After the year we've had, money is on everyone's mind. How to spend it? How to save it? And especially, how to earn more of it? Get advice and anecdotes from these books.
The Age of Persuasion
Hardcover | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Business & Economics - Advertising & Promotion; Business & Economics - Industries - Media & Communications Industries; Current Affairs - Mass Media
978-0-307-39731-7 (0-307-39731-9)
October 27, 2009 | $34.95
The ad men behind CBC Radio’s The Age of Persuasion combine lively social history and years of industry experience to show how the art of persuasion shapes our culture.
Witty, erudite and irrepressibly irreverent, The Age of Persuasion provides a hugely entertaining — and eye-opening — insider’s look at the ever-expanding world...
Hardcover | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Business & Economics - Advertising & Promotion; Business & Economics - Industries - Media & Communications Industries; Current Affairs - Mass Media
978-0-307-39731-7 (0-307-39731-9)
October 27, 2009 | $34.95
The ad men behind CBC Radio’s The Age of Persuasion combine lively social history and years of industry experience to show how the art of persuasion shapes our culture.
Witty, erudite and irrepressibly irreverent, The Age of Persuasion provides a hugely entertaining — and eye-opening — insider’s look at the ever-expanding world...
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The Smart Cookies' Guide to Making More Dough and Getting Out of Debt
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage Canada | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-307-35687-1 (0-307-35687-6)
August 25, 2009 | $19.95
Inspired by an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on personal finance, the Smart Cookies, five dynamic young women who weren’t always so savvy about money, formed a "money club," and together developed strategies for turning their financial lives around – without surrendering their sanity or their social lives.
In this guide...
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage Canada | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-307-35687-1 (0-307-35687-6)
August 25, 2009 | $19.95
Inspired by an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on personal finance, the Smart Cookies, five dynamic young women who weren’t always so savvy about money, formed a "money club," and together developed strategies for turning their financial lives around – without surrendering their sanity or their social lives.
In this guide...
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Confessions of a Radical Industrialist
Hardcover | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Business & Economics - Environmental Economics; Biography & Autobiography - Business
978-0-7710-0753-8 (0-7710-0753-1)
September 15, 2009 | $32.99
“America’s greenest CEO” and the hero from the award-winning documentary The Corporation makes the urgent, compelling case that sustainable business pays.
His story is now legend. In 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson felt a “spear in the chest”: the founder of Interface, Inc., a billion-dollar...
Hardcover | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Business & Economics - Environmental Economics; Biography & Autobiography - Business
978-0-7710-0753-8 (0-7710-0753-1)
September 15, 2009 | $32.99
“America’s greenest CEO” and the hero from the award-winning documentary The Corporation makes the urgent, compelling case that sustainable business pays.
His story is now legend. In 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson felt a “spear in the chest”: the founder of Interface, Inc., a billion-dollar...
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eBook.
Rob Carrick's Guide to What's Good, Bad and Downright Awful in Canadian Investments Today
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Doubleday Canada | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-385-66745-6 (0-385-66745-0)
December 29, 2009 | $19.95
From the author of How to Pay Less and Keep More for Yourself, the essential Canadian investment guide.
This is the kind of investment advice that Canadians crave, at a time when they need it most: super-savvy, easy to use, and written in a no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners style that's often outrageously outspoken.
Rob Carrick...
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Doubleday Canada | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-385-66745-6 (0-385-66745-0)
December 29, 2009 | $19.95
From the author of How to Pay Less and Keep More for Yourself, the essential Canadian investment guide.
This is the kind of investment advice that Canadians crave, at a time when they need it most: super-savvy, easy to use, and written in a no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners style that's often outrageously outspoken.
Rob Carrick...
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eBook.
The Snowball
Trade Paperback | 832 pages | Bantam | Biography & Autobiography - Business; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Rich & Famous
978-0-553-38461-1 (0-553-38461-9)
October 27, 2009 | $24.95
Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to...
Trade Paperback | 832 pages | Bantam | Biography & Autobiography - Business; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Rich & Famous
978-0-553-38461-1 (0-553-38461-9)
October 27, 2009 | $24.95
Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to...
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eBook,
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large print trade paperback.
The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated
Hardcover | 416 pages | Crown | Self Help; Business & Economics - Careers
978-0-307-46535-1 (0-307-46535-7)
December 15, 2009 | $26.95
More than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content.
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly...
Hardcover | 416 pages | Crown | Self Help; Business & Economics - Careers
978-0-307-46535-1 (0-307-46535-7)
December 15, 2009 | $26.95
More than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content.
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly...
Also available as an
eBook.
