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A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten...

Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability. Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula...

One of the few Black women to break into the boy's club of Silicon Valley offers her secrets for how anyone can build a legacy of wealth and impact. Having lived nearly her entire life below the poverty line before going on to attain wealth and success as an entrepreneur and investor, Arlan...

Read by the author. The first meeting is where everything begins—or ends. Get it right, and you build unstoppable deal momentum. Get it wrong, and the deal is in big trouble. Traditional discovery meetings must die! Today's buyer demands it. They no longer tolerate one-sided sales...

Nominated for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year “The book to read right now [is 1873] . . . All of us are reading this.” —Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, The Times (UK) “Superb . . . Ahamed thrillingly brings back to life a boom not unlike today's . . . In the process, he...

What do you do when your parent’s money life starts showing signs that something may be wrong? An unpaid bill. A confusing bank notice. A strange withdrawal. A pile of unopened mail. A suspicious phone call. A sibling who dismisses your concerns. A parent who insists everything is fine, even when the paperwork says otherwise. When Money Becomes the First Warning Sign is a practical, calm, and deeply human guide for adult children who are beginning to worry about an aging parent’s bills, banking, paperwork, scams, family conflict, or power of attorney questions. This is not a legal ...

TEDx speaker and financial activist Mel Dorman went from dumpster diving to a multimillion-dollar portfolio—not by winning the lottery or working 80-hour weeks, but by cutting out the banks and partnering directly with sellers. Now, she’s sharing the exact blueprint that helped her do it.

Your successful career in real estate starts here! The first 365 days of working in real estate can be one of the most tumultuous times in your career - full of hard lessons, heart breaks, and hard work. Just because you have a license, doesn’t mean you have a business. But if you get the important stuff right, a great future is yours for the taking. This honest, eye-opening, and completely practical insider's guide shows you how to get where you want to be - even if you're starting from nothing.

Did you know that there is more than one way for retirees to meet their financial goals? Not everyone is comfortable relying on stock market returns from their investments. This book explains a different approach that first builds safety through a floor of reliable lifetime income. This is the meaning of safety-first retirement planning. In this book you will learn: How risk-pooling through insurance works Why risk pooling is a source of additional spending that is competitive with potential stock market returns How commercial annuities provide this risk pooling in the same manner as Social...

No matter how much you want to escape the renters cycle, buying a house isn't always a good investment. Your home can make or break your chance to generate wealth and freedom and this book will show you how to make the right decisions to give you the most financial flexibility possible.

Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising naval power from a battered ancient empire. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China.

Cultura and Cash is a practical and jargon-free money guide to help you tackle your finances as a First Gen Latina. In this valuable book, The First Gen Mentor, Giovanna “Gigi” Gonzalez, uncovers cultural and systemic barriers First Gen face in their financial journey and provides actionable solutions on how to overcome them. Through storytelling and real-life examples, she’ll go into depth and explain best practices for creating a solid financial foundation through emergency funds, credit building, budgeting, debt payoff, and investing.

Get Found is a straightforward, no-fluff guide that empowers entrepreneurs to flip the script: instead of chasing, start attracting. Learn how to use search engine optimization (SEO) not just as a technical tool, but as a trust-building strategy that makes you the obvious choice in your market. The result? A business that works for you 24/7, even when you close your laptop.

Your first investment property will no doubt be the hardest. Even choosing an investing strategy and coming up with a plan can seem impossible. Then you add in finding the right market, conducting property analysis, and the many facets of funding—and you’ve got yourself a classic case of analysis paralysis!

If you’ve ever thought, “Options sound powerful—but I don’t want to blow up my account,” this audiobook is your edge. Options Trading Mastery turns the confusing into the doable. No fluff. A stepbystep path: psychology first (end selfsabotage), daily execution next. Build a rulesbased routine that protects capital and compounds skill. Start with decision process: risk caps, position sizing, and pretrade filters to avoid lowprobability traps. Then Greeks and volatility in plain English so you can pick structures that fit the market—without a math class.

Looking to succeed as a new real estate agent? Look no further! This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to thrive in your first few years as a real estate agent. From mastering the mindsets of highly successful agents to creating a daily routine that sets you up for success, this book is packed with practical tips and strategies for building a successful career in real estate.

The book Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) hailed as “essential reading” for anyone who wants to “make informed decisions” and “have a basic understanding of the economy”: an illustrated guide to economics from one of the internet’s favorite financial educators. “Few people can...

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lords of Finance comes a brilliant account of the earliest truly global financial calamity. On Friday, 9 May 1873 the Vienna stock market collapsed. Four months later Wall Street was in trouble. Elsewhere, as panic selling spread across financial...

Many felt blocked by the Property & Casualty exam — dense with technical definitions, policy forms, and tricky distinctions. From my experience, almost 80% of candidates who struggle do so not because of lack of effort, but because they try to memorize instead of understanding the logic behind the material. That’s the real challenge: it’s not about intelligence, it’s about structure. With the right step-by-step method, everything becomes clear, logical, and easy to retain — no more endless, confusing manuals.

The CFO's First 100 Days: Strategies for Successful Transitions is an essential guide crafted for newly elevated CFOs and Finance Directors who are stepping into their roles with ambition and the drive to make a significant impact. This comprehensive ebook offers actionable strategies and insightful guidance to navigate the critical first 100 days with confidence and clarity. Delve into chapters that provide: Strategic Planning & Execution: Learn how to develop and implement strategic plans that align with long-term business goals. Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate risks ...