(Last updated on August 5, 2012)
Short-term (within 1 to 2 years)
The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food and Drink Industries (Greenwood Press, 2007) edited by Gary Allen and Ken Albala, 456 pages.
Selected Industry Profiles from Datamonitor, 680 pages.
Customers for Life: How to Turn that One-Time Buyer into a Lifetime Customer (Doubleday, 2002) by Carl Sewell, 208 pages.
Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type (Consulting Psychologists Press, 1995) by Isabel Briggs Myers with Peter B. Myers, 248 pages.
Moments of Magic: Be a Star With Your Customers & Keep Them Forever (The Alan Press, 1993) by Shep Hyken, 164 pages.
The Interpersonal Communication Book, 11th ed., by Joseph Devito (chapters 6,7,8, 9, 11, 13), Pearson Education, ISBN-10: 0205472885 2007, 118 pages.
The Art of Nonverbal Selling: Let Your Customers’ Unspoken Signals Lead You to the Close (McGraw-Hill, 2007) by Gerhard Gschwandtner, 220 pages.
The Art of Speed-reading People: How to Size Up and Speak Their Language (Little, Brown and Company, 1998) by Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger, 224 pages.
Personal Conflict Management: Theory and Practice by Suzanne McCorkle and Melanie Reese, Allyn & Bacon, ISBN 978-0205499885, 2010, 360 pages.
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Financial Education
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead Books, ISBN 1-57322-308-5, 2005, 275 pages.
Financial Markets and Institutions (with Stock Trak Coupon), 10th ed., by Jeff Madura, South-Western College Pub, ISBN-10: 0538482133, 2011, 768 pages.
Fundamentals of Investment Management by Geoffrey A. Hirt and Stanley B. Block, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07296650-5, 2012, 736 pages.
Personal Finance: An Integrated Planning Approach, 8th edition (or most current), by Ralph R. Frasca, Prentice Hall ISBN-10: 0136063039; ISBN-13 978-0136063032, 2008, 504 pages.
Security Analysis, 6th ed., by Benjamin Graham, David Dodd, and James Grant, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0070140650, 2008, 766 pages.
The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel by Stephen Leeb, PhD, Business Plus, ISBN 978-0-446-69558-0, 2006, 211 pages.
The Dollar Crisis: Causes Consequences Cures by Richard Duncan, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd., 2005, 324 pages.
The Millionaire Next Door: Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas Stanley, Taylor Trade Publishing, ISBN-10: 1589795474, 2010, 272 pages.
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of The Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman, Farrar - Straus and Giroux, ISBN-13: 978-0-374-29288-1, 2005, 488 pages.
Trump, The America We Deserve by Donald Trump, Renaissance Books, ISBN: 1-58063-131-2, 2000, 286 pages.
Understanding Investments - DVDs and Course Handbook (The Great Courses, 2012) by Professor Connel Fullenkamp.
Why We Want You To Be Rich: Two Men - One Message by Donald J. Trump - Meredith McIver and Robert T. Kiyosaki - Sharon Lechter, Rich Press, ISBN: 1-933914-02-5, 2006, 345 pages.
Professional Selling
Metaphorically Selling: How to Use the Magic of Metaphors to Sell, Persuade & Explain Anything to Anyone by Anne Miller, Chiron Associates, ISBN-10: 0976279401, 2004, 168 pages.
Moments of Truth: New Strategies for Today’s Customer-Driven Economy (Harper-Collins Publishers, 1989) by Jan Carlzon, 160 pages.
Relationship Economics: Transform Your Most Valuable Business Contacts Into Personal and Professional Success by David Nour, Wiley, ISBN-10: 1118057124, 2011, 320 pages.
Communication Studies
Charisma (topic of), selected academic journal articles, about 200 pages.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Illustrated Ed.: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss, Gotham, ISBN-10: 159240488X, 2009, 176 pages.
I Never Met a Metaphor I Didn’t Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History’s Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes by Mardy Grothe, Harper, ISBN-10: 0061358134, 2008, 336 pages.
