The Power of a Positive No
How to Say No and Still Get to Yes
Written by William Ury

Format: eBook, 250 pages
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $13.99

No is perhaps the most important and certainly the most powerful word in the language. Every day we find ourselves in situations where we need to say No–to people at work, at home, and in our communities–because No is the word we must use to protect ourselves and to stand up... Read more >

How Good Do You Want to Be?
A Champion's Tips on How to Lead and Succeed at Work and in Life
Written by Nick Saban and Brian Curtis

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $16.00

He guided LSU to its first football championship in forty-five years. He turned down countless offers from professional teams to stay with the job he loves. Now Nick Saban reveals the secrets that will help you lead and succeed at work and in life.

Excellence doesn’t happen overnight. It comes from hard... 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 >

My Reality Check Bounced!
The Gen-Y Guide to Cashing In On Your Real-World Dreams
Written by Jason Ryan Dorsey
Read by Jason Ryan Dorsey

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $14.98

It’s time to cash your reality check and re-create your life on your own terms.

In your twenties you expect to finally live life on your own terms. But it can seem like the world won’t cooperate. Roommates drive you crazy (but you can’t afford to lose them), entry-level jobs frustrate you... Read more >

My Reality Check Bounced!
The Gen-Y Guide to Cashing In On Your Real-World Dreams
Written by Jason Ryan Dorsey

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $14.00

It’s time to cash your reality check and re-create your life on your own terms.

In your twenties you expect to finally live life on your own terms. But it can seem like the world won’t cooperate. Roommates drive you crazy (but you can’t afford to lose them), entry-level jobs frustrate you...

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My Reality Check Bounced!
The Gen-Y Guide to Cashing In On Your Real-World Dreams
Written by Jason Ryan Dorsey

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $11.99

It’s time to cash your reality check and re-create your life on your own terms.

In your twenties you expect to finally live life on your own terms. But it can seem like the world won’t cooperate. Roommates drive you crazy (but you can’t afford to lose them), entry-level jobs frustrate you... Read more >

Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway (r)

Written by Susan Jeffers

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $15.00

THE PHENOMENAL CLASSIC THAT HAS CHANGED THE LIVES OF MILLIONS

Are you afraid of making decisions . . . asking your boss for a raise . . . leaving an unfulfilling relationship . . . facing the future? Whatever your fear, here is your chance to push through it once and for... Read more >

This Year I Will...
How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True
Written by M.J. Ryan

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $16.95

Are you really ready to change? Take this quiz and find out.


Every New Year’s Day, my list of resolutions is:
Ambitious. I aim for everything from losing weight to saving more money for my retirement.
Realistic. I just try to bump my good behavior up a notch--be a better friend...

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This Year I Will...
How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True
Written by M.J. Ryan

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $11.99

Learn the secret to making changes that stick

Every so often people get inspired (again!) to lose weight, get organized, start saving, or stop worrying –but a few months later they give up, frustrated. It doesn’t have to be that way. In This Year I Wil . . .l, bestselling author M.J... Read more >

I Need Your Love - Is That True?
How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead
Written by Byron Katie and Michael Katz

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2006
Price: $15.00

In Loving What Is, bestselling author Byron Katie introduced thousands of people to her simple and profound method of finding happiness through questioning the mind. Now, I Need Your Love—Is That True? examines a universal, age-old source of anxiety: our relationships with others. In this groundbreaking book, Katie helps you question... Read more >

My Life as a Furry Red Monster
What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud
Written by Kevin Clash

Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $9.99

Hello, Everybody!

The furry red monster known as Elmo has charmed his way into hearts and homes throughout the world with his unmistakable laugh, over-the-top enthusiasm, and boundless love. Elmo’s appeal is nothing short of magical. Kids adore him, and parents find him irresistible. What is it about this little monster?

