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Peter Thiel

Blake Masters

WHAT VALUABLE COMPANY IS NOBODY BUILDING? 
 
The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. It’s easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. Every new creation goes from 0 to 1. This book is about how to get there. 
 
‘Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.’ 
ELON MUSK, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla 
 
‘This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.’ 
MARK ZUCKERBERG, CEO of Facebook 
 
‘When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of Peter Thiel, read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic.’ 
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB, author of The Black Swan

Zero to One

Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future

James Reed

Write a killer CV and land your dream job. 
 
It takes an employer just seven seconds to save or reject a job applicant’s CV. In this book, James Reed – chairman of REED, Britain’s largest recruitment company – offers invaluable and specific advice on what employers want to see in the CVs they receive and how you can stand out from the crowd. 
 
Unlike other career development books, the honest advice presented here has been compiled from one-to-one interviews, surveys and countrywide workshops across REED’s network of recruitment consultants. This book is an accessible and enjoyable read, intensely practical and packed with pull-out quotes, layout examples and tips. 
 
Find out what future employers are looking for and take the first step to start loving Mondays again.

The 7 Second CV

How to Land the Interview

Anuschka Rees

An inspirational yet practical guide to clothes, shopping more effectively and discovering and developing a strong sense of personal style. With modern, minimal page design and four-colour photography throughout, this pragmatic and practical book should be required reading for anyone familiar with staring at a closet full of clothes and still feeling like they don't have anything to wear. 
 
'This chic, thoughtful book is full of genius methods for taking control of your look, your habits, your budget, and your wardrobe.' -- Alison Freer, author of How to Get Dressed 
'A smart, straightforward manual that encourages readers to discover what they like and to develop a wardrobe that makes getting dressed easier.' -- Erin Boyle, author of Simple Matters 
'I loved this book. I've been trying for years to put together a capsule wardrobe...' -- ***** Reader review 
'If you want a well organised wardrobe then this is your book!' -- ***** Reader review 
'A wonderful, engaging and practical guide' -- ***** Reader review 
'The best style book ever' -- ***** Reader review 
'Legitimately changed my life (and bank balance) !!!' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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Get the wardrobe you've always wanted, filled with only those pieces that you love to put on and that make you look and feel amazing. 
 
Berlin-based style blogger Anuschka Rees will change your attitude and approach to clothes and shopping with her new minimal method. She rejects the clichéd fashion rules and instead encourages you to look in your wardrobe and at your life, as well as in the mirror. 
 
Using interactive prompts, infographic-style questionnaires and helpful check lists, all beautifully illustrated with photography and mood boards, create your own individual style guidelines that truly speak to you. 
 
A must-have guide that will help you shop in a more cost-effective and efficient way and discover and develop a strong sense of personal style.

The Curated Closet

Discover Your Personal Style and Build Your Dream Wardrobe

Mark Cropley

'At a time when we are paying a heavy price for the collective delusion that being plugged in 24/7 is an express elevator to the top, The Off Switch reminds us that there is an alternative. Mark Cropley shows that intentionally switching off from work is not only essential for our well-being, it also allows for the unwinding and renewal that help us perform at our best when we switch back on.' 
Arianna Huffington 
 
 
Work better not longer- learn how to be more productive by switching off from work in the evenings, worrying less and facing the new working day fresh, full of energy and ambition. 
 
Work is a big part of our lives, but it's easier than ever to let it take over. Laptops, tablets and smartphones that are supposed to free us from the office actually bind us to it. If you've ever felt stressed as you checked your work email in the evenings, or found yourself unable to sleep worrying about tomorrow's meeting, then this is the book for you! 
 
Learning to flick THE OFF-SWITCH when you leave work is essential- not only for your sanity but also for your job. If you can learn to relax and rest effectively when you're not at work, you can then get more done when you're in the office. It's a win-win solution! 
 
In this unique book, Professor Mark Cropley, a world expert in how we recover from the working day, blends engaging real-life case studies, clinical expertise and evidence-based techniques to provide a complete guide for how to switch off better - get more enjoyment from your free time, and still get more done.

The Off Switch

Leave on time, relax your mind but still get more done

Sarah Hyndman

Discover the incredible power of fonts - how they influence your decisions, alter your perceptions, stir your emotions and change how you understand the world. Graphic designer Sarah Hyndman shares her infectious enthusiasm for fonts in this visually inspiring, beautifully designed, immersive and interactive study, including quizzes, tests and case-studies. 
 
