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Top 20 Best Business Books to Read in 2026

The best business books of 2026 mix the contemporary breakout Ding Dong: How Ring Went from Shark Tank Reject to Everyone's Front Door with executive playbooks (Your CEO Succession PlaybookConversations Made EasyThe Weekly Coaching Conversation), financial education and Social Security planning (Get What's Yours), women-in-business leadership (Likeable Badass), historical-economic analysis (A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind), real estate exam prep (Mississippi Real EstateLouisiana Real Estate), investing and wealth-building (Stock Market Investing for BeginnersKnow Your OptionsTop Secret Keys to Wealth), and entrepreneurship for unconventional audiences (Jobs For FelonsCreate Once, Distribute Forever). This guide ranks the twenty business books Surprise Castle customers are buying most right now.

Business book reading in 2026 is led by Ding Dong (Ring Story) at 40 lifetime plus 8 in the last 30 days — the second-strongest single-book commercial signal in our entire books catalog after the canonical religious-text Mein Kampf category (which we deliberately exclude). Your CEO Succession Playbook (10 lifetime), Conversations Made Easy (7), Get What's Yours: Social Security (6), Likeable Badass (5), A History of Central Banking (4+2), Start with Yourself (2+2), and Vehicle Maintenance Log Book (4) round out the strongest tier.

1.Ding Dong: How Ring Went from Shark Tank Reject to Everyone's Front Door - by Jamie Siminoff, Andrew Postman

Ding Dong: How Ring Went from Shark Tank Reject to Everyone's Front Door
About the AuthorSiminoff, Jamie: - Jamie Siminoff is the inventor of Ring and author of Ding Dong, a behind-the-scenes look at how a garage-built video doorbell called Doorbot became a $1 billion acquisition by Amazon. A serial entrepreneur and lifelong inventor, Jamie has launched industry-shifting companies including PhoneTag and Unsubscribe.com. Jamie holds a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship from Babson College.Postman, Andrew: - Andrew Postman's first collaboration, Chasing Daylight by Eugene O'Kelly, was included in The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. He has gone on to more than a dozen other collaborations, and was entrusted to update the self-help classics How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, both by Dale Carnegie. He has written about sports, computers, pop culture, life and death, and more, including (occasionally) in his own books.
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2.Your CEO Succession Playbook: How to Pass the Torch So Everyone Wins - by Natalie Michael, Brian Conlin

Your CEO Succession Playbook: How to Pass the Torch So Everyone Wins
You've heard it before: 50% of all CEO succession attempts fail. Which means 50% must succeed! Learn from leaders who beat the odds in Your CEO Succession Playbook.About the AuthorMichael, Natalie: - Natalie Michael has worked in private practice developing executives for the last fifteen years. Whether as an executive coach, CEO forum chair or succession management consultant, her main goal is to help companies identify and develop executive potential. She has coached hundreds of executives, from Canada to Africa to New Zealand, with clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurial start-ups. Before turning to coaching and consulting, Natalie led organizations that won accolades such as best-managed company, fastest-growing company and top employer. In her personal time, she loves quiet mornings on her mat and hitting the trails with her family.Conlin, Brian: - Brian Conlin is an executive coach, mentor, board member and business advisor who worked in employee-owned organizations for over thirty years. He personally went through a successful transition as the former CEO of Golder Associates, a professional services firm that grew during his leadership from a modest regional business to a global powerhouse with over nine thousand employees and $1.5 billion in annual revenue. During his career, Brian has coached and supported the development of dozens of leaders. Today he coaches executives from small start-ups through to large, complex firms. He enjoys engaging with executives who dream big, want to succeed and care for others. A family man with two grown boys and a granddaughter, he enjoys volunteering for worthy causes, cycling and playing golf.
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3.Conversations Made Easy: Building Your Playbook for Growing Sales and Connecting with Customers - by Chris Jennings