In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century, edited by Senator Robert Torricelli and Andrew Carroll, Washington Square Press, ISBN 0-7434-1052-1, 1999, 450 pages.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Delacorte Press, ISBN-10 0385292163, 1983, 96 pages.
The Art of Conflict Management: Achieving Solutions for Life, Work, and Beyond taught by Professor Michael Dues (The Great Courses, available on DVD and CD).
The Art of Mingling: Proven Techniques For Mastering Any Room by Jeanne Martinet, St. Martin’s Griffin, ISBN-13: 978-0-312-35431-2, 2006, 190 pages.
A Speaker’s Guidebook with Video by Dan O’Hair, Rob Stewart, and Hannah Rubenstein, 2nd ed., Bedford St. Martin’s, ISBN 0-312-40433-6, 599 pages (approx.)
The World’s Great Speeches, 4th ed, edited by Lewis Copeland, Lawrence Lamm, and Stephen McKenna, Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-40903-1, 1999, 920 pages.
I is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World by James Geary, Harper, ISBN-10: 0061710288, 2011, 304 pages.
Metaphors Dictionary by Elyse Sommer, Visible Ink Press, ISBN-10 1578591376, 2001, 672 pages.
Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, IBSN-0-226-46800-3, 242 pages.
New Approaches to Rhetoric, editors Patricia Sullivan and Steven Goldzwig, Sage Publications, ISBN 0-7619-2913-4, 2004, 354 pages.
Metaphors and Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching Any Subject by Rick Wormeli, Stenhouse Publishers, ISBN-10: 1571107584, 2009, 264 pages.
Personal Magnetism: Discover your own Charisma and Learn to Charm, Inspire, and Influence Others (American Management Association, 1997) by Andrew J. DuBrin, 208 pages.
Persuasion in the Media Age by Timothy A. Borchers, 2nd ed. McGraw Hill, ISBN-13: 978-0072862911, 2005, 448 pages.
Secrets of Body Language, (DVD), 2009, History Channel, A&E Home Video, 100 minutes.
The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) by editor Raymond W. Gibbs Jr., Cambridge University Press, ISBN-10: 0521600863, 2008, 564 pages.
Leadership
Charismatic Leadership in Organizations by Jay Conger and Dr. Rabindra Kanungo, Sage Publications, ISBN-10: 0761916342, 1998, 296 pages.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Delacorte Press, ISBN-10 0385292163, 1983, 96 pages.
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies (Harper Business Essentials, 2004) by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr., 400 pages.
In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century by Anthony Mayo and Nitin Nohria, Harvard Business School Press, ISBN-13: 978-1-59139-345-0, 2005, 444 pages.
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun (Business Plus, 2009) by Wess Roberts, 110 pages.
Next Generation Leader: Five Essentials for those Who Will Shape the Future (Multnomah Books, 2003) by Andy Stanley, 176 pages.
Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today…and the Lessons You Can Learn by Steve Forbes, John Prevas, and Rudolph Giuliani, Crown Business, ISBN-10: 0307408450, 2010, 320 pages.
Marketing
Gen Buy: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings are Revolutionizing Retail by Kit Yarrow and Jayne O’Donnell, Jossey-Bass, ISBN-10: 0470400919, 2009, 272 pages.
Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs (New Rules Social Media Series) by Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah and David Scott; Wiley, ISBN-10: 0470499311, 2009, 256 pages.
The Marketing Plan Handbook, 3rd ed. by Alexander Chernev, Cerebellum Press, ISBN-10: 1936572028, 2011, 156 pages.
The Marketing Plan: How to Prepare and Implement It, 4th ed., by William Luther, Amacom, ISBN-100814416934, 2011, 304 pages.
The Successful Marketing Plan: How to Create Dynamic, Results Oriented Marketing, 4th ed. by Roman Hiebing, Scott Cooper, Steve Wehrenberg, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0071745574, 2011, 704 pages.
The Marketing Plan Handbook, 4th ed., by Marian Burk Wood, Prentice Hall, ISBN 13: 978-0-13-608936-0, 2011, 210 pages.
The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy: Classic Concepts and New Perspectives, 2nd ed., by editors Carl Stern and Michael Deimler, Wiley, ISBN-10: 0471757225, 2006, 432 pages.
