How to be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul

Design Is a Job

Mike Monteiro · 137 pages

ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career

Heather Darcy Bhandari, Jonathan Melber

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

Garr Reynolds · 268 pages

Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen

A Project Guide to UX Design: For user experience designers in the field or in the making

Russ Unger, Carolyn Chandler

Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels

Brian Michael Bendis · 209 pages

Step-by-step lessons teach comics writing hopefuls everything they'll need to take their ideas from script to dynamic sequential art. The book's complete coverage exposes the most effective methods for crafting comic scripts, showcases insights from Bendis's fellow creators, reveals business secrets all would-be comics writers must know, and challenges readers with exercises to jumpstart their own

It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be

Paul Arden · 128 pages

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

Daniel H. Pink · 272 pages

The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't. Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulf

Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for You

William Burnett, Dave Evans · 240 pages

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Elizabeth Gilbert · 288 pages

Elizabeth Gilbert digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity, offering insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need i

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Austin Kleon · 160 pages

When asked to talk to students at Broome Community College in upstate New York in the spring of 2011, Austin Kleon wrote a simple list often things he wished he'd heard when he was their age: 'Steal like an artist; Don't wait until you know who you are to start making things; Write the book you want to read; Use your hands; Side projects are important; Do good work and put it where people can see

Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

Timothy J. Keller · 288 pages

Tim Keller, pastor of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church and the New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God, has taught and counseled students, young professionals, and senior leaders on the subject of work and calling for more than twenty years. Now he pulls his insights into a thoughtful and practical book for readers everywhere. With deep conviction and often surprising advice

TED Talks: The official TED guide to public speaking

Chris J. Anderson · 269 pages

The inside secrets to giving a first-class presentation from the man who put TED talks on the world's stage. Chris Anderson discovered early on that the key to getting an audience to sit up and pay attention is to condense a presentation into 18 minutes or less, and to heighten its impact with a powerful narrative. This is chock full of personal presentation suggestions - everything from how to di

The Forest for the Trees

Betsy Lerner · 285 pages

"The shelves are crowded with books on how to write. But as Lerner says, she doesn't plan to Strunk you over the head about style. Instead, on the basis of her close work with writers, she attempts to describe the writer's psyche. Here are stories about those writers who typically help or hurt their own cause as they seek publication. In the first half of the book, she identifies six classic perso

Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions

Bella Martin, Bruce M. Hanington · 207 pages

Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace

Jessica Bennett · 294 pages

"Part manual, part womanifesto, Feminist Fight Club is a hilarious yet incisive guide to navigating subtle sexism at work, providing real-life career advice and humorous reinforcement for a new generation of professional women"--

The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

Edmond Lau · 245 pages

Introducing The Effective Engineer--the only book designed specifically for today's software engineers, based on extensive interviews with engineering leaders at top tech companies, and packed with hundreds of techniques to accelerate your career.

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

Robert C. Martin · 210 pages

In the Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C Martin introduces the disciplines, techniques, tools, and practices of true software craftsmanship.

Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It

Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter

How to Work a Room: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections--In Person and Online

Susan RoAne

Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

Gayle Laakmann McDowell · 504 pages

I am not a recruiter. I am a software engineer. And as such, I know what it's like to be asked to whip up brilliant algorithms on the spot and then write flawless code on a whiteboard. I've been through this as a candidate and as an interviewer. Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition is here to help you through this process, teaching you what you need to know and enabling you to perform at

Write for Money and Power: The Anti-Starving Artist’s Guide to Becoming a Seven-Figure Writer

Amy Suto · 269 pages

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas · 352 pages

The Pragmatic Programmer is one of those rare tech audiobooks you’ll listen, re-listen, and listen to again over the years. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced practitioner, you’ll come away with fresh insights each and every time. Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy

What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

Tina Seelig · 195 pages

Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success. Even figuring out how and where to start can be a challenge. That is, until now.As executive dir

Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance

Marcus Buckingham · 270 pages