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Series: 6-Figure Blueprints and Beyond How 35 Entrepreneurs Made It and How You Can Too Paperback Alinka Rutkowska 9781637351130 $20.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

Six-Figure Blueprints is an exciting collection of inspiring stories and insights from entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs who are looking to draw up the plans for their next venture. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? GET ALL THE ANSWERS YOU NEED AND DRAW UP YOUR NEXT SIX-FIGURE BLUEPRINT! The 2020s began as an opportunity to start again, but almost two years later, the world finds itself starting over, adapting, closing, or reopening with each new moment. Many entrepreneurs have found themselves asking, “What do I build next?” If you’re asking this ... + Read More
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Series: A Richer You: How to Make the Most of Your Money Paperback Mary Holm 9781775541578 $24.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

Bestselling author and New Zealand's most trusted financial expert on how to make your money work in the real worldGetting richer doesn't just mean accumulating more money. It's about building your knowledge of the different ways money works, so you can navigate around whatever comes your way: family complications, following your dreams, relationship issues, house price fluctuations, being braver in retirement, helping your children - young and older, getting the best mortgage for you, saving too little - or too much! Sometimes the best ... + Read More
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Series: In Easy Steps Agile Project Management in easy steps Paperback David Morris 9781840789744 $26.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 05, 2022

This third edition of ?Agile Project Management in easy steps has been updated to reflect its ongoing evolution. It explains the principles, practices, and processes of agile project management, by following an entire project, step-by-step, and covering the main activities and deliverables, including:Pre-project start-up and terms of reference. Feasibility assessment and the business case. Establishing strong foundations for success. Iterative and incremental development . Continual as well as post-project retrospectives... + Read More
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Series: Anti-Time Management Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping Hardcover Richie Norton 9780306827068 $37.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

Find your motivation, prioritize your ideals, and create a flexible work-life lifestyle—no matter how busy or successful you are—with Anti-Time ManagementWhy Anti-Time Management? Discover the answer to the age-old question of “work-life balance” and what to do about it. Award-winning author Richie Norton brings you into the future with the power of Time Tipping, a framework that allows you to live and work wherever you choose. Enjoy expansive freedom by prioritizing attention, not managing time. What would your life look like today if you had... + Read More
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Series: At the Speed of Irrelevance How America Blew Its AI Leadership Position and How to Regain It Hardcover Al Naqvi 9781119861270 $41.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

Get the inside story of American Artificial Intelligence (AI) failure and fall: Learn how to reassume American AI leadership and win against China On the eve of the Sino-American great power competition General Mattis challenged America to move forward at the speed of relevance. To compete effectively America needed to excel in its AI capacity. The call fell on deaf ears - and years later the nation found itself sliding towards a state of irrelevance on the global stage. A series of blunders contributed to what President Biden calls American AI... + Read More
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Series: Begin Boldly How Women Can Reimagine Risk, Embrace Uncertainty & Launch a Brilliant Career Paperback Christie Hunter Arscott 9781523001071 $24.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

Learn how to take the right risks for lasting success. Begin Boldly provides a framework for making the kind of bold moves that will get your career off to its best start!Have you ever shied away from taking a risk? Maybe you didn’t apply for a job because you didn’t meet 100 percent of the requirements or passed up the opportunity to take on a challenging role because you didn’t feel ready. If you can relate, you are not alone. Despite recognizing the benefits of making bold moves, most women—especially those early in their careers—struggle to... + Read More
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Series: Black and Great The Careers Manifesto Hardcover Rene Germain 9781529377637 $28.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

"An inspiring read from start to finish. It is not often you get to read a compilation of experiences and insight from such a diverse variety of Black British talent, who have all excelled in their chosen field. The wisdom shared in the book will be invaluable for budding scientists, politicians, sportspeople, bankers and entertainers alike." - Selina Flavius, author and founder of Black Girl FinanceFeaturing interviews and letters from some of the UK's leading Black voices in their respective fields - including Beverley Knight MBE, Trevor Nel... + Read More
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Series: Bright Marketing for Small Business Paperback Robert Craven 9781854585622 $19.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 10, 2023

