Llumina Bookstore - Business and Investing

	The Art and Craft of Building a Life Insurance Agency The Art and Craft of Building a Life Insurance Agency – Building a Business That Works When You Don’t explains in layman’s terms what truly constitutes a multilevel marketing life insurance organization. In addition, it also provides an exploratory guide through which one can discover whether the life insurance business is a viable option as a potential career. Read More...
	Impact: The 7 Undeniable and Often Uncontrollable Powers of Influence Emotional Reaction, Active Persuasion, Momentum and Commitment, Placement, Past Experience, Ritual, Time Pressure Please visit us at jbzegalia.com Read More...
	Shop Business If you run your own store or work for a store, Shop Business gives you recommendations and considerations to make your business more successful. No matter your product's details or market's region, whether yours is a chain of mega-stores or a small mom-and-pop, you can benefit from this book. Read More...
	*Basic Steps for Starting a New Business* Most books on business expect you to have a degree just to understand them. Basic Steps for Starting a New Business gives you a simple and clearly marked road map, full of easy-to-digest information that should make you think, “I knew that, but I never really thought of it that way," or "hey, that makes sense.” Read More...
	*Business Success* This book can be useful for those who are already in business, as well as for those who are just entering the business world. It contains special lessons and advice about how to improve and be successful in marketing and sales. Read More...
	*Sales: The Creation of Influence* People want to buy; however, they also want to feel both comfortable and confident in making a purchase. Although there will always be the customer that just walks in and buys, the majority of your customers will have to become open to your efforts and influence before they will ever consider buying anything. There is a reason that certain salespeople will consistently outperform others in our business. Some will choose to learn their trade and some will not. Read More...
	*Auto Sales: The Path for Success (Audio CD)* People want to buy; however, they also want to feel both comfortable and confident in making a purchase. Although there will always be the customer that just walks in and buys, the majority of your customers will have to become open to your efforts and influence before they will ever consider buying anything. There is a reason that certain salespeople will consistently outperform others in our business. Some will choose to learn their trade and some will not. Read More...
	*Auto Sales: The Path for Success* People want to buy; however, they also want to feel both comfortable and confident in making a purchase. Although there will always be the customer that just walks in and buys, the majority of your customers will have to become open to your efforts and influence before they will ever consider buying anything. There is a reason that certain salespeople will consistently outperform others in our business. Some will choose to learn their trade and some will not. Read More...
	*Credit Education Package* THIS IS THE BOOK YOU MUST READ, if you have ever fallen into the trap of being abused, harassed or intimidated by a debt collector. (If you haven’t yet, chances are...some day you will.) The author, with over 40 years of experience in the debt collection industry, discloses all the tricks of the debt collectors—the good ones and the bad ones. You can’t afford NOT to read this book! Read More...
	*Job Tactics: The Secret to Getting a Good Job in Tough Times* In today’s tough job market, finding a good job in corporate America is becoming increasingly difficult. Sharing secret tactics which allowed the author to land full-time job offers with several of America’s most prestigious companies, this easy to read book offers sound advice to those looking to secure a full-time job offer with top US corporations. Job Tactics: The Secret to Getting a Good Job in Tough Times offers advice about effectively managing your job search. The lessons taught are transferable across all industries. Read More...
	Offshore Jurisdictions Guide In today's globalized world, it is crucial to take advantage of international opportunities to improve the performance of your business or personal finances. Intended as a unique source of inspiration for effective business organization and tax planning, as well as a quick and easy reference book, the Offshore Jurisdictions Guide is a comprehensive and objective guide to offshore jurisdictions offering personal taxation and business opportunities. Read More...
	*Corruption and Complicity* Ignacio Acevedo was born in a poor, outlying neighborhood of Medellin, Colombia. His home had only two rooms and did not have flooring, water, electricity or access by automobile. He walked barefoot until he was 10 years old. With his brothers, he started a small company which became the largest electronics business in Colombia. But the dangers of living in Colombia still made life hard. Read More...
