The Art of Quartet Playing

David Blum

The Guarneri Quartet in Conversation with David Blum

The 59-Second Employee

Rae Andre and Peter D. Ward

This is your chance to stay one second ahead of any one-minute managers you have to deal with. You can also discover the Tanobway Tribe and other fascinating insights into enjoying life as an employee.

A Book of Luminous Things

Czeslaw Milosz

The Discovery of Slowness

Sten Nadolny

This extraordinary novel builds on the life of the polar explorer Sir John Franklin, who moved and thought as slowly as the ice he voyaged through. Nadolny raises the question of how each of us might choose to move and to think at our own pace in a world moving ever faster around us.

Maverick

Ricardo Semler

Charles Handy says of this book: "The way Ricardo Semler runs his company is impossible; except that it works, and works splendidly for everyone. I relish this book. It revives my faith in human beings and my hope for businesses everywhere."

Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman

There was a time when IQ was considered the leading determinant of success. In this fascinating book, based on brain and behavioural research, Daniel Goleman argues that our IQ- idolising view of intelligence is far too narrow.

The Art of Possibility

Rosamund Stone Zander adn Benjamin Zander

"It's all invented" so choose your story and then much more is possible. That is the message from Roz and Ben Zander as they ask us to imagine the possibilities in transforming both our personal and professional lives.

Always We Begin Again

John McQuiston

This contemporary paraphrase of the sixth-century Rule of St Benedict was written by a busy professional who wanted, like most of us, to lead a more balanced life. One brilliant point is to always give something away when you get something new. So when I buy a new shirt, I give an old one to charity. This keeps me from expanding my possessions—although I have greater difficulty doing this with books!