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Car Guys vs. Bean Counters book by Bob Lutz  "Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle For The Soul of American Business [2011] by Bob Lutz
Portfolio 8¼x6 hardcover [6/2011] for $15.11
Guts, Seven Laws of Business book by Robert A. Lutz  "Guts: The Seven Laws of Business That Made Chrysler The World's Hottest Car Company" [1998 & 2003]
by Robert A. Lutz

Wiley & Sons rev & updated 9x6½ hardcover [9/2003] for $23.93
Wiley & Sons 8¾x6 pb [10/99] out of print/many used
Wiley & Sons 9¼x6 hardcover [9/98] out of print/dozens used
Back to Basics Guide to Traditional Skills book by Abigail R. Gehring  "Back To Basics: A Complete Guide To Traditional Skills" [2008]
by Abigail R. Gehring

Kindle Edition from Skyhorse Publng [4/2008 3rd edition] for $14.82
Skyhorse Publng 3rd edition 8¾x10¾ hardcover [4/2008] for $16.47
Honeybee Democracy book by Thomas D. Seeley  
"Honeybee Democracy" [2010] by Thomas D. Seeley
"an intriguing look at how social insects arrive at a consensus"
Princeton Univ Press hardcover [9/2010] for $18.99
The Swerve book by Stephen Greenblatt  "The Swerve: How The World Became Modern" [2011]  
by Stephen Greenblatt

Author contends that in 1417 when Italian scholar Poggio Bracciolini discovered the last manuscript of the poem "On The Nature of Things" by the Roman Lucretius and ordered copies made, that that single action triggered the later Renaissance.
W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2011] for $14.22

Uncommon Sense in Self Development book by C. William 'Bill' Salm  
"Uncommon Sense In Self Development: Striving To Be The Best You Can Be!" [2008] by C. William Salm
AuthorHouse 8¾x5¾ pb [6/2008] for $14.49
AuthorHouse 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2008] for $24.99
Lies, Damned Lies, and Science book by Sherry Seethaler  "Lies, Damned Lies, and Science: How To Sort Through The Noise Around Global Warming, The Latest Health Claims, and Other Scientific Controversies" [2009]
by Sherry Seethaler

F.T. Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2009] for $15.74
Heroes and Villains / Greatest Warriors In History book by Frank McLynn  "Heroes and Villains: Inside The Minds of The Greatest Warriors In History" [2009] by Frank McLynn
The focus is on the psychology of six able tacticians, whose military acumen is brought forth as evidence of what motivated them: Spartacus [c.109–71 B.C.E.], Attila the Hun [406-453 C.E.], England’s Crusader King Richard the Lionheart [1157-99], Hernán Cortés of Spain [1485-1547], Tokugawa Ieyasu of Japan [1543-1616] & Napoléon Bonaparte [1769-1821]
Pegasus Books 8½x5½ pb Pegasus Books [6/2010] for $10.07
Pegasus Books 9x6 hardcover [4/2009] for $20.48
Pursuit of Nobility book by Tim Daniel  
"The Pursuit of Nobility: Living A Life That Matters" [2010]
by Tim Daniel

Health Communications, Inc. 8¾x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $17.12
official book site
At Home, Short History of Private Life book by Bill Bryson  "At Home: A Short History of Private Life" [2010]
by Bill Bryson

"Houses are really quite odd things," says Bryson: Each room becomes a starting point for a free-ranging discussion of rarely-noticed but foundational aspects of ancient to modern social life.
Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2010] for $14.48
Structure of Scientific Revolutions book by Thomas S. Kuhn  "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" [1962 classic]
by Thomas S. Kuhn

"If ever there were a true classic on the history & development of science that is must reading for each new generation, it is Kuhn's benchmark work."
3rd edition for Kindle from Univ Chicago Press [10/2010] for $8.77
Univ Chicago Press 8x5¼ pb [12/96] for $9.23
Univ Chicago Press 8x5½ hardcover [12/96] for $30.00
Sex at Dawn / Prehistoric Sexuality book by Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jethá  "Sex At Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality" [2010]
by Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jethá

HarperCollins 9x6½ hardcover [6/2010] for $17.15
Harley-Davidson & Philosophy book  "Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle" [2006]
Foreword by R.K. Stratman, essays by Steven E. Alford, Randall E. Auxier, Craig Bourne, Fred Feldman, Jonathan Goldstein, Graham Harman, David Jones, Gary L. Kieffner, Alan R. Pratt, Graham Priest & Bernard E. Rollin
Open Court Publng 8¾x6 pb [2/2006] for $13.46
Soul of a Citizen book by Paul Rogat Loeb  "Soul of A Citizen: Living With Conviction In Challenging Times"
[orig 1999, rev 2010] by Paul Rogat Loeb

Kindle Edition from St. Martin's Griffin [3/2010] for $9.99
St. Martin's Griffin 8¼x5½ pb [3/2010] for $11.55
official book site
Question Behind the Question book by John G. Miller  "QBQ! The Question Behind The Question: Practicing Personal Accountability At Work and In Life" [2001]
by John G. Miller

Penguin 7½x5 pb [4/2005] out of print/used
Putnam 8¾x6 hardcover [9/2004] for $13.57
Denver Press 7¾x5 hardcover [4/2001] out of print/many used
Denver Press Spanish-language 7½x5 pb [4/2003] for $12.50
QBQ! book by John G. Miller  
"Flipping the Switch: Unleash The Power of Personal Accountability Using The QBQ!" [2005]
by John G. Miller

Putnam 8¼x5¾ hardcover [12/2005] for $13.57
Brilliant, Evolution of Artificial Light book by Jane Brox  "Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light" [2010]
by Jane Brox

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 8½x5½ hardcover [7/2010] for $15.00


