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  Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times

 
Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times under The Books Store
Price: $13.95
Sale: $5.58
 
Manufacturer: Warner Books, Inc.
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Donald T. Phillips
Publisher: Warner Books, Inc.
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.7092
Publication Date: 1993-02-01
Reading Level: 188
 
Description: The American Civil War was arguably one of the most chaotic periods in history. Yet through it all, Abraham Lincoln managed to keep the Union together and victorious. Here in this fascinating and invaluable book, Donald T. Phillips reveals the strategies and tactics Lincoln employed, and offers ways that the executives of the 90s can use those same strategies to make their businesses successful in these tough economic times. "As we face challenging times of our own, Lincoln's astonishing achievements in crisis deserve our careful study. This expert, detailed record of his leadership qualities not only illuminates the past, it might also help light the way to the future". -- Mario Cuomo, former Governor of New York and coauthor of Lincoln on Democracy "Given the urgent leadership crisis we are facing now, "Lincoln on Leadership" has arrived just in time. This book is as powerful and visionary as Lincoln himself". -- James Patterson, chairman, J. Walter Thompson/North America and bestselling author of Jack & Jill and Hide & Seek A unique guide merging history and business, showing how the time-tested strategies that Abraham Lincoln used in keeping the Union intact can be used today by executives who need to keep their organizations on the path to success.

 

  Investing For Dummies, Fifth edition

 
Investing For Dummies, Fifth edition under The Books Store
Price: $21.99
Sale: $12.18
 
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Eric Tyson
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 5th
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6
Publication Date: 2008-09-09
Reading Level: 432
 
Description: Investing for Dummies is a good, all-around investment guide for the rest of us. Author Eric Tyson covers all aspects of investing, from stocks and bonds to real estate and collectibles. Tyson points readers towards investments that actually work and raises warning flags about strategies you should avoid. The book also considers whether starting and running your business can be a good investment option. If you're looking for a good place to start building a secure financial future, this is it.

 

  Covert Persuasion: Psychological Tactics and Tricks to Win the Game

 
Covert Persuasion: Psychological Tactics and Tricks to Win the Game under The Books Store
Price: $22.95
Sale: $12.74
 
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Kevin Hogan::James Speakman
Publisher: Wiley
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.852
Publication Date: 2006-09-18
Reading Level: 240
 
Description: Praise for Covert Persuasion:

"This book is a treasure trove of ideas you can use to turn a 'no' into a 'yes' almost instantly-in any sales situation."
-Brian Tracy, speaker and author of Create Your Own Future and Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

"Hogan is the master of persuasion. I urge you to persuade yourself to buy this book and everything he's ever written and recorded. It will help you understand yourself, understand others, and succeed. This information is bankable."
-Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Sales Bible, Little Red Book of Selling, and Little Red Book of Sales Answers

"There's more wisdom in this book than in 500 pages on the same subject. Whether you need to persuade your lover, your spouse, your boss, your clients, your friends, or yourself, this powerhouse collection of mind tricks and secrets will give you the upper hand. In today's competitive world, this is the persuasion wizard's manual you need to control circumstances and get what you want."
-Dr. Joe Vitale, author of Life's Missing Instruction Manual and The Attractor Factor

"When you read Hogan's writing, it feels like you're getting sage advice from a master. Would you like other people to decide on their own (or so they think) to go along with your every whim? Then this is the book you've been looking for."
-David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich

"There is more practical information on the dynamics of selling and communication in these pages than you could ever acquire in a lifetime on your own through trial and error. Take advantage of the authors' wisdom and read this book!"
-Todd D. Bramson, Certified Financial Planner and author of Real Life Financial Planning

 

  Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet

 
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet under The Books Store
Price: $27.95
Sale: $12.95
 
Manufacturer: Penguin Press HC, The
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Jeffrey D. Sachs
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.9
Publication Date: 2008-03-18
Reading Level: 400
 
Description: From one of the world's greatest economic minds, author of The New York Times bestseller The End of Poverty, a clear and vivid map of the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity and an augury of the global economic collapse that lies ahead if we don't follow it

The global economic system now faces a sustainability crisis, Jeffrey Sachs argues, that will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life. The changes will be deeper than a rebalancing of economics and politics among different parts of the world; the very idea of competing nation-states scrambling for power, resources, and markets will, in some crucial respects, become passŽ. The only question is how bad it will have to get before we face the unavoidable. We will have to learn on a global scale some of the hard lessons that successful societies have gradually and grudgingly learned within national borders: that there must be common ground between rich and poor, among competing ethnic groups, and between society and nature.