'A fascinating insight into how type can influence our feelings, our senses, and even our taste' -- Professor Charles Spence, University of Oxford 
'Most books about fonts are written for designers - Sarah brings the power of fonts to everyone' -- Patrick Burgoyne, Editor of Creative Review 
'This book is an inspiration' -- ***** Reader review 
'Ground-breaking' -- ***** Reader review 
'Beautiful and fun! A fantastic read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Love this book! Couldn't put it down and read it from cover to cover' -- ***** Reader review 
'A really interesting and insightful book' -- ***** Reader review 
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We all constantly interact with type in almost every aspect of our lives. But how do fonts affect what we read and influence the choices we make? 
 
This book opens up the science and the art behind how fonts influence you. It explains why certain fonts or styles evoke particular experiences and associations. Fonts have different personalities that can create trust, mistrust, give you confidence, make things seem easier to do or make a product taste better. They're hidden in plain sight, they trigger memories, associations and multisensory experiences in your imagination. 
 
* Fonts can alter the meanings of words right before your very eyes. 
* See what personalities fonts have, and what they reveal about YOUR personality. 
* Explore how you respond to fonts emotionally and can make fonts work for your message. 
* Be amazed that a font has the power to alter the taste of your food. 
 
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in typography and graphic design professionally but also a fascinating insight for anyone interested in giving words impact or anyone wanting to know more about how type can be used to influence us.

Why Fonts Matter

a multisensory analysis of typography and its influence from graphic designer and academic Sarah Hyndman

Jon Gaunt

Millions know him as a loudmouth radio shock-jock and Sun columnist. Yet, in his life Jon Gaunt has had to overcome unimaginable hardship, solitude, bankruptcy and despair. His mother died suddenly when he was just twelve, his hard-drinking, womanising father abandoned him to suffer appalling treatment in a children's home. At twenty-eight, his business had a million pound turnover, but a stroke of fate caused catastrophe. Undaunted, Jon Gaunt has always fought back. Behind the outspoken media personality, this is the very human story of self-preservation, personal growth and forgiveness, told in Jon's inimitable forthright style.

Undaunted

The True Story Behind the Popular Shock-Jock

Jamal Edwards

From the iBooks Number 1 bestselling ebook series. 
 
 Jamal Edwards will forever be remembered as an inspiring and pioneering figure in the music industry. His book Self Belief: The Vision will show you how this trailblazing music entrepreneur beat the system and made it big in business in his own way. 
 
 At the age of 15, with only a hand-held camera and a Wi-Fi connection, Jamal started to build his media empire. The videos he made showcased undiscovered talent on the underground music scene. 
 
 By the age of 20 Jamal signed a deal with Sony RCA to become CEO of his own record label, Just Jam Records and was named one of Richard Branson's Virgin Media Pioneers 2012. Jamal Edwards was founder and CEO of the UK's most successful online youth broadcaster SB.TV which helped launch the careers of artists like Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and Dave. 
 
 The book features six levels, in which Jamal sets tasks and challenges to help the reader get to where they want to be. Along the way the reader will come across Decision Points where they will have to choose a path through their business journey. 
 
 Each level features a foreword by one of Jamal's friends or mentors, including successful people in music, media and business such as Sir Richard Branson, Emeli Sandé, JacksGap, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J and Idris Elba. 
 
 Level 1 - Take Control is where you'll step outside your comfort zone and find out your strengths and weakness. 
 
Level 2 - The Knowledge is where you'll start researching your ideas. 
 
 Level 3 - Building the Foundations is where you'll build your team and learn how to market and promote you and your idea. 
 
 Level 4 - Launch Time will show you how best announce your idea to your audience. 
 
 Level 5 - Going Large is where you'll learn how to grow and develop your idea. 
 
 Level 6 - Keep It Fresh is about building the momentum, keeping your focus and looking to the future. 
 
A mix of inspirational business book, memoir and game, Self Belief: The Vision shares Jamal's own story and some of the things he learned, in order to inspire other young people to get some self-belief and turn their dreams and ideas into reality.

Self Belief: The Vision

How to Be a Success on Your Own Terms

Jayne-Anne Gadhia

Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the straight-talking CEO of Virgin Money, looks back at the events that have influenced, shaped and inspired her to become one of the most powerful women in banking. 
 