Man's Search for Meaning 1946 book by Viktor Frankl  "Man's Search For Meaning" [1946] by Viktor E. Frankl
Extremely influential book; the first part details experiences of Frankl and others in Nazi concentration camps; the second part examines the possible meanings for an individual after such an experience.
Beacon Press 8x6 pb [6/2006] for $7.47
Beacon Press mass pb [6/2006] for $6.99
book entry at Wikipedia
Western Intellectual Tradition book by Jacob Bronowski  "The Western Intellectual Tradition: From Leonardo To Hegel" [1962]
by Jacob Bronowski [1908-74] & Bruce Mazlish
a compelling overview of Western thought from the XVth to the XIXth centuries

Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [9/62] for $18.00
Marboro Books 8½x5½ hardcover [6/86] out of print/used
SM's Jacob Bronowski fansite
Sincerity & Authenticity book by Lionel Trilling   
"Sincerity and Authenticity" [1972]
by Lionel Trilling [1905-74]

Harvard Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [2/2005] for $16.95
Harvard Univ Press hardcover [1972] out of print/used
How Real is Real? book by Paul Watzlawick  "How Real Is Real?: Confusion, Disinformation, Communication - An Anecdotal Introduction To Communications Theory" [1976]
by Paul Watzlawick

Vintage pb [1/77] out of print/used
Random House hardcover [76] out of print/used
Culture of Narcissism book by Christopher Lasch  "Culture of Narcissism: American Life In An Age of Diminishing Expectations" [1979]
by Christopher Lasch

W.W. Norton 8x5½ pb [5/91] for $11.16
W.W. Norton hardcover [1/79] out of print/used
Ten Philosophical Mistakes book by Mortimer J. Adler  "Ten Philosophical Mistakes: Basic Errors In Modern Thought - How They Came About, Their Consequences & How To Avoid Them"
[1985] by Mortimer J. Adler

Touchstone 8¼x5½ pb [4/97] for $9.75
Scribner 7¾x9¾ hardcover [3/85] out of print/used
Blackstone audio [7/94] for $32.95
Distinction The Judgement of Taste book by Pierre Bourdieu  
"Distinction: A Social Critique of The Judgement of Taste" [1987]
by Pierre Bourdieu; translation by Richard Nice

Harvard Univ Press 9.2x6 pb [9/87] for $25.00
Time's Arrow Time's Cycle book by Stephen Jay Gould  "Time's Arrow / Time's Cycle: Myth & Metaphor In The Discovery of Geological Time" [1988]
by Stephen Jay Gould

Harvard Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/88] for $10.62
Evolution of Technology book by George Basalla  "The Evolution of Technology" (Cambridge History of Science Series)
[1989] by George Basalla

Cambridge Univ Press 8½x6¾ pb [2/89] for $31.99
Cambridge Univ Press hardcover [2/89] out of print/used
Myth and Philosophy book by Lawrence J. Hatab  "Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truths" [1990]
by Lawrence J. Hatab

An interpretive study, inspired by Nietzsche and Heidegger, of the historical relationship between myth and philosophy in ancient Greece
Open Court Publng 8¾x6 pb [1/90] for $45.00
Open Court Publng 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/90] out of print/used
Signifying Nothing book by Brian Rotman  
"Signifying Nothing: The Semiotics of Zero" [1993]
by Brian Rotman

Stanford Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/93] for $12.76
The Ghost In Turing's Machine essay by Brian Rotman  "Ad Infinitum – The Ghost In Turing's Machine: Taking God Out of Mathematics & Putting The Body Back In" [1993]
An essay in corporeal semiotics by Brian Rotman

"astonishing in its elegance & satisfaction"
Stanford Univ Press 9x5½ pb [6/93] for $14.36
Stanford Univ Press hardcover [6/93] for $45.00
Alan Turing [1912-54] fansite
Last Book You'll Ever Read book by Frank Ogden  
"The Last Book You'll Ever Read: And Other Lessons From The Future" [1993] by Frank Ogden
MW&R 10x6½ hardcover & CD-ROM [6/93] out of print/used
author's website
Race Matters book by Cornel West  "Race Matters" [1993]
by Cornel West

Vintage 8¼x5 pb [3/94] for $9.12
Beacon Press hardcover [4/2001] for $12.60
Audio Partners UNABR audio [6/94] for $13.97
Incomplete Education book by Judy Jones & William Wilson  "An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't" [orig 1987, rev 1995 & 2006]
by Judy Jones & William Wilson

"surprise hit & instant classic"
Ballantine 3rd edition hardcover [4/2006] for $23.10
RH/Ballantine 9½x7¾ hardcover [11/95] for $21.45
Random House pb [4/97] out of print/used

Full House The Spread of Excellence book by Stephen Jay Gould  "Full House: The Spread of Excellence From Plato To Darwin" [1996]
by Stephen Jay Gould

Random House 9x6 pb [10/97] for $11.20
Three Rivers hardcover [9/96] out of stock/used
Visions Science Will Revolutionize book by Michio Kaku  "Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize The 21st Century" [1997]
by Michio Kaku

Bantam 8x5½ pb [5/98] for $11.20
Doubleday 10x6½ hardcover [1/97] out of print/used
author's website
Forbes Business Quotations book from Forbes Magazine  "The Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,266 Thoughts On The Business of Life" [1997]
by editors of Forbes Magazine

Black Dog & Leventhal 9½x8¼ hardcover [4/97] for $40.00
Future of the Self book by Walter Truett Anderson  "Future of The Self: Exploring The Post-Identity Society" [1997]
by Walter Truett Anderson

Tarcher 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/97] out of print/used
author website
Consilience Unity of Knowledge book by Edward O. Wilson  "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge" [1998]
by Edward O. Wilson

