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Five Equations that Changed the World, Michael Guillen
Harvard mathematician Michael Guillen looks at five mathematical breakthroughs and the theorists behind them, among them Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Freakonomics (written with Stephen J. Dubner), Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: they could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections.
Incomplete Education, Judy Jones et al.
You'll find everything you forgot from school- as well as plenty you never even learned- in this all-purpose reference book, an instant classic when it first appeared in 1987. The updated version takes a whirlwind tour through twelve different disciplines, from American studies to philosophy to...
Masterpieces of World Philosophy, John Roth
For many, philosophy is a difficult, almost unapproachable field. Just understanding it seems to require more knowledge than most students and general readers could possible have. That's how Masterpieces of World Philosophy can help you to truly grasp the ideas of Aristotle and Aquinas,...
New Complete Guide to Executive Manners, Letitia Baldrige
This book tells executives (and others) how to behave in business situations. Baldrige discusses traditional points of etiquette (e.g., making introductions and using proper forms of address), but also gives guidelines for other types of behavior, such as dressing appropriately and planning a...
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki
Personal-finance author and lecturer Robert Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective through exposure to a pair of disparate influences: his own highly educated but fiscally unstable father, and the multimillionaire eighth-grade dropout father of his closest friend. The lifelong monetary...
Selling the Invisible, Harry Beckwith
The transformation from a manufacturing-based economy to one that is all about service has been well documented. Today it is estimated that nearly 75 percent of Americans work in the service sector. Instead of producing tangibles--automobiles, clothes, and tools--more and more of us are in the...
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell
"The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth, or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life," writes Malcolm Gladwell, "is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do." Although anyone familiar with the theory of memetics will recognize this concept, Gladwell's The Tipping Point has quite a few interesting twists on the subject.
The Ultimate Gift, Jim Stovall
What would you do to inherit a billion dollars? Would you be willing to change your life? Jason Stevens is about to find out in Jim Stovall's The Ultimate Gift. Red Stevens has died, and the older members of his family receive their millions with greedy anticipation. But a different fate awaits young Jason, whom Stevens, his great-uncle, believes may be the last vestige of hope in the family. "Although to date your life seems to be a sorry excuse for anything I would call promising, there does seem to be a spark of something in you that I hope we can fan into a flame. For that reason, I am not making you an instant millionaire." What Stevens does give Jason leads to "The Ultimate Gift." Young and old will take this timeless tale to heart.
The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim, in his new book, The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The world isn't going to be flat, it is flat, which gives Friedman's breathless narrative much of its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that futurists--the optimistic ones at least--are inevitably prey to.
Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt, Harvey Mackay
In this sequel to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive, Mackay, a Minneapolis envelope-maker, issues a flood of no-nonsense business advice in the form of original aphorisms and short, germane examples, all delivered with high spirits and ever-bubbling humor. "The sale begins when the...
Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty, Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackay's book, "Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty," teaches you Mackay's methods of networking with people and building up your personal contacts. If crunchtime comes and you need to make a late night call at 2:00 a.m. asking for a quick $20,000 because your company's books are askew, how many people do you know who you could call who would help you?
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results, Stephen C. Lundin et al.
Here's another management parable that draws its lesson from an unlikely source - this time it's the fun-loving fishmongers at Seattle's Pike Place Market. In Fish! the heroine, Mary Jane Ramirez, recently widowed and mother of two, is asked to engineer a turnaround of her company's troubled...
Getting to Yes, Roger Fisher et al.
We're constantly negotiating in our lives, whether it's convincing the kids to do their homework or settling million-dollar lawsuits. For those who need help winning these battles, Roger Fisher has developed a simple and straightforward five-step system for how to behave in negotiations. Narrated...
Good to Great, Jim Collins
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great, Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on eleven, including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreen's, and Wells Fargo, and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success.
Patton on Leadership, Alan Axelroad
Axelrod (What Every American Should Know About American History) takes the leadership wisdom of one of America's greatest and most colorful combat generals and applies it to contemporary civilian corporate organizations. Organized around George S. Patton's quotations and writings, this is an attempt...
Principle Centered Leadership, Stephen R. Covey
The great "angst" of life has seemingly gripped us all, and there seems to be no limit to the number of writers offering answers to the great perplexities of life. Covey, however, is the North Star in this field. Following his successful Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (S. & S., 1989), Covey...
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence
This is the exciting and highly literate story of the real Lawrence of Arabia, as written by Lawrence himself, who helped unify Arab factions against the occupying Turkish Army circa World War I. Lawrence has a novelist's eye for detail, a poet's command of language, an adventurer's heart, a...
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu is universally recognized as the greatest military strategist in history; a master of warfare interpretation. This condensed version of his influential classic imparts the knowledge and skills to overcome every adversary in war, at the office, or in everyday life.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that...
Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive, Harvey Mackay
First-time author Mackay has produced a "how-to" book that is different. Offering a series of lessons with titles like, "If You Don't Have a Destination, You'll Never Get There," or "Make Decisions with Your Heart and What You'll End Up with Is Heart Disease," he tells parables that make the point...
Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson
This book is an analogy of mice vs. men (simple and complicated) in a maze, about how many things such as over-analyzing, stubbornness, and fear can over-complicate simple things, making anything, even life, unnecessarily unbearable.
Born to Win, Murial James
There are a plethora of books in the self-help section, and sometimes you don't know which ones are really helpful or not. This book is a classic. It was written in 1971, and unlike many texts of that time, it is still fresh, interesting and relevant. It's written in an easy, jargon-free language, which has at its heart a deep and genuinely empathic concern for people and their journeys.
Frogs into Princes, Richard Bandler
For what it is this book is a 10, and it's a hoot to read as well! Even though it's now over twenty years old, this is the first (and best) book introducing the still cutting edge technology of human communication and cognition - Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP™). As far-fetched a claim as it may seem, this is surely a seminal book in the field of human communication, linguistics, perception, cognition and psychology.
When Smart People Fail, Carole Hyatt
Failure among the ambitious, upwardly mobile, educated and intelligent of our modern, industrialized society often comes across as being more devastating, more defining, and more frightening than it actually is. What in actuality defines us is not the number of our failures, but how we deal with our failure, how we look upon it, and most importantly, how we either learn from our failure or allow our failures to define us.
What Do You Say After You Say Hello?, Eric Berne MD
A thought-provoking and revealing book about human life and human interactions. Although written in the late sixties, it is still very much relevant and not in the least outdated. Even if you do not accept the script theory as a whole (the system of thought with its jargon(which by the way is minimal compared to other theories of personality) and the common myths that permeate it), this book provides valuable insights into many aspects of the human condition.
Understanding Men's Passage, Gail Sheehy
Gail Sheehy's taboo-breaking book about women's menopause, The Silent Passage, was named one of the most influential books of our time by the Library of Congress. Understanding Men's Passages is just as powerful and is certain to change the landscape of the psychology of men. Inspired by her husband's struggle with a midlife career crisis, Sheehy has compiled nearly ten years of interviews and research into this book, revealing the fears and self-doubts of men over 40 who struggle with identity crises both at work and with their partners and children.
The Season's of a Man's Life, Daniel Levinson
The first full report from the team that discovered the patterns of adult development, this breakthrough study ranks in significance with the original works of Kinsey and Erikson, exploring and explaining the specific periods of personal development through which all human beings must pass,and...
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Here are money-making secrets that can change your life. Inspired by Andrew Carnegie's magic formula for success, this book will teach you the secrets that will bring you a fortune. It will show you not only what to do but how to do it. Once you learn and apply the simple, basic techniques revealed here, you will have mastered the secret of true and lasting success. And you may have whatever you want in life.
The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of and a solution to personal financial problems. Based on the success secrets of the ancient "Babylonian Parables," it is a very inspiring book about wealth.
The Male Mid-Life Crisis
Out of print, but there may still be some copies available.
The Knight in Rusty Armor, Robert Fisher
While searching for a way to remove the armor that has become stuck on him, a knight finally discovers the true qualities of knighthood.
The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller
The revised edition of Miller's study of the psychology of successful people features a new introduction by the author. Also available in hardcover.
Staying OK, Amy Harris
This out-of-print book is among the best of self-help books, making transactional analysis accessible to the lay reader. Because of the Transactional Analysis jargon, many missed its wonderful explanations of how and why we behave in the ways we do, and how to change.
Games People Play, Eric Berne MD
“An important book . . . a brilliant, amusing, and clear catalogue of the psychological theatricals that human beings play over and over again.”
Scripts People Live, Claude Steiner
When Claude Steiner and the late Eric Berne developed the theory of Transactional Analysis, their basic belief that people were "born princes and princesses, until their parents turned them into frogs" countered the fundamental principle of psychiatry which asserts that emotional and mental distress...
Psycho- Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz
With over 30 million copies sold since its original publication in 1960, Psycho-Cybernetics has been used by athletes, entrepreneurs, college students, and many others to achieve life-changing goals, from losing weight to dramatically increasing their income, finding that success is not only...
Procrastination, Why You Do It, What To Do About It, Jane Burka and Lenora Yuen
This is a classic guide to understanding and controlling one of the most common and frustrating behavioral problems. Based on years of counseling, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and sometimes humorous look at the problem that troubles everyone.
Man's search for Meaning, Vickto Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and his struggle...
In and Out the Garbage Pail, Federick Perls
A novel autobiography in which Fritz Perls applies his theory of focusing on awareness, and writes whatever wants to be written. In and Out of the Garbage Pail covers the origins and continuity of Gestalt Therapy.
I'm OK, You're OK, Thomas Harris
"Happy childhood" notwithstanding, most of us are living out the NOT OK feelings of a defenseless CHILD wholly dependent on OK others for stroking and care. By the third year of life, says Dr. Harris, most of us have made the unconscious decision I'M NOT OK-YOU'RE OK.
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