Great quotes from Winston Churchill to John Wooden.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

Forbes Forbes Magazine

Thoughts and Reflections from History's Great Thinkers

With words of wisdom filling each page, this collection of thoughts represents diverse perspectives on the subject of success and is culled from world leaders throughout history--heads of state, captains of industry, philosophers, military leaders, and theologians. The book is compiled by the editors of a magazine that millions of business leaders look to for insight into the world of business--and into the business of life--and this timeless series reflects the much-respected Forbes philosophy on life and leadership.

Thoughts on Success

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Walter C. Fleming

The Complete Idiot’s Guide

This book is a comprehensive overview of the history and culture of the peoples who are now known as the First Americans. Author Walter C. Fleming covers the many different tribes that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific, including compelling biographies of their greatest leaders. He examines the beliefs, customs, legends and the myriad contributions Native Americans have given to modern society, and details the often tragic history of their conquest by European invaders, their treatment-both historical and recent-under the U.S. government, and the harsh reality of life on today's reservations.

Native American History

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John C. Maxwell

Like new except for yellowing look on inside cover

Offers advice on developing effective leadership qualities.

Developing the Leader Within You

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White Women

Jordan Lee Dooley

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Overcome the Pressure to Prove and Show up for What You Were Made to Do

A go-to source that thousands of women around the world look to for daily inspiration, the author pairis her relatable voice with unique perspective and powerful motivation, equipping readers to live an extraordinary story in the midst of ordinary life.

Own Your Everyday

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Keith Medley

One of the most complete historical accounting of the notorious 1896 case, Plessy v. Ferguson.

Plessy V. Ferguson

An account of the Plessy v. Ferguson trial in 1896 and its surrounding events, which led to the "separate-but-equal" policy.

We As Freemen

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Open your eyes to the wonders of creativity and innovation!

A Lesson for Flying Outside the Box

Paper Airplane

A little wisdom and a lasting promise. Great sayings and encouragement for girlfriends.

A 3-minute forever book

Eat Your Peas for Girlfriends

Beautiful photos of nature and scenery across the State of Michigan. Tear on back cover. Book in excellent condition.

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Kathy-jo Wargin

Ed Wargin

Beautiful photos of nature, animals, cities and towns across the State of Michigan.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Spirit of the Land

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Includes photos of nature, animals, cities and towns from across the State  of Michigan.

2 books like new, one has a tear in the paper cover.

3 Leadership/ Management books

Includes 4 Change Management Handbooks

Patrick M. Lencioni

Book is new. Cover had a name sticker on it. Can remove paper cover for new book.

A Leadership Fable

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech's CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni's utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

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A gripping tale that reveals what occupies the minds of the world's best business leaders

As CEO, most everything that Rich O'Connor did had something to do with at least one of the four disciplines on his famed "yellow sheet." Some of the firm's executives joked that he was obsessed with it.

Interestingly, only a handful of people knew what was on that sheet, and so it remained something of a mystery. Which was okay with Rich, because no one really needed to understand it, other than him. He certainly never suspected that it would become the blueprint of an employee's plan to destroy the firm.

In this stunning follow-up to his best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni offers up another leadership fable that's every bit as compelling and illuminating as its predecessor.

This time, Lencioni's focus is on a leader's crucial role in building a healthy organization - an often overlooked but essential element of business life that is the linchpin of sustained success.

Readers are treated to a story of corporate intrigue as Rich O'Connor, fictional CEO of technology consulting company Telegraph Partners, faces a leadership challenge so great that it threatens to topple his company, his career and everything he holds true about what makes a leader truly exceptional.

In the story's telling, Lencioni deftly helps his readers understand the disarming simplicity and power of creating a healthy organization and reveals four key disciplines that they can follow to achieve it.

In The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, Lencioni delivers an utterly gripping tale with a powerful and memorable message for all who strive to be remarkable leaders.