With anecdotes from her life before becoming a banker, including beating the bullies and experiencing racism as part of a mixed race marriage, through to building a business from scratch, working at RBS under Fred Goodwin just before the financial crash, and steering Virgin Money to become a listed business, breaking boundaries along the way, professionally and personally. 
 
Jayne-Anne shines a light on issues surrounding the role of women in banking and the alpha-male dinosaurs that dominate the industry. She draws on the relationships and deals that have shaped her career so far, including her personal experience with mental health issues, which has helped her attitude and approach to both her business and personal life. 
 
 This is not a conventional biography, nor a ‘how to do it’ business book. It is a candid, fresh and fascinating insight into being a woman in business, the financial crisis and the way in which business can be conducted as a force for good.

The Virgin Banker

Linda Kaplan

Robin Koval

The authors of the national bestseller The Powe of Nice once again tackle conventional wisdom with a provocative and counterintuitive book about the importance of sweating the small stuff in our lives and in our careers. 
 
Our smallest actions and gestures often have outsized impact on our biggest goals, say Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. Did you double-check that presentation one last time, or hold the elevator for a stranger? Going that extra inch - whether with a client, customer, family member, or friend - speaks volumes to others about our talent, personality, and motivations. After all, if we can't take care of the small details, how can we be counted on to deliver when it really matters? 
 
In today's challenging times, bigger isn't always better. In fact, it's often the baby steps that put us on the path to delivering a true competitive advantage. The real secret to getting ahead in life and in our careers is to refocus our attention on the small details that, if disregarded, can sabotage a multimillion-dollar ad campaign or undermine your most important relationships. Kaplan Thaler and Koval show how to get more of what you want with surprisingly less than you'd imagine. 
 
Written in the same entertaining, story-driven style that made The Power of Nice the go-to book for finishing first, The Power of Small demonstrates how all of us can harness the power of small to improve and reinvent our lives. It's the ultimate guide to shrinking your outlook to broaden your horizons. 
 
Get SMALL and get going!

The Power of Small

Richard Branson

Throughout my life I have achieved many remarkable things. In Screw It, Let's Do It, I will share with you my ideas and the secrets of my success, but not simply because I hope they'll help you achieve your individual goals. 
Today we are increasingly aware of the effects of our actions on the environment, and I strongly believe that we each have a responsibility, as individuals and organisations, to do no harm. I will draw on Gaia Capitalism to explain why we need to take stock of how we may be damaging the environment, and why it is up to big companies like Virgin to lead the way in a more holistic approach to business. 
In Screw It, Let's Do It I'll be looking forwards to the future. A lot has changed since I founded Virgin in 1968, and I'll explain how I intend to take my business and my ideas to the next level and the new and exciting areas - such as launching Virgin Fuels - into which Virgin is currently moving. 
But I have also brought together all the important lessons, good advice and inspirational adages that have helped me along the road to success. 
Ironically, I have never been one to do things by the book, but I have been inspired and influenced by many remarkable people. I hope that you too might find a little inspiration between these pages.

Screw It, Let's Do It

Lessons In Life

Will Declair

Jérôme Dumont

Bao Dinh

We all need more hours in the day, as we spend more time than ever working, studying and caring. 
 
So what if we could reclaim an entire hour, every day, to spend on the things we love? 
 
With proven advice from over 300 busy contributors, The Extra Hour condenses the best strategies and secrets into just 190 pages, to instantly supercharge your productivity. 
 
Whether you're a time-poor student, a frazzled entrepreneur or burned-out at work, waste no time in discovering how to: 
· cut time spent on emails in half 
· banish distracting thoughts for good 
· power-surf the web 
· and much, much more 
 
This is the last productivity book you'll ever need. 
 
So, what will you do with your Extra Hour?

The Extra Hour

Powerful Techniques to Create More Time in Your Day

Robert H Frank

Have you ever wondered why there is a light in your fridge but not in your freezer? Or why 24-hour shops bother having locks on their doors? Or why soft drink cans are cylindrical, but milk cartons are square? The answer is simple: economics. 
 