Meet Kevin... Read more >

Cursed by a Happy Childhood
Letters from a Dad to a Daughter
Written by Carl Lennertz

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2006
Price: $12.95

For every parent who ever wondered if they were smart enough, resourceful enough, and just plain good enough to tackle one of the most important jobs in the world.

No one ever is, of course, but perhaps the secret to somehow pulling it off lies in telling ourselves again the true stories... Read more >

Un Hijo No Puede Morir
La Experiencia De Seguir Viviendo
Written by Susana Roccatagliata

Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $7.95

Este es un libro testimonial surgido tras la experiencia de la periodista chilena Susana Roccatagliata, quien sufrió la muerte de uno de sus hijos. Ese doloroso acontecimiento la motivó a fundar Renacer, una organización que reúne a padres que necesitan apoyo social y sicológico para reconstruir sus vidas tras la inmensa... Read more >

Elements of Style
A Novel
Written by Wendy Wasserstein
Read by Cynthia Nixon

Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 18, 2006
Price: $14.98

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of the essay collection Shiksa Goddess (“Utterly delicious”—Judith Thurman), a dazzling debut novel, a comedy about New York’s urban gentry living in a post-9/11 world—the arbiters of fashion and the doyennes of charity balls; about the rich and the nouveau rich(er), the glamorous and... Read more >

Scarlett Rules
When Life Gives You Green Velvet Curtains, Make a Green Velvet Dress
Written by Lisa Bertagnoli

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 18, 2006
Price: $14.00

“Some day I’m going to do and say everything I want to do and say, and if people don’t like it I don’t care.”–Scarlett O’Hara, from Gone with the Wind

Ever since the publication of Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 epic blockbuster, Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O’ Hara has captivated millions with her... Read more >

Scarlett Rules
When Life Gives You Green Velvet Curtains, Make a Green Velvet Dress
Written by Lisa Bertagnoli

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 18, 2006
Price: $11.99

“Some day I’m going to do and say everything I want to do and say, and if people don’t like it I don’t care.”–Scarlett O’Hara, from Gone with the Wind

Ever since the publication of Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 epic blockbuster, Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O’ Hara has captivated millions with her... Read more >

Letters on Life
New Prose Translations
Written by Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Ulrich Baer

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $13.95

Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke’s voluminous, never-before-translated correspondence, this volume offers the best writings and personal philosophy of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets. The result is a profound vision of how the human drive to create and understand can guide us in every facet of life. Arranged by theme–from... Read more >

What I Know Now
Letters to My Younger Self
Written by Ellyn Spragins

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Price: $18.99

If you could send a letter back through time to your younger self, what would the letter say?

In this moving collection, forty-one famous women write letters to the women they once were, filled with advice and insights they wish they had had when they were younger.

Today show correspondent Ann Curry... Read more >

The Exquisite Risk
Daring to Live an Authentic Life
Written by Mark Nepo

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2006
Price: $15.00

In these fast-paced times, the exquisite risk facing each of us every day is to slow down and “still our own house” so that we may experience life rather than simply manage it. In The Exquisite Risk, poet and teacher Mark Nepo encourages readers to become quiet enough and open enough... Read more >

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

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $25.00

This book will introduce you to yourself.

Despite what you may have been told since you were a child, you cannot be whatever you want to be in life–you are already what you were meant to be. The secret to uncovering who you are, and your purpose, is built into you in... Read more >

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

Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2005
Price: $14.99

This book will introduce you to yourself.

Despite what you may have been told since you were a child, you cannot be whatever you want to be in life–you are already what you were meant to be. The secret to uncovering who you are, and your purpose, is built into you in... Read more >

The Winning Spirit
Sixteen Timeless Principles That Drive Performance Excellence
Written by Joe Montana and Tom Mitchell
Read by Joe Montana and Tom Mitchell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $13.48

Widely considered the best NFL quarterback of all time, Joe Montana personifies performance excellence and personal integrity both on and off the field. Yet the word most closely associated with him is not “winner”–it’s “leader.” Since his retirement a decade ago, he has become a popular motivational speaker sought out by... Read more >