Friday, September 11, 2015

NYT Business Bestsellers for September 2015

The New York Times


September 13, 2015
  BUSINESS
1OUTLIERSby Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
2GET WHAT'S YOURSby Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller and Paul Solman. (Simon & Schuster.) A guide to deciding when to claim Social Security benefits and to getting all you’re eligible for
 when you do.
3THINKING, FAST AND SLOWby Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life.
4ELON MUSKby Ashlee Vance. (Ecco/HarperCollins.) A technology writer follows Musk’s life from his difficult South African childhood to his involvement in Internet start-ups like the rocket company SpaceX, the electric-car company Tesla and the solar power installation company Solar City.
5THE POWER OF HABITby Charles Duhigg. (Random House.) A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
6MONEY: MASTER THE GAMEby Tony Robbins. (Simon & Schuster.) Seven steps aimed at finding financial security and creating an income for life. (†)
7FREAKONOMICSby Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins.) How to apply economic theory to almost everything.
8THINK LIKE A FREAKby Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins.) How to solve problems creatively, from the authors of “Freakonomics.”
9TEAM OF TEAMSby Stanley McChrystal with Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell. (Portfolio/Penguin.) Applying a
 small-team approach to armed conflict to non-combat scenarios. (†)
10THIS CHANGES EVERYTHINGby Naomi Klein. (Simon & Schuster.) The author of “The Shock Doctrine” argues that the free market created and is worsening the climate crisis.
About the Best Sellers
Rankings reflect sales for August 2015.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Upcoming Workshop: Legal, Financial and Insurance Aspects of Protecting Your Business Against Risk

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Thursday, September 24, Noon, Small Meeting Room, Main Library
A panel of experts will discuss legal risks to small business, including those related to form of business, compliance, registrations and filings, communications, contracts, website issues, managing relationships, classifying employees and independent contractors, and capturing and protecting intellectual property.  Additionally, you will learn about the type of insurance your business will need, including liability umbrella, data breach, key man and other forms of insurance; and how to budget for insurance, prepare for taxes, and value your business. Registration is requested. Register online, or call the Reference Desk at 847-448-8630. 

Monday, September 7, 2015

Upcoming Workshop: Lunch 'n' Learn--Intro to ReferenceUSA

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Monday, September 21, Noon, Community Meeting Room, Main Library
ReferenceUSA helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people.  Join ReferenceUSA representative, Nancy Spidle, for this presentation on how you can use this resource to create targeted mailing lists; locate detailed info on either competitors or businesses similar to your own; create job search lists, and more.  Lunch will be provided, so registration is required.  Please register online or call the Reference Desk at 847-448-8630.  

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Upcoming Workshop: How to Trade from Your Computer

Tuesday, September 15, 7 pm, Community Meeting Room, Main Library
Jeff Wecker, "The Trading Coach", a former member of the Chicago Board of Trade, will show how to interpret charts to see buying and selling opportunities.  Chart patterns to be discussed include recognizing a trend, how and when to enter a market, how to use predictive triangles and rectangles, moving averages and more.  You will learn how to tell what the "insiders" are doing and when; how to trade on price action and not on your opinion; how to take profits and preserve capital; and how to set up a practice trading account to test the various techniques on your own computer.  Registration is requested but not required. Register online or call the Reference Desk at 847-448-8630.

Please note:  This workshop assumes that you have experience investing/trading; it is not intended to be an introduction to trading.