Conversations Made Easy: Building Your Playbook for Growing Sales and Connecting with Customers
For sales professionals and business leaders, communicating effectively and authentically is a never-ending struggle, especially in building new business and improving team performance. It's a struggle with a long-lasting impact, rippling into both profit and reputation. Don't rely on price discounts and canned pitches to win business. Let your team see and hear authentic leadership so they too become good leaders. In Conversations Made Easy, entrepreneur and communications consultant Chris Jennings shows how to make some of your most difficult conversations easier and more authentic to create confidence, win trust, and expand the skills of every customer-facing member of your team. Chris trashes the stereotypical sales script and takes the guesswork out of building rapport with your customers. His framework helps you lead authentically and provide employees with the tools and mindset they need to secure business and create long-lasting customer relationships. Make your words count and build better connections with this insightful framework for more compelling communication. About the AuthorJennings, Chris: - Chris Jennings is the owner of Chris Jennings Group, a sales, leadership, and business development consultancy. For nearly three decades, Chris has worked with thousands of businesses to help improve communication with customers and form stronger connections. He is a top-rated speaker for Vistage International and has coached thousands of private and industry-specific organizations. A former triathlete, Chris is the proud father of three adult daughters. He and his wife Lenna live in Orange County, California.
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4.A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind - by Stephen Mitford Goodson

A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind
In a 'History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind' ex-South African banker Stephen Goodson explains how the Central Banking "scam" originated, and how those who run it have throughout history used their power to subvert governments, and manufacture wars that not only produced vast profits, but frequently to topple 'regimes' whose banking system was not under their control. The 'scam' of the money-lenders is the ability to literally create money from nothing, and then lend and accumulate interest on "credit," and then re-lend that interest for further interest, in perpetuity, that creates pervasive, worldwide debt, from the individual, to the family, to the entire state. The ability to operate a fraudulent credit and loan system has long been known, and with all the slickness of a snake-oil salesman, the money-lenders - the same types Jesus whipped from the Temple - have persuaded governments that banking is best left to their private interests. The cultural and material progress of a civilization will often relate to the degree by which it is free from the influence of debt, and the degradation that results when the money-lenders are permitted to abuse their power. Hence, Goodson shows that both World Wars, the Napoleonic wars, the American Revolution, the rise and fall of Julius Caesar, the regicide of Charles I of England, the overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya and the revolution against Tsar Nicholas, among much else in history relate to this "Hidden Hand". If you wish to have a real understanding of history - look for the influence of the bankers. This is the key to understanding the past, the present and the future. 4th Edition - March 2019.
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5.Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security - by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller, Paul Solman

Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security
Social Security law has changed Get What's Yours has been revised and updated to reflect new regulations that took effect on April 29, 2016. Get What's Yours has proven itself to be the definitive book about how to navigate the forbidding maze of Social Security and emerge with the highest possible benefits. It is an engaging manual of tactics and strategies written by well-known financial commentators that is unobtainable elsewhere. You could try reading all 2,728 rules of the Social Security system (and the thousands of explanations of these rules), but academia's Kotlikoff, the popular press's Moeller, and public television's Solman explain the Social Security system just as comprehensively, and a lot more comprehensibly. Moreover, they demonstrate that what you don't know can seriously hurt you: wrong decisions about which Social Security benefits to apply for cost individual retirees tens of thousands of dollars in lost income every year. (Some of those people are even in the book.) Changes to Social Security that take effect in 2016 make it more important than ever to wait as long as possible (until age 70, if possible) to claim Social Security benefits. The new law also has significant implications for those who wish to claim divorced spousal benefits (and how many Social Security recipients even know about divorced spousal benefits?). Besides addressing these and other issues, this revised edition contains a chapter explaining how Medicare rules can shape Social Security decisions. Many other personal-finance books briefly address Social Security, but none offers the full, authoritative, yet conversational analysis of Get What's Yours. Get What's Yours explains Social Security benefits through basic strategies and stirring stories. It covers the most frequent benefit scenarios faced by married retired couples; by divorced retirees; by widows and widowers. It explains what to do if you're a retired parent of dependent children; disabled; an eligible beneficiary who continues to work. It addresses the tax consequences of your choices, as well as the financial implications for other investments. It does all this and more. There are more than 52 million Americans aged 54 to 69. Ten thousand of them reach Social Security's full retirement age of 66 every day. For all these people--and for their families and friends--Get What's Yours has proven to be an invaluable, and therefore indispensable, tool.About the AuthorLaurence J. Kotlikoff is a professor of economics at Boston University and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. His company websites are ESPlanner.com and MaximizeMySocialSecurity.com. To learn more, visit GetWhatsYours.org. Award-winning journalist Philip Moeller coauthored the New York Times bestseller Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security and is the author of the companion volumes, Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximizing Your Coverage, Minimizing Your Costs and Get What's Yours for Health Care: How to Get the Best Care at the Right Price. He wrote the "Ask Phil" feature for PBS NewsHour and has also worked for Money and US News & Report as well as several newspapers. He writes the Get What's Yours newsletter on Substack and provides updates on Medicare and Social Security at his website, GetWhatsYours.org. Paul Solman is the business and economics correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and is a Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at the International Security Studies department at Yale University.
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6.Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve - by Alison Fragale

Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Behavioral scientist Alison Fragale offers powerful new insights and a practical playbook for women to advance in any workplace, full of tips, tricks, and strategies to help secure that elusive corner office. Over decades of research, speaking engagements, and mentorship, psychologist and professor Alison Fragale encountered recurring questions from high powered and early career women alike: How do women thread the needle of kindness and competence in the workplace? How can women earn credit for their accomplishments, negotiate better, and navigate complex office politics without losing the goodwill of their peers? Fragale investigated and determined that many women's workplace issues boil down to what psychologists call status: the perception of them by others. No amount of power-- no degree, title, or paycheck-- will raise a woman's workplace stature unless it also affects how others see her. Acknowledging this roadblock, Fragale pulls back the curtain on how we can change how others see us by developing our standing as a "likeable badass." By cultivating perceptions of warmth and assertiveness, women can achieve the kind of reputation that leads to a seat at the table and a fulfilling career path. Likeable Badass is equal parts behavioral science and life hacks, weaving together rigorous research with actionable advice and impactful stories from a diverse array of women. This is a warm, heartening book written for women, their allies, and anyone who struggles to rise, and wants evidence-based, practical strategies for success, served with a side of inspiration and humor.About the AuthorALISON FRAGALE is the Mary Farley Ames Lee Distinguished Scholar of Organizational Behavior at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Her scholarship has been published in the most prestigious academic journals in her field, and featured in prominent media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Boston Globe, and Inc. A sought-after keynote speaker, she lives in Chicago with her family.
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7.Start with Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life - by Emma Grede

Start with Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life
Start with Yourself is a game-changing, no-BS guide for anyone seeking meaningful success on their own terms. It's an essential framework that will give you the tools and mindset to unlock your full potential in life and business--straight from a woman who defied all the odds to become a serial entrepreneur, a cofounder of culture-defining global businesses, a nonprofit champion, and the host of the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast. All while raising a family of four children. Based on the factors of her early life--she's the child of a working-class single mother and grew up in a rough neighborhood in East London and dropped out of high school--you'd never guess that Emma Grede would go on to become one of America's richest self-made women. This makes Grede unique, but she's convinced you can do it, too: Start with Yourself is a blueprint to her mindset and how she thinks about business and life, structured in easy takeaways, so you can immediately apply her philosophy to what you're trying to build and create. Among her most blazing insights, Grede identifies what she calls "Old Thoughts" stale thinking, outdated ideas; set-in-stone rules ingrained into the culture about work-life balance, the crassness of money, and the unseemliness of ambition--that aren't actually rules at all. They're biases, Grede insists, system errors, and we must strike them from our minds so that we can gain a greater sense of control, even mastery, over our day-to-day and long-range goals. Ultimately, this is a book for everyone tired of feeling like a bystander or passenger in their own life. Grede offers tangible and applicable-right-now solutions to create a mindset, an overall system of thought to manage emotions, clarify ideas, and illuminate the right next step--while always staying positive. It's about gathering yourself after failure. It's about being accountable but also forgiving yourself. It's about not expecting shortcuts while never being bashful about grabbing them when they appear. It's about pushing hard for wins and never apologizing for your dreams. Above all, Grede offers a new vision for work and life that encourages readers everywhere to take responsibility for their own thinking in order to achieve personal and professional success at the highest levels.About the AuthorEmma Grede is the ultimate modern mogul, turning big ideas into some of today's most influential consumer brands. She's the cofounder and CEO of Good American, the founding partner of SKIMS, the cofounder of Safely and Off Season, and now the voice behind the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast. A leader with purpose, Grede also lends her time and expertise to global impact organizations, serving on the board of directors for the Obama Foundation and Baby2Baby, and has recently become a King's Trust Ambassador. Her journey proves that success and substance go hand in hand. Grede lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jens, and their four children.
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8.Top secret Keys to Wealth and Riches: How to get $180k and A1Credit - by Emmanuel Philippe

