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DVD - Invictus

Invictus is a 2009 biographical drama film based on events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, hosted in that country following the dismantling of apartheid.

Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Morgan Freeman as South African President Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as François Pienaar, the captain of the Springboks, the South African rugby union team.[3] The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation.

Invictus was released in the United States on December 11, 2009. The title Invictus may be translated from the Latin as undefeated or unconquered.

DVD - Andartu Terlampau

Cerita yang mengisahkan tentang seorang gadis lewat 20an bernama Nik Melati Sukma yang tertekan gara-gara masih lagi belum kberkahwin. Pelbagai usaha dilakukan oleh kedua orang tuanya iaitu Fatimah dan Nik Mat bagi membolehkanya bersetuju untuk berkahwin sehingga sanggup 'mix and match' anaknya itu dengan calon yang dirasakan mereka sesuai. Namun Nik Melati Sukma atau Nikki nekad mencari jodohnya sendiri.


Pelbagai peristiwa lucu yang melingkari perjalanan Nikki dalam usahanya mencari calon suami sementelah ibunya Fatimah telah memberi kata dua:seandainya tidak membawa pulang calon suami dalam masa 21 hari, maka Nikki tiada pilihan melainkan terpaksa berkahwin dengan lelaki pilihan ibunya itu serta persetujui bersama oleh bapanya Nik Mat.

Dalam melayari pelbagai senario bersama senarai calon-calon suaminya yang panjang, Nikki semakin lelah kerana apa yang dimahukannya tidak diperolehinya. Putra Aziz Al-Biruni; anak rakan baik ibunya, walaupun tampan namun kerjayanya sebagai peguam menjadikan sifat yang suka berperang di mahkamah bagi menegakkan kebenaran terbawa-bawa hingga ke luar dan ini turut melemaskan Nikki.

Maka Nikki yang amat terkenal dengan sifatnya ynga 'impulsive' lantas mengambil keputusan nekad untuk berkahwin degan Omar Shariff, lelaki yang sentiasa ada dalam hidupnya sekian lama. Namun sesuatu yang tidak diduga berlaku apabila Nikki bertemu kembali kekasih lama yang dicintainya sewaktu di universiti dulu iaitu John Johny Johnathan.

Paling tragis sekaligus membuatkan Nikki berfikir dua kali samada untuk meneruskan pernikahannya dengan Omar Shariff atau tidak ialah, apabila John Johny Jonathan melamarnya pada hari pernikahannya itu. Apakah sifat impulsive NIkki kali ini mampu mendorongnya untuk membatalkan pernikahan dengan Omar Shariff di saat akhir?Jawapanya ada di dalam Andartu Terlampau...21 Hari Mencari Suami!

Hyperformance(T.J.Waters)

Effective strategies for outsmarting the competition and driving better bottom-line results




In this groundbreaking book, T.J. Waters has turned his experience collecting and analyzing competitive intelligence for the CIA into effective strategies for businesses wanting to stay on the leading edge of their industries. The book describes a practical process from planning (identifying competitive threats and determining the resources needed to counter them) through implementation (creating an organizational strategy) to execution (collecting key information and turning it into bottom-line results). The book is filled with illustrative examples of companies from start-ups to multi-nationals that have used similar strategies successfully.



Offers a key resource for gaining competitive advantage in tough times

Outlines a proven strategy for planning, implementing, and executing a strategic plan for bottom-line results

Written by T.J. Waters who has combined his intelligence expertise with his years of business experience

This book clearly shows that it's no longer a question of becoming the next Google, IBM, or Coca-Cola-it's all about knowing what your competitors are doing.

Switch(Chip & Dan Heath)

"Change is hard." "People hate change." Those were two of the most common quotes we heard when we began to study change.




But it occurred to us that if people hate change, they have a funny way of showing it. Every iPhone sold serves as counter-evidence. So does every text message sent, every corporate merger finalized, every aluminum can recycled. And we haven’t even mentioned the biggest changes: Getting married. Having kids. (If people hate change, then having a kid is an awfully dumb decision.)



It puzzled us--why do some huge changes, like marriage, come joyously, while some trivial changes, like submitting an expense report on time, meet fierce resistance?



We found the answer in the research of some brilliant psychologists who’d discovered that people have two separate “systems” in their brains—a rational system and an emotional system. The rational system is a thoughtful, logical planner. The emotional system is, well, emotional—and impulsive and instinctual.



When these two systems are in alignment, change can come quickly and easily (as when a dreamy-eyed couple gets married). When they’re not, change can be grueling (as anyone who has struggled with a diet can attest).



In those situations where change is hard, is it possible to align the two systems? Is it possible to overcome our internal "schizophrenia" about change? We believe it is.



