Springing Forward 2007: Business & Personal Finance
Edited by Dick Donahue and Lauren Joyce -- Publishers Weekly, 1/22/2007
AGATE (dist. by PGW)
The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business (Apr., $35) by Johan Van Overtveldt offers an in-depth history of the Chicago school of economics.
ALLWORTH PRESS
The Art of Digital Branding (Aug., $24.95) by Ian Cocoran tells how to build a Web presence that improves revenue, customer relations and brand loyalty. Ad/promo.
AMACOM
Ring of Thieves: Arrogance, Avarice, and the Inside Story of America's Biggest Accounting Scandal (Apr., $24) by Walter Pavlo Jr. and Neil Weinberg details the ugly story behind MCI's bankruptcy.
Buzz: How to Create It and Win with It (June, $22) by former New York City mayor Edward I. Koch and Christy Heady describes how to get the right kind of attention.
BLOOMBERG PRESS
Family: The Compact Among Generations (Aug., $39.95) by James E. Hughes Jr. provides insights on the principles of family governance.
BRIGHT SKY PRESS
The History of Koch Industries Inc. and Its Management Philosophy (May, $39.95) by Leslie Carbone and Ron Learned records the origin and evolution of the country's largest privately held corporation.
CAPITAL BOOKS
Savvy Networking: 118 Fast & Effective Tips for Business Success (Aug., $14.95) by Andrea Nierenberg presents ways to make contacts and convert them into long-term customers and friends.
CAREER PRESS
The Hands-off Manager: How to Mentor People and Allow Them to Be Successful (Mar., $19.99) by Steve Chandler and Duane Black teaches how to mentor without hovering.
COLLINS BUSINESS
Revolt in the Boardroom: The Fall of the Imperial CEO (Apr., $25.95) by Alan Murray. The Wall Street Journal columnist uncovers the newly nasty, brutish and short tenure of today's CEO. Ad/promo.
New Ideas from Dead CEOs: Lasting Lessons from the Corner Office (May, $26.95) by Todd G. Buchholz looks to past CEOs for lessons. 60,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
CROWN BUSINESS
Grande Expectations: A Year in the Life of the Starbucks' Stock (Apr., $24.95) by Karen Blumenthal explores the factors behind Starbucks' stock performance. Ad/promo.
DAVIES-BLACK
CEO Dad: How to Avoid Getting Fired by Your Family (Apr., $19.95) by Tom Stern takes a humorous approach to real-life conflicts.
DOUBLEDAY
The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co., the World's Most Elite and Enigmatic Investment Bank (Apr., $29.95) by William D. Cohen presents the saga of the richest and most powerful people on Wall Street. 150,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
FARRAR, STRAUS GIROUX
Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy (May, $24) by Daniel Altman takes readers on a tour through more than a dozen cities gathering myriad points of view. Author tour.
FREE PRESS
Go Put Your Strengths to Work (Mar., $28) by Marcus Buckingham. The author of Now, Discover Your Strengths helps readers view the workweek through a new filter. Ad/promo. 16-city author tour.
GOTHAM
Get in the Game: 8 Principles of Perseverance That Make the Difference (Apr., $26) by Cal Ripken Jr. with Donald T. Phillips. The baseball great trumpets the benefits of values, willpower and loving your job. Author tour.
Russell Simmons' Hip-Hop Laws of Success: 12 Proven Steps to Achieving Happiness and Empowerment (May, $25) by Russell Simmons with Chris Morrow offers advice on vision, motivation, counterintuitive wisdom and more.
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS
Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning (Mar., $29.95) by Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris demonstrates the link between high performance and analytics.
Five Minds for the Future (Apr., $24.95) by Howard Gardner showcases the modes of future thinking—disciplinary, synthesizing, creating, respectful and ethical minds. Ad/promo.
HAY HOUSE/NEW BEGINNINGS
Ready... Set... Retire! Financial Strategies for the Rest of Your Life (Mar., $24.95) by Raymond J. Lucia with Dale Fetherling believes in strategies over stock tips.
JOSSEY-BASS
True North (Mar., $27.95) by Bill Georgewith Peter Sims asks readers to look within to find their own leadership voice.
Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water (Mar., $27.95)by Alan Snitow et al. exposes how global corporations are stealing our water—and how Americans are fighting back.
KAPLAN PUBLISHING
Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes (Mar., $25) by Michael J. Panzner details what investors can do to protect themselves in a financial storm.
Accelerate: Practical Management Advice to Boost Business Momentum (May, $23) by Dan Coughlin distills some 3,000 hours of executive coaching into 20 management lessons across a variety of industries.
KNOPF
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home (Apr., $19.95) by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe takes a practical look at email and its etiquette. 250,000 first printing. 8-city author tour.