Look at your business through the eyes of your customer.Why should people bother to buy from you when they can buy from the competition? How can your marketing reach out to your customers? And what makes your business different from the rest?As a small business owner these are questions you will have to be able to answer confidently and assertively to make your business a success. You probably won't be the person marketing the product, but you are the person who best understands your business and your sales proposition and you need to ensure yo... + Read More
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Series: Business As Unusual How To Thrive In The New Renaissance Paperback Rick Yvanovich 9781637350980 $18.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

Everything has changed. The entire business and professional landscape has been turned on its head. To stay current, relevant and ahead of the next impending disruption, you’ll have to learn how to evolve with an ever-changing world – not in opposition to it.NOTHING IS GOING BACK TO NORMAL. Many things have changed in the last year: business landscapes, home life, international travel, the meaning of the word “quarantine”. This rapid upheaval caught many of us unawares, and now we’re tasked with rebuilding ourselves from the ground up. So, th... + Read More
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Series: California Burning The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid Hardcover Katherine Blunt 9780593330654 $39.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

A revelatory, urgent narrative with national implications, exploring the decline of California’s largest utility company that led to countless wildfires — including the one that destroyed the town of Paradise – and the human cost of infrastructure failurePacific Gas and Electric was a legacy company built by innovators and visionaries, establishing California as a desirable home and economic powerhouse. In California Burning, Wall Street Journal reporter and Pulitzer finalist Katherine Blunt examines how that legacy fell apart—unraveling a long... + Read More
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Series: Clockwork, Revised and Expanded Design Your Business to Run Itself Hardcover Mike Michalowicz 9780593538173 $39.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 23, 2022

“The missing link that will prepare your business and your mind you for the next stage of business growth.”—from the Foreword by Gino Wickman, author of Entrepreneurial Leap and TractionDoes your business own you more than you own it? Are you afraid it will collapse without you? Are you sacrificing your family, friends, and freedom to keep your business in business? What if, instead, your company could run on automatic while it continued to grow and turn a profit?It’s possible—and the revised and expanded edition of Clockwork makes it easi... + Read More
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Series: Conscious Accountability Deepen Connections, Elevate Results Paperback David C. Tate 9781950496716 $28.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

Use the Practice of Conscious Accountability to Elevate Your Work and Relationships Results and relationships—managers and leaders no longer have to prioritize one over the other to build a culture of exceptional accountability. You don’t have to choose between being the hard-charging task master and being the easy-going people pleaser. By expanding your awareness to create deliberate intentions, take informed actions, and be responsible for your impact, you can achieve better business outcomes and experience greater satisfaction in doing so. ... + Read More
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Series: Information Policy Cyberinsurance Policy Rethinking Risk in an Age of Ransomware, Computer Fraud, Data Breaches, and Cyberattacks Paperback Josephine Wolff 9780262544184 $47.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

Why cyberinsurance has not improved cybersecurity and what governments can do to make it a more effective tool for cyber risk management.As cybersecurity incidents—ranging from data breaches and denial-of-service attacks to computer fraud and ransomware—become more common, a cyberinsurance industry has emerged to provide coverage for any resulting liability, business interruption, extortion payments, regulatory fines, or repairs. In this book, Josephine Wolff offers the first comprehensive history of cyberinsurance, from the early “Internet Sec... + Read More
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Series: Digital Operating Model The Future of Business Hardcover Rajesh Sinha 9781119826835 $35.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

Build your company’s next-generation growth strategy by using emerging technologies to disrupt your field and energize your business In Digital Operating Model: The Future of Business, digital strategist and execution expert Rajesh Sinha delivers a robust and practical operating blueprint for digital transformation. Applicable to any industry, any size company, this playbook helps executives, professionals, managers, founders, owners, and other business leaders understand the importance and realize the benefits of a digital future for their com... + Read More
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Series: Don't Call It Quits: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Love 1st edition Hardcover Shana Lebowitz Gaynor 9781264285242 $33.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 23, 2022

Expert strategies for improving happiness at work, for those who don’t want to (or can’t) leave their current job“Why don’t you just quit?” If you’re unfulfilled by your job, you’ve likely been asked this question before. But the truth is, it’s not always necessary or even advisable to make a career change in order to enjoy work more. For those who can’t reasonably leave a stable position right now—and for anyone who wants to feel happier at work—Don't Call It Quits is essential reading.In Don't Call It Quits, Shana Lebowitz Gaynor of... + Read More
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Series: Economic Dynamics, second edition Theory and Computation Paperback John Stachurski 9780262544771 $99.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

