Business & economics

The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America

von David Stockman

A New York Times bestseller

The Great Deformation is a searing look at Washington’s craven response to the recent myriad of financial crises and fiscal cliffs. It counters conventional wisdom with an eighty-year...

What the Most Successful People Do at Work: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Career (A Penguin Specialfrom Portfolio)

von Laura Vanderkam

The third mini-ebook by the acclaimed author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast reveals how a few simple changes can make you more productive and fulfilled in your career.

In her bestselling...

Total Quality Management: A pictorial guide for managers

von John S Oakland & Peter Morris

Another new book in the popular and original series of pictorial guides - John Oakland cuts through the complex concepts and confusing jargon associated with implementing Total Quality, and Peter Morris presents...

Smart Calling: Eliminate the Fear, Failure, and Rejection from Cold Calling

von Art Sobczak

Proven techniques to master the art of the cold call

Cold calling is not only one of the fastest and most profitable ways to initiate a new sales contact and build business; it's also one of the most dreaded—for...

Hidden in Plain Sight

von Jan Chipchase & Simon Steinhardt

A global-innovation expert offers a new perspective on how consumers think and how to develop products and services that affect their everyday lives.

Who are your next customers—not just the ones you are serving...

Born to Blog: Building Your Blog for Personal and Business Success One Post at a Time

von Mark Schaefer & Stanford Smith

Launch a business and ignite a movement with a powerhouse blog!

Born to Blog is filled with practical, street-smart techniques and ideas to help you create and manage a winning business blog. Learn how to attract...

So, You Want to Start a Business?: 8 Steps to Take Before Making the Leap

von Edward D. Hess & Charles F. Goetz

Build the Successful Company You’ve Always Wanted to Own!

• Avoid the 8 disastrous operational mistakes that kill new businesses
• Walk step-by-step through the entire process of building a winning business
• Master...

Practical Performance Improvement with Impact

von Rod Matthews

Have you ever...?* Been frustrated by under performing team members?* Wanted to reduce the amount of time you spend doing or re-doing your team members work?* Wondered how some team leaders maintain a high level...

Improve Your Global Business English: The Essential Toolkit for Writing and Communicating Across Borders

von Fiona Talbot & Sudakshina Bhattacharjee

Whether you speak English as a first, second or even third language, intercultural business communications means that getting it right has never been more important for you and your organization. English can...

How to Organise & Operate a Small Business in Australia: How to turn ideas into success - from Australia's leading small business writer

von John W English

Now in its 11th edition, this is THE guidebook for all business owners - essential reading for anyone who wants to build their future in small business.

Leadership 2.0

von Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves

Sharing discoveries from a groundbreaking study that separated the leadership skills that get results from those that are inconsequential or harmful, Leadership 2.0 introduces a new paradigm of leadership.

A...

Purple Chips: Winning in the Stock Market with the Very Best of the Blue Chip Stocks

von John Schwinghamer

How to make money investing in high-quality, low-risk stocks

Purple Chips presents a unique stock-picking method based on identifying great companies based on simple visual examinations of financial health, applying...

Guide to Windows 8 - Not 4 Geeks

von Christian Schönberger

Every new version of Windows is more complex than the older versions. Even if the newer version contains a dozen new wizards and other helps, an average user needs more and more time to learn how to use the...

The Checklist Manifesto

von Atul Gawande

The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals...

For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business

von Kevin Werbach & Dan Hunter

Take your business to the next level—for the win

Millions flock to their computers, consoles, mobile phones, tablets, and social networks each day to play World of Warcraft, Farmville, Scrabble, and countless...

The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement

von Jan Cullinane

If you’re one of the 25 million single women over the age of 45 living in the United States today, AARP’s The Single Woman’s Guide to Retirement is your new best friend. Walking you through the challenges...

Start and Run a Successful Beauty Salon: A comprehensive guide to managing or acquiring your own salon

von Sally Medcalf & Bijan Yousef-Zadeh

This book is a step-by-step guide to starting and running a successful beauty salon. It is aimed at the budding entrepreneur; a qualified beautician working for someone else who now wants to go it alone; or...

How to Feel Rich

von Farnoosh Torabi

This Element is an excerpt from Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life (9780137079278) by Farnoosh Torabi. Available in print and digital formats.

Feeling rich:...

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

von Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness,...

Harvard Business Review on Increasing Customer Loyalty

von Harvard Review

How do you keep your customers coming back-and get them to bring others?

If you need the best practices and ideas for making your customers loyal and profitable--but don't have time to find them--this book is...