The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive

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A Leadership Fable... about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life. In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin. Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch. “How could my life have unraveled so quickly?” he wondered. In his latest page-turning work of business fiction, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni provides readers with another powerful and thought-provoking book, this one centered around a cure for the most painful yet underestimated problem of modern business: bad meetings. And what he suggests is both simple and revolutionary. Casey McDaniel, the founder and CEO of Yip Software, is in the midst of a problem he created, but one he doesn’t know how to solve. And he doesn’t know where or who to turn to for advice. His staff can’t help him; they’re as dumbfounded as he is by their tortuous meetings. Then an unlikely advisor, Will Peterson, enters Casey’s world. When he proposes an unconventional, even radical, approach to solving the meeting problem, Casey is just desperate enough to listen. As in his other books, Lencioni provides a framework for his groundbreaking model, and makes it applicable to the real world. Death by Meeting is nothing short of a blueprint for leaders who want to eliminate waste and frustration among their teams, and create environments of engagement and passion.

Death by Meeting

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Patrick Lencioni

Absorbing, compelling, and utterly memorable, The Five Temptations of a CEO is like no other business book that's come before. Author Patrick Lencioni-noted screenplay writer and sought-after executive coach -- deftly tells the tale of a young CEO who, facing his first annual board review, knows he is failing, but doesn't know why.

"This book provides extraordinary insight into the pitfalls that leaders face when they lose sight of the true measure of success: results. This model is required reading for my staff."
-Eric Schmidt, chairman of the board and CEO, Novell

Any executive can learn how to:

 * recognize the mistakes that leaders can make
 * avoid errors before they occur
 * and much more!

Refreshingly original and utterly compelling, the story of this executive (written to be read in one sitting) will be enjoyed, remembered, and reread for years to come. It serves a timeless and potent reminder that success as a leader can come down to practicing a few simple behaviors-behaviors that are painfully difficult for each of us to master.

"Lencioni delivers a provocative message: CEOs mainly have themselves to blame when things go wrong. If you're a CEO (or any manager for that matter), do you have the courage to face the blame? Doing so could change your future-for the better."
-Dr. Jerry Porras, coauthor, Built to Last; professor, Stanford School of Business

You won't find any dry management rhetoric in this razor-sharp novelette. Apply these riveting lessons in leadership with the self-assessment at the end of the book. It will change your career!

The Five Temptations of a CEO

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Associated Press Staff

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Associated Press 2011 Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law

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Scott Martelle

A Biography

Detroit was established as a French settlement three-quarters of a century before the founding of this nation. A remote outpost built to protect trapping interests, it grew as agriculture expanded on the new frontier. Its industry took a great leap forward with the completion of the Erie Canal, which opened up the Great Lakes to the East Coast. Surrounded by untapped natural resources, Detroit turned iron from the Mesabi Range into stoves and railcars, and eventually cars by the millions. This vibrant commercial hub attracted businessmen and labor organizers, European immigrants and African Americans from the rural South. At its mid-20th-century heyday, one in six American jobs were connected to the auto industry, its epicenter in Detroit. And then the bottom fell out.

            Detroit: A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America’s great cities, and one of the nation’s greatest urban failures. It tells how the city grew to become the heart of American industry and how its utter collapse—from 1.8 million residents in 1950 to 714,000 only six decades later—resulted from a confluence of public policies, private industry decisions, and deep, thick seams of racism. And it raises the question: when we look at modern-day Detroit, are we looking at the ghost of America’s industrial past or its future?

Detroit

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Chip Heath

Dan Heath

How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

Switch

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Spencer Johnson

Kenneth Blanchard

An a-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

Relates a highly meaningful parable intended to help one deal with change quickly and prevail, offering readers a simple way to progress in their work and lives.

Who Moved My Cheese?

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Richard Sheridan

How We Built a Workplace People Love

“A guidebook for how leaders can motivate, engage, and recognize their people all the while growing the business profitably.” —Forbes.com Every year, thousands of visitors come from around the world to visit Menlo Innovations, a small software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They make the trek not to learn about technology but to witness a radically different approach to company culture. CEO Rich Sheridan removed the fear and ambiguity that typically make a workplace miserable. With joy as the explicit goal, he and his team changed everything about how the company was run. The results blew away all expectations. Menlo has won numerous growth awards and was named an Inc. magazine “audacious small company.” Joy, Inc. offers an inside look at how Menlo created its culture, and shows how any organization can follow their methods for a more passionate team and sustainable, profitable results.

Joy, Inc

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William A. Sabin

Great reference book for high school, college and anyone interested in good publishing, edits and writing.

English

Seventh Edition

Is intended for anyone who writes, edits, or prepares final copy for distribution or publication.

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