Random House 8x5 pb [4/99] for $11.20
Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [4/98] for $19.25
Audio Scholar ABRIDGED cassette [10/99] for $24.95
Give Me Liberty! book by Gerry Spence  "Give Me Liberty!: Freeing Ourselves In The Twenty-First Century"
[1998] by Gerry Spence

Griffin 9.2x6 pb [10/99] for $10.47
St Martin 9½x6.4 hardcover [10/98] for $17.47
author's website
Life The Movie book by Neal Gabler  "Life: The Movie - How Entertainment Conquered Reality" [1998]
by Neal Gabler

"The story of how our bottomless appetite for novelty, gossip, glamour, and melodrama has turned everything of importance – from news and politics to religion and high culture – into one vast public entertainment."
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [2/2000] for $11.20
Knopf hardcover [11/98] out of print/used

Faster Everything book by James Gleick  
"Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything" [1999]
by James Gleick

Vintage 8x5 pb [9/2000] for $11.20
Random House 9¼x6 hardcover [9/99] out of print/many used

Guns, Germs & Steel book by Jared Diamond  "Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" [1999 bestseller]
by Jared Diamond

Two years on the N.Y. Times bestseller lists; won Pulitzer Prize
W.W. Norton 9¼x6 pb [4/99] for $9.57
Econo-Clad YA hardcover [10/99] for $23.70
Words & Rules book by Steven Pinker  "Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language" [1999]
by Steven Pinker

Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [1/2000] for $10.50
Perseus/Basic 9½x6½ hardcover [10/99] for $4.98
Age of Access / Hypercapitalism book by by Jeremy Rifkin  "The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism, Where All of Life Is A Paid-For Experience" [2000]
by Jeremy Rifkin

Tarcher 9x6 pb [3/2001] for $10.17
Tarcher 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used
Twilight of American Culture book by Morris Berman  "The Twilight of American Culture" [2000]
by Morris Berman

W.W.Norton 8¼x5½ pb [6/2001] for $10.74
W.W.Norton hardcover [12/2000] out of print/used
author's website
Leading the Revolution / Innovation / Way of Life book by Gary Hamel  "Leading The Revolution: How To Thrive In Turbulent Times By Making Innovation A Way of Life" [2000]
by Gary Hamel

Plume 9x6¼ pb [8/2002] for $11.20
Harvard Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2002] for $23.10
Harvard Press 9½x7 hardcover [8/2000] out of print/used
Highbridge audio CD [9/2000] 2 disks for $17.53

Socrates Cafe Philosophy book by Christopher Phillips  "Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy" [2001]
by Christopher Phillips

W.W.Norton 8¼x5½ pb [4/2002] for $17.46
W.W.Norton 7¾x5½ hardcover [2/2001] for $16.77
author's website
Difference Engine First Computer book by Doron Swade  "The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage & The Quest To Build The First Computer" [2001] by Doron Swade
Viking 8x5¼ hardcover [9/2001] for $17.46
New Kind of Science book by Stephen Wolfram  "A New Kind of Science" [2002 bestseller]
by Stephen Wolfram

Instant hit: the initial printing of 50,000 sold out in just weeks! 1280 pages!
Wolfram Media 9¾x8 hardcover [5/2002] for $44.95
Web Thinking For Success book by Dr. Linda Seger  "Web Thinking: Connecting, Not Competing For Success" [2002]
by Dr. Linda Seger

Inner Ocean Publg 7.4x5.4 hardcover [6/2002] for $13.27
Zero Point Anti-Gravity Technology book by Nick Cook  "The Hunt For Zero Point: Inside The Classified World of Anti-Gravity Technology" [2002] by Nick Cook
Broadway Books 8x5¼ pb [8/2003] for $10.17
Broadway Books 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2002] for $17.16
Politics of Stupid book by Susan Powter  "The Politics of Stupid" [2002] by Susan Powter
Powter's style may be tough to take (for some) but underneath that, what she has to say about power & women in America is both accurate & inspiring
Crone 8½x5½ pb [11/2002] for $11.96
author website
Constants of Nature book by John D. Barrow  "The Constants of Nature: From Alpha To Omega - The Numbers That Encode The Deepest Secrets of The Universe" [2003]
by John D. Barrow

Vintage 8x5¼ pb [3/2004] for $10.50
Pantheon 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2003] for $17.68
Walking Tightrope of Reason book by Robert J. Fogelin  "Walking The Tightrope of Reason: The Precarious Life of A Rational Animal" [2003] by Robert J. Fogelin
"...[written] with a wonderful sense of danger, as if it matters what philosophers think." — Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Oxford Univ Press 7½x5¼ hardcover [8/2003] for $15.40

Innovator's Solution Sustaining Successful Growth book by Clayton M. Christensen & Michael E. Raynor  
"The Innovator's Solution: Creating & Sustaining Successful Growth"
[2003] by Clayton M. Christensen & Michael E. Raynor

Harvard Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2003] for $19.77
Why Not? Everyday Ingenuity book by Barry J. Nalebuff & Ian Ayres  "Why Not? How to Use Everyday Ingenuity To Solve Problems Big and Small" [2003]
by Barry J. Nalebuff & Ian Ayres

Harvard Business School Press hardcover [10/2003] for $19.25
Cheating Culture book by David Callahan  "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong To Get Ahead" [2004] by David Callahan
Harcourt 9x6¼ hardcover [1/2004] for $18.20
Recorded Books UNABR audio CD [1/2004] for $20.99
How To Change The World book by David Bornstein  "How To Change The World: Social Entrepreneurs & The Power of New Ideas" [orig 2004, updated 2007] by David Bornstein
Interviews with fellows of the Ashoka program reveal six qualities of successful social entrepreneurs and four practices of innovative organizations.
Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [9/2007] for $11.16
Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2004] for $24.00
Impossible / Citizen's Guide book edited by Paul Rogat Loeb  "The Impossible Will Take A Little While: A Citizen's Guide To Hope In A Time of Fear" [2004]
Edited by Paul Rogat Loeb