Top secret Keys to Wealth and Riches: How to get $180k and A1Credit
In the pages of "Top Secret: Keys to Wealth," I unlock a revolutionary pathway to financial success that transcends conventional wisdom. This comprehensive guide is a treasure trove of exclusive knowledge on secret banking methods, providing readers with the tools to access substantial funds from financial institutions. Armed with these funds, I guide readers in strategically launching multiple businesses and franchises, ensuring a secure path to prosperity. Delving into undisclosed bank strategies, the book reveals the intricacies of obtaining a staggering $180,000, empowering aspiring entrepreneurs to kickstart their ventures. Beyond banking secrets, the narrative explores critical topics such as CPN, trade lines, E-commerce, and Trust accounts, illuminating ways to leverage these tools for financial growth. As the author, my expertise extends to authorizing user accounts, offering invaluable insights into maximizing credit opportunities and expanding financial resources. "Top Secret: Keys to Wealth" transcends the basics, delving into the complexities of establishing LLCs and corporations. Readers gain profound knowledge on starting these entities, accompanied by valuable tips on logo acquisition for enhanced branding efforts. My unequivocal promise is that this book guarantees success and secures one's position in life. By following the carefully laid out strategies and insider knowledge, readers will realize their financial dreams, rendering other business and get-rich-quick books obsolete. This game-changing guide is poised to transform lives with its groundbreaking insights, strategic methodologies, and exclusive secrets, providing a comprehensive roadmap to financial abundance. Prepare to embark on a journey toward lasting success, armed with the ultimate resource to shape your financial destiny.
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9.Vehicle Maintenance Log Book: Oil Change Log Book, Vehicle and Automobile Service, Engine, Fuel, Miles, Tires Log Notes Service And Repair Log Book - by Tate Amro

Vehicle Maintenance Log Book: Oil Change Log Book, Vehicle and Automobile Service, Engine, Fuel, Miles, Tires Log Notes Service And Repair Log Book
This logbook will help to keep track of your vehicle repair and services. It is suitable for all kinds of vehicles such as cars, RVs, jeeps, trucks, and motorcycles.it will keep you on point with all your vehicle maintenance service and repair, and also you record Mileage ( Personal and business ) and All Expenses related to your vehicle useIt's designed to track all essential automobile, truck repairs, maintenance tasks and record the number of miles traveled by a vehicle by a certain amount of fuel within a specific period.Features: - Simple and organized;- 6"X 9" Paperback - Perfect for the glove compartment, toolbox or seat pocket.- Record on your terms - Quick and Clear contents pages;- Quick & easy to add entries.- Double-sided;- Great size to carry with you; - Section for comments - keep all details more accurateGrab a copy today for you and your friend!
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10.Encrypted Abundance: Revealing the Hidden Wealth Codes Behind Money, Power, and Prosperity - by The Hidden Architecture

Encrypted Abundance: Revealing the Hidden Wealth Codes Behind Money, Power, and Prosperity
Some people seem to know something you don't.They move through life with quiet certainty. Opportunities find them. Wealth compounds around them.And you're left wondering... What secret are they using that no one is teaching? This book is the answer you've been searching for. There are hidden wealth codes quietly shaping the lives of the most prosperous. Patterns invisible to the untrained eye, yet present everywhere once you know how to look. These codes are not theory. They are the unspoken frameworks used by those who play the game differently... and win. Inside Encrypted Abundance, you'll learn how to see these codes, apply them to your own life, and unlock the abundance you were meant to experience without chasing, forcing, or burning out. What You'll Discover Inside: ✅ The "encrypted" rules of wealth and power that explain why effort alone isn't enough and what actually creates exponential results✅ How to decode and rewrite the internal patterns keeping you stuck in scarcity, struggle, or constant hustle✅ The real reason elites operate on an entirely different playing field and how to enter it without selling your soul✅ Practical frameworks to align energy and strategy so opportunities begin to feel inevitable✅ A daily calibration method to keep your abundance codes alive and working, no matter the chaos around you✅ How to stop consuming reality and start creating it This isn't another book about empty affirmations or unsustainable grind.It's a field guide to understanding the hidden architecture behind money, influence, and freedom and how to finally access it for yourself. If you've ever felt like the real rules of prosperity were being kept from you, you were right.They've always been there, encrypted in plain sight. Now you have the key. Read it. Apply it. Step into the life you were always meant to live.
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11.The Weekly Coaching Conversation: A Business Fable about Taking Your Team's Performance-And Your Career-To the Next Level - by Brian Souza

