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"A new kind of manifesto for the working woman, with practical guidance on building wealth as well as inspiration for harnessing the freedom and power that comes from a breadwinning mindset. Women are now the main breadwinner in one-in-four households...
"The Metaverse can broadly be described as an online virtual environment where users can interact with the computing environment and other users. Metaverse is ever-expanding and is quickly moving on to other areas which will include things like...
"In 1972 four young scientists at MIT wrote a book called The Limits to Growth, which shocked the world and became an international best-seller. Using the World3 computer model, the authors looked toward the future and sounded an alarm, for the first...
""Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history...
"At the heart of today's financial and economic crisis is a problem hiding in plain sight. In modern capitalism, value-extraction - the siphoning off of profits, from shareholders' dividends to bankers' bonuses - is rewarded more highly than value-cr...
""What you are today is not important... for in this runaway bestseller you will learn how to change your life by applying the secrets you are about to discover in the ancient scrolls."--Publisher description"--Publisher's description.
"April of 2022 marks a 25-year milestone for the personal finance classic Rich Dad Poor Dad that still ranks as the #1 Personal Finance book of all time. And although 25 years have passed since Rich Dad Poor Dad was first published, readers will find...
"From the Wall Street Journal's Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his top lieutenants - Jony Ive, the Chief Design Officer, and Tim Cook, the COO-turned-CEO - and how the fading of the former...
"Millions of highly effective people around the world have read Richard Koch's global bestseller THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE and enjoyed a serious advantage in the pursuit of success. Now, BEYOND THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE (previously published as The 80/20 Principle...
"The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of collaboration between the public sector (notably, NASA) and private companies. This book asks: what if the...
"Twenty years after its first publication, The 80/20 Principle is a global bestseller read by millions of highly effective people around the world. Now, it is more powerful and essential than ever. In the past, the principle gave those who used it a ...
"In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four-million strong, five-thousand nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon...
"QuickBooks makes it quick to do your books, and QuickBooks 2022 All-in-One For Dummies makes it easy. The leading small business accounting software will become your best friend, helping you cut costs (no more expensive financial services) and save time,...
"The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you have about four thousand weeks on earth. How should we use them best? Of course, nobody needs telling that there isn't enough time. We're obsessed by our...
"Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behaviour is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money--investing, personal finance, and business decisions--is typically taught as a math-based field,...
"A large number of managers - especially in these difficult times - feel completely overwhelmed. Their inboxes are overflowing, they constantly struggle to finish their to-do lists and they stay at work longer than they would like to, leaving little time...
"New Zealand's car assembly industry began with the Colonial Motor Company piecing together Ford Model Ts in the early 1920s, and the first true production line came in 1926 with General Motors. For the next 70 years, as governments imposed tariffs o...
"The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions – Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art – Oxford – the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations in the arts and the sciences. The source...
"Taking to heart the message that the poor and middle class work for money, but the rich have money work for them, the author lays out a financial philosophy based on the principle that income-generating assets always provide healthier bottom-line...
"An entrepreneur's complete guide to making it big while keeping things small. Small business specialist Elaine Pofeldt offers her blueprint for getting a running start with your microbusiness-that is, a business with no more than four employees, inc...
"In this new collection of literary essays, Karen Lloyd explores abundance and loss in the natural world relating compelling stories of restoration, renewal, and rewilding and revealing how the people working on the front line of conservation are cha...
"In this fascinating deep dive into the evolution of monetary systems around the globe, Nik Bhatia takes us into the origins of how money has evolved to function in a "layered" manner. Using gold as an example of this term, he traces the layers of this...
"A Silicon Valley icon - and inventor of the iPod and iPhone - dispenses valuable tips and life lessons for entrepreneurs at any stage in their careers. Tony Fadell has spent the last three decades making things and founding companies that have profo...
"A book dedicated to helping business professionals at any level communicate for success on the job. You face tough communication challenges every day at work, both in person and online. Here are immediate, effective, eye-opening actions you can take...
"From the cofounder of the longest-running bitcoin exchange comes a compelling argument for how this digital currency will transform the global economy-and how it can work for you. Bitcoin may be the best investment opportunity of our time, yet most ...
