books about: industry     books:     Industry      Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Best of Friedman What an insightful writer Thomas Friedman is!! In this latest book he shares many observations and ideas that I hope are noted by the voters of the USA and the decision makers of not just the United States but of the world.             Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In Roger Fisher, William L. Ury Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 More pie This book does a great job of helping the reader understand that rather than just focusing on getting the biggest piece of the pie, we should find ways to make the pie bigger.             How to Win Friends & Influence People Dale Carnegie Pocket, 1998 Life Changing No wonder this is a classic. It is a good reminder of all the things you inherently know, but forget as a normal part of daily life. Immediately upon starting to read it, the way I was dealing with people changed - and business improved quickly! Obviously, a book ...             Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis Newt Gingrich, Vince Haley Regnery Publishing, 2008 Get it, Read it, and ACT! You should read this book and get yourself up to speed on how the enviro-lobby (yes, they ARE special interests, too) has worked their agenda to box up oil, gas, coal, and nuclear. The point is these forms of energy are lower cost than their "clean" methods of ...             The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash Charles R. Morris PublicAffairs, 2008 I read this book 6 months ago....wow Around 6 months ago I read this book. Talk about timeliness!! it deserves many accolades, I will definately read anything else this author publishes! Excellent read, intelligent, concise and understandable for all.             The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future T. Boone Pickens Crown Business, 2008 The First Billion The author provides some very important pearls of wisdom on the subject of making big money. First, big deals take time to reach fruition. In addition, decision makers can not get bogged down in "analysis paralysis". At some point, action is required. Leaders need to ...             Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, ... Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 Full of how to's Definitely on my recommended book list. A must read for women in business. Susan Bock The Success Coach for Women in Business www.SusanBockSolutions.com             The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox North River Press, 2004 Great framework for improving anything Though geared to an industrial environment, this book teaches how to think when in need to improve processes. Makes great introductory reading for business process management professionals.             Robert's Rules Of Order Newly Revised In Brief (Roberts Rules of Order (in Brief)) Henry M. III Robert, William J. Evans, ... Da Capo Press, 2004 Extremely helpful An extremely helpful short book on the important concepts and specific details of Robert's Rules. Authoritative, yet easy to understand. Points you in the direction of the 600 plus full edition if you need more info. We've bought it for all our committee chairs.             The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry--and What We Must Do to Stop It Antonia Juhasz William Morrow, 2008 Why are oil and gas prices so high? Who's really controlling those prices? How much oil is left? How far will Big Oil go to get it? And at what cost to the environment, human rights, the economy, worker safety, public health, and democracy? The answers aren't what you think. They're much worse. But there's also plenty that we can do ...             Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business Danny Goldberg Gotham, 2008 It's Only Rock'n Roll (But Here's Why We Like It) There are at least three reasons why only Danny Goldberg could have written this book about the rock music business of the last four or so decades. First, he's held a front row seat and worn more hats--reporter, publicist, manager, record company executive and ...             Audition: A Memoir Barbara Walters Knopf, 2008 Hats Off to the Incredible Barbara Walters In the Prologue of this fascinating memoir, Barbara Walters explains that one of her motivations for writing about her life was that young people starting out in television sometimes said to her: "I want to be you." Barbara's stock reply was: "Then you have to take the ...             The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law Norm Goldstein Basic Books, 2007 AP Stylebook Review The 2008 AP Stylebook is a useful guide to any potential journalist. It is necessary to know the ins and outs of writing and nothing articulates it better than this book.             The Toyota Way Jeffrey Liker McGraw-Hill, 2003 To understand this company's success, first understand its DNA I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker's explanation of Toyota's management principles and lean production values have held up. My conclusion? Very well. No good purpose would be served ...             The Appeal John Grisham Doubleday, 2008 The Appeal by John Grisham This is the best book John Grisham has written. Everyone should read it now. Certainly before 11/4. It's not only a page turner but also a thought provoker.          products you might be interested in search for books associated, conversations, improvement, negotiating, reflections, revolution      toavi.com    web we recommend Life Changing randomly chosen book: The House on East 88th Street