the flash and dash and power brokering of the Excessive Eighties in New York and Hollywood.The Vanity Fair Diaries...
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Medicare For Dummies

PATRICIA BARRY - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Make the most of MedicareMore than 55.5 million people today are Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare for Dummies, 3rd Edition, addresses the complexities of Medicare and helps those eligible for benefits maneuver the complicated claims process. With the easy-to-follow, comprehensive...
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Ice Cream Social: The Struggle for the Soul of Ben & Jerry's

Brad Edmondson - Berrett-Koehler
Format: Paperback

Ben & Jerry's has always been committed to an insanely ambitious three-part mission: making the world's best ice cream, supporting progressive causes, and sharing the company's success with all stakeholders: employees, suppliers, distributors, customers, cows, everybody....
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Idiot's Guides: Management Skills

David Rohlander - Alpha
Format: Book

Being a manager is tough, and being a first-time manager is even tougher. Idiots Guides Management Skills is a hands-on guide to helping managers of all experience levels survive and thrive in the often murky and difficult world of management. Readers of all skill levels will benefit from...
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The Sale of a Lifetime: How the Great Bubble Burst of 2017-2019 Can Make You Rich

HARRY S JR DENT - PORTFOLIO PENGUIN
Format: Print book

After the Roaring '20s came the Great Depression. After the Roaring 2000s came the Great Recession.We're now entering the winter season of the 80-Year Four Season Economic Cycle. It's during this season that we'll clear the decks with a devastating crash and debilitating...
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2,000 review questions for the cpa exam

Denise M Stefano - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

Sharpen your skills and prepare for the CPA Exam with a wealth of essential facts in a fast-and-easy Q&A format Get the question-and-answer practice you need with 2, 000 Review Questions for the CPA Exam. Organized for easy reference and intensive practice, the questions cover all essential...
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Elizabeth I, CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire

Alan Axelrod - Prentice Hall Press
Format: Hardcover

In 1558, she inherited a business in trouble. Burdened by runaway inflation and a debased currency, bereft of strategic alliances, torn by internal dissent, and eyed greedily by competitors bent on takeover, her business -- England -- was on the brink of ruin. Forty-five years later, England...
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Can I Retire?: How Much Money You Need to Retire and How to Manage Your Retirement Savings, Explained in 100 Pages or Less

Mike Piper - Simple Subjects, LLC
Format: Paperback

Find all of the following, explained in plain-English with no technical jargon:How to calculate how much you'll need saved before you can retireHow to use annuities to minimize the risk of outliving your moneyHow to choose which accounts (Roth vs. traditional IRA vs. taxable) to withdraw...
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The Complete 101 Collection: What Every Leader Needs to Know

John C Maxwell - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

Now in one paperback volume, John C. Maxwell's best-selling 101 series of briefcase-sized leadership books that have helped more than one million people become better leaders. The Complete 101 Collection includes material that in true Maxwell style helps readers reach their potential...
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Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy

Paul B. Brown - Amacom
Format: Hardcover

It used to be that if you studied and worked hard, you could be assured of an extremely satisfying career. But in a world of constant layoffs and dying industries, it has become increasingly difficult to "plan" your way to success. So what is the solution? Well, when it comes...
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The miracle morning : the not-so-obvious secret guaranteed to transform your life before 8AM

Hal Elrod - Hal Elrod International
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

[A message from Robert Kiyosaki, bestselling author of 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad'] "Hal Elrod is a genius and his book The Miracle Morning has been magical in my life. "I have been in the human potential / personal development movement since 1973, when I did my first EST training and saw a whole...
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Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams, 10th Edition

Jack P. Friedman Ph.D. - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Print book

This study guide and test preparation manual has been updated to provide the latest information in real estate finance, federal law and regulation, and appraisal license requirements.Explains all aspects of real estate law and finance, including contracts, deeds, appraisals, brokerage,...
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How May I Help You?: An Immigrant's Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage

Deepak Singh - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover

In this moving and insightful work, Deepak Singh chronicles his downward mobility as an immigrant to a small town in Virginia. Armed with an MBA from India, Singh can get only a minimum-wage job in an electronics store. Every day he confronts unfamiliar American mores, from strange idioms...
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Selling Your House: Nolos Essential Guide

Ilona Bray J.D. - NOLO
Format: Second Edition

Whether your local real estate market is super-heated or still making a comeback, there are steps you can take to reach the right buyers, pick the best offer, and ultimately get top dollar for your home. Selling Your House: Nolos Essential Guide will take you through the process from start...
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Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

JOCKO WILLINK - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

FIND YOUR WILL, FIND YOUR DISCIPLINE--AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR FREEDOMJocko Willink's methods for success were born in the SEAL Teams, where he spent most of his adult life, enlisting after high school and rising through the ranks to become the commander of the most highly decorated special...
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High Performance Habits

Brendon Burchard - Hay House, Inc.
Format: Book

THESE HABITS WILL MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY. Twenty years ago, author Brendon Burchard became obsessed with answering three questions:

1. Why do some individuals and teams succeed more quickly than others and sustain that success over the long term?

2. Of those who pull...

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The Financial Diet: A Total Beginner's Guide to Getting Good with Money

Chelsea Fagan - Holt Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

*A Refinery29 Best Book of 2018**One of Real Simple's Most Inspiring Books for Graduates* How to get good with money, even if you have no idea where to start.The Financial Diet is the personal finance book for people who don't care about personal finance. Whether you're in need...
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Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime?These may not sound like...
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The AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad

Julie Jason - Sterling
Format: Paperback

Bank bailouts. Ponzi schemes. Plunging financial markets. Given today's dire headlines, planning a secure retirement has become a more critical task than ever.Now, for Americans seeking safety and stability in a time of wrenching economic change, comes investment educator Julie Jason...
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Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy

Tim Harford - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

A lively history seen through the fifty inventions that shaped it most profoundly, by the bestselling author of The Undercover Economist and Messy. Who thought up paper money? What was the secret element that made the Gutenberg printing press possible? And what is the connection...
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Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

MALCOLM HARRIS - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A Millennial's groundbreaking investigation into why his generation is economically worse off than their parents, creating a radical and devastating portrait of what it means to be young in America.Millennials have been called lazy, entitled, narcissistic, and immature, but when you push...
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Making It: Why Manufacturing Still Matters

Louis Uchitelle - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

From the longtime New York Times economics correspondent, a closely reported argument for the continuing importance of industry for American prosperity In the 1950s manufacturing generated nearly 30 percent of U.S. income. Over the past fifty-five years that share has gradually...
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You Don't Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie's Dark Side

Orly Lobel - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Are your ideas your own or does your employer own them? This is the question that set off the greatest toy war of our time.When Carter Bryant began designing what would become the billion-dollar line of Bratz dolls, he was taking time off from his job at Mattel, where he designed outfits...
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Pathways to Possibility: Transforming Our Relationship with Ourselves, Each Other, and the World

Rosamund Stone Zander - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"Rosamund Zander is a miracle. Her generous voice will resonate with you, change you and help you create work that matters." - Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception"Fresh, compelling, and uplifting." - BOOKLIST The bestselling author of The Art of Possibility...
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Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family

Kimberly Palmer - American Management Association
Format: Print book

Of all life's financial shocks, few compare to bringing home an infant. Just one tiny person costs $250,000 to raise-- not including college! How will you pay for it? That agonizing question fuels mothers' choices about their careers, budgets, and families. Some lean in, some scale back...
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The Etiquette Advantage in Business, Third Edition: Personal Skills for Professional Success

Peter Post - William Morrow
Format: Book

Completely revised and updated, the third edition of the Posts' The Etiquette Advantage in Business is the ultimate guide professionals need to navigate everyday and unusual situations in the office - the key to professional and personal success.Today, more than ever, good manners mean...
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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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The Ultimate Competitive Advantage: Why Your People Make All the Difference and the 6 Practices You Need to Engage Them

Shawn D Moon - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

"People are our most important asset." Every company pays lip service to this platitude, but how many companies really embrace it? People are what sustain - or ruin - your brand. If your people are not excited about the company, indifferent, or even alienated from it, your competitive...
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AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip

