Authors: Ivan Misner, Ph.D., David Alexander & Brian Hilliard
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
ISBN: 10-1-59918-356-0
ISBN: 13: 978-59918-356-5

It seems in today’s high tech world, a great deal of promotion and networking is geared toward online readers and businesses. But, the world does not begin and end with the internet—we tend to forget about the original form of networking which if face-to-face

Author: Nilofer Merchant
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 978-0-596-15625-1

The New How provides a comprehensive step by step approach to the process of diagnosing, brainstorming and implementing organizational strategy

Author: John Warrillow
Publisher: FlipJet Media
ISBN: 978-0-9864803-1-7

I highly recommend that all business owners and entrepreneurs read this well written book and take the lessons contained therein to heart

Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 978-0-470-27284-8

The book will be highly useful to both students and practitioners in variety of fields that involve applied statistics and engineering

Author: Paula Marshall
Publisher: Yorkshire Publishing
ISBN: 9780881443264

Marshall has put together an excellent inspirational book, devoid of pointless fillers, sharing with us wisdom from leaders who have faced a variety of challenges. Her rational approach to success will surely find a welcome home on the bookshelves of business owners and managers.

Authors: Brian Singer & Greg Fedorinchik

Publisher: Wiley Financial
ISBN: 978-0-470-43540-3

This book is well recommended for chief investment officers and managers who aspire to focus on the essentials to build a successful investment firm.

Authors: Leslie Ann Fox and Katharine Gratwick Baker
Publishers: Care Communications Press
ISBN: 978-0-9820512-3-8

These authors have spun two previously separate theories, at least in the business environment, together in a cohesive fabric that helps people and organizations understand how family/sibling relationships merge into our work relationships and how those interactions relate to productivity and job satisfaction. It is jam-packed with stories/examples of other organizations who have suffered some of their highlighted pitfalls and emerged to be productive, effective, and more profitable organizations in the end

Authors: Sandi Webster and Peggy McHale
Publisher: C2G Publishing
ISBN: 13: 978-0-9842786-0-2

Black and White Strike Gold is like having a mentoring older sister in the business who willingly takes you by the hand to guide you through the oftentimes difficult business owners’ waters

Author: John Perkins
Publisher: Broadway Books (An imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House)
ISBN: 978-0-307-58992-7

This book is indeed a weighty tome with much to digest, but one that will contribute immensely to the debate that all of us must partake

I guarantee you a great many readers out there will think that Mr. Dunlap knows our workplaces intimately and has been following us around during our daily grind, watching the piles of dung that are left behind by the higher echelon of executives for us middle managers to clean up

ISBN: 978-0-7710-7967-2

Where does all of Israel's innovation and entrepreneurship come from?

Author: Frank McKinney
ISBN: 13: 978-0-7573-1383-7: (Hard Cover): 10-0-7573-1383-3 (Hard Cover)
Publisher: Heath Communications Inc

What I found particularly noteworthy about this part real estate investment principles, part psychology and part philosophy book is that I personally have witnessed during my thirty-five years as a title attorney the application of many of the principles McKinney enunciates in the book

Authors: Omar Khan with Paul Brown
Wiley and Sons Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-470823-13-2

The universal thought is how to make it happen! It being passion! The roadmap is provided in this enlightening and well written book.

Author: Brigitte Thompson
Publisher: Crystal Press
ISBN: 13: 978-0-9632123-8-9: ISBN: 10: 0-9632123-8-9

Bookkeeping Basics for Freelance Writers is a valuable guide filled with practical and useful information. Any freelancer would do well to have this one in their permanent library

Author: Jim Champy
Publisher: FT Press
ISBN: 978-0-13-136188-1

Author: Mary White
ISBN: 978-0-470-42682-1
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc

Running a Bed & Breakfast For Dummies is an honest and comprehensive look at the world of running a bed and breakfast inn. Mary White’s realistic perspective of inn-keeping is eye-opening, yet optimistic and encouraging.

