Switch
How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2010
Price: $14.99

Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?

The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled... Read more >

The $100 Startup
Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
Written by Chris Guillebeau

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $11.99

In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose – and earn a good living.
 
Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175... Read more >

Act of Congress
How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't
Written by Robert G. Kaiser

Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.99

An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works—and doesn’t—that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008.

The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken—as...

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2012
Price: $15.99

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world.
 
Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them... Read more >

The Happiness Advantage
The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
Written by Shawn Achor

Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $13.99

Our most commonly held formula for success is broken.
 
Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But... Read more >

The Well-Spoken Woman
Your Guide to Looking and Sounding Your Best
Written by Christine K. Jahnke

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $11.99

Who doesn’t want to be confident, concise, and compelling when speaking in public?
In this must-have guide, one of the nation’s premier speech coaches shares tested techniques from twenty years of coaching women on what works and what doesn’t. The autohr details the practices and techniques of successful women to help... Read more >

Rework

Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $11.99

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.

Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know... 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 >

The Black Swan: Second Edition
The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"
Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Price: $13.99

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was... Read more >

The Future
Six Drivers of Global Change
Written by Al Gore

Format: eBook, 592 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $15.99

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes An Inconvenient Truth for everything—a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come.
 
Ours is a time of revolutionary change that has no precedent in history... Read more >