The Weekly Coaching Conversation: A Business Fable about Taking Your Team's Performance-And Your Career-To the Next Level
(COMPLETELY REVISED EDITION WITH A THIRD NEW CONTENT)Improve Performance. Transform Your Career. Change Lives. Whether your team is in an office, on a field, in a classroom, or in your living room--have you ever thought they had more to give, but you weren't quite sure how to get it out of them? Have you ever wanted them to play up to their potential, but didn't quite know how to make it happen? Are you looking for that one new idea, that one simple strategy that will take your team's performance--and your career--to the next level? If so, The Weekly Coaching Conversation is definitely the book for you.Every once in a while a book like this comes along with a message so simple--yet so profound--it literally changes people's lives.In a story as inspiring as it is informative, bestselling author Brian Souza reveals the secrets to unleashing a person's potential. Introducing a groundbreaking, yet simple-to-understand and easy-to-apply coaching framework that's backed by years of rigorous research, The Weekly Coaching Conversation gives managers and leaders the playbook to turbocharge any team's performance. About the AuthorBrian Souza is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Weekly Coaching Conversation, and president and founder of ProductivityDrivers -- an innovative corporate training company specializing in improving employee performance and organizational productivity.As a respected thought leader in leadership development, employee performance, and sales, Souza is highly sought after as a keynote speaker and management consultant by top companies and organizations worldwide. Souza and his work have been featured in dozens of magazines and newspapers around the world including The European Business Review, Fast Company, and Success Magazine. His first critically acclaimed book, Become Who You Were Born to Be (Random House, 2007), has been published in multiple languages worldwide.Brian lives in San Diego with his wife, Claudia, their two daughters, Grace and Giselle, and their dog, Gunnar.To learn more please visit ProductivityDrivers.com
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12.Sacred Derangement: A field guide to outrageous creativity, radical self-expression and living in awe - by Jason Silva

Sacred Derangement: A field guide to outrageous creativity, radical self-expression and living in awe
Sacred Derangement by Jason Silva is a vibrant and personal guide to staying awake and creative in the modern world. Blending manifesto and field manual, Silva explores how altered states, aesthetic wonder, and sacred play can help cultivate radical presence and boundless creativity. What does it mean to stay fully alive in a world spinning ever faster? In Sacred Derangement, Jason Silva - filmmaker, philosopher, and modern rhapsodist - offers his most intimate, electric meditation yet: a wild guide for anyone trying to hold their center while surfing the chaos of modern existence. Part personal manifesto, part ecstatic field manual, this book explores how to harness altered states, aesthetic awe, sacred play, and visionary ecstasy to cultivate a new kind of subjectivity: one rooted in both radical presence and outrageous creativity. In these pages, Silva shares the tools, lenses, and practices he uses to metabolize existence itself: - How to surrender to mystery and beauty.- How to train the nervous system for creativity and participation.- How to savor and how to build.- How to have many laughing fits. And just when the reader is anchored in the intimate, Sacred Derangement zooms out: revealing humanity's larger trajectory: the feedback loops of technology and consciousness, the planetary mind awakening, the merger of biology, information, and imagination itself. This is not just a book. This is an invitation to dance inside the mystery: to stay human, stay awake, and stay inspired as we hurtle into the future. If you've ever felt caught between rapture and dread, between cosmic wonder and daily overwhelm: this is your map.
$21.99$25.00-12%
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14.Stock Market Investing For Beginners: The Only Book You Will Need to Learn to Invest For a living - by William B. McGuigan

