Wednesday, January 29, 2014

NEW BOOK RELEASES


Buy The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Teen Guide to Using the 7 Habits: Book
THE 6 MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS YOU'LL EVER MAKE: A TEEN GUIDE TO USING THE 7 HABITS  PRICE: RS.499 offer rs 400
Sean Covey's wildly popular The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens was one of the first teen success guides ever, and has become a timeless classic read by millions of teens all over the world. Now, in The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make, Covey goes into even greater depth in helping teens figure out how to approach the six major challenges they face: gaining self-esteem; dealing with their parents; making friends; being wise about sex; coping with substances; and succeeding at school and planning a career. Covey speaks directly to the pain and confusion that teens and their parents experience in the face of these weighty, life-changing, and extremely common difficulties. Friendly and upbeat as ever, he shows them how to use the 7 Habits to cope with, manage, and ultimately conquer each challenge--and become happier, more productive people.

Buy Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and Why People Follow: Book
STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP: GREAT LEADERS, TEAMS AND WHY PEOPLE FOLLOW  PRICE: RS.999 offer rs 800
After the bestseller, StrengthsFinder 2.0, authors Tom Rath and co-author Barry Conchie give readers yet another gem. Strengths Based Leadership - Great Leaders Teams and Why People Follow is a blueprint for the people who aspire to be leaders in their respective fields. Among other insights, the book is filled with inspiring success stories and a list of strategies on how to realize unique qualities that are hidden in you.

The first half of the book combines key findings by Gallup scientists on the topic of leadership. The Gallup team ran a series of interviews of nearly 10000 followers across the globe to understand the reasons why certain leaders are idolized and popular amongst their followers. Another survey was conducted on over a million work teams with detailed interviews of over 20,000 leaders.


Buy Thirsty Nation: Book
-- THIRSTY NATION PRICE: RS.299  offer prcie rs 250
Water is the most precious natural resource in the world far ahead of oil and minerals. Blue Gold not only analyses the impending water crisis to hit the world and more importantly India but also explores the investment opportunities possible in the water sector. Presented in the book are innovative, cutting edge ways to combat the water crisis and ways of investing in the right projects. The roles of technology, finance and a general view of domestic and foreign investment in water are explored by the authors and practical and lucrative financial advice is offered making it an important book in the present ecological and financial environment.
About the AuthorJoseph P. Quinlan is Managing Director and the Chief Market Strategist of Bank of America, Global Wealth and Investment Management in New York. He is the author, co-author, editor or contributor to over a dozen books. He has published over 125 articles on international economics and trade, with publications appearing in such venues as Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Barrons. He appears regularly on NCBC, PBS and Bloomberg. He is an Advisory Board Member to the European American Business council, Washington, D.C. He is also U.S. representative (Economic Policy Committee) to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris for the U.S. Council for International Business. Mr. Quinlan has also served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of State.

Buy Chanakyas 7 Secrets of Leadership: Book

CHANAKYAS 7 SECRETS OF LEADERSHIP PRICE: RS.299  OFFER RS 250

Chanakya, who lived in India in the 4th Century BC, was a leadership guru par excellence. The treasure of his teachings can be found in his book, The Arthashastra, which deals with good governance based on ideal leadership. The concept of the ideal nation in The Arthashastra, called Saptanga, holds that there are seven pillars of a kingdom: Swami, Amatya, Janpada, Durg, Kosha, Dand, Mitra iti Prakritya. For centuries, Indian rulers have used this concept as a model of successful government. In this path-breaking book, Chanakyas 7 Secrets of Leadership, author Radhakrishnan Pillai delves into Chanakyas Saptanga with the real-life example of D. Sivanandhan. Former Director General of Police, Maharashtra and the archetype of an able administrator, Sivanandhan shares his guidelines for effective management, highlighting those that make him a dynamic leader.
Buy For Gods Sake : An Adman on the Business of Religion: Book
FOR GODS SAKE : AN ADMAN ON THE BUSINESS OF RELIGION  PRICE: RS.499 offer price rs 400
Ambi Parameswaran has developed a fascination for how Indians are getting more religious but also more consumption driven. Combining his thirty-year experience as an adman with a lifelong passion for religious studies, Ambi seeks to answer questions like:
Why has the bindi disappeared from advertisements?
How did Akshaya Trithaya become such a big deal?
What makes Lord Shiva so cool?
How did a Chennai-based department store start the New Year Sale phenomenon?
Are Muslims more open-minded shoppers?
Why do people who have no interest in using an MBA degree still get an MBA degree?
How did the Manusmriti do a disservice to Hindu women?
What can Harvard Business School learn from the Kumbh Mela?

