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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is Washington's response to America's call for a new regulatory framework for the 21st century. In The New Financial Deal, author David Skeel offers an in-depth look at the new financial reforms and questions whether they will bring more effective regulation of contemporary finance or simply cement the partnership between government and the largest banks. 

Heroic Leadership examines military leadership principles as they apply to business and life. Leadership expert and retired general William Cohen describes the eight universal laws of leadership and explains why heroic leadership has worked so successfully and ethically for thousands of years despite severe conditions of risk, uncertainty, and hardship. He also shows how to implement Heroic Leadership to attract fellowship, use influence tactics, develop self-confidence, build, coach, and motivate a team, take charge in crisis situations, and take action.

William S. Cohen, the former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defense, has walked the most powerful corridors in the world. Now, in the intricately woven Dragon Fire where it's nearly impossible to distinguish fact from fiction, he takes listeners into the top secret rooms where the fate of the...

William D. Cohan has proven to be one of the most meticulous and intrepid journalists covering the world of Wall Street and high finance. In his utterly original new audiobook, Four Friends, he brings all of his brilliant reportorial skills to a subject much closer to home: four friends of his who died young. All four attended Andover, the most elite of American boarding schools, before spinning out into very different orbits. Indelibly, using copious interviews from wives, girlfriends, colleagues, and friends, Cohan brings these men to life.

Business gurus come and go. But not Peter Drucker, who remains a towering figure, widely regarded to be the father of modern management and the world’s most influential business thinker. Drucker’s uncanny ability to codify management practices and predict future trends has ensured his lasting impact. i>The Practical Drucker culls 40 of Drucker's most important how-to lessons, each interpreted for today’s business challenges and illustrated with fascinating stories and examples.

Long considered the world's greatest thinker and writer on management, Peter Drucker's teachings continue to inspire leaders everywhere. From 1975 to 1979, author William Cohen studied under the Great Man and became the first graduate of his doctoral program. What Drucker taught him literally changed his life. In a matter of a few years, he was re-commissioned in the Air Force and rose to the rank of major general.

Hillary and Tiny Tim are off on another amazing adventure. This time it is to get to the bottom of the spooky stuff happening at the lake. Whether it is ghosts, spirits or creatures, Hillary is as usual, ready for action. They find claw marks in one of the cabins. By that, they know this is for real, not imaginary, not a spirit or ghost either. Come along with them, as they find the truth of the scary cabins, and the spooky happenings on the lake.

Hillary is diving into the pool that leads to the secret cave. It's a place in Ladybugland where few ladybugs have gone. A beautiful waterfall fills the pool that is clear, cool and refreshing. Hillary dives into it on a hot summer's day. Under the water she turns toward the waterfall and swims behind it into a marvelous magical secret cave.

One night Hillary is admiring the moon and decides to fly up and do a little exploring. Once her feet touch down and she begins walking around she comes face to face with aliens. From there she is off into the universe, finding secrets of universal truth. A black hole and time/space warping is part of her trip to outer space. The mystery and excitement of her adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat for the individual listener or when listened to in a group.

From ancient battlefields to the modern business landscape, competitors have tried innumerable approaches to conquering adversaries. Success for the victors has taken many forms and traveled many paths, but at its heart, winning strategy can be boiled down to ten universal principles. When...

Songs of a Befuddled Muse contains thirteen surprising short stories that draw you into the lives of people facing life-changing inflection points in their realities. These stories reflect the quirky nooks and crannies of the author’s mind. They include: a historian who becomes increasingly obsessed with saving a doomed Tudor queen; a dolphin who sees herself in an old prophecy; a future where humans live on separatist worlds—some with excellent pizza.

Brought to you by Penguin. A magisterial history of the astounding rise - and unimaginable fall - of America's most iconic corporation Perhaps no company reflects American ingenuity, innovation, and industrial fortunes as well as the iconic General Electric Company. Producing storied leaders and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker Best Books of 2022 Financial Times Best Books of 2022 The Economist Best Books of 2022 The dramatic rise—and unimaginable fall—of America's most iconic corporation by New York Times bestselling author and pre-eminent financial journalist...

A timely, counterintuitive defense of Wall Street and the big banks as the invisible—albeit flawed—engines that power our ideas, and should be made to work better for all of us Maybe you think the banks should be broken up and the bankers should be held accountable for the financial crisis...

A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart...

A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart...

The bestselling author of the acclaimed House of Cards and The Last Tycoons turns his spotlight on to Goldman Sachs and the controversy behind its success. From the outside, Goldman Sachs is a perfect company. The Goldman PR machine loudly declares it to be smarter, more ethical, and more...