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Paint Shop Pro 8 For Dummies
William Steinmetz
Published in conjunction with the new release of Paint Shop Pro, this book walks readers through image-editing fundamentals as well as more advanced graphics and animation tools Shows photography and animation hobbyists how to create quality,...
Final Cut Pro HD For Dummies
Helmut Kobler
“Save it in the edit” is a common saying among film professionals. Editing makes the difference between boring vacation movies and exciting travelogues…between the whole dull news conference and the highlights on the evening news. Whether you’re...
The Energy Bus. 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
Ken Blanchard
The Energy Bus, an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment –...
The Energy Bus. 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
Ken Blanchard
Enjoy the ride of your life with the Wall Street Journal bestseller None of us can expect to get through life without any challenges. Life isn’t always a constant daydream of unbridled pleasure and happiness. But that doesn’t mean you can’t...
Mortgage Myths. 77 Secrets That Will Save You Thousands on Home Financing
Chip Cummings
In Mortgage Myths, Realtor Ralph Roberts and mortgage consultant Chip Cummings take aim at the 77 mortgage myths that prevent so many would-be homeowners and real estate investors from pursuing their dreams of homeownership. You’ll learn the...
The Zen of Fundraising. 89 Timeless Ideas to Strengthen and Develop Your Donor Relationships
Ken Burnett
If all that has ever been said and written about the art and science of fundraising could be distilled down to just what really matters—what fundraisers everywhere need to know—there would be only a small number of true gems deserving of the...
Mutual Fund Industry Handbook. A Comprehensive Guide for Investment Professionals
Lee Gremillion
"The Mutual Fund Industry Handbook is a remarkably important work . . . I am profoundly impressed by the broad and comprehensive sweep of information and knowledge that this book makes available to industry participants, college and business...
The Grouchy Grammarian. A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better
Thomas Parrish
Do you commit apostrophe atrocities? Are you tormented by the lie/lay conundrum? Do you find yourself stuck between floaters and danglers? Do your subjects and your verbs refuse to agree? If so, you're not alone. Some of the most prominent...
Making It Happen. A Non-Technical Guide to Project Management
Mackenzie Kyle
Making It Happen: A Non-Technical Guide to Project Management provides a fresh and clear approach to project management. Written in the form of a novel, it covers the basics of project management in a friendly, interesting, and memorable way....
Living With Someone Who's Living With Bipolar Disorder. A Practical Guide for Family, Friends, and Coworkers
Chelsea Lowe
An essential resource for anyone who has a close relationship with a person who is bipolar This book provides a much-needed resource for family and friends of the more than 5 million American adults suffering from bipolar disorder. From...
The ADD / ADHD Checklist. A Practical Reference for Parents and Teachers
Sandra Rief F.
The bestselling guide, fully revised and updated, offering practical information and tips to help every child with ADHD succeed The ADD/ADHD Checklist helps parents and teachers to better understand children and teenagers with attention problems...
How to Create and Manage a Mutual Fund or Exchange-Traded Fund. A Professional's Guide
Melinda Gerber
With this book, author Melinda Gerber walks you through the twenty-nine steps needed to start a mutual fund and the thirty-six steps needed to start an ETF. She provides costs and detailed explanations of how to accomplish each task from...
The Project Success Method. A Proven Approach for Achieving Superior Project Performance in as Little as 5 Days
Clinton Padgett M.
The Project Success Method is a unique, proven and fire-tested methodology which allows companies, groups or managers to learn and develop consistency in the way they plan, schedule, manage, control and close out projects on time, per spec and...
The IT Professional's Business and Communications Guide. A Real-World Approach to CompTIA A+ Soft Skills
Steven Johnson
Get the communication skills you need for career success with this unique book. Preparing you for exams and beyond, the valuable content delves into the issues that you’ll face in corporate, retail, and remote support environments. The book...
Painless Project Management. A Step-by-Step Guide for Planning, Executing, and Managing Projects
Pamela McGhee
A detailed guide to successful, efficient project management, written by two pros with a combined 55 years «in the trenches!» Project management is a vital and growing component of many organizations and can literally make or break a company. In...
Fundraising When Money Is Tight. A Strategic and Practical Guide to Surviving Tough Times and Thriving in the Future
Mal Warwick
A Nonprofit Survival Kit for Hard Times «This is a must-read for all of us in fundraising. Mal Warwick includes practical approaches for difficult economic times, from zero-based thinking about our programs to strategies for relating to our...
Tax For Small Business. A Survival Guide
Max Newnham
Don't just survive tax time – discover how your business can thrive through tax time! Operating a small business isn't easy. Each day business owners are challenged with everything from supervising staff and negotiating with suppliers to...