Stock Market Investing For Beginners: The Only Book You Will Need to Learn to Invest For a living
Stock Market Investing for Beginners: Learn the Essentials to Start Investing Successfully so You Can Escape the 9 to 5 and Set Yourself up for Retirement. Learn the Tools, Software, Tactics, Money Management, Discipline, Strategies, and Trading Psychology is your comprehensive guide to investing in stocks. This handy manual for beginners will teach you how you can turn the stock market into a goldmine. This book is the secret key to financial freedom. Learn: The basics of investing in stocks How to open an account with an online broker The risks and benefits of investing Powerful investing strategies to succeed in the stock market The best practices The common pitfalls to avoid And so much more What's in the book? Chapter 1 lays down the basics, which will serve as your foundation. This is an important part that can help you understand what investing in stocks is all about. Chapter 2 reveals the winning strategies that will make you turn the stock market into a goldmine. Be sure to learn these strategies and apply them effectively. Chapter 3 talks about the best practices of investing in stocks. Turn these practices into a habit in order to increase your rate of success. Chapter 4 discusses the common pitfalls. You should know these pitfalls and blunders in order to avoid committing the same mistakes. After all, success is not just about doing the right things; it is also about avoiding the things that can exhaust your investment. Chapter 5 is about putting everything together and moving forward. It is a step-by-step guide on investing in stocks for beginners.About the AuthorWilliam B. McGuigan is a self-taught Forex Expert, Technologist, and Author who has quickly earned the reputation as a strategic innovator and seasoned leader in the foreign exchange and stock market space. Through the span of over a decade, he has cultivated extensive first-hand know-how in the industry. Both integrity-driven and equally as dedicated, William is on a lifelong mission to streamline the technical world, so people have a more solid understanding of the ins and outs of Forex, the stock market, options, and more. Furthermore, William holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a minor in Accounting. In addition, he has participated in various Forex-related workshops across the United States. When he isn't immersed in currency trading, William B. McGuigan enjoys exploring new places and different cultures. He is also a wine aficionado, voracious reader, and avid outdoorsman. William currently resides in upstate New York with his lovely wife, two beautiful children, and a Scottish Terrier named Max.
$11.99$13.38-10%
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15.Know Your Options: How To Build Wealth Using Proven Options Trading Strategies and Technical Analysis - by Monika Jansen, Bob Lang

Know Your Options: How To Build Wealth Using Proven Options Trading Strategies and Technical Analysis
You've heard stories about investors who accumulate vast amounts of wealth in the stock market. You've also heard that options trading offers tremendous leverage and requires less capital. You want in - but you have no idea where to begin.To make matters worse, you've done some research and know that options trading is complex. Who can teach you how to trade options? How can you hone your skills without losing all of your money? Which strategies and approaches are most successful? And most important, how can you trade options for income over the long-term?Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or advanced trader, this book contains everything you need to know about how to successfully trade options using technical analysis.Co-authored by Bob Lang, one of the industry's top technicians, this is the only book on the market that provides background information on how options trading works, how to succeed over the long-term, and how to use technical analysis to find winning trades. It also includes detailed examples of what strategies to use, when to use them, and how to use them, and it provides numerous examples and real-world experiences from some of the best traders around.Inside you will find: Six ways to ensure you're prepared for whatever the stock market throws at you. Strategies to help you manage your emotions so you can stay in the game long-term. Detailed explanations of how to read charts and find technical patterns. Three risk management strategies you must follow to be successful. A deep-dive into the 10 most important indicators that will guide your trading - and how to use them. The eight most common chart patterns and what they mean. You'll also learn how to use Chaikin Analytics and which four top technical traders to follow. The dangers of listening to every pundit, analyst and talking head - and what to do instead so you can continue making smart trades. The Mad Money Experience offers a brief look at why following Jim Cramer can benefit your options trading career. Why price and volume are the king and queen of technical indicators and how to use them to get the best read on future moves. Forty charts that illustrate strategies and concepts. Five stories from some of the top technical traders in the US. A thorough explanation of "the Greeks". A reading list of blogs and other online media publications for continuing education. Four case studies that shine a light on what these strategies look like in real life - and how Bob Lang has used them to win big on some eye-popping trades. A glossary of options trading terms. And more Know Your Options is the only book on the market that teaches you how to trade options and use technical analysis to find the best trades. If you want to be successful at trading options for income over the long-term, this is the book for you.Hit the BUY NOW button today - and start fulfilling your stock market dreams tomorrow.
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16.Debunkery: Learn It, Do It, and Profit from It -- Seeing Through Wall Street's Money-Killing Myths - by Kenneth L. Fisher

