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The Identity Code
The 8 Essential Questions for Finding Your Purpose and Place in the World
Written by Laurence Ackerman


Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6417-5 (1-4000-6417-1)

In this life-transforming book, Larry Ackerman shows readers how to crack their identity codes. With more than twenty years of experience helping organizations and individuals identify their purpose, Ackerman reveals the Laws of Identity and the Eight Essential Questions they contain. As readers answer these questions, their identity will gradually become... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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You Are the Message

Written by Roger Ailes


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Broadway Business
On Sale: August 20, 1989
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-26542-3 (0-385-26542-5)

"You are the message." What does that mean, exactly? It means that when you communicate with someone, it's not just the words you choose to send to the other person that make up the message. You're also sending signals about what kind of person you are--by your eyes, your facial expression... Read more >

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The Book of Hard Choices
How to Make the Right Decisions at Work and Keep Your Self-Respect
Written by James A. Autry and Peter Roy


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 978-0-7679-2258-6 (0-7679-2258-1)

THE BOOK OF HARD CHOICES examines the notion of integrity in the workplace. James Autry and Peter Roy, experienced executives themselves, interviewed numerous leaders about the tough decisions they’ve made on the job. They spoke with people including former Starbucks president Howard Behar, Iowa Cubs owner Michael Gartner, and Governor Tom... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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Ask For It
How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want
Written by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38455-0 (0-553-38455-4)

From the authors of Women Don’t Ask, the groundbreaking book that revealed just how much women lose when they avoid negotiation, here is the action plan that women all over the country requested—a guide to negotiating anything effectively using strategies that feel comfortable to you as a woman.

Whether it’s a... Read more >
Also available as an abridged audiobook download and an eBook.

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Women Don't Ask
The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change
Written by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38387-4 (0-553-38387-6)

By neglecting to negotiate her starting salary for her first job, a woman may sacrifice over half a million dollars in earnings by the end of her career. Yet, as research reveals, men are four times more likely to ask for higher pay than are women with the same qualifications. From... Read more >

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Managing Up
How to Forge an Effective Relationship With Those Above You
Written by Rosanne Badowski and Roger Gittines


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Broadway Business
On Sale: October 19, 2004
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-50773-8 (0-385-50773-9)

In Managing Up Rosanne Badowski offers a straightforward, entertaining, no-holds-barred account of what it takes to make your relationship with your boss work to your advantage, no matter where you stand in the corporate hierarchy.

Told through rich, colorful anecdotes about her years spent working with one of the smartest, most... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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What Made jack welch JACK WELCH
How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders
Written by Stephen H. Baum and Dave Conti


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Crown Business
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-33720-7 (0-307-33720-0)

Surprisingly, it’s not about education or pedigree or even native smarts. Most of us are like jack welch, who started life as a lowercase guy, the son of a railroad conductor, but went on to become the most celebrated and successful executive of recent years. Sure, Jack Welch—and lots of other... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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Basic Black
The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life)
Written by Cathie Black


Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Crown Business
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-35110-4 (0-307-35110-6)

Cathie Black is the wise, funny mentor that every woman dreams of having. She was a pioneer in advertising sales at a time when women didn’t sell; served as president and publisher of the fledgling USA Today; and, in her current position as the president of Hearst Magazines, persuaded Oprah to... Read more >

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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009
A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
Written by Richard N. Bolles


Format: Trade Paperback, 456 pages
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
On Sale: October 1, 2008
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-58008-930-2 (1-58008-930-5)

Still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? is the most complete guide for first-time job seekers as well as second and encore careers changers. For more than three decades, it remains a mainstay on best-seller lists, from Amazon.com to Business Week to the New York... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.

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What Color Is Your Parachute? Workbook, revised
A Practical Manual for Job Hunters and Career Changers
Written by Richard N. Bolles


Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 978-1-58008-729-2 (1-58008-729-9)

Richard Nelson Bolles presents an updated version of one of the most widely acclaimed exercises from PARACHUTE, the Flower. This highly effective tool, reproduced here in handy workbook form, helps readers target their ideal work situation. Simple step-by-step worksheets focus on translating personal interests into marketable job skills as well as... Read more >

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Confronting Reality
Doing What Matters to Get Things Right
Written by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Crown Business
On Sale: October 19, 2004
Price: $27.50
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5084-0 (1-4000-5084-7)

"These busy authors have managed to bring fresh insights into a matter that's high on the corporate agenda. What's more, Confronting Reality is even more readable than its predecessor [Execution]."
--Businessweek

The fundamentals of how a business makes money are being rapidly and permanently altered by sweeping structural changes. In Confronting Reality, noted... Read more >

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Women Make the Best Salesmen
Isn't it Time You Started Using their Secrets?
Written by Marion Luna Brem


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Broadway Business
On Sale: May 17, 2005
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-51163-6 (0-385-51163-9)

A thirty-year-old mother of two, Marion Luna Brem had just been given a death sentence: terminal cancer. She had no job. No health insurance. Her marriage would collapse under the stress of her treatment. And her most pressing concern: How do I pay next month’s rent?

