Business & economics

Nuclear Waste Management and Legitimacy

by Mats Andrén

Nuclear technology places special demands on society and both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy for peaceful purposes require a large measure of security and monitoring at the international level.

This book...

Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa

by Tewodaj Mogues & Samuel E Benin

Whereas there is plenty of work looking at macroeconomic effect of public spending on growth and poverty in Africa as well as studies of the impact of spending or investment in one economic sector on outcomes...

Financial Integration in the European Union

by Roman Matoušek & Daniel Stavárek

This edited collection assesses the level of financial integration in the European Union (EU) and the differences across the countries and segments of the EU financial system. Progress in financial integration...

Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations

by Laura Morgan Roberts & Jane E. Dutton

In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. New challenges for positive identity...

Final Accounting: Ambition, Greed and the Fall of Arthur Andersen

by Barbara Ley Toffler & Jennifer Reingold

A withering exposé of the unethical practices that triggered the indictment and collapse of the legendary accounting firm.

Arthur Andersen's conviction on obstruction of justice charges related to the Enron...

The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History's Best Investment Strategies

by John P. Reese & Jack M. Forehand

Today's investor is faced with a myriad of investment options and strategies. Whether you are seeking someone to manage your money or are a self-directed investor deciding to tackle the market on your own, the...

Revolutionary Wealth

by Alvin Toffler & Heidi Toffler

Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of readers new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly...

Career Changer's Manual: Your Complete Resource for Career Changing Success!

by LLC Learning Express

Designed for anyone from the recent graduate who decides to change focus to the seasoned professional starting fresh in a new industry, this guidebook offers hands-on activities that lead consumers through each...

Suze Orman's Financial Guidebook: Put the 9 Steps to Work

by Suze Orman

A One-on-One Financial Planning Session with Suze Orman.

With her national bestseller The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, Suze Orman launched a personal finance revolution—transforming the concept of money for...

Confronting Reality: Master the New Model for Success

by Ram Charan & Larry Bossidy

Confronting Reality will change the way you think about and run your business. It is the first book that shows how to connect the big picture of the new era of business with the nitty-gritty of what to do about...

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

by Tim Harford

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier...

In Pursuit of the Common Good: Twenty-Five Years of Improving the World, One Bottle of Salad Dressing at a Time

by A.E. Hotchner & Paul Newman

Shameless exploitation has never been more fun nor done more good for more people than when done by Newman’s Own—the first green food company to use all-natural ingredients, and still the most successful....

The Wall Street Journal. Personal Finance Workbook

by Jeff D. Opdyke

A hands-on, interactive guide to managing your monday and building your financial future

Many of the worksheets in this book are available online and can be saved, printed, and recalculated at any time. Go to:...

Winning New Business: Essential Selling Skills for Non-Sales People

by Richard Denny

Winning New Business by Richard Denny is the book for everyone who needs to know the skills of successful selling but lacks the training - or the courage - to sell effectively.

Brainwork

by David A. Sousa

In his masterful new book, BRAINWORK, David Sousa dispels popular brain myths and half-truths and gives us the hard facts of brain research as applicable to the workplace. Some of the new revelations run counter...

Motivate to Win: Learn How to Motivate Yourself and Others to Really Get Results

by Richard Denny

Motivate to Win is a comprehensive guide starting from the very definition of motivation, to its implications for achievement in everyday life, both business and personal. Including sections on confidence, goal-setting...

Shifting the Monkey: The Art of Protecting Good People From Liars, Criers, and Other Slackers

by Todd Whitaker

Why do poor employees get a disproportionate amount of attention? Because they complain the loudest, create the greatest disruptions, and rely on others to assume the responsibilities that they shirk. Learn...

Billionaires' Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality

by Linda Mcquaig & Neil Brooks

The concentration of wealth today in such a small number of hands inevitably created a dynamic that led to freewheeling financial speculation—a dynamic that produced similarly disastrous results in the last...

Veterans Benefits for Dummies

by Rod Powers

Saving veterans and their families from months of phone calls and internet searches, Veterans Benefits For Dummies outlines the various programs that the VA and other government agencies have in place as well...

Living Rich for Less: Create the Lifestyle You Want by Giving, Saving, and Spending Smart

by Ellie Kay

You really can be rich in every way, every day.

So you want to own the home you love, make memories on wonderful vacations with family or friends, finance college educations, and help others too?

You can–starting...