KOGAN PAGE
Global Remix: The Fight for Competitive Advantage (Mar., $29.95) by Richard Scase forecasts the global economic trends of the next 20 years.
Branded Entertainment (May, $39.95) by Jean-Marc Lehu explains product placement throughout the media.
MCGRAW-HILL
Instant Income (Mar., $24.95) by Janet Switzer outlines a cash-based system for small business owners, employees and entrepreneurs.
Mobilizing Minds (July, $29.95) by Lowell L. Bryan and Claudia Joyce suggests ways to overcome stifling complexity and tap employee talent.
NELSON BUSINESS
The Little Red Book of Wisdom (Mar., $16.99) by Mark DeMoss offers time-tested principles for professional and personal fulfillment.
Talent Is Never Enough (Apr., $25.99) by John Maxwell outlines 13 strategies to take you beyond mere talent.
PETER PAUPER PRESS
The Little Brown Book of Corporate Advancement: The Employee Handbook for Kissing Your Way to the Top (Mar., $9.95) by Nicholas Noyes. Land that corner office without revealing the grasping toad within.
PLATINUM PRESS
Talent IQ: Identify Your Company's Top Performers—Improve or Remove Underachievers—Boost Productivity and Profit (Mar., $22.95) by Emmett C. Murphy follows the author's bestselling Leadership IQ.
PORTFOLIO
The Dip: You Will Always Succeed if You Know When to Quit (May, $12.95) by Seth Godin instructs the reader on when to quit and when to stick around. Ad/promo.
What the Customer Wants You to Know: How Everybody Needs to Think Differently About Sales (Aug., $21.95) by Ram Charan narrates the way to rethink sales from the outside in. Ad/promo.
POWERHOUSE BOOKS
Hooplanetics (Apr., $16.95) by Crispin Porter & Bogusky describes how to conjure up that all-important hoopla. $75,000 ad/promo.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Obsessive Branding Disorder: The Illusion of Business and the Business of Illusion (July, $24.95) by Lucas Conley argues that branding is a poor substitute for actual business strategy.
QUILL DRIVER BOOKS
The New Influencers: A Marketer's Guide to the New Social Media (May, $25) by Paul Gillin introduces the risks and opportunities of working with personal publishing and word-of-mouth marketing.
RUTLEDGE HILL PRESS
Small Business, Big Life (May, $22.99) by Louis Barajas targets those who have more dreams than education or resources and are seeking success in all areas of their lives.
SCRIBNER
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? (May, $25) by Lee Iacocca addresses the dearth of responsible leaders, America's damaged relations with its allies, the decline of the American auto business and more.250,000 first printing.
SOURCEBOOKS
World, Inc. (Apr., $24.95) by Bruce Piasecki declares that government and corporations each make up half the solution to social needs.
SQUARE ONE
Do This, Get Rich: 12 Things You Can Do Now to Achieve Financial Freedom (Mar., $25.95) by Jim Britt delineates key skills for business and personal success. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
STERLING
Why Smart People Do Stupid Things with Money: Overcoming Financial Dysfunction (June, $19.95) by Bert Whitehead diagnoses financial dysfunction and offers strategies to fix it.
TIMES BOOKS
Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of Mixing It Up (May, $25) by David Weinberger shows how the digital revolution rewrites the fundamental principles of how we make sense of our lives.
WARNER BUSINESS
See Jane Lead: 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work and in Life (Apr., $22.99) by Lois P. Frankel teaches how to overcome self-sabotaging behaviors and succeed in male-dominated fields. Ad/promo.
The Last Chance Millionaire: It's Not Too Late to Become Wealthy (June, $24.99) by Douglas R. Andrew tells how to get cracking on amassing your fortune. Ad/promo. Author tour.
WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING/ FINANCIAL TIMES PRESS
Achieve Leadership Genius: How You Lead Depends on Who, What, Where and When You Lead (May, $25.99) by Drea Zigarmi et al. presents a detailed framework for managers to become more effective.
Selling Blue Elephants: How to Make Great Products That People Want Before They Even Know They Want Them (Apr., $27.99) by Howard Moskowitz and Alex Gofman explains the workings of RDE—Rule Developing Experimentation—and its usefulness in many arenas.
WILEY
The Little Book of Index Investing (Mar., $19.95) by John C. Bogle explores a time-tested investment strategy—indexing—that can deliver the greatest return to the greatest number of investors.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
What Really Matters: Service, Leadership, People, and Values (May, $26) by John Pepper. The Procter & Gamble executive asserts that profitable business can create and sustain a culture of ethical behavior.
ZONDERVAN
3 Seconds (June, $19.99) by Les Parrott exposes the six common impulses that sabotage our lives and tells how to overcome them.
