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Fulfilling the Potential of Your Business [paperback]
by Ian Smith
Creating business value is not easy. The facts are sobering: Out of 27.3m US enterprises, 26.7m are employing less than 20 people and only 5,000 to 10,000 US enterprises are selling out for $10m or more each year. That's a 1 in 6,000 chance. Therefore, I ask you, are you sure you are increasing business value? Operational tips are needed more than ever. After nearly 100 blog posts of The Smith Report—and many requests for a compilation--I decided to bring these one-page business tutorials together in one place and in a sequence that makes sense. You start with a great a story and build a business around it! This book answers 9 big questions that make a significant difference to the success of a private company. These are:
1. How do you define and dominate your unique market?
2. How do you create a high growth business?
3. How do you build innovation into your culture?
4. How do you attract and nurture the best talent?
5. How do you build a metrics culture that is relentlessly curious?
6. What are the best business models?
7. How do you raise venture or private equity money?
8. How do you minimize risk and build robustness into your business?
9. How do you do acquisitions and integrate them seamlessly?
My blog posts and the resulting book offer lively, concise answers you can use as you scale and grow your business. The answers are the results of over 30 years in the business world, during which I have succeeded in creating significant cash wealth for shareholders.
Clowns and Capers [paperback]
By Russ Bubas
True stories from a private eye. Prevailing images of the modern private investigator range from the bourbon drinking tough guy to the droopy eyed computer geek. All are true. While all private eyes will agree that most of the work is routine and, often boring, there are occasionally cases that make it all worthwhile. The common thread, at its basic level, is that it is a people business. It is a window into the folly and strengths of human behavior; people doing things that never cease to amaze. These true cases, approached with a sense of humor over the human condition, will hopefully demonstrate that, as well as entertain. These are a few of many that make it all worth while.
$20 plus shipping
Dates Outta Hell [paperback]
By Chava Hudson
Dates Outta Hell, is Nicole's post-divorce, excruciating search to find love, although she's not so sure that it exists. As a reporter, she uses her Internet dates as research for her column, with very mixed results. This is her story. Visit the book's website >>
..."Dates From Hell is a diabolically funny portrayal of the humiliating world of on-line dating. Ms. Hudson offers us a rogue's gallery of vain, ingenuous, sneaky, and sometimes even criminal men. I laughed the whole way through it." - Rob Dinsmoor, author
$9.99 plus shipping
The Yoga Divas and Other Stories [paperback]
by Rob Dinsmoor
After one particularly intense Kundalini yoga practice, there was no turning back. My kundalini was awakened, my charkas were all open, and the world would never be the same. Like it or not, I became inextricably connected with the universe. I did not choose teaching yoga as a career-it chose me. I was a professional skeptic adrift in a universe of chanting, auras, guardian angels, Mayan shamans, sex goddesses, lost souls, self-described gurus, and yoga divas. Join me as I room with the world's creepiest human at a yoga retreat, take a session with the Yoga Nazi, adopt a dog under false pretenses, and battle the elements in Central American jungles. Here are my stories.
$15.00 plus shipping
The Closing [paperback]
by Chava Hudson
Anne has never seen anyone die before, much less abet a felony; As a new partner in her friend Trudy's real estate business, she sells the houses of elderly, terminally ill clients and helps them die. Approaching middle-age and recently dumped by her long-term boyfriend, Anne begins to question her own involvement: Is she a murderess? She gives two clients a 'last hurrah' in the form of a Mediterranean cruise. On the first day at sea, Steve, the son of a client, surprises her by joining the party, unaware of Anne's role in his mother's death.
This often funny but poignant novel explores friendship, elderly companionship and fresh love, while exploring the issues around the morality of assisted suicide, making the reader question what he or she would do if faced with the very real circumstances of this astute novel.
$15.00 plus shipping
Muddle-Aged
By Jason Campbell
Muddle-Aged is a collection of the first year of the comic strip of the same name. It is the story of a father, husband and freelance writer who has trouble coming to terms with being in his forties.
Black and White
$13.99 including shipping and tax. Please allow up to 2 weeks for shipping. We only ship to continental USA
Tales of the Troupe.
by Rob Dinsmoor
"A Vogue headline announced “They’ll take Manhattan,” and we were naïve enough to believe it. The New York Post couldn’t get enough of us. We were young and hip and life was good. Little did we know what was ahead for our little comedy troupe Chucklehead, which took New York by storm in the 1980s. It was a wild, hilarious, and sometimes scary ride we would never forget. Here are our stories."
$15.00 plus shipping and tax. Please allow
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Zingology: The Power Issue: Fall 2008
Featuring the works of Art, Photography, Fiction, Poetry, Memoir
By
Mary Bonina
David Bookbinder
Riki Moss
Jack Bishop
Dulcie Leimbach
Dawn Paul
Dan MacAlphine
Carla Panciera
Carol Seitchik
This premiere issue in paperback features artists, photographers and writers featured in the Fall 2008 issue of Zingology.com, a literary ezine.
$8.99, including shipping and tax. Please allow up to 2 weeks for shipping.
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Sarah's
Secret
by Chava Hudson
Sarah's Secret, a poignant and often humorous story, is about a strong and intelligent woman's frustrations with her still-separated boyfried Jonathan and her loss of her sense of self. Sarah holds on while Jonathan repeatedly postpones his divorce, swearing that it will happen. His vague promises feed her dream that they will marry and have a family and when he accepts a new job in Vermont, Sarah moves there too, buys an hold house in town, and opens a boutique. Eventually, Sarah presses Jonathan for a commitment, precipitating a crisis in the delicate balance of their affair. Desolate, Sarah turns to Alberto, a spiritual visionary, who helps her create the future she wants. Along the way, Sarah learns to appreciate her own family, finding happiness in unexpected places.
$15.00 plus shipping and tax. Please allow up to 2 weeks for shipping. We only ship to continental USA