	*The Ultimate Medical Manager* by Ryan Setzer and Viki Ryan, RN Today, every manager and supervisor in healthcare must be a leader that goes beyond managing tasks and arranging assignments. Having a fully developed Performance Management System and the leadership skills to implement it is essential for every medical, dental or allied health professional whether you work in an office, clinic or hospital setting. The value of *The Ultimate Medical Manager; Leadership for Results* is translating textbook concepts to real life strategies that you can apply immediately. Read More...
	ERP and Business Processes by Hans van der Hoeven The concepts of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Business Processes are important to understand for all students of business, marketing, economics, management, human resources, and various other (applied) sciences. ERP and Business Processes puts previously obtained knowledge in perspective, integrating school subjects with state-of-the-art information management as is applied in companies and institutions all around the world. Read More...
	How to Modify Your Home Loan and Avoid Foreclosure by Kamala Felder Kamala Felder is the founder of the Felder Group in northern California. By authoring her first book, Kamala hopes to provide homeowners with desperately needed information and assist in saving their homes from foreclosure. Kamala is currently a certified housing counselor who focuses on foreclosure prevention and home preservation. Read More...
	Ten Mistakes Small Companies Make Implementing Quality by John Noland Frye Ten Mistakes Small Companies Make in Implementing Quality, and How to Correct Them is written for the management and staff of small businesses. Its purpose: to provide employees with a common “direction of thought” as they work to initiate and implement a viable QualityAssurance program. Read More...
	*Sit Crooked and Speak Straight* by Stephen McGrane Sit Crooked and Speak Straight is a cross-cultural guide for anyone visiting the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf states. Written with the Western businessperson in mind, it is also a useful tool for government officials, military personnel, educators, or anyone else wishing to gain practical insight into the Arab social and business culture. Read More...
	Money for Teenagers by Diana Crabtree Most people would agree that their current financial situation would be far better if they had learned some basic lessons about money when they were young. Money for Teenagers provides youth with an introductory financial education and helps them establish a positive outlook about, and healthy behaviors toward, money. Read More...
	*The Leadership Road* The Leadership Road sets forth the 12 areas of leadership behavior that need to be executed and 12 values that excellent leaders live by. The book offers the insights that Preziosi gained from nearly 20,000 professionals over the course of 25 years. In addition, he has woven in some of his own insights from decades of successful leadership in business and academia. Read More...
	A Field Guide for Observing the Leadership of Change In sports, the games haven’t changed. The size, speed, conditioning and talent of the players; and competency of the coaching staff have. The same is true in business. The fitness, speed and intelligence that were once competitive are now a formula for failure. Being a great manager or a hands-on boss doesn’t cut it anymore. A few yards and a cloud of dust isn’t a winning business proposition. Read More...
	Cool Million by Mary Waldeck A true story of how two ordinary people invested in real estate in their spare time, and accumulated a net worth of approximately one million dollars. Need a step-by-step map on the challenging road to real estate investing? Read more...
	The Wreckless Manager by Tommy W. White “After the first reading of THE WRECKLESS MANAGER, you come away with how jam packed this little book is with down to earth, everyday, useful hints and wisdom on how to be a better manager. It’s only after the second reading, that you begin to realize that the real lesson and wisdom being taught by Mr. White is that leadership and management are a lifelong learning process; and is only available to those who, like Mr. White, stay focused throughout their careers by learning everything they can from every single experience and mistake. Those of us who teach and practice management and leadership should learn from Mr. White’s example.” —L. Wayne DeBow- Organizational Consultant, Quantum Consulting. Read more...
	The Magic of Being a Successful Entrepreneur by Ngoje O. Kennedy Entrepreneurship is a highly coveted profession. Any person worth his or her salt wants to venture into it. But research finds that more and more business enterprises fail within the first three years of their setup. Why? Read more...
	*Start and Run a Painting Business* By Brandon Tremain This book will show you how to start and run your own painting business from scratch. Read more...