The Power of Focus: How to Hit Your Business, Personal, And Financial Targets with Absolute Certainty by Jack Canfield, HCI, ISBN: 1558747524, 310 pages.
Food Industry
Accelerating New Food Product Design and Development (Institute of Food Technologist Series), by editors: Beckley, Foley, Topp, Huang, and Prinyawiwatkul, Wiley-Blakewell, ISBN-10: 081380809X, 2007, 400 pages.
Inside the Minds: The Food & Beverage Industry: Industry Leaders on Manufacturing, Marketing, and Distributing the Edible Goods that Sell (Aspatore, 2004), 102 pages.
The Food Industry Wars: Marketing Triumphs and Blunders by Ronald D. Michman and Edward M. Mazze, Quorum Books, ISBN 1-56720-111-3, 1998, 263 pages.
Entrepreneurship
Revolution in a Bottle: How TerraCycle is Redefining Green Business by Tom Szaky, Portfolio Trade, ISBN-10: 1591842506, 2009, 189 pages.
Be My Guest by Conrad Hilton, Prentice Hall Press, ISBN 0-671-76174-9, 1994, 288 pages.
Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew the Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, Random House, ISBN 0-8129-3058-4, 1999, 332 pages.
Entrepreneurial Financial Management: An Applied Approach by Jeffrey Cornwall, David Vang, and Jean Hartman; M. E. Sharpe (publisher), ISBN-10: 0765622920, 2009, 299 pages.
Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures, 3rd ed., by Bruce Barringer and Duane Ireland, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0136083536, 2009, 608 pages.
Nuts: Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success by Kevin Freiberg and Jackie Freiberg, Broadway Books, ISBN 0-7679-0184-3, 1996, 363 pages.
The Sam Walton Story: An Inside Look at the Man and His Empire by Austin Teutsch, Berkley Books, 1992, ISBN, 0-42513783-X, 232 pages.
The Student Success Manifesto by Michael Simmons, Extreme Entrepreneurship Education Co., ISBN-10: 0974041114, 2003, 212 pages.
Zero to One Million: How to Build a Company to $1 Million in Sales by Ryan P. M. Allis, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0071496661, 2008, 240 pages.
International Business in the 21st Century Volume One, Are You Ready? Preparing for International Operations by Bruce Keillor and Timothy Wilkinson, ISBN 978-0-313-37948-2, Praeger Perspectives, 2011, 329 pages.
International Business in the 21st Century Volume Two, Going Global: Implementing International Business Operations, not released yet (as of 12-5-11).
International Business in the 21st Century Volume Three, Staying on Top: Critical Issues for International Business in the 21st Century, not released yet (as of 12-5-11).
Religion and Philosophy
The City of God by Saint Augustine of Hippo and Marcus Dods (translator), Hendrickson, ISBN-10:1598563378, 2009, 804 pages.
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn, Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-37540-7, 1992, 263 pages.
Living Religions, 5th ed., by Mary Pat Fisher, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-099228-3, 2002, 509 pages.
Philosophy: Paradox and Discovery, 4th ed., by Thomas Shipka and Arthur Minton, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-042525-6, 1996, 505 pages.
Roman Catholicism in America by Chester Gillis, Columbia University Press, ISBN-10: 0231108710, 2000, 366 pages.
St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography by Omer Englebert, Servant Books, ISBN-10: 0892830718, 1979, 282 pages.
The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, ReadaClassic.com ISBN-161104460X, 2011, 276 pages (mentioned in the Da Vinci Code movie)
Constantine’s Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament by David Dungan, Fortress Press, ISBN 0800637909, 240 pages, 2006
History of the First Council of Nice: A World’s Christian Convention A.D. 325 With a Life of Constantine by Dean Dudley, Eworld Inc., ISBN 0198755058, 110 pages.
Nicaea and Its Legacy: An Approach to Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology by Lewis Ayres, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198755058, 496 pages.
