Hardcovers: Business & Personal Finance

ADAMS MEDIA

Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store—Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate (Sept., $22.95) by Freeman Hall recounts shocking retail experiences and offers practical survival advice.

AMACOM

Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone (Sept., $24.95) by Mark Goulston shares simple techniques for effective communication.

How the Best Leaders Lead: Proven Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Yourself and Others (Feb., $24.95) by Brian Tracy reveals strategies used by top executives and business owners.

BASIC BOOKS

The Laws of Disruption: Harnessing the New Forces That Govern Life and Business in the Digital Age (Oct., $26.95) by Larry Downes guides readers through the gap between innovations and our ability to keep up with them.

BERRETT-KOEHLER

(dist. by IPS)

Managing(Sept., $26.95) by Henry Mintzberg explains what managers do and how they do it.

BLOOMBERG PRESS

Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America (Oct., $24.95) by Susan J. Marks considers the players, the problems, the complexities and the possible solutions.

Confidence Game: How a Hedge Fund Manager Called Wall Street's Bluff (Oct., $24.95) by Chrstine Richard. The only reporter who had full access to Bill Ackman exposes the delusions that humbled America's top financial institutions.

Complicit: How Greed and Collusion Made the Credit Crisis Inevitable (Jan., $24.95) by Mark Gilbert shows how Wall Street's tolerance created the problem.

BLOOMSBURY PRESS

Meltdown Iceland: How the Global Financial Crisis Bankrupted an Entire Country (Oct., $25) by Roger Boyes details the financial destruction of Iceland and draws parallels to the global economic crisis.

BROADWAY BOOKS

Circle of Greed: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of America's Most Feared and Loathed Lawyer (Oct., $28) by Patrick Dillon and Carl M. Gannon tracks Bill Lerach from being the nation's leading class-action lawyer to convicted felon.

Switch (Feb., $26) by Chip Heath and Dean Heath addresses the difficulties in achieving change in ourselves, our companies and our employees.

BUSINESS PLUS

Untitled (Nov., $26.99) by Henry M. Paulson. The former treasury secretary submits his first-person account of what really happened to the economy.

CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS

The Fall of the House of Credit: What Went Wrong in Banking and What Can Be Done to Repair the Damage? (Sept., $27.99) by Alistair Milne offers solutions to the global financial crisis.

CENTER STREET

Girl on Top: Your Guide to Turning Dating Rules into Career Success (Oct., $19.99) by Nicole Williams. How to turn 20 rules into a handbook for getting and keeping the job you want.

COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING

The CEO's Boss: Tough Love in the Boardroom (Dec., $29.95) by William M. Klepper offers tools for building healthy corporate partnerships.

CROWN BUSINESS

Payback Time (Sept., $26.99) by Phil Town instructs on keeping one's investments moving up when everyone else's are going down. 150,000 first printing.

In FED We Trust (Oct., $26.99) by David Wessel takes an insider's look at how Bernanke's Federal Reserve struggled to prevent the next Great Depression. 60,000 first printing.

CROWN FORUM

The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free Market Economy (Nov., $26.99) by Michael Medved defends the corporate system against its critics.

EARTHSCAN

(dist. by Stylus Publishing)

Factor Five: The Promise of Resource Productivity (Dec., $39.95) by Ernst von Weizsacker et al. considers examples of innovation in design, technology and policy.

ECW PRESS

(dist. by IPG)

Crash Course: Middle America's Battle to Save the Car Industry (Feb., $24.95) by Abe Aamidor and Ted Evanoff examines the future of America's heartland in light of the auto industry crisis.

FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX

How Markets Fail (Oct., $25) by John Cassidy considers the force of the irrational in a volatile global economy. 50,000 first printing.

FREE PRESS

Wealth Watchers: A Simple Plan for Having More and Spending Less (Jan., $19.95) by Alice Wood outlines a financial program for people who want to be smarter about their money.

FT PRESS

It All Happens Before It Happens (Sept., $19.99) by Kevin Elko demonstrates how to define a personal vision and transform it into reality.

Linked In: High Stakes Economics (Sept., $14.99) by Lena West explains how to get the most from the Web site's features.

GOTHAM BOOKS

No Time for Tact: 365 Days of the Wit, Words and Wisdom of Larry Winget (Sept., $20) by Larry Winget. The “Pitbull of Personal Development” provides page-a-day motivational advice.

HARMONY

Cash in a Flash (Sept., $23) by Robert G. Allen and Mark Victor Hansen expands on the financial principles found in their One Minute Millionaire. 150,000 first printing.

HARPER BUSINESS

Change by Design: How Design Thinking Can Transform Organizations and Inspire Innovation (Oct., $27.99) by Tim Brown defines “design thinking” and its importance at every level of business. 60,000 first printing.

The Sellout: How Wall Street Greed and Stupidity Destroyed America's Dominance of the Global Financial System (Oct., $27.99) by Charles Gasparino contends that the ongoing market tumult stems from the irresponsibility of leading financial institutions. 100,000 first printing.

HARVARD BUSINESS PRESS

Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People (Sept., $27.95) by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones provides the practices and examples needed to create an environment where crackerjack employees can flourish.

Your Next Move: The Leader's Guide to Successfully Navigating Major Career Transitions (Oct., $26.95) by Michael D. Watkins shows how to survive and thrive through diverse kinds of business moves.

Top Talent: Keeping Performance Up When Business Is Down (Oct., $18) by Sylvia Ann Hewlett explains how executives at major companies are retaining their key employees.