For years, economist Robert Frank has been encouraging his students to ask questions about the conundrums and strange occurrences they encounter in everyday life and to try to explain them using economics. Now in this bestselling book, he shares the most intriguing - and bizarre - questions and the economic principles that answer them to reveal why many of the most puzzling parts of everyday life actually make perfect (economic) sense.

The Economic Naturalist

Why Economics Explains Almost Everything

Elena Botelho

Kim Powell

Tahl Raz

Winner of CMI Management Book of the Year 2019 
New York Times Bestseller 
Wall Street Journal Bestseller 
 
 
Everything you thought you knew about becoming a CEO is wrong. You must graduate from an elite college or business school. In fact, only 7 percent of the CEOs of today's companies went to a top school--and 8 percent didn't graduate from college at all. Never put a foot wrong. In fact, people who have become CEOs have on average had five to seven career setbacks on their way to the top. 
 
Drawing on the biggest dataset of CEOs in the world -- in-depth analysis of 2,600 leaders, drawn from a database of 17,000 CEOs, as well as 13,000 hours of interviews -- The CEO Next Door is crammed full of myth-busting and counter-intuitive insights in what it really takes to get ahead. Discover the way actual CEOs of top companies think and behave, and the kind of traits to develop if you want to make your ambitions a reality and take your career right to the top.

The CEO Next Door

The 4 Behaviours that Transform Ordinary People into World Class Leaders

Shawn Achor

Do you want to achieve success in your personal and professional endeavours? The first step is to see a reality where success is possible. Only when we choose to believe we live in a world in which challenges can be overcome, in which our behaviour matters, and in which change is possible can we summon all our drive, energy, and emotional and intellectual resources to make that change possible. 
 
In Before Happiness, Shawn Achor, former Harvard professor, and bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage introduces a groundbreaking new theory about success and human potential. 
 
Achor shows how a positive mindset is the best predictor of motivation, engagement and performance in the workplace and in your personal life and offers five practical, actionable strategies for creating this mindset that will make us more successful at work and at home: 
 
1)Add vantage points – how to select the most valuable reality 
2)Map to success – mapping success greatly increases the chance you will get there 
3)Finding the X Spot – proven techniques for harnessing your cognitive abilities 
4)Boost the signal by cancelling the noise – how to cancel negative noise 
5)Positive Inception – how to spread positive reality to others 
 
Backed by science, great stories, and research-based strategies, by the time you finish this book, you will have a complete understanding of exactly how to create a better reality and magnify the volume of happiness and success in your life, and equally important, transfer that positive reality to others.

Before Happiness

Five Actionable Strategies to Create a Positive Path to Success

Rachel Bridge

Do you dream of starting your own business but don’t have any money? What if you could set up a venture with nothing but a good business idea and the determination to make it work? 
 
It’s an appealing idea, particularly in the current economic climate where no one has cash to spare and austerity rules the day. In fact, studies show that more people start businesses during recessions than at any other time. The good news is that it can be done, provided you follow a few golden rules. Based on Rachel Bridge's popular workshops, this book will help set you on the way to success. 
 
As the former Enterprise Editor for the Sunday Times, Rachel has interviewed hundreds of successful entrepreneurs. Join her on her journey as she starts up her very own enterprise, entrepreneurthings.com, and covers all the ups and downs she encounters, while giving examples along the way of how real-life entrepreneurs have coped with the same problems that beset everyone in business at some point.

How To Start a Business without Any Money

Ori Brafman

Rom Brafman

Why are we more likely to fall in love when we feel in danger? 
 
Why would an experienced pilot disregard his training and the rules of the aviation industry, leading to the deadliest airline crash in history? 
 
Why do we find it near-impossible to re-evaluate our first impressions of a person or situation, even when the evidence shows we were wrong? 
 
Discover the answers in Sway. 
 
We all believe we are rational beings, yet the truth is that we're much more prone to irrational behaviour than we realise or like to admit. In this compelling book, Ori and Rom Brafman reveal why. Looking at irrational behaviour in fields as diverse as medicine, archaeology and the legal system, they chart the psychological undercurrents that influence even our most basic decisions. In doing so they draw on the latest research in social psychology and behavioural economics to reveal the irresistible forces that sway us all. 
 
Sway is a fascinating insight into the way we all behave and will change the way you view the world.

Sway

The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behaviour

In September 2012, a YOUGOV poll conducted in Britain found that the person British workers would most like as their manager was Sir Richard Branson. 
 