"Packed with research-based insights from Australia's leading workplaces, Let's Talk Culture is the how-to guide for people leaders who want to shape a world-class team culture by design. Successful leaders and organisations know that culture is the ...
"Everybody looks at themselves and finds all sorts of reasons not to love what they see or they wait for someone else to give them permission to love themselves. You have to stop waiting and start doing and that takes some work. Self-love is not something...
"The secret to leading growth is your mindset. Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman is one of the tech world's most accomplished executives in enterprise growth, having led Snowflake to the largest software IPO ever after leading ServiceNow and Data Domain t...
"Money Magic is a holistic guide to taking control of your finances through a combination of everyday habits, healing practices, and magical rituals. Organized into seven steps, these pages provide expert guidance and easy-to-follow exercises, plus s...
"Millennials are coming of age at a time when work is temporary, underpaid, incommensurate with their education, or downright unsatisfying. Despite these challenges, media scholar S. Craig Watkins argues that this moment of precarity is rife with opp...
"Property Quadrants examines the four ways that real estate investing works and takes you through real life stories of how property investor Nichole Lewis has helped people turn their lives around using these proven formulas. ‘My inspiration is around...
"Everyone faces big questions when it comes to money: questions about saving, investing, and whether you're getting it right with your finances. Unfortunately, many of the answers provided by the financial industry have been based on belief and conje...
"Tiritiri Matangi Island is a conservation success story of international significance. Thousands of trees, planted by volunteers, and the subsequent release of many rare and endangered species have produced today's world-famous Open Sanctuary near A...
"You can baby step your way to becoming a millionaire. Most people know Dave Ramsey as the guy who did stupid with a lot of zeros on the end. He made his first million in his twenties--the wrong way--and then went bankrupt. That's when he set out to ...
"A practical and fascinating guide from leading data expert Dr Selena Fisk that teaches us how to make informed decisions using the numbers around us so we can work smarter and live better.Data is everywhere. Smart watches track our steps and heart r...
"The past two decades have witnessed sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of other ills that have left people wondering what has happened to the future they were promised. Restarting the Future reveals how...
"A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin's corruption. Bill Browder's journey started on the South Side of...
"Don't Quit Your Day Job presents the six empowering, essential mindshifts necessary to rise and thrive in your career-and to love your life at the same time. Learn the attitudes and actions used by those who successfully navigate today's work challenges,...
"Stephen M.R. Covey makes the compelling argument that even though our world has changed drastically, our leadership style has not. Most organizations, teams, schools, and families today still operate from a model of "command and control." But because...
"Lead meaningful and positive change in your organisation with the ultimate guide to implementing diversity and inclusion. Of the very few Fortune 500 companies that share diversity data, 72% of their senior executives are white men. And it's been proven...
"In EMOTION BY DESIGN, Nike's former CMO shares lessons and stories from three decades within the company. Readers will learn how Nike continues to not just expand its reach but deepen its bonds through groundbreaking, savvy messaging that's authentic...
"This is the only money guide you'll ever need. That's a bold claim, given there are thousands of finance books on the shelves. Yet there's a reason this book is in one in every 20 Australian homes. You'll find out how to create an entire financial plan...
"A revolutionary roadmap for building startups that go the distance. Cracks are forming in the myth of the VC-funded, IPO-driven billion-dollar company. They're unprofitable, unethical and unsustainable - so why bother chasing unicorns? The Minimalis...
""Is the financial plan of mediocrity -- a dream-stealing, soul-sucking dogma known as "The Slowlane" your plan for creating wealth? You know how it goes; it sounds a little something like this: "Go to school, get a good job, save 10% of your paycheck,...
"Expert advice on how to connect a lonely workforce-and improve employee engagement and productivity. When Covid-19 forced a sudden shift to remote work in 2020, it only exacerbated what had been a long-simmering issue in the workplace: Feelings of i...
"Why are humans the only species to have escaped - only very recently - the subsistence trap, allowing us to enjoy a standard of living that vastly exceeds all others? And why have we progressed so unequally around the world, resulting in the great d...
"Award-winning publican and founder of Hunt Hospitality, Stephen J Hunt, turns his 30 years of buying, renovating, and selling pubs into an easy-to-read, practical guide on how to turn a poorly performing business into a highly profitable one. From the...
