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Bad Company

Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream

by Megan Greenwell ...

* KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025* *ONE OF AV CLUB'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025*"[An] indictment of an industry that has cannily tilted the playing field in its favor. Bad Company details how clichéd abstractions like ‘consolidation’ and ‘efficiency’ have given cover to real betrayals.” - The New York TimesA timely work of singular reportage and a damning indictment of the private equity ... Read more

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* KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025* *ONE OF AV CLUB'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025*"[An] indictment of an industry that has cannily tilted the playing field in its favor. Bad Company details how clichéd abstractions like ‘consolidation’ and ‘efficiency’ have given cover to real betrayals.” - The New York TimesA timely work of singular reportage and a damning indictment of the private equity
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If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?

My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating

by Alan Alda ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Award-winning actor Alan Alda tells the fascinating story of his quest to learn how to communicate better, and to teach others to do the same. With his trademark humor and candor, he explores how to develop empathy as the key factor.“Invaluable.”—Deborah Tannen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of You’re the Only One I Can Tell and You Just Don’t UnderstandAlan Alda ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Award-winning actor Alan Alda tells the fascinating story of his quest to learn how to communicate better, and to teach others to do the same. With his trademark humor and candor, he explores how to develop empathy as the key factor.“Invaluable.”—Deborah Tannen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of You’re the Only One I Can Tell and You Just Don’t UnderstandAlan Alda
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Say It Well

Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind, Inspire Any Audience

by Terry Szuplat ...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERPORCHLIGHT AWARD WINNER AS ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF 2024One of Barack Obama’s longest-serving speechwriters reveals the public speaking lessons and communication skills that will help you become a more confident and compelling communicator and leader.As a White House speechwriter, Terry Szuplat helped craft hundreds of speeches for President Obama. But when it came to ... Read more

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLERPORCHLIGHT AWARD WINNER AS ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF 2024One of Barack Obama’s longest-serving speechwriters reveals the public speaking lessons and communication skills that will help you become a more confident and compelling communicator and leader.As a White House speechwriter, Terry Szuplat helped craft hundreds of speeches for President Obama. But when it came to
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Making Sense

Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity

by Sam Harris ...

A New York Times New and Noteworthy BookFrom the bestselling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, an adaptation of his wildly popular, often controversial podcast“Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.” —Sam HarrisSam Harris—neuroscientist, philosopher, and bestselling author—has been exploring some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and curren ... Read more

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A New York Times New and Noteworthy BookFrom the bestselling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, an adaptation of his wildly popular, often controversial podcast“Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.” —Sam HarrisSam Harris—neuroscientist, philosopher, and bestselling author—has been exploring some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and curren
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Play Nice

The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment

by Jason Schreier ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben Mezrich).**For video game fans, the name Blizzard ... Read more

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**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben Mezrich).**For video game fans, the name Blizzard
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Ambition Monster

A Memoir

by Jennifer Romolini ...

**An “**intimate, intensely resonant memoir about workaholism, unresolved trauma, and the ‘addictive nature of ambition’” (Harper’s Bazaar), this is an anti-girlboss tale for our times for readers of Drinking: A Love Story and Uncanny Valley.After years of relentlessly racing up the professional ladder, Jennifer Romolini reached the kind of success many crave: a high-profile, C-suite dream job, a ... Read more

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**An “**intimate, intensely resonant memoir about workaholism, unresolved trauma, and the ‘addictive nature of ambition’” (Harper’s Bazaar), this is an anti-girlboss tale for our times for readers of Drinking: A Love Story and Uncanny Valley.After years of relentlessly racing up the professional ladder, Jennifer Romolini reached the kind of success many crave: a high-profile, C-suite dream job, a
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Unbound

A Woman's Guide to Power

by Kasia Urbaniak ...

The ultimate guide to owning your power--and mastering how to use it.How can so many women feel "good and mad" yet still reluctant to speak up in a meeting or difficult conversation? Why do women often feel like they're too much--and, at the same time, not enough? What causes us, at the most critical moments in our lives, to freeze?Kasia Urbaniak teaches power to women--and her answers to these ... Read more

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The ultimate guide to owning your power--and mastering how to use it.How can so many women feel "good and mad" yet still reluctant to speak up in a meeting or difficult conversation? Why do women often feel like they're too much--and, at the same time, not enough? What causes us, at the most critical moments in our lives, to freeze?Kasia Urbaniak teaches power to women--and her answers to these
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Football For A Buck

The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

by Jeff Pearlman ...