Jean Chatzky - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Hardcover

Two of the world's leading experts explain the vital link between health and wealth that could add years to your life and dollars to your retirement savings.All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if we're...
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Beyond Training Aint Performance Fieldbook

Harold D Stolovitch - ASTD Press
Format: eBook

An essential companion manual to Training Ain't Performance, the Beyond Training Ain't Performance Fieldbook is an HPI theory implementation guide. Free online downloads feature worksheets, assessments, tools, and practical advice that will propel your organization toward...
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The 21-Day Financial Fast: Your Path to Financial Peace and Freedom

Michelle Singletary - Zondervan
Format: Paperback

Financial Peace and Freedom in 21 Days In The 21-Day Financial Fast, award-winning writer and The Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary proposes a field-tested financial challenge. For twenty-one days, participants will put away their credit cards and buy only the barest essentials....
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Patent Searching Made Easy: How to do Patent Searches on the Internet and in the Library

David Hitchcock - Nolo
Format: Print book

Inventor? Find out if you're the first to file a patent, online and in the library In the past, if you wanted to assess the novelty of an idea, you had to wade through the patent database at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in Virginia -- or hire a lawyer to do a patent...
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Born to Win: Find Your Success

Zig Ziglar - Made For Success Publishing
Format: Print book

As the last book written by the late Zig Ziglar, he will reveal your surest path to success and help your untapped greatness become visible. After writing more than thirty books, nine of which are best sellers, Zig again delivers life changing wisdom. For more than 50 years, in a style...
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Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids--and How to Break the Trance

Nicholas Kardaras - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

We've all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses -- and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces -- the Glow Kids -- are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence...
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Fundamentals of Project Management

Joseph Heagney - Amacom
Format: Paperback

Boasting sales of more than 200,000 copies, "Fundamentals of Project Management "has helped generations of project managers navigate the ins and outs of every aspect of this complex discipline. But much has changed in recent years. Fully updated in accordance with the latest version...
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Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less

Joseph McCormack - Wiley
Format: Hardcover

Get heard by being clear and concise The only way to survive in business today is to be a lean communicator. Busy executives expect you to respect and manage their time more effectively than ever. You need to do the groundwork to make your message tight and to the point. The average professional...
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The Small Business Start-Up Guide: A Surefire Blueprint to Successfully Launch Your Own Business (Quick Start Your Business)

Hal Root - Sourcebooks; 4 edition
Format: Paperback

Filled with essential checklists, worksheets and advice, The Small Business Start-Up Guide will get you up and running!The Small Business Start-Up Guide is a must-have resource for anyone starting a business. Covering everything you need to know to start successfully, it will save you immeasurable...
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Mind over Money: The Psychology of Money and How to Use It

Claudia Hammond - Harper Perennial
Format: Print book

"The acclaimed author of Time Warped tackles the very latest research in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and biology to provide a fresh, fascinating, and thought-provoking look at our relationship with money-- perfect for fans of Dan Ariely and Freakonomics. We know we need...
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Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Robert T. Kiyosaki - Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook

Rich Dad Poor Dad is the #1 personal finance book of all time. Listen today to set yourself up for a wealthy, happy future.Robert Kiyosakis easy tips and straight talk will ... Explode the myth that you need to earn a high income to become richChallenge the belief that your house is an assetDefine...
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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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Brokenomics: 50 Ways to Live the Dream on a Dime

Dina Gachman - Seal Press (CA)
Format: Paperback

In Brokenomics, author Dina Gachman shares the lessons she's learned about how to live large in the cheap seats. Through stories both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny that anyone can relate to, Dina reveals all the tricks you need to live the good life without spending a ton of money.Brokenomics...
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Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change

Frank Sesno - AMACOM
Format: Print book

What hidden skill links successful people in all walks of life? What helps them make smart decisions? The answer is surprisingly simple: They know how to ask the right questions at the right time. Questions help us break down barriers, discover secrets, solve puzzles, and imagine new ways...
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt - Harper Perennial; 1 Original edition
Format: Paperback