	Better Living Through Bureaucracy: How to Make It to the Top Without Doing Any Real Work by Greg W. Starr "A wry, satirical look at how bureaucracies swallow organizations ... teaching how to exploit the system to create maximum 'turf' and minimum actual results." — Shel Horowitz, award-winning author of Principled Profit and founder of the international Business Ethics Pledge "A contemporary, synergetic version of Machiavelli’s The Prince and P. T. Barnum’s The Art of Money Getting ... a new, in-depth guidebook on how to succeed in the business world without doing any 'real' work." — Kaye Trout, Midwest Book Review Read more...
	*Geronimo Stone* by Craig Stevens & Michael Moore In this searing drama, learn the seven attributes of “The Mobile of Excellent Management.” This, the 1st story in the Geronimo Stone Series, takes place at an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee. The once-prosperous company is in chaos when its patriarch, Robert “Geronimo” Stone becomes ill and dies. His family survives the profound personal loss only to face a hostile business war. Read more...
	*Managing Workplace Stress and Conflict Amid* by Bahaudin G. Mujtaba & Timothy McCartney I encourage management to read and practice the techniques in this book…it will go a long way to smooth out unnecessary organizational rancor. —Ike Udechukwu, Georgia State University Mujtaba and McCartney provide useful information and helpful tools that the reader can apply to the real world. —Dr. Daniel Sullivan, Director of Student Engagement Managing Workplace Stress and Conflict Amid Change is succinctly written to help the working professional manage change, stress, and conflict. I highly recommend this book. —Barbara A. Stephens, Faculty - Nova Southeastern University Read more...
	*Mentoring Diverse professionals* by Bahaudin G. Mujtaba Mentoring is the art and science of helping others advance and grow. In today’s global economy, it is important for all managers and leaders to understand the skills of mentoring for effectively developing and influencing others toward maximum individual and organizational productivity. Read more...
	Cross Cultural Change Management by Bahaudin G. Mujtaba Today's culturally diverse employees and customers live in a constant period of transition. The shelf life of solutions keeps getting shorter since what works today can become obsolete a few months later. Cross Cultural Change Management provides an excellent starting point for understanding and managing leadership and change. This is a very comprehensive and practical book. Dr. F. Barry Barnes, Chair and Professor of Management, Nova Southeastern University Read more...
	Collaborative Evaluations by Dr. Liliana Rodríguez-Campos A highly comprehensive and easy-to-follow book for those evaluators who want to engage and succeed in collaborative evaluations. The author presents the Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) with its six major components: (1) identify the situation, (2) clarify the expectations, (3) establish a shared commitment, (4) ensure open communication, (5) encourage best practices, and (6) follow specific guidelines. Read more...
	*7 Keys 2 Success* by Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale Forget about doing good. That isn't why you need more diversity in your organization. Think self-preservation. Think survival. Think creativity. Rosalyn brings more passion, clarity and insight into diversity discussions than anyone we've ever worked with. Her work is thoughtful, effective, and, certainly, inspiring. —Tom Freston, Co-President & Co-COO Viacom Funny, motivational and infinitely useful, 7Keys 2Success explores: Why was it important for the CEO to institute same sex benefits in the small fundamentalist town? Read more...
	*The Feminine Influence in Business* by Mike Lehr How do you find and retain talented employees without paying for it? The Feminine Influence in Business shows talent as the force behind dynamic business growth and establishes a framework for us to tap into it. Read more...
	*Principles of American Metropolitan Governance* by Stuart Shaffer Principles of American Metropolitan Governance presents a comprehensive set of specific, politically practical actions ... ...that should be taken by all fifty states and local governments to organize and empower effective area wide decision-making and improve governmental performance in America's metropolitan areas. Read more...
	*America's Trading Partners:* *The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly* by Miles Arnone & Chris Cottrell With every purchase we make, we are effectively “voting with our dollars.” Whether you’re considering buying a shirt at your local retailer or outsourcing part of your business to another part of the globe, you should know the good, bad and possibly ugly consequences of your decision. Read more...