With over 40 years in business, Richard Branson is an inspiring pioneer of humanitarian projects and an iconic business leader. In The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead, Richard shares and distils his secrets of leadership and success. Featuring anecdotes from his own business dealings, as well as his observations of many others who have inspired him – from politicians, business leaders, explorers, scientists and philanthropists – Richard reflects on the qualities he feels are essential for success in today’s world. 
 
This is not a conventional book on leadership. There are no rules – but rather the secrets of leadership that he has learned along the way from his days at Virgin Records, to his recent work with The Elders. Whether you’re at the beginning of your career, or head of a Fortune 500 company – this is your guide to being your own CEO (Chief Enabling Officer) and becoming a true leader – not just a boss.

The Virgin Way

How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead

Ann Harrison

This essential and highly acclaimed guide, now updated and revised in its ninth edition, explains the business of the British music industry. 
 
Drawing on her extensive experience as a media lawyer, Ann Harrison offers a unique, expert opinion on the deals, the contracts and the business as a whole. She examines in detail the changing face of the music industry and provides absorbing and up-to-date case studies. 
 
Whether you're a recording artist, songwriter, music business manager, industry executive, publisher, journalist, media student, accountant or lawyer, this practical and comprehensive guide is indispensable reading. 
 
Fully revised and updated, this edition focuses on the transformative effects artificial intelligence is already having on the industry as well as exciting future developments for creativity and copyright considerations.

Music: The Business (9th Edition)

Greg McKeown

'In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown's work is essential' -- Daniel H. Pink 
 
 'Effortless shows that achieving more doesn't have to be as hard as we make it out to be' -- Arianna Huffington 
 
 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year · From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard. 
 
 The intricacy of modern life has created a false dichotomy between things that are 'hard and important,' and those that are 'easy and trivial.' Everything has become so much harder than it ought to be. But, Greg McKeown, bestselling author of Essentialism, says, there is a third alternative. 
 
 In Effortless, he offers practical tools for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. Honed over the better part of a decade, these strategies include: 
 
 ·Turning tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals 
 ·Preventing frustration by solving problems before they arise 
 ·Setting a sustainable pace instead of powering through 
 ·Making one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions 
 ·Making relationships easier to maintain and manage 
 ·And much more 
 
 McKeown's philosophy of essentialism has helped thousands to recognise that the effortless way isn't the lazy way. It's the smart way. Not every hard thing in life can be made easy but we can make it easier to do more of what matters most. Effortless will show you how.

Effortless

Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most: The Instant New York Times Bestseller

Morgan Brown

Sean Ellis

'a compelling methodology... to increase market share quickly' -- Eric Ries, bestselling author of THE LEAN STARTUP 
 
'a must-read for anyone in business' -- James Currier, managing partner, NFX Guild 
 
'will teach you how to think like a marketer of tomorrow' -- Josh Elman, partner, Greylock Partners 
 
 
Growth is now the first thing that investors, shareholders and market analysts look for in assessing and valuing companies. 
 
HACKING GROWTH is a highly accessible, practical, method for growth that involves cross-functional teams and continuous testing and iteration. Hacking Growth does for marketshare growth what THE LEAN STARTUP does for product development and BUSINESS MODEL GENERATION does for strategy. HACKING GROWTH focuses on customers - how to attain them, retain them, engage them, and monetize them - rather than product. 
 
Written by the method's pioneers, this book is a comprehensive toolkit or "bible" that any company in any industry can use to implement their own Growth Hacking strategy, from how to set up and run growth teams, to how to identify and test growth levers, and how to evaluate and act on the results. It is designed for any company or leader looking to break out of the ruts of traditional marketing and become more collaborative, less wasteful, and achieve more consistent, replicable, and data-driven results.

Hacking Growth

How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success

Clive Rich

Negotiation is fundamental to our lives; whether it’s getting your kids to eat their greens, making your case for a pay rise, or trying to secure a multi-million pound deal for your company. 
 
However, negotiation has changed. It's no longer about confrontation where there are winners and losers. Collaboration is now the name of the game. YouGov research commissioned for this book shows UK PLC is losing £9 million per hour from poor negotiating – £17 billion per year. Can you afford to be without a modern framework for deal-making? 
 