More Than 4 Million Copies Sold WorldwidePublished in 35 LanguagesWhich is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?How much do parents really matter?These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt...
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The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want

Diane Mulcahy - Amacom
Format: Print book

From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been dominating the headlines...and for good reason. Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy--mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who've figured out the formula,...
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The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America--and Spawned a Global Crisis

Michael W. Hudson - Times Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Who killed the economy A page-turning, true-crime expos of the subprime salesmen and Wall Street alchemists who produced the biggest financial scandal in American history "It's hard to have a guilty conscience if you don't have a conscience. Anything that benefited production...
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Greg McKeown - Crown Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you often busy but not productive? Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people's agendas?...
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Cleveland's Department Stores

Christopher Faircloth - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback

Originating as simple one- or two-room storefront operations, Cleveland's department stores grew as population and industry in the region boomed throughout the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th. They moved into ever larger and elaborate structures in an attempt to woo the shopping...
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

Chip Heath - Crown Business; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered...
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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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Leaders Open Doors, 2nd Edition: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance

Bill Treasurer - Association for Talent Development
Format: Hardcover

True leaders open doors of opportunity."I got to open doors for people!" These seven simple words, spoken by author Bill Treasurer's five-year-old son, cut straight to what matters most about leadership: True leaders open doors for people. This radically simple concept is the heart...
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Managing Talent: Recruiting, Retaining, and Getting the Most from Talented People

Marion Devine - The Economist
Format: Hardcover

Survey after survey confirms how the success of a business has become increasingly dependent on the ability and skills of its staff. And because talented people are in short supply the hunt for people of unusual ability will continue in earnest.Hiring such people is the relatively easy...
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The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World

Chris Guillebeau - Perigee Trade
Format: Paperback

If you've ever thought, "There must be more to life than this," The Art of Non-Conformity is for you.Based on Chris Guillebeau's popular online manifesto "A Brief Guide to World Domination," The Art of Non-Conformity defies common assumptions about life and work...
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Money Confidence: Advice for Women to Take Control of Their Financial Freedom Now

Crystal Oculee - Greenleaf Book Group Press
Format: Hardcover

When it comes to money, hope is not a strategy. Toughen up, take action, and keep what's yours! Have you, like many women, put off organizing your financial life? You know you want independence, you know you want to save, and you know you want a solid retirement. But if you're overwhelmed...
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Ace Your Teacher Resume

Anthony D Fredericks - Blue River Press
Format: Print book

In this captivating and highly practical book, award-winning author and teacher, Anthony D. Fredericks offers real-world guidelines on how to build the perfect teacher resume (and cover letter) . Fredericks has compiled fresh advice and insightful tips from numerous principals and superintendents...
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Retirement GPS: How to Navigate Your Way to A Secure Financial Future with Global Investing

Aaron Katsman - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Book

Building a solid retirement portfolio while ignoring the global economy is simply not a reality anymore. This book steers you in the right direction by providing you with a Global Portfolio Strategy (GPS) tailored specifically for today's diverse world economy.  Read...
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1,001 Phrases You Need to Get a Job: The Hire Me Words that Set Your Cover Letter, Resume, and Job Interview Apart

Nancy Schuman - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Find the right words for the best job!Its not enough to have the talent and experience to land the right job - you have to be able to put that talent and experience into words. With just the right phrase, you can highlight your achievements in your resume, make the cover letter pitch that...
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Moms For Hire: 8 Steps to Kickstart Your Next Career

Deborah Newmyer - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

Moms For Hire is a stylish, eight-step guidebook for moms who want to re-enter the workforce and amp up their professional mojo.Whether you downsized your bustling career to raise your children, or you chose the full-time job of being a stay-at-home mom, you now feel ready to get back...
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Ace Your Teacher Interview: Revised & Expanded 2nd Ed

Anthony D Fredericks - Blue River Press
Format: Paperback

Ace Your Teacher Interview provides you with inside information on how to prepare for interviews, various interview formats, and how to handle tricky questions. Additionally, you ll discover a creative range of inside information on what impresses interviewers and makes you stand out as a candidate....
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The Complete Tightwad Gazette