	*Building Effective Leadership from the Ground Up* by Aaron Henderson This book is a culmination of years of experience and education in the areas of leadership and management. An effort has been made to add to and describe what other books on the subject fail to do—break down into the very basics, the principles and values that are needed to build effective leadership. Read more...
	*How Do You Eat An Elephant?* One Bite at a Time by Bill Hogan "A quick, easy read - all we need to know in one source. Should be on every manager's desk as a ready reference." —Scott Harrah, President Harrah Insurance "A very insightful book. It makes the reader think about resolving issues by first looking inward. Our management team found that getting others to change was much easier once we changed our own behavior." —Scott Needham, President Princeton Air Read more...
	*Dividend Capture* by Barbara L. Minton AT LAST, HERE IT IS: A METHOD FOR CREATING HUGE RETURNS IN TODAY’S MARKET. For decades Wall Street pros practiced dividend capture to increase their returns from dividend paying stocks. Using dividend capture they made 28%, 38%, 50% or more on their money. Read more...
	*Make Sure You get Paid and Other Business Basics* by Bonnie Huval Essentials for keeping a small business thriving when others are on the rocks. Will your big new customer put your business over the top, or take it to its knees? Will your new employee steal you blind? Is your business needlessly vulnerable? The president of a small consulting firm that works with large customers such as MCI, Du Pont (and its affiliates), and WorldCom--and consistently gets paid in full, on time--reveals how she does it, plus what she has learned in other business arenas. Read more...
	*On The Art of Business* by James Merkel & Abdul Wahab Al-Falaij An insightful, broad scoped literary must for all people. This sublimely subtle study of the ways to achieve victory through "Millenniums of Common Sense" includes an array of strategies, tactics, wisdom quotes and provocative thoughts that will inspire all who read. A treasure map to profits and prosperity that leads through the realities of life. A book that can be opened to any page and enjoyed! "A Customer is the Most Important Visitor to Our Premises" "He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not interruption to our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider to our business. He is part of it. We are not doing a favor in serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so..."
	*The Triangles of Management and Leadership Workbook* by Paul B. Thornton What does it take to be a true leader? The accompanying workbook to Paul Thornton's cutting edge approach. *The Workbook* to The Triangles of Management and Leadership. Get to the nitty gritty of leadership basics with this unique, cutting-edge approach to management and leadership styles. Learn what you need to lead and succeed in today's highly competitive marketplace. Click here for more info on the workbook
	The Triangles of Management and Leadership by Paul B. Thornton Paul Thornton is able to clearly outline just what it takes to be a true manager and leader.
	Power Interviewing: Killer Cover Letters by Barry Cohen If your job search hasn't been successful or if you want to advance in your present position, this book is for you! "I'm a computer consultant. After reading Barry's manual, I had an interview...and got the job using the tools and skills I learned. I not only got hired at $10,000 more than I expected, but they waived the usual temp-to-perm probation period and hired me right away - they didn't want anyone else to get me. Thanks a million, Barry!"…C.R.
	*Retire Young with Constant Cash Flow* by Douglas R. Dickerson There are no gifts in life, but with an assertive attitude, will power, and the proper motivation, you can Retire Young with Constant Cash Flow.
	*How to Connect to People and How to Do It Consistently* by Richard Woods Do you want to turn your life around? How to Connect to People and How to Do It Consistently will provide instructions to help you change your attitude .
	*Day Trading* by Ross Pitca This book is written for the beginner to intermediate trader in easy to understand language.
	The Vending Jackpot: How to Build and Manage Your Own Profitable Vending Business by Ronnie Talent The extra cash you need is in the vending machine! *The Vending Jackpot* is packed with insider strategies you need to succeed! You'll learn: Exactly how to start! Where to buy great machines at discount! Which machines to buy for the fastest return! The most profitable products ! Exactly how to get the highest profit locations! How to continually expand and grow !
	*160 Degrees of Deviation* by Jerome Alexander Organizations usually have the best of intentions when they institute new programs and policies, but something always seems to go wrong.