"We all know that hard-to-define feeling of being in our element, experiencing flow, and finding deep fulfillment ... but why is it so rare? Kelly Trach calls it your "genius." And it's not as elusive as you think. With this book, you'll discover how...
"From aluminium and platinum to zinc and gold, oil and gas to cocoa and wheat, our lives are full of products derived or made from commodities - the world's natural resources. We often take them for granted - but at our peril, given the pivotal role ...
"Planning for retirement can be a scary thought, whether it is just around the corner or years in the future. Martin Hawes, one of New Zealand's best-known experts on personal finance, answers all of the questions that may be keeping you up at night:...
"A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cutthroat management--that contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation Boeing is a century-old titan of American industry. The largest ...
"As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had-vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture-and felt ashamed that she and her son...
"An inspirational call to build deep business and personal relationships as the foundation of a meaningful life and purposeful collaborations, drawing from the wisdom of legendary partnerships including Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Ben and Jerry, Desmond...
"The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they come from. But we should. In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of...
"Since its debut a quarter-century ago, this text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description...
"From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the international bestseller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history's most turbulent economic...
"Leadership legend Ken Blanchard teams up with Randy Conley to share the most essential lessons on servant leadership and building trust from the heart of his leadership model. Effective leadership comes down to implementing everyday, commonsense practices...
"In this book ... Frances Cook shows you how to change your money so that you can live your ideal life. Learn how, on an ordinary income, you can plan for and achieve true financial freedom "--Back cover.
"Microsoft Power BI allows intuitive access to data that can power intelligent business decisions and insightful strategies. The question is, do you have the Power BI skills to make your organization's numbers spill their secrets? In Microsoft Power BI...
"Microsoft Project For Dummies will guide Microsoft Project users through the steps of getting set up, started, and finding success with this project management program. Experience with the traditional suite of Office products like Word and Excel, but...
"The math, formulas, and problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated. This guides introduces you to the practices of determining an operating budget, calculating future cash flow, and analyzing scenarios in a friendl...
"This book is a start-to-finish guide (though the work is never really finished) to creating a strong brand DNA for your business, creating a successful launch strategy, and building and scaling your brand. Learn from case studies from some of the st...
"Leadership is hard. But how do you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done? A global pandemic, Depression-level unemployment, civil and political unrest. From New York to Barcelona to Hong Kong, it feels as if the...
"Achieve your organisation's best possible future with this new approach to designing simple and powerful strategy. When did we lose our nerve for future planning? We all know strategy is important, but it's not easy to come up with fresh ideas needed...
"Hey Whipple, Squeeze This, has helped generations of young creatives in advertising make their mark in the field. The lessons about writing and art direction contained in 5 previous editions of Whipple are still relevant. Creativity is still king. B...
"The world of work is shifting to become a Nowhere Office faster than anyone could imagine. The pandemic has accelerated shifts caused by increased automation and the 4th Industrial Revolution, and perhaps as much as one third of the world's permanen...
"In this explosive expose of the drug companies and how they are ripping us off, Marcia Angell, M.D., a doctor, medical journalist, and a former editor of the respected New England Journal of Medicine, reveals the many ways in which the pharmaceutical...
"In Rethinking Capitalism, leading economists challenge orthodox ideas about economic theory and policy and propose novel approaches to achieving a more just and sustainable economy. Details the reality of contemporary capitalism and the failure of c...
"Around the world, countries and companies are setting net-zero carbon emissions targets. But "net-zero" is a term that conveniently obscures multiple futures. There could be a version of net-zero where the fossil fuel industry is still spewing tens ...
"Capitalism - once a great engine of human progress - has lost its moral compass, lost public trust and is urgently in need of repair. This has become a familiar refrain since the global economic downturn and has worsened through the pandemic. The young...
"The essential guide for working in diverse teams and across cultures today - including models, tools and real life examples to help break through invisible boundaries. The essential guide for working in diverse teams and across cultures today. This ...
"The must-have financial handbook that will teach a new generation of Australians how to do money.'Cut out your morning latte and you can be rich!' It's a popular view - but it's hopelessly inaccurate. The truth is, it's not your morning coffee that's...
"The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson's piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit...
"Timely and compelling, this book's message is simple: The future of profit is people's purpose, aligned. Lead With We not only examines why we must all conduct business differently in order to grow in today's market, but provides the how-concrete steps...