Amy Dacyczyn - Villard Books
Format: Paperback

At last--the long-awaited complete compendium of tightwad tips for fabulous frugal living!In a newsletter published from May 1990 to December 1996 as well as in three enormously successful books, Amy Dacyczyn established herself as the expert of economy. Now The Complete Tightwad Gazette...
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High-Powered Investing All-in-One For Dummies

Consumer Dummies - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Paperback

Your key to success in high-end investments Looking for help making smarter, more profitable high-end investment decisions? Why buy 13 books that cover each of the major topics you need to understand, when High-Powered Investing All-In-One For Dummies gives you 13 expert guides for the price...
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What Your Financial Advisor Isn't Telling You: The 10 Essential Truths You Need to Know About Your Money

Liz Davidson - Mariner Books
Format: Print book

"Accessible and practical, this guide contains valuable tools for managing one's personal finances for maximum results." - Publishers Weekly, starred review A highly readable personal finance book that translates financial jargon and enables readers to ask the tough questions...
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Expert Resumes for Career Changers, 2nd Ed

Wendy S Enelow and Louise M Kursmark - Jist Works; 2 edition
Format: Book

This collection of resumes is aimed at people who are transitioning from one career to another. The down economy has forced millions of people to change jobs or industries in order to stay employed. This book gives strategies as well as 180 pages of sample resumes for successful career...
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You Get What You Pitch For: Control Any Situation, Create Fierce Agreement, and Get What You Want In Life

Anthony Sullivan - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover

TV's most popular pitchman reveals the secrets of pitching to get what you want in virtually any situation.Pitching is about persuasion: radiating positivity, controlling the situation, winning an audience's trust, creating "fierce agreement," and getting them to want to give...
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Create Your Own Online Store in a Weekend

Alannah Moore - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Paperback

The advantages of selling your products online are many - low overhead, global markets, twenty-four-hour shopping - but perhaps most important is the level playing field offered by the internet. With a distinctive product and professional-looking website, you stand as much of a chance at success...
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Trading For Dummies

Michael Griffis - For Dummies; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Make informed trading decisions regardless of the markets condition Savvy traders can make money in both up and down markets. Trading For Dummies is for investors at all levels who are looking for a clear guide to successfully trading stocks in any type of market. It is also for investors...
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What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider's Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences

Steven G. Mandis - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Book

This is the story of the slow evolution of Goldman Sachs—addressing why and how the firm changed from an ethical standard to a legal one as it grew to be a leading global corporation.In What Happened to Goldman Sachs, Steven G. Mandis uncovers the forces behind what he calls Goldman’s...
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Make Your Job a Calling: How the Psychology of Vocation Can Change Your Life at Work

Bryan J. Dik - Templeton Press; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Do you ever feel sick of your job? Do you ever envy those people who seem to positively love what they do? While those people head off to work with a sense of joy and purpose, for the rest of us trudging back to the office on Monday morning or to the factory for the graveyard shift or to the job site...
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Make It Matter: How Managers Can Motivate by Creating Meaning

Scott Mautz - AMACOM
Format: Hardcover

The startling truth is that 70 of the workforce is disengaged - their bodies may put in long hours, but their hearts and minds never punch in. You may even be one of those thats searching for ways to make work really work for you. This is a terrible dilemma for organizations trying to motivate...
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301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions

Vicky Oliver - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

As times change, so do norms of behavior in the office. 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions has the answers you need to survive daily life in the professional environment. Following the same popular QA format of her bestselling 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions,...
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What Successful People Know about Leadership: Advice from America's #1 Leadership Authority

John C Maxwell - Center Street
Format: Print book

#1 "New York Times "bestselling author John C. Maxwell responds to the most popular questions he's received to help readers achieve greater success. John Maxwell, America's #1 leadership authority, has mastered the art of asking questions, using them to learn and grow, connect...
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Beautiful Money: The 4-Week Total Wealth Makeover

