Alan: 6649 books
The Soul of an American President
The Untold Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Faith
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
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...
The Cradle King
The Life of James VI and I, the First Monarch of a United Great Britain
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
As the son of Mary Queen of Scots, born into her 'bloody nest,' James had the most precarious of childhoods. Even before his birth, his life was threatened: it was rumored that his father, Henry, had tried to make the pregnant Mary miscarry by forcing her to witness the assassination of her supposed...
Philip Sidney
A Double Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Courtier, poet, soldier, diplomat - Philip Sidney was one of the most promising young men of his age. Son of Elizabeth I's deputy in Ireland, nephew and heir to her favourite, Leicester, he was tipped for high office - and even to inherit the throne. But Sidney soon found himself caught up in the...
Trillion Dollar Coach
The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
New York Times Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
The team behind How Google Works returns with management lessons from legendary coach and business executive, Bill Campbell, whose mentoring of some of our most successful modern entrepreneurs has helped create...
Simple
Conquering the Crisis of Complexity
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
For decades, Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn have championed simplicity as a competitive advantage and a consumer right. Consulting with businesses and organizations around the world to streamline products, services, processes and communications, they have achieved dramatic results.
In SIMPLE,...
by Alan Barker
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Communicate in a professional manner in any situation. Whether you're making a sales pitch or addressing a large audience, there are ways to get your message across clearly and effectively every time. Using everyday language, Alan Barker shows how to achieve verbal, vocal and visual success in seven...
Talk Lean
Shorter Meetings. Quicker Results. Better Relations.
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
The businessperson's guide to saying what needs to be said and asking questions that need to be asked
In the business world, the first step to great results is good communication. Talk Lean uses original research and a fresh approach to teach businesspeople how to say difficult things and ask...
Game Plan
The Insider's Guide to Breaking In and Succeeding in the Computer and Video Game Business
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The $20 billion computer and video gaming business is the fastest-growing entertainment medium in the world---on track to surpass both the movie and record businesses. More than 200 million computer and video games are sold to the 140 million gamers in America every year.
Game Plan: The Insiders...
Raise Your Game
High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Performance coach Alan Stein Jr. shares the secret principles used by world-class performers that will help you improve your productivity and achieve higher levels of success.
High achievers are at the top of their game because of the discipline they have during the unseen hours. They have...
Advice and Dissent
Why America Suffers When Economics and Politics Collide
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
A bestselling economist tells us what both politicians and economists must learn to fix America's failing economic policies
American economic policy ranks as something between bad and disgraceful. As leading economist Alan S. Blinder argues, a crucial cultural divide separates economic and...
The Consulting Bible
Everything You Need to Know to Create and Expand a Seven-Figure Consulting Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Everything you need to know about building a successful, world-class consulting practice
Whether you are a veteran consultant or new to the industry, an entrepreneur or the principal of a small firm, The Consulting Bible tells you absolutely everything you need to know to create and expand...
Million Dollar Consulting Toolkit
Step-by-Step Guidance, Checklists, Templates, and Samples from The Million Dollar Consultant
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
The practical toolbox for readers of Million Dollar Consulting
This useful guide provides specific checklists, guidelines, templates, and actual examples for every step of the consulting process. It covers marketing, sales, meetings, implementation, follow-up, invoicing, practice management,...
After the Music Stopped
The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
New York Times** Bestseller**
One of our wisest and most clear-eyed economic thinkers offers a masterful narrative of the crisis and its lessons.
Many fine books on the financial crisis were first drafts of history—books written to fill the need for immediate understanding. Alan S....
The Influence of Affluence
How the New Rich Are Changing America
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
A compelling look at a new class of the affluent - the middle-class millionaires – whose attitudes and values are influencing and reshaping American life
In this groundbreaking book, Russ Alan Prince and Lewis Schiff examine the far-reaching impact of the middle class millionaires–people...