Author: Joseph Tibman
Publisher: Brick Tower Press
ISBN: 978-188328371-1

Author: John Roulet
Publisher: Javelin Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9816837-6-8

The ideas and philosophies offered in this book, I believe, are critical to organizational success. Each chapter builds on the previous one such that at the end all ingredients are mixed together to achieve the desired results---enhanced performance, better leadership, increased job satisfaction, and greater organizational value.    

 

Author: Craig M. Cortello
ISBN: 978-09789900-1-5

A wake up call to those who wish to down size or eliminate music education

Author: Tom Marquardt
ISBN: 978-1-60462-535-6
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises

As we no doubt are aware, business principles can sometimes be very difficult to grasp, however, this author has effectively cut all the fat from the bone as he reminds his readers that anyone can bring about change, or as he states, "Learn from your past, work today, formulate action plans for tomorrow. Live by it!"

Author: Scott C. Fox
Publisher: Amacom American Management Association
ISBN: 13: 978-0-8144-1462-0: 10:0-8144-1462-1

E-Riches 2.0: Next-Generation Marketing Strategies For Making Millions Online is clearly laid out and is packed with pertinent details, written by someone who can truly call himself an expert in the field. Moreover, readers will have little difficulty in understanding the various concepts and principles that are presented in this extremely useful guidebook

Author: Larry Samuel
ISBN: 13: 978-0-8144-1362-3: 10:0-8144-1362-5
Publishers: Amacom

Rich: The Rise and Fall of American Wealth Culture is a very full, at times, overwhelming read, however, one that is very interesting.

Author: Janet Lowe
ISBN: 978-0-470-39854-8
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

There is quite a bit of territory covered in this tome and probably there are certain sections that would even warrant a book in itself

Author: Michael T. Hanley
Publisher: Legwork Team Publisher:
ISBN: 978-0-5780-1999-4

Some excellent tax tips for the small business enterpreneur

Authors: Nirmalya Kumar with Pradipta K. Mohapatra and Suj Chandrasekhar
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
ISBN: 978-1-4221-4762-7

Kumar, Mohapatra, and Chandrasekhar’s, India’s Global Powerhouses, is an important and sweeping in-depth examination of how Indian companies have leaped onto the world’s economic stage.

 I have been an avid reader of David Meerman Scott’s blog for some time. I even have an Outlook task set so that I can remember to have my once a week look. As such, you won’t be that surprised that I would be a fan of his latest book, World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories. For all of us who look to promote ourselves on the web better, and that should be everyone who isn’t driving an ice cream truck – and some of these guys could use an idea or two – this book is an excellent starting place. Get your education here!

Author: Randy Charles Epping
Publisher: Vintage Books (A Division Of Random House, Inc)
ISBN: 978-0-307-38790-5

If you have never taken a course in elementary economics or even if you have and you want to refresh your memory, Randy Charles Epping’s The 21ST-Century Economy: A Beginner’s Guide is just the right prescription.

Author: Bob Regnerus
Publisher: Innovation Press
ISBN-13: 978-0976462491

Buying and selling in modern times is much different than the old general store. 

Author: Sophfronia Scott
ISBN: 978-1-59932-093-9
Publisher: Advantage

 You have to admit it, when someone is introduced as being an author most of us are in awe

ISBN: 978-0-470-05831-2

This book is well recommended for a broad audience including finance professionals as well as policy makers in understanding and quantifying risks in the broader financial system as well as in institutions.

Author: Michael C. Donaldson
ISBN: 978-1-879505-98-8
Publisher: Silman-James Press

There is no doubt that the detailed research and breadth of information Donaldson presents is remarkable and for anyone who may be directly or indirectly involved with copyright, this is a must read and a book to keep.

Author: Jonathan Chevreau
ISBN: 978-0-981104-0-0
Publisher: Power Publishers Inc

Very rarely would you see a work of fiction about money management and financial planning presented in a way that is easily digestible and palatable. Such, however, is the case of Jonathan Chevreau's uncomplicated Findependence Day.

