Sears: 215 books

Astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper ignored the traditional boundaries of his subject. Using telescopes and the laboratory, he made the solar system a familiar, intriguing place. “It is not astronomy,” complained his colleagues, and they were right. Kuiper had created a new discipline we now call planetary...

While there have been many biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower that focus on his military career or the time of his presidency, none clearly explores the important role faith played both in his personal life and in his public policy. This despite the fact that he is the only US president to be baptized...

A new approach to investing based on how Wall Street insiders approach the market The Indomitable Investor deconstructs the stock market as the public has come to know it and reconstitutes it from the inside out from the perspective of the fortunate few who dominate Wall Street. By revealing...

Plan your work and work your plan! Right? No way! "They" change their minds and specs. Why waste time on plans soon to be obsolete? Besides, imprecise plans let us avoid blame. But without plans, there can't be realistic budgets or schedules, no way to refine estimating and bidding for new...

A national bestseller for more than three years in hardcover, The Zone has introduced millions of people worldwide to a breakthrough approach to dieting based on Novel Prize–winning scientific research. Treating food as the most powerful drug available, The Zone plan shows how food, when used unwisely,...

A quick, easy, family-friendly cookbook for the millions of Zone households around the world. Millions of people worldwide have discovered the incredible weight-loss and health benefits of living in the Zone. For almost 10 years, Lynn and Barry Sears have maintained a completely Zone-friendly...

As America is finding out, soy is the most complete and versatile protein in existence. It has no cholesterol or saturated fat but plenty of vitamins and fiber and offers amazing health benefits for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. Based on the simple idea that food is your best medicine, The...

Culture is the stuff that makes behavior predictable. Like fish being the last to discover water, people often attempt to change work processes and routines without first examining the culture that holds existing patterns in place. Failure happens! Anywhere people congregate, cultures exist and resist...

Mostly, management is about people skills, getting support (and even appreciation!) from those whose work you oversee. An intuitive manager "knows" the right things to say and do -- reflex actions that keep work moving and build rapport by creating success for co-workers. You already know...

All I ask is fairness People are constantly attacking my hair I think it's very unfair Obama said he never met his uncle Oscar Can you imagine if I made that statement? It would be the electric chair What if there's another side to Donald Trump? A sensitive, poetic side? Driven by this question, Rob...

No manager succeeds without the support of co-workers, but the culture of many work places casts workers as "sub-ordinates" -- people of a lower class. How can employees support management if they are treated as "less than" by managers? Until they are involved as peers and colleagues,...

Why groups, not teams? Because teams are always rooted in authority, usually competitive, and really hard to keep in productive activity all day every day. Likewise, team building is entertaining more than educational, producing questionable ROI. But working on the work people do, helping them to...

This book was begun 20 years ago, and shaped by interviews with two world-class hoteliers. They are among the finest managers I've ever met. In the intervening years, I've found that their ideas about management and what managers do are fundamental, no matter what your job or industry, and absolutely...

Fat books and academic over-writing suggest that only the college-educated can be managers. NOT! What does it really take to lead a group to great performance? Here's the answer, based on observations of 100s of top managers, doing things that mirror the textbooks, but making it look simple -- and...