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What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly, Viking Books, 416 pages, $27. 95, Hardcover, October 2010, ISBN 9780670022151
in-its-entirety issue—technology.
Business changes.
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson, Riverhead Books, 326 Pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, October 2010, ISBN 9781594487712
Steven Johnson has written a brilliant analysis of creativity and innovation in his new book, Where Good Ideas Come From. It is no coincidence that this natural history opens with a story about Darwin, the most famous studier of origins.
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The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction by Rebecca D. Costa, Vanguard Press, $26. 95 Hardcover, 384 Pages, October 2010, ISBN 9781593156053
“This book is the sound of the watchman’s rattle in the dead of night.
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You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock your Greatest Potential by Alan Fine with Rebecca R. Merrill, Portfolio, 256 pages, October 2010, $25. 95, Hardcover, ISBN 9781591843559
Despite being primarily a business bookseller, we recommend and sell a lot of self-help books.
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Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences by Nancy Duarte, John Wiley & Sons, 272 pages, $29. 95, Paperback, September 2010, ISBN 9780470632017
Everyone gives presentations, in any number of forms. Expressing our opinion, our research, our hard work to a group of people is always a risk.
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