Basic Books 8x5¼ pb [8/2004] for $10.37
Guernica The Biography of Picasso's Painting book by Gijs van Hensbergen  "Guernica: The Biography of A Painting" [2004]
by Gijs van Hensbergen

"Ingeniously chronicling the last century using Picasso's visionary tableau, van Hensbergen offers a new way of understanding our own history."
Bloomsbury hardcover [11/2004] for $23.80
Don't Know Much About Mythology book by Kenneth C. Davis  "Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need To Know About The Greatest Stories In Human History But Never Learned"
[2005] by Kenneth C. Davis

Harper 8¼x5¼ pb [8/2006] for $10.17
HarperCollins hardcover [11/2005] for $17.79
"Don't Know Much About World Myths" [ages 9-12; 2005]
by Kenneth C. Davis

HarperTrophy 9x6 pb [4/2005] for $6.99
HarperTrophy 9x6 hardcover [4/2005] for $19.99

Short History of Myth book by Karen Armstrong  "A Short History of Myth" [2005]
by Karen Armstrong

Canongate 7½x5 pb [10/2006] for $9.00
Canongate 7½x5¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $12.24
Happiness Hypothesis book by Jonathan Haidt  "The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth In Ancient Wisdom – Why The Meaningful Life Is Closer Than You Think" [2005]
by Jonathan Haidt

Basic Books 7¾x5¼ pb [12/2006] for $10.85
Basic Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2005] for $17.16
official book site
Wikinomics, How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything book by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams  "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything" [2006]
by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams

Kindle Edition from Portfolio Hardcover [4/2008] Expanded Edition for $13.93
Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [4/2008] Expanded Edition for $18.45
Survival Hot List book by Joseph A. Bagnall  "The Survival Hot List: Conquering The Seven Deadly Trends"
[2006] by Joseph A. Bagnall

iUniverse 9x6 pb [1/2006] for $13.95
author's website
Dark Ages America book by Morris Berman  "Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire" [2006]
by Morris Berman

W.W. Norton 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.35
author website
Politics of Small Things book by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb  "The Politics of Small Things: The Power of The Powerless In Dark Times" [2006] by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Univ Chicago Press hardcover [4/2006] for $29.00
Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life book by Sir Richard Branson  "Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life and Business" [2006]
by Sir Richard Branson

Virgin Books 7½x5 expanded edition pb [3/2007] for $15.67
Virgin Books 7½x5 pb [5/2006] for $6.99
Hegemony of Common Sense book >by Dean Wolfe Manders  "The Hegemony of Common Sense: Wisdom & Mystification In Everyday Life" [2006]
by Dean Wolfe Manders

examines how deeply embedded 'class' is in American society, thru paroemiology, the study of popular sayings
Peter Lang Publg pb [8/2006] for $34.95
Primates & Philosophers / Morality book by Frans de Waal  "Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved" [2006]
by Frans de Waal

refutes the common 'veneer theory' of morality and explains how evolution works to produce both Machiavellian survival and natural empathy
Princeton Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2006] for $15.61
author entry at Wikipediaauthor homepage at Emory Univ.
Power and Powerlessness book by Susan Rosenthal  "Power and Powerlessness" [2006]
by Susan Rosenthal

Trafford 10¾x8¼ pb [9/2006] for $12.40
official booksite
Make the Impossible Possible book by Bill Strickland  "Make The Impossible Possible: One Man's Crusade To Inspire
Others To Dream Bigger & Achieve The Extraordinary" [2007]
by Bill Strickland, with Vince Rause

Broadway Business 8x5 pb [10/2009] for $10.08
Broadway Business 9x6½ hardcover [12/2007] for $16.29
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild website
The Element, Finding Your Passion book by Sir Ken Robinson  "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" [2009]
by Sir Ken Robinson, with Lou Aronica

Penguin 7½x5 pb [12/2009] for $10.20
Viking 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2009] for $17.13
author's official website
2045 dystopian novel by Peter Seidel  "2045: A Story of Our Future" [2009] by Peter Seidel
A dystopian novel describing what life will be like when eight dominant mega-companies rule every aspect of the planet: commerce, politics, and even the internet.
Prometheus Books 9x6 pb [3/2009] for $12.92
In Pursuit of Elegance book by Matthew E. May  "In Pursuit of Elegance: Why The Best Ideas Have Something Missing" [2009]
by Matthew E. May, Foreword by Guy Kawasaki

Broadway Business hardcover [5/2009] for $16.29
Blackstone Audio UNABR library edition audio CD [5/2009] for $50.37
Case For Rational Optimism book by Frank S. Robinson  "The Case For Rational Optimism" [2009]
by Frank S. Robinson

Transaction 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2009] for $32.54
You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto book by Jaron Lanier  "You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto" [2010] by Jaron Lanier
"Encapsulation is what allows for the possibility of testing and feedback that enables a quest for excellence. To be constantly diffused in a global mush is to embrace mundanity." — Jaron Lanier
Knopf hardcover [1/2010] for $14.97
author's official website
How The English Language Became The World's Language book by Robert McCrum  "Globish: How The English Language Became The World's Language" [2010]
by Robert McCrum

Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [5/2010] for $14.82
W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $17.79
On the Grid, the Systems that Make Our World Work book by Scott Huler  "On The Grid: A Plot of Land, An Average Neighborhood, and The Systems That Make Our World Work" [2010]
by Scott Huler

Rodale Books 9x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $16.49
Being Wrong book by Kathryn Schulz  "Being Wrong: Adventures In The Margin of Error" [2010]
by Kathryn Schulz