Buy Why I am Paying More : Price Theory and Market Structure Made Simple: Book

WHY I AM PAYING MORE : PRICE THEORY AND MARKET STRUCTURE MADE SIMPLE  PRICE: RS.299  offer price rs 250
Why do saree emporiums and apparel shops offer heavy discounts on a few occasions during the year? Why is it that airline tickets booked well in advance are always cheaper? How would Phoolan Devi and Veerappan react to a case of Prisoners Dilemma? Professor Deodhar explains the dynamics of pricing with respect to demand and supply and the various market structures like perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly through engaging everyday examples and case studies. With illustrative diagrams and interactive examples, Why I am Paying More is a highly useful and accessible book on microeconomics for both the uninitiated and the seasoned a must buy for students, professionals and layperson alike.

Buy Mind Reader: Book

MIND READER  PRICE: RS.299 offer price rs 250
Lior Suchard’s Mind Reader is a novel that narrates the story of the author and his amazing mental abilities which has taken the world by storm.

Summary Of The Book

Mind Reader deals with the life of Lior Suchard and his journey into becoming a world renowned mentalist. As a young boy in Israel, Suchard had known all along that he possessed powers different from other individuals.

As he grew up, he practiced his special talent and soon the whole world discovered Suchard’s ability. He became a famed entertainer performing shows that amazed audiences from all corners of the world. The author also talks about his abilities which involve telekinesis, mind reading and influencing thought.

Buy Winning from Within: A Breakthrough Method for Leading, Living, and Lasting Change: Book

WINNING FROM WITHIN: A BREAKTHROUGH METHOD FOR LEADING, LIVING, AND LASTING CHANGE  PRICE: RS.399 
Life is a series of negotiations, whether or not you think of yourself as a negotiator . From seemingly insignificant daily decisions to major life choices, you negotiate every time you aim to persuade, argue over a decision, or resolve a conflict. But as negotiations and leadership expert Erica Ariel Fox reveals, the most important negotiations—the ones that determine the impact of our actions and the quality of our lives—are those we have with ourselves.

Buy Small Message, Big Impact: Book
SMALL MESSAGE, BIG IMPACT  PRICE: RS.499 offer price rs 400
You're at the airport, burning time by checking your email. Then you spot the CEO of a company you've wanted to connect with for ages. He's waiting for his flight. Your flight! Should you walk over? What will you say? 

We've all been there. An opportunity presents itself and you have one chance to share your message. The clock is ticking. And in this age of information overload, no skill is more essential than being able to connect with others quickly, whether in a meeting or in front of thousands of people.

Buy Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
AGENDA FOR A NEW ECONOMY: FROM PHANTOM WEALTH TO REAL WEALTH  PRICE: RS.399
Having identified the deeper sources of the failure in Wall Street institutions in the first edition, this title evaluates how far we have come in the year since the first edition's release and traces both the progress made as well as the setbacks

Buy The Business Solution to Poverty: Book
THE BUSINESS SOLUTION TO POVERTY PRICE: RS.350  offer price rs 280
The nearly three billion people living on $2 a day are not just the world's greatest challenge-they represent an extraordinary market opportunity. The key is what Paul Polak and Mal Warwick call Zero-Based Design: starting from scratch to create innovative products and services tailored for the very poor, armed with a thorough understanding of what they really want and need and driven by what Polak and Warwick call the ruthless pursuit of affordability. Polak has been doing this work for years and Warwick has extensive experience in both business and philanthropy. Together, they show how their design principles and vision can enable unapologetic capitalists to supply the very poor with clean drinking water, electricity, irrigation, housing, education, health care and other necessities at a fraction of the usual cost and at profit margins comparable to those of businesses in the developed world.
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Buy Clean : The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself
CLEAN : THE REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAM TO RESTORE THE BODY'S NATURAL ABILITY TO HEAL ITSELF  PRICE: RS.399
A Life-Changing Medical Breakthrough
Clean is an M.D.'s program designed to be easily incorporated into our busy schedule while providing all the practical tools necessary to support and rejuvenate our bodies. The effect is trans-formative: nagging health problems will suddenly disappear, extra weight will drop away, and for the first time in our lives, we will experience what it truly means to feel healthy.

