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Need help with starting a business? Want to learn more about your finances and the economy or more about the world of business? Check out the business titles recently added to our collection, including titles that are downloadable. Use the Library's Business Guide to help research your next business question. Create contact lists, find business plans, and read articles at your convenience with our electronic business resources.

*Start and Run a Real Home-Based Business
 Dan Furman

Brings together 50+ topics essential to home based business owners. Pulling no punches, Furman shows you exactly what makes a home based business succeed or fail.

Social Media Bible *
Lon Safko

Overviews by gurus and wide-ranging coverage of topics including social networks; publishing on the Web; photo, audio, and video applications; and tools such as microblogging, livecasting, virtual worlds, and gaming.

*The Self-Promoting Musician
Peter Spellman

How to take charge of your musical career with crucial do-it-yourself strategies. Filled with empowering resources and tips for self-managed musicians.

Start Your Own Personal Training Business *
Entrepreneur Press and Tom Weede

You'll learn the nuts and bolts of starting a personal training business, including everything from establishing a business plan to getting certified to finding a profitable niche.

*The Associates: Four Capitalists who Created California
Richard Rayner

A true-life tale of ruthless ambition, staggering greed, and the making of a nation. Four men--Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins--rose from their position as middle-class merchants to become the force behind the transcontinental railroad.

Ahead of the Curve *
Philip Delves Broughton

Surprising and richly detailed, this is a one-of-a-kind account of the institution that has, for good or ill, made American business what it is today.

 *Always Available from the Downloadable Media Collection

*Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days
Jay Conrad Levinson

Offers a winning 30-day plan to revolutionize your marketing without depleting your budget. Armed with a daily dose of proven guerrilla principles, and the latest tactics and tools, you can reach your marketing goals, jump-start your sales, and watch your profits soar.

*55 Surefire Internet Businesses You Can Start for Under $5,000
Melissa Campanelli

Inspired by the hottest online trends and technology, the experts at Entrepreneur uncover a virtual universe of online opportunities! Discover your online niche, successfully set up your business, reach out to a world-wide customer base, and start raking in extra cash!

The Ascent of Money *
Niall Ferguson

Anyone who wants to understand financial history traversing through institutional mutation and natural selection will be enlightened by reading this work. Books are written to be read, but Ferguson's book is written to be read, reread, and savored.

*Always Available from the Downloadable Media Collection

Let's Get Real About Money *
Eric Tyson

Tyson brings together the financial advice and money management secrets he has learned over the past two decades. In this action-oriented guide, packed with checklists and worksheets, he helps readers organize their finances and take control of their futures..

*Create Your Own Economy
Tyler Cowen

Explains why the coming world of Web 3.0 is good for us; why social networking sites such as Facebook are so necessary; what's so great about "Tweeting" and texting; how education will get better; and why politics, literature, and philosophy will become richer.

*Always Available from the Downloadable Media Collection