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 | "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 |
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"Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light" [2010]  by Jane Brox Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 8½x5½ hardcover [7/2010] for $15.00 |
 | "Being Wrong: Adventures In The Margin of Error" [2010] by Kathryn Schulz Ecco Books 10x6¾ hardcover [6/2010] for $17.81 |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
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"2045: A Story of Our Future" 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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "The Case For Rational Optimism" [2009] by Frank S. Robinson Transaction 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2009] for $32.54 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "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 Survival Hot List: Conquering The Seven Deadly Trends" [2006] by Joseph A. Bagnall iUniverse 9x6 pb [1/2006] for $13.95 author's website |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 Recorded Books UNABR audio [1/2004] for $29.99 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "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 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 |
 | "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 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 |
 | "Web Thinking: Connecting, Not Competing For Success" [2002] by Dr. Linda Seger Inner Ocean Publg 7.4x5.4 hardcover [6/2002] for $13.27 |
 | "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 |
 | "The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage & The Quest To Build The First Computer" [2001] by Doron Swade Viking 8x5.3 hardcover [9/2001] for $17.46 |
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"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 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 |
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"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 $16.47 Highbridge ABR audio [9/2000] 2 tapes for $12.89 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 Random House ABR audio CD [9/99] out of stock/used Random House ABR audio [9/99] out of stock/used Recorded Books UNABR audio [9/99] out of stock/used |
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"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 ABRIDGED audio read by Grover Gardner [10/99] 6 Audio Scholar cassettes for $24.95 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"Signifying Nothing: The Semiotics of Zero" [1993] by Brian Rotman Stanford Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/93] for $12.76 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
Business Management
movies & documentaries on management, Wall Street, the Corporate Wars,
and the G.O.P. Meltdown on Magic Lantern's Rat Race Film Festival Page
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations To Achieve The Extraordinary" [2010] by Joel Kurtzman Jossey-Bass 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2010] for $18.45 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 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 |
 | "The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers" [2008] by Keith R. McFarland Crown Business 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $18.15 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
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"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] |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 Highbridge ABR audio [8/2000] for $18.95 |
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"The Last Word On Power" [1995] by Tracy Goss Currency 9½x6½ hardcover [12/95] for $19.77 Center for Executive Re-Invention |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
 | "The Mind of The Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business" [1983] by Kenichi Ohmae McGraw-Hill 8x5½ pb [8/91] for $10.17 |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
Physics & The Universe
Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page
Quantum Physics Page on Working Minds website
Classics & Bestsellers
from 1841 to 2000
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"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 Dover Books 8½x5½ pb [6/2001] for $8.76 Elibron ebook (PDF format) for $4.95 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"A Guide For The Perplexed" [1978] by E. F. Schumacher (author of "Small Is Beautiful" below) HarperCollins 8x5¼ pb [6/78] for $9.60 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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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