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BUSINESS BOOKS

SPRING/SUMMER 2020

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2 Business Books

Two Silicon Valley pioneers describe how the rise of artificial intelligence and virtual environments are ushering in an epic cultural transformation and how people can thrive in this new era.9781523087617 | $26.95 PBBerrett-Koehler Publishers

In the first interactive choose-your-own-path story for millennial women, readers will

discover that there is no singular right or perfect path through a myriad of choices paired with

provocative data.9781523087952 | $18.95 HC

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

A New York Times-bestselling author tells the dramatic story of how his life was saved by an Amazon shaman who taught him to “touch the jaguar”—to transform his fears into positive action.9781523089864 | $26.95 PBBerrett-Koehler Publishers

2020 3

This edition shows how leaders can build psychological safety in their organization, creating an environment where employees feel fully engaged and encouraged to contribute their best ideas.9781523087686 | $19.95 PBBerrett-Koehler Publishers

America’s poor, working poor, and middle class are in a waiting

game they cannot win. Jobs will not come, times will not get

better, and communities will not flourish until they take charge of

their own financial futures.9781523088669 | $16.95 PB

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

This practical, accessible, nonjudgmental handbook is

the first to help individuals and organizations recognize

and prevent microaggressions, so that all employees can feel the sense of belonging in the workplace that they deserve.9781523087051 | $17.95 PB

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

This no-nonsense guide to social intelligence for project managers provides a step-by-step process for building a bulletproof project team.9781523087105 | $29.95 PBBerrett-Koehler Publishers

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Based on the largest international survey on the use of Design Thinking, the most popular methods are described by global experts. Simple instructions, expert tips, templates, and images help readers implement each tool or method.9781119629191 | $35.00 PBWiley

The author examines the bipartisan legacy of billionaire

Politician Bloomberg, an activist executive and New York

Mayor who used government assets boldly and wisely for the greatest good, for the greatest

number of people.9781510759145 | $18.99 HC

Skyhorse Publishing

For the first time, “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his

amazing comeback—from tragic personal loss to thriving

businessman and cable’s highest-paid executive—in this

unique self-help guide.9780062953803 | $27.99 HC

Amistad Press

In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian-American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling—to humanize technology and how people connect with one another.9781984824769 | $28.00 HCCurrency

2020 5

One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written celebrates its 30th anniversary with modern additions from Sean Covey.9781982137137 | $30.00 HCSimon & Schuster

An acclaimed tech reporter reveals the inner workings of Amazon, Facebook, Google,

Apple, and Microsoft, showing how to compete with the tech

titans using their own playbooks.9780593083482 | $27.00 PB

Portfolio

An award-winning Fortune magazine writer offers an

unbiased look at Amazon’s world-dominating business

model, the current competitors either imitating or trying to

outfox Amazon, and the ways Bezonomics is shaping the life of

every American.9781982113636 | $28.00 HC

Scribner Book Company

Using stories from his time at Apple, Pinterest, and Slack, the author presents a series of leadership practices that help readers build leadership skills and create teams that are highly productive, highly respected, and highly trusted.9781492045694 | $39.99 HCO’Reilly Media

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Fineman shares the game-changing tools she’s developed over the past decade that make bragging feel easy, thereby unlocking career opportunities and helping others shine.9780593086810 | $27.00 HCPortfolio

In this audacious follow-up to Capital in the Twenty-First Century,

the author exposes capitalism’s ideas that have sustained inequality

since pre-modern times and outlines a fairer economic system.