Corporate Governance and Risk. A Systems Approach
John Shaw C.
Decision-making and corporate governance have always been important functions in a company, but never more so than in the current post-Enron/Andersen business environment. This book acts as a framework for corporate officers and senior-level...
The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks. Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today
Gene Burns
A real estate guide unlike any other, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks is the true story of a seemingly impossible investing challenge and the two investors who pulled it off–all to prove that you can do it too. Successful real estate...
Financial Valuation. Applications and Models
James Hitchner R.
Praise for Financial Valuation «This Second Edition addresses virtually all of the recent hot topics in business valuation, and there are many of them since the first edition. Most chapters are updated with new material, including, especially,...
Financial Valuation. Applications and Models
James Hitchner R.
The appropriate, defensible way to prepare and present business valuations, with a strong emphasis on applications and models Financial Valuation provides an all-encompassing valuation tome that presents the application of financial valuation...
Market Trading Tactics. Beating the Odds Through Technical Analysis and Money Management
Daryl Guppy
A veteran hockey writer takes on hockey culture and the NHL–addressing the games most controversial issue Whether its on-ice fist fights or head shots into the glass, hockey has become a nightly news spectacle–with players pummeling and bashing...
Getting a Job in Private Equity. Behind the Scenes Insight into How Private Equity Funds Hire
Aaron Finkel
If you're seriously considering a career in private equity, you have to become familiar with how firms hire. With Getting a Job in Private Equity, you'll gain invaluable insights that will allow you to stay one step ahead of other individuals...
Real World Project Management. Beyond Conventional Wisdom, Best Practices and Project Methodologies
Richard Perrin
If you're a project manager, you need this guide to fill in the gaps in the PM canon. The Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge, fails to fully explain certain PM tools and how they work, among other failures. Real-World Project...
Valuation for M&A. Building Value in Private Companies
Frank Evans C.
The only resource available to help calculate investment value versus fair market value Whether buying or selling, the question of «what's it worth?» is multifaceted. In an M&A setting, it is necessary to compute fair market value, but it is far...
The Leap to Globalization. Creating New Value from Business Without Borders
Pierre-Yves Gomez
Whereas previous research concentrated on articulating what global strategies look like in large multinational companies with decades of experience in operations abroad, The Leap to Globalization focuses on how globalizing is realized over time...
The RRSP Secret. Defend and Build Your Wealth with This Powerful Investment Strategy
Greg Habstritt
If you're a Canadian investor who's feeling ripped off lately, you're not alone. Canadians pay the highest fees in the world when it comes to investments in RRSPs and other registered accounts. Is this just because Canadians are foolish, or is...
The Canadian Snowbird Guide. Everything You Need to Know about Living Part-Time in the USA and Mexico
Douglas Gray
Each year, more than a million Canadians, affectionately dubbed «Snowbirds,» migrate to southern climes to enjoy warm weather and sandy beaches. The strong Canadian dollar is making the trip more affordable and attractive than ever. But...
Setting up LAMP. Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together
Eric Rosebrock
You could think of Setting Up LAMP as four books in one, but it's actually something much more valuable: a single volume that presents the open-source technologies known collectively as LAMP—Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP—as tightly dovetailed...
Corpocracy. How CEOs and the Business Roundtable Hijacked the World's Greatest Wealth Machine -- And How to Get It Back
Robert Monks A.G.
Shareholder control over large corporations is worryingly weak and the unrestrained hunt for profits is taking a toll on the environment and society. In Corpocracy, corporate lawyer, venture capitalist, and shareholder activist Robert Monks...
Breaking Through the Project Fog. How Smart Organizations Achieve Success by Creating, Selecting and Executing On-Strategy Projects
James Norrie
A trail of mismanaged or terminated projects in recent years has cost the North American economy $100 to $150 billion dollars annually in lost productivity and shareholders capital. Unfortunately, the gap between project selection and project...
Wealth. How the World's High-Net-Worth Grow, Sustain, and Manage Their Fortunes
Merrill Lynch
In Wealth, Merrill Lynch and Capgemini present a readable guide on what drives the success of HNWIs, as well as the trends, growth, increased complexity and competitiveness of the global wealth management market, all based on over a decade of...
Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing. How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts
Dwan Bent-Twyford
Learn all about short-sales, the hottest topic in today’s real estate investing market, with Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy «No-Equity» Properties Directly from the Bank – at Huge Discounts. Understand how to buy properties at...
Energize Your Workplace. How to Create and Sustain High-Quality Connections at Work
Jane Dutton E.
Corrosive work relationships are like black holes that swallow up energy that people need to do their jobs. In contrast, high-quality relationships generate and sustain energy, equipping people to do work and do it well. Grounded in solid...