The second edition of a rigorous and example-driven introduction to topics in economic dynamics that emphasizes techniques for modeling dynamic systems.This text provides an introduction to the modern theory of economic dynamics, with emphasis on mathematical and computational techniques for modeling dynamic systems. Written to be both rigorous and engaging, the book shows how sound understanding of the underlying theory leads to effective algorithms for solving real-world problems. The material makes extensive use of programming examples to ... + Read More
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Series: Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game 1st edition Hardcover Touraj Parang 9781264703326 $35.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

A Silicon Valley insider provides the first comprehensive guide to developing and executing a startup exit strategy—the secret to ultimate entrepreneurial successEntrepreneurs are facing lower and lower odds of creating high-value, growth-oriented businesses that can survive or succeed on their own. Written for those who embrace the reality that acquisition is the ultimate end goal for startups, Exit Path provides the information and insights readers need to tilt the odds of success and survival in their favor—which starts with unders... + Read More
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Series: Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership Paperback Victoria Glendinning 9780008273781 $21.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 18, 2022

From Victoria Glendinning, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and (twice) the Whitbread Prize for Biography.‘It’s Succession in tailcoats and spats … This is a vivid and eye-opening group biography, backgrounded by the rise of supermarket moguls from humble beginnings’ Sunday Times
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Series: Flip-Flops and Fortunes Buy Your Life Back Through Real Estate Investing and Passive Income Strategies Hardcover Brady Johns 9781637741788 $34.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

Financial independence is within your reach, and your life doesn’t have to be a nonstop grind in order to get there. In Flip-Flops and Fortunes, Brady Johns teaches you how to accumulate wealth in ways that energize rather than drain you.The world has enough cutthroat, hypercompetitive, and exhausted millionaires. You can gain that fortune without all that toil—making money work for you on the way to finding security and happiness, wealth and joy. Brady Johns was tired of spending countless hours staring at the three walls of his cubicle at h... + Read More
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Series: Flow How the Best Supply Chains Thrive Hardcover Rob Handfield, Phd 9781487508326 $36.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 11, 2022

With supply chain disruptions due to ports, pandemics, and labor shortages at the forefront of news media, Flow offers an important framework and solutions for remedying the rampant delays and bottlenecks that exist in global supply chains.This book describes the concept of flow, which evokes physical properties that exist in nature, such as the flow of electricity, the flow of time, and the flow of materials. In terms of process optimization, flow encompasses the integration of end-to-end supply chains and the movement towards relocation of th... + Read More
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Series: Flowcus Hardcover David Nurse 9781119853701 $29.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 23, 2022
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Series: Focused Fundraising How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload Hardcover Christopher M. Cannon 9781119835271 $33.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

Maintain your focus, your productivity, and your sanity in the contemporary fundraising environment In Focused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload, accomplished nonprofit management strategists and leaders Christopher Cannon and Michael Felberbaum deliver a must-read combination of the latest mindfulness techniques and operational strategies that will equip you to succeed in an increasingly chaotic, noisy, and confusing fundraising environment. You’ll find concrete strategies to navigate the challenges of modern fundrais... + Read More
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Series: Fundamentals of Project Management, Sixth Edition Sixth Edition Paperback Joseph Heagney 9781400235261 $24.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

For close to three decades, Fundamentals of Project Management has helped people tackle the complexities of the job. Succinct and easy to read, the book simplifies concepts, answers questions, and helps tame the chaos that can erupt as projects move from planning to completion.The Sixth Edition of this trusted bestseller offers the practical guidelines and tools project managers have come to expect, along with new information explaining changes to the PMBOK® Guide, 7th Edition. Updated tools, techniques, examples, and exercises clearly explain ... + Read More
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Series: Girls That Invest Your Guide to Financial Independence through Stocks and Shares Paperback Simran Kaur 9781119893783 $26.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 06, 2022

Your step-by-step guide to financial independence—from the creator of the #1 investing education podcast, Girls That Invest. Ever wondered how on earth the stock market works, but felt too intimidated to ask “those” questions? This is the book for you! In this guide to investing in stocks (aka shares), Simran Kaur teaches the essential principles you can apply to any market, anywhere in the world. Because money provides freedom: The freedom to say yes or no, the freedom to handle whatever life throws at you, and the freedom to grow and prosper.... + Read More
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Series: Global Class How the World's Fastest-Growing Companies Scale Globally by Focusing Locally Hardcover Aaron McDaniel 9781637742181 $37.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 23, 2022

