Laura: 7402 books
Kid Rex
The Inspiring True Account of a Life Salvaged from Despair, Anorexia and Dark Days in New York City
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
After knowing friends with anorexia and being baffled by their behavior, Laura Moisin suddenly found herself prone to the same disease - not eating at all and going weeks at a time consuming nothing but water and the occasional black coffee. Deceiving therapists by misleading them with symptoms of...
Seabiscuit
An American Legend
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.
Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest...
by Laura du Pre
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Want to get into freelance writing? It's a great career, but if you jump in without doing your homework first it could give you headaches. New writers make the same mistakes without realizing it, and the costs to their careers quickly adds up. Inside this short guide, you'll learn how to...
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast
A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings--and Life (A Penguin Special from Por tfolio)
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Mornings are a madcap time for many of us. We wake up in a haze—often after hitting snooze a few times. Then we rush around to get ready and out the door so we can officially start the day. Before we know it, hours have slipped by without us accomplishing anything beyond downing a cup of coffee,...
The Origin of Brands
How Product Evolution Creates Endless Possibilities for New Brands
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
What Charles Darwin did for biology, Al and Laura Ries do for branding.
In their exciting new book, The Origin of Brands, the Rieses take Darwin's revolutionary idea of evolution and apply it to the branding process. What results is a new and strikingly effective strategy for creating innovative...
Doing the Right Things Right
How the Effective Executive Spends Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
A How-To Guide for the Modern Leader
Inspired by Peter Drucker's groundbreaking book *The Effective Executive, Laura Stack details precisely how 21st-century leaders and managers can obtain profitable, productive results by managing the intersection of two critical values: effectiveness and...
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding
How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
This marketing classic has been expanded to include new commentary, new illustrations, and a bonus book: The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding.
Smart and accessible, The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding is the definitive text on branding, pairing anecdotes about some of the best brands in...
Coaching and Mentoring Employees
Helping Others Achieve Their Very Best
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
Mentoring has a significant beneficial impact on the life of the protege. How can you effectively be this person for employees and help them achieve their highest visions of themselves? Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, defines mentoring and explores how you've benefited from mentoring relationships...
How Parents Can Help Their Children
Get Organized and Learn to Be Productive
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Parents can help their children with the ongoing struggles they endure: disorganized bedrooms, poor time management, problems in school, and stress. Who better to learn than from Laura Stack, mother of three and president of The Productivity Pro, a time management training company! There are several...
Seeing Red Cars
Driving Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization to a Positive Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Surely you’ve experienced something like this: you buy a red car, and suddenly red cars appear everywhere. Why? Because you’re focusing on red cars—and you get more of whatever you focus on. But much of the time, consciously and unconsciously, we dwell on what we don’t want, and that’s what...
by Al Ries, Laura Ries
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Bestselling authors and world-renowned marketing strategists Al and Laura Ries usher in the new era of public relations.
Today's major brands are born with publicity, not advertising. A closer look at the history of the most successful modern brands shows this to be true. In fact, an astonishing...
SuperCompetent
The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
To be successful in the business world and reach your full potential in life, it's not enough to be simply competent. Our modern, super-competitive world is full of opportunities for the go-getter, but to take advantage of them, it's essential to become "SuperCompetent." The SuperCompetent...
Build Your Own Garage
Blueprints and Tools to Unleash Your Company's Hidden Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Is your company all bizz -- filled with professional managers, accountants, and financial planners who produce "smooth operations" but offer no customer savvy or soul? Or is it all buzz -- filled with talk, hype, and the brainstorming of half-cooked ideas that often lead nowhere?
To capture...
All the Money in the World
What the Happiest People Know About Wealth
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
How happy would you be if you had all the money in the world? The universal lament about money is that there is never enough. We spend endless hours obsessing over our budgets and investments, trying to figure out ways to stretch every dollar. We try to follow the advice of money gurus and financial...