Authors: Patricia Annino, Thomas Davidow and Cynthia Adams Harrison with Lisbeth Davidow.
ISBN:1439222398

This slim volume (just 150 small pages with plenty of white space) is divided into eight principal sections, each one devoted to the issues facing women in a particular relationship role – wife, mother, daughter, sister, stepmother, widow, sister-in-law and daughter-in-law. Each section identifies a few issues that a woman in that relationship might face with respect to a family business owned and run by one or more male relatives and provides some ideas for solutions.

Authors: Deborah and Gerald Strober
Publishers: Phoenix Books, Inc.
ISBN: 13-978-1-59777-640-0: 10:-1-59777-640-8

If you are as curious as I am as to how Bernard Madoff pulled off the largest Ponzi scheme of all time, you have to read Deborah and Gerald Strober's Catastrophe: The Story of Bernard L. Madoff, The Man Who Swindled the World, however, one word of caution, one of the risks in writing a book pertaining to a criminal saga that is still unfolding is that before the ink is dry, some facts or speculations have become obsolete.

Authors: Arvind Rajan, Glen McDermott, Ratul Roy
Publisher: Wiley Financial
ISBN: 978-0-471-74749-9

Structured credit is one of the most important innovations in Finance in the recent past. Although these instruments have been blamed for the turbulence in financial markets in recent years, they provide an economic benefit and promote efficiency in markets.

Jack Treynor's latest book on institutional investing is a compilation of 97 research articles that were originally published over the past 46 years in leading finance journals. The book comprises of ten parts which covers extensively almost all aspects of institutional investment management.

Authors: Gary W. Capone and Mark Henderson
ISBN: 978-1441491534

With the job market in the dumps now may be the time to brush up on your interviewing skills in order to stand out from your competition. A step in the right direction would be to secure a copy of copy Power Up Your Job Search: A Modern Approach to Interview Preparation authored by Executive recruiters Gary W. Capone and Mark Henderson of Palladian International. 

Author L.A. Little
ISBN: 1-4392-2054-9

Trade Like the Little Guy is targeted towards the small trader with advise and techniques specifically for the small investor unlike the plethora of books in the market which seeks to provide advise which has worked primarily for large investors.

Author: Paul Barnes
ISBN-13: 978-0-566-08849-0
Publisher: Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, England

Stock Market Efficiency, Insider Dealing and Market Abuse is a 209 page hardbound book. The 9 chapters are preceded by a list of figures, a list of tables, and an acknowledgements section. An index is provided at the end of the book.

Author: Rocky Smolin
ISBN: 978-1-59059-971-6
Publisher: Apress

Rocky Smolin's From Program To Product is a helpful guidebook for turning a custom computer application into a marketable product. Smolin's advice will help you polish your program into a professional and marketable product.

Author: Camille F. Bishop, PhD
Publisher: Authentic Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-934068-37-3

'We're in This Boat Together' is a 2-in-1, a business novel and a dissertation about the Leadership Succession Between Generations or the Generation Gap and its effects on leadership. The experiment with the format is laudable but the result is a little unsettling. Read on for my perspective.

Authors: Pam Lontos & Andrea Brunais
ISBN-10: 1600374808
ISBN-13: 978-1600374807

Getting in the news? That isn’t in and of itself a problem. I See Your Name Everywhere: Leverage the Power of the Media to Grow Your Fame, Wealth and Success by Pam Lontos and Andrea Brunais can go a long way to getting you there. These two authors prove that they are very well versed industry professionals who take us by the hands and show us how to get in print.

Author: Julio Ojeda-Zapata

ISBN-10: 1600051189

ISBN-13: 978-1600051180

For anyone who twitters, Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s book, Twitter means Business: How Microblogging can Help or Hurt your Company, is for you. For anyone who doesn’t yet twitter, this book would be damned good for you.

Author: Susan Urquhart Brown
Publisher: American Management Association
ISBN: 978-0-8144-0167-5

The Accidental Entrepreneur is an invaluable resource for those interested in starting a new business as well as those who find themselves in such a position unexpectedly. The book carefully addresses the issues a budding entrepreneur needs to consider before trying self-employment, and the range of issues one has to face from creating, sustaining and growing a business, once started.