Global is the new agile.The business world has changed, and to stay ahead, companies have to think, operate, and scale differently. Companies need to adopt a new mindset and build distributed teams with a unique set of skills to succeed in new markets. A revision to the agile methodology is necessary to better balance the need to localize with the complexity that localization and managing a global footprint creates. To date, business leaders have had to learn how to scale globally the hard way, through trial, error, and failure, since no guideb... + Read More
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Series: How Did You Get Here Lessons of Unconventional Success Paperback Scott Montgomery 9781637351383 $20.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

“SCOTT MONTGOMERY OFTEN HEARS THE QUESTION, “HOW DID YOU GET HERE?” NOW, HE’S READY TO SHARE THE ANSWER. Scott Montgomery was not set up for success. Growing up with little structure and having a reputation as a troublemaker in his teens, the prospects of his moving ahead were limited. His life began to shift when he started working at a local grocery store at sixteen. As he developed new habits and skills, guided by managers and mentors who recognized his potential, he built an unconventional path to significant corporate opportunities. So h... + Read More
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Series: How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador Everyone's Role in Helping All Feel Accepted, Engaged, and Valued Paperback Celeste R. Warren 9781523001453 $25.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

Using a proven three-part framework, this book shows how anyone—from a CEO to frontline employee—can play a pivotal role in creating a diverse and welcoming workplace.Creating a diverse workplace needs to be an ongoing effort, not just the subject of occasional training. As Celeste Warren says, needed change won’t take place unless all employees feel that they have a role to play in creating the culture they would like to see in their organization. Regardless of what position you hold, you have the ability to impact change and create a more inc... + Read More
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Series: How to Persuade The Skills You Need to Get What You Want Paperback Michelle Bowden 9781119891871 $26.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 29, 2022

For anyone, in any business or industry, who needs to pitch ideas and build relationships to build their career or business (especially marketing, sales, bid teams, pitch teams, leaders and aspiring leaders, business owners) And anyone who wants to hear YES more in their daily life; anyone who is looking to improve their communication skills generally: • The target reader for this book is business professionals who are looking to advance in their careers and improve business by more effectively communicating their i... + Read More
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Series: I Wish I'd Known This 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders Paperback Brenda Wensil 9781523000975 $23.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

Uncover the six blind spots that derail women’s career paths and learn strategies to effectively overcome them for an impactful, sustainable career.Professional women are subject to blind spots—obstacles that can minimize career potential, impact, or advancement. Some women end up drifting instead of driving through their careers, going it alone instead of building a posse, and leaving their “reputationality” (that special something we are known for) to chance.Authors and executive coaches Brenda Wensil and Kathryn Heath have spent decades coa... + Read More
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Series: Lead From The Heart Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century Hardcover Mark C. Crowley 9781401967604 $34.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 23, 2022

Leadership and engagement expert Mark C. Crowley shows how trading in the old business playbook for heart-led leadership strategies will create purpose-driven, dedicated employees and higher levels of performance. Revised and updated to address the needs of those managing Gen Z and millennial employees in addition to the latest global research on employee engagement.In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his now classic book, visionary Mark C. Crowley provides the roadmap workplace leaders the world over are seeking: How to most succ... + Read More
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Series: Make Your Brand Matter Experience-Driven Solutions to Capture Customers and Keep Them Loyal Hardcover Steven Soechtig 9781119860341 $34.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

Combine brand and experience into a single, exciting whole to drive growth The Digital Transformation era has come and gone. Experiential concepts like personalization, transparency, transference, uniquity, and immediacy are now table stakes in an increasingly connected and responsive market. Companies that failed to ante up are already gone—or fading fast. In Make Your Brand Matter, serial entrepreneur and brand strategist Steve Soechtig delivers an eye-opening discussion of the post-Digital Transformation era in which we now live. The book wa... + Read More
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Series: 9781642509489
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Series: My Daily Leadership A Powerful Roadmap for Leadership Success Paperback Antonio Garrido 9781637581803 $26.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

