Business
MYSTIC HAND: HOW CENTRAL BANKS SHAPED THE 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL ECONOMY
Written by Overtveldt, Johan Van
It's hardly an exaggeration to claim that over the last few decades, central bankers have achieved unprecedented status. Especially since the global financial crisis of 2008, the world holds its breath whenever they announce new policy interventions. Given the opaque nature of the money supply, in the eyes of most citizens, the "mystic hand" of central bankers is felt everywhere.
POWER, FOR ALL: HOW IT REALLY WORKS AND WHY IT'S EVERYONE'S BUSINESS
Written by Casciaro, Tiziana
Discover how to gain (and keep) power in any situation with this "remarkably insightful read on what power is, how it's gained, and how it can be used for good" (Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again). Power is one of the most misunderstood--and therefore vilified--concepts in our society.
EMPIRE OF PAIN : THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE SACKLER DYNASTY
Written by Keefe, Patrick Radden
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin.
HARD SELL: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT AT AN OPIOID STARTUP
Written by Hughes, Evan
The inside story of a band of entrepreneurial upstarts who made millions selling painkillers--until their scheme unraveled, putting them at the center of a landmark criminal trial.
HOW TO UNF*CK YOUR FINANCES A LITTLE BIT EACH DAY: 100 SMALL CHANGES FOR A BETTER FUTURE
Written by Stewart, Jo
This book offers practical choices and changes we can make to start unf*cking our finances. Does the world of finance mystify you? Need to sort your money matters out but don't know where to start?
MONOCLE BOOK OF ENTREPRENEURS
Written by Price, Molly
As we face a world that is undergoing unparalleled change, no area is more dynamic than business. To help us understand, navigate, and succeed in this new world, the team at Monocle brings together its unique knowledge of culture, politics, economics, and business.
IF THEN: HOW SIMULMATICS CORPORATION INVENTED THE FUTURE
Written by Lepore, Jill
The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge--decades before Facebook, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica.
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? 2022: YOUR GUIDE TO A LIFETIME OF MEANINGFUL WORK AND CAREER SUCCESS
Written by Bolles, Richard N
With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world's most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2022. "One of the first job-hunting books on the market. It is still arguably the best.
HOW TO BUILD A GODDAMN EMPIRE: ADVICE ON CREATING YOUR BRAND WITH HIGH-TECH SMARTS, ELBOW GREASE, INFINITE HUSTLE, AND A WHOLE LOTTA HEART
Written by Kriegsman, Ali
From the cofounder of the revolutionary brand Bulletin, a business book that demystifies the world of entrepreneurship in real-time, from the trenches Filled with heart and humor, How to Build a Goddamn Empire shares the real-world, hard-earned business wisdom of one female entrepreneur who transformed an idea into a massive, category-disrupting national brand.
MACHIAVELLI FOR WOMEN: DEFEND YOUR WORTH, GROW YOUR AMBITION, AND WIN THE WORKPLACE
Written by Vanek Smith, Stacey
From the NPR host of The Indicator and correspondent for Planet Money comes an "accessible, funny, clear-eyed, and practical" (Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author) guide for how women can apply the principles of 16th-century philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli to their work lives and finally shatter the glass ceiling--perfect for