Free Press imprint: 1019 books
Freud's Blind Spot
23 Original Essays on Cherished, Estranged, Lost, Hurtful, Hopeful, Complicated Siblings
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Relationships with our siblings stretch, as an old saying has it, all the way from the cradle to the grave. Few bonds in life are as significant, as formative, as lasting, and as frequently overlooked as those we share with our brothers and sisters.
In this stellar, first-of-its-kind anthology,...
Appetite for Self-Destruction
The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the recording industry over the past three decades, when the incredible success of the CD turned the music business into one of the most glamorous, high-profile industries in the world --...
Real Life
Preparing for the 7 Most Challenging Days of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
The #1 New York Times bestselling advice guru, Dr. Phil McGraw, presents a practical and inspiring guide to overcoming life’s seven biggest crises.
Sooner or later, every adult faces a potentially devastating situation. Dealing with the stress of a traumatic event—whether it’s the loss...
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Providing abundance is humanity’s grandest challenge—this is a book about how we rise to meet it.
We will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man, woman and child on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp. This bold, contrarian view, backed up by exhaustive...
Contrarian Investment Strategies
The Psychological Edge
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
In this major revision of his investment classic, one of the premier investment managers introduces vitally important new findings in psychology that show why most investment strategies are fatally flawed and his contrarian strategies are the best way to beat the market.
The need to switch...
Everything Trump Touches Dies
A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
#1 New York Times bestseller! A respected, long-time Republican strategist, ad-maker, and contributor for The Daily Beast skewers the disease that is destroying the conservative movement and burning down the GOP: Trumpism.
Includes an all-new chapter analyzing Trump’s impact on the 2018 elections.
In...
by David M. Oshinsky
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 1997
In this sensitively told tale of suffering, brutality, and inhumanity, Worse Than Slavery is an epic history of race and punishment in the deepest South from emancipation to the civil rights era—and beyond.
Immortalized in blues songs and movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Defiant Ones, Mississippi’s...
by David A. Aaker
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The most important assets of any business are intangible: its company name, brands, symbols, and slogans, and their underlying associations, perceived quality, name awareness, customer base, and proprietary resources such as patents, trademarks, and channel relationships. These assets, which comprise...
The SPEED of Trust
The One Thing that Changes Everything
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Over two million copies sold.
Stephen M. R. Covey shows how trust—and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees, and all stakeholders—is the single most critical component of a successful leader and organization.
Stephen M. R. Covey, widely known as one of the...
by Joan Magretta
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2012
A beginner's guide and a bible for one of the greatest social innovations of modern times: the discipline of management.
Whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned executive, this book will give you a firm grasp on what it takes to make an organization perform. It presents the basic principles...
All Standing
The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
All Standing The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship recounts the journeys of this famous ship, her heroic crew, and the immigrants who were ferried between Ireland and North America. Spurred by a complex web of motivations—shame, familial obligation, and sometimes...
My Hero
Extraordinary People on the Heroes Who Inspire Them
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2005
In My Hero, some of the brightest lights from around the globe share -- in their own words -- stories about the people who have been the greatest source of strength and inspiration to them. With essays by military heroes, political leaders, and Nobel Prize winners, sports heroes, firefighters, scientists,...
by Chris Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2002
Chris Matthews has been playing "hardball" since the day he was born. From his first political run-in in the first grade to his years working as presidential speechwriter for Jimmy Carter and top aide to Tip O'Neill, Matthews grew up loving his country and dreaming of his chance to protect it. As...
It Takes a CEO
It's Time to Lead with Integrity
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2005
Should CEOs act as moral compasses for their companies? Leo Hindery thinks they should. If every CEO did so, then Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, and Tyco would not have become poster children for greed. They would not have become corporate embarrassments -- living illustrations of all that can go wrong...