The One Minute Millionaire
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-307-45156-9 (0-307-45156-9)
August 4, 2009 | $18.95
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...
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-307-45156-9 (0-307-45156-9)
August 4, 2009 | $18.95
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...
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
The First Billion Is the Hardest
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics
978-0-307-39601-3 (0-307-39601-0)
September 8, 2009 | $18.95
It’s Never Too Late to Top Your Personal Best.
Both a riveting account of a life spent pulling off improbable triumphs and a report back from the front of the global-energy and natural-resource wars, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells the story of the remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famed...
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics
978-0-307-39601-3 (0-307-39601-0)
September 8, 2009 | $18.95
It’s Never Too Late to Top Your Personal Best.
Both a riveting account of a life spent pulling off improbable triumphs and a report back from the front of the global-energy and natural-resource wars, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells the story of the remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famed...
The Informant (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Trade Paperback | 656 pages | Broadway | Business & Economics
978-0-7679-3125-0 (0-7679-3125-4)
August 11, 2009 | $21.00
[National Bestseller]
Soon to be a major motion picture from Warner Bros., starring Matt Damon.
In The Informant, award-winning investigative reporter and New York Times bestselling author Kurt Eichenwald tells the outrageously true story of greed, corruption, and conspiracy that left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man...
Trade Paperback | 656 pages | Broadway | Business & Economics
978-0-7679-3125-0 (0-7679-3125-4)
August 11, 2009 | $21.00
[National Bestseller]
Soon to be a major motion picture from Warner Bros., starring Matt Damon.
In The Informant, award-winning investigative reporter and New York Times bestselling author Kurt Eichenwald tells the outrageously true story of greed, corruption, and conspiracy that left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man...
The Price of a Bargain
Hardcover | 344 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Business & Economics - Economic Conditions; History - Modern - 21St Century; Business & Economics
978-0-7710-4606-3 (0-7710-4606-5)
October 20, 2009 | $32.99
A brilliant investigation into the true cost of our bargain economy — and the end of consumerism as we know it
Ours is the age of discount: we want more, cheaper, better. But the result is low wages, urban blight, environmental damage, labour abuses, a cookie-cutter model of progress, and now an...
Hardcover | 344 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Business & Economics - Economic Conditions; History - Modern - 21St Century; Business & Economics
978-0-7710-4606-3 (0-7710-4606-5)
October 20, 2009 | $32.99
A brilliant investigation into the true cost of our bargain economy — and the end of consumerism as we know it
Ours is the age of discount: we want more, cheaper, better. But the result is low wages, urban blight, environmental damage, labour abuses, a cookie-cutter model of progress, and now an...
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Cash in a Flash
Hardcover | 384 pages | Harmony | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-307-45330-3 (0-307-45330-8)
August 25, 2009 | $27.95
Bestselling authors Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen are back following their mega-hit The One Minute Millionaire with new strategies to generate cash quickly.
Right now, everyone needs trusted, proven, practical advice and techniques for making money fast. In Cash in a Flash, two of the most successful entrepreneurs in the...
Hardcover | 384 pages | Harmony | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-307-45330-3 (0-307-45330-8)
August 25, 2009 | $27.95
Bestselling authors Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen are back following their mega-hit The One Minute Millionaire with new strategies to generate cash quickly.
Right now, everyone needs trusted, proven, practical advice and techniques for making money fast. In Cash in a Flash, two of the most successful entrepreneurs in the...
Also available as an
eBook.
Dear Undercover Economist
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Anchor Canada | Business & Economics
978-0-385-66743-2 (0-385-66743-4)
August 25, 2009 | $21.00
A fantastic collection of witty, insightful, and often outrageous Financial Times columns that answer readers’ personal dilemmas using the latest economic theory.
Tim Harford employs his idiosyncratic style to explain economic principles so that anyone can understand them — and reveals how they apply to (and can solve) issues in everyday life...
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Anchor Canada | Business & Economics
978-0-385-66743-2 (0-385-66743-4)
August 25, 2009 | $21.00
A fantastic collection of witty, insightful, and often outrageous Financial Times columns that answer readers’ personal dilemmas using the latest economic theory.
Tim Harford employs his idiosyncratic style to explain economic principles so that anyone can understand them — and reveals how they apply to (and can solve) issues in everyday life...
Also available as an
eBook.
The Disloyal Company
Trade Paperback | 250 pages | Transcontinental | Business & Economics
978-0-9809924-7-2 (0-9809924-7-8)
October 13, 2009 | $24.95
Companies are more disloyal to their clients than the clients are disloyal to companies.