Author: Sherri Thomas
Publisher: Career Coaching 360
ISBN: 978-1-60145-366-2

Career Smart presents a comprehensive framework for career advancement and gives broad advice on approaching common problems faced during job hunting and advancing within an organization.

Author: Jason Alba

ISBN: 10: 1600050697 ISBN: 13: 978-1600050695

This book is a little treasure for anyone who is interested in using LinkedIn but it is also a bonus for those of us already familiar with LinkedIn but could always go a bit further.

Author: Kellie A. McElhaney (Berrett-Koehler, 2008)

ISBN-10: 1576754413:  ISBN-13: 978-1576754412

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler, 2008

McElhaney’s key point: It’s not enough to have CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives in place; they have to be strategic, thorough, and properly marketed:

 

This rather academically-written, MBA-oriented book emphasizes that merely satisfying your customers isn’t enough to build even loyalty, let alone the fervent ardor necessary for customers to recruit more customers on your behalf; you have to delight them. And the bar on delight keeps getting higher, because one of the factors leading to delight is that it’s unexpected.

Author: Timothy Keiningham and Terry Varva

ISBN-10: 0658010042: ISBN-13: 978-0658010040

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/American Marketing Association, 2001

 

Author: Isabelle Albanese

ISBN-10: 0978660226:  ISBN-13: 978-0978660222

 Publisher: Ithaca: Paramount Mountain Publishing, 2007

From the Fortune 500 world of advertising comes this perky little book, and surprisingly, its advice is very applicable to small entrepreneurs with limited budgets, and translates well to many other media besides TV ads.

Author: Michelle Dunn

ISBN-10: 0970664567

ISBN-13: 978-0970664563

Michelle Dunn is a real pro when it comes to collections.  How do I know?  Because I could see her bio on the book?  No.  Because Michelle has put together a very solid work on how to start and run your own money collection agency.

Author: Bob Regnerus

ISBN-10: 0976462494

ISBN-13: 978-0976462491

As a relative beginner in e-commerce I was pleasantly surprised at how easy of a read Bob Regnerus’s book Big Ticket eCommerce: How to Sell High-Priced Products and Services Using the Internet was.  The author’s overall take on things was pretty well scientific through processes that he and his team uncovered and discovered through years of trial and error.  Bob shows us that there is much more to the game than search engine optimization and “getting hits”.  You have to get leads and keep on them.

Publisher: Silver Lake Publishing

In 1903 Charles Ponzi arrived in the USA with the aim of becoming as wealthy as Rockefeller. His modus operandi was based on the principle of robbing Peter to Pay Paul.

James Walsh, in his informative book, You Can`t Cheat An Honest Man: How Ponzi Schemes and Pyramid Frauds Work..and Why They`re More Common Than Ever, traces the origins of the Ponzi Scheme, and explores how and why the scheme works with its different modern day variations.

Authors: José D. Roncal and José N. Abbo

ISBN: 978-1-60494-038-1

Publisher: Wheatmark

Before you invest your hard earned money do you ever pause and think for a moment if you are actually investing, speculating or gambling? Do you really know their differences, particularly that we are now living through “the mother of all bubbles?”

Author: Danny Schechter

ISBN: 978-1-60520-315-7

Publisher: Cosimo Books

Not many of us fully grasp what is happening to the global economy or as Danny Schechter author of Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal quotes Nouriel Roubini, chairman of Roubini Global Economics LLC in New York, “the first crisis of financial globalization and securitization.”

Author: Michael Edesess

ISBN: 10 1-57675-407-3: 13: 978-1-57675-407-8

Economist and mathematician Michael Edesess author of The Big Investment Lie: What your financial advisor doesn't want you to know lambastes investment advisors and money managers and says that they are profiting from a big lie-promising that they can beat the market and do better than you can in investing your hard earned money.