Debunkery: Learn It, Do It, and Profit from It -- Seeing Through Wall Street's Money-Killing Myths
Legendary money manager Ken Fisher outlines the most common--and costly--mistakes investors make. Small cap stocks are best for all time. Bunk A trade deficit is bad for markets. Bunk Stocks can't rise on high unemployment. Bunk Many investors think they are safest following widely accepted Wall Street wisdom--but much of Wall Street wisdom isn't so wise. In fact, it can be costly bunk. In Debunkery: Learn It, Do It, and Profit From It--Seeing Through Wall Street's Money-Killing Myths, Ken Fisher--named one of the 30 most influential individuals of the last three decades by Investment Advisor magazine--details why so many investors fail to get the long-term results they desire. The short answer is many investors fail to question if what they believe is true--and are therefore blinded by tradition, biases, ideology, or any number of cognitive errors. Your goal as an investor shouldn't be to be error-free--that's impossible. Rather, to be more successful, you should aim to lower your error rate. Debunkery gets you started by debunking 50 common myths--but that's just the beginning. It also gives you the tools you need to continue to do your own debunkery for the rest of your investing career.About the AuthorKEN FISHER is best known for his prestigious "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine, where his over 25-year tenure of high-profile calls makes him the fourth longest-running columnist in Forbes's 90-plus year history. He is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments, an independent global money management firm with over $32 billion under management (as of 6/30/10). Fisher is ranked #289 on the 2009 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, and #721 on the 2010 Forbes Global Billionaire list. In 2010, Investment Advisor magazine named him as one of the 30 most influential individuals of the last three decades. Fisher has authored numerous professional and scholarly articles, including the award-winning article, "Cognitive Biases in Market Forecasting," and has published six previous books, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal bestsellers, The Only Three Questions That Count, The Ten Roads to Riches, and How to Smell a Rat, all of which are published by Wiley. Fisher has been published, interviewed, and/or written about in many major American, British, and German finance or business periodicals. He has a weekly column in Focus Money, Germany's leading weekly finance and business magazine. LARA HOFFMANS is a content manager at Fisher Investments, a contributing editor of MarketMinder.com, and coauthor of the bestsellers, The Only Three Questions That Count, The Ten Roads to Riches, and How to Smell a Rat.
$12.99$16.95-23%
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17.Mississippi Real Estate License Exam Prep: All-in-One Review and Testing to Pass Mississippi's PSI Real Estate Exam - by Stephen Mettling, David Cusic, Ryan Mettling

Mississippi Real Estate License Exam Prep: All-in-One Review and Testing to Pass Mississippi's PSI Real Estate Exam
Features of Mississippi Real Estate License Exam Prep (MS-RELEP): National Principles & Law Key Point Review (60 pages) Real Estate Math Key Formula Review & Practice (17 pages) Mississippi-Specific Laws and Practices (23 pages) National Practice Tests (500 questions) Mississippi Practice Tests (100 questions) Mississippi Sample Exam (100 questions) We know the real estate licensing exam can be tough, and very nerve-wracking to prepare for. That's why we created the Mississippi Real Estate License Exam Prep (MS-RELEP) the way we did. Since we have been managing real estate schools and developing curriculum for forty years, we know how all this works - or fails to work.MS-RELEP is comprehensive in that it contains both key content review and testing practice. And the text review is Mississippi-specific - not just simplistic national content, but terse, relevant and accurate Mississippi laws and regulations presented as a well-organized set of state 'key point reviews' ideal for pre-test memorization. But let's not dismiss the importance of the national content either. MS-RELEP's national key point reviews are a succinct compression of tested national principles and practices that comprise the national portion of state license exams from coast to coast. Our content is drawn from our own national textbook, Principles of Real Estate Practice - one of the most widely used principles textbooks in the country. Finally, our national content, as well as our question selection, is further tailored to the state testing outline promulgated by PSI for Mississippi. Thus the breadth and depth of the law reviews and test questions reflect the topic emphasis of your state's testing service and your Mississippi license exam.A word about the test questions... MS-RELEP's testing practice section consists of ten national practice tests, six state practice tests, and one state exam sample test. The practice tests are roughly 50 questions in length and the sample test is 100 questions. The test questions are designed to cover the content covered by the law reviews - which reinforces your learning of the total body of information tested by your state exam. The questions are direct, to the point, and designed to test your understanding. When you have completed a given test, you can check your answers against the answer key in the appendix. You may also note that each question's answer is accompanied by a brief explanation, or "rationale" to further reinforce your understanding.In the end, as you know, it's all up to you. Unlike other publications, we are not going to tell you that using this book will guarantee that you pass your state exam. It still takes hard work and study to pass. But we have done our best here to get you ready. Following that, the most we can do is wish you the best of success in taking and passing your Mississippi real estate exam. So good luck!!Students looking for a Mississippi-specific real estate principles textbook can now purchase Principles of Real Estate Practice in Mississippi.
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18.Louisiana Real Estate License Exam Prep: All-in-One Review and Testing to Pass Louisiana's Pearson Vue Real Estate Exam - by Stephen Mettling, David Cusic, Ryan Mettling