A uniquely practical and powerful roadmap designed to ensure that business owners and managers reach their full potential and become the extraordinary leaders their people and company deserve. My Daily Leadership—creating the world’s best leaders one day at a time.If you’re a business leader in the middle of trying to get your idea off the ground, there’s a chance you might be: • Disappointed that you’re not yet the leader that, deep down, you know you can be. • Upset that some of your better business decisions weren’t implemented as quickly, o... + Read More
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Series: No Point B Rules for Leading Change in the New Hyper-Connected, Radically Conscious Economy Hardcover Caleb Gardner 9781637740996 $35.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 09, 2022

Our future depends on changing the way we change. But because technology has forever altered our relationship with what’s coming next, the tomorrow we envisioned is too often totally different by the time it arrives—there is no linear path from where we are to where we are going. How can leaders manage disruption when disruption never stops coming?No Point B is a paradigm-shifting look at transforming change into something we do, not for some vague brighter future, but as a practice for making a better world right now. Drawing upon his vast ex... + Read More
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Series: Outpacer The Blueprint for Breakthrough Success in the Digital Era Paperback Alex Holt 9781529146141 $31.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 09, 2022

Over the past decade a small number of companies have changed every aspect of how we live, work and play. These Outpacers have become enormous global businesses with companies like Google, Amazon, Netflix, Salesforce, Meta, Tesla and Apple all totally redefining what a successful organization looks and feels like.Each chapter in Outpacer focusses on an Outpacer characteristic required for organisational greatness and features examples of what it is and how to achieve it, including; how to structure your company’s mission and vision, foster the ... + Read More
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Series: ParentPreneurs A Decade of Deals from a Messy Minivan Paperback Jamie Ratner 9781538164617 $25.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 21, 2022

Come along for the ride, as Jamie and Brian Ratner show you how to build a successful business with your spouse. When Jamie Ratner pitched her new idea for a family-friendly Groupon to her husband Brian on their drive to Pittsburgh for the Christmas holiday in their messy minivan, Brian’s response shocked her. He said, “That’s a great idea.” For the rest of their holiday, while his parents watched their two young kids, they worked late into the night on a business plan and timeline to launch what soon would become CertifiKID. Jamie was an ent... + Read More
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Series: Please Sit Over There How To Manage Power, Overcome Exclusion, and Succeed as a Black Woman at Work Paperback Francine Parham 9781523001521 $24.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 09, 2022

The key to your career advancement is understanding how power works—who has it, where it hides, and how it’s used. Please Sit Over There teaches Black women the career skills they need to navigate an uneven playing field and achieve long-lasting professional success.Black women continuously navigate systems that were never intended for them while playing by a set of rules they never agreed to or were ever trained for. In this book, Francine Parham shares her knowledge as a Black woman and a former global executive of two major corporations on h... + Read More
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Series: Power Play Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century Paperback Tim Higgins 9781984898241 $24.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

The outrageous inside story of Elon Musk and Tesla’s bid to build the world’s greatest car—from award-winning Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim HigginsElon Musk is among the most ambitious, controversial titans of Silicon Valley, but his most audacious vision is the one closest to the ground: the electric car. When Tesla was founded in the 2000s, electric cars were mere novelties. But where most onlookers saw only failure, a small band of Silicon Valley engineers and entrepreneurs saw potential. So they pitted themselves against th... + Read More
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Series: Power, for All How It Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business Paperback Julie Battilana 9781982141646 $24.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

Discover how to gain (and keep) power in any situation with this “remarkably insightful read on what power is, how it’s gained, and how it can be used for good” (Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again).Power is one of the most misunderstood—and therefore vilified—concepts in our society. Many assume power is predetermined by personality or wealth, or that it’s gained by strong-arming others. You might even write it off as “dirty” and want nothing to do with it. But by staying away from power, you give it up to someone else who may not ha... + Read More
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Series: Purpose and Profit How Business Can Lift Up the World Hardcover George Serafeim 9781400230358 $34.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 09, 2022

Are purpose and profit in conflict, or can both be achieved simultaneously with the right mindset and tools? What are the forces that are reshaping the relationship between the two? What can we all do to strengthen the relationship between purpose and profit as entrepreneurs, managers, employees, consumers, and investors? Backed by cutting-edge research, Purpose and Profit provides answers to these fundamental questions that are increasingly defining the business landscape all around the world. Distinguished Harvard Business School Professor Ge... + Read More
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Series: Radical How to be a Business Rebel Paperback Rich Novak 9781408716298 $24.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

