By Cal Newport Business Plus, $25.99, 273 pages Author Cal Newport spends most of the book focused on the second part of its title, why skills trump passion in the workplace. In developing this thesis, Newport lays out several related …
By D. Michael Abrashoff Business Plus, $26.99, 228 pages With all of the management books in print, it’s interesting to see a military perspective weighing in. It’s Your Ship looks at how Captain Abrashoff turned around the USS Benhold from one of the worst …
By Michael Lewis W. W. Norton & Company, $16.95, 240 pages Financial writer Michael Lewis wrote about inflated trades that bankrupt ball clubs and provide no benefit to winning in his previous book Moneyball. In his latest book, he returns to the subject …
By Duncan J. Watts Crown Business, $16.00, 368 Pages That the obvious choice is usually a quick regret is a proverb that Duncan Watts might agree with, and while it is habitually repeated that a commonsense approach is usually more effective than …
By Richard Hall FT Press, $22.99, 320 pages The second edition of Brilliant Marketing: What the Best Marketers Know, Do and Say by Richard Hall was first published in Great Britain in 2009. The Brilliant Series books cover more than 100 business topics. …
By Christopher Elliott Wiley, $24.95, 209 pages Part of one’s basic education should include learning to recognize and avoid scams. Con artists parallel the emergence of new products and rely on the gullibility of the consumer. Chris Elliott is both …
By Todd Moore O’Reilly Media, $29.99, 254 pages Apps are where it’s at these days. They let you play Scrabble with friends, find out the best time to hit the bathroom while watching a movie, and vintage up your photography. …
By Liz Mellon FT Press, $19.99, 202 pages ISBN 9780273744184 Given the fact that there are millions of books on developing leadership abilities, is there anything truly innovative to add to the discussion? Generally, these books posit a theory and …
By Jeffrey G. Madrick Knopf, $30.00, 465 pages In the 1950s and 1960s America created financial, social and economic reforms. During the Depression and the 1940s, one saw the development of the war. Further, in the 1950s, America built highways, allowed …
By William J. Holstein Walker & Company, $26.00, 256 pages Part one of this outstanding book provides case studies of Pittsburgh and its attempt to advance robot technology; Orlando, Florida and its simulation boom; and San Diego’s genomics industry, with its impact …
By Steve Forbes, Elizabeth Ames Crown Business, $15.00, 378 pages ISBN 9780307463104 In this book the authors show that when free people in free markets have the energy to solve problems by meeting the needs and wants of others they …
By Susan Gunelius Wiley, $24.99, 346 pages With the explosion of online content, more and more businesses are looking for ways to tame their own content marketing. Content Marketing for Dummies by Susan Gunelius is the in-depth reference you may need if you …
By Dan Roam Portfolio, $29.95, 333 pages Dan Roam readily admits that he believes in the power of pictures. Since Roam’s best-selling book The Back of the Napkin, he has wondered, “Why don’t more people think with pictures?” Roam’s Blah Blah Blah: …