In our research, we studied people trying to make difficult changes: People fighting to lose weight and keep it off. Managers trying to overhaul an entrenched bureaucracy. Activists combatting seemingly intractable problems such as child malnutrition. They succeeded--and, to our surprise, we found striking similarities in the strategies they used. They seemed to share a similar game plan. We wanted, in Switch, to make that game plan available to everyone, in hopes that we could show people how to make the hard changes in life a little bit easier. --Chip and Dan Heath

The Tipping Point(Malcolm Gladwell)

"The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life," writes Malcolm Gladwell, "is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do." Although anyone familiar with the theory of memetics will recognize this concept, Gladwell's The Tipping Point has quite a few interesting twists on the subject.


For example, Paul Revere was able to galvanize the forces of resistance so effectively in part because he was what Gladwell calls a "Connector": he knew just about everybody, particularly the revolutionary leaders in each of the towns that he rode through. But Revere "wasn't just the man with the biggest Rolodex in colonial Boston," he was also a "Maven" who gathered extensive information about the British. He knew what was going on and he knew exactly whom to tell. The phenomenon continues to this day--think of how often you've received information in an e-mail message that had been forwarded at least half a dozen times before reaching you.



Gladwell develops these and other concepts (such as the "stickiness" of ideas or the effect of population size on information dispersal) through simple, clear explanations and entertainingly illustrative anecdotes, such as comparing the pedagogical methods of Sesame Street and Blue's Clues, or explaining why it would be even easier to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with the actor Rod Steiger. Although some readers may find the transitional passages between chapters hold their hands a little too tightly, and Gladwell's closing invocation of the possibilities of social engineering sketchy, even chilling, The Tipping Point is one of the most effective books on science for a general audience in ages. It seems inevitable that "tipping point," like "future shock" or "chaos theory," will soon become one of those ideas that everybody knows--or at least knows by name. --Ron Hogan --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Blink(Malcolm Gladwell)

Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior. The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"--a 24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea.


Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making. In this brilliant, cage-rattling book, one can only wish for a thicker slice of Gladwell's ideas about what Blink Camp might look like. --Barbara Mackoff

DVD - Drama bersiri Nur Kasih

Nur Kasih merupakan kisah pengorbanan anak terhadap ayah, abang terhadap adik dan isteri terhadap suami. Kisah ini juga memaparkan bahawa insan apabila tiba di jalan buntu dan tiada penyelesaian dan akhirnya akan insaf dan kembali ke pangkal jalan yang diredhai Allah.

Ustaz Hassan terkenal sebagai ulama yang mendalami hukum-hukum Islam. Beliau mempunya 2 anak lelaki yang bagaikan langit dan bumi. Aidil mewarisi cinta Ustaz Hassan terhadap Islam sementara Adam dari belasan sudah memberontak, dia nekad mahukan kehidupan yang berbeza. Tidak lama kemudian apabila Adam sedang mengejar biasiswa senibina di Sydney, Australia, Ustaz Hassan mengalami barah otak dan hanya mempunyai beberapa bulan untuk hidup.

Meniti hari-hari terakhirnya, Ustaz Hassan menghantar rombongan untuk meminang Nur Aminah sebagai isteri Adam. Dalam sekelip mata tiga hati berkecai. Aidil yang menaruh cinta terhadap Nur Aminah, Nur yang ingin meneruskan pelajarannya, dan Adam yang mahu mengahwini teman wanitanya di Australia, Katrina Carlson. Tetapi, tiada siapa yang berani bersuara menentang permintaan terakhir Ustaz Hassan.

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Malaysian Maverick - Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times(Barry Wain)

The book Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times is about the Malaysian Prime minister Mahathir Mohamad and his political journey in times of disturbance. The author Barry Wain talks tries to explore various aspects of Mahathir Mohamad’s personality.

According to Wain Mahathir one hand being a Malayan Heroic figure was a fiercely tireless campaigner on the other who advocated against the domination by the Western economy. The author expounds the unknown persona of Mahathir by this book by the series of exhaustive interviews he had with him.

The author says that there is much more yet to be known in his personality rather than just what he has always presented himself in the outer world and the entire world’s perceives about him.

The issue that catches attention in this book is about the assertion that around RM100 billion may have been wasted like water on huge projects undertaken by Mahathir in order to engineer the modern Malaysia we see today by revolutionizing industries and underneath these projects also accompanied corruption.

Wain also writes that Malaysia was left handicapped due to its national car policy thus making Thailand the major center for car manufacturing.

The author portrays a very balanced description by throwing light on the fact that though the Malaysian Maverick directed all his plans towards the notion of modern, industrialized and globally respected nation of Malaysia for which he even directed the ruling party into business but this accelerated corruption as party’s nature and goals changed. Consequently this led to massive financial scandals. Though involvement of Mahathir in any of this corruption is not confirmed anywhere yet all these disturbances left him unapologetic.

The author concludes in the final chapters of his book that despite of these turbulences and confusions Mahathir created the very nation that he dreamt about that is the modern industrialized Malaysia with its iconic twin towers. Although the corruption that accompanied the process of transformation of Malaysia has much to blame on Mahathir only due to his dissolution of independent judiciary but still he proved to be true to the title given to him as The Malaysian Maverick.