9780674980822 | $39.95 HCBelknap Press

Through extensive research into elite coaches in business and

sports, this edition investigates the mindset, skills, and behaviors

required to be a top sales coach and provides a range of practical

models, tools, and techniques.9781789734881 | $23.99 PB

Emerald Publishing Limited

From the author of New York Times bestsellers Contagious and Invisible Influence comes a revolutionary approach to changing anyone’s mind.9781982108601 | $26.99 HCSimon & Schuster

2020 7

From quick conversations to awkward interactions—learn the communication strategies needed to distinguish oneself in any situation and progress success from one of today’s leading experts in business communication.9781260459166 | $20.00 HCMcGraw-Hill

Comprehensive in scope, this guide’s 120 frameworks provide a thorough, practical guide to inform the sustainability strategy of an organization and communicate that strategy to teams.9783030368371 | $54.99 PBPalgrave MacMillan

The author explains that knowing how to transform conflict into collaboration affects the outcome of every interaction, challenge, and opportunity in business.9781632651570 | $18.95 PBCareer Press

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Skillfully curated, edited, and arranged, these letters showcase the ultimate in business and investment knowledge from an all-star team of more than 20 different leaders from 16 companies.9780857197917 | $20.00 HCHarriman House

Documenting the decline of white-working class lives over the last half-century, the authors examine the social and economic forces that have made these lives more difficult. They offer a way forward that may be feasible and improve lives.9780691190785 | $29.95 HCPrinceton University Press

The authors show readers how to find meaning and satisfaction in their work lives.9780525655244 | $27.95 HCKnopf Publishing Group

2020 9

Providing systematic evidence to document how the ascendance of finance on Wall Street, Main Street, and among households is a fundamental cause of economic inequality, the authors argue that finance has reshaped the economy in three important ways.9780190638313 | $29.95 HCOxford University Press

The author provides many important and helpful insights that can help professionals recruit, develop, and retain a winning team.9781260461411 | $30.00 HCMcGraw-Hill

From the first female real estate broker on Million Dollar Listing LA comes a blunt guide to analyzing big egos, deflecting power plays, and taking control of any room.9780593188736 | $27.00 HCPortfolio

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A strategy consultant provides the inspiration, tools, and insight to build and execute a business model that leads to an ever-expanding customer base of loyal subscribers—and keeps them coming back.9781260458701 | $28.00 HCMcGraw-Hill

One of the most accurate books on the future of leadership shares exclusive insights from the world’s top CEOs and never-before-seen research to reveal a new arsenal of skills and mindsets needed to succeed.9781119518372 | $25.00 PBWiley

For anyone who has ever felt their voice isn’t heard at work, this guide empowers them to communicate with people who think, act, and experience things differently than they do with more confidence, candor, and authenticity.9781632651631 | $17.95 HCCareer Press

2020 11

The specific denials—the focus of this work—vary, but the themes echo from campaign to campaign. The stories stand as a reminder of why corporate activity needs to be monitored, challenged, and regulated.9780520296282 | $29.95 HCUniversity of California Press

Blount takes on sales negotiation, completely

upending everything readers think they know about how to

negotiate with prospects and customers.

9781119540519 | $27.00 HCWiley

Drawing on nearly three decades of corporate and consulting experience, Dahl lays out a new holistic framework for developing Modern Lean leaders.9781492046295 | $39.99 PBO’Reilly Media

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The author provides a lean, agile approach to building global brands, helping readers quickly analyze their environment, create a meaningful brand position, and bring the brand strategy to life on the ground, where it counts.9781632651655 | $22.95 PBCareer Press

With clear, in-context examples, tips, and focused case studies on how companies are doing things well and the pitfalls to avoid, this entertaining book will help readers reduce the stress and overwhelm of poor time management.9781789660494 | $19.95 HCKogan Page

Sasevich helps readers upgrade their mindset, unwrap their unique gifts, claim their value, and make irresistible offers so they can get what they’re worth and make a difference in a way that isn’t remotely pushy or sales-y.9781401955441 | $26.99 HCHay House

2020 13

From the bestselling author of The $100 Startup and Side Hustle comes an engaging story about the power to create one’s own financial destiny.9780593188712 | $26.00 HCPortfolio

New York Times-bestselling author Lencioni shifts his attention toward helping those in leadership positions understand the importance of why they’re leading in the first place.9781119600459 | $25.00 PBJossey-Bass

