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Robert B. Cialdini / influence : The Psychology of Persuasion

  "Influence", the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes" - and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His...

James Surowiecki / The Wisdom Of Crowds

  In this landmark work, NEW YORKER columnist James Surowiecki explores a seemingly counter-intuitive idea that has profound implications. Decisions taken by a large group, even if the individuals within the group aren't smart, are always better...

Nick Leeson / Rogue Trader (Hardback)

  This account describes how a 28-year-old from Watford, Nick Leeson, plunged Barings Bank into ruin. In 1994, Leeson seemed to be making the company millions of pounds a week, but he explains how the cover-up of a colleague's small error led to...

Rob Walker / I'm With the Brand

 Brands are dead. Advertising no longer works. Weaned on cable TV, the Internet, and other emerging technologies, the short-attention-span generation has become immune to marketing. Or so we're told.New York Times Magazine columnist Rob Walker...

Jeff Howe / Crowdsourcing (Hardback)

  “The amount of knowledge and talent dispersed among the human race has always outstripped our capacity to harness it. Crowdsourcing ­corrects that—but in doing so, it also unleashes the forces of creative destruction...

Elisabeth Kelan / Rising Stars (Hardback)

  An indepth examination of how to develop the next generation of female leaders, Rising Stars takes a closer look at the motivations, attitudes and perspectives of Generation Y and what this means for the workplace. Invaluable for Generation Y...

James Borg / Persuasion (Large Paperback)

 It pays to be persuasive.From senior managers to new-starters in business; at home, in the office and in the boardroom the ability to confidently motivate, influence and convince others offers a competitive edge that can really set you apart and...

Bill Jensen / Hacking Work : Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results (Large Paperback)

 It would be so much easier to do great work if not for pointless bureaucracies, outdated technologies, and deeply irrational rules. These things are killing us. Frustrating? Hell, yes.But take heart. Today's top performers are taking matters into...

W. Chan Kim / Blue Ocean Shift (Hardback)

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Alec Ross / The Industries of the Future

 This book answers the question: 'What's next?' The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community over the twenty years from 1994 to 2014. In the next ten years, change will happen even faster.As Hillary Clinton's...

Stephanie Slater / Beyond Fear : My Will to Survive (Hardback)

 From Marxist labour process theory, to radical structuralism and postmodernism, the sheer volume and growing diversity of work placed under the umbrella of critical management studies has increased exponentially in the last 50 years, culminating in...

Adam Morgan / Eating the Big Fish : How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders (Hardback)

  EATING THE BIG FISH : How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded The second edition of the international bestseller, now revised and updated for 2009, just in time for the business challenges...

Padraig Yeates / Lockout : Dublin 1913 (Hardback)

 On 26 August 1913 the trams stopped running in Dublin. Striking conductors and drivers, members of the Irish Transport Workers' Union, abandoned their vehicles. They had refused a demand from their employer, William Martin Murphy of the Dublin...

Sandra MacLiammoir / The Secret Life of Joan Denise Moriarty (Hardback)

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Marie Forleo / Everything is Figureoutable (Large Paperback)

 ***THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***'Fast-paced, generous, wise, raw, funny, practical and helpful' Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed'Millions of young women look to Marie Forleo as their inspiration for empowerment and achievement' Oprah...

Dylan Jones / Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man (Hardback)

  A witty, stylish and indispensable guide to being a modern man. It is tough being a man in the twenty-first century. First there are the big dilemmas, like how to get a pay rise and how to suck up to your boss. Then there are the minor...

John Walsh / The Globalist - Peter Sutherland : His Life and Legacy(Hardback)

 THE GLOBALIST is the first in-depth biography of an international power-broker who was instrumental in shaping the global economy that we know today.PETER SUTHERLAND played a defining role in world history over the past 25 years and was arguably...

Dawn Harper / Live Well to 101 (Hardback)

 In Live Well to 101, Dr Dawn Harper, from Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies, urges you to start investing in your health now to improve your chances of enjoying your latter years to the full. This book is for anyone who enjoyed and learnt from The...

