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Awards
Three AMACOM books were selected as Library Journal's Best Business Books for 2007. These titles will appear in the March 15 issue of Library Journal.
One Foot Out the Door: How To Combat the Psychological Recession That's Alienating Employees and Hurting American Business
by Judith M. Bardwick
30 Reasons Employees Hate Their Managers: What Your People May Be Thinking and What You Can Do About It
by Bruce L. Katcher with Adam Snyder
Beyond Buzz: The Next Generation of Word-of-Mouth Marketing
by Lois Kelly
Axiom Business Awards
Beyond Buzz also tied for the Gold Medal in the first annual Axiom Business Awards, sponsored by Inc. Magazine. Results can be found online
FOREWORD Magazine's Book of the Year Awards
30 Reasons Employees Hate Their Managers
by Bruce Katcher with Adam Snyder is a finalist in FOREWORD Magazine's 10th Annual Book of the Year Awards, Business & Economics category. Winners will be announced at BookExpo America on May 29, 2008 in Los Angeles. More information at FOREWORD's website.
NO LIMIT: The Texas Hold ‘Em Guide to Winning in Business
By Donald G. Krause and Jeff Carter
ISBN#978-08144-80649 $19.95
As a nation, we are captivated by poker, but few of us realize how we can use its strategies to get ahead in business and in life. Texas Hold'em is the best-known, most-played variety of the game. Many executives like Bill Gates have discovered that winning at poker has more in common with winning in business than meets the eye. And for centuries leaders like Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, and Richard Nixon have used poker tactics to outmaneuver their opponents. Now, everyone who wants to make more money and succeed in business can use these cunning strategies to their full advantage—at the card table and at the conference table.
See how and why to use the "Poker Paradigm"
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VULTURE CULTURE: Dirty Deals, Unpaid Claims, and the Coming Collapse of the Insurance Industry
By Eric D. Gerst
ISBN#978-08144-00265 $24.00
Plain and simple, the insurance industry is at the breaking point. Veteran attorney and insurance-industry observer Eric Gerst takes you on a tour of a mighty industry threatening to collapse under its own considerable weight. Gerst pulls no punches in identifying, by name, the executives and companies who are front and center in this mega-scam. His "Rogue's Gallery" reads like a list of Hollywood plot summaries: multi-billion-dollar bankruptcies that seemingly came from nowhere; fat-cat executives fleeing the country with millions in cash, (plus jewels and girlfriends for good measure); and greedy vultures who systematically prey upon the faith, needs, and misfortunes of their customers.
Did Eliot Spitzer open Pandora's Box?
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NOT MY TURN TO DIE: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia
By Savo Heleta
ISBN#978-08144-01651 $22.00
From his childhood before the Bosnian War to his internment and eventual freedom, we follow Savo Heleta's emotional journey from a young teenager seeking retribution to a peace-seeking diplomat seeking healing and reconciliation. As the war unfolds, we meet the incredible people who helped shape Savo's life, from his brave younger sister Sanja to Meho, the family friend who would become the family's ultimate betrayer. Through it all, we begin to understand this young man's arduous struggle to forgive the very people he could no longer trust. Seen through the eyes of a child, this is a heartrending portrait of war at its most brutal and unforgiving. At once powerful and elegiac, NOT MY TURN TO DIE offers a unique look at a conflict that continues to fascinate and enlighten us.
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WINNING WITH OPTIONS: The Smart Way to Manage Portfolio Risk and Maximize Profit
By Michael C. Thomsett
ISBN#978-08144-00333 $19.95
Options are an ideal tool for people who want to build their portfolios, but to the uninitiated investor they can be downright scary. Most people think investing with options is just too uncertain, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, options can help investors protect themselves from risk and make more money than they ever thought possible. The power of options lies in their diversity. Options allow you to adjust to any situation that arises and offer you the best chance to make the really big plays. Michael C. Thomsett provides nontechnical, easy-to-follow advice on important techniques related to portfolio management, such as diversification and risk management.
Start by understanding the basics
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THE REAL ESTATE INVESTOR'S GUIDE TO FINANCING: Insider Advice for Making the Most Money on Every Deal By David Reed
ISBN#978-08144-80618 $17.95
Investing in real estate can be rewarding and profitable, but it involves making the right choices. To get the biggest return, real estate investors need the right financing. And as they buy multiple properties, their debt equity rises and it becomes more difficult to get the kind of deal they need. All too often, investors find themselves saddled with a property that ends up costing them more time, money, and aggravation than they bargained for. This is the one book that shows you how to get the right financial package for the biggest return on your investment.
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COMPLETELY UPDATED THIRD EDITION OF A CLASSIC!
HOW TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING WITH ANYONE ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD
By Frank L. Acuff
ISBN#978-08144-80663 $21.95
This new edition now includes 63 countries. The book has also been updated to reflect changes in the international scene as well as up-to-the-minute topics like foreign outsourcing and multicultural work teams that increasingly characterize present-day work relationships. Organized in an easy-to-access, quick-reference format, this best-selling guide is your passport to worldwide negotiation skills—and greater business success.
Negotiating in Any Language
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SECOND EDITION OF A BESTSELLER!
