JESUS, INC.: The Visionary Path—An Entrepreneur's Guide to True Success
Laurie Beth Jones, . . Crown, $21 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-609-60717-6
Jones (Jesus, CEO
) believes in conducting business and simultaneously satisfying one's spiritual needs. Biblical and real-life stories advocate religious faith and bestow practical advice. For example, Jones recommends undertaking difficult activities with a fresh approach (she made the most of a tedious seminar by pretending she was a reporter). Past success and an extensive author tour should help win her considerable sales. Agent, Mary Ann Naples.(Apr.)
TEACH YOUR TEAM TO FISH: Using Ancient Wisdom for Inspired Teamwork
Laurie Beth Jones, Ken Blanchard
"When Jesus called out to the fishermen, 'Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men,' he was about to transform each one of them from someone who worked only for himself and a Continue reading »
Jesus, Career Counselor: How to Find (and Keep) Your Perfect Work
Laurie Beth Jones
She taught readers how to be Christians in business. Now Jones, business consultant and author of the bestselling Jesus CEO
, is helping readers find their ideal Continue reading »
Management consultant Jones draws on the leadership techniques of Jesus Christ to provide guidance tips on inspiring and managing others. Continue reading »
Jones, whose books Jesus, Life Coach and Jesus, CEO have sought to infuse spiritual values into the workplace, here offers a derivative journal that takes the four key principles of her Life Coach Continue reading »
Jesus CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership
Laurie Beth Jones
Jesus was able to motivate his staff of 12, ergo, there is much to be learned from his teachings, stresses California management consultant Jones, whose sentiments as expressed here ring with Continue reading »
The Power of Positive Prophecy: Finding the Hidden Potential in Everyday Life
Laurie Beth Jones
Having popularized her offbeat brand of Christian inspiration with Jesus, CEO and Jesus in Blue Jeans, Jones returns with a notion that nicely coincides with secular interest in intuition and psychic Continue reading »
The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life
Laurie Beth Jones
Elizabeth Davis's first book, Heart & Hands, is often considered the bible for practicing midwives. Now Davis has teamed up with fellow midwife Carol Leonard to attend to all stages in a woman's Continue reading »
A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled
Alex Green
Green, a Harvard lecturer on public policy, debuts with an enthralling biography of Walter E. Fernald (1859–1924), a controversial doctor who shaped much of 20th-century Continue reading »
In this riveting memoir, poet and novelist Dunthorne (Submarine) parses his family’s complicated legacy in WWII-era Europe. What begins as a study of his grandmother’s escape Continue reading »
Lost at Sea: Poverty and Paradise Collide at the Edge of America
Joe Kloc
Journalist Kloc debuts with an enthralling account of the anchor-outs, an impoverished boat-dwelling community in Sausalito, Calif., and their battle with the city’s wealthy Continue reading »
A Greek Tragedy: One Day, A Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis
Jeanne Carstensen
Journalist Carstensen debuts with a riveting blow-by-blow account of the Oct. 28, 2015, sinking of a boat full of refugees near the Greek island of Lesbos. Nearly 300 passengers Continue reading »