7 Dreams to Reality : Transforming Indian Manufacturing: Book
7 DREAMS TO REALITY : TRANSFORMING INDIAN MANUFACTURING  PRICE: RS.399 offer price rs 320
Prof. Shoji Shiba, renowned Japanese management guru and Padma Shri awardee, gives us the answer by telling us the stories of seven exemplary locomotives of change for Indian manufacturing. The book relates the work done by Prof. Shiba who began his tryst with Indian manufacturing in 2004, when he travelled to India at the invitation of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with top Indian management and engineering schools and CII to create the Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing (VLFM) programme, with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Focusing on the principles of Breakthrough Management in the VLFM programme including simple things like listening to the customer, anticipating and preparing for change and dealing with employees and the society at large the book tells us about a manufacturing model that is more responsible and responsive, more evolved and ethical. In an easy, chatty style divorced from management jargon, Prof. Shiba, the pioneer of Breakthrough Management, shows us how the seven entities that applied these principles blazed new trails in product development and organizational transformation and also set the foundation for creating a new generation of leaders Indias first management of technology programme. The inspiring stories in this book will resonate beyond the manufacturing sector with each one of us aiming to achieve breakthrough success.
Buy Priceless : The Hidden Psychology of Value: Book
PRICELESS : THE HIDDEN PSYCHOLOGY OF VALUE  PRICE: RS.450 offer rs 360
Why do text messages cost money while e-mails are free? Why do cereal packets keep getting smaller? Why do so many prices end in 9? In Priceless, bestselling author William Poundstone reveals how we perceive value and how businesses set the prices we pay. Rooted in the emerging field of behavioural decision theory, Poundstone reveals the secrets that multinationals including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Nokia and Mercedes are willing to pay millions for explains the secrets behind the pricing of supermarket loyalty cards, mobile phone plans, menus, sales, wages, gig tickets and more.

The Mouse Merchant : Money in Ancient India: Book
THE MOUSE MERCHANT : MONEY IN ANCIENT INDIA PRICE: RS.499 offer rs 400
Even in ancient India, money is always a good thing and everyone wants it. The stories in The Mouse Merchant selected from the Sanskrit universe, from the period of the late Rig Veda to the twelfth century tell us how money was dealt with in everyday life in ancient and medieval Indian society. At the heart of these tales is the merchant. Sometimes gullible, sometimes greedy, ingenious at some moments, dim witted at others and hopelessly in love with courtesans but also loyal to their wives, our merchant heroes show how innovation in business is sometimes more important than capital. The Mouse Merchant puts these stories into the context of Indian business history, giving not only rare insights into the romance of the ancient seafaring life but also great wisdom about money.
About the AuthorArshia Sattar teaches classical Indian literatures at various institutions all over India. Her acclaimed English translations of Valmikis Ramayana and the Kathasaritsagara are Penguin Classics. She has a PhD from the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and her areas of interest are Indian epics, mythology and the story traditions of the subcontinent.
Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating: Book

EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT ECONOMICS I LEARNED FROM ONLINE DATING PRICE: RS.995 offer price rs 800
It wasn't until Paul Oyer began thinking about dating again after his separation that he realized how the rise of the internet and his becoming an economist were related. The internet had not only created Facebook, eBay and Amazon, it has also transformed the dating scene. Dating, Oyer argues, is all economics. For the last twenty years, he's spent at least some of almost every day analyzing markets and suddenly he was thrust into one of the most interesting markets there is. His training as an economist and his stumbling as a new dater give Oyer the expertise to show just how modern economics works. Oyer will use his own experiences and those of millions of users of online dating platforms to make the connection between microeconomics and the vagaries of dating clear and he'll do so in a style that's fun and provocative. Match.com, eHarmony and OKCupid, it turns out, are no different from eBay or Monster.com or other markets. On all these sites, people come together trying to find matches. It's just that we never think of them that way. Oyer, a tech oriented economist from Stanford, will cover topics like search, signaling and cheap talk, adverse selection, statistical discrimination, thick markets, network externalities and repeated games. While these ideas are driving the behavior of online dating participants every day, they are also central to how any other market works and should be central to how business people at every level analyze their business interactions. While the book may help some readers find online love, understanding these ideas will make anyone better at understanding how economics works.
The Everything Store : Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon: Book
THE EVERYTHING STORE : JEFF BEZOS AND THE AGE OF AMAZON PRICE: RS.699 offer 560
Amazon made its mark sending new books quickly in nice, smile-embossed boxes. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the world's store where everything is available to everyone, usually in 24 hours. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and drive and revolutionized retail the way Ford revolutionized manufacturing. Brad Stone has been given unprecedented access to Amazon employees both current and former to give readers the first fly-on-the-wall narrative account of the world's largest online retailer. In a club of tech business innovators that includes Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, Bezos stands out for his hyper-competitive business strategies which are leading Amazon to current ventures from hardware like e-readers and tablet PCs, web hosting for some of the world's most valuable companies book publishing and even a top secret space program. The Everything Store will be the revealing, definitive biography of the company and its genius creator.

