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August 4, 2009
In FED We Trust
Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
Written by David Wessel


Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $26.99

“Whatever it takes”

That was Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s vow as the worst financial panic in more than fifty years gripped the world and he struggled to avoid the once unthinkable: a repeat of the Great Depression. Brilliant but temperamentally cautious, Bernanke researched and wrote about the causes of the Depression... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download and an eBook.


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August 4, 2009
The One Minute Millionaire
The Enlightened Way to Wealth
Written by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen


Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $15.00

Is it possible to make a million dollars in only one minute?
The answer just might surprise you.

In this New York Times bestseller, Mark Victor Hansen, the mastermind behind the 65-million-copy Chicken Soup series, and Robert G. Allen, a pioneer in bestselling wealth-creation books, share their revolutionary approach to building wealth... Read more >


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July 21, 2009
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Written by Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson


Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $27.00

One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now.  What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers—right... Read more >


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July 7, 2009
Why She Buys
The New Strategy for Reaching the World's Most Powerful Consumers
Written by Bridget Brennan


Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $26.00

If the consumer economy had a sex, it would be female.
If the business world had a sex, it would be male.

And therein lies the pickle.

Women are the engine of the global economy, driving 80 percent of consumer spending in the United States alone. They hold the purse strings, and when... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Power Ambition Glory
The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today . . . and the Lessons You Can Learn
Written by Steve Forbes and John Prevas
Foreword by Rudolph Giuliani


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $26.00

Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders.

• Great leaders not only have vision but know how to... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Wall Street Journal. Financial Guidebook for New Parents

Written by Stacey L. Bradford


Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $14.95

A practical approach to affording your kids from cradle to college.

Bringing home your bouncing baby boy or girl should be an exciting time of celebration–not cause for worry about how you’re going to pay for feeding, clothing, and caring for your new bundle of expenses. The average family will spend between... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Future Arrived Yesterday
The Rise of the Protean Corporation and What It Means for You
Written by Michael Malone


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $27.50

A bold vision about the ways companies will adapt and be reborn in a revolutionary world where business models implode and the search is on for what will work. . . .

The fate of newspapers and the music industry is a harbinger of what awaits every company: an aging business... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Education of an Accidental CEO
Lessons Learned from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office
Written by David Novak and John Boswell


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $15.00

David Novak—one of today’s most engaging, unconventional, and successful business leaders—lived in thirty-two trailer parks in twenty-three states by the time he reached the seventh grade. He sold encyclopedias door to door, worked as a hotel night clerk, and took a job as a $7,200-a-year advertising copywriter with the hopes of... Read more >
The Whuffie Factor
Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business
Written by Tara Hunt


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $25.00

The book that catches the crest of Web 2.0 and shows how any business can harness its power by increasing whuffie, the store of social capital that is the currency of the digital world.

Everyone knows about blogs and social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and has heard about someone... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Plot to Save the Planet
How Visionary Entrepreneurs and Corporate Titans Are Creating Real Solutions to Global Warming
Written by Brian Dumaine


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $14.95

The Plot to Save the Planet is an illuminating and inspiring look at the “conspiracy” to make green technology the Silicon Valley of the twenty-first century. How is this new frontier being shaped? Brian Dumaine is your guide in this intriguing look into the very near future. You’ll read about:

• The... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Biography of the Dollar
How the Mighty Buck Conquered the World and Why It's Under Siege
Written by Craig Karmin


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95

“A remarkable historical, political, and economic
examination of the dollar.” –Booklist

Craig Karmin’s in-depth “biography” of the dollar examines the power of the Federal Reserve, the inner sanctums of foreign central banks that stockpile currency, and the little-known circles of foreign exchange traders who determine a currency’s worth. It’s “a surprisingly entertaining... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
How Come That Idiot's Rich and I'm Not?

Written by Robert Shemin


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95

Have you ever wondered why some people attract wealth while others stay financially trapped? The key is learning wealth-friendly, upside-down thinking.

