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LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete

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  LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete READ MORE LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete From the New York Times bestselling author of Return of the King comes the story of LeBron James's incredible transformation from basketball star to sports and business mogul. p.p1 margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px font: 12.0px Helvetica p.p2 margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px font: 12.0px Helvetica min-height: 14.0px With eight straight trips to the NBA Finals, LeBron James has proven himself one of the greatest basketball players of all time. And like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan before him, LeBron has also become a global brand and businessman who has altered the way professional athletes think about their value, maximize their leverage, and use their voice. LEBRON, INC tells the story of James's journey down the path to becoming a billionaire sports icon -- his successes, his failures, and the lessons both have taught him along the way. With plenty of newsm

Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells

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  Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells READ MORE Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells Now in paperback, after five hardcover printings, Tommy James’s wild and entertaining true story of his career—part rock & roll fairytale, part valentine to a bygone era, and part mob epic—that “reads like a music-industry version of Goodfellas” (The Denver Post).Everyone knows the hits: “Hanky Panky,” “Mony Mony,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Crimson and Clover,” “Crystal Blue Persuasion.” All of these songs, which epitomize great pop music of the late 1960s, are now widely used in television and film and have been covered by a diverse group of artists from Billy Idol to Tiffany to R.E.M. Just as compelling as the music itself is the life Tommy James lived while making it. James tells the incredible story, revealing his complex and sometimes terrifying relationship with Roulette Records and Morris Levy, the l

The Moneyless Manifesto: Live Well, Live Rich, Live Free

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  The Moneyless Manifesto: Live Well, Live Rich, Live Free READ MORE The Moneyless Manifesto: Live Well, Live Rich, Live Free That we need money to live – like it or not – is a self-evident truism. Right? Not anymore.Drawing on almost three years of experience as The Moneyless Man, Mark Boyle not only demystifies money and the system that binds us to it, he also explains how liberating, easy and enjoyable it is to live with less of it.In this book, Mark takes us on an exploration that goes deeper into the thinking that pushed him to make the decision to go moneyless, and the philosophy he developed along the way. Bursting with radical new perspectives on some of the vital, yet often unquestioned, pillars of economic theory and what it really means to be ‘sustainable’ – as well as creative and practical solutions for how we can live more with less – Boyle offers us one of the world’s most thought-provoking voices on economic and ecological ideas.Mark’s original, witty style will help si

THE BUBBLE AND BEYOND

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  THE BUBBLE AND BEYOND READ MORE THE BUBBLE AND BEYOND THE BUBBLE AND BEYOND describes how the fabulous expansive forces of industrial capitalism have been subverted by a predatory finance capitalism. What the FED hailed as The Great Moderation has left the middle class to take on a lifetime of bank debt to obtain access to housing, education to get a job, an auto to drive to it, and simply to maintain living standards that wages and salaries no longer support. What has derailed the economy is the take-over of academic economics and politics by the financial sector in order to censor criticism and misrepresent statistics so as to give the impression that the economy can borrow its way out of debt. The reality is that income used to pay down today s debt overhead is not available to be spent on goods and services. The result is debt deflation, followed by austerity and the the fire sale or decay of infrastructure at the national and local levels. The most controversial claim by Prof. H

Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace

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  Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace READ MORE Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace Internationally recognized leadership expert John C. Maxwell teaches readers how to shift their leadership to keep innovating, improving, and influencing others in today’s fast-paced world.Change is so rapid today that leaders must do much more than stay the course to be successful. If they aren’t nimble and ready to adapt, they won’t survive. The key is to learn how to leadershift.In Leadershift, John C. Maxwell helps leaders gain the ability and willingness to make leadership changes that will positively enhance their organizational and personal growth. He does this by sharing the eleven shifts he made over the course of his long and successful leadership career. Each shift changed his trajectory and set him up for new and exciting achievements, ultimately strengthening and sustaining his leadership abilities and making him the admired leadership

Tales from the Boom-Boom Room

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  Tales from the Boom-Boom Room READ MORE Tales from the Boom-Boom Room In the 1990s, women in record numbers looked to Wall Street as a great place to build successful and lucrative careers.What many of them found there was not meritocracy, but a boy’s club of misbehaving stockbrokers, and a workplace culture that knew no bounds in its harassment and discriminating behavior toward women. Sometimes it was threatening language other times it was physical intimidation but often, it was much worse. Eventually, women who were subjected to this behavior exploited a loophole in stock-exchange rules and opened the door to unprecedented lawsuits that shook Wall Street to its very core.Taking its title from the notorious party room at Smith Barney's Garden City, New York branch, Tales from the Boom-Boom Room is the detailed and riveting insider account of the lewd and obscene behavior that has run rampant on Wall Street. In this edition, author Susan Antilla provides a new afterword maintai

Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (7th Edition)

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  Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (7th Edition) READ MORE Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (7th Edition) Resolving Moral Issues in Business. The ethical landscape of business is constantly changing, and the new edition of Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases has been revised to keep pace with those changes most effecting business: accelerating globalization, constant technological updates, proliferating of business scandals. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases introduces the reader to the ethical concepts that are relevant to resolving moral issues in business imparts the reasoning and analytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business decisions identifies moral issues specific to a business provides an understanding of the social, technological, and natural environments within which moral issues in business arise and supplies case studies of actual moral conflicts faced by businesses. Teaching and Learning Experience Improve Critical Thinking - Business Ethics:

Ralph Lauren: Revised and Expanded Anniversary Edition

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  Ralph Lauren: Revised and Expanded Anniversary Edition READ MORE Ralph Lauren: Revised and Expanded Anniversary Edition The landmark volume celebrating the life and work of Ralph Lauren--the vision of the brand as told and presented by Lauren himself--in a smaller, more portable edition, with additional photographs updated to the present. In this visually stunning book, Lauren speaks candidly about himself and his art. In part one, we get to know the designer through never-before-seen pictures of him in private life and with his family, living the lives he designs for. In the second part, Lauren displays and writes about his most iconic and most beloved work, handpicked from hundreds of collections and his signature cinematic advertising campaigns. Lauren's aesthetic influence and unique design sensibility are captured here by fashion's finest photographers, including Bruce Weber, Deborah Turbeville, and Patrick Demarchelier. Now expanded with new photography, this unique f

Mindful Money: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend

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  Mindful Money: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend READ MORE Mindful Money: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend Is it possible to be a conscientious citizen of the world and grow wealth? The author, a Buddhist and a financial planner says “yes” and shows exactly how. DeYoe shows how money drives so many of our decisions. But while we worry about earning it, spending it, and saving it, few of us face it head on. The whole point of Buddhism, he says, is “to deal with what is, to look it straight in the eye.” So instead of averting our eyes, deferring to experts, or engaging in get-rich-quick magical thinking, DeYoe shows readers, no matter their income level or spiritual perspective, how to save and invest, pay off debt, and invest for retirement according to their deepest beliefs. The author does all of this while emphasizing that money is merely a tool for providing not only ma

The Ethics of Liberty

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  The Ethics of Liberty READ MORE The Ethics of Liberty In recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative action. Murray N. Rothbard's classic The Ethics of Liberty stands as one of the most rigorous and philosophically sophisticated expositions of the libertarian political position.What distinguishes Rothbard's book is the manner in which it roots the case for freedom in the concept of natural rights and applies it to a host of practical problems. An economist by profession, Rothbard here proves himself equally at home with philosophy. And while his conclusions are radical--that a social order that strictly adheres to the rights of private property must exclude the institutionalized violence inherent in the state--his applications of libertarian principles prove surprisingly practical for a host of social dilemmas, solutions to which have eluded alternative traditions.The Ethi

Junior's Adventures: Storytime Book Set: Teaching Kids How to Win with Money!

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  Junior's Adventures: Storytime Book Set: Teaching Kids How to Win with Money! READ MORE Junior's Adventures: Storytime Book Set: Teaching Kids How to Win with Money! Your children can join Junior in these six fun-filled adventures. Transform their futures with these colorful and entertaining books by teaching them how to handle money now. From working and saving to giving and spending, these wonderful stories will teach kids real-life lessons, and the stories are so much fun that your children won t even know they re learning! Recommended for kids ages 3 10. CLICK HERE ANOTHER BOOKS                                     CLICK HERE READ OR DOWNLOAD Junior's Adventures: Storytime Book Set: Teaching Kids How to Win with Money! Your children can join Junior in these six fun-filled adventures. Transform their futures with these colorful and entertaining books by teaching them how to handle money now. From working and saving to giving and spending, these wonderful stories will te

Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School

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  Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School READ MORE Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School Adopt the investment strategy that turned a school teacher into a millionaire Millionaire Teacher shows you how to achieve financial independence through smart investing -- without being a financial wizard. Author Andrew Hallam was a high school English teacher. He became a debt-free millionaire by following a few simple rules. In this book, he teaches you the financial fundamentals you need to follow in his tracks. You can spend just an hour per year on your investments, never think about the stock market's direction -- and still beat most professional investors. It's not about get-rich-quick schemes or trendy investment products peddled by an ever-widening, self-serving industry it's about your money and your future. This new second edition features updated discussion on passive investing, studies on do