Crown imprint: 1774 books
You Are the Message
Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Learn the secrets of communication that win elections, promotions, and customers, from Roger Ailes, media consultant to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and the founder of Fox News.
When you communicate with others, everything that makes you unique comes into play. From your appearance...
The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit
An A to Z Lexicon of Empty, Enraging, and Just Plain Stupid Office Talk
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
This caustically funny Webster’s of the workplace cuts to the true meaning of the inane argot spouted in cubicles and conference rooms across the land.
At a price even an intern can afford and in a handy paperback format that won’t weigh down your messenger bag or briefcase, The Dictionary...
SuperCorp
How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the answer to the global crisis of business and American-style capitalism.
Out of the ashes of conventional business models arises a set of companies using their power not only for profits and sustainable growth but also social good.
If you think business corporations...
Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust - And How You Can Profit from It
How to Build Wealth in Today's Expanding Real Estate Market
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
We are experiencing a historic wealth-building opportunity, says David Lereah, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. As Lereah has predicted, the double-digit appreciation boom–far from a real estate “bubble”–is winding down to a healthy real estate expansion that will...
Hostile Takeover
How Big Business Bought Our Government and How We Can Take It Back
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Do you ever wonder if there’s a connection between the corruption scandals in the news and the steady decline in the quality of life for millions of Americans?
Do you ever wonder what corporations get for the millions of dollars they pour into the American political system?
Do you...
by Richard Wolffe
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Revival 2.0 tells the dramatic inside story of how President Obama and his team have regained their footing and learned to fight for their political survival.
Bestselling Obama biographer Richard Wolffe (author of Renegade and Revival) follows President Barack Obama and his inner circle (including...
The Death of American Virtue
Clinton vs. Starr
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Ten years after one of the most polarizing political scandals in American history, author Ken Gormley offers an insightful, balanced, and revealing analysis of the events leading up to the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton. From Ken Starr’s initial Whitewater investigation...
Financially Fearless
The LearnVest Program for Taking Control of Your Money
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Finally, a financial plan that lets you be YOU, only richer.
It’s time to throw away all your old notions of what financial advice should look like. Because if you’re looking for a book to put you on an austerity savings plan that has you giving up vacations and lattes, you’re out of...
Chasing Perfect
The Will to Win in Basketball and Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in America.
In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably,...
Miracle Ball
My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
The captivating, utterly improbable but ultimately true story of one man’s quest to solve sports’ greatest mystery: What happened to the most famous of all home-run balls–the holy grail of sports?
October 3, 1951. Giants third baseman Bobby Thomson hit the most dramatic home run in the...
What's That Job and How the Hell Do I Get It?
The Inside Scoop on More Than 50 Cool Jobs from People Who Actually Have Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2008
WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS?
A no-BS directory of more than fifty cool careers.
A book that explains, in detail, what each job really entails -- and then tells you what you need to do to actually get it.
A book for people searching for the right job. Don’t panic; you will not end up...
Survival Jobs
154 Ways to Make Money While Pursuing Your Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
In the first-ever guide to finding a satisfying job that will keep food on the table while you focus on your perhaps less lucrative dreams, Deborah Jacobson presents a detailed survey of employment possibilities that keep stressful money worries away and allow plenty of time for pursuing one's true...
The Six Fundamentals of Success
The Rules for Getting It Right for Yourself and Your Organization
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“The business environment is so uncertain that no can afford to miss a step. Some forces are out of out control–recessions, cutbacks, layoffs. But being the best we can be at our job is not. We have total control over that.”
--From the Introduction of The Six Fundamentals of Success
Everyone...
Happy at Work, Happy at Home
The Girl's Guide to Being a Working Mom
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
This fresh, empowering, and fully comprehensive guide is the must-have handbook for every working mom!
Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio have helped readers find their dream jobs, be a boss without being bitchy, and even start companies of their own. But what happens when a career girl becomes...