"You're just one Jump away from greater fulfilment in your career, your life, and your future. Discover the simple, successful formula for facing fear head on, ditching the excuses that hold you back, and finding the courage to Jump into the next chapter...
"Many of us are time poor, stressed out, overwhelmed and on the verge of 'death by meetings'. Our calendars are full of irrelevant or tedious back-to-back 'catch-ups' and our email is overloaded with messages screaming for attention. Every time you get...
"Learn how to achieve peak performance without burning out in the process. We live in a constant state of overwhelm and exhaustion whilst simultaneously striving for high performance. It’s not sustainable and it’s why burnout has become so prevalent....
"You spend most of your waking life working - a jaw-dropping 90,000 hours for the average person. You deserve to feel joy during that time. But how? This Working Life empowers you to experiment in the lab of life. You'll reflect on your highs and lows,...
"You and most people around you are likely to be in the wealthiest 1% who have ever lived. Yet why, for so many people in rich countries, does progress not make us feel better? With the help of a new tool, 'Comparonomics' delves into the factors that...
"An extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money, this is a vital exploration of stories and issues that will be familiar to most. This is a book about toxic workplaces and misogynist men, about getting payrises and g...
"Financial Wellness and How to Find It takes finance out of the business pages and into our personal lives. It tells us that the way we think about money has a lot to do with the way we think about ourselves, and the stories we believe about what we ...
"A bold new look at how technology can become a force multiplier to deliver more empathy and integrate deeper, more personalized human connections into everyday business interactions at scale. While the world has never needed more empathy than today,...
"Time management remains a huge challenge for most people--this book shares the principles and process used by top leaders worldwide to minimize distractions and maximize accomplishments. In working with more than 724 managers and leaders from more than...
"The source of all innovation in any organisation is its people, the best and highest contributor to sustained performance comes from Accelerating Women. The greatest source of innovation in any organisation is its people, and one of the highest cont...
"After over a decade of Bitcoin, which has now moved beyond lore and hype into an increasingly robust star in the firmament of global assets, a new and more important question has arisen. What happens beyond Bitcoin? The answer is decentralised finance...
"Welcome to the Age of Creatives, where more and more makers, designers, writers, and artists are in demand. Learn how to succeed at managing other creatives ... once you understand the new strategies and mindset that are required. For creators, getting...
"A provocative, groundbreaking history of the downfall of the American auto industry. In the 1950s, when America enjoyed massive growth and affluence, no companies contributed more to its success than automakers. They were the biggest and best businesses...
"A new and updated edition of DK's practical guide to selling. The practical guide that gives you the skills to improve your business-to-business selling skills and become a better salesperson. Learn how to improve your sales skills through building....
"A new and updated edition of DK's practical guide to presenting. The practical guide that gives you the skills to improve your presentation skills. Find out how to improve your presentation skills by learning how to prepare properly, capture attention,...
"A new and updated edition of DK's practical guide to effective communication. The practical guide that gives you the tools to improve your communication in a business environment. Discover how to improve your communication skills by learning to unde...
"A new and updated edition of DK's practical guide to achieving high performance. The practical guide that gives you the tools to succeed in a business environment. Discover how to improve your performance and boost productivity by prioritising tasks...
"A groundbreaking chronicle of the birth--and death--of a pair of jeans, that exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planet Take a look at your favorite pair of jeans. Maybe you bought...
"The author shares his personal techniques, insights and experiences regarding saving money and investing, drawn from his blog posts as well as a series of letters to his teenage daughter, both dealing with money management"--Publisher's description.
"THINK AND GROW RICH TODAY is a book that not only presents Napoleon Hill's classic interpretation on leadership, self-motivation and individual achievement, but also presents a panel of contemporary authors who have enjoyed success using Dr. Hill's ...
"Your small business survival guide for the remote work environment In Remote Work Technology: Keeping Your Small Business Thriving From Anywhere , experienced SaaS and telecommunications entrepreneur Henry Kurkowski delivers a step-by-step walkthrough...
"Suffering from never-ending email? Eliminate that subtle sense of anxiety caused by your backlog of email, along with all of the taunting little red indicators on the communication apps on your phone, texts, voicemails, missed calls, social media...
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