Leanne Jacobs - TarcherPerigee
Format: Print book

This revolutionary four-week financial/wealth plan shows you how to transform your relationship with money from the inside out by exploring your financial behaviors and beliefs. Most of us know what it feels like to chase success. We sacrifice time with our loved ones, our weekends, our vacation,...
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The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food

Ted Genoways - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A powerful and important work of investigative journalism that explores the runaway growth of the American meatpacking industry and its dangerous consequences.On the production line in American packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule the chain never slows. Every year, the chain conveyors...
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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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MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom

Anthony Robbins - Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Format: Print book

In his first book in two decades, Anthony Robbins turns to the topic that vexes us all: How to secure financial freedom for ourselves and for our families. "If there were a Pulitzer Prize for investment books, this one would win, hands down" (Forbes.com) .Tony Robbins is one of the most...
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Smart Couples Finish Rich, Revised and Updated: 9 Steps to Creating a Rich Future for You and Your Partner

DAVID BACH - Currency
Format: Paperback

Updated and revised for a new generation of couples, David Bach's classic money guide teaches couples how to build stable financial wealth that lasts.David Bach, nationally renowned financial advisor and author of the bestselling Smart Women Finish Rich, knows that it doesn't have to be this...
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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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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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Making work work : the positivity solution for any work environment

Shola Richards - Sterling Ethos
Format: Print book

Is your office a place of soul-destroying negativity? Shola Richards keynote speaker, award winner, and creator of The Positivity Solution blog is about to change that . . . forever. " My mission was clear: I needed to fix the problems facing the workplace. As quickly as I came up with...
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Extreme Couponing: Learn How to Be a Savvy Shopper and Save Money... One Coupon At a Time

Joni Meyer-Crothers - NAL Trade; 2.3.2013 edition
Format: Paperback

In today's economy, being money savvy is a necessity. For most American households cutting back on the things they love has become harder and harder to bear. But there are ways to get what you want at a fraction of the cost--if not free. With this book, extreme couponing expert Joni...
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Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love

Richard Sheridan - Portfolio Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

The moment you walk into Menlo Innovations, you can sense the atmosphere full of energy, playfulness, enthusiasm, and maybe even . . . joy. As a package-delivery person once remarked, “I don’t know what you do, but whatever it is, I want to work...
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Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: "For the last two years, I've interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The...
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The Veteran's Money Book: A Step-by-Step Program to Help Military Veterans Build a Personal Financial Action Plan and Map Their Futures

Mechel Lashawn Glass - Career Press
Format: Paperback

Most of the 2.5 million men and women who were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan received little education in personal finance during their service. Now these veterans are making the transition to civilian life with little knowledge of how to manage their money. In The Veteran's Money...
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One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams

Chris Fussell - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

From the co-author ofthe New York Times bestseller Team of Teams, a practical guide for leaders looking to make their organizations more interconnected and unified in the midst of sudden change. Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics...
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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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Likeonomics: The Unexpected Truth Behind Earning Trust, Influencing Behavior, and Inspiring Action

Rohit Bhargava - Wiley; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

People decide who to trust, what advice to heed, and which individuals to forge personal or transactional relationships with based on a simple metric of believability. Success, in turn, comes from understanding one basic principle: how to be more trusted. Likeonomics offers a new vision...
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Your Own Terms: A Woman's Guide to Taking Charge of Any Negotiation

Yasmin Davidds - AMACOM/American Management Association
Format: Paperback

When it comes to negotiation, there is an ugly double standard. As women, if we make concessions to further a deal, we're viewed as weak. But if we play hard-ball, we can be seen as overly aggressive - and the strategy backfires. No wonder most women hate negotiating. In Your Own Terms,...
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics

Kim Phillips-Fein - Metropolitan Books
Format: Print book

An epic and riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster--and an anatomy of the politics of austerity that continues to shape the world todayWhen the news broke in 1975 that New York City was on the brink of fiscal collapse, few believed it was possible: how could the capital...
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CVs In A Week