Netflix cofounder, chairman, and CEO Hastings reveals for the first time the elite culture of one of the most unorthodox, creative, and successful tech companies in Silicon Valley history—which boasts 137 million users in 190 countries.9781984877864 | $29.99 HC Penguin Press 9780593152386 | $30.00 HC LPRandom House Large Print Publishing

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The Professor of Management of Organizations at the Haas School of Business argues that confidence is good, but overconfidence can hinder growth.9780062887757 | $29.99 HCHarper Business

The bestselling author and star of ABC’s Shark Tank reveals how to drive change by mastering the three prongs of influence: reputation, negotiation, and relationships.9780593136232 | $28.00 HCCurrency

Using examples from a number of leading corporations and featuring interviews with C-suite executives, this is an essential guide to creating products and services customers love that deliver consistent growth.9781789664058 | $19.95 PBKogan Page

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Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer tackles one of the most critical issues facing society today: the future of artificial intelligence and how it can be realistically used to promote growth, even in a shifting employment landscape.9780062879875 | $29.99 HCHarper Business

A financier, Georgetown University professor, and former White House advisor teaches readers how to find meaning, balance, and purpose throughout a career while reaching the highest levels of professional achievement without losing oneself.9780062897886 | $27.99 HCHarperOne

Based on years of reporting on Samsung for The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and Time, Cain offers a penetrating look behind the curtains of the biggest company nobody in America knows.9781101907252 | $29.00 HCCurrency

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While alternative investments are an option, this easy-to-read guide focuses on traditional investments—stocks, bonds, and cash or cash equivalents—for novice investors who want to become millionaires.9781839096112 | $27.99 PBEmerald Publishing Limited

Based on a hexagonal model, this guide shows that it’s easy

to streamline and simplify one’s professional and personal lives with lessons based on the natural world.

9781789663556 | $19.95 HCKogan Page

Readers will be enlightened, shocked, and, ultimately,

empowered to confront the price tags they assign to human life

and why they matter.9780520343221 | $26.95 HC

University of California PressThe CEO and co-founder of the million-dollar company ClickFunnels applies classic and foundational direct marketing techniques to provide the online entrepreneur with a key cornerstone to success.9781401957902 | $26.99 HCHay House Business

2020 17

New York Times-bestselling author Heath examines how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from his innovative behavior research and hundreds of new interviews.9781982134723 | $30.00 HCAvid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

This much-needed, helpful guide explores the fundamental skills that every new manager needs to understand, practice, and master.9781632651648 | $15.95 PBCareer Press

New York Times business reporter Schwartz offers a gripping investigation of how a virtual velvet rope divides Americans in every arena of life.9780385543088 | $28.95 HCDoubleday Books

Author, leadership expert, and corporate consultant Robbins dives deep into the ways great teams build trust, collaborate, and perform at the highest level.9781401958138 | $25.99 HCHay House Business

A New York Times-bestselling author offers leaders six tools for crafting an irresistible vision for their business, rallying their team around the vision, and distilling it into actionable plans that drive results.9780801075278 | $26.99 HCBaker Books

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Through inspirational stories and interviews, journal-like prompts, and practical career development information, this helpful resource will steer students, recent graduates, and career-changers toward an authentic, fulfilling life.9781452173443 | $24.95 PBChronicle Books

Drawing on his extensive career in the nonprofit, commercial,

and public service realms, Levy will help readers think about

their future creatively and prepare for it resourcefully.

