A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

By Tony Hsieh (2011)

Pay brand-new employees $2,000 to quit. Make customer service the responsibility of the entire company-not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Help employees grow-both personally and professionally. Seek to change the world. Oh, and make money too...

By D. Heinemeier Hansson & J. Fried (2010)

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The truth is, you need less...

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

By David Allen (2015)

The book Lifehack calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity." Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and...

By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1999)

Une rencontre entre un homme, le narrateur, qui n'a plus le sentiment d'appartenir au monde de ses semblables, et ce petit prince qui habite seul sur sa planète, aime les couchers de soleil et n'oublie jamais une question une fois qu'il l'a posée.Conte philosophique, critique de la société, expression d'une solitude, le Petit Prince est d'abord un livre pour les...

The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

By Yvon Chouinard (2006)

From his youth as the son of a French Canadian handyman to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment, Let My People Go Surfing is the story of a man who brought doing good and having grand adventures into the heart of his business life-a book that will deeply affect entrepreneurs and outdoo...

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

By Ben Horowitz (2014)

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business...

Un industriel de l'agroalimentaire dénonce

By Christophe Brusset (2015)

Matières premières avariées, marchandises trafiquées, contrôles d’hygiène contournés, Christophe Brusset dénonce les multiples dérives dont il est, depuis vingt ans, le complice ou le témoin dans les coulisses de l’industrie agroalimentaire. Ingénieur de haut niveau devenu dirigeant au sein de groupes internationaux, à 44 ans, il a décidé de "faire aujourd’hui son devoir...

Are You Indispensable?

By Seth Godin (2011)

This life-changing manifesto shows how you have the potential to make a huge difference wherever you are. Few authors have had the kind of lasting impact and global reach that Seth Godin has had. In a series of now-classic books that have been translated into 36 languages and reached millions of readers around the world, he has taught generations of readers how to make...

A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World

By Scott Harrison (2018)

An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs, booze, models—repeat. But 10 years in, desperately unhappy...

How You Can Use Business as a Force for Good

By Ryan Honeyman & Tiffany Jana (2019)

"The B Corp Handbook shows that an economic agenda that serves people's needs while respecting planetary boundaries is compatible with, and ultimately even necessary for, financial success. » B Corps are a global movement of more than 3,300 companies in 70 countries--like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, Kickstarter, Danone North America, and Eileen Fisher--that are using the..

By Walter Isaacson (2011)

Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values...

By Christophe André (2011)

Méditer pour apaiser son esprit, méditer pour savourer sa vie : la méditation de pleine conscience est un moyen de cultiver sérénité et lucidité, accessible à tous. Ce livre est destiné à guider, jour après jour, ceux qui se lancent dans la méditation, comme ceux qui approfondissent leur pratique. Il comporte 25 leçons, depuis les bases - comment utiliser la respiration,...

Intégrale

By Régis Loisel (2017)

La création est un acte délicat. Elle l’est plus encore lorsqu'il s'agit de donner une nouvelle vie à un personnage aussi mythique que Peter Pan. Régis Loisel s'est pourtant attelé à la tâche avec grâce et humilité, mêlant ainsi les ambiances féeriques et lumineuses de James Matthew Barrie aux atmosphères londoniennes sombres mais romantiques...