How did a college drop-out - with a tight-knit group of friends and colleagues - envision 'from a blank piece of paper' the all-encompassing, multi-billion-dollar skateboard industry, from media and product to innovation, art and branding? How did Richard Novak - co-founder of iconic brands including Santa Cruz Skateboards, Independent Truck Company and Thrasher Magazine, now sold in over 85 countries around the globe - take a personal passion and turn it into a credible, enduring lifestyle for legions around the world, worth an eye watering am... + Read More
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Series: Radical Curiosity Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures Hardcover Seth Goldenberg 9780593138175 $41.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 23, 2022

A bold manifesto arguing that the most complex challenges we face today—as individuals, businesses, and a society—require us to ask deeper questions, not seek easier answers.In a world with an endless hunger for innovation, why is it so hard to create audacious change? According to thought leader Seth Goldenberg, the answer to this question stems from how we, as a society, view questions themselves.In Radical Curiosity, Goldenberg argues that because we value knowing above learning, and prioritize doing over thinking, curiosity has become an en... + Read More
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Series: Raising Lazarus Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis Hardcover Beth Macy 9780316430227 $38.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

A “deeply reported, deeply moving” (Patrick Radden Keefe) account of everyday heroes fighting on the front lines of the overdose crisis. From the New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick (inspiration for the Peabody Award-winning Hulu limited series) and Factory Man. Nearly a decade into the second wave of America's overdose crisis, pharmaceutical companies have yet to answer for the harms they created. As pending court battles against opioid makers, distributors, and retailers drag on, addiction rates have soared to record-breaking level... + Read More
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Series: Relentless 12 Rounds to Success Paperback Eddie Hearn 9781529312232 $19.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

__________Out now: the knockout number one bestseller by Eddie Hearn. Find out about success and mindset, by one of boxing's most respected and influential promoters. WINNER AT THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2021 HEALTH AND FITNESS *The Sunday Times Number One Business Bestseller*'Relentless fizzes with Hearn's work ethic' - Financial Times__________What does it take to succeed? What is the mindset required to be the best? How do you stay at the top of your field? How do you come back from failure?Eddie Hearn knows what it takes. In his remar... + Read More
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Series: Running Remote Master the Lessons from the World’s Most Successful Remote-Work Pioneers Hardcover Liam Martin 9781400232147 $36.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

Learn success secrets from original remote work pioneers on the mindset and strategies they developed to build and grow successful organizations from the ground up.With the unprecedented rise in remote work due to the pandemic, many businesses have struggled with how to effectively transition to a distributed format. Meanwhile, companies who had always been remote-first had a unique advantage: a highly scalable set of work processes, a unique communication style, and the proper “async mindset” required to succeed without an office. This ground... + Read More
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Series: Sentimental Economy Hardcover Edoardo Nesi 9781635422146 $29.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

In a warm, perceptive essay that touches on economics, fashion, literature, and politics, the Strega Prize–winning author of Story of My People reflects on the seismic shifts of 2020 and the diverse ways we’re adapting.Attempting to make sense of the incredible upheaval of 2020—from the devastating impact of COVID-19 to the sudden loss of his father—Edoardo Nesi considers the changing global economy and its effect on our lives. He shares the stories of Alberto Magelli, a small textile entrepreneur; Livia Firth, a prominent advocate for sustaina... + Read More
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Series: Strategies and Games, second edition Theory and Practice Hardcover Prajit K. Dutta 9780262046527 $163.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 09, 2022

The new edition of a widely used introduction to game theory and its applications, with a focus on economics, business, and politics.This widely used introduction to game theory is rigorous but accessible, unique in its balance between the theoretical and the practical, with examples and applications following almost every theory-driven chapter. In recent years, game theory has become an important methodological tool for all fields of social sciences, biology and computer science. This second edition of Strategies and Games not only takes into ... + Read More
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Series: Superabundance The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet Hardcover Marian L. Tupy 9781952223396 $44.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 31, 2022