Conor Kenny / It's Who I Am (Hardback)

 14 people, 14 professions, 14 passions, 14 chapters, 14 very different stories from 14 people who know who they are . . .Featuring:Tommy Byrne - Formula 1Mick Dowling - Olympic boxingFinbar Furey - MusicJohn Healy - RestaurantsDomini Kemp -...

Alan Sugar / Unscripted (Hardback)

 As the star of the award-winning BBC series The Apprentice, Alan Sugar has won millions of fans who tune in to watch his mix of business wisdom, witty putdowns and ability to cut straight through bullshit. But how did the famously straight-talking...

Richard Parkes Cordock / Millionaire Upgrade (Large Paperback)

 Inspired by the true story of a flight with Sir Richard Branson, Millionaire Upgrade blows the lid off the accepted belief that successful entrepreneurs are a breed apart, possessing some special magic. Through the combined wisdom of interviews...

John Browne / Connect (Large Paperback)

 The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.Drawing on the experience of John Browne, former CEO of BP, and the insight of two McKinsey experts, Connect articulates and explores the recurring rift between big business and society, offering a practical...

Chris Anderson / TED Talks : The official TED guide to public speaking (Large Paperback)

 In the New York Times-bestselling Ted Talks Chris Anderson, head of TED, reveals the inside secrets of how to give a first-class presentation. Where books like Talk Like TED and TED Talks Storytelling whetted the appetite, here is the official TED...

Jan Carlzon / Moments of Truth (Large Paperback)

  The president and CEO of Scandinavia Airlines (SAS) shows how to adapt to the new customer-driven economy.       All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our...

Phil Stutz / The Tools (Large Paperback)

 5 unique Tools ... 3 seconds each to use ... A lifetime of fulfilmentCan you imagine what your life would be if you could tap into a new source of power - one that has been inside you all along - to solve your own problems and become the master of...

Antonia Fraser / Weaker

 Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England.Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was...

Dave Alred MBE / The Pressure Principle (Large Paperback)

 'A hush descends. All eyes are on you. One shot for glory. Your palms are clammy, your heart rate's up. But you've got this. You will throw the paper ball into the bin first time...'Pressure is a constant in all our lives. The pressure to hit a...

Jay Shetty / Think Like a Monk (Large Paperback)

 The Sunday Times Number One BestsellerJay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast 'On Purpose', distils the timeless wisdom he learned as a practising monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious,...

Sally Garratt / Manage Your Time

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Terry Prone / Coach : Terry Prone Tells it Like it is (Large Paperback)

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Leo Hickman / A Life Stripped Bare (Large Paperback)

  It is hardly news that a growing number of people want to step back from the brink of western consumerism and find a way to live an all-round cleaner existence - one that is not only easier on the physical body but one that is lighter on the...

Steven D. Levitt / Think Like a Freak (Large Paperback)

 From the rule-breaking authors of international bestsellers Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, this is the ultimate guide to how to Think Like a FreakThe Freakonomics books have come to stand for something: challenging conventional wisdom; using...

David Taylor / The Naked Leader

 According to David Taylor - one of Europe's most successful speakers on leadership and personal development - the most important discovery you can make is to discover who you really are. Everything you need to be, anything you want, you already...

Paul Mason / Postcapitalism

 'The most important book about our economy and society to be published in my lifetime' Irvine WelshFrom Paul Mason, the award-winning Channel 4 presenter, Postcapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change, and how we can build a more...

John McGuire / Sorted! (Large Paperback)

  When it looked like his businesses were going down the tubes John McGuire slept in his office and started a battle for financial survival. He knows what it's like to see everything you've worked for about to collapse around your ears. He knows...

Tom Butler-Bowdon / 50 Success Classics (Large Paperback)

 Millions of us are drawn each year to find the one great book that will capture our imagination and inspire us to chart a course to personal and professional fulfillment. 50 Success Classics is the first and only 'bite-sized' guide to the books...