Ecco Books 10x6¾ hardcover [6/2010] for $17.81



Business  Management

movies & documentaries on management, Wall Street, the Corporate Wars, and the
G.O.P. Economic Meltdown are on Magic Lantern's 'Rat Race' Film Festival Page

Three Laws of Performance book by Steve Zaffron & Dave Logan  "The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting The Future of Your Organization and Your Life" [2009] by Steve Zaffron & Dave Logan
"This book - filled with insights, real-life encounters and experiences - shows us how we may do the work of transformation. Steve and David have written an inspiring, practical book, applicable in the corporate, labour, political and civil society sectors, that will assist all who seek to rewrite the future of our world." — Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate
Kindle Edition from Jossey-Bass [2/2009] for $10.16
Jossey-Bass 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $11.29
Jossey-Bass 9x6½ hardcover [2/2009] for $15.21
official book site

Parkinson's Law book by C. Northcote Parkinson  "Parkinson's Law and Other Studies In Administration" [1957 classic]
by C. Northcote Parkinson [1909-93]

Ballantine 8x5 pb [4/87] out of print/used
Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [1957] out of print/used
John Murray Publrs Ltd. hardcover [1958] out of print/used
book entry at Wikipedia
Up The Organization & Further Up The Organization books by Robert Townsend  "Up The Organization: How To Stop The Organization From Stifling People & Strangling Profits" [1970 & 1984] by Robert Townsend
Jossey-Bass hardcover [5/2007] for $17.90
self-published hardcover [1/70] out of print/used
"Further Up The Organization: How Groups of People Working Together For A Common Purpose Ought To Conduct Themselves For Fun & Profit" [1988] by Robert Townsend
HarperCollins 8½x5¼ pb [1/88] out of print/used
Knopf hardcover [1/88] out of print/used

Visible Hand book by Alfred D. Chandler  "The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution In American Business" [1977 classic]
by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.

Harvard/Belknap Press 9x6¼ pb [1993] for $23.50
Harvard/Belknap Press hardcover [1977] out of print/used
book entry at Wikipedia
In Search of Excellence book by Thomas Peters & Robert Waterman  "In Search of Excellence: Lessons From America's Best-Run Companies"
[1982 bestseller & classic]
by Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr.

HarperBusinrss Essentials 8x5¼ bargain pb [2/2004] for $5.98
HarperCollins 8½x5½ hardcover [11/82] out of print/hundreds used
book entry at Wikipedia
Mind of The Strategist book by Kenichi Ohmae  "The Mind of The Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business" [1983]
by Kenichi Ohmae

McGraw-Hill 8x5½ pb [8/91] for $10.17
Lessons in Leadership from Homer to Hemingway book by John K. Clemens & Douglas F. Mayer  "The Classic Touch: Lessons In Leadership From Homer To Hemingway" [1987] by John K. Clemens & Douglas F. Mayer
McGraw-Hill 8x5½ pb [10/99] for $10.17
Business One Irwin pb [12/91] out of print/used
McGraw-Hill 9x6 hardcover [4/87] out of print/many, many used
Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun book by Wess Roberts  "Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun" [1989 N.Y. Times bestseller]
by Wess Roberts, PhD

Business Plus 8x5 pb [2/90] for $10.97
Grand Central Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/89] for $25.73
Hachette Audio UNABR audio CD [10/2009] for $15.58
author's official homepage: Attila's Camp
Barbarians to Bureaucrats, Corporate Life Cycle Strategies book by Lawrence M. Miller   "Barbarians To Bureaucrats: Corporate Life Cycle Strategies" [1989]
by Lawrence M. Miller

Ballantine Books 9x6 pb [1/90] for $12.00
Clarkson Potter 9x6¼ hardcover [4/89] out of print/used
Victory Secrets of Attila The Hun book by Wess Roberts  "Victory Secrets of Attila The Hun" [1992 national bestseller]
by Wess Roberts, PhD

Dell 7¾x5¼ pb [2/94] for $11.56
Doubleday 8¼x5½ hardcover [12/92] out of print/used
author's official homepage: Attila's Camp
Oz Principle book by Roger Connors, Tom Smith & Craig Hickman  "The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability" [1994]
by Roger Connors, Tom Smith & Craig Hickman

Prentice Hall Press 8¾x6 pb [10/98] out of print/used
Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [4/2004] for $15.57
"Journey To The Emerald City: Implementing The Oz Principle To Create A Culture of Accountability" [2002]
by Roger Connors & Tom Smith

Prentice Hall Press 7¾x6 pb [6/2002] for $10.88
Last Word On Power by by Tracy Goss  
"The Last Word On Power" [1995]
by Tracy Goss

Currency 9½x6½ hardcover [12/95] for $19.77
Center for Executive Re-Invention
Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen  "The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change The Way You Do Business" [1997]
by Clayton M. Christensen

Collins 8x5¼ pb [1/2003] for $12.21
Harvard Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/97] for $19.77
Highbridge audio CD [9/2000] for $16.47
First, Break All the Rules book by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman  "First, Break All The Rules: What The World's Greatest Managers Do Differently" [1999 bestseller]
by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman

Gardners Books pb [9/2001] out of print/used
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [5/99] for $18.90
S&S ABR audio CD [11/2000] for $15.60
Movies To Manage By book by John K. Clemens  "Movies To Manage By: Lessons In Leadership From Great Films"
[1999] by John K. Clemens, with Melora Wolff

McGraw-Hill 8¼x5½ pb [10/2000] for $10.17
Contemporary Books 8½x5½ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used
Warren Buffett C.E.O. Secrets book by Robert P. Miles  "The Warren Buffett C.E.O.: Secrets From The Berkshire Hathaway Managers" [2001] by Robert P. Miles
Kindle Edition from Wiley & Sons [2001 edition] for $21.46
Wiley & Sons 9½x6 pb [4/2003] for $23.85
Wiley & Sons 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $34.65
Power of We book by Jonathan M. Tisch  "The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships" [2004]
by Jonathan M. Tisch (chair/CEO of Loew's Hotels), with Karl Weber

