Penguin Publishing Group: 18231 books
The China Price
The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
In this landmark work of investigative reporting, former Financial Times correspondent Alexandra Harney uncovers a story of immense significance to us all: how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, environment, and future. Harney's firsthand reporting brings...
by Robert Greene, Joost Elffers
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
**Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature.
In the book that *People *magazine...
by Robert Greene
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
From the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a vital work revealing that the secret to mastery is already within you.
Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship,...
What the Most Successful People Do at Work
A Short Guide to Making Over Your Career (A Penguin Special from Portfolio)
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
The third mini-ebook by the acclaimed author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast reveals how a few simple changes can make you more productive and fulfilled in your career.
In her bestselling mini-ebook What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, Laura Vanderkam...
Originals
How Non-Conformists Move the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
**The #1 New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas—and how leaders can fight groupthink, from the author of Give and Take and co-author of Option B
“Reading Originals made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite...
Reclaiming Conversation
The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity—and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground.
We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating....
Ready for Anything
52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2004
In his bestselling first book, Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented his breakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now “the personal productivity guru” (Fast Company) shows readers how to increase their ability to work better, not harder—every...
Getting Things Done
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
**The book Lifehack calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity."
"A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"—Fast Company**
Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David...
Difficult Conversations
How to Discuss What Matters Most
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
The 10th-anniversary edition of the New York Times business bestseller-now updated with "Answers to Ten Questions People Ask"
We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client....
Cognitive Surplus
How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us for the better.
In his bestselling Here Comes Everybody, Internet guru Clay Shirky provided readers with a much-needed primer for the digital age. Now, with Cognitive Surplus, he reveals how new digital...
Good Business
Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2004
Since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi published the groundbreaking Flow more than a decade ago, world leaders such as Tony Blair and former President Clinton, and influential sports figures like Super Bowl champion coach Jimmy Johnson have all been inspired by the book. In today's corporate upheaval, a new...
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
A successful Wall Street trader turned neuroscientist reveals how risk taking and stress transform our body chemistry
Before he became a world-class scientist, John Coates ran a derivatives trading desk in New York City. He used the expression “the hour between dog and wolf” to refer to...
Getting to Us
How Great Coaches Make Great Teams
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
**What makes a coach great? How do great coaches turn a collection of individuals into a coherent “us”? **
Seth Davis, one of the keenest minds in sports journalism, has been thinking about that question for twenty-five years. It’s one of the things that drove him to write the definitive...
The Filter Bubble
How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume.
In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly popular result, Google now tries to predict...