Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Written by Susan Cain
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $16.00
The book that started the Quiet Revolution
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve...
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Mindset
The New Psychology of Success
Written by Carol Dweck
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $16.00
World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea–the power of our mindset.
Dweck explains why it’s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success–but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why...
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Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Written by Susan Cain
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $11.99
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we...
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The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Written by Charles Duhigg
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $28.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Wall Street Journal • Financial Times
A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside...
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The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Written by Charles Duhigg
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $14.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Wall Street Journal • Financial Times
A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside...
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The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
Written by Adrian Raine
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $35.00
With a 4-page full-color insert, and black-and-white illustrations throughout
Why do some innocent kids grow up to become cold-blooded serial killers? Is bad biology partly to blame? For more than three decades Adrian Raine has been researching the biological roots of violence and establishing neurocriminology, a new field that applies neuroscience techniques...
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The Sociopath Next Door
Written by Martha Stout, Ph.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $14.95
Who is the devil
you know?
Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?
Your sadistic high school gym teacher?
Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?
The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?
In the pages of
The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that your ex was...
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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.”...
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2012
Price: $30.00
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...
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