Wiley 9x5¾ pb [9/2005] for $10.17
Wiley hardcover [8/2004] for $23.96
Ethics At Work book by Daniel Terris  "Ethics At Work: Creating Virtue At An American Corporation" [2005]
by Daniel Terris

Brandeis 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $12.21
Brandeis 9¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] for $14.97
Winning bestseller book by Jack Welch  "Winning" [2005 bestseller]
by Jack Welch, with Suzy Welch

"No other management book will ever be needed." — Warren E. Buffett
2005 bestseller at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal
HarperBusiness 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $19.56
HarperAudio UNABR audio CD [4/2005] 10 disks for $26.37
official booksite

Small Giants book by Bo Burlingham  
"Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big"
[2005] by Bo Burlingham

Portfolio pb [3/2007] for $10.17
Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [12/2005] for $15.72
Culture of the New Capitalism book by Richard Sennett  "The Culture of The New Capitalism" [2006]
by Prof. Richard Sennett

Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/2007] for $9.59
Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2006] for $25.47
Accidental CEO book by Tom Voccola  "The Accidental C.E.O.: A Leader's Journey From Ego To Purpose"
[2006] by Tom Voccola

Lulu pb [4/2006] for $19.95
Tom's CEOing blog [est. 12/2007]
Reel Lessons in Leadership book by Ralph R. DiSibio  "Reel Lessons In Leadership" [2006] by Ralph R. DiSibio
"A unique study of leadership as portrayed in some of Hollywood's memorable movies"; chapters/subjects include "Apollo 13", "The Contender", "Erin Brockovich", "Gandhi", "Glory", "The Godfather", "High Noon", "Lawrence of Arabia", "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", "Patton", "Seabiscuit", and "12 Angry Men"
Paladin Group 9x6 pb [4/2006] for $10.85
Paladin Group hardcover [4/2006] for $17.21
Rules For Renegades bestseller book by Christine Comaford-Lynch  
"Rules For Renegades: How To Make More Money, Rock Your Career & Revel In Your Individuality" [2007 bestseller]
by Christine Comaford-Lynch

McGraw-Hill 8x5½ hardcover [8/2007] for $16.47
author's official website
Breakthrough Company / Extraordinary Performers book by Keith R. McFarland  "The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers" [2008]
by Keith R. McFarland

Crown Business 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $18.15
Illusions of Entrepreneurship book by Scott A. Shane  "The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors & Policy Makers Live By" [2008]
by Scott Shane

Yale Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [1/2010] for $12.24
Yale Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2008] for $14.47
George Washington & The Art of Business book by Mark R. McNeilly  "George Washington and The Art of Business: The Leadership Principles of America's First Commander-in-Chief" [2008]
by Mark R. McNeilly

Oxford Univ Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2008] for $11.03
Google Way / Revolutionizing Management book by Bernard Girard  "The Google Way: How One Company Is Revolutionizing Management As We Know It" [2009]
by Bernard Girard

No Starch Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.38

see also the Google, Inc. Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

Management Myth book by Matthew Stewart  "The Management Myth: Why The Experts Keep Getting It Wrong"
[2009] by Matthew Stewart

W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [8/2010] for $11.53
W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2009] for $18.45
How Remarkable Women Lead book by Joanna Barsh & Susie Cranston  "How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model For Work and Life" [2009]
by Joanna Barsh & Susie Cranston

Kindle Edition from Crown Business [9/2009] for $11.99
Crown Business 8x5¼ pb [12/2011] for $10.20
Crown Business 9½x6½hardcover [9/2009] for $17.80

Essential Business Lessons from the Movies book by Kevin Coupe & Michael Sansolo  "The Big Picture: Essential Business Lessons From The Movies" [2010]
by Kevin Coupe & Michael Sansolo

Raphel Marketing 9x6 pb [1/2010] for $14.95
chapters/subjects include "A League of Their Own", "All About Eve", "All The President's Men", "Amadeus", "American Gangster", "Babe", "Big", James Bond films, "The Bridge On The River Kwai", "Bull Durham", "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid", "The Caine Mutiny", "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "Gandhi", "The Godfather", "The Guns of Navarone", "Guys & Dolls", "High Noon", "Hoosiers", "In The Heat of The Night", "Jaws", "Mister Roberts", "Network", "Pirates of The Caribbean", "The Producers", "Pumping Iron", "The Right Stuff", "Rocky", "Schindler's List", "Selena", "Star Trek V & VI", "Stranger Than Fiction", "That Thing You Do!", "Tootsie", "Tucker: The Man and His Dream", "When Harry Met Sally", "Working Girl", "Young Frankenstein", and many others

Switch, How To Change Things book by Chip & Dan Heath  "Switch: How To Change Things When Change Is Hard"
[2010 New York Times bestseller] by Chip & Dan Heath

Broadway Business 8¼x6 hardcover [2/2010] for $12.99
Common Purpose / Extraordinary book by Joel Kurtzman  "Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations To Achieve The Extraordinary" [2010]
by Joel Kurtzman

Jossey-Bass 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2010] for $18.45
Wellbeing, Five Essential Elements book by Tom Rath & James K. Harter  "Well Being: The Five Essential Elements" [2010]
by Tom Rath & James K. Harter, PhD

