Amacom
The Age Curve: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm (June, $24.95) by Kenneth W. Gronbach reveals how to anticipate the new wave of predictable demand and ride it to success.
Atria
The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life (May, $25.95) by John Assaraf and Murray Smith discusses the tools and mental strategies needed to achieve financial success. 5-city author tour.
Bantam
Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want (Mar., $25) by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever uses case histories to show that nearly everything is negotiable. 70,000 first printing.
Berrett-Koehler
Crunch: If the Economy’s Doing So Well, Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (Apr., $26.95) by Jared Bernstein decodes economic analyses and navigates murky ethical quandaries.
Community: The Structure of Belonging (May, $24.95) by Peter Block probes the meaning of community, including how to restore it when it has been lost.
Blue Dot Books
(dist. by Chelsea Green)
Funny Money Honey: and Other Flights of Financey (July, $30) by Woody Tasch provides a honeybee’s-eye view of the world of small business, capital markets and sustainability.
Bottom-Up Media
(dist. by Atlasbooks)
Liars, Lawyers, Con Men & Thieves (Mar., $25) by Bud Hibbs addresses many of the illegal practices of the American debt collection industry. 25,000 first printing. Author tour.
Business Plus
Millionaire by Thirty (Apr., $22.99) by Douglas R. Andrew et al. advises young people just starting out how to expand their limited incomes. Ad/promo.
Career Press
Impact:How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions, and Make a Difference in a Noisy World (May, $24.99) by Ken McArthur examines the stories of ordinary people who have left their mark on the world.
Collins Business
Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies (Mar., $22.95) by Michael E. Gerber, author of the E-Myth series, shows how to turn a business dream into a reality. 125,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
The Sales Bible: Revised Edition (May, $29.95) by Jeffrey Gitomer updates the author’s bestseller. 250,000 first printing. Author publicity.
Columbia Business School Publishing
When Principles Pay (May, $29.95) by Geoffrey Heal airs the question, are ethics and profits compatible?
Crown Business
The Game-Changer: How Every Leader Can Drive Everyday Innovation (Apr., $27.50) by A.G. Lafley and Ram Charan shows how to make innovation a game-changer for any business. 125,000 first printing.
The First Billion Is the Hardest: How Believing It’s Still Early in the Game Can Lead to Life’s Greatest Comebacks (May, $26.95) by T. Boone Pickens reveals the lessons he learned to turn $3 million into $5 billion in profit.
Davies-Black
(dist. by NBN)
Deciding Who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct, and Disrupt the Global Search for Leadership Talent (Apr., $27.95) by Joseph Daniel McCool explores the growing influence of executive recruiters.
DK
The New World of Wow (Aug., $30) by Tom Peters puts a new spin on the world of work.
Doubleday
The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business (Apr., $19.95) by Ken Blanchard et al. reveals the secrets to becoming an entrepreneur. 200,000 first printing. Author tour.
FT Press
Gene Marcial’s Seven Commandments of Stock Investing (Mar., $24.99) by Gene G. Marcial offers strategies that often contradict widely held myths in the market.
A World of Wealth: How Capitalism Turns Profits into Progress (Apr., $24.99) by Thomas G. Donlan. The editorial page editor at Barron’s explores the creation of wealth, present and past.
Harvard Business School Press
5 Future Strategies You Need Right Now (Mar., $18) by George Stalk delivers an analysis of new developments that will occupy mainstream business for years to come.
Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (May, $29.95) by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff offers strategies for profiting from social networking sites and other social technology trends.
Jossey-Bass
Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives (Mar., $24.95) by Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek provides practical strategies for revving up work and play through entrepreneurial leadership.
The Offsite: A Leadership Challenge Fable (Mar., $22.95) by Robert H. Thompson highlights the five practices of leadership as they play out during a fictional off-site training seminar.
Kogan Page
Branded Male: Marketing to Men (Apr., $39.95) by Mark Tungate explores marketing strategies for the previously ignored male consumer market.
McGraw-Hill
The Gold Standard: The Art of Building a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company (July, $24.95) by Joseph Michelli considers ways in which the hotel chain’s leadership principles can be applied to any business.
Executive Warfare: How to Pick Your Battles with Bosses, Allies, and Enemies—And Live to Get Promoted Another Day (July, $24.95) by David D’Alessandro explains the rules of engagement for those eager to climb further up the corporate ladder.
Thomas Nelson
Leadership Gold: Lessons I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Leading (Apr., $25.99) by John Maxwell delivers an intimate tour of business thinking.
NewMarket Press
1,000 Dollars and an Idea: How One of America’s Most Important Entrepreneurs Founded and Grew His Business and Built a Billion-Dollar Fortune (June, $24.95) by Sam Wyly offers life lessons based on the author’s own rags-to-riches story. Ad/promo.
Penguin Press
While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis (May, $25.95) by Roger Lowenstein sounds a wake-up call to a pension-damaged America.
Portfolio
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures (Mar., $24.95) by Dan Roam articulates the power of brainstorming and communicating with pictures.
Inside Steve’s Brain (Apr., $23.95) by Leander Kahney combines biographical info and leadership insights from Apple guru Steve Jobs.
Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Jokes—the Big Idea That’s Already Transforming the Way We Work (May, $24.95) by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson explains how to be happier at work while also being more effective.
Profile Books
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Empires of Oil: Corporate Oil in Barbarian Worlds (Apr., $35) by Duncan Clarke shows why current oil empires are declining and which new ones are waiting to rise.
Random Business Books UK
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
On Leadership: Practical Wisdom from the People Who Know (Apr.; $35, paper $19.95) by Allan Leighton features stories of successful management from senior business figures.
Riverhead
The Road to Wealth: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Money: Revised Edition (Mar., $29.95) by Suze Orman addresses financial planning issues ranging from first jobs to retirement. 50,000 first printing.
Tarcher
The Value of Money: Uncover the Hidden Wisdom of Money (Apr., $23.95) by Susan McCarthy stresses the importance of understanding one’s emotional relationship with money. Author tour.
Wharton School Publishing
Africa: The New Frontier (June, $29.99) by Vijay Mahajan with Robert Gunther draws lessons from successful firms in a continent with myriad growth opportunities.
Cheap Hawks, Cheap Doves (June, $27.99) by Harvey Sicherman explores the steps necessary to change attitudes about funding war.
Wiley
The Little Book That Builds Wealth: Morningstar’s Knock-Out Formula for Finding Great Investments (Mar., $19.95) by Pat Dorsey outlines an approach to investing that includes economic moats.
I.O.U.S.A.: The Country That Can’t Save a Dime Is Out to Save the World (June, $19.95) by Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera. This companion book to the documentary of the same name follows the exploits of those behind government spending habits.
