"It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club. Shocking news reaches them: an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters--as well as heartache close to home--Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea...

Mariel Prager needs a break. Her husband Ned is having an identity crisis, her spunky, beloved restaurant is bleeding money by the day, and her mother Florence is stubbornly refusing to leave the church where she’s been holed up for more than a week. The Lakeside Supper Club has been in her family for decades, and while Mariel’s grandmother embraced the business, seeing it as a saving grace, Florence never took to it. When Mariel inherited the...

Everything in Moira Green's life goes topsy-turvy when the town council plans to demolish her mother's cafe to make room for parking. Determined to save her mother's business, she swallows her pride and asks Gil Ryan for help. Moira and Somerset Lake's mayor were good friends once, until one night changed everything between them. And now, with Gil supporting the council's plans, Moira is forced to find another way to save Sweetie's - and it involves...

"Luke Daniels is in London, between assignments with the Magellan Billet, when he receives a frantic call from an old friend. Jillian Stein is in trouble. She made a mistake and now her life may be in danger. She needs Luke's help. Immediately. Racing to Belgium Luke quickly finds that she was right. A shadow team of highly-trained operatives are there on the hunt. Intervening, he finds himself embroiled in a war between two determined sides-one seeking...

"Jay Wynter wants to be successful on his own merit. That's why he left Sapphire Springs and his family's winery to build a career from scratch. But now that he's successor to Wynter Estate, Jay must return to his small hometown to face everything, and everyone, he left behind-especially his high school sweetheart, who happens to be his stunning new business partner . . . Leyna Milan knows family legacies come with strings attached, but she's determined...

Simple but powerful advice on how and why to rethink your business structure in a time when traditional capitalism is no longer working for people or the planet. Vincent Stanley, Patagonia's Director of Philosophy, with Yvon Chouinard, founder and former owner of Patagonia, draws on 50 years' experience at Patagonia to challenge all business owners and leaders to rethink their businesses in a time of cultural and climate chaos. Patagonia over and...

"A mysterious letter. An offer taken. And the chance to move forward. When Ava Harrison receives a letter containing an unusual job listing one month after the sudden death of her ex-boyfriend, she thinks she's being haunted. The listing--a job as a live-in caretaker for a peculiar old man and his cranky cat in Driftwood, Alabama--is the perfect chance to start a new life. A normal life. Ava has always been too fearful to even travel, so no one's...

Examines history's most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those in recent memory. A few years ago, Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadn't encountered before: huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the world's three major reserve currencies. Here Dalio brings readers along for his study of...

"An inspiring primer on navigating one’s life with self-knowledge and integrity."
—Kirkus Reviews
Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller
Respected consultant Robert L. Dilenschneider explains how technology and globalization have revolutionized the ways to both build and keep success—and tells readers that to accomplish your goals, you must not only gain power, but also apply...

From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people.

Selected for "Best Books of 2023" by Bloomberg and The Economist!

"Whether you are a new manager or a CEO, there are going to be moments when you feel alone and need help. Odds are, the advice you need is in Scaling People. You are going to pull this book off your shelf over and

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