The Good Struggle : Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World 1st Edition: Book
THE GOOD STRUGGLE : RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP IN AN UNFORGIVING WORLD 1ST EDITION  PRICE: RS.995 offer price rs 800

Peter Drucker once wrote "Leadership is responsibility."But what does that mean for leaders in today's global, complex business context? What can and should leaders really be held responsible for? Who are they accountable to? And how do they make good choices when little is certain or reliable? According to Joseph Badaracco, a new set of answers to these practical leadership questions is emerging from entrepreneurs. What has always been true for them - intense competition, scarce resources, unforgiving markets - is true now for the rest of us. Based on his in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs and three decades of experience teaching leadership and strategy, Badaracco reveals a method for leading under relentless pressure. Characterized as "the good struggle," he shows how leaders can adapt what entrepreneurs already know about overcoming the challenges of leading in volatility:
How to see things as they really are, not as you'd like them to be.
How to make firm, clear decisions while remaining flexible.
How to know what's really happening inside the organization, even as things are constantly changing.
How to find immediate value in the work, rather than working toward inspirational, long-term goals which may never materialize.
How to set and enforce clear bright lines of what is and is not acceptable.
How to know why you're engaged in the struggle and to be clear about what makes it "good" for you.


As the entrepreneurial model of leadership displaces the Druckerian one of the past, learning from those who have already mapped the territory is essential.

Buy Tilt: Shifting Your Strategy from Products to Customers 1st  Edition: Book

TILT: SHIFTING YOUR STRATEGY FROM PRODUCTS TO CUSTOMERS  PRICE: RS.1250 offer price rs 1000

Why do your customers buy from you rather than from your competitors? If you think the answer is your superior products, think again.Products are important, of course. For decades, businesses sought competitive advantage almost exclusively in activities related to new product creation. They won by building bigger factories, by finding cheaper raw materials or labor, or by coming up with more efficient ways to move and store inventory and by inventing exciting new products that competitors could not replicate.But these sources of competitive advantage are being irreversibly leveled by globalization and technology. Today, competitors can rapidly decipher and deploy the recipe for your products secret sauce and use it against you. Upstream, product-related advantages are rapidly eroding.This does not mean that competitive advantage is a thing of the past. Rather, its center has shifted. As marketing professor Niraj Dawar compellingly argues, advantage is now found downstream, where companies interact with customers in the marketplace.Tilt will help you grasp the global nature of this downstream shift and its profound implications for your strategy and your organization. With vivid examples from around the world, ranging across industries and sectors, Dawar shows how companies are reorienting their strategies around customer interactions to create and capture unique value. And he demonstrates how, unlike product related advantage, this value is cumulative, continuously building over time.In an increasingly customer centered world marketplace, let Tilt serve as your guide to shifting your strategy downstream and achieving enduring competitive advantage.
Dare to Win: Book
DARE TO WIN (PAPERBACK) PRICE: RS.195
 offer price rs 160In Dare to Win, authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen show you how to eliminate the roadblocks that prevent you from fulfilling your potential, so that you can get what you want out of life by expanding your imagination and focusing your energy and achieving total prosperity and awakening your spiritual self. This book will encourage you to grab the unlimited opportunities offered by life by conquering fears and accepting challenges and Win.
Seek : Finding Your True Calling: Book
SEEK : FINDING YOUR TRUE CALLING PRICE: RS.150 offer rs 120
If I dont crack this job, how will I repay my education loan? If I join an it company, will I be able to shift to banking after two years? These questions seem very familiar dont they? Every student has similar concerns about what career path they should tread. Seek provides insights into the various fields and industries? consulting, IT, media, oil and gas?by delving into stories of successful IIM Bangalore alumni like Arun Balakrishnan, Malavika Harita, and Apurva Purohit who have made a dent in their respective professions and fields. Rakesh Godhwani offers smart, practical advice on following your passion and finding your dream job.
Buy Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads 1st Edition: Book
RETHINKING THE MBA: BUSINESS EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS 1ST EDITION PRICE: RS.1250 offer price rs 1000
"Business Schools Face Test of Faith." "Is It Time to Retrain B-Schools?" As these headlines make clear, business education is at a major crossroads. For decades, MBA graduates from top-tier schools set the standard for cutting-edge business knowledge and skills. Now the business world has changed, say the authors of Rethinking the MBA, and MBA programs must change with it. Increasingly, managers and recruiters are questioning conventional business education. Their concerns? Among other things, MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack essential leadership skills. Creative and critical thinking demand far more attention. In this compelling and authoritative new book, the authors: Document a rising chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from extensive interviews with deans and executives, and from a detailed analysis of current curricula and emerging trends in graduate business education Provide case studies showing how leading MBA programs have begun reinventing themselves for the better Offer concrete ideas for how business schools can surmount the challenges that come with reinvention, including securing faculty with new skills and experimenting with new pedagogies Rich with examples and thoroughly researched, Rethinking the MBA reveals why and how business schools must define a better pathway for the future.
Buy Financial Intelligence : Manager's  Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean 2 Edition: Book

