Book Stew

What kind of entrepreneur are you? Determining your type can mean the success or failure of your startup venture. In SHORTCUT YOUR STARTUP, brothers and startup millionaires Courtney and Carter Reum (judges on Fox's "Hatched") give easy-to-follow advice based on the experience they've gleaned with brands like Lyft, UnderArmour, and their own VEEV Spirits.

Each chapter of GREAT AT WORK contains questions and key insights to allow you to assess your own performance and determine your work strengths, as well as your weaknesses. Once you understand your individual style, there are mini-quizzes, questionnaires, and a strategy to become a more productive worker. Extensive, accessible, and friendly, GREAT AT WORK will help you achieve more by doing less.

Fate. Courage. Resistance. Kristin Harmel’s THE ROOM ON RUE AMÉLIE tells the tale of an American woman, a British RAF pilot, and a young Jewish teenager whose lives intersect in occupied Paris during the tumultuous days of World War II and will keep you turning the pages until the very last word.

Fed up with their government, these are the stories of how Americans came together to form the unstoppable movement of the people.

Every day, we face a growing epidemic of stress, one that is damaging our physical and emotional health at younger and younger ages. While there is no one single cure, there is a simple practice that dramatically changes how we respond to stress and life’s challenges: the Transcendental Meditation technique.

Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues to confound professionals in all sectors of the workforce. Now, after a unique, five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees, Morten Hansen reveals the answers in his “Seven Work Smarter Practices” that can be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance.

A shocking confession, a high-profile trial, a scandal unfolding….

Power. Privilege. Consent? Only they know what happens behind closed doors.

Creating a budget can be confusing. It helps to start first with the big picture! Figure out your total budget based on take-home pay, not gross pay. The best guideline for getting started is the 50-30-20 rule. It helps you define your big spending buckets. The “needs” bucket holds everything you must have to survive, such as housing, food, transportation, credit card debt, student loan payments, and medical expenses. If your “needs” exceed 50% of your budget, take from your “wants” bucket, usually set aside for entertainment, vacation, clothing, and eating out. What’s left is perfect for retirement planning and a rainy day emergency fund. Best of luck with your budgeting!

When Leah Stevens’ career implodes, a chance meeting with her old friend Emmy Grey offers her the perfect opportunity to start over. Emmy, just out of a bad relationship, convinces Leah to come live with her in rural Pennsylvania, where there are teaching positions available and no one knows Leah’s past.

Or Emmy’s.

From the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Missing Girls—the gripping story of a journalist who sets out to find her missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all. “Think: Luckiest Girl Alive, The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl” (TheSkimm).

It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market. What better moment to launch an expedition to Antarctica, the planet’s final frontier? This was the moon landing before the 1960s. Everyone wanted to join the adventure. Rockefellers and Vanderbilts begged to be taken along as mess boys, and newspapers across the globe covered the planning’s every stage.