Getting Started as a Commercial Mortgage Broker. How to Get to a Six-Figure Salary in 12 Months
Peter Gineris J.
While residential real estate lending has gone soft, commercial lending is hot—with a wave of low interest rates and refinancing—and it shows no sign of slowing down. Right now, commercial mortgage brokering is one of the best ways to earn money...
Gold Trading Boot Camp. How to Master the Basics and Become a Successful Commodities Investor
Gregory Weldon T.
Praise for Gold Trading Boot Camp «If speculate you must, read Weldon first.» —James Grant, Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer «This book delivers on all of the essential elements of successful financial literature. Weldon provides a...
Applied Portfolio Management. How University of Kansas Students Generate Alpha to Beat the Street
Catherine Shenoy
When investment professional Kent McCarthy returned to teach at his alma mater, the University of Kansas, he planted the seeds for the Applied Portfolio Management (APM) program—a course that allows students to manage a real money portfolio,...
Welcome Home. Insider Secrets to Buying or Selling Your Property -- A Canadian Guide
Sarah Daniels
With so many differing opinions about real estate these days, buying or selling a home can seem like a daunting task, especially for the everyday person who has little or no real estate experience. But as author Sarah Daniels explains, the...
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Beadwork. Learning Off-Loom Beading Techniques One Stitch at a Time
Chris Michaels Franchetti
A step-by-step visual guide to off-loom bead weaving This photo-intensive guide is a comprehensive resource for creating off-loom beadwork, from simple stitches that any beginner can do to more advanced techniques that you can work up to as you...
The Rise of the Project Workforce. Managing People and Projects in a Flat World
Rudolf Melik
The Rise of the Project Workforce «Melik brings a difficult subject into focus by adding a detailed and feasible approach to managing complex projects in the digital age. Not only is The Rise of the Project Workforce a strong entry-level primer,...
Innovate or Perish. Managing the Enduring Technology Company in the Global Market
Edward Kahn
Essential reading for IP managers and corporate executives, Innovate or Perish is a new road map equipping readers with the principles and tools needed for their companies to compete in the emerging creativity economy. Edited by Edward Kahn,...
Your Coach (in a Book). Mastering the Trickiest Leadership, Business, and Career Challenges You Will Ever Face
Robert Hargrove
Coaching has proven to be one of the most power and effective ways for leaders to develop and improve their performance. Yet working one-on-one with a coach is not always possible. If you want the experience of masterful coaching, Your Coach (In...
Young Guns on the Sharemarket. Meet Australia's New Generation of Money Makers
Eli Greenblat
Eli Greenblat is a financial journalist who has followed the careers of Australia's young, talented moneymakers. This book is a fascinating insight into the investing strategies of a selection of money managers – all extremely successful, all...
Better Stock Trading. Money and Risk Management
Daryl Guppy
An in-depth examination of money management methods for consistent trading success In Better Stock Trading, Daryl Guppy shows readers how to improve returns by using good money management technique???not by increasing risk in trying to win more...
The Trader's Great Gold Rush. Must-Have Methods for Trading and Investing in the Gold Market
James DiGeorgia
THE TRADER'S GREAT GOLD RUSH «James DiGeorgia is the best expert I know when it comes to investing in gold bullion. ?This is not your father's gold market anymore, so getting the right information from the right people is key to helping you...
How to Sell a House When It's Worth Less Than the Mortgage. Options for "Underwater" Homeowners and Investors
Dwan Bent-Twyford
Due to the wave of refinancing in recent years, and the fall in home values, in 2009 about 12 million homeowners and investors will be «underwater»–owing more than their property is worth. This book explains all the options for these homeowners...
Strategic Project Management Made Simple. Practical Tools for Leaders and Teams
Terry Schmidt
When Fortune Magazine estimated that 70% of all strategies fail, it also noted that most of these strategies were basically sound, but could not be executed. The central premise of Strategic Project Management Made Simple is that most projects...
Accessible XHTML and CSS Web Sites. Problem - Design - Solution
Jon Duckett
Shows Web developers how to make the transition from HTML to XHTML, an XML-based reformulation of HTML that offers greater design flexibility Demonstrates how to work with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)-now supported by ninety percent of browsers...
Option Strategies. Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options
Courtney Smith
Updated and revised to include a decade of growth in the scope and complexity of options, Options Strategies: Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options, 3rd Edition is a comprehensive guide to options trading...
Damodaran on Valuation. Security Analysis for Investment and Corporate Finance
Aswath Damodaran
"Aswath Damodaran is simply the best valuation teacher around. If you are interested in the theory or practice of valuation, you should have Damodaran on Valuation on your bookshelf. You can bet that I do." – Michael J. Mauboussin, Chief...