Two bestselling authors team up to share the results of a landmark study of well-being and its implications for organizations and individuals, covering five dimensions of human experience: Physical Well-Being, Career Well-Being, Financial Well-Being, Social Well-Being, and Community Well-Being
Gallup Press 9x6¼ deckle-edge hardcover [5/2010] for $13.99
Citizen You / Change The World book by Jonathan M. Tisch  
"Citizen You: Doing Your Part To Change The World" [2010]
by Jonathan M. Tisch (chair/CEO of Loew's Hotels), with Karl Weber

Crown hardcover [5/2010] for $15.91
Sustainable Excellence book by Aron Cramer & Zachary Karabell  "Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business In A Fast-Changing World" [2010]
by Aron Cramer & Zachary Karabell

Rodale Books hardcover [10/2010] for $17.15


Physics  &  The Universe

Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page
Quantum Physics Page on Working Minds website

Uncertainty / Soul of Science book by David Lindley  "Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr & The Struggle For The Soul of Science" [2007]
by David Lindley

Anchor 8x5 pb [2/2008] for $10.17
Doubleday 8¼x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $17.16
Clockwork To Crapshoot Physics book by Roger G. Newton  "From Clockwork To Crapshoot: A History of Physics" [2007]
by Roger G. Newton

Belknap Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2007] for $19.77
Reinventing Physics book by Robert Laughlin  "A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics From The Bottom Down"
[2005] by Robert Laughlin

Basic Books 9½x6&frac hardcover [3/2005] for $17.16
Road To Reality book by Roger Penrose  "The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide To The Laws of The Universe" [2005]
by Roger Penrose

Vintage 9x6 pb [1/2007] for $16.50
Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2005] for $26.40
Fabric of the Cosmos book by Brian Greene  "The Fabric of The Cosmos: Space, Time & The Texture of Reality"
[2004] by Brian Greene

Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2004] for $19.69
Random House ABR audio CD [2/2004] for $20.37
Random House ABR audio [2/2004] for $17.65
Elegant Universe book by Brian Greene  "The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions & The Quest For The Ultimate Theory" [1999]
by Brian Greene

Vintage 8x5 pb [2/2000] for $10.85
W.W. Norton 9¼x6¼ pb [2/99] out of print/used
W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [2/99] for $13.57
Elegant Universe P.B.S. TV special  "The Elegant Universe" 3-hour tv special [P.B.S./Nova aired Oct 2003]
P.B.S./WGBH letterbox color DVD [1/2004] for $19.95
P.B.S./WGBH color VHS [1/2004] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDbP.B.S. official program site
"Physics: The Elegant Universe & Beyond": 3-hour P.B.S. program above, plus "Einstein Revealed" [1996] and "Einstein's Big Idea" [2005]
P.B.S./WGBH color DVD box set [2/2006] 4 disks for $34.99


Classics  &  Bestsellers
in Roman times, and from 1841 to 2000

 book by Lucretius  "On The Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura)" [First Century B.C.E.]
by Titus Lucretius Carus [c. 99 BCE – c. 55 BCE]

De Rerum Natura entry at Wikipedia
NOTE: The translation by the Fowlers is biased against Lucretius's pro-Reason arguments
Kindle Edition {Ian Johnston translxn} from Richer Resources Publns [10/2010] for $1.99
Kindle Edition (A.E. Stallings translation} from Penguin [2007 edition] for $7.97
Penguin Classics (A.E. Stallings translation} 7¾x5¼ pb [7/2007] for $10.20
Indiana Univ Press {Rolfe Humphries translation} 7¾x5 pb [1968] for $13.95
RECOMMENDED: poetic translation by Anthony M. Ensolen
Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/95] for $25.48
Johns Hopkins Univ Press 7x5 hardcover [6/95] out of print/used

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness of Crowds book by Charles Mackay   "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds"
[1841 classic] by Charles Mackay

Besides looking at too-frequent financial bubbles & schemes, the book covers alchemy, the Crusades, witchery, haunted houses, fashions, fortune-telling and other mass phenomena.
Three Rivers Press 9x6 pb [7/95] for $10.85
Prometheus Books 8½x5½ pb [5/2001] for $20.00
Harriman House 7½x4½ hardcover [12/2003] for $12.91

Bergson's Time & Free Will essay by Henri Bergson  "Time & Free Will: An Essay On The Immediate Data of Consciousness"
[1889] by Henri Bergson [1859-1941];
translated by F. L. Pogson
Nabu Press 9½x7½ pb [8/2010] for $20.75
General Books LLC 9x6 pb [8/2009] for $8.03
Kessinger Publng 10¼x7¼ hardcover [facsimile 1913 edition] for $32.64
Bergson's Creative Mind book by Henri Bergson  "The Creative Mind: An Introduction To Metaphysics" [1903]
by Henri Bergson [1859-1941]

Citadel Press 8½x6¾ pb [2/2002] for $10.36
Citadel Press 8¼x5½ pb [9/97] for $17.95
Replica Books hardcover [2/99] for $31.85
Generation of Vipers classic book by Philip Wylie  "Generation of Vipers" [Farrar & Rinehart 1942 classic]
by Philip Wylie

"Wylie's classic, written with devastating wit and a pen as sharp as a barber's razor, wages war on all forms of American hypocrisy."
Dalkey Archive Press 8x5½ pb [9/96] for $11.16
Larlin Corp hardcover [12/79] out of print/used

Glass Bead Game / Magister Ludi by Hermann Hesse   "The Glass Bead Game" [1943] by Hermann Hesse [1877-1962]
American title: "Magister Ludi"; original German title: "Das Glasperlenspiel"; translation 1970 by Richard & Clara Winston
Henry Holt 8¼x5½ pb [6/90] for $12.60
Peter Smith 8½x5½ hardcover [12/92] for $28.00
Abolition of Man classic book by C.S. Lewis  "The Abolition of Man" [1943 classic] by C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
a defense of objective value & natural law against subjectivism in education and science
HarperSanFrancisco 8x5¼ pb [3/2001] for $9.95
Touchstone 8¾x5¾ pb [6/96] out of print/used
book review at Wikipedia
Lonely Crowd / American Character classic book by David Reisman   "The Lonely Crowd: A Study of The Changing American Character" [1950 classic]
by David Reisman [1909-2002], with Nathan Glazer & Reuel Denney