Her first major “sale” was landing... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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Negotiation Boot Camp
How to Resolve Conflict, Satisfy Customers, and Make Better Deals
Written by Ed Brodow


Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Broadway Business
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-51849-9 (0-385-51849-8)

Using the no-nonsense, results-oriented boot camp approach, Brodow drills readers on the basic skills needed to master the art of negotiation including conquering our fear of confrontation and overcoming the negative behaviors that hold us back, and identifying and developing our personal negotiation style.

Using a wealth of examples from real-life encounters... Read more >

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What Should I Do with My Life?
The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
Written by Po Bronson


Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-75898-0 (0-375-75898-4)

“What should I do with my life?” Author Po Bronson was asking himself that very question when he decided to write this book–an inspiring exploration of how people transform their lives and a template for how we can answer this question for ourselves. With humor, empathy, and insight, Bronson probes the... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a paperback.

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Jump In
Even If You Don't Know How to Swim
Written by Mark Burnett


Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: January 31, 2006
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-48102-3 (0-345-48102-X)

Executive producer Mark Burnett has revolutionized television. So how did a British immigrant with little cash and no connections become his own entertainment empire? In Jump In!, Burnett shares his astounding personal saga of risk and reward, and tells enthralling stories about his shows and their contestants that have never before... Read more >

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Heroz
Empower Yourself, Your Coworkers, Your Company
Written by William Byham and Jeff Cox


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: July 18, 1995
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-449-90958-4 (0-449-90958-1)

From better decision-making to improved teamwork, the authors present proven, step-by-step techniques for surviving—and thriving—in today’s complex workplace. Read more >

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No
The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home
Written by Jim Camp


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Crown Business
On Sale: June 19, 2007
Price: $24.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-34574-5 (0-307-34574-2)

As Jim Camp's first book, Start with No, gained attention from publications like Harvard Business Review and Fortune, he became a tireless proselytizer for his ideas. During interviews many people wanted to know how his system of negotiating could be applied to their personal lives including day-to-day problems encountered at work... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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Know-How
The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't
Written by Ram Charan


Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Crown Business
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $27.50
ISBN: 978-0-307-34151-8 (0-307-34151-8)

The new grand theory of leadership by Ram Charan . . . The breakthrough book that links know-how—the skills of people who know what they are doing— with the personal and psychological traits of the successful leader.

How often have you heard someone with a commanding presence deliver a bold vision that... Read more >

The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers
The Guide for Achieving Success and Satisfaction
Written by James M. Citrin and Richard Smith


Format: eBook, 288 pages
Publisher: Crown Business
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5135-9 (1-4000-5135-5)

What is different, and consequently extraordinary, about the careers of people like Lou Gerstner, the acclaimed, recently retired chairman and CEO of IBM, senator Elizabeth Dole, Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig, and Tom Freston, chairman and CEO of MTV Networks? Why did they ascend to the top and prosper—why did they have... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.

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The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers
The Guide for Achieving Success and Satisfaction
Written by James M. Citrin and Richard Smith


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Crown Business
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4794-9 (1-4000-4794-3)

What is different, and consequently extraordinary, about the careers of people like Lou Gerstner, the acclaimed, recently retired chairman and CEO of IBM, senator Elizabeth Dole, Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig, and Tom Freston, chairman and CEO of MTV Networks? Why did they ascend to the top and prosper—why did they have... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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You Can Negotiate Anything

Written by Herb Cohen


Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: December 1, 1982
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-28109-5 (0-553-28109-7)

Claiming that the world is a giant negotiating table, renowned negotiator Cohen teaches the art of negotiation with dozens of concrete examples. Read more >

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10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College
The Know-How You Need to Succeed
Written by William D. Coplin


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
On Sale: August 6, 2003
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-58008-524-3 (1-58008-524-5)

You'll learn a lot of things in college, but there's one thing the textbooks won't teach you: how to acquire marketable job skills before you graduate.

Award-winning college professor and student adviser Bill Coplin has been developing skill-based liberal arts curricula for more than 30 years, and has helped thousands of students... Read more >

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First Impressions
What You Don't Know About How Others See You
Written by Ann Demarais, Ph.D. and Valerie White, Ph.D.


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: March 2, 2004
Price: $24.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-80320-4 (0-553-80320-4)

"...[A] smart, thought-provoking look at the way we present ourselves to the world." --Booklist (American Library Association)

What kind of first impression do you make? A first impression is the most important impression you’ll ever make—and you get only one chance to make it. Business deals can be made or broken, first... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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Leadership Is an Art

Written by Max Depree


Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Broadway Business
On Sale: May 18, 2004
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-51246-6 (0-385-51246-5)

LEADERSHIP IS AN ART has long been a must-read not only within the business community but also in professions ranging from academia to medical practices, to the political arena. First published in 1989, the book has sold more than 800,000 copies in hardcover and paperback. This revised edition brings Max De... Read more >

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Seducing the Boys Club
Uncensored Tactics from a Woman at the Top
Written by Nina DiSesa


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-49699-7 (0-345-49699-X)

Chairman of the flagship office of the largest advertising agency network in the world, McCann Erickson, Nina DiSesa is a master communicator, a ceiling crasher, and a big-time realist. In Seducing the Boys Club, DiSesa shows you how S&M–seduction and manipulation–is the secret to winning over (and surpassing) the big guys... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
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