In this New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, Robert Shemin, one-time "idiot" and currently a multimillionaire, illustrates in a witty way how going against the grain... Read more >
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The Wall Street Journal. Guide to Starting Your Financial Life

Written by Karen Blumenthal


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $14.95

Your Road to Lifelong Financial Independence

It’s about time you felt empowered to better manage your money because–in tough economic times more than ever–your financial freedom depends on making smart choices. But it’s hard to know where to begin, especially when you’re just starting out. And of course, it only gets more... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Catalyst
How You Can Become an Extraordinary Growth Leader
Written by Jeanne Liedtka, Robert Rosen and Robert Wiltbank


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $27.50

How ordinary managers in any economy
can do extraordinary things to build
sustainable growth engine

The Catalyst speaks to all managers who have ever been handed ambitious growth targets but little guidance on how to hit them. Managers like you who, year in and year out, face “the terror of the plug.”... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Go Point
When It's Time to Decide--Knowing What to Do and When to Do It
Written by Michael Useem


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $14.95

What do you do when it’s time to get off the fence?

One of the world’s most noted leadership experts, Michael Useem uses dramatic story­telling to show how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people who faced their go point... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Difference
How Anyone Can Prosper in Even The Toughest Times
Written by Jean Chatzky


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $24.95

Can you really start from nothing and become truly secure financially?

What’s the difference between you and Warren Buffett? Between you and your boss? Or between you and your successful neighbor? What do the financially comfortable have that you don’t?

It’s not that those people were born into money, caught a lucky... Read more >
Dare to Prepare
How to Win Before You Begin
Written by Ronald M. Shapiro and Gregory Jordan


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $14.95

Over the course of a forty-year career in the worlds of law, sports, business, and politics, Ron Shapiro has worked with and advised an incredible variety of people. What he’s found is that the secret ingredient for getting into the winner’s circle is simply the discipline of methodical preparation: that old-school... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint
How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas
Written by Christopher Witt and Dale Fetherling


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $21.95

Think about the most powerful speech you’ve ever heard a leader give. What made that speech–and that speaker–memorable was likely a mix of authenticity, stage presence, masterful delivery, and–above all–an inspirational message.

Nobody ever walked out of a great speech saying, “I loved the way she used PowerPoint.” Yet, all too often... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Start and Run Your Own Record Label, Third Edition

Written by Daylle Deanna Schwartz


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $21.95

For everyone interested in starting a record label–to market new talent or to release and promote their own music–there has never been a better time to do it!

Music can be released, distributed, and promoted for a fraction of traditional costs. Veteran author and music-business consultant Daylle Deanna Schwartz (who started... Read more >
The Moneymakers
How Extraordinary Managers Win in a World Turned Upside Down
Written by Anne-Marie Fink


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.50

When real money is at stake, it tends to clarify the mind, and for over a decade, Anne-Marie Fink has had literally billions of dollars resting on her assessments of companies. As an equity analyst and professional investor, she has been charged with understanding whether businesses are solid, long-term moneymakers–or rotten... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Jubak Picks
50 Stocks That Will Rebuild Your Wealth & Safeguard Your Future
Written by Jim Jubak


Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $25.00

The Investing Strategy for All Seasons

The Jubak Picks enables you to play great offense and great defense: to make money in the stock market in good times, to protect yourself during downturns, and to reap the biggest profits when the good times return.
In good times, Jubak’s strategy beats the market, delivering... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook
Make the Most of Your Biggest Asset in Any Market
Written by David Crook


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95

Your Map for a Brave New Real-Estate World

The days of real-estate mania—when you really couldn’t go wrong with buying a home, then selling it in a few years for a lot more than you paid for it—are over. Inflated prices and the “subprime” mortgage crisis have finally burst the bubble. Now... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business

Written by Earvin Magic Johnson


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $25.95

As a young man, Earvin “Magic” Johnson admired his father and other small-town entrepreneurs who created jobs and served as leaders in his Midwestern community. He worked for them, watched them, and his interest in building communities through economic development grew even while his basketball career flourished. His fame as an... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.
Green Biz
50 Green, Profitable Companies Reveal Their Strategies and Successes
Written by American Benchmark Press


Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $60.00

Can a business be profitable and environmentally responsible?

These 50 forward-thinking companies answer with a resounding YES!

From Alcoa to Xanterra, the companies profiled in these pages have taken the lead in linking growth and profitability with a commitment to protecting and preserving the earth. The sustainable strategies created by these dynamic, positive... Read more >
Grande Expectations
A Year in the Life of Starbucks' Stock
Written by Karen Blumenthal


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $14.95

Karen Blumenthal, like most people, is mystified by the stock market. Just why is it, she wonders, that seemingly good news can send a stock plummeting and bad news can send it skyrocketing again?

In Grande Expectations, she shows how money is made and lost by following one of America’s hottest... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.