Crown: 5430 books
Magic Words at Work
Powerful Phrases to Help You Conquer the Working World
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2004
From the bestselling authors of Magic Words: a collection of workplace wisdom for spectacular results on the job
Having survived and thrived in the competitive media industry, Alexandra Penney and Howard Kaminsky are now revealing their strategies for success. Magic Words at Work captures lessions...
Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde
An Insider's Guide to Film Slang
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Everything You Need to Know to Become a Film-Industry Insider
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a gaffer and a grip? Or what makes the best boy so great? In Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde,* Dave Knox, a top camera operator and longtime veteran of the film industry,...
The Power of Intuition
How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
At times in our careers, we've all been aware of a "gut feeling" guiding our decisions. Too often, we dismiss these feelings as "hunches" and therefore untrustworthy. But renowned researcher Gary Klein reveals that, in fact, 90 percent of the critical decisions we make is based on our intuition. In...
Humanity Wins
A Strategy for Progress and Leadership in Times of Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
Humanity Wins is a thoughtful and affirming examination of how we can adapt systematically, as individuals and as a society, to the staggering changes occurring in the world around us.
As global change accelerates, our political and social systems are barely keeping pace. Venerated institutions...
Mindworks
An introduction to NLP
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Using the amazingly effective tools of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Mindworks shows you how to unlock the resources, abilities and creativity that you already have in order to accomplish whatever you want to do and take control of your life.
The Leadership Moment
Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1999
Are you ready for the leadership moment?
Merck's Roy Vagelos commits millions of dollars to develop a drug needed only by people who can't afford it · Eugene Kranz struggles to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts home after an explosion rips through their spacecraft · Arlene Blum organizes the...
Upward Bound
Nine Original Accounts of How Business Leaders Reached Their Summits
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2003
Your team has faltered at a critical moment. A key member says he can’t continue, requiring you to make a snap decision: Do you write him off? Or do you risk the whole venture by trying to get him back on his feet?
It could be a scenario straight from the business world.
Yet this one...
by Ormond McGill
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2003
Including authentic background information on recorded telepathy demonstrations and objective evidence of mindreading, Ormond McGill offers the opportunity to practice and hone your own natural telepathic abilities. " A spectacular piece of work ... an exciting and fascinating volume of enormous mental experiments that will enthrall your audiences over and over again."
by Stacey L. Bradford
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
A practical approach to affording your kids from cradle to college.
Bringing home your bouncing baby boy or girl should be an exciting time of celebration–not cause for worry about how you’re going to pay for feeding, clothing, and caring for your new bundle of expenses. The average family...
The Life Audit
A Step-by-Step Guide to Taking Stock, Gaining Control, and Creating the Life You Want... Now
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Ask yourself the big questions . . .
Are you in control of your life?
Do you find yourself wondering where the time goes?
Are you at a crossroads, unsure of what lies ahead?
Are you doing the things YOU want to do?
Whether you want to simply make more time in a busy schedule or plan a whole...
by T.N. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2000
Epiphany Wright, Keisha Moore, Shana Scott spend their teenage years as best friends growing up in hood of southside Jamaica Queens. Now as adults their friendship is put to the test when envy, built up animosity, hidden betrayal and the bad boys in their lives causing more havoc come into play, everyday...
by Ian Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2008
A Thunk is a beguiling question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light. A thunk will shake up your templates, rattle your thought routines, and make you think about things differently! The ideal gift for possibly the most impossible person to buy for!
Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja Handbook
This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
DEADLY NINJA WISDOM FOR THE NON-NINJA
Carefully consider the joy of your soft-headed ignorance before you begin to run, flip, and jump along the Ninja Path.
After much debate and in a spirit of morbid amusement, the International Order of Ninjas has chosen to produce The Ninja Handbook,...
Permanently Blue
How Democrats Can End the Republican Party and Rule the Next Generation
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
In 2008 Democrats accomplished the political trifecta that had eluded them for more than 40 years: get a progressive president elected and win landslide victories in the House and Senate at the same time. The question is, was that the high point for the party? Or was it just the beginning of a...