2008 Publications

*Asterisk denotes fiction

January

Gartrell, Nanette.  My Answer Is NO…If That’s Okay with You: How Women Can Say No and (Still) Feel Good About It (Free Press/Simon & Schuster)

Halpern, Charles.  Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom (Berrett-Kohler)

Hayes, Tom. Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business: The Age of Contagious Companies, Viral Markets, and the Digital Explosion (McGraw-Hill)

Klaus, Peggy.  The Hard Truth About Soft Skills: Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They’d Learned Sooner (Harper Collins)

Lisick, Beth. Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone (William Morrow/HarperCollins)

Mukhopadhyay, Tito. How Can I Talk If My Lips Don’t Move: Inside My Autistic Mind (Arcade)

Rosen, John and Turano, AnnaMaria. Stopwatch Marketing: Take Charge of the Time When Your Customer Decides to Buy (Portfolio/Penguin Group)

Schiffman, Stephan. Stephan Schiffman’s Sales Essentials (Adams Media/F&W Publications)

February

Ariely, Dan.  Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape our Decisions (HarperCollins)

Booz Allen Hamilton.  Always On: The Future of Advertising and Marketing (McGraw-Hill)

Booz Allen Hamilton.  Make or Break: The Future of Manufacturing (McGraw-Hill)

Daschle, Tom with Greenberger, Scott and Lambrew, Jeanne. Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press)

The Editors of Boink Magazine. Boink: College Sex by the People Having It (Grand Central/Hachette)

*Hawley, J.S. If You Were Mine (Kensington)

Kennedy, Dan. Rock On: An Office Power Ballad (Algonquin Books/Workman)

Montano, Mark. The Big-Ass Book of Crafts. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment/Simon & Schuster)

*Rich, Lani Diane. A Little Ray of Sunshine (New American Library/Penguin Group)

*Webb, Debra. Nameless (St. Martin’s Press)

*Wolff, Veronica. Master of the Highlands (Berkley Books/Penguin Group)

March

Aamodt, Sandra and Wang, Sam. Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life (Bloomsbury)

Berk, Brett. The Gay Uncle’s Guide to Parenting: Candid Counsel from the Depths of the Daycare Trenches (Crown/Random House)

Booz Allen Hamilton. Make or Break: The Future of Manufacturing (McGraw-Hill)

Booz Allen Hamilton. Always On: The Future of Advertising and Marketing (McGraw-Hill)

Callahan, Susan and Nolen, Anne and Schumann, Katrin. Mothers Need Time-Outs Too (McGraw-Hill)

Ellis, Sherry. Illuminating Fiction (Red Hen Press)

Garza, Mario. Stuff On My Cat Presents: Cats A to Z (Chronicle Books)

Gerencser, Mark; Van Lee, Reginald; Napolitano, Fernando; Kelly, Christopher. Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-profits Can Tackle Today’s Global Challenges Together ( Palgrave Macmillian)

*Lutz, Lisa. The Curse of the Spellmans (Simon & Schuster)

*Moberg, Julia. Skies Over Sweetwater (Keene Publishing)

Wilkinson, Donna. The Only 127 Things You Really Need: A Guide to Life’s Essentials (Tarcher/Penguin Group)

April

Binder, Gordon. Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management (Harvard Business School Press)

Garza, Mario. More Stuff On My Cat (Chronicle Books)

Giffels, David. All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House (William Morrow/HarperCollins)

McMoyler, Sarah and Brott, Armin. The Best Birth: Your Guide to the Safest, Healthiest, Most Satisfying Labor and Delivery (Da Capo Press/Perseus)

*Powell, Linda Nieves. Freestyle Chicas (Atria/Simon & Schuster)

May

Aaronson, Deborah and Kwan, Kevin. Luck: The Essential Guide (Collins/HarperCollins)

Bass, Alison. Side Effects: The Untold Story of a Best-Selling Drug (Algonquin/Workman)

*Bardsley, Michele. Because Your Vampire Said So (New American Library/Penguin Group)

Booz Allen Hamilton.  Merge Ahead: The Future of M&A (McGraw-Hill)

Booz Allen Hamilton.  Power Up: The Future of Energy (McGraw-Hill)

Lacy, Sarah. Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0 (Gotham Books/Penguin Group)

*Levine, Joan. Topsy-Turvy Bedtime (Candlewick)

June

Black, Alan. Kick the Balls: An Offensive Suburban Odyssey (Hudson Street Press/Penguin Group)

*Brody, Jessica. The Fidelity Files (St. Martin’s Griffin)

Dennis, Felix. The Getting of Money: One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Success Wisdom (Portfolio/Penguin)

Fischer, Norman. Sailing Home: The Spiritual Odyssey of Return (Free Press/Simon & Schuster)

Friedman, Steward D. Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life (Harvard Business School Press)

