My Work & School-Related Summer Reading List (or, the Serious Books to Read This Summer)
Submitted by melbelleinsc on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 19:38
- Intrinsic Motivation at Work: Building Energy and Commitment by Kenneth Thomas
- Resilience: Discovering a New Strength at Times of Stress by Frederic Flach
- Resilience at Work: How to Succeed No Matter What Life Throws at You by Salvatore Maddi and Deborah Khoshaba
- On Becoming a Woman Leader: Learning from the Experiences of University Presidents by Susan Madsen
- slide:ology: the Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices that Matter) by Garr Reynolds
- The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
- Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer and Stephen Jay Gould
- Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by John Creswell
- Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation: A Step by Step Guide by Allan Glatthorn and Randy Joyner
- How to Write a Better Thesis by David Evans and Paul Gruba
- The Elemens of an Effective Dissertation and Thesis: A Step by Step Guide to Getting it Right the First Time by Raymond Calabrese
- Complete Your Dissertation or Thesis in Two Semesters or Less by Evelyn Ogden
- Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman
- Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Martin Seligman
- The How of Hapiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky
- The Writing Cure: How Expressive Writing Promotes Health and Emotional Well-Being by Stephen Lepore and Joshua Smyth
- The Science of Stories: An Introduction to Narrative Psychology by Janos Laszlo
- Emotion, Disclosure, & Health by James Pennebaker
- Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions by James Pennebaker
- Energy Psychology: Explorations at the Interface of Energy, Cognition, Behavior, and Health (Second Edition) by Fred Gallo
- The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intentions and Release Blocking Beliefs by Sheila Sidney Bender and Mary Sise
- Energy Leadership: Transforming Your Workplace and Your Life from the Core by Bruce Schneider
- The Promise of Energy Psychology: Revolutionary Tools for Dramatic Personal Change by David Feinstein et al.
- Time: The Ultimate Energy: An Exploratino of the Scientific, Psychological, and Metaphysical Aspects of Time by Murry Hope
- The Complexities of Care: Nursing Reconsidered by Sioban Nelson and Suzanne Gordon
- From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public (2nd edition) by Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon
- Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing by Dana Beth Weinberg and Suzanne Gordon
- Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care by Suzanne Gordon
- The Nursing Shortage: Strategies for Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Practice and Education by Harriet Feldman
- Weekend MBA for Dummies by Richard Pettinger et al.
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- Generation Me: Why Today's Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled -- and More Miserable Than Ever Before by Jean Twenge
- College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What to Do About It by Richard Kadison and Theresa DiGeronimo
- Binge: What Your College Student Won't Tell You by Barrett Seaman
- The Good Girl Revolution: Young Rebels with Self-Esteem and High Standards by Wendy Shalit
- Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children by Joe McIlhaney and Freda Bush
- Unhooked Generation: The Truth About Why We're Still Single by Jillian Straus
- Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both by Laura Sessions Stepp
- Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care by Suzanne Gordon et al.
- Where Have All the Nurses Gone? the Impact of the Nursing Shortage on American Healthcare by Faye Satterly