Michael T. Klare / Blood and Oil (Large Paperback)

 In his pathbreaking Resource Wars, world security expert Michael Klare alerted us to the role of resources in conflicts in the post-cold-war world. Now, in Blood and Oil, he concentrates on a single precious commodity, petroleum, while issuing a...

Tom Lyons / Fingers : The Man Who Brought Down Irish Nationwide and Cost US €5.4bn (Large Paperback)

 Michael Fingleton was an Irish banking legend, the ultimate big money lender. He took Irish Nationwide Building Society from an obscure mortgage provider to a multi-billion euro property-lending casino, leaving the taxpayer to pick up the tab for...

Michael Lewis / The Undoing Project

 THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BIG SHORT AND FLASH BOYS'A gripping account of how two psychologists reshaped the way we think ... What a story it is' Sunday Times'You'll love it ... full of surprises and no small degree of...

Craig Sams / The Story of Green and Black's

 Green & Black's is one of the best-known brands in the food world, feted both for its quality and for its ethical credentials. Launched on a shoestring in 1991 by wholefood pioneer Craig Sams and his journalist wife Josephine Fairley, it is now...

Michelle Mone / My Fight to the Top

  Michelle Mone is one of the most successful businesswomen of her generation and inspiration for entrepreneurs the world over. In My Fight to the Top, Michelle tells the story of how she overcame near-poverty on the rough streets of north-west...

Bill W. George / True North (Hardback)

 True North shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today's top leaders-with some surprising results. In this...

Colm Cuffe / A Teacher's Life (Hardback)

  A Teacher's Life is a collection of over 140 cartoons based on the popular Facebook page that hilariously captures the ups and down of life as a teacher. Filled with funny observations of classroom antics, this book will have you smiling in...

Jonathan Irwin / Jack and Jill : The Story of Jonathan Irwin (Hardback)

  Jonathan Irwin is best known as the man who, following the tragic death of his son at 22 months old, set up the Jack & Jill Foundation so that other parents would not have to go through the hardship his family did to nurse their sick child...

Spencer Johnson / The Present (Hardback)

  For over two decades, Spencer Johnson has been inspiring and entertaining millions with his simple, yet insightful stories of work and life that speak directly to the heart and soul. THE PRESENT is an engaging story of a young man's journey to...

Stephen Armstrong / The Super-Rich Shall Inherit the Earth

 In 2000 No Logo described a vision of rapacious corporations building brands at the expense of impoverished third world employees and ripped-off first world consumers. Now, only eight years later, No Logo looks almost optimistic against the rise of...

Mark Cropley / The Off Switch : Leave on time, relax your mind but still get more done (Large Paperback)

 'At a time when we are paying a heavy price for the collective delusion that being plugged in 24/7 is an express elevator to the top, The Off Switch reminds us that there is an alternative. Mark Cropley shows that intentionally switching off from...

Jacqueline Gold / A Woman's Courage

  Jacqueline Gold is the high-flying Chief Executive of Ann Summers, the hugely successful retail chain. Voted one of Britain's top ten most powerful women by "Cosmopolitan" magazine and the "Daily Mail", she is one of Britain's most successful...

Anne Chambers / T.K. Whitaker : Portrait of a Patriot (Hardback)

 In 2002, an eighty-five-year-old former civil servant was voted 'Irishman of the Century'. Widely regarded as "the architect of modern Ireland", T.K. Whitaker's life spans the history of the Irish state in whose economic, social and cultural...

Tony Fahey / Best of Times? : The Social Impact of the Celtic Tiger (Large Paperback)

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Donald L. Bartlett / Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness (Large Paperback)

  Whether he was courting public attention in the roles of aviator, playboy and entrepreneur, or shunning it as a recluse, Howard Hughes commanded headlines throughout his career. Yet the image of his life, his power and his business empire that...

Mike Clayton / How to Speak so People Listen (Large Paperback)

 In a busy world of noise, how do you get your message across?Everyone knows how vital good communication is in any business. But what's the point if no-one's listening to you?How to Speak so People Listen shows you how to make sure that what you're...