Business leaders regularly complain about their clients’ lack of loyalty. Yet, reality shows that the opposite is true: companies are disloyal to their clients.
• Why do we offer better promotions to our new clients while offering nothing to...
Trade Paperback | 250 pages | Transcontinental | Business & Economics
978-0-9809924-7-2 (0-9809924-7-8)
October 13, 2009 | $24.95
Companies are more disloyal to their clients than the clients are disloyal to companies.
Business leaders regularly complain about their clients’ lack of loyalty. Yet, reality shows that the opposite is true: companies are disloyal to their clients.
• Why do we offer better promotions to our new clients while offering nothing to...
Adland
Hardcover | 336 pages | Doubleday | Business & Economics - Advertising & Promotion; Humor - Topic - Business & Professional
978-0-385-52496-4 (0-385-52496-X)
September 15, 2009 | $33.00
Liar's Poker meets The Tipping Point meets Mad Men-a hilarious, personal, and sneakily profound chronicle of the past, present, and future of the advertising business.
Adland is a book about advertising. Which is to say, it's a book about every issue and aspect of life on our morally conflicted, culturally challenged, ubiquitously...
Hardcover | 336 pages | Doubleday | Business & Economics - Advertising & Promotion; Humor - Topic - Business & Professional
978-0-385-52496-4 (0-385-52496-X)
September 15, 2009 | $33.00
Liar's Poker meets The Tipping Point meets Mad Men-a hilarious, personal, and sneakily profound chronicle of the past, present, and future of the advertising business.
Adland is a book about advertising. Which is to say, it's a book about every issue and aspect of life on our morally conflicted, culturally challenged, ubiquitously...
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Hoodwinked
Hardcover | 256 pages | Broadway Business | Business & Economics
978-0-307-58992-7 (0-307-58992-7)
November 10, 2009 | $29.99
John Perkins has seen the signs of today's economic meltdown before. The subprime mortgage fiascos, the banking industry collapse, the rising tide of unemployment, the shuttering of small businesses across the landscape are all too familiar symptoms of a far greater disease. In his former life as an economic hit man...
Hardcover | 256 pages | Broadway Business | Business & Economics
978-0-307-58992-7 (0-307-58992-7)
November 10, 2009 | $29.99
John Perkins has seen the signs of today's economic meltdown before. The subprime mortgage fiascos, the banking industry collapse, the rising tide of unemployment, the shuttering of small businesses across the landscape are all too familiar symptoms of a far greater disease. In his former life as an economic hit man...
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eBook.
Start-Up Nation
Hardcover | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Business & Economics - International; History - Israel; Political Science - International Relations
978-0-7710-7967-2 (0-7710-7967-2)
November 3, 2009 | $32.99
A fascinating expert look at Israel’s meteoric rise in the global economy — with timely hints for a world reeling from financial crisis
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel — a country of 7.1 million, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war, with no natural...
Hardcover | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Business & Economics - International; History - Israel; Political Science - International Relations
978-0-7710-7967-2 (0-7710-7967-2)
November 3, 2009 | $32.99
A fascinating expert look at Israel’s meteoric rise in the global economy — with timely hints for a world reeling from financial crisis
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel — a country of 7.1 million, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war, with no natural...
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The Wolf at the Door
Trade Paperback | 312 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-7710-8036-4 (0-7710-8036-0)
January 26, 2010 | $22.95
A practical guide for dealing with collection agencies and your debts, from Canada's top expert.
At some point in life, many of us have trouble paying the bills. If you've ever been hounded by a collection agency, you know how intimidating and stressful the experience can be. But we have much more...
Trade Paperback | 312 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-7710-8036-4 (0-7710-8036-0)
January 26, 2010 | $22.95
A practical guide for dealing with collection agencies and your debts, from Canada's top expert.
At some point in life, many of us have trouble paying the bills. If you've ever been hounded by a collection agency, you know how intimidating and stressful the experience can be. But we have much more...
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Anchor Canada | Business & Economics; Art - Popular Culture
978-0-385-66678-7 (0-385-66678-0)
September 22, 2009 | $22.00
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark delves into the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world – artists, dealers, auction houses, and wealthy collectors. If it’s true – as so often said – that 85 percent of new contemporary art is bad, why were record prices achieved at auction for works...
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Anchor Canada | Business & Economics; Art - Popular Culture
978-0-385-66678-7 (0-385-66678-0)
September 22, 2009 | $22.00
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark delves into the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world – artists, dealers, auction houses, and wealthy collectors. If it’s true – as so often said – that 85 percent of new contemporary art is bad, why were record prices achieved at auction for works...