In The Yes Book, Clive Rich provides a method for generating success based on years of experience working for or with major organisations and super brands including Sony, Yahoo, Apple, the BBC, Tesco, and Simon Cowell's Syco, during a negotiating career in which he has brokered more than £10 billion worth of deals. 
 
By breaking negotiation into its three key elements of Attitude, Behaviour and Process, he helps you learn how to shape, create and close deals. You will discover what your negotiating style is, and how you can apply it to influence others and give yourself the edge. 
 
This is the ultimate guide to using the power of negotiation to get more of what you want, in both business and life outside the office.

The Yes Book

The Art of Better Negotiation

Forget everything you thought you knew about being your best. It’s not about your own skills or talents. Instead, real success in work and life comes from your connections and relationships – the teams you build around you, the friends you make – and getting the best out of them. You hugely amplify your own potential by helping others around you to realise theirs. 
 
A TED talk star with over 16 million views, Shawn Achor is one of the world’s leading experts on happiness and personal success – and author of the positive psychology classic The Happiness Advantage. Now, in this game-changing guide to greatness, he demolishes the myth of single individual achievement. With powerful stories, cutting-edge research and exclusive insights from Fortune 100 leaders, he shows how only by working with others will you ever reach your Big Potential.

Big Potential

Five Secrets of Reaching Higher by Powering Those Around You

Ben Fennell

Will Greenwood

What gives the world's best leaders the edge? 
 
 Will Greenwood is best known for being an integral part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team. Ben Fennell has spent over 16 years helping the world's biggest businesses and brands grow. Together, they have established that world-class performance - in both business and sport - requires a fresh approach, and a new set of behaviours. 
 
Having spoken to inspirational leaders across all areas of business and sport, including Michael Johnson, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Rio Ferdinand, Dame Carolyn McCall, Dave Lewis and Sir Clive Woodward, the authors have identified the key characteristics of world-class performance. These guiding principles of celebrating difference, forging togetherness and accelerating growth constitute a new framework for modern leadership. 
 
Packed with insightful personal stories, and often painfully learnt lessons, Will and Ben offer a new playbook for world-class leadership, learning and growth.

World Class

How to Lead, Learn and Grow like a Champion

Siân Pattenden

Thousands of people want to break into the exciting, glamorous and hard-working music industry, but don't know how to go about it. How to Make it in the Music Business is a genuine insider's guide for anybody who wants to become a rock star, journalist, publicist, band manager, DJ, A&amp;R person, songwriter or even a digital whiz kid. 
 
Fully updated with new information on the impact of new technology and digital music, this indispensable guide is a must for all budding music biz types.

How To Make it in the Music Business

Philip J Cook

Why does the top one per cent of the population capture such a disproportionate amount of the wealth? Why do top athletes win dozens of sponsorship deals, yet competitors who finish just moments behind struggle to attract a single deal? Why does one product become a runaway success, while others flounder and fail? The answer is the rise of 'winner-take-all' markets, in which small differences in performance lead to huge differences in reward. 
More relevant today than ever before, this fascinating book shows how in business, as in sport, thousands are competing for only a handful of top prizes. As Robert Frank and Philip J Cook reveal, this relentless emphasis on coming out on top has shaped our society and how we define success in troubling ways, creating growing income inequality and an enormous misallocation of talent, as more and more gifted people seek the big bucks and limelight of lucrative yet non-essential careers while vital professions scramble to attract staff. But there are measures we can take to create a more equitable and more prosperous future, and The Winner-Take-All Society shows the way.

The Winner-Take-All Society

Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us

James Caan

After dropping out of school at just sixteen, James Caan started his business life in a broom cupboard with no qualifications and two pieces of fatherly wisdom: 'observe the masses and do the opposite' and 'always look for opportunities where both parties benefit'. Armed with this advice, natural charm and the Yellow Pages, he built a market-leading business with a turnover of £130 million and swiftly became one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs. 
 
From Caan's childhood as a Pakistani immigrant to the phenomenal success of his first company and beyond, The Real Deal traces both his financial and personal achievements. It offers a frank account of what success at thirty really signifies and brings us right up to the present, including his impact on Dragons' Den and what his charity work, from saving a hospital in London to building a school in Lahore, means to him. Ultimately, it is a story of learning what money is really worth, told by one the country's most insightful businessmen.

