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A Declaration of Energy Independence
by Jay Hakes
It's Up to Us Jay Hakes, former head of the Energy Information Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy from 1993 to 2000, has taken his years of experience to explain the economic, environmental, and national security benefits of weaning ourselves off of oil for those who still don't get it. |
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Outsmart! How To Do What Your Competitors Can't
by Jim Champy
What Current Success Stories Can (and Can't) Teach About Succeeding in Business In <B><I>Outsmart!</B></I>, Champy, “One of the leading management and business thinkers of our time,” uses current and highly relevant examples to discuss how to survive and thrive in a chaotic business environment. |
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The Breakthrough Imperative
by Mark Gottfredson and Steve Schaubert
How to Succeed in Business By Really Trying For anyone bold (or perhaps masochistic) enough to take on a CEO position these days, Gottfredson and Schaubert provide some valuable, if complex strategies and practices to achieve maximum results in a relatively short time. |
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The Open Brand: When Push Comes to Shove in a Web-Made World
by Kelly Mooney and Nita Rollins, Ph.D.
How the New Consumer (That Would Be You) Has Rocked The Business World The Web has allowed consumers to spread word of mouth about products and services at lightning speed, forcing all types of businesses to, as Mooney and Rollins explain, “tap consumers to co-create their future.” |
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Cash Rich Retirement: Using the Investing Techniques of the Mega-Wealthy to SecureYour Future
by Jim Schlagheck
How To Be Financially Ready For Just About Anything While Schlagheck may seem to come across as a bit of an alarmist, he admits there is no way to predict exactly how the aging population will affect the economy. However, few would argue that it will have an impact. |
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Fast Profits in Hard Times: 10 Secret Strategies to Make You Rich in an Up or Down Economy
by Jordan E. Goodman
Some Financial Advice From a Real Money Man Goodman, author and financial journalist, left his position at <B><I>Money</B></I> magazine “to pursue my own career teaching investors to make the most of their money" by presenting strategies that may sound familiar, but that are often overlooked. |
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Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis
by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson
Pay Attention! Our Future May Depend on It In their book, authors Bittle and Johnson make a convincing argument that our government can’t keep spending the way it does for very much longer without major consequences for all Americans. |
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The Fattening of America: How the Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What to Do About It
by Eric A. Finkelstein and Laurie Zuckerman
It’s The Economy (Making Us Fat) Stupid! Our entire economic system seems to be designed to favor gadgets that increasingly minimize the physical effort we exert on a daily basis, and unhealthy foods have become increasingly cheaper while fresh, healthy foods have become more expensive than ever. |
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The Maui Millionaires for Business: The Five Secrets to Get on the Millionaire Fast-Track
by David Finkel and Diane Kennedy, CPA
Another one for the Business Types While this may not sound terribly exciting, this book actually has some practical advice. |
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Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics
by William Bonner and Lila Rajiva
Financial, Social, and Politica Advice With Attitude (and a Healthy Dose of Independent Thought) Bonner, a CEO of a financial newsletter company, and Rajiva, a political journalist, have joined forces to put much of the financial and political turmoil in human history into sharp perspective, pointing out the pitfalls and shortcomings even in our most ingrained beliefs, and sparing no one. |
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