Hachette Non-Fiction

• Author(s): Hal F. Rosenbluth • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Corporate & Business History - GeneralWhy do some companies survive--or even thrive--amidst fierce competition and constant change? Hal Rosenblu...

• Author(s): Regina Herzlinger • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Public Policy - GeneralWhat happens when the demanding consumers who nearly brought the U.S. automobile industry to its knees focus the same kinds o...

• Author(s): David Blair • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Physics - AstrophysicsMost people live and work entirely oblivious to the fact that a myriad of ghostly ripples are passing through them all the time. Gen...

• Author(s): John L. Casti • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Science Fiction - GeneralIn this narrative tour de force, gifted scientist and author John L. Casti contemplates an imaginary evening of intellectual in...

• Author(s): Roger Clay • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Physics - AstrophysicsIn 1992 the fastest object known to mankind hit the Earth's atmosphere at a speed within a billion-trillionth of one percent of the s...

• Author(s): Brian M. Fagan • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: ArchaeologyUntil recently, archaeology was concerned mainly with piecing together the material lives of our ancestors. In this groundbreaking book, mas...

• Author(s): John H. Holland • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Chaotic Behavior in SystemsIn this important book, John H. Holland dramatically shows us that the "emergence" of order from disorder has much to teach...

• Author(s): Michael White • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Science & TechnologyUnknown to all but a few, Newton was a practicing alchemist who dabbled with the occult, a tortured, obsessive character who sea...

• Author(s): David Brin • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Future StudiesIn New York and Baltimore, police cameras scan public areas twenty-four hours a day. Huge commercial databases track you finances and sell th...

• Author(s): Sissela Bok • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralWhat is the effect of long-term media violence on our national character? Do we want four-year-olds watching slasher films? Who should ...

• Author(s): Ken Gormley • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: PoliticalBy October 1973 special prosecutor Archibald Cox was tracing the Watergate cover-up to the Oval Office. President Nixon...

• Author(s): Christopher Hibbert • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: HistoricalA brilliant general, remembered most for his defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, Wellington was also a politician ...

• Author(s): Willard Sterne Randall • Publisher: Da Capo Press • Publisher Imprint: Da Capo Press • BISAC: United States - GeneralIn 1779 a Philadelphia belle, Margaret Shippen, married a hero of the ongoing Revolution, General Benedict Arnold. W...

• Author(s): Charles H. Fine • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Industrial ManagementIn business today, all advantage is temporary. In order to survive-let alone thrive-companies must be able to anticipate and adap...

• Author(s): Cyrus Freidheim • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Management - GeneralBeyond the multinational corporation -- even beyond the mega-corporation built from aggressive mergers and acquisitions -- a new f...

• Author(s): Harry Washburn | Kim Wallace • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Marketing - GeneralSelling can be a science as well as an art -- and offering the right product at the right price is just the starting p...

• Author(s): James B. Wood • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Development - Business DevelopmentIs your company bursting at the seams? Playing catch-up to your competitors? Trapped by "rear-view mirror" management?...

• Author(s): Ruth Stanat • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Small Business - GeneralFor businesses large and small, a global marketplace represents a source of great promise -- and peril. While trade barriers have ...

• Author(s): Jerry W. Gilley | Nathaniel W. Boughton | Ann Maycunich Gilley • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Management - GeneralDeveloping Management Systems to Make Employees Your Organization's Greatest Asset

• Author(s): Michael J. Lanning • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Customer Relations

• Author(s): Christopher Wills • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - EvolutionAre we still evolving? Scientists have grappled with this question since the time of Darwin. Now, in this provocative book,...

• Author(s): Edward J. Steele • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - Genetics & GenomicsThis controversial book challenges the accepted theories on the genetic mechanism of evolution. The story thes...

• Author(s): Gerard J. Milburn • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Physics - Quantum TheoryQuantum computing, the reduction of computing elements to sizes far smaller than that of present-day chips, down to the size...

• Author(s): Martin Wells • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Animals - Marine LifeWritten during a long sea voyage from England through the Mediterranean, Civilization and the Limpet unveils many fascinating phenom...

• Author(s): Richard Feinbloom • Publisher: Balance • Publisher Imprint: Balance • BISAC: Life Stages - Infants & Toddlers - GeneralThis complete guide to pregnancy is for the woman who wants all the facts in order to make her own decisions. ...

• Author(s): Richard a. Epstein • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Health PolicyIn this seminal work, distinguished legal scholar Richard Epstein daringly refutes the assumption that health care is a "right" that s...

• Author(s): Victor K. McElheny • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: BusinessIf a single life exemplifies the inner drive that fires a great inventor, it is the life of Edwin Land. The major innovations that he was a...

• Author(s): Robert K. Wysocki | James P. Lewis • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Production & Operations ManagementEffective project management is becoming a critical mission skill for individuals and organiz...

• Author(s): Sam Deep • Publisher: Basic Books (AZ) • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books (AZ) • BISAC: Management - GeneralKnown for their expert advice on getting ahead in business and staying motivated on the job, Deep and Sussman now apply their p...

• Author(s): Jerry W. Gilley | Ann Maycunich Gilley • Publisher: Westview Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Westview Publishing • BISAC: Human Resources & Personnel ManagementOrganizational Learning, Performance, and Change presents the most cu...

