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GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History Corporate Caterpillars: How to Grow Wings By George Zuckerman According to a recent Gallup poll, 70 percent of American workers are note engaged or are actively disengaged from their work. Ron J. West helps businesses engage employees and move from limited options to limitless opportunities with his new guide on morphing into a better business by moving from corporate caterpillar to social butterfly. In the book, West gives anecdotes and practical tips for implementing change from the top of an organization. With more than 25 years of real-world experience, West helps readers take their businesses from ideas to living, breathing, thriving entities. It matters not whether your company is a for-profit or a nonprofit, a public or a private enterprise, a small family business or an international conglomerate, with the book's blueprint for change, you can transform both yourself and your organization. By Ron J. West In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected—the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. While others on Wall Street scoffed, Paulson and a handful of renegade investors, including Jeffrey Greene and Michael Burry, began to bet heavily against risky mortgages. Initially, they lost tens of millions of dollars as real estate continued to soar, but in the investment world, timing is everything. Paulson redoubled his bets, and in the summer of 2007, the markets began to implode. By year's end, John Paulson had pulled off the greatest trade in financial history, earning more than $15 billion for his firm and dwarfing George Soros's record billion-dollar currency trade in 1992. Award-winning reporter George Zuckerman tells the behind-the-scenes story in The Greatest Trade Ever. When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy The Real Estate Agent's Tax Deduction Guide By William Silber By Stephen Fishman J.D. Understanding tax deductions can be the difference between having a successful year or not for real estate agents and brokers. By taking advantage of the many tax deductions available to them, real estate professionals can end the year with more money in their pockets and less owed to the IRS. Too often, valuable deductions are overlooked. Stephen Fishman's book explains all you need to know on the rules governing deductions—in plain English and with examples and plenty of practical information. Learn about the most important deductions and how to plan and track your expenses all year so you avoid problems with the IRS. The information is organized into categories that explain the rules for each type of deduction, including: start-up expenses, operating expenses, home and outside office, health care, vehicles and travel, and many more. 8 "Late Thursday afternoon on July 30, 1914 . . . America's banking elite marched into the headquarters of the Morgan bank at 23 Wall Street. . . . J. P. Morgan Jr. had summoned A. Barton Hepburn." The story unfolds like a mystery narrative as author William Silber traces Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo's triumph over a monetary crisis that threatened U.S. financial disaster at the outbreak of World War I. As Europeans liquidated their Wall Street investments to transfer gold back home to finance the war, America was at risk of defaulting on its international debts and fear that the U.S. would abandon the gold standard sent the value of the dollar plummeting. Cue McAdoo. The fearless financial leader waged an all-out war for financial credibility. He shut down the New York Stock Exchange for four months to curtail the European exodus, flooded the country with emergency currency, and launched the United States as a world monetary power. McAdoo saw the Federal Reserve take form as the 1914 crisis waned and served as the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

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