A completely updated and revised edition of a bestselling book that has helped tens of thousands of people learn how to network effectively, Success Runs in Our Race is more important than ever in this fluctuating economy. With scores of anecdotes taken from interviews with successful African Americans - from Keith Clinkscales, founder and former CEO of Vanguarde Media, to Oprah Winfrey - Fraser shows how to network for information, for influence, and for resources. Readers will learn, among other things, how to cultivate valuable listening skills, which conferences blacks are most likely to attend when looking to build their business network, and how to effectively circulate a résumé

Returning to the U.S. after 20 years in England, Iowa native Bryson decided to reconnect with his mother country by hiking the length of the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states and over 2,000 miles, snaking through some of the most spectacular landscapes in America. Reluctant adventurer Bryson recounts his gruelling hike along the longest continuous footpath in the world

The title may have an apocalyptic whiff about it, but don’t let that put you off. This is no wild-eyed survivalist rant; on the contrary, The End of Oil is a remarkably lucid and engaging analysis of the current energy order and its future. It won’t please everyone: oil "optimists" will, no doubt, feel that Roberts is too pessimistic, while "pessimists" and environmentalists may feel that he does not go far enough. Most readers, however, will appreciate the balanced tone that prevails throughout this book

A Passion For Excellence is the single most existing, inspiring, career-transforming book ever published for people who want to get ahead. It takes you behind, the scenes in some of the most successful organizations and analyzes what makes them distinctive. Here are real people, real companies, real numbers. Here is what you need to know about the crucial elements of success: constant innovation, staying in touch with customers, encouraging the contributions of everyone in the company, and maintaining the integrity that is basic to leadership

I Said "Yes"! is Julie`s first-person account of the transformative power that the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship`s mission of teaching entrepreneurship has brought to so many young lives - including her own - over the past 14 years. Along with the story of Julie`s path into youth development and teaching, it weaves together a remarkable tapestry of the many troubled youths who overcame significant obstacles to make their lives productive and meaningful

A fly-on-the-wall account of the smart and strange subcultures that make, trade, curate, collect, and hype contemporary art. In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the wonderland of the Venice Biennale. She reveals the new dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life

In this book author uses his own experience as an extremely successful entrepreneur to lead the reader to the sources of reliable and lasting income. There is advice here for everyone

Hug Your Customers shows how any business can adapt this hugging philosophy to attract great staff, lower marketing costs, and maintain higher gross margins and long-term revenues. A time when customer service has become the difference between success and failure

In this leadership classic, Donald T. Phillips creates a structured guide useful to anyone - from a high school student to a Chief Executive Officer - for learning what it takes to be a truly great leader, particularly in times of great change. Here is an organized set of steps, strategies, and belief systems useful in forging the way to steady change, with the historic backdrop of the challenges faced by MLK and millions of other African Americans

This book will learn how to become more effective leaders as they explore pressing issues such as power, influence, dependence, and strategies for change