Mahathir, as he himself confessed to the author says that even today he has resentment towards the west, the British in particular. The author writes about this exhaustively that this very antagonism against the British has been a hallmark of his career.

This book thus captures Mahathir Mohamad, the PM of Malaysia for 22 years in true unbiased light, highlighting his true personality and the political situations that Malaysia went through to be what it is today. For all those who would like to explore this Malaysian Maverick and his nation must get started as this is an appreciable piece of work.

Warren Buffett - illustrated biography

"Buffett has generously endowed us all with a sensible and intelligent roadmap for investing." - Robert G Hagstrom




"Warren Buffett - The Oracle of Everything. He has been right about the stock market, rotten accounting, CEO greed, and corporate governance. The rest of us are just catching on." - Fortune



"Warren Buffett has turned value investing into an art form, piling up the world's second largest individual fortune and persuading millions to mimic the low-tech, buy-and-hold style of stock picking he practices at Berkshire Hathaway." - Time



"Buffett and Munger are, without doubt, two of the greatest investors and capital allocators of all time, so investors would be well served to study their thinking carefully." - The Motley Fool



"Warren Buffett - Ace stockpicker, and now, an empire-builder." - BusinessWeek

Can I have your Attention(Cardillo)

Can I Have Your Attention? is not your traditional self-help book that offers 12 simple steps to enhance brainpower. Nor is it a book on Eastern Wisdom, spirituality, or conventional meditation.


It is an eye-popping adventure that combines ancient, high-speed attention-building processes with cutting-edge attention research in psychology, neurology, and biology. Through Joseph Cardillo's engaging personal account of the world of human attention--which synthesizes the stories of more than two dozen experts--you will uncover surprising secrets about the workings of your own mind.



Did you know that:

* You can use your attention to perfect any daily activity--from piano playing to work--related activities to perfecting your golf swing?

* In just one-six-hundredth of a second, a random detail you glimpse in the corner of your eye can determine whether you like someone you just met, cause or avoid an accident, make you feel happy or depressed all day, and lead you to succeed or fail at anything you try?

* Specifically designed meditation techniques can be used to scan and shift brain waves, altering one's attention as effectively as electrode-packed biofeedback instruments?

* Most importantly, you can train your attention to turn such processes on or off, on command?



This fresh look at ancient attention skills and new science will transform your thinking about what human attention is as well as offer a guide to incorporating its insights into your daily life. Can I Have Your Attention? even presents a redefinition of attention deficit and reveals a variety of natural, non-medical tools that can significantly amp up anyone's attention!

How to Give a Damn Good Speech(Theibert)

Philip Theibert provides readers with professional speech writers' techniques to make each and every speech a powerful presentation. Topics covered include how to organize and write a speech, 100 important things you need to know about giving an effective speech, best quotations ever heard, and 365 ideas relating to historical dates and events to weave into your speech.

What Got You Here Won't Get You There(Goldsmith)

Goldsmith, an executive coach to the corporate elite, pinpoints 20 bad habits that stifle already successful careers as well as personal goals like succeeding in marriage or as a parent. Most are common behavioral problems, such as speaking when angry, which even the author is prone to do when dealing with a teenage daughter's belly ring. Though Goldsmith deals with touchy-feely material more typical of a self-help book—such as learning to listen or letting go of the past—his approach to curing self-destructive behavior is much harder-edged. For instance, he does not suggest sensitivity training for those prone to voicing morale-deflating sarcasm. His advice is to stop doing it. To stimulate behavior change, he suggests imposing fines (e.g., $10 for each infraction), asserting that monetary penalties can yield results by lunchtime. While Goldsmith's advice applies to everyone, the highly successful audience he targets may be the least likely to seek out his book without a direct order from someone higher up. As he points out, they are apt to attribute their success to their bad behavior. Still, that may allow the less successful to gain ground by improving their people skills first. (Jan. 2)

The Warren Buffett Way(Hagstrom)

Starting with $10,000 in 1956 and today worth some $8.5 billion, with significant holdings in Coca-Cola, Capital Cities/ ABC and the Washington Post Company, Omaha, Nebr.-based Buffet is a major player on Wall Street. Financial consultant Hagstrom, who did not interview his subject but obtained permission to quote from his Berkshire Hathaway annual reports, here outlines Buffet's iconoclastic tenets for investing. Unlike many entrepreneurs who take over companies to sell them off in bits, Buffet buys and holds. He rejects the "efficient market theory"; he doesn't worry about the stock market; and he buys a business, not a stock. He manages with a small staff, no computers and a "hands off" strategy. Learning his secrets here, now the rest of us can do a Buffet? Illustrations. Fortune Book Club dual main selection.

To Digress A Little(Akbar Ali)

"I have written the book in such a manner that it is (or should be) thought provoking. Some may not like some of the things I have said in this book but nevertheless I feel that too many things remain unsaid when they should be talked about more openly"

Zero Limits(Vitale)

Praise For Zero Limits




"This riveting book can awaken humanity. It reveals the simple power of four phrases to transform your life. It's all based in love by an author spreading love. You should get ten copies of it----one for you and nine to give away. It's that good."