• Author(s): Calvin C. Clawson • Publisher: Westview Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Westview Publishing • BISAC: History & PhilosophyWhy seemingly unrelated mathematical truths are connected in simple and beautiful equations continues to stu...

• Author(s): Jean Guisnel • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: GeneralTo some a brand-new forum for the freedom of speech, the Internet is also the most up-to-date way to gather intelligence. Brilliant hackers like K...

• Author(s): Pierre Levy • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Popular CultureThe number of travelers along the information superhighway is increasing at a rate of 10 percent a month. How will this communications revo...

• Author(s): Eugene Straus • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Medical - GeneralThe biography of Rosalyn Yalow, as told by her longtime friend and colleague Eugene Straus, is the story of a woman who prevailed again...

• Author(s): Robert Hargrove • Publisher: Basic Books (AZ) • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books (AZ) • BISAC: LeadershipToday every business is an e-business, and whether you are selling golf outings over the Internet or manufacturing the carts, ther...

• Author(s): Charles Jaffe • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Investments & Securities - Mutual FundsEncyclopedic in its scope yet easy-to-use, this mutual-fund "owner's manual" is a one-stop resource for anyon...

• Author(s): Christopher W. Hoenig • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Decision Making & Problem SolvingIn an economy where knowledge is power, no one can expect to succeed without the ability to solve problems-...

• Author(s): Harry E. Chambers • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Business Communication - GeneralFlatter, more collaborative organizational structures, combined with the pressure to translate innovative ideas into...

• Author(s): Harry Chambers • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Human Resources & Personnel ManagementEvery manager or business owner knows that the most precious and scarce commodity is talent. And it's a selle...

• Author(s): Mehrdad Baghai • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Development - Business DevelopmentGrowth unleashes benefits beyond the economic. It revitalizes organizations and invigorates the people in them, creat...

• Author(s): Andrew Campbell • Publisher: Basic Books (AZ) • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books (AZ) • BISAC: Management - GeneralFor large companies comprised of multiple product groups or resulting from growth through mergers and acquisitions, the ...

• Author(s): Gary Dorsey • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Corporate & Business History - GeneralFor more than a decade some of the world's most powerful defense companies have raced to launch the first conste...

• Author(s): Marc J. Epstein • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Management - GeneralSoul Food retells with candor the singular stories of fifty-two real entrepreneurs and it presents the practical ideas and princip...

• Author(s): Milton Ezrati • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: International - Economics & TradeAt the end of the 20th century, Japan is once again at a crossroads, undergoing fundamental transformation, as it d...

• Author(s): Michael P. Ghiglieri | Joshua Bilmes • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Men's Studies - GeneralIn The Dark Side of Man, Michael Ghiglieri, a biologist and protege of Jane Goodall, takes on one of the ...

• Author(s): Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralIn these many-layered and masterfully written portraits, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot reaches deep into human experience -- from...

• Author(s): Simon a. Levin • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)We all know that our planet is losing its biological diversity at an alarming rate, with frig...

• Author(s): Marshall B. Paisner • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Management - GeneralFrom the local dry cleaner to the nation's largest breweries, family businesses make up 90 percent of the 15 million businesse...

• Author(s): John F. Ross • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Self-Management - Stress ManagementFrom cholesterol to cancer, asteroids to AIDS, we face more risks than our grandparents ever dreamed of. But most of u...

• Author(s): Arthur Upgren • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyDo you sometimes wonder why the sky at dusk is filled with color, or how the moon controls the tides? Why do stars twinkle and ...

• Author(s): Susan Milstrey Wells • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: Health Care IssuesLearn practical advice for living with a chronic illness in this thoughtful, compassionate collection...

• Author(s): Les Donaldson | Edward E. Scannell • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Human Resources & Personnel ManagementHuman Resource Development, 2nd Edition, is the revised and expanded version of a book th...

• Author(s): Terrence E. Deal | Allan Kennedy • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: LeadershipBusiness experts everywhere have been finding that corporations run not only on numbers, but on culture. In this revised an...

• Author(s): Warren G. Bennis • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: LeadershipWarren Bennis has become synonymous with leadership, exploring all its dimensions as both practitioner and scholar for over four decades. M...

• Author(s): Sue Woodman • Publisher: Balance • Publisher Imprint: Balance • BISAC: Medical Law & LegislationLast Rights is a compassionate, comprehensive, up-to-the-minute examination of the right-to-die movement in America and the medical, ...

• Author(s): George S. Yip • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: International - EconomicsAsian Advantage is the most comprehensive and up-to-date strategic resource for managers and executives expanding their operati...

• Author(s): Victor Frankl • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Psychotherapy - GeneralViktor Frankl, bestselling author of Man's Search for Meaning, explains the psychological tools that enabled him to survive the ...

• Author(s): Viktor E. Frankl • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Social Scientists & PsychologistsBorn in 1905 in the center of the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire, Viktor Frankl was a witness to the great po...

• Author(s): Jane Gregory | Steven Miller • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsDoes the general public need to understand science? And if so, is it scientists' responsibility to communi...

• Author(s): Paul Halpern • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsInspired by the end of the millennium, celebrated science writer Paul Halpern tackles the fate of human civilization and o...