“For centuries, the ivory towers of academia have echoed this sentiment of multitudinous ends and limited means. In this supremely contrarian book, Tupy and Pooley overturn the tables in the temple of conventional thinking. They deploy rigorous and original data and analysis to proclaim a gospel of abundance. Economics—and ultimately, politics—will be enduringly transformed.” —George Gilder, author of Life after Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy Generations of people have been taught that population growth make... + Read More
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Series: Superpower An Inspiring Story to Overcome Self-Doubt and Unleash Your Authentic Greatness Hardcover Kate Leavell 9781119890430 $24.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

Learn to find your own superpowers with this inspiring journey of self-acceptance In Superpower, bestselling author Kate Leavell delivers a compelling story of self-love, appreciation, and the power of sharing and connecting with those around us through vulnerability and understanding. In the book, a soccer coach tells his players about the adventures of “the new kid” at school who’s afraid of being teased and bullied. Through the help of a special teacher, he and his classmates learn to overcome challenges and harness the power of seeking to u... + Read More
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Series: Take Back Your Power 10 New Rules for Women at Work Hardcover Deborah Liu 9780310364856 $34.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 09, 2022

You can't make the world fair, but you can take back your power. As a woman in Silicon Valley who worked her way to the top of the corporate ladder--she's a former VP at Facebook and the current president and CEO of Ancestry--Deborah Liu knows firsthand the challenges and obstacles in the workplace that keep the deck stacked against women in the workplace . . . and the ways to overcome them.For every woman who grew up competing on the uneven playing field, who is told she is too aggressive, assertive, dramatic, or emotional, this book is the ba... + Read More
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Series: Taking Stock A Hospice Doctor's Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life Paperback Jordan Grumet 9781646043545 $19.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 02, 2022

Learn what end of life can teach us about the secret to financial independence and making every moment count with this life-altering collection of tips from Dr. Jordan Grumet, host of the award-winning Earn & Invest podcast, featuring a foreword written by Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money or Your Life.Written by a hospice doctor with a unique front-row seat to the regrets of his dying patients, this book will remind you to take stock of life now, before it is too late. The goal of financial independence is to have the economic fuel to live a... + Read More
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Series: The 12 Week Mind Workout Paperback woulter de Jong 9781529338737 $19.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

Although not all of us do it all the time, we all know the things we need to do to take care of our body - hit the gym or the running track and eat our greens. But are we so clear on what to do if it is our mental rather than physical condition that needs attention?This amazingly practical book will take your mind to the gym and show you how, in 12 weeks, to live more mindfully, rid yourself of worry, clear your head, strive for happiness and get more done.The book is structured exactly like a progressive exercise program; every week (or chapte... + Read More
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Series: The Debt Trap How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe Paperback Josh Mitchell 9781501199479 $24.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 09, 2022

AN NPR AND NEW YORK POST BEST BOOK OF 2021 From acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell, the “devastating account” (The Wall Street Journal) of student debt in America.In 1981, a new executive at Sallie Mae took home the company’s financial documents to review. “You’ve got to be shitting me,” he later told the company’s CEO. “This place is a gold mine.” Over the next four decades, the student loan industry that Sallie Mae and Congress created blew up into a crisis that would submerge a generation of Americans into $1.5 trillion in ... + Read More
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Series: The Entrepreneurship Growth Mindset What They Don't Teach You in Business School Paperback Julien Barbier 9781637350294 $22.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 23, 2022

For first-time entrepreneurs who want a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of starting a tech company, The Entrepreneurship Growth Mindset gives the honest truth of what it takes to start a business. GO BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF A SILICON VALLEY UNICORN - THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP GROWTH MINDSET IS AN INSIGHTFUL GUIDE FOR ANYONE STARTING A BUSINESS. As the co-founder and CEO of Holberton, Julien Barbier has seen all sides of entrepreneurship. He was at the center of a lawsuit days before incorporating his first business. He grew a successful eComme... + Read More
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Series: Management on the Cutting Edge The Future of Competitive Strategy Unleashing the Power of Data and Digital Ecosystems Hardcover Mohan Subramaniam 9780262046992 $39.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 16, 2022

How legacy firms can combine their traditional strengths with the power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy for the digital era.How can legacy firms remain relevant in the digital era? In The Future of Competitive Strategy, strategic management expert Mohan Subramaniam explains how firms can leverage both their traditional strengths and the modern-day power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy. Drawing on the experiences of a range of companies, including Caterpillar, Sleep Number, an... + Read More