Library Journal’s Best Consumer Health Books of 2009

Stand By Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men was selected by Library Journal as one of the Best Consumer Health Books of 2009.

Library Journal explained: “Anderson filled a gap in the breast cancer (BC) literature with this guide for men who have women in their lives with the disease. (The author’s wife, sister, mother, and mother’s best friend all had BC.) Provided here is good advice about supporting a loved one during diagnosis and treatment, dealing with emotional issues, celebrating remission, and preparing for the end of life. (LJ 9/1/09)”

This is the second time the book has been so honored to be included on the year’s best health book. In December, Laura Landro, the Wall Street Journal’s “Informed Patient” columnist, also selected Stand By Her as one of 2009’s best health books, and a recommended read for the New Year.

In addition, The Alzheimer’s Advisor chosen by Library Journal as one of the Best Consumer Health Books 2008 last year. Thanks LJ!

Early Trade Buzz: The Black-White Achievement Gap

One of our new titles, The Black-White Achievement Gap: Why Closing It Is the Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time by former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Rod Paige and Elaine Witty, Ed.D., has been attracting some early trade buzz that we would like to share with you.

“In this clarion call, Paige, a former secretary of education (2001–2005) and his sister, a noted educator, pursue two threads of thought: the quest for authentic African-American leadership and the black-white achievement gap….Their last chapter, ‘The Way Forward: A Call to Service,’ concludes with a useful, thought-provoking list of suggestions.” –Publishers Weekly

“Providing a wealth of level-headed insights on the phenomena levied as responsible for the achievement gap… The Black–White Achievement Gap does not enter into the fray of this contentious debate. Instead, it sounds a clarion call to today’s leaders of all races to put the nation’s children before party politics and confront head-on this towering obstacle to social justice, rightly considered, in light of the devastating consequences of academic underachievement, ‘the greatest civil rights issue of our time.’” –ForeWord Reviews

“Paige and Witty do offer real and practical solutions on every level from individual to organizational in a call to arms to address the issue at the last frontier in the civil-rights struggle. This is a passionate, well-researched look at a troubling—but solvable—social problem.” –Booklist

Thank you to all the great reviewers and publications!

Early Trade Buzz: Why Boys Fail by Richard Whitmire

One of our new titles, Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System That’s Leaving Them Behind by Richard Whitmire, has been attracting some early trade buzz that we wanted to share with you.

“Sound advice—recommended for parents, educators, and others advocating for innovation and flexibility in their educational situations.” –-Library Journal

“Whitmire, a highly respected former USA Today education writer, creates a thorough, thought-provoking look at the increasing achievement gap between boys and girls…This engaging read, reminiscent of a highly polished op-ed piece, offers arguments that could be used by librarians, social workers, teachers, and other youth advocates to fund literacy and related programs for boys.” –Voya Magazine

“Unless educators and parents recognize that boys are in trouble and give them the help they need, the scenario that Whitmire outlines in the book may come true: ‘One day, possibly soon, thousands of mothers—mothers with sons struggling in school or daughters unable to find ‘marriageable mates’—will wonder why the gender gaps were ever considered controversial.” –ForeWord Reviews

Thank you to all the great reviewers and publications!

Our first ever comic strip book review!

We received our first ever comic strip book review yesterday from M and MX at Chinese Comics Online! It was a one sentence book review of Chocolate Fortunes: The Battle for the Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of China’s Consumers by Lawrence L. Allen.

Check out a full size version of the comic strip HERE.

Just one more great review to add to the growing list…

“Informative, cautionary and essential, this book is a must-read for executives currently doing business, or planning to, in this most volatile and critical market.” –Publishers Weekly

“Allen focuses exclusively on China’s nascent chocolate market, but he makes sure to write his book so the lessons learned by the five companies can be applied to other industries looking to break into an emerging economy.” –Houston Business Journal

Check out M and MX HERE.
Check out Chinese Comics Online HERE.
And check out Chocolate Fortunes HERE.

Selling Power’s Ten Best Books to Read in 2010

Selling Power selected ProActive Sales Management: How to Lead, Motivate, and Stay Ahead of the Game, Second Edition by Skip Miller as one of their “Ten Best Books to Read in 2010.” They explain: “These 10 books contain hundreds of valuable ideas that, if applied, could easily increase your sales by 10 to 30 percent in 2010.”

Selling Power also said: “ProActive ProActive Sales Management shares effective sales management concepts that include all vital subjects, such as hiring, coaching, goal setting, sales strategy, sales process, compensation, effective reporting, and integrating the best technology to build a highly successful sales organization.”

On the Selling Power Blog, Founder and Publisher Gerhard Gschwandtner wrote: “There are very few sales management books that can favorably compare to this bestselling book. It’s an accessible, practical and winning guide for new and advanced sales managers.”

Thank you Selling Power!

John Baldoni Selected as One of World’s Top Leadership Gurus for 2010

John Baldoni, internationally recognized leadership consultant, coach and author, was named one of the World’s Top Leadership Gurus for 2010 by Leadership Gurus International.

Voters, which included 22,000 business professionals, consultants, and academics, selected practitioners who “not only apply their own leadership principles to achieve superior results in their organizations, but develop and influence leaders and leadership throughout the globe.”

According to Leadership Gurus International, leadership experts were selected on the basis of “originality of ideas, practicality of ideas, presentation style, international outlook, impact of ideas, quality of publications and writings, dispersion of publications and writings, public opinion, [and]guru factor.” Baldoni was voted No. 12.

“It is a great honor to be recognized as one who helps others to learn to lead,” says Baldoni. “But the real work of leadership is not what people write or teach, it is the men and women who make a positive difference in our world. Those are the real leaders.”

John Maxwell, leadership author and founder of Maximum Impact, was voted No. 1 followed by authors and consultants Stephen Covey, Robin Sharma, and Marshall Goldsmith. Other leadership luminaries included Tom Peters, Tony Robbins, Jim Collins, Warren Bennis, Ram Charan, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

Baldoni Consulting specializes in leadership consulting, coaching, and communications. Its clients include Fortune 500 companies in the automotive, health care, financial services, and pharmaceutical industries.

John Baldoni is the author of eight books on leadership, including Lead Your Boss: The Subtle Art of Managing Up and Lead By Example: 50 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Results for AMACOM and his McGraw-Hill Great Leaders trilogy on communications, motivation and results. He is co-editor and contributor to The AMA Handbook of Leadership with Marshall Goldsmith and Sarah McArthur. He writes a weekly “Leadership at Work” column for the online version of Harvard Business Review that is syndicated by Bloomberg.com.

Baldoni is a much-in demand keynote speaker on leadership to corporate, professional, military, and university audiences.