David McWhir - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback

The ability to write the perfect CV for a job is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by David McWhir, a leading expert on CVs as both a recruiter and a coach for candidates, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order write the CV that...
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Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Travis Bradberry - TalentSmart
Format: Hardcover

In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack. By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction - it's no secret that...
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That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again

John Kotter - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book

What's the worst thing you can hear when you have a good idea at work"That's not how we do it here!" In their iconic bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting, John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber used a simple fable about penguins to explain the process of leading people through major...
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Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer

Robert K Hale - Allworth
Format: Print book

Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer contains all the necessary tools and strategies to successfully launch and grow a professional design business in the competitive world of interior design. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience, this book includes case studies, and personal...
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Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To

Melanie Cullen - Nolo
Format: Print book

Get your life organized with the best workbook available! Paperwork, personal information, and passwords aren't always easy to find, and organizing your records can seem like an intimidating task. But, whether you need to get a handle on records for yourself, your family or your executor,...
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Quicken Willmaker Plus 2017 Book & Software Kit

Betsy Simmons Hannibal - NOLO
Format: Print book

"Quicken WillMaker Plus 2017" is the easiest ways to create your estate plan, whether it's your first time or you want to update a previous plan. You'll be guided through the process from beginning to end with practical and relevant legal information so that you can make...
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Customer Experience For Dummies

Roy Barnes - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Book

Gain, engage, and retain customers with positive experiences A positive customer experience is absolutely essential to keeping your business relevant. Todays business owners need to know how to connect and engage with their customers through a variety of different channels, including online...
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Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice

Clayton M. Christensen - Harperbusiness
Format: Print book

The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for.How do companies know...
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75 Ways for Managers to Hire, Develop, and Keep Great Employees

Paul Falcone - Amacom
Format: Paperback

People power your business--and success can hinge on your hiring, inspiring, and keeping the right ones. As a manager, are you cultivating this vital resource? Is there more you could be doing? Are you just winging it? Every HR executive has a laundry list of things they wish managers knew:...
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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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Janesville: An American Story

Amy Goldstein - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize *800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017 * An Economist...
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Fix It: Getting Accountability Right

Roger Connors - Portfolio
Format: Print book

From the world's leading experts on workplace accountability comes the most comprehensive study on the subject, revealing the cure that could fix low employee engagement in the workplace once and for all One factor, more than any other, causes the problems business leaders fear most. Lackluster...
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Promote Yourself: The New Rules for Career Success

Dan Schawbel - St. Martin's Griffin; Exp Upd edition
Format: Paperback

"Dan will show you how to communicate your unique contribution, so that you make yourself indispensable." - From the Foreword by Marcus Buckingham, New York Times bestselling author of Now, Discover Your Strengths. How people perceive you has always been critical...
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The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone

BRIAN MERCHANT - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

We know the iPhone as the device that transformed our world, changing everything from how we talk to each other and do business, to how we exercise, travel, shop, and watch TV. But packed within its slim profile is the fascinating, untold story of scientific, technological, and business...
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Cracking the Code to a Successful Interview: 15 Insider Secrets from a Top-Level Recruiter

Evan Pellett - BLACKSTONE PUB
Format: Print book

Featured on CBS and WBZ Radio, Evan Pellett is the keynote guest speaker on Nightside with Dan Rea. You may have heard Evan as the radio expert on interviewing across the United States. Cracking the Code to a Successful Interview is a groundbreaking new scientific, proactive, cutting-edge,...
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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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Negotiating 101: From Planning Your Strategy to Finding a Common Ground, an Essential Guide to the Art of Negotiating

Peter J Sander - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

A quick-and-easy guide to core business and career concepts - no MBA required!The ability to negotiate a deal. Confidence to oversee staff. Complete, accurate monitoring of expenses. In today's business world, these are must-have skills. But all too often, comprehensive business books...
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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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Auto Empire

Eric Choi - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Print book

The automotive industry has a tumultuous history rife with back-room deals, brilliant innovation, colorful characters, and marked by the complete transformation of our planet. In Auto Empire, author Choi paints a compelling picture of the birth and growth of the modern auto industry....
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