---- Debbie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers



"I love this book! I feel it will be the definitive personal-change/self-help book for at least a generation and viewed as a watershed event by historians. There is real potential for this book to start a movement that will end war, poverty, and the environmental devastation of our beloved planet."

---- Marc Gitterle, MD, www.CardioSecret.com



"This book is like a stick of dynamite, and the moment you start reading, the fuse is lit.



It blows away all the complex and confusing success paradigms of the past and reveals a refreshing and clear path to transform your life with just one simple step. As you explore Zero Limits with Vitale, be prepared for a journey that is both challenging and inspiring beyond anything you've imagined."

---- Craig Perrine, www.MaverickMarketer.com



"There are more than 6 billion different manifestations of human existence on the planet?and only one of us here. In Zero Limits, Vitale has captured the truth that all great spiritual, scientific, and psychological principles teach at the most fundamental level. Boil it all down to the basics and the keys are quite simple---- the answer to all life's challenges is profound love and gratitude. Read this book; it's a reminder of the truth and ability you already possess."

---- James Arthur Ray, philosopher and bestselling author of Practical Spirituality and The Science of Success



"Wow! This is the best and most important book Vitale has ever written!"

---- Cindy Cashman, www.FirstSpaceWedding.com



"I couldn't put it down. This book elegantly sketches what I've learned and learned about in twenty-one years of personal study, and then it takes it to the next level. If you're looking for true peace along with 'the good stuff,' then this book is for you."

---- David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich



"Zero Limits is Vitale's adventure into the most mind-altering reading experience of your life."

---- Joseph Sugarman, President, BluBlocker Sunglasses, Inc.

How to Lead(Owen)

This provocative yet practical book, is the essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership - whatever your level in an organisation. It's both an indispensible yet entertaining guide to the core skills of leadership and a practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there - the single book guide to a successful career.




A unique and brilliant combination of authoritative guidance and stimulating and entertaining advice, it includes novel material on career limiting moves, advice on what to do when you look like you are about to become an involuntary member of the cock up club and how to lead by following.



This leadership handbook will help managers become leaders and help them rise to the top. It is the single book, whole career guide.

Work Less, Make More(White)

A proven 10-step program for unlocking your potential to live and work on your own terms.


Tired of holding your breath, waiting for exactly the right moment to arrive before you can start living the life you really want? When will it be safe for you to stop working so hard and feeling stressed out, burnt out, and generally dissatisfied with life? When you get married? Promoted? When your kids finish school? When you pay off your mortgage? When you retire?



Its time to stop waiting and start living. As renowned success coach Jennifer White proves in this amazing book: You can have it all–more time, more money, and more fun–on your own terms–starting today!



Based on Whites popular courses and seminars through which she has helped thousands of people nationwide live more fulfilling and productive lives, Work Less, Make More™ is an easy-to-follow 10-step program for overcoming your fears, unblocking your passions, channeling your energies, and managing your time more efficiently so that you can:



Fearlessly take more risks

Do the kind of work that really makes you happy

Achieve success on your own terms

Enjoy the freedom of being your own boss

Have more fulfilling relationships

Put the passion back in your life and work

A complete design for living and working, Work Less, Make More is the key that will unlock your potential for living life to its fullest.

The Secret Language of Business(Hogan)

The Secret Language of Business reveals the secrets of body language and nonverbal communication. Successful professionals need more than just good communication skills, you also need the ability to interpret the nonverbal signals that everyone displays. You’ll learn how to master and manipulate your own body language, read the body language of others, and influence people through your new skills and perception. No matter what business you’re in, this is a valuable guide to achieving more in life and business.

Trump How to get Rich(Donald Trump)

First he made five billion dollars.


Then he made The Apprentice.

Now The Donald shows you how to make a fortune, Trump style.



HOW TO GET RICH



Real estate titan, bestselling author, and TV impresario Donald J. Trump reveals the secrets of his success in this candid and unprecedented book of business wisdom and advice. Over the years, everyone has urged Trump to write on this subject, but it wasn’t until NBC and executive producer Mark Burnett asked him to star in The Apprentice that he realized just how hungry people are to learn how great personal wealth is created and first-class businesses are run. Thousands applied to be Trump’s apprentice, and millions have been watching the program, making it the highest rated debut of the season.



In Trump: How To Get Rich, Trump tells all–about the lessons learned from The Apprentice, his real estate empire, his position as head of the 20,000-member Trump Organization, and his most important role, as a father who has successfully taught his children the value of money and hard work.





With his characteristic brass and smarts, Trump offers insights on how to

• invest wisely

• impress the boss and get a raise

• manage a business efficiently

• hire, motivate, and fire employees

• negotiate anything

• maintain the quality of your brand

• think big and live large

Plus, The Donald tells all on the art of the hair!