ARE YOU DUMB ENOUGH TO BE RICH? The Amazingly Simple Way to Make Millions in Real Estate
By G. William Barnett II
ISBN#978-08144-74037 $18.95
"Financial freedom can be achieved faster through real estate than any other investment. Bill Barnett’s 120-day plan provides an excellent roadmap." —from the Foreword by Robert G. Allen
Even in less-than-stellar markets, no investment strategy has created more millionaires than real estate—and it doesn't take a genius to do so. Updated and expanded, this new edition of the bestselling ARE YOU DUMB ENOUGH TO BE RICH? walks you through a special 120-day plan for starting down the road to real estate wealth. You'll find the information and resources you need to find the neighborhoods with the most potential, avoid the common pitfalls of real estate investment, and build personal and professional credibility.
See how to start your way to FINANCIAL FREEDOM!
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A MANAGER'S GUIDE TO COACHING: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the Best Our of Your Employees
By Brian Emerson and Anne Loehr
ISBN#978-08144-09824 $16.95
This concise guide for busy managers gives you the tools you need to coach your people, and yourself, through any work situation. A MANAGER'S GUIDE TO COACHING takes you through the entire coaching process from discovery, through clarifying wants, problem solving, defining action, and developing accountability. It provides specific, powerful questions to ask when coaching and motivating employees to peak performance, as well as sample conversations, responses, and different ways you can follow up.
See how to get the best from your employees
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THE ABCs OF BREASTFEEDING: Everything a Mom Needs to Know for a Happy Nursing Experience
By Stacey H. Rubin, M.N., APRN, IBCLC
ISBN#978-08144-80571 $14.95
As a Neonatal Practitioner and Board Certified Lactation Consultant (and mother of two), Stacey H. Rubin knows the difficulties new moms can experience. Now, in THE ABCS OF BREASTFEEDING, she offers you comforting advice that will help you feel more confident about feeding your baby.
See how to think with a breastfeeding mindset
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Brian Tracy, bestselling author of 
SPEAK TO WIN,
finished up a satellite Morning TV Campaign on March 4th. Taking advantage of the media's obsession with the presidential primaries, Tracy discussed the candidates' speaking styles and abilities, and how viewers can learn to "speak to win" from these presidential hopefuls. He was interviewed on fifteen TV stations across the country, including in such top media markets as: Denver (KUSA-TV/NBC), Pittsburgh, (KDKA-TV/CBS), Portland (KPTV-TV FOX), Raleigh (WRAL-TV/CBS), and Washington, D.C. (WZDC-TV). Read More
Charles Handy, one of the world's most influential management thinkers and author of 
MYSELF AND OTHER MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS,
gave a weekly commentary for the entire month of February on Marketplace Radio. Marketplace is heard on over 350 stations nationwide and on Sirius Satellite Radio. He was also interviewed on TECHNATION® in February which is syndicated via NPR Satellite Radio, Armed Forces International and public radio stations across the United States.
THE ECCENTRIC BILLIONAIRE'S
author Nancy Kriplen will be in Florida speaking and signing books at the following two public events: March 19th at The Society of The Four Arts in Palm Beach and March 20th at Books & Books in Coral Gables. C-Span's BOOKTV will be covering her event in Books & Books. Air date to come.
SELL YOUR HOME IN ANY MARKET
REALTY TIMES website
"I took a look and found an intelligently-written guide for owners wanting to sell, a valuable tome at a time when many sellers and their brokers are open to marketing ideas. What's important about the book is that it can serve as a marketing checklist, ideas to consider when selling a home and in some cases ideas to use...Remley has a good book and for the few dollars involved virtually all sellers and brokers should be able to get a clutch of useful ideas. And at a time when selling homes is no longer so easy in many markets, the value of a few good ideas should not be underestimated."
THE ECCENTRIC BILLIONAIRE
BLOOMBERG NEWS: "[A] lively biography... Kriplen, a former TIME magazine staffer, writes in rat-a- tat, anecdotal style that belies the depth of her research. She knows how to spin a yarn and never bogs down in details, even when insurance regulators heave into view. A more voluminous, authoritative biography may one day be written. But it probably won't be this much fun to read."
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram: "In THE ECCENTRIC BILLIONAIRE, former TIME business researcher Nancy Kriplen offers an incisive warts-and-all account of the business and personal life of John D. MacArthur."
MYSELF AND OTHER MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS
Jack Covert, 800-CEO-READ: "Charles Handy, one of today's greatest managerial thinkers, has written a memoir about his life, his loves and his ideologies. It is not a business book per se, yet it's packed from page to page with his theories about the way business and organizations are run. Reading the book feels like Handy is carrying on a personal conversation with a young protégé to whom he reminisces about how he first started out, all the mistakes he made along the way, some philosophies that helped him, his own personal gurus, and even love and mortality. MYSELF AND OTHER MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS not only provides a portrait of this thoughtful author, it offers his unique understanding of the business of business from almost every angle...Handy's memoir is for anyone interested in his personal views on management, but it also serves as a companion to his other books. If you haven't thought about reading a Handy book until now, we recommend this as the place to start. He refers to this as his memoir, but there will be, no doubt, other books to come. Or so we can hope."
REBUILDING BRAND AMERICA
Foreign Policy Association U.S. Diplomacy blog "[Martin] is not a foreign policy expert–and in fact it is his outsider perspective that is so valuable. In a nutshell, he applies his 30 years of experience in the advertising world to the problem of America's recent credibility issue. The use of branding and marketing techniques in public diplomacy is controversial. I must admit I have also been skeptical about the marketing world’s potential for facilitating and informing US public diplomacy efforts. But to my surprise Martin showed his audience that, in fact, Madison Avenue can teach us a thing or two about public diplomacy."
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