From Jeff Pearlman—the New York Times best-selling author of Three Ring Circus—comes the rollicking, outrageous story of the USFL, full of larger-than-life characters and you-can’t-make-this-up stories featuring some of the biggest celebrities and buffoons in the game.The United States Football League—known fondly to millions of sports fans as the USFL—did not merely challenge the NFL, but cause ... Read more

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From Jeff Pearlman—the New York Times best-selling author of Three Ring Circus—comes the rollicking, outrageous story of the USFL, full of larger-than-life characters and you-can’t-make-this-up stories featuring some of the biggest celebrities and buffoons in the game.The United States Football League—known fondly to millions of sports fans as the USFL—did not merely challenge the NFL, but cause
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Tryhard

A Cautionary Tale of Clocking In and Spinning Out

by Laura Mayer ...

"Funny, brutally honest and compulsively readable.” — BookPage, STARRED review"An insightful, funny, and refreshingly personal journey into workaholism and the pathological Type A mind." — Cat Marnell, New York Times bestselling author of How to Murder Your LifeA superstar podcast producer delivers a unique, laugh-out-loud, cry quietly invitation to examine our delusional obsessions with work in ... Read more

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"Funny, brutally honest and compulsively readable.” — BookPage, STARRED review"An insightful, funny, and refreshingly personal journey into workaholism and the pathological Type A mind." — Cat Marnell, New York Times bestselling author of How to Murder Your LifeA superstar podcast producer delivers a unique, laugh-out-loud, cry quietly invitation to examine our delusional obsessions with work in
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Small Giants

Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition

by Bo Burlingham ...

How maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill — and focused on greatness instead.It’s an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do, creating a great place ... Read more

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How maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill — and focused on greatness instead.It’s an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do, creating a great place
... Read more
How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie ...

How to Win Friends and Influence People' is one of the first best-selling self-help books ever published. Just after publishing, it quickly exploded into an overnight success, eventually selling more than 15 million copies worldwide, and pioneering an entire genre of self-help and personal success books. With an enduring grasp of human nature, it teaches his readers how to handle people without ... Read more

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How to Win Friends and Influence People' is one of the first best-selling self-help books ever published. Just after publishing, it quickly exploded into an overnight success, eventually selling more than 15 million copies worldwide, and pioneering an entire genre of self-help and personal success books. With an enduring grasp of human nature, it teaches his readers how to handle people without
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Billion Dollar Lessons

What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years

by Paul B. Carroll, Chunka Mui ...

”This book is your chance to learn from others’ mistakes.”-- EntrepreneurIn the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, “Fired? Hell, I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.”There are thousands of books about successful companies but ... Read more

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”This book is your chance to learn from others’ mistakes.”-- EntrepreneurIn the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, “Fired? Hell, I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.”There are thousands of books about successful companies but
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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th edition

by Henry M. Robert III, Daniel H Honemann, Thomas J Balch, Daniel E. Seabold, Shmuel Gerber ...

The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure—a guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings.Robert's Rules of Order is as indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago. This book is the acknowledged "gold standard" for meeting rules.New and enhanced features of this edition include:Section-based paragraph numbering to ... Read more

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The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure—a guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings.Robert's Rules of Order is as indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago. This book is the acknowledged "gold standard" for meeting rules.New and enhanced features of this edition include:Section-based paragraph numbering to
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How to Listen and How to Be Heard

Inclusive Conversations at Work

by Alissa Carpenter ...

A straightforward guide to communicating more effectively on the job and building a more inclusive, creative, and productive workplace.How to Listen and How to Be Heard is a guide to empowering yourself and others to communicate with people who think, act, and experience things differently than you do. It's also guide to communicating with more confidence, candor, and authenticity. Too often, ... Read more

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A straightforward guide to communicating more effectively on the job and building a more inclusive, creative, and productive workplace.How to Listen and How to Be Heard is a guide to empowering yourself and others to communicate with people who think, act, and experience things differently than you do. It's also guide to communicating with more confidence, candor, and authenticity. Too often,
... Read more
Lords of Finance

The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Liaquat Ahamed ...

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A magisterial work.” —New York Times Book Review“The rich and charming story of the end of the world.” —TIME“Highly readable.” —Financial Times“This absorbing study of the first collective of central bankers is provocative, not least because it is still relevant.” —The Economist**It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a ... Read more

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**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A magisterial work.” —New York Times Book Review“The rich and charming story of the end of the world.” —TIME“Highly readable.” —Financial Times“This absorbing study of the first collective of central bankers is provocative, not least because it is still relevant.” —The Economist**It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a
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On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition

An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser ...

"On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition EPB is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." —New York TimesA beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfictionOn Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition EPB, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the w ... Read more

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"On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition EPB is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." —New York TimesA beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfictionOn Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition EPB, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the w
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Possible

How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

by William Ury ...