JOSSEY-BASS

Seven Lessons for Leading in a Crisis (Sept., $19.95) by Bill George. A noted leadership guru advises business leaders.

You Can't Predict a Hero: From War to Wall Street, How Crisis Creates Leaders (Sept., $27.95) by Joseph J. Grano and Mark Levine. The author draws on his experiences in Vietnam and after 9/11 in this plan for dealing with crises.

KAPLAN PUBLISHING

(dist. by Simon & Schuster)

Priceless: The Case That Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel (Oct., $26.95) by Lloyd Constantine discusses the biggest antitrust lawsuit in U.S. history. 50,000 first printing.

KOGAN PAGE

(dist. by IPS)

More Guerrilla Marketing Research (Oct., $29.95) by Robert Kaden and Gerald Linda challenges the belief that only big companies can afford marketing research.

Luxury World: The Past, Present and Future of Luxury Brands (Nov., $29.95) by Mark Tungate ponders what they are, where they came from and how they operate.

MCGRAW-HILL

The Drucker Difference: Applying Drucker's Management Philosophy in the 21st Century (Dec., $29.95), edited by Craig L. Pearce et al., describes what today's business leaders can learn from Peter Drucker's writings.

Innovate the Pixar Way: Secrets from the World's Most Creative Company (Dec., $21.95) by Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson demonstrates how to apply Pixar-style creativity to any organization.

MORROW

SuperFreakonomics (Nov., $25.99) by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. This follow-up offers new challenges to conventional ways of thinking. 1 million first printing.

MOTIVATION PUBLISHING

(dist. by Midpoint Trade)

Decide Better! for Business Success (Oct., $24.95) by Michael E. McGrath advises executives and managers on decision making.

MULTNOMAH BOOKS

The Elephant in the Office (Jan., $22.99) by Amy Wallace culls thousands of interviews to reveal what men really think about women in the workplace.

THOMAS NELSON

Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently (Sept., $29.99) by Marcus Buckingham describes ways women can feel fulfilled and in control.

NEWMARKET PRESS

I Work for You: 20 Life and Business Lessons from the Founder of Slim-Fast (Nov., $24.95) by S. Daniel Abraham. The entrepreneur looks back on his life and career.

W.W. NORTON

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (Nov., $27.95) by Michael Lewis explains how the American economy's freefall finally happened.

Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy (Jan., $27.95) by Joseph Stiglitz argues that America has exported bad economics and outlines a way forward.

PENGUIN PRESS

The End of Wall Street (Jan, $27.95) by Roger Lowenstein contends that the cataclysm results from a generation of excessive laxity in America's financial systems and culture.

PERIGEE

The Smartest Retirement Book You'll Ever Read (Sept., $21.95) by Daniel R. Solin presents a guide without frills or bias.

PORTFOLIO

Walk the Walk: The #1 Rule for Real Leaders (Sept., $24.95) by Alan Deutschman gathers true and inspiring stories of leadership for tough times.

Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening (Oct., $19.95) by Roger Nierenberg. A conductor discloses leadership lessons through the workings of a symphony orchestra.

Linchpin (Feb., $23.95) by Seth Godin explains how to become the kind of employee who will never be laid off or outsourced.

POWERHOUSE BOOKS

The Art of the Idea: And How It Can Change Your Life (Sept., $24.95) by John Hunt, illus. by Sam Nhlengethwa, provides a toolbox for achieving excellence and offers a new way of defining your world. $35,000 ad/promo.

PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly (Oct., $29.95) by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff explains that panics occur in clusters and strike with similar frequency.

Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays (Nov., $9.95) by Joel Waldfogel reveals how consumer spending on unwanted gifts generates economic waste.

RIVERHEAD BOOKS

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Dec., $26.95) by Daniel H. Pink suggests ways to use our true motivations to find greater satisfaction in life. 100,000 first printing.

STERLING

Think and Grow Rich Three Feet from Gold: An Inspiring Story of Perseverance (Oct., $22.95) by Sharon Lechter and Greg S. Reid stresses the importance of persistence in the pursuit of success.

STERLING INNOVATION

The Business Devotional: 365 Inspirational Thoughts on Management, Leadership and Motivation (Oct., $17.95) by Lillian Hayes Martin offers guidance on career growth and positive change.

ST. MARTIN'S

Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: How My Company and I Transformed Our Purpose, Sparked Innovation, and Grew Profits—by Respecting the Earth (Sept., $25.99) by Ray Anderson challenges industries to share his company's goal: take nothing from the earth that the earth can't replace.

TFH PUBLICATIONS

Doggy Business 101: A Practical Guide to Starting and Running Your Own Business (Oct., $24.95) by Darlene Niemeyer addresses the rising need for pet care services.

TOUCHSTONE

Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life (Oct., $24.99) by Ivanka Trump uses lessons gleaned from her father and her own experiences to instruct young women in achieving success.

VIKING

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis—and Lost (Oct., $27.95) by Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers a blow-by-blow account of the greatest financial crisis since the Depression.

WALKER & COMPANY

The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy are Surviving and Thriving (Sept., $26) by Robert Spector illustrates how small, independent retail operations still thrive on customer service and community support.

WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING

The New World of Wireless: How to Compete in the 4G Revolution (Sept., $39.99) by Scott Snyder offers a framework for measuring your organization's wireless readiness.

WILEY

Stop Acting Rich: How to Live Like a Real Millionaire (Sept., $26.95) by Thomas J. Stanley puts wealth in perspective and advises on living rich without spending more.