Yale Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [3/2001] for $12.21
More Than Human scifi novel by Ted Sturgeon  "More Than Human" [1953 novel]
by Theodore Sturgeon [1918-85]

Most speculative fiction is merely science fiction; this work is considered a classic, and asks questions about the definition of human being.
Vintage 8x5 pb [12/98] for $11.01
Del Rey mass pb [4/85] out of print/used
Uses of Literacy classic book by Richard Hoggart   "The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life With Special Reference To Publications & Entertainments" [1957 classic]
by Richard Hoggart

Transaction Publrs 9x6 pb [2/98] out of print/used
Oxford Univ Press pb [1/70] out of print/used
Logic of Scientific Discovery book by Karl Popper  "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" [1959]
by Karl Popper

Routledge pb [10/92] for $38.95
Stranger in a Strange Land book by Robert A. Heinlein  "Stranger In A Strange Land" [1961]
by Robert A. Heinlein [1907-88]

the counter-culture classic & winner of the Hugo Award 1962
Ace pb [8/95] for $7.99
Putnam hardcover [6/61] out of print/used
Blackstone UNABR audio [4/96] for $83.95
The Image / Pseudo-Events In America classic book by Daniel J. Boorstin   "The Image: A Guide To Pseudo-Events In America" [1962 classic]
by Daniel J. Boorstin

Vintage 8x5¼ pb [9/92] for $10.47
Vintage pb [11/71] out of print/many used
Peter Smith Publng hardcover [12/84] out of print/used
Blackstone audio [8/97] 7 tapes for $49.95
Anti-Intellectualism In American Life book by Richard Hofstadter  "Anti-Intellectualism In American Life" [1963 classic]
by Richard Hofstadter

won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction
Vintage 8x5 pb [2/66] for $12.24
Knopf 9½x7 hardcover [5/63] out of print/used
Self-Renewal book by John W. Gardner   "Self-Renewal: The Individual & The Innovative Society" [1964]
by John W. Gardner

"...should be required reading for any person wondering just where he is going on life's long journey." — Los Angeles Times review 1964
W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [8/95] for $8.80

Boys In The Band play & movie by Mart Crowley   "The Boys In The Band: A Play In Two Acts" [1968]
off-Broadway play by Mart Crowley

A revelation back then, it still astounds; a poignant & enlightening view into a world perhaps unknown to you
Alyson Books 40th anniv edition 8x5½ pb [4/2008] for $10.92
Samuel French pb [6/68] out of print/used
1970 film adaptation directed by William Friedkin
Paramount widescreen color DVD [11/2008] for $19.99
Fox color VHS [12/80] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

Myths to Live By book by Joseph Campbell   "Myths To Live By: How We Re-Create Ancient Legends In Our Daily Lives To Release Human Potential" [1972]
by Joseph Campbell [1904-87]

Arkana 8½x5½ pb [2/93] for $11.20
Viking hardcover [4/72] out of print/used
Denial of Death book by Ernest Becker   "Denial of Death" [S&S 1973] by Ernest Becker [1925-74]
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974
Free Press 8½x5½ pb [5/97] for $10.65
Free Press 8¼x5½ pb [3/85] out of print/used
Peter Smith Publrs 8¾x5¾ hardcover [11/98] for $31.75
Escape From Evil book by Ernest Becker  "Escape From Evil" [1975] sequel to "Denial of Death"
by Ernest Becker [1925-74]

Free Press pb [3/85] for $17.95
Free Press hardcover [11/1975] out of print/used
Origins of Knowledge & Imagination lecture series by Jacob Bronowski   "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination" [1978]
text of lecture series by Jacob Bronowski [1908-74]

Yale Univ Press 8x5 pb [9/79] for $16.00
Yale Univ Press hardcover [1/78] out of print/used
SM's Jacob Bronowski fansite
Guide for the Perplexed   "A Guide For The Perplexed" [1978]
by E. F. Schumacher
(author of "Small Is Beautiful" below)
HarperCollins 8x5¼ pb [6/78] for $9.60
Gödel, Escher, Bach Eternal Golden Braid book by Douglas R. Hofstadter   "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" [1979]
by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Basic Books 9x6 pb [1/99] for $14.00
Basic Books hardcover [3/79] out of print/used
Realism & The Aim of Sciencebook by Karl Popper  "Realism and The Aim of Science: Postscript To The Logic of Scientific Discovery" [1982]
by Karl Popper

Routledge pb [4/92] for $34.95
Closing of the American Mind bestseller book by Allan Bloom  "The Closing of The American Mind" [1988 bestseller]
by Allan Bloom

Touchstone 8¼x5¼ pb [5/88] for $11.20
Blackstone UNABR audio narrated by Christopher Hurt [1/93] for $76.95
Small Is Beautiful book by E.F. Schumacher   "Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered – 25 Years Later ... With Commentaries" [1999]
by E.F. Schumacher

Hartley & Marks 9¼x7½ pb [rev 12/99] for $19.95
original edition [1974]
HarperCollins 8x5¼ pb [8/89] for $10.50
Tipping Point Can Make A Big Difference classic book by Malcolm Gladwell   "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference"
[2000 classic] by Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books 8¼x5½ pb [1/2002] for $14.95
Little, Brown 8¼x5¾ hardcover [2/2000] for $15.72
TimeWarner ABR audio CD [1/2005] for $16.31
TimeWarner ABR audio [2/2000] for $12.23

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