Business & Economics

In this timely book, journalist Lisa Benson shares her journey from the newsroom to the courtroom in her fight for justice at a local television station.Lisa made national news when her twenty-year career as a news reporter / anchor ended abruptly after...

Under chapter headings such as 'Sources of Africa's cultural fragility', 'Thinking differently about African institutions', and 'Liberating human capital', Hlumelo Biko shows how, twenty years in, this century could yet become Africa's century, as many...

This book offers practical guidelines to the best course of action to identify the sociocultural barriers that work to prevent collaboration and cooperation on technological innovation in this region of the world. This is significant because most...

The Age Of Opportunity Is NowGrowing up in poverty-stricken rural South Carolina, Tim Mercer wasn’t exactly set up for entrepreneurial success. Despite the odds stacked against him, he would go on to found the technology consulting business...

Being successful musicians was simply never enough for the three kings of hip-hop. Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z lifted themselves from childhood adversity into tycoon territory, amassing levels of fame and wealth that not only outshone all other...

Renowned as a diversity and inclusion strategist, Gadsden-Williams held C-Suite positions at major organizations for many years...and then took the off-ramp to probe a different career path, launching Ceiling Breakers LLC, with the primary goal to help...

Hip-hop mogul Simmons shares his experiences and beliefs on how to be successful. He offers 12 proven steps to achieving happiness and empowerment.Since rising out of the New York City streets over twenty-five years ago, Russell Simmons has helped create...

Entertainment Power Players: The Premier Fashion, Film, Music, Sports & TV Directory - Edition 4 is the ultimate mainstream resource for Fashion, Film, Music, Sports & TV Contacts, Information and Inspiration. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, the Directory...

About the Author Keith Ferrazzi is founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight. He recently served as CEO of YaYa media, an interactive company. Before joining YaYa, he was chief marketing officer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, and CMO at Deloitte...

Available June 2010Newly updated with the latest in digital publishing and social media, Do The Write Thing: 7 Steps to Publishing Success provides a definitive point-by-point instruction manual for getting published whether writing a family memoir, the...

Sorkin delivers the first true, behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. b&w photo insert.Publisher Comments: A real-life thriller about the most...

Publisher Comments: The New York Times bestseller that introduced the business world to a future that's already here — now in paperback with a new chapter about Long Tail Marketing and a new epilogue. What happens when the bottlenecks that stand between...

Magic Johnson shows businesspeople how to raise the level of their game by offering the life lessons he's learned both in sports and as a successful entrepreneur running a billion-dollar company. Publisher Comments: As a young man, Earvin “Magic”...

5 Tips to Survive the Economy The economy has caused many Americans to make unwise decisions without taking the time to get all the facts and do research which can have a devastating effect on a family. A plan should be developed to weigh the pros and...

"Zero Debt" will helps readers put a financial fortress around themselves, offering tips on budgeting, the importance of having insurance, low-cost strategies for creating an updated will, creative ways to instantly save, and more.Reissue: This is a...