Business & Economics:

It's Always Personal
Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace
Written by Anne Kreamer

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $15.00

An innovative study of gender, emotion, and power, It’s Always Personal is an essential companion for everyone navigating the challenges of the contemporary workplace.
 
How often have we heard “It’s nothing against you, it’s not personal—it’s just business”? But in fact, at work it’s never just business—it’s always personal. In... Read more >

More Nitty-Gritty Grammar
Another Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication
Written by Hope Edith Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2012
Price: $9.99

Who or whom? Lay or lie? Conjunction, pronoun, predicate, or gerund? If such questions and terms leave you scratching your head, you need the hip and fun follow-up to NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR. With a new, easy-to-use alphabetical format and the same winning formula of wacky cartoons, off-the-wall examples, and catchy reminders, MORE... Read more >

You Are the Message

Written by Roger Ailes

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2012
Price: $12.99

"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, your... Read more >

Buenos equipos, empresas imbatibles

Written by Adrian Gostick and Elton Chester

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: December 6, 2011
Price: $20.00

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The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Written by Tim Wu

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 29, 2011
Price: $15.95

It is easy to forget that every development in the history of the American information industry–from the telephone to radio to film–once existed in an open and chaotic marketplace inhabited by entrepreneurs and utopians, just as the Internet does today. Each of these, however, grew to be dominated by a monopolist...

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It's Always Personal
Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace
Written by Anne Kreamer

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2011
Price: $13.99

An innovative study of gender, emotion, and power, It’s Always Personal is an essential companion for everyone navigating the challenges of the contemporary workplace.
 
How often have we heard “It’s nothing against you, it’s not personal—it’s just business”? But in fact, at work it’s never just business—it’s always personal. In... Read more >

Rewrite Right!
Your Guide to Perfectly Polished Prose
Written by Jan Venolia
Illustrated by Ellen Sasaki

Format: eBook, 200 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2011
Price: $9.99

Everyone knows that writing can be improved by the simple process of reviewing, editing, and rewriting, but many struggle with how to go about critiquing their own work—be it a letter to a friend, an important business document, or an academic essay. Fortunately, help is at hand in REWRITE RIGHT!, the... Read more >

The Female Advantage

Written by Sally Helgesen

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2011
Price: $16.99

Now in Currency paperback -- Sally Helgesen's  classic study of female leaders and how their  strategies represent a highly successful revision of male  leadership styles. Sixty thousand copies in print!  In her bestselling 1990 book, Sally Helgesen  discovered that men and women approach work in  fundamentally different ways. Many of these differences  hold distinct advantages for women, who... Read more >

Tell to Win
Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
Written by Peter Guber

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $26.00

Today everyone – whether they know it or not – is in the emotional transportation business.  More and more, success is won by creating compelling stories that have the power to move partners, shareholders, customers, and employees to action.  Simply put, if you can’t tell it, you can’t sell it.  And... Read more >

Tell to Win
Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
Written by Peter Guber

Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $15.99

Today everyone – whether they know it or not – is in the emotional transportation business.  More and more, success is won by creating compelling stories that have the power to move partners, shareholders, customers, and employees to action.  Simply put, if you can’t tell it, you can’t sell it.  And... Read more >

Tell to Win
Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
Written by Peter Guber
Read by Patrick Egan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $17.50

Today everyone – whether they know it or not – is in the emotional transportation business.  More and more, success is won by creating compelling stories that have the power to move partners, shareholders, customers, and employees to action.  Simply put, if you can’t tell it, you can’t sell it.  And... Read more >

Write Right!
A Desktop Digest of Punctuation, Grammar, and Style
Written by Jan Venolia

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2011
Price: $9.99

In this age of electronic correspondence and self-produced documents, we need a useful and reliable writing guide more than ever. WRITE RIGHT! covers the essentials of good writing in a concise and easy-to-follow format. The new edition of this classic handbook takes you through the entire writing process, from understanding the... Read more >

The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Written by Tim Wu

Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $28.95

In this age of an open Internet, it is easy to forget that every American information industry, beginning with the telephone, has eventually been taken captive by some ruthless monopoly or cartel. With all our media now traveling a single network, an unprecedented potential is building for centralized control over what... Read more >

The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Written by Tim Wu

Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $13.99

In this age of an open Internet, it is easy to forget that every American information industry, beginning with the telephone, has eventually been taken captive by some ruthless monopoly or cartel. With all our media now traveling a single network, an unprecedented potential is building for centralized control over what... Read more >

Be a Brilliant Business Writer
Write Well, Write Fast, and Whip the Competition
Written by Jane Curry and Diana Young

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $13.99

Leverage the power of effective writing
 
Be a Brilliant Business Writer gives you tools for mastering the art of persuasive writing in every document you create, from email and client letters to reports and presentations. Jane Curry and Diana Young will show you how to convey your message with clarity and power... Read more >

Be a Brilliant Business Writer
Write Well, Write Fast, and Whip the Competition
Written by Jane Curry and Diana Young

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $9.99

Leverage the power of effective writing
 
Be a Brilliant Business Writer gives you tools for mastering the art of persuasive writing in every document you create, from email and client letters to reports and presentations. Jane Curry and Diana Young will show you how to convey your message with clarity and power... Read more >

Naked, Drunk, and Writing
Shed Your Inhibitions and Craft a Compelling Memoir or Personal Essay
Written by Adair Lara

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2010
Price: $15.99

The material is right there in front of you. You’ve known yourself for, well, a lifetime—and you finally feel ready to share your story with the world. Yet when it actually comes time to put pen to paper, you find that you’re stumped.
 
Enter Adair Lara: award-winning author, seasoned columnist, beloved writing... Read more >

SEND
Why People Email So Badly and How to Do It Better
Written by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2010
Price: $14.95

Send—the classic guide to email for office and home—has become indispensable for readers navigating the impersonal, and at times overwhelming, world of electronic communication.  Filled with real-life email success (and horror) stories and a wealth of useful and entertaining examples, Send dissects all the major minefields and pitfalls of email. It... Read more >

The Fifth Discipline
The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
Written by Peter M. Senge

Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2010
Price: $19.99

Completely Updated and Revised

This revised edition of Peter Senge’s bestselling classic, The Fifth Discipline, is based on fifteen years of experience in putting the book’s ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is your organization’s ability to learn faster than the competition... Read more >

How to Write a Million Dollar Memo

Written by Cheryl Reimold

Format: eBook, 132 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $13.99

How to Write a Million Dollar Memo is a guide to writing clear and simple business communications.

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Transformational Speaking

Written by Gail Larsen

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2009
Price: $16.95

You can change the world—one audience at a time!
 
Today's challenging times call for passionate visionaries who are authentic and articulate communicators. Speaking coach and consultant Gail Larsen presents a proven program that liberates the "speaker within" and transforms even the reluctant orator into an agent of change.
 
While most books on... Read more >

Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Read by Charles Kahlenberg

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $29.95

Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.”... Read more >

Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Read by Charles Kahlenberg

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $15.00

Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.”... Read more >

Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $26.00

Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.”... Read more >

Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Format: eBook
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $13.99

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Chip Heath and Dan Heath's Switch.

Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with... Read more >