Back Business & Investing | December Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  New Titles - Business & Investing
New title highlights is brought to you by New Book Alerts. If you would like to see all new titles for this category, click here
 
Footprints in the Dust: Nursing, Survival, Compassion, and Hope with Refugees Around the World

Roberta Gately · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Lipstick in Afghanistan weaves together the unforgettable stories of the people she helped heal in some of the most troubled places on Earth in a gripping memoir that celebrates our shared humanity. Roberta Gately is a nurse and humanitarian aid worker who has served...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Insane Mode: How Elon Musk's Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil

Hamish McKenzie · Dutton
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"You'll tell me if it ever starts getting genuinely insane, right?" --Elon Musk, TED interview Hamish McKenzie tells how a West Coast start-up's audacious dream came true. Elon Musk created a car company that would go up against not only the might of the government-backed...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age

Martin Moore · Oneworld Publications
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Democracies are being gamed. Authoritarian governments, moneyed elites and fringe hackers are exploiting our digital infrastructure and the vulnerabilities in our democratic system to influence our politics and elections. In just a few years, it has become a perpetual information war. Inherently...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Knock 'em Dead: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin Yate CPC · Adams Media
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Completely updated with new material, this bestselling job search guide can help you keep up with changes in the job market - from updating the language of your resume to using social media networking to make professional connections that are essential in finding new employment opportunities.For...
Read More check catalog
 
 
No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future

Samuel I. Schwartz · PublicAffairs
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The country's leading transport expert describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe. Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life

Hal Gregersen · HarperBusiness
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

What if you could unlock a better answer to your most vexing problem - in your workplace, community, or home life - just by changing the question?Talk to creative problem-solvers and they will often tell you, the key to their success is asking a different question.Take Debbie Sterling,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change

Ellen Ruppel Shell · Currency
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Critically acclaimed journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell uncovers the true cost--political, economic, social, and personal--of America's mounting anxiety over jobs, and what we can do to regain control over our working lives.Since 1973, our productivity has grown almost six times faster than...
Read More check catalog
 
 
This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See

SETH GODIN · Portfolio
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Real marketing isn't about racking up clicks and tweets; it's about connection, empathy, and making a difference.Over the past quarter century, Seth Godin has taught and inspired millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, leaders, and fans from all walks of life, via his blog, online...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead

WARREN BERGER · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question, hundreds of big and small questions that harness the magic of inquiry to tackle challenges we all face--at work, in our relationships, and beyond.As Warren Berger showed in A More Beautiful Question, the humble question can be a powerful...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Freedom's Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science

Audra J. Wolfe · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Scientists like to proclaim that science knows no borders. Scientific researchers follow the evidence where it leads, their conclusions free of prejudice or ideology. But is that really the case? In Freedom's Laboratory, Audra J. Wolfe shows how these ideas were tested to their limits...
Read More check catalog