Critical Thinking eBook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Linda Elder and Richard Paul’s Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life for Kindle for FREE ($40.99 value) for a limited time.

Critical Thinking is about becoming a better thinker in every aspect of your life: in your career, and as a consumer, citizen, friend, parent, and lover. Discover the core skills of effective thinking; then analyze your own thought processes, identify weaknesses, and overcome them. Learn how to translate more effective thinking into better decisions, less frustration, more wealth Ñ and above all, greater confidence to pursue and achieve your most important goals in life.

Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders eBook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Srinivasan S. Pillay’s Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders for Kindle for FREE ($34.99 value) for a limited time.

Harvard psychiatrist and executive coach Srinivasan S. Pillay illuminates the rapidly-emerging links between modern brain science and the corner office. What does neuroscience have to do with leadership? Everything. Recent advances in brain science and neuroimaging can dramatically improve the way leaders work with colleagues to drive successful change. As the brain is increasingly examined in the context of personal and organizational development, remarkable insights are being uncovered: insights that are leading to powerful new strategies for improving business execution. Pillay reveals six powerful ways that brain science can be used by today’s executives, and presents powerful new interventions for coaches who want to help their clients overcome common leadership problems. Discover how to use positive, “strengths-based” approaches to encourage the brain to learn… how the fascinating neuroscience of social intelligence can help leaders encourage more effective relationships… how to promote innovation and intuition, and overcome intangible vulnerabilities in leaders’ brains… how to transform the “idea” of change into crisp, timely execution… and much more. Leaders and coaches worldwide are already applying this knowledge to dramatically improve personal performance. Now, with Pillay’s help, everyone can.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes eBook for Kindle for Free

The Complete Sherlock HolmesAmazon is offering Arthur Conan Doyle’s and Robert Ryan ‘s The Complete Sherlock Holmes for Kindle for FREE for a limited time.

The complete collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales, both long and short, compiled together for the first time by Simon & Schuster for Free!

This fantastic collection is accompanied by an exciting new introduction from Robert Ryan, a writer who’s own book has been fully endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate. A big Holmes fan himself, he will undoubtedly provide a fascinating new look at the detective and his bizarre ability to read both people and objects, in order to discover who dunnit.

Angry Birds Star Wars for the iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad for 99-Cents, on Android for FREE

Angry Birds Star WarsRovio Entertainment Ltd has Angry Birds Star Wars (iTunes Link) for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the iTunes App Store for 99-cents, Angry Birds Star Wars HD (iTunes Link) for the iPad for $2.99, and  Angry Birds Star Wars in the Mac App Store for $4.99 a limited time.

Rovio Entertainment Ltd also has Angry Birds Star Wars for Android in Google Play for FREE and Angry Birds Star Wars HD for Android for $2.99 for a limited time. There’s also a Premium version of Angry Birds Star Wars HD for Kindle Tablets in the Amazon AppApp Store for $2.99 for limited time.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… a group of desperate rebel birds faced off against a galactic menace: the Empire’s evil Pigtroopers!

Rebel birds, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Imperial Pigs. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the PIG STAR, and are racing to deliver the plans to the Rebel Birds. Now they need your help!

Join an epic adventure with the Angry Birds in the legendary Star Wars™ universe! Use the Force, wield your lightsaber, and blast away Pigtroopers on an intergalactic journey from the deserts of Tatooine to the depths of the Pig Star — where you’ll face off against the terrifying Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Pigs! Can you become a Jedi Master and restore freedom to the galaxy?

Time to grab your lightsaber and join the adventure! May the birds be with you!

Five Minutes on Mondays Kindle eBook for FREE

Five Minutes on MondaysAmazon is offering Alan Lurie’s Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work for Kindle for FREE ($21.99 value) for a limited time.

Imagine the leaders of one of New York City’s top real-estate firms coming together every Monday morning to hear…the moral and spiritual thoughts of a Rabbi. Wouldn’t you like to be a fly on the wall? To hear the paths Alan Lurie traced for his listeners, how he helped them bring together their spiritual and business lives, the sacred and the profane? Five Minutes on Mondays compiles these talks for the first time, sharing Lurie’s deep and profound inspiration on the challenges we all face–at work, and in life.
Lurie draws on millennia of philosophy, theology, and science to help us answer our deepest questions, comfort our deepest yearnings, and become better people–more connected to each other, and to the Greater Purpose.

Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs eBook for Kindle for FREE

Why Good People Can't Get JobsAmazon is offering Peter Cappelli’s Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It for Kindle for FREE ($6.99 value) for a limited time.

Peter Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work.

Even in a time of perilously high unemployment, companies contend that they cannot find the employees they need. Pointing to a skills gap, employers argue applicants are simply not qualified; schools aren’t preparing students for jobs; the government isn’t letting in enough high-skill immigrants; and even when the match is right, prospective employees won’t accept jobs at the wages offered.

In this powerful and fast-reading book, Peter Cappelli, Wharton management professor and director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resources, debunks the arguments and exposes the real reasons good people can’t get hired. Drawing on jobs data, anecdotes from all sides of the employer-employee divide, and interviews with jobs professionals, he explores the paradoxical forces bearing down on the American workplace and lays out solutions that can help us break through what has become a crippling employer-employee stand-off.

The Rules of Work, Expanded Edition: A Definitive Code for Personal Success eBook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Richard Templar’s The Rules of Work, Expanded Edition: A Definitive Code for Personal Success for Kindle for FREE ($11 value) for a limited time.