The author of the world’s best-selling book on negotiation draws on his nearly fifty years of experience and knowledge grappling with the world’s toughest conflicts to offer a way out of the seemingly impossible problems of our time.Conflict is increasing everywhere, threatening everything we hold dear—from our families to our democracy, from our workplaces to our world. In nearly every area of ... Read more

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The author of the world’s best-selling book on negotiation draws on his nearly fifty years of experience and knowledge grappling with the world’s toughest conflicts to offer a way out of the seemingly impossible problems of our time.Conflict is increasing everywhere, threatening everything we hold dear—from our families to our democracy, from our workplaces to our world. In nearly every area of
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Surrounded by Idiots Revised & Expanded Edition

The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life)

by Thomas Erikson ...

A fully revised and expanded edition of the runaway bestseller, Surrounded by Idiots—now with more:Text • Charts • Examples • Snark!Master the four basic behavior types and change the way you communicate!Do you ever think you’re the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy?You are not alone. After a ... Read more

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A fully revised and expanded edition of the runaway bestseller, Surrounded by Idiots—now with more:Text • Charts • Examples • Snark!Master the four basic behavior types and change the way you communicate!Do you ever think you’re the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy?You are not alone. After a
... Read more
Smart Brevity

The Power of Saying More with Less (Revised and Updated)

by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz ...

Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller“[A] master class in everyday business writing” – New York TimesBrevity is confidence. Length is fear.This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it... ... Read more

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Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller“[A] master class in everyday business writing” – New York TimesBrevity is confidence. Length is fear.This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it...
... Read more
Conversation

How to Connect with Anyone & Make Every Interaction Count

by Vanessa Van Edwards ...

The powerful proven blueprint for confident conversations and meaningful connection, from the bestselling author of Cues and CaptivateDoes the thought of small talk with strangers make you want to hide under the couch?Do you crave close friendships but find yourself overanalyzing every social interaction afterward?Do you want to be seen as confident, capable, and genuinely likable — without ... Read more

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The powerful proven blueprint for confident conversations and meaningful connection, from the bestselling author of Cues and CaptivateDoes the thought of small talk with strangers make you want to hide under the couch?Do you crave close friendships but find yourself overanalyzing every social interaction afterward?Do you want to be seen as confident, capable, and genuinely likable — without
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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler ...

The New York Times bestseller that changed the way millions communicate“[Crucial Conversations] draws our attention to those defining moments that literally shape our lives, our relationships, and our world. . . . This book deserves to take its place as one of the key thought leadership contributions of our time.”—from the Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective ... Read more

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The New York Times bestseller that changed the way millions communicate“[Crucial Conversations] draws our attention to those defining moments that literally shape our lives, our relationships, and our world. . . . This book deserves to take its place as one of the key thought leadership contributions of our time.”—from the Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
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The Club

How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

by Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg ...

The Club is the inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet, "a narrative that is part Great Expectations, part Game of Thrones, in equal measure." (Roger Bennett, NBC Sports, Men in Blazers)This is a sports and business tale of how money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama remade an ancient institution into a ... Read more

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The Club is the inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet, "a narrative that is part Great Expectations, part Game of Thrones, in equal measure." (Roger Bennett, NBC Sports, Men in Blazers)This is a sports and business tale of how money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama remade an ancient institution into a
... Read more
Corporate Crime and Punishment

The Crisis of Underenforcement

by John C. Coffee ...

A study and analysis of lack of enforcement against criminal actions in corporate America and what can be done to fix it.In the early 2000s, federal enforcement efforts sent white collar criminals at Enron and WorldCom to prison. But since the 2008 financial collapse, this famously hasn't happened. Corporations have been permitted to enter into deferred prosecution agreements and avoid criminal ... Read more

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A study and analysis of lack of enforcement against criminal actions in corporate America and what can be done to fix it.In the early 2000s, federal enforcement efforts sent white collar criminals at Enron and WorldCom to prison. But since the 2008 financial collapse, this famously hasn't happened. Corporations have been permitted to enter into deferred prosecution agreements and avoid criminal
... Read more
The Best Guide to Build a Bug Out Bag: List, Essentials and Checklist

by Bob Babson ...

The Best Guide to Build a Bug Out Bag: List, Essentials and Checklist by BobBabson Description: Be prepared for anything with a fully equipped bug out bag using this clear, complete, and beginner-friendly guide. Whether you’re preparing for natural disasters, emergencies, or survival situations, this book walks you through building the perfect go-bag—tailored to your needs, environment, and budget ... Read more

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The Best Guide to Build a Bug Out Bag: List, Essentials and Checklist by BobBabson Description: Be prepared for anything with a fully equipped bug out bag using this clear, complete, and beginner-friendly guide. Whether you’re preparing for natural disasters, emergencies, or survival situations, this book walks you through building the perfect go-bag—tailored to your needs, environment, and budget
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