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE : MANAGER'S  GUIDE TO KNOWING WHAT THE NUMBERS REALLY MEAN 2 EDITIONPRICE: RS.895 offer price rs 725
Inc. magazine calls it one of “the best, clearest guides to the numbers” on the market. Readers agree, saying it’s exactly “what I need to know” and calling it a “must-read” for decision makers without expertise in finance. Since its release in 2006, Financial Intelligence has become a favorite among managers who need a guided tour through the numbers—helping them to understand not only what the numbers really mean, but also why they matter.

This new, completely updated edition brings the numbers up to date and continues to teach the basics of finance to managers who need to use
financial data to drive their business. It also addresses issues that have become even more important in recent years—including questions around the financial crisis and those around broader financial and accounting literacy.

Accessible, jargon-free, and filled with entertaining stories of real companies, Financial Intelligence gives nonfinancial managers the confidence to understand the nuance beyond the numbers—to help bring everyday work to a new level.


The Power of Co-Creation: Digital Ebook
THE POWER OF CO-CREATION  PRICE: RS.399 offer rs 320
 A groundbreaking introduction to the revolutionary new practice of co-creation bringing customers, suppliers and the other partners, as well as employees at all levels into the process of creating new products and services, and even managing the company revealing the huge payoffs in profits, rapidly growing market share, cutting costs, and minimizing risks.

Venkat Ramaswamy, who coined the term co-creation with business thought leader C.K. Prahalad, teams up with consulting partner Francis Gouillart to introduce a wealth of powerful examples of the remarkable benefits of the hot new practice of co-creation, from leading companies such as Cisco, Nike, Starbucks, and Dell, demonstrating how any company can use these methods to generate breakthrough results.

Introducing that co-creation is not just a matter of creating a website to reach out to customers, or offering them customization of products. The authors present detailed success stories such as the Nike+ program for runners, which helped increase the company’s share of the running shoe market from 47 percent to 57 percent in just one year to show that co-creation is an essential new tool that leads to profound transformations, a tool that all business leaders need to be making use of.
Buy Work with Me: How Gender Intelligence can Help You Succeed at Work and in Life: Book
WORK WITH ME: HOW GENDER INTELLIGENCE CAN HELP YOU SUCCEED AT WORK AND IN LIFE  PRICE: RS.699 offer 560
Despite the strenuous efforts to give women equal status in the workplace over the last few decades, tension between the sexes in the workplace remains as rampant as ever: during exit interviews many women, often leaving to start their own businesses, cite feeling undervalued or unappreciated at the office. Despite countless company initiatives, equality protocols, and gender seminars we have made little significant advancement. So why can't the sexes work together? In this ground breaking new book, Annis and Gray, two of the world's luminaries in gender awareness, tackle that question and construct practical solutions. The previous, unsuccessful attempts to achieve gender equality involved treating women as men denying gender differences. Annis and Gray, however, make the unprecedented argument that gender should be embraced, not just tolerated: that, biologically, men and women are designed to complement each other. After systematically identifying and eliminating gender misconceptions, Annis and Gray outline a revolutionary system where gender differences promote synergy and produce rewarding careers. Already their system has grandly impacted such prominent companies as American Express, IBM, and Microsoft. It is based on the results of 20 years of in-depth surveys of over 100,000 men and women in blue-chip companies around the world, which will be revealed in this book for the first time, and incorporates incontrovertible scientific data and organizational studies.

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