Some people are simply great at their job. They always seem to say the right thing; do the right thing. They are mentioned in every conversation. Everybody likes them. They get promoted. They get pay raises. They get along with the boss. And somehow, they do all these things without being unpleasant, breaking much of a sweat or seeming to put in excess effort. And when they are offered another step up the corporate ladder or a fabulous new job, no one is surprised. After all, they have ‘potential’ written all over them. How do they do it? Do they know some secret we don’t? Yes, they know The Rules of Work. These rules aren’t about how to do your job, day-to-day (assuming you are pretty good at that already).

The Rules of Work are about how you are seen to be doing it. They are about how you appear to others. And they are about helping you to achieve the success you richly deserve.

The first edition of The Rules of Work became a global phenomenon, topping bestseller charts around the world. This new, even better, edition includes 10 brand new rules to take you further, faster. These rules are the guiding principles that will improve both what you do and how you do it, giving you the unmistakable air of confidence that will win you admiration, respect, and the next promotion. With The Rules under your belt you’ll have the edge in everything you do, without having to compromise your principles.

George Cummings’ iFailed: The true, inside story of NeXT ebook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering George Cummings’ iFailed: The true, inside story of NeXT for Kindle for FREE ($9.99 value) for a limited time.

This is the true, inside story of NeXT from the viewpoint of a company executive who worked with Steve for five years. He spent almost 100 hours with him, most of it alone on the way to and from numerous Wall St. customer meetings.

The reader has to decide whether NeXT was fanciful extravagance or a basic mistiming of the marketplace. Was it bad business or just ahead of its time or a combination of all? This book relives this historical story of failure and sheds it in a dramatic new light.

What can’t be disputed is that it was one hell of a ride for those that were there and despite the business mistakes made, you’ll see that Steve was indeed insanely great at a lot of things and why he will always have a revered and significant place in history.

The Personal Credibility Factor eBook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Sandy Allgeier’s The Personal Credibility Factor: How to Get It, Keep It, and Get It Back (If You’ve Lost It) for Kindle for FREE ($14.99 value) for a limited time.

You’d trust your life with some people. Others, you wouldn’t trust for an instant, even when the stakes are low. Why? What builds the personal credibility that some people simply exude? What do they do differently? This book shows you and helps you build your own personal credibility, the #1 attribute in earning trust and achieving success. Renowned personal coach Sandra K. Allgeier begins with a set of powerful stories that demonstrate what personal credibility really consists of, how it’s earned, and how easily it can be destroyed. You’ll discover how small daily actions, together with specific communication techniques and decisions, shape others’ view of whether you can be trusted. Next, Allgeier illuminates three oft-neglected, crucial secrets of personal credibility. You’ll find a hands-on assessment tool designed to help you bring more personal authenticity and transparency to your interactions; as well as practical guidance on suspending judgment and really listening, thereby earning others’ trust even if you ultimately choose to disagree. Allgeier concludes with seven specific steps you can take every day to increase your personal credibility, and rebuild credibility you may have already lost. Following her easy-to-understand, easy-to-use guidance, you can live a life that’s not just more successful, but happier and more fulfilled, too.

Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders eBook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Srinivasan S. Pillay’s Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders for Kindle for FREE ($34.99 value) for a limited time.

Harvard psychiatrist and executive coach Srinivasan S. Pillay illuminates the rapidly-emerging links between modern brain science and the corner office. What does neuroscience have to do with leadership? Everything. Recent advances in brain science and neuroimaging can dramatically improve the way leaders work with colleagues to drive successful change. As the brain is increasingly examined in the context of personal and organizational development, remarkable insights are being uncovered: insights that are leading to powerful new strategies for improving business execution. Pillay reveals six powerful ways that brain science can be used by today’s executives, and presents powerful new interventions for coaches who want to help their clients overcome common leadership problems. Discover how to use positive, “strengths-based” approaches to encourage the brain to learn… how the fascinating neuroscience of social intelligence can help leaders encourage more effective relationships… how to promote innovation and intuition, and overcome intangible vulnerabilities in leaders’ brains… how to transform the “idea” of change into crisp, timely execution… and much more. Leaders and coaches worldwide are already applying this knowledge to dramatically improve personal performance. Now, with Pillay’s help, everyone can.

Success Is Not an Accident for Kindle or Nook eBook for FREE

Amazon is offering Tommy Newberry’s Success Is Not an Accident for the Kindle for FREE ($13.99 value) for a limited time.

Barnes and Noble also has Success Is Not an Accident for the Nook for FREE ($13.99 value) for a limited time.

Tommy Newberry’s best-selling Success Is Not an Accident (self-published in 1999) has helped over 100,000 readers achieve higher levels of success in both their personal and professional lives. Reminiscent of best-selling authors Stephen Covey and John Maxwell, Newberry teaches readers the power of goal setting, time management, visualization, and “self-talk” so they can achieve peak levels of performance in all areas of their lives.

lol…OMG! eBook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Matt Ivester’s lol…OMG!: What Every Student Needs to Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying for Kindle for FREE ($9.99 value) for a limited time.

The ease with which digital content can be shared online, in addition to its many benefits, has created a host of problems for today’s high school and college students. All too often, students are uploading, updating, posting and publishing without giving a second thought to who might see their content or how it might be perceived.

lol…OMG! provides a cautionary look at the many ways that today’s students are experiencing the unanticipated negative consequences of their digital decisions – from lost job opportunities and denied college and graduate school admissions to full-blown national scandals. It also examines how technology is allowing students to bully one another in new and disturbing ways, and why students are often crueler online than in person. By using real-life case studies and offering actionable strategies and best practices, this book empowers students to clean up and maintain a positive online presence, and to become responsible digital citizens.