With his luxury buildings, award-winning golf courses, high-stakes casinos, and glamorous beauty pageants, Donald J. Trump is one of a kind in American business. Every day, he lives the American dream. Now he shows you how it’s done, in this rollicking, inspirational, and illuminating behind-the-scenes story of invaluable lessons and rich rewards.

Rich Dad Poor Dad(Robert Kiyosaki)

The book is largely based on Kiyosaki's upbringing and education in Hawaii. The book highlights the different attitudes to money, work and life of two men, and how they in turn influenced key decisions in Kiyosaki's life.




Among some of the book's topics are:



the value of financial intelligence

that corporations spend first, then pay taxes, while individuals must pay taxes first

that corporations are artificial entities that anyone can use, but the poor usually don't know how

According to Kiyosaki and Lechter, wealth is measured as the number of days the income from your assets will sustain you, and financial independence is achieved when your monthly income from assets exceeds your monthly expenses. Each dad had a different way of teaching his son.

Increase your Financial IQ(Robert Koyosaki)

For years, Robert Kiyosaki has firmly believed that the best investment one can ever make is in taking the time to truly understand how one's finances work. Too many people are much more interested in the quick-hitting scheme, or trying to find a short-cut to real wealth. As Kiyosaki has preached over and over again, one has to truly under the process of how money works before one can start out on trying to escape the daily financial Rat Race.




Now, in this latest book in the popular Rich Dad Poor Dad series, Kiyosaki lays out his 5 key principles of Financial Intelligence for all to understand. In INCREASE YOUR FINANCIAL IQ, Kiyosaki provides real insights on these key steps to wealth:



o How to increase your money -- how to assess what you're really worth now, what your prospects are, and how to start mapping out your financial future.



o How to protect your money -- for better or for worse, taxes are a way of life. Kiyosaki shows you that "it's not what you make....it's what you keep."



o How to budget your money -- everybody wants to live large, but you have to learn how to live within your budget. Kiyosaki shows you how you can.



o How to leverage your money -- as you build your financial IQ, knowing how to put your money to work for you is a crucial step.



o How to improve your financial information -- Kiyosaki shows you how to accelerate your wealth as you learn more and more.

The Secret(Rhonda Byrne)

Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it.


In this book, you'll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life -- money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You'll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that's within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.



The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers -- men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.

How Toyota Became #1(Magee)

Magee, a columnistat the Chattanooga Times Free Press, ably chronicles the rise of leading auto manufacturer Toyota and the underlying principles that led to its ascendancy. From lean production to a long-term focus to specialized philosophies like kaizen (a system of continuous improvement in which instances of waste are eliminated one by one) and genchi genbutsu (a belief in practical experience over theoretical knowledge), Magee documents each contributing factor in Toyota's success. Going back as far as Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda's father Sakichi Toyoda, a successful inventor who inspired and financed the car company's first operations, Magee takes the reader through the company's current challenges and achievements. While he delivers some fresh ideas on how to foster innovation within a particular industry, his overwhelming praise for Toyota's methods reads suspiciously like hagiography, despite his frequent assurances that he wrote the book in complete objectivity with no involvement or influence from the company. Still, this work will interest those involved in the automotive world or similar industries. (Nov. 1)

Time Out for Leaders(McDermott)

A page-a-day book of daily readings gives leaders a chance to spend a few moments to refocus, refresh, and review how they are doing. Provocative, insightful, multicultural quotes, a short think-piece, and an action item engage and challenge leaders and re-set their spiritual clocks. Ten minutes of personal reflection can make a huge difference each day.

What the Dog Saw(Gladwell)

GREAT PRAISE FOR WHAT THE DOG SAW:




"[Malcolm Gladwell] is one of the brightest stars in the media firmament...Gladwell's clear prose and knack for upending conventional wisdom across the social sciences have made The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers, as well as his lengthy magazine features on topics ranging from cool-hunting to ketchup, into must reads." (Time.com Alex Altman )



"This evidence of a Gladwell effect helps to predict something larger: that Mr. Gladwell's new book will be as successful as his first three...This book full of short conversation pieces is a collection that plays to the author's strengths. It underscores his way of finding suitably quirky subjects (the history of women's hair-dye advertisements; the secret of Heinz's unbeatable ketchup; even the effects of women's changing career patterns on the number of menstrual periods they experience in their lifetimes) and using each as gateway to some larger meaning." (New York Times Janet Maslin )



"Gladwell is a writer of many gifts. His nose for the untold back story will have readers repeatedly muttering, "Gee, that's interesting!" He avoids shopworn topics, easy moralization and conventional wisdom, encouraging his readers to think again and think different...Some chapters are masterpieces in the art of the essay." (The New York Times Book Review Steven Pinker )



"Uniformly delightful...Malcolm Gladwell can write engrossingly about just about anything...His witty, probing articles are as essential to David Remnick's New Yorker as those of Wolcott Gibbs and A.J. Liebling were to Harold Ross's...Gladwell has a gift for capturing personalities, a Borscht Belt comic's feel for timing and a bent for counterintuitive thinking. He loves to start a piece by settling you onto a cushion of received ideas, then yanking it out from under you."- (Bloomberg News Craig Seligman )



"Malcolm Gladwell triumphantly returns to his roots with this collections of his great works from The New Yorker Magazine....Do yourself a favor and curl up with What the Dog Saw this week: It is more entertaining and edifying than should be legal for any book." (Louisville Courier-Journal Scott Coffman )



"In What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell leads the reader on delightful side excursions, shows with insightful conversation how one path interweaves with another, and suggests meaning-he is, in short, an interpretative naturalist of American culture." (The Oregonian Alice Evans )

Effective decision making(Adair)

Few managers devote enough attention to the thinking processes they should apply to their jobs. Yet long, energetic hours at work are wasted if business decisions are not logical, clear - and correct.