9781948122542 | $25.99 HCRosetta Books

A syndications insider with decades of experience with

forming and managing syndication funds discusses

how to evaluate sponsors, opportunities, and offerings in

order to pick the right sponsors and achieve the highest odds of a

favorable outcome.9781947200272 | $24.99 PBBiggerpockets Publishing, LLC

CBS News’ Business Analyst and the host of the nationally syndicated radio show Jill on Money reveals 13 costly mistakes people are probably making right now with their money without even knowing it.9780525622185 | $17.00 PBBallantine Books

2020 19

An ideal reference for entrepreneurs and business people, this volume provides understandable legal explanations as well as basic legal overviews and application filing instructions.9781413327762 | $44.99 PBNOLO

Using stories of individual consumers, the author tells the hopeful story of how the Consumer Financial Bureau quickly became a powerful force for good, suing big banks for cheating or deceiving consumers.9780197502990 | $27.95 HCOxford University Press

Describing how 25 outstanding leaders used emotional intelligence to deal with critical challenges and opportunities, the authors distill the leaders’ experiences into nine strategies that can help anyone to be more effective.9780190698942 | $29.95 HCOxford University Press

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A modern lifestyle philosopher brings her trademark poetic prose to finding balance, joy, and depth of self in daily life.9781510751736 | $14.99 PBSkyhorse Publishing

Kondo, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and organizational psychologist Sonenshein team up to offer stories, studies, and strategies to help readers eliminate clutter and make space for work that really matters.9780316423328 | $24.00 HC9780316497954 | $26.00 HC LPLittle, Brown Spark

In this provocative book, Eichner argues that the government is to blame for the increasingly large toll that economic inequality and insecurity are taking on families in the U.S.9780190055479 | $29.95 HCOxford University Press

2020 21

The Napoleon Hill Foundation has selected three principles from Hill’s prior works for elaboration. Each chapter draws upon Carnegie’s advice as inspiration, explaining why they are essential for prospering.9781454936091 | $25.95 HCSterling

From the founder of THINX and author of the New York Times

bestseller Do Cool Sh*t comes a guide to making 13 “disruptions” that can transform everything a

person does.9781401955588 | $17.99 PB

Hay House

Combining high-octane storytelling with landmark

financial reporting, the author gives readers the transformative

account of how Hollywood cashed in on the latest tech

boom—and changed the face of Silicon Valley.

9780316485081 | $28.00 HCLittle, Brown and Company

The key to a less hectic, less stressful life is not in simply organizing one’s desk, but organizing the mind. A Harvard Medical School psychiatrist and an executive wellness coach translate the science into solutions.9781335285997 | $18.99 PBHanover Square Press

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Being a Chillpreneur means finding the path of least resistance to fabulous money. It’s about taking a relaxed, imperfect approach and giving oneself permission to find the shortcuts for minimum effort and maximum results.9781788171397 | $16.99 PBHay House

The author of The Kefir Solution shares how she created a million-dollar business in four years, with no previous business experience and zero advertising budget—and how anypne can do it, too.9781788173780 | $19.99 PBHay House

A thrilling business narrative that’s much bigger than the story of Square, this is an irreverent first-person look inside the world of entrepreneurship, and a call to action for everyone to find the entrepreneur within.9780593086735 | $26.00 HCPortfolio

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Providing business owners the forms they need to get a business off the ground without expensive legal fees, this edition includes forms for forming a business, hiring, leasing space, borrowing money, and much more.9781413327311 | $29.99 PBNOLO

From business planning to bookkeeping to marketing and more, this edition provides

everything readers need to venture into self-employment as a freelancer or a

business aiming to scale.9781413327236 | $29.99 PB

NOLO

Maxwell details the repeatable path to create a meaningful and profitable business without being dependent on any person, any platform, or anything.9781950367184 | $19.95 PBLifestyle Entrepreneurs Press

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Guided by an unlikely mentor, and insightful colleagues and customers in an unforgiving environment of relentless customer service, the author learns four simple principles of TIP to take control of his life, his career, and his future.9781119641445 | $25.00 HCWiley

Taking a clear, committed stand is the most critical thing a business can do to be more effective. This guide reveals an innovative process to get a brand clarified, organized, and articulated in a compelling way.9781401957865 | $19.99 HCHay House Business

With over 100 interviews and over five years of research in neuroscience, biology, physiology, and psychology, Ryan proves that the social and emotional state of a team does affect performance.9780316434935 | $28.00 HCLittle, Brown and Company


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