Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
Books To Ponder
Recently-Added Books
 | "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: 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: 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" [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: 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: 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: 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: 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 |
 | "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: 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 |
 | "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: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality" [2010] by Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jethá HarperCollins 9x6½ hardcover [6/2010] for $17.15 |
 | "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: 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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: 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] 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 |
 | "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 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?: 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: 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: 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: 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: Myth & Metaphor In The Discovery of Geological Time" [1988] by Stephen Jay Gould Harvard Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/88] for $10.62 |
 | "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: 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: The Semiotics of Zero" [1993] by Brian Rotman Stanford Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/93] for $12.76 |
 | "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 |
 | "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" [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 |
 | "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 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: 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 |
 | "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: Exploring The Post-Identity Society" [1997] by Walter Truett Anderson Tarcher 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/97] out of print/used author website |
 | "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!: 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 - 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: 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: 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 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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: 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: 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 |
 | "The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage & The Quest To Build The First Computer" [2001] by Doron Swade
Viking 8x5¼ hardcover [9/2001] for $17.46 |
 | "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: Connecting, Not Competing For Success" [2002] by Dr. Linda Seger Inner Ocean Publg 7.4x5.4 hardcover [6/2002] for $13.27 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 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 |
 | "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? 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 |
 | "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: 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 |
 | "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 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: 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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" [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 |
 | "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: The Final Phase of Empire" [2006] by Morris Berman W.W. Norton 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.35 author website |
 | "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 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 |
 | "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 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 Wikipedia • author homepage at Emory Univ. |
 | "Power and Powerlessness" [2006] by Susan Rosenthal Trafford 10¾x8¼ pb [9/2006] for $12.40 official booksite |
 | "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: 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: 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: 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 |
 | "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" [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 |
 | "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: 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: 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
 | "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 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: 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 |
 | "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: 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 |
 | "The Mind of The Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business" [1983] by Kenichi Ohmae McGraw-Hill 8x5½ pb [8/91] for $10.17 |
 | "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" [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" [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" [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 |
 | "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 |
 | "The Last Word On Power" [1995] by Tracy Goss Currency 9½x6½ hardcover [12/95] for $19.77 Center for Executive Re-Invention |
 | "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: 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: 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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: 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" [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: 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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" [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: 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 |
 | "The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers" [2008] by Keith R. McFarland Crown Business 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $18.15 |
 | "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 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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: 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 |
 | "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 When Change Is Hard" [2010 New York Times bestseller] by Chip & Dan Heath Broadway Business 8¼x6 hardcover [2/2010] for $12.99 |
 | "Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations To Achieve The Extraordinary" [2010] by Joel Kurtzman Jossey-Bass 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2010] for $18.45 |
 | "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: 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: 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
Classics & Bestsellers
in Roman times, and from 1841 to 2000
 | "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 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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" [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 |
 |
"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 |
 | "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 |
 |
"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" [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 |
 |
"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 |
 | "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" [1959] by Karl Popper Routledge pb [10/92] for $38.95 |
 | "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: 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" [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: 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 |
 |
"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: 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" [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" [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 |
 |
"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 |
 |
"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: 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 and The Aim of Science: Postscript To The Logic of Scientific Discovery" [1982] by Karl Popper Routledge pb [4/92] for $34.95 |
 | "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: 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 |
 |
"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 |
jump to 'Books To Ponder' Page Two
Science, Religion & Evolution
Maison d'Être Beatnik Coffeehouse
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Philosophy Film Festival
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Existentialist Film Festival
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Thinking & Intelligence Page
Maison d'Être Bookstore's 'Economics or Else!' Pages
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Political Science Pages
Philosophy In A Nutshell
Icon/Totem "Introduction to Philosophy" Series
Dee/Strathern "Philosophy in 90 Minutes" Series
Anchor/Doubleday "The Big Idea" Series
Basic Books "Science Masters Series"
click here
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's 'Books To Ponder' Pages
on this page: Books to Ponder •• Physics & The Universe •• Classics & Bestsellers
on Page Two: Science, Religion & Evolution
Online sales in association with 
top of this page •• back to Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore homepage