"Effective Decision Making" is the definitive guide to the crucial managerial skill of creative thinking. In this classic book John Adair, Britain's foremost expert on leadership training, tells you everything you need to know to enable you to analyse your own thought processes, think outside the box and know when to turn to others to help you make your decisions. Including advice on every aspect of the decision-making process, "Effective Decision Making" will help you to:



- Approach problems efficiently and effectively - define objective, collect information, develop options, evaluate, decide and implement



- Think in a more imaginative way



- Know when to rely on your intuition



- Feel more confident about arguing your case



- Develop your thinking skills



With examples of good and poor decision making, as well as exercises designed to help you maintain and improve your mental fitness, " Effective Decision Making" will enable you to master one of the most important skills needed to make you an effective leader.

MOJO(Marshall Goldsmith)

Mojo is the moment when we do something that's purposeful, powerful, and positive and the rest of the world recognizes it. This book is about that moment--and how we can create it in our lives, maintain it, and recapture it when we need it.


In his follow-up to the New York Times bestseller What Got You Here Won't Get You There, #1 executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shares the ways in which to get--and keep--our Mojo. Our professional and personal Mojo is impacted by four key factors: identity (who do you think you are?), achievement (what have you done lately?), reputation (who do other people think you are--and what have you've done lately?), and acceptance (what can you change--and when do you need to just "let it go"?). Goldsmith outlines the positive actions leaders must take, with their teams or themselves, to initiate winning streaks and keep them coming.



Mojo is: that positive spirit--towards what we are doing--now--that starts from the inside--and radiates to the outside. Mojo is at its peak when we are experiencing both happiness and meaning in what we are doing and communicating this experience to the world around us. The Mojo Toolkit provides fourteen practical tools to help you achieve both happiness and meaning--not only in business, but in life.

Change your questions, Change your life(Adams)

"Questioning" is a skill rarely taught in school, but doing it well - that is, asking the right questions of the right people - can radically transform attitudes, actions, and results. Change Your Questions, Change Your Life provides easy-to-learn tools that can make a significant and immediate difference in people's business and personal lives. Written as an engaging fable, it inspires readers to take charge of their thinking in order to accomplish goals, improve relationships, advance careers, investigate new territories, and in general gain greater life satisfaction. This book explains how to "be your own coach," outlines the author's QuestionThinking Model, and lists the top 12 questions for change. Real-world examples provide practical models for applying the principles in a variety of situations, while a Choice Map is a useful visual tool that demonstrates that everyone has a choice in every situation, even if it is not immediately apparent.

Golden Rules for Managers(McNair)

"A penny saved, a penny earned." "Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today."




Often, the advice that makes the most impact does so because it's delivered in a clear, memorable saying that cuts to the heart of the issue. For business readers fed up with long books that say little, nothing could be more refreshing than The Golden Rules for Managers. Management expert Frank McNair distills the best business wisdom into 119 memorable nuggets that speak directly to management issues, then explains the lessons behind the each saying.



Paint a Clear Picture of the Target (goal setting)

What you Reward is What You Get (providing employee feedback)

Employees will Respect what you Expect if you Inspect (follow-up)

A Plan Is Not a Straightjacket (flexibility in execution)

The Madder You Get, the Dumber You Are (self-management)

Packaged for visual impact and easy reading, The Golden Rules for Managers is the new golden standard in management guides.

Think and Make It Happen(Augusto Cury)

While in medical school, Dr. Augusto Cury became fascinated with the impact a healthy mind can have on emotions and life. After many years of research and founding The Intelligence Institute, he concluded:




Every person is a genius because everyone has the power to think.

Harnessing "mind power" has been scientifically proven to enhance a person's physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

The human act of thinking is the greatest wonder of the universe.

In Think, and Make It Happen, Dr. Cury unveils the multifocal intelligence process showing readers how to master their emotions, stress, thoughts, and relationships, as well as how to become creative thinkers and revolutionary leaders. Complete with a 12-week program, participants will learn to apply the universal laws for quality of life to their own lives: authorship, beauty, creativity, sleep, thoughts, emotions, memory, listening, dialogue, drive, and spirituality and celebration and start experiencing the life they desire.