The General Councils: A History of the Twenty-One Church Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II by Christopher Bellitto, Paulist Press, ISBN-10: 0809140195, 176 pages.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso by Dante Alighieri, CreateSpace, ISBN-10: 1463530552, 2011, 272 pages.
Divine Comedy: (Cliff Notes), Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso, 368 pages for all 3 books.
The Heart of Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh, Three Rivers Press, ISBN-10: 0767903692, 1999, 304 pages.
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong, Canongate, ISBN I 84195 644 9, 2005, 159 pages.
The Spanish Inquisition: A History by Joseph Perez, Yale University Press, ISBN 0300119828, 2006, 256 pages.
Voting about God in Early Church Councils by Professor Ramsay MacMullen, Yale University Press, ISBN – 0300115962, 2006, 192 pages.
When Jesus Became God: The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome by Richard Rubenstein, Mariner Books, ISBN-10: 0156013150, 288 pages.
Urban Design
Concepts of Urban Design by David Gosling and Barry Maitland, St. Martin’s Press, ISBN, 0-312-16121-2; 1984, 176 pages.
Design of Cities by Edmund N. Bacon, The Viking Press, 1967, 296 pages.
Retooling For Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s Older Industrial Areas by Richard M. McGahey and Jennifer S. Vey (editors), Brookings Institution Press, ISBN 978-0-81575556-2; 2008, 437 pages.
The New Urban Sociology by Mark Gottdiener and Ray Hutchison, 4th ed., Westview Press, ISBN, 978-0-8133-4425-6; 2010, 396 pages.
Planning World Cities: Globalization and Urban Politics, 2nd ed., Palgrave Macmillan – Macmillan Publishers Limited, ISBN 0-333-71703-1, 2011, 336 pages.
General Interest
Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty by Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, Public Affairs, ISBN-10: 1586488185, 2010, 336 pages.
Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to America by Charles R. Geisst, Bloomberg Press, ISBN-10: 1576603253, 2009, 288 pages.
Modern Pharmaceutical Industry: A Primer (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2010) by Thomas Jacobsen and Albert Wertheimer, 320 pages.
Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species by Peter Menzel, The MIT Press, ISBN-10: 0262632454, 2001, 240 pages.
The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play by Harry Lorayne & Jerry Lucas, Ballantine Books, 1974, 206 pages.
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, Bloomsbury Press, ISBN-10: 1608193411, 2011, 400 pages.
Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil by Peter Maass, Vintage, ISBN-10: 1400075459, 2010, 288 pages.
Getting Funded: The Complete Guide to Writing Grant Proposals by Mary Hall, Portland State Univ Continuing, ISBN-10: 0876780710, 2003, 180 pages.
Independent Inventor’s Handbook: The Best Advice from idea to Payoff by Louis Foreman and Jill Welytok, Workman Publishing Co., ISBN-10: 0761149473, 2009, 242 pages.
Runaway World: How Globalisation is Reshaping our Lives by Anthony Giddens, Profile Books, ISBN I 86197-207 5; 1999, 104 pages.
Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Volume 10: Surveillance and Governance: Crime Control and Beyond by Mathieu Deflem (editor), ISBN 978-0-7623-1416-4, 2008, 378 pages.
The Intensification of Surveillance: Crime, Terrorism and Warfare in the Information Age by Kirstie Ball and Frank Webster (editors), Pluto Press, ISBN 0-7453-1995 5, 2003, 176 pages.
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-38550422-5, 2009, 509 pages.
Designs on the Land: Exploring America from the Air by Alex S. Maclean, 368 pages
Hudson River School: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 169 pages.
Meetings with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham, 191 pages.
Mysterious Scotland: Enigmas, Secrets and Legends by Michael Balfour, 221 pages
Palindromania by Jon Agee, 112 pages.
Remarkable Trees of the World by Thomas Pakenham, 192 pages.
The Book of Think (or How to Solve a Problem Twice Your Size) by Marilyn Burns, 128 pages.
The Rich and the Super Rich: A Study in the Power of Money Today by Ferdinand Lundberg, Lyle Stuart, ISBN-10: 0818400692, 1968, 812 pages.
The Glorious Trees of Great Britain by Piers Browne, 183 pages.