Self-Help : Influencer : The Power to Change Anything

..Do you ever want to change anything ?..

Your friends?

Your colleagues?

your husband or wife?

or ..yourself , your own behaviours ??!

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For success in life,relationship,etc...

-There are only some few significant keys you need to know-

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Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

Authors: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny,David Maxfield,Ron McMillan,Al Switzler

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“Far and away one of the best business books of the year.” (Hamilton Spectator )

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AN INSTANT CLASSIC! Whether you’re leading change or changing your life, this book delivers.-Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People --This text refers to the audio CD edition.

Nonfiction: Free Agent Nation

Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself

Author: Daniel H.Pink

My note : According to Alvin Toffler's Third Wave,'employment' in new economy has been changed in its meaning and forms.

Free Agent Nation of Pink is one of the furthur interesting readings,that give pictures of coming future world economy & business life that tremendously changed from what we can understand now.

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From Library Journal

Not all "free agents" are highly paid athletes whose main skills are dunking a basketball or hitting a baseball. In fact, as Pink (contributing editor, Fast Company) reveals, over 25 million Americans are now self-employed, and fewer than one in ten works for a Fortune 500 company. This excellent work synthesizes the seismic shift in attitudes about and patterns of work in the economy from the early 1950s era of William Whyte's The Organization Man to today's independent worker, the free agent. Pink astutely summarizes what this major shift in the definition of employment now means to millions of Americans and explains the various types of free agents (including soloists, temps, and those involved in their own microbusiness). Other chapters cover examples of how self-sufficiency works so well for numerous life situations, while in many cases free-agency employment does not work well at all. This work may not be rooted in empirical research, but Pink's thorough review of the literature and his extensive roadwork interviewing hundreds of independent workers successfully merges psychosocial data with pragmatic reality. This major contribution to better understanding the trend toward independent contract work is highly recommended for all university libraries and larger public libraries. Dale Farris, Groves, TX

Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

With Manpower, Inc., the temporary agency, the nation's largest private employer and one-quarter to one-third of American workers operating as "free agents," this author offers analysis of this "new economy" and advice on how to succeed in it. The Fast Company cover story that Pink, a former Gore chief speechwriter, wrote on the growth of "free agency" produced so much feedback that he traveled across the country with his young family to interview "America's new independent workers" for this book. Pink examines facts and figures, explores the roots of increasing free agency, and considers the new work ethic, employment contract, and time clock it generates. He outlines the structure of free-agent work and major disruptions (especially for involuntary free agents) and offers some predictions about how this new paradigm will affect institutional arrangements, including education, "e-tirement," real estate, finance, and politics. Pink understands how busy free agents are; each chapter closes with "The Box," which punchily summarizes the chapter's key points.

Mary CarrollCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Business Plus; 1st edition (May 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446678791
ISBN-13: 978-0446678797
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches

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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exceeded my high expectations, April 19, 2001
By Arnold Kling (Silver Spring, Md USA)

This review is from: Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live (Hardcover)

Free Agent Nation exceeded my expectations, which were high to begin with. This is not just a drawn-out version of Pink's classic cover story in Fast Company. It reflects extensive research and provides many surprising insights and interesting predictions.

This is not a book you can polish off in an hour or two. It is difficult to convey in a brief review the depth and richness of Free Agent Nation.

Pink demonstrates that free agents are a large and growing share of the work force. He describes some of the economic forces contributing to this phenomenon, but he finds that free agents themselves explain their reasons for leaving the corporate world in psychological terms: a desire for freedom, authenticity, accountability, and flexible concepts of success.
Pink shows that free agents have their own unique perspectives and solutions to such challenges as security, workplace relationships, career advancement, and work-family balance. For example, he describes the way that peer networks are providing the type of career support that formerly came from within large corporations.

Whether you like it or not, the gravitational forces between individuals and large corporations are weakening. In the future, how will business be re-organized? How will the economy function? Daniel Pink asks the big questions, and he comes up with a lot of fascinating answers. I expect Free Agent Nation to become the most talked-about nonfiction book

Novel : The Time Machine

Author : H.G.Wells

Product Details
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics (May 31, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0141439971
ISBN-13: 978-0141439976
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.5 inches

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Product Description

When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year a.d. 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment, and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realizes that these beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture—now weak and childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity—the sinister Morlocks. And when the scientist’s time machine vanishes, it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever to return to his own era.

-Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a list of further reading, and detailed notes -Marina Warner’s introduction considers Wells’s development of the "scientific romance" and places the novel in the context of its time

About the Author

H.G. Wells (1866–1946) was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays, and programs for world regeneration.Marina Warner is a prize-winning writer of fiction, criticism, and history.Steven McLean is secretary of the H. G. Wells Society.Patrick Parrinder has written on H. G. Wells, science fiction, and James Joyce.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars

One of the greatest books I've ever read--get this edition!, July 25, 2005
By Polymath (Ithaca NY USA)

When I tried reading this book as a child many, many years ago, some of the "big" words and allusions made it hard going, and I never completed it then. Finally, about fifteen years ago I did read it through, but still was missing something. Then, a few weeks ago, I got this edition, after having enjoyed the Penguin edition of "The War of the Worlds" with its annotations and map. Well, the annotations in this edition (about four pages worth as endnotes) of "The Time Machine" cleared away whatever fuzz remained, and I was completely overcome by the greatness of the book, great from whatever way I looked at it: plot, speculation, characters, "sense of wonder", even throw away humor were all topnotch. I couldn't believe what I'd been missing. A few days later, I read another editon of the book that didn't have notes, and had no trouble following that version. I plan to reread the book again shortly. So if you've had difficulty reading "The Time Machine" for some of the reasons mentioned above, get this version pronto and find out what a true classic is.

Novel : Casino Royale

Author: Ian Flemming

Product Details
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (August 27, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 014200202X
ISBN-13: 978-0142002025
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches

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From Library Journal

The allure of James Bond was best described by Raymond Chandler, who insisted that 007 is "what every man would like to be and what every woman would like to have between her sheets." Who can argue with that? This month marks the 40th anniversary of the film release of Dr. No, which was the first Bond adventure to make the big screen, and two big coffee-table books are being published to honor the occasion (LJ 10/1/02, p. 96). Shockingly, Fleming's original novels have gone out of print, but Penguin here reproduces a trio of the British secret agent's early outings, released in 1952, 1958, and 1959, respectively, sporting stylish cover art. These stories were racy for the nifty Fifties but are quite tame by today's standards. Still, they can be fun. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Bond is what every man would like to be and what every woman would like to have between her sheets. -- Raymond Chandler

Novel: A Man Called Intrepid

In Thailand,

this book was translated by H.M The King Bhumibol

Author : William Stevenson

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From The Washington Post

An intriguing story of secret actions against the backdrop of great events.

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"An adventure story of monumental proportions."--NBC News -- Review

A splendid book. Rich in information...profound in its implications. -- San Francisco Chronicle

An adventure story of monumental proportions. -- NBC News

As long as Americans value courage and freedom there will be a special place in our hearts, our minds, and our history books for the "Man Called Intrepid." -- Ronald Reagan

Britons love this kind of story. . . . Americans do too. The implications [of President Roosevelt’s involvement in espionage] are startling. -- John LeCarré, The New York Times Book Review

Review
"An adventure story of monumental proportions."--NBC News

Product Description

A true story of espionage. From the Back Coverhe incredible World War II narrative of the hero whose spy network and secret diplomacy changed the course of history. (6 X 9, 512 pages, b&w photos)

About the Author

WILLIAM STEVENSON was a distinguished journalist and war correspondent.

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars history explained, July 28, 2002

By A Customer

this is one of the most important books on world war II history i have ever seen. my father was a super bookworm, and a veteran of China-Burma-India Theatre in world war II. served as a pharmacist for a field hospital in india.he always was reading anything he could find on world war II. and i had a chance to read these books after he did. A Man Called Intrepid is one of the top 10 books on world war II as it explains so very many things that happened during the war that were mysteries. other histories can tell you what happened: this one tells you why it happened and how it happened. for instance, Rommel was the desert fox due to the Signal Intelligence outfit he had, until the allies pounced on it and eliminated it. after that, he could only react to the allies, not anticipate them. this book is a MUST READ for anyone interested in world war II and post war history, along with the books on cryptography and code breaking, which is mentioned in this book. it also explains a lot of the post world war II and beginning of the cold war. this is the only book that covers the intelligence effort so thoroughly. other intelligence type books cover very small segments of the intelligence effort:this one covers it in much more detail from a broader perspective. any effort to study the history of world war II will be totally incomplete unless you read this book. it explains so very much of the until now unexplainable.