Amacom

The Age Curve: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm (June, $24.95) by Kenneth W. Gronbach reveals how to anticipate the new wave of predictable demand and ride it to success.

Atria

The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life (May, $25.95) by John Assaraf and Murray Smith discusses the tools and mental strategies needed to achieve financial success. 5-city author tour.

Bantam

Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want (Mar., $25) by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever uses case histories to show that nearly everything is negotiable. 70,000 first printing.

Berrett-Koehler

Crunch: If the Economy’s Doing So Well, Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (Apr., $26.95) by Jared Bernstein decodes economic analyses and navigates murky ethical quandaries.

Community: The Structure of Belonging (May, $24.95) by Peter Block probes the meaning of community, including how to restore it when it has been lost.

Blue Dot Books

(dist. by Chelsea Green)

Funny Money Honey: and Other Flights of Financey (July, $30) by Woody Tasch provides a honeybee’s-eye view of the world of small business, capital markets and sustainability.

Bottom-Up Media

(dist. by Atlasbooks)

Liars, Lawyers, Con Men & Thieves (Mar., $25) by Bud Hibbs addresses many of the illegal practices of the American debt collection industry. 25,000 first printing. Author tour.

Business Plus

Millionaire by Thirty (Apr., $22.99) by Douglas R. Andrew et al. advises young people just starting out how to expand their limited incomes. Ad/promo.

Career Press

Impact:How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions, and Make a Difference in a Noisy World (May, $24.99) by Ken McArthur examines the stories of ordinary people who have left their mark on the world.

Collins Business

Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies (Mar., $22.95) by Michael E. Gerber, author of the E-Myth series, shows how to turn a business dream into a reality. 125,000 first printing. Ad/promo.

The Sales Bible: Revised Edition (May, $29.95) by Jeffrey Gitomer updates the author’s bestseller. 250,000 first printing. Author publicity.

Columbia Business School Publishing

When Principles Pay (May, $29.95) by Geoffrey Heal airs the question, are ethics and profits compatible?

Crown Business

The Game-Changer: How Every Leader Can Drive Everyday Innovation (Apr., $27.50) by A.G. Lafley and Ram Charan shows how to make innovation a game-changer for any business. 125,000 first printing.

The First Billion Is the Hardest: How Believing It’s Still Early in the Game Can Lead to Life’s Greatest Comebacks (May, $26.95) by T. Boone Pickens reveals the lessons he learned to turn $3 million into $5 billion in profit.

Davies-Black

(dist. by NBN)

Deciding Who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct, and Disrupt the Global Search for Leadership Talent (Apr., $27.95) by Joseph Daniel McCool explores the growing influence of executive recruiters.

DK

The New World of Wow (Aug., $30) by Tom Peters puts a new spin on the world of work.

Doubleday

The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business (Apr., $19.95) by Ken Blanchard et al. reveals the secrets to becoming an entrepreneur. 200,000 first printing. Author tour.

FT Press

Gene Marcial’s Seven Commandments of Stock Investing (Mar., $24.99) by Gene G. Marcial offers strategies that often contradict widely held myths in the market.

A World of Wealth: How Capitalism Turns Profits into Progress (Apr., $24.99) by Thomas G. Donlan. The editorial page editor at Barron’s explores the creation of wealth, present and past.

Harvard Business School Press

5 Future Strategies You Need Right Now (Mar., $18) by George Stalk delivers an analysis of new developments that will occupy mainstream business for years to come.

Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (May, $29.95) by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff offers strategies for profiting from social networking sites and other social technology trends.

Jossey-Bass

Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives (Mar., $24.95) by Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek provides practical strategies for revving up work and play through entrepreneurial leadership.

The Offsite: A Leadership Challenge Fable (Mar., $22.95) by Robert H. Thompson highlights the five practices of leadership as they play out during a fictional off-site training seminar.

Kogan Page

Branded Male: Marketing to Men (Apr., $39.95) by Mark Tungate explores marketing strategies for the previously ignored male consumer market.

McGraw-Hill

The Gold Standard: The Art of Building a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company (July, $24.95) by Joseph Michelli considers ways in which the hotel chain’s leadership principles can be applied to any business.

Executive Warfare: How to Pick Your Battles with Bosses, Allies, and Enemies—And Live to Get Promoted Another Day (July, $24.95) by David D’Alessandro explains the rules of engagement for those eager to climb further up the corporate ladder.

Thomas Nelson

Leadership Gold: Lessons I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Leading (Apr., $25.99) by John Maxwell delivers an intimate tour of business thinking.

NewMarket Press

1,000 Dollars and an Idea: How One of America’s Most Important Entrepreneurs Founded and Grew His Business and Built a Billion-Dollar Fortune (June, $24.95) by Sam Wyly offers life lessons based on the author’s own rags-to-riches story. Ad/promo.

Penguin Press

While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis (May, $25.95) by Roger Lowenstein sounds a wake-up call to a pension-damaged America.

Portfolio

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures (Mar., $24.95) by Dan Roam articulates the power of brainstorming and communicating with pictures.

Inside Steve’s Brain (Apr., $23.95) by Leander Kahney combines biographical info and leadership insights from Apple guru Steve Jobs.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Jokes—the Big Idea That’s Already Transforming the Way We Work (May, $24.95) by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson explains how to be happier at work while also being more effective.

Profile Books

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Empires of Oil: Corporate Oil in Barbarian Worlds (Apr., $35) by Duncan Clarke shows why current oil empires are declining and which new ones are waiting to rise.

Random Business Books UK

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

On Leadership: Practical Wisdom from the People Who Know (Apr.; $35, paper $19.95) by Allan Leighton features stories of successful management from senior business figures.

Riverhead

The Road to Wealth: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Money: Revised Edition (Mar., $29.95) by Suze Orman addresses financial planning issues ranging from first jobs to retirement. 50,000 first printing.

Tarcher

The Value of Money: Uncover the Hidden Wisdom of Money (Apr., $23.95) by Susan McCarthy stresses the importance of understanding one’s emotional relationship with money. Author tour.

Wharton School Publishing

Africa: The New Frontier (June, $29.99) by Vijay Mahajan with Robert Gunther draws lessons from successful firms in a continent with myriad growth opportunities.

Cheap Hawks, Cheap Doves (June, $27.99) by Harvey Sicherman explores the steps necessary to change attitudes about funding war.

Wiley

The Little Book That Builds Wealth: Morningstar’s Knock-Out Formula for Finding Great Investments (Mar., $19.95) by Pat Dorsey outlines an approach to investing that includes economic moats.

I.O.U.S.A.: The Country That Can’t Save a Dime Is Out to Save the World (June, $19.95) by Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera. This companion book to the documentary of the same name follows the exploits of those behind government spending habits.