The central theme of Jeffrey Sachs's new book is that we need a new economic paradigm-global, inclusive, cooperative, environmentally aware, science based- because we are running up against the realities of a crowded planet. The alternative is a worldwide economic collapse of unprecedented severity. Prosperity will have to be sustained through more cooperative processes, relying as much on public policy as on market forces to spread technology, address the needs of the poor, and to husband threatened resources of water, air, energy, land, and biodiversity. The "soft issues" of the environment, public health, and population will become the hard issues of geopolitics. New forms of global politics will in important ways replace capital-city-dominated national diplomacy and intrigue. National governments, even the United States, will become much weaker actors as scientific networks and socially responsible investors and foundations become the more powerful actors.

If we do the right things, there is room for all on the planet. We can achieve the four key goals of a global society: prosperity for all, the end of extreme poverty, stabilization of the global population, and environmental sustainability. These are not utopian goals or pipe dreams, yet they are far from automatic. Indeed, we are not on a successful trajectory now to achieve these goals. Common Wealth points the way to the course correction we must embrace for the sake of our common future.

 

  The Financial Peace Planner: A Step-by-Step Guide to Restoring Your Family's Financial Health

 
The Financial Peace Planner: A Step-by-Step Guide to Restoring Your Family's Financial Health under The Books Store
Price: $16.00
Sale: $9.16
 
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Dave Ramsey
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Edition: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.024
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Reading Level: 288
 
Description: The bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host of "The Money Game" has helped thousands through his 12-week financial planning program. His workbook format allows readers to frequently assess their progress and to face their situation honestly by using the questionnaires and fill-in charts throughout the book--the most valuable purchase a debt-ridden reader could ever make.

 

  Irrational Exuberance

 
Irrational Exuberance under The Books Store
Price: $15.95
Sale: $8.90
 
Manufacturer: Doubleday Business
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Robert J. Shiller
Publisher: Doubleday Business
Edition: 2
Dewey Decimal Number: 330
Publication Date: 2006-05-09
Reading Level: 336
 
Description: CNBC, day trading, the Motley Fool, Silicon Investor--not since the 1920s has there been such an intense fascination with the U.S. stock market. For an increasing number of Americans, logging on to Yahoo! Finance is a habit more precious than that morning cup of joe (as thousands of SBUX and YHOO shareholders know too well). Yet while the market continues to go higher, many of us can't get Alan Greenspan's famous line out of our heads. In Irrational Exuberance, Yale economics professor Robert J. Shiller examines this public fascination with stocks and sees a combination of factors that have driven stocks higher, including the rise of the Internet, 401(k) plans, increased coverage by the popular media of financial news, overly optimistic cheerleading by analysts and other pundits, the decline of inflation, and the rise of the mutual fund industry. He writes: "Perceived long-term risk is down.... Emotions and heightened attention to the market create a desire to get into the game. Such is irrational exuberance today in the United States."

By history's yardstick, Shiller believes this market is grossly overvalued, and the factors that have conspired to create and amplify this event--the baby-boom effect, the public infatuation with the Internet, and media interest--will most certainly abate. He fears that too many individuals and institutions have come to view stocks as their only investment vehicle, and that investors should consider looking beyond stocks as a way to diversify and hedge against the inevitable downturn. This is a serious and well-researched book that should read like a Stephen King novel to anyone who has staked his or her future on the market's continued success. --Harry C. Edwards


 

  Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques

 
Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques under The Books Store
Price: $65.00
Sale: $33.62
 
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Sheldon Natenberg
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Edition: 2nd
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6328
Publication Date: 1994-08-01
Reading Level: 470
 
Description:

One of the most widely read books among active option traders around the world, Option Volatility & Pricing has been completely updated to reflect the most current developments and trends in option products and trading strategies.

Featuring:

  • Pricing models
  • Volatility considerations
  • Basic and advanced trading strategies
  • Risk management techniques
  • And more!

Written in a clear, easy-to-understand fashion, Option Volatility & Pricing points out the key concepts essential to successful trading. Drawing on his experience as a professional trader, author Sheldon Natenberg examines both the theory and reality of option trading. He presents the foundations of option theory explaining how this theory can be used to identify and exploit trading opportunities. Option Volatility & Pricing teaches you to use a wide variety of trading strategies and shows you how to select the strategy that best fits your view of market conditions and individual risk tolerance.

