BOOKS

A Brief History of Entrepreneurship: The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World

Joe Carlen

October 11, 2016

This book charts how the pursuit of profit by private individuals has been a prime mover in revolutionizing civilization. Consulting rich archival sources, including some that have never before been translated, Carlen maps the course of human history through nine episodes when entrepreneurship reshaped our world. The author also discusses the new entrepreneurs who, through the nascent space tourism industry, are leading humanity to a multiplanetary future. Altogether, Carlen brings much-needed detail to the role of entrepreneurship in shaping history.

The Einstein of Money: The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham

Joe Carlen

July 17, 2012

Warren Buffett-widely considered the most successful investor of all time-has repeatedly acknowledged Benjamin Graham, the “father of value investing”, as the primary influence on his investment approach. Indeed, there is a direct line between Buffett’s record-shattering investing performance and Graham's investing system that revolves around ascertaining the true business value (aka “intrinsic value”) of publicly-traded companies. The author distills the best from Graham's extensive published works and draws from personal interviews he conducted with Warren Buffett and many other top investors, as well as Graham's surviving children and friends. Carlen's book integrates Graham's eventful life with his proven techniques for generating wealth.

Residential Building & Remodeling

Paul Johnson

2021

Everything you need to know to guarantee a smooth and stress-free remodel! Want to learn how to hire a contractor for a smooth and stress-free project? Straight talk about industry and process.

Cloud Computing... Commoditizing IT: The Imperative Venture For Every Enterprise

Dr. Rod Ghani

June 12, 2015

This book will explain how cloud computing will be the most radical transformation of business processes every organization will face to date. Is cloud computing a strategic advantage? Cloud computing will reclassify service delivery models in ways that organizations have never seen before. IT organizations will become commoditized and in the center of the new business transformation.

The Wireless Dawn.....: Think Wireless to Outthink Your Competition

Dr. Rod Ghani

April 15, 2008

Leverage wireless technology to leapfrog your business into a brand new millennium Deploy and leverage mobile technology in your organization Increase your field efficiency with wireless technology · How unified messaging will play a key roll in your business processes · How the convergence between voice and data will benefit your bottom line. · What does Location Based Services mean to your business? How will you be communicating in 2012?

FIGHT BACK: How to Take Back Your Neighborhood, Schools, and Families from the Drug Dealers

Michael Levine

November 28, 2006

Fight Back, designed by Michael Levine, one of the most effective narcotic agents in drug war history and the author of NY Times bestseller Deep, is a tactical anti-drug manual for families, communities and schools. Called "the only drug plan ever to come out of America that made any sense" (Swedish Carnegie Institute), the plan-unlike the, now, $1 trillion war on drugs-has proven itself effective wherever employed.

The Big White Lie: The Deep Cover Operation That Exposed the CIA Sabotage of the Drug War

Michael Levine

March 14, 1993

The Big White Lie, by New York Times best-selling author and former DEA undercover agent, Michael Levine, is a fly-on-the-wall look at the top-secret deep cover operation that ripped the lid off CIA sabotage of the War on Drugs. The New York Times described the book as a "hair-raising" non-fiction book that "moves with the speed of a first-rate thriller."

Deep Cover: The Inside Story of How DEA Infighting, Incompetence and Subterfuge Lost Us the Biggest Battle of the Drug War

Michael Levine

March 14, 1990

"Deep Cover," a NY Times bestseller by former DEA agent Michael Levine, is a first-hand account of the sabotage of a DEA undercover sting operation that threatened to expose US government ties to drug financed governments in Mexico, Panama and Bolivia. As the NY Times put it: "A fascinating, exciting and sometimes horrifyingly comic tale...

150 Food Science Questions Answered: Cook Smarter, Cook

Bryan Le, PhD

July 21, 2020

Does cold water come to a boil faster than warm water? Why does fat taste so good? What makes popcorn pop? Most of the processes that occur during cooking are based on principles found in biology, chemistry, and physics. This book is an intriguing look into the science of food and chemistry of cooking.

The Essentials of Parental Alienation Syndrome: It's Real, It's Here and It Hurts

Robert A. Evans, PhD, et al

October 21, 2011

We are seeing an increase in high conflict, adversarial divorce cases in mental health practices and in the courtrooms around the country. These cases present with a significant amount of parental conflict and, as a consequence, represent a threat to the children caught in the middle of these conflicts. Curiously, there is a great commonality among these cases in terms of the tactics alienators use to separate a parent from his or her children. The purpose of this work is to share ideas, thoughts, background, theory and some experiences in working with high conflict families. It is important for professionals to get a sense of both sides of the Parental Alienation Syndrome issue.