The Real Deal

My Story from Brick Lane to Dragons' Den

The life-changing international bestseller that started a global movement - now updated with the new 21-Day Essentialism Challenge and an exclusive excerpt from EFFORTLESS 
 
Have you ever found yourself struggling with information overload? 
 
Have you ever felt both overworked and underutilised? 
 
Do you ever feel busy but not productive? 
 
If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is to become an Essentialist. 
 
In Essentialism, Greg McKeown, CEO of a Leadership and Strategy agency in Silicon Valley who has run courses at Apple, Google and Facebook, shows you how to achieve what he calls the disciplined pursuit of less. Being an Essentialist is about a disciplined way of thinking. It means challenging the core assumption of 'We can have it all' and 'I have to do everything' and replacing it with the pursuit of 'the right thing, in the right way, at the right time'. 
 
By applying a more selective criteria for what is essential, the pursuit of less allows us to regain control of our own choices so we can channel our time, energy and effort into making the highest possible contribution toward the goals and activities that matter. 
 
Using the experience and insight of working with the leaders of the most innovative companies and organisations in the world, McKeown shows you how to put Essentialism into practice in your own life, so you too can achieve something great.

Essentialism

The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Francesco Cirillo

Available in bookshops for the first time, the internationally acclaimed time management system that has been used by millions, written by Francesco Cirillo, creator of the Pomodoro Technique. 
 
We all face the same problem: we’re constantly busy but we never seem to get anything done. We know we should focus on the task in hand, but it feels impossible with so many distractions and demands on our time. 
 
We all need The Pomodoro Technique. This deceptively simple tool, now being used by more than 2 million people around the world, helps us regain control and achieve our goals. It transforms both work and home life by splitting days into 25-minute ‘pomodoros’, which focus our minds and make us far more productive. 
 
Drawing on more than two decades of refinement and thinking, this powerful little book will teach you how to . . . 
-Work with time 
-Eliminate burnout 
-Manage distractions 
-Create a better work/life balance 
. . . all using only a pen, some paper and a timer. 
 
Start now – and join the Pomorodo revolution. 
 
Fully updated edition with exclusive material on teamwork – to make you and your team more dynamic than ever.

The Pomodoro Technique

The Life-Changing Time-Management System

John Motson

From Ronnie Radford to Wayne Rooney, John Motson's knowledge and passion for football are unrivalled. In Motty, he shares his story for the first time and guides us through a career which has spanned forty years and over 2,000 matches. From reporting on the exploits of the giant-killing Hereford team in the 1972 FA Cup that made his name on Match of the Day, to the estimated twenty-million viewers who tuned in to his commentary on England's match with Portugal at the 2006 World Cup, Motson's time in the commentary box has delivered some unforgettable anecdotes. In dozens of fascinating behind-the-scenes stories, we hear about the greatest football matches he has watched and the greatest players and managers he has been privileged to know. Many of them are football icons; Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Brian Clough, Alf Ramsey, and Matt Busby, amongst countless others. 
Motty is essential reading for anyone who has grown up with the undisputed voice of football.

Motty

Forty Years in the Commentary Box

Scott Kupor

'Worth far more than its cover price ... I wish I’d had it available to me when I was first looking for startup funding' -- Eric Ries 
 
Every startup needs capital, and ambitious startups seek it on Sand Hill Road – Silicon Valley’s dream street for entrepreneurs. That’s where you’ll find the biggest names in venture capital, including the famed VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, where lawyer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-VC Scott Kupor serves as managing partner. 
 
Whether you’re trying to get a new company off the ground or scale an existing business to the next level, you need to understand how VCs think. Secrets of Sand Hill Road is the first book that shows you exactly how VCs decide where and how much to invest. It will help you get the best possible deal and make the most of your relationships with VCs. You’ll learn, for instance: 
 
-- Why most VCs typically invest in only one startup in a given business category 
-- Why the talent you need most when raising venture capital is your storytelling ability 
-- How to handle a 'down round', when you have to raise funds at a lower valuation than in your previous round 
-- Why bridge financing (reopening your last round to existing investors) is generally a bad idea 
-- What to do when VCs get too entangled in the day-to-day operations of your business 
-- Why you need to build relationships with potential acquirers long before you decide to sell 
 
Filled with Kupor’s firsthand experiences, insider advice, and practical takeaways, Secrets of Sand Hill Road is the guide you need to turn yourstartup into the next unicorn.

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