Power(Greene)

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total absence of mercy ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"), but like it or not, all have applications in real life. Illustrated through the tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, P. T. Barnum, and other famous figures who have wielded--or been victimized by--power, these laws will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

The Art of Talking to Anyone(Maggio)

If you want to improve your conversational skills--and achieve greater levels of personal and professional success--The Art of Talking to Anyone is the ultimate book. Rosalie Maggio has built a career on teaching people how to say the right thing at the right time--and she's made her techniques available to you.




This essential communication handbook includes:



Sample dialogues, topics, and responses

Quick-reference dos and don'ts

Tips for handling special situations

Confidence-building advice and quotations

Key words that get to the business at hand

Whether it's small talk or big, social or work-related, The Art of Talking to Anyone gives you all the tools you need to speak up with confidence, to charm and persuade, and to talk your way through any situation--successfully.

The Quintessential Man(Azizan)

biography of Tan Sri Azizan(Petronas)

Blue Ocean Strategy(Mauborgne)

Kim and Mauborgne's blue ocean metaphor elegantly summarizes their vision of the kind of expanding, competitor-free markets that innovative companies can navigate. Unlike "red oceans," which are well explored and crowded with competitors, "blue oceans" represent "untapped market space" and the "opportunity for highly profitable growth." The only reason more big companies don't set sail for them, they suggest, is that "the dominant focus of strategy work over the past twenty-five years has been on competition-based red ocean strategies"-i.e., finding new ways to cut costs and grow revenue by taking away market share from the competition. With this groundbreaking book, Kim and Mauborgne-both professors at France's INSEAD, the second largest business school in the world-aim to repair that bias. Using dozens of examples-from Southwest Airlines and the Cirque du Soleil to Curves and Starbucks-they present the tools and frameworks they've developed specifically for the task of analyzing blue oceans. They urge companies to "value innovation" that focuses on "utility, price, and cost positions," to "create and capture new demand" and to "focus on the big picture, not the numbers." And while their heavyweight analytical tools may be of real use only to serious strategy planners, their overall vision will inspire entrepreneurs of all stripes, and most of their ideas are presented in a direct, jargon-free manner. Theirs is not the typical business management book's vague call to action; it is a precise, actionable plan for changing the way companies do business with one resounding piece of advice: swim for open waters.

Analysing Companies(Economist)

 some brief guidance on analysing the financials of the companies.

The Definitive Drucker(Edersheim)

In a concise introduction to the philosophy of the 20th century's most distinguished business theoretician, Edersheim explores the insights that have shaped management thinking from the 1940s through the 1990s. Drucker himself chose Edersheim to interview him, based on her previous book (McKinsey's Marvin Bower, about the man who built the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company), but he had in mind a biography of his ideas, not a traditional bio. Edersheim blends brief summaries of Drucker's thinking on various management topics (innovation, customers, leadership, decision making) with examples of how his ideas have been practiced at specific organizations and comments from contemporary business leaders. She doesn't try to trace the development of Drucker's ideas over time; instead, she focuses on the challenges managers face today and tries to cull useful advice for tackling them from Drucker's writings. Those seeking a broad intellectual and social context for Drucker's work might prefer Jack Beatty's 1998 The World According to Peter Drucker, while aspiring managers should turn instead to one of Drucker's own books, whose intellectual rigor and lively prose make them immensely readable to this day. (Feb.)

GO Put your Strengths to Work(Marcus Buckingham)

Beginning with the million-copy bestsellers First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham jump-started the strengths movement that is now sweeping the work world, from business to government to education. Now that the movement is in full swing, Buckingham's new book answers the ultimate question: How can you actually apply your strengths for maximum success at work?


Research data show that most people do not come close to making full use of their assets at work -- in fact, only 17 percent of the workforce believe they use all of their strengths on the job. Go Put Your Strengths to Work aims to change that through a six-step, six-week experience that will reveal the hidden dimensions of your strengths. Buckingham shows you how to seize control of your assets and rewrite your job description under the nose of your boss. You will learn:





• Why your strengths aren't "what you are good at" and your weaknesses aren't "what you are bad at."

• How to use the four telltale signs to identify your strengths.



• The simple steps you can take each week to push your time at work toward those activities that strengthen you and away from those that don't.



• How to talk to your boss and your colleagues about your strengths without sounding like you're bragging and about your weaknesses without sounding like you're whining.



• The fifteen-minute weekly ritual that will keep you on your strengths path your entire career.



With structured exercises that will become part of your regular workweek and proven tactics from people who have successfully applied the book's lessons, Go Put Your Strengths to Work will arm you with a radically different approach to your work life. As part of the book's program you'll take an online Strengths Engagement Track, a focused and powerful gauge that has proven to be the best way to measure the level of engagement of your strengths or your team's strengths. You can also download the first two segments of the renowned companion film series Trombone Player Wanted.



Go Put Your Strengths to Work will open up exciting uncharted territory for you and your organization. Join the strengths movement and thrive.

The Way Forward(Tun Mahathir)

book by Dr. Mahathir

Executive Presence(Harrison Monarth)

“This book can be a key aid in helping you make it to the next level! Great coaching for anyone who is even thinking of becoming an executive!”


Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times bestselling author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There



“On the corporate battlefield a true leader’s success is based upon his or her ability to communicate effectively, persuade others to follow a goal, and execute it. This leads to success for all. When the stakes are high, you’re well advised to read this book first.”

Scott A. Gaines, vice president, Hertz Corporation



“If you are seriously looking to be perceived in the light you choose, Executive Presence is the book that not only answers the question, but shows you how to apply the answers.”

Kevin Hogan, author of The Psychology of Persuasion



“Harrison Monarth is a first-rate thinker who writes as clearly as he thinks. No matter where you are on the career ladder, Executive Presence will put you a step ahead of your competition.”

T. Scott Gross, author of Positively Outrageous Service



“Most people know that to move up in your career, you need to have self-awareness and the ability to manage the perceptions of those whose opinions count. . . . Executive Presence is your comprehensive guide to help you become more profi cient at self-marketing and the art of ethical persuasion to achieve your personal and professional goals.”

Larina Kase, PsyD, MBA, author of The Confident Leader and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Confident Speaker

The 5 Essential People Skills(Dale Carnegie Training)

Have you ever walked away from a conversation full of doubts and insecurities? Do you feel as if you've lost a little ground after every staff meeting? Most of us are either too passive or too aggressive in our business life, and we end up never getting the support, recognition, or respect that we desire.


The business leaders and trainers from Dale Carnegie Training® have discovered that applying appropriate assertiveness to all your interactions is the most effective approach to creating a successful career.



The 5 Essential People Skills will help you be the most positively assertive, prosperous and inspired professional you can be. You will learn to:



• Relate to the seven major personality types



• Live up to your fullest potential while achieving personal success



• Create a cutting-edge business environment that delivers innovation and results



• Use Carnegie's powerhouse Five-Part template for articulate communications that grow business



• Resolve any conflict or misunderstanding by applying a handful of proven principles



Once you know and can employ these powerful skills, you will be well on your way to a new level of professional and personal achievement. You will see a transformation once you put these five essential skills to work for you.

Talking the Winner's Way(Leil Lowndes)

"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King




"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive



What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"





What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.





The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book Talking the Winner's Way (Contemporary Books, October 2001) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you'll find:



9 ways to make a dynamite first impression

14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language

14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity

6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd

7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone

9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!)

11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool

15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room

7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive (This last one is for when you need to WIN.)

In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," Bare Their Hot Button, The Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game, for big success in your social life, romance, and business.



Talking the Winner's Way is based on solid research about techniques that work!

Mavericks at Work(William Taylor)

The Economist calls Mavericks "a pivotal work in the tradition of In Search of Excellence and Good to Great." Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A's, calls Mavericks "a competitive playbook for the 21st century." The Financial Times calls Mavericks "a defiant act, a bold and idealistic declaration of faith" in the power of business as its best.




We think of Mavericks at Work as a how-to book for what-if executives and entrepreneurs-a collection of new and provocative answers to some of the most basic questions facing companies of every size and leaders in every field:



What does it mean to have a winning competitive strategy when the world keeps getting more and more competitive?



How to you make enduring connections with customers when customers have more choices and higher expectations than ever?



What's the smart way to unleash innovation? Where do new ideas come from?



How do you attract more than your fair share of the best people in your field? How do you win the battle for talent?



Our core message: Business as usual is bust. In industry after industry, the old guard is cutting back and losing ground. Meanwhile, organizations and entrepreneurs that were once dismissed as upstarts, wildcards-mavericks-are making waves and growing fast. There's a reason: In an age of hyper-competition and nonstop innovation, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something truly original. Mavericks show you how-by helping you to rethink your strategy, reinvent your approach to innovation, reconnect with your customers, and rediscover the power of your people.



The strategies, tactics, and advice in Mavericks at Work grow out of in-depth access to a remarkable collection of 32 forward-looking companies. From a culture-shaping television network with offices in sun-splashed Santa Monica, California, to a little-known office-furniture manufacturer rooted in the frozen tundra of Green Bay, Wisconsin, from glamorous fields such as advertising, fashion, and the Internet, to old-line industries such as construction, mining, and detergent, the organizations featured in Mavericks at Work are winning big at business by rethinking the logic of how business gets done.



Individually, these maverick companies are attracting millions of customers, creating thousands of jobs, generating tens of billions of dollars of wealth. As a group, they demonstrate that you can build successful organizations around high ideals and fierce competitive ambitions, that the most powerful way to create economic value is to embrace a set of values that go beyond just amassing power, and that business, at its best, is too exciting, too important, and too much fun to be left to the dead hand of business as usual.



The goal of Mavericks at Work is to provide a fresh alternative to business as usual-an eye-opening, energetic, flat-out useful set of ideas and case studies that is as true to the maverick spirit as the break-the-mold ideas it champions and the unconventional leaders it chronicles. We hope the book helps you to think bigger, aim higher, and win more decisively.