Louisiana Real Estate License Exam Prep: All-in-One Review and Testing to Pass Louisiana's Pearson Vue Real Estate Exam
Features of Louisiana Real Estate License Exam Prep (LA-RELEP): National Principles & Law Key Point Review (60 pages) Real Estate Math Key Formula Review & Practice (20 pages) Louisiana-Specific Laws and Practices (29 pages) National Practice Tests (500 questions) Louisiana Practice Tests (90 questions) Louisiana Sample Exam (100 questions) We know the real estate licensing exam can be tough, and very nerve-wracking to prepare for. That's why we created Louisiana Real Estate License Exam Prep (LA-RELEP) the way we did. Since we have been managing real estate schools and developing curriculum for forty years, we know how all this works - or fails to work.LA-RELEP is comprehensive in that it contains both key content review and testing practice. And the text review is Louisiana-specific - not just simplistic national content, but terse, relevant and accurate Louisiana laws and regulations presented as a well-organized set of state 'key point reviews' ideal for pre-test memorization. But let's not dismiss the importance of the national content either. LA-RELEP's national key point reviews are a succinct compression of tested national principles and practices that comprise the national portion of state license exams from coast to coast. Our content is drawn from our own national textbook, Principles of Real Estate Practice - one of the most widely used principles textbooks in the country. Finally, our national content, as well as our question selection, is further tailored to the state testing outline promulgated by Pearson Vue for Louisiana. Thus the breadth and depth of the law reviews and test questions reflect the topic emphasis of your state's testing service and your Louisiana license exam.A word about the test questions... LA-RELEP's testing practice section consists of ten national practice tests, five state practice tests, and one state exam sample test. The practice tests are roughly 50 questions in length and the sample test is 100 questions. The test questions are designed to cover the content covered by the law reviews - which reinforces your learning of the total body of information tested by your state exam. The questions are direct, to the point, and designed to test your understanding. When you have completed a given test, you can check your answers against the answer key in the appendix. You may also note that each question's answer is accompanied by a brief explanation, or "rationale" to further reinforce your understanding.In the end, as you know, it's all up to you. Unlike other publications, we are not going to tell you that using this book will guarantee that you pass your state exam. It still takes hard work and study to pass. But we have done our best here to get you ready. Following that, the most we can do is wish you the best of success in taking and passing your Louisiana real estate exam. So good luck!!
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19.Create Once, Distribute Forever: How Great Creators Spread Their Ideas and How You Can Too - by Ross Simmonds

Create Once, Distribute Forever: How Great Creators Spread Their Ideas and How You Can Too
In the modern business world, distribution is king.Impactful products and extraordinary ideas are no longer enough to guarantee success for today's digital creators. To improve sales, gain influence, increase engagement, and make an impact, how and where you distribute your work is more important than the work itself. In Create Once, Distribute Forever, digital marketing strategist Ross Simmonds provides a comprehensive guide for utilizing distribution as your most powerful marketing strategy. You'll learn the ins and outs of distribution, how to overcome roadblocks in the process, why remixing and republishing content is important, and how to uncover the most profitable distribution channels for your business. With real-world examples, helpful checklists, and a step-by-step playbook for generating your own distribution plan, Create Once, Distribute Forever is a must-read for all entrepreneurs wanting to unlock efficiency, brand awareness, and sustainable success through distribution.
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20.The Private Equity Playbook: Management's Guide to Working with Private Equity - by Adam Coffey

The Private Equity Playbook: Management's Guide to Working with Private Equity
Private equity firms are on the rise and rapidly changing the game. Today more than 5,500 P.E. firms own tens of thousands of companies, so it is essential for CEOs and senior management executives to understand exactly how private equity firms operate. This invaluable resource can help you devise a winning P.E. game plan for the sale of your own company that offers you greater freedom and financial success. CEO Adam Coffey has almost twenty years of experience building businesses for private equity companies. In this authoritative yet approachable handbook, he covers: - The history and landscape of private equity- Ground rules for finding the right firm to partner with- Techniques for navigating the new governance- Strategies for continued growth in the private equity space- And more.The Private Equity Playbook provides all the coaching you'll need to compete and win on this new playing field.
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