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  Understanding Comics

  The Invisible Art

  by Scott McCloud

  Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.
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  Maverick

  The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

  by Ricardo Semler

  This is the international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900 per cent per year! Workers make decisions previously made by their bosses. Managerial staff set their own salaries and bonuses. Everyone has access to the company books. No formality - a minimum of meetings, memos and approvals. Internal walls are torn down. Shopfloor workers set their own... (more)
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  Leading Change

  by John P. Kotter

  One of the world's foremost experts on business leadership distills 25 years of experience and wisdom in this visionary guide to what it will take to lead the organization of the 21st century. "Every business leader can profit from Kotters thinking on change."--Larry Bossidy, Chairman and CEO, AlliedSignal, Inc. Available August 1996.
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  The Ethnographic Interview

  by James P. Spradley

  The Ethnographic Interview is a practical, self-teaching handbook which guides students step by step through interview techniques commonly used to research ethnography and culture. The text also teaches students how to analyze the data they collect, and how to write an ethnography. The appendices include research questions and writing tasks.
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  Notes on the Synthesis of Form

  by Christopher W. Alexander

  "These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function." This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design. In the first part of the book, Mr. Alexander discusses the process by which a form is adapted to the context of human needs and demands that has called it into... (more)
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  The Heart Aroused : Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America

  by David Whyte

  In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood where the true way was wholly lost - DANTE Like Dante, many of today's corporate workers find themselves lost in the day-to-day duties of their jobs. Our lives seem shaken by the events of September 11 and the seemingly endless examples of corporate scandal, it's become more difficult than ever to find meaning in the workplace. Has your work lost... (more)
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  The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator: Leading Groups by Transforming Yourself (J-B International Association of Facilitators)

  by Jon C. Jenkins

  What takes place in the head and heart of an effective facilitative leader? How do they find