Kash, Peter and Lombard, Jay with Tom Monte and an introduction by Mehmet Oz, M.D. Freedom from Disease: The Breakthrough Approach to Preventing Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer’s, and Depression by Controlling Insulin (St. Martin's Press)

*Linden, Caroline. A Rake’s Guide to Seduction (Zebra/Kensington Books)

Morrell, Jessica. Bullies, Bastards & Bitches (F&W Publications)

Schiffman, Stephan. 25 Sales Habits of Highly Successful People, 3rd Edition (Adams Media/F&W Publications)

July

Sivertsen, Linda and Sivertsen, Tosh. Teen Green Book (Simon & Schuster)

*Webb, Debra. Faceless (St. Martin’s Press)

August

Anderson, Allen and Linda. Saying Goodbye to Your Angel Animals (New World Library)

Candela, Margo. More Than This (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)

Lamar, Michelle. The White Trash Mom Gives Advice: Or Why Perfect is Overrated (St. Martin’s Press)

Nichols, Nancy. Lake Effect: How a Deathbed Promise to My Sister Saved My Life (Island Press)

Rabin, Nathan. The Big Rewind (Scribner/Simon & Schuster)

*Rich, Simon. Free Range Chickens (Random House)

*Schwab, Sandra. Bewitched (Dorchester Leisure)

September

Baker, Stephen. The Numerati: How a Global Math Elite Is Uncovering Our Secrets, Predicting Our Behavior, And Changing How We Live (Houghton-Mifflin)

Berlinski, Claire. Why Thatcher Matters (Basic Books/Perseus)

*Klosterman, Chuck. Downtown Owl (Scribner/Simon & Schuster)

Lencioni, Pat. The 15-Minutes Family: A Leadership Fable about Managing the Most Important Organization in Your Life (Jossey-Bass/Wiley)

Lindstrom, Martin.  Buyer’s Bluff: How Everything We Believe About Why We Buy Is Wrong (Doubleday Currency/Random House)

Sicile-Kira, Chantal. Autism Life Skills: From Communication and Safety to Independence and More -- 10 Essential Abilities Your Child with Autism Needs and Deserves to Learn (Perigree/Penguin Group)

Vosovic, Daniel. Fashion Inside Out: How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond (Watson-Guptill)

October

Badonsky, Jill. The Daily Awemanac (Running Press/Perseus)

Bramley, Anne. Eat Feed Autumn Winter (Stewart, Tabori & Chang)

Garbee, Jennifer. Secret Suppers: Rogue Chefs & Underground Restaurants in Warehouses, Townhouses, Open Fields and Everywhere in Between (Sasquatch Books)

Garden, Joe, Janet Ginsberg, Chris Pauls, Anita Serwacki, and Scott Sherman. The Devious Book for Cats: A Parody by Fluffy and Bonkers (Villard/Random House)

*Hamburger, Trey. Ghosts/Alien (Crown/Random House)

Hanley, Kate. Ms. MindBody’s Stress Solutions:77 Simple Strategies for Serenity (Skirt!/Globe Pequot Press)

Melville, Greg. Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fast-Food Fueled Mercedes, and a Cross-Country Trip in Search of Greener Pastures (Algonquin/Workman)

O’Connor, Richard.  Happy At Last: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Finding Joy (St. Martin’s Press)

Santella, Chris. Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die (Stewart, Tabori & Chang)

*Snow, Carol. Switch (HarperCollins Children’s Books/HarperCollins)

*Weber, Suzanne. Center of the Universe (That Would Be Me) (Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster)

November

Anderson, Linda and Allen. Angel Dogs at Work: Divine Messengers Who Found Their Life’s Purpose (New World Library)

Bardsley, Michele. Wait ‘Till Your Vampire Gets Home (New American Library/Penguin Group)

*Regan, Chris. Mass Historia: 365 Days of Historical Facts and (Mostly) Fictions (Andrews McMeel Publishing)

*Rich, Lani Diane. Wish You Were Here (Warner Forever/Hachette Book Group)

Schiffman, Stephan. The Career Salesperson (Adams Media/F& W Publications)

Wilmore, Larry. I’d Rather We Got Casinos and Other Black Thoughts (Hyperion)

December

Bartlett, Allison.  Stealing for Love: The True Story of a Book Thief, a Bibliodick, and the world of Literary Obsession (Riverhead/Penguin Group)

*Buckely, Geri. Stormy Weather (Berkley Books/Penguin Group)

*Hornschemeier, Paul. Life with Mr. Dangerous (Ballantine/Random House)

Marshall, Wes. What’s a Wine Lover to Do? (Artisan/Workman)

Morgan, Nick. Be Real (Jossey-Bass)

Newberg, Andrew B. How God Can Change Your Brain (Ballantine/Random House)

Pogue, David. Abby Carnelia’s One and Only Magical Power (Roaring Brook Press)

Schiffman, Stephan. Closing Techniques (That Really Work!) 5th Edition (Adams Media/F&W Publications)