Basic Books
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China: A History
$24.99 Add to cartAn authoritative account of five thousand years of Chinese history
Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the co- Author: Keay, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: December 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0465025188
- Language: English
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The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art of Storytelling
$19.99 Add to cartFully revised, updated, and expanded, this modern classic will teach you to use the art of storytelling to persuade, motivate, and inspire in life and business
Anyone seeking to influence others must f… [more below]- Author: Simmons, Annette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1541673492
- Language: English
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True Style: The History and Principles of Classic Menswear
$30.00 Add to cartFrom choosing the right pair of eyeglasses to properly coordinating a shirt, tie, and pocket square, getting dressed is an art to be mastered. Yet, how many of us just throw on, well, whatever each mo… [more below]
- Author: Boyer, G. Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0465053998
- Language: English
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The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us about Life After Loss
$19.99 Add to cartIn this thoroughly revised and updated classic, a renowned psychologist shows that mourning is far from predictable, and all of us share a surprising ability to be resilient
The conventional view of gr… [more below]- Author: Bonanno, George A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1541699378
- Language: English
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The Alchemy of Growth: Practical Insights for Building the Enduring Enterprise
$18.95 Add to cartGrowth unleashes benefits beyond the economic. It revitalizes organizations and invigorates the people in them, creating energy, a sense of purpose, and the glow of being on a winning team. Like the a… [more below]
- Author: Baghai, Mehrdad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 30 2000
- ISBN10: 0738203092
- Language: English
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Free Market: The History of an Idea
$32.00 Read moreFrom a MacArthur “Genius,” an intellectual history of the free market, from ancient Rome to the twenty-first century
After two government bailouts of the US economy in less than twenty years, free mark
- Author: Soll, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 0465049702
- Language: English
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World
$22.95 Add to cartOut of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.
- Author: Kelly, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0201483408
- Language: English
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The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation
$18.99 Add to cartIn the no-nonsense, authoritative tradition of the best-selling AP Stylebook, the top editors at the AP have written the definitive guide to punctuation.
More people write for the Associated Press t- Author: Cappon, Rene J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 07 2003
- ISBN10: 0738207853
- Language: English
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Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration
$19.99 Read more“A fascinating account of human experience at its best.” — Mih? Cs?-zentmih?i, author of Flow
Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, a- Author: Sawyer, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0465096638
- Language: English
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The Partnership Charter: How to Start Out Right with Your New Business Partnership (or Fix the One You’re In)
$18.99 Add to cartIn The Partnership Charter, psychologist and business mediation expert David Gage offers a comprehensive guide to the art of establishing and maintaining a business partnership. The centerpiece of his… [more below]
- Author: Gage, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: June 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0738208981
- Language: English
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Relationship Marketing: Successful Strategies for the Age of the Customer
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the bestselling The Regis Touch, a simple process for building the crucial relationships that help a company dominate–and own–the market in the Age of the Customer.
- Author: McKenna, Regis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 19 2006
- ISBN10: 0201622408
- Language: English
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The Spinoza Problem
$19.99 Add to cartA haunting portrait of Arthur Rosenberg, one of Nazism’s chief architects, and his obsession with one of history’s most influential Jewish thinkers
In The Spinoza Problem, Irvin Yalom spins fact and- Author: Yalom, Irvin D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0465061850
- Language: English
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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear
$21.99 Add to cartMore relevant than ever, this seminal collection of essays encourages us to believe in the power of ordinary citizens to change the world
In today’s turbulent world it’s hard not to feel like we’re g- Author: Loeb, Paul Rogat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0465031730
- Language: English
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The Rise of the Creative Class
$21.99 Add to cartWorld-renowned urbanist Richard Florida’s bestselling classic on the transformation of our cities in the twenty-first century — now updated with a new preface
In his modern classic The Rise of the Cre… [more below]- Author: Florida, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1541617746
- Language: English
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The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
$35.00 Read moreHow the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages
For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these relig- Author: Morton, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541616308
- Language: English
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The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age
$35.00 Read moreThe definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi
In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear cha- Author: Schwartz, David N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0465072925
- Language: English
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics
$40.00 Add to cartIn Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion … [more below]
- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 046509676X
- Language: English
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The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
$17.99 Add to cartA “razor-sharp” introduction to this political and economic ideology makes a galvanizing argument for modern socialism (Naomi Klein) — and explains how its core tenets could effect positive change in… [more below]
- Author: Sunkara, Bhaskar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1541647106
- Language: English
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A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
$19.99 Add to cartFrom a New York Times bestselling historian, the “truly revelatory” (Wall Street Journal) story of how the alphabet ordered our world
A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization
- Author: Flanders, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1541601165
- Language: English
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The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
$39.57 Add to cartWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
With a new preface by the author
In his most powerful and important book, renowned psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton presents a brilliant analysis of the crucial … [more below]- Author: Lifton, Robert Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0465093396
- Language: English