New sections include:

  • Expanded coverage of stock option
  • Strategies for stock index futures and options
  • A broader, more in-depth discussion volatility
  • Analysis of volatility skews
  • Intermarket spreading with options

 

  Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

 
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America under The Books Store
Price: $13.00
Sale: $1.98
 
Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.569092
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
Reading Level: 240
 
Description: Essayist and cultural critic Barbara Ehrenreich has always specialized in turning received wisdom on its head with intelligence, clarity, and verve. With some 12 million women being pushed into the labor market by welfare reform, she decided to do some good old-fashioned journalism and find out just how they were going to survive on the wages of the unskilled--at $6 to $7 an hour, only half of what is considered a living wage. So she did what millions of Americans do, she looked for a job and a place to live, worked that job, and tried to make ends meet.

As a waitress in Florida, where her name is suddenly transposed to "girl," trailer trash becomes a demographic category to aspire to with rent at $675 per month. In Maine, where she ends up working as both a cleaning woman and a nursing home assistant, she must first fill out endless pre-employment tests with trick questions such as "Some people work better when they're a little bit high." In Minnesota, she works at Wal-Mart under the repressive surveillance of men and women whose job it is to monitor her behavior for signs of sloth, theft, drug abuse, or worse. She even gets to experience the humiliation of the urine test.

So, do the poor have survival strategies unknown to the middle class? And did Ehrenreich feel the "bracing psychological effects of getting out of the house, as promised by the wonks who brought us welfare reform?" Nah. Even in her best-case scenario, with all the advantages of education, health, a car, and money for first month's rent, she has to work two jobs, seven days a week, and still almost winds up in a shelter. As Ehrenreich points out with her potent combination of humor and outrage, the laws of supply and demand have been reversed. Rental prices skyrocket, but wages never rise. Rather, jobs are so cheap as measured by the pay that workers are encouraged to take as many as they can. Behind those trademark Wal-Mart vests, it turns out, are the borderline homeless. With her characteristic wry wit and her unabashedly liberal bent, Ehrenreich brings the invisible poor out of hiding and, in the process, the world they inhabit--where civil liberties are often ignored and hard work fails to live up to its reputation as the ticket out of poverty. --Lesley Reed


 

  Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership

 
Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership under The Books Store
Price: $19.95
Sale: $3.50
 
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Ken Blanchard::Patricia Zigarmi::Drea Zigarmi
Publisher: William Morrow
Edition: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4092
Publication Date: 1985-10-06
Reading Level: 112
 
Description:

In clear, simple terms Leadership and the One Minute Manager® teaches managers the art of Situational Leadership®--a simple system that refutes the conventional management mandate of treating all employees equally. Here, you'll learn why tailoring management styles to individual employees is so important; why knowing when to delegate, support, or direct is critical; how to identify the leadership style suited to a particular person; and how consistent use of the One Minute techniques will produce better management and enhanced motivation on all levels. This remarkable, easy-to-follow book is a priceless guide to creative, personalized leadership that elicits the best performance from your staff--and the best bottom line for any business.

If your management motto is "everyone should be treated equally," Leadership and the One Minute Manager. will show you why this style not only hinders workplace efficiency, but also frustrates your staff. In clear, simple terms, Ken Blanchard, co-author of the enormously popular The One Minute Manager., coupled with business gurus Patricia and Drea Zigarmi, teach managers the art of Situational Leadership.. You'll learn why tailoring management styles to individual employees is so important; when to delegate, support, or direct; how to identify the leadership style suited to a particular person; and how consistent use of the One Minute techniques will produce better management and enhanced motivation on all levels. This remarkable, easy-to-follow book is a priceless guide to creative, personalized leadership that elicits the best performance from your staffand the best bottom line for any business.

 

  Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders

 
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders under The Books Store
Price: $17.95
Sale: $11.15
 
Manufacturer: Marketplace Books
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Jack D. Schwager
Publisher: Marketplace Books
Edition: Original Classic
Dewey Decimal Number: 332
Publication Date: 2006-02-02
Reading Level: 457
 
Description: How do the world’s top traders make millions of dollars in the markets – sometimes in a matter of only weeks or even days? That’s precisely the question Jack Schwager was trying to answer when he interviewed 17 superstar money-makers including Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Ed Seykota, Marty Schwartz, Tom Baldwin and others. After reading this best-selling book, you’ll know what ingredients enable these top traders to consistently work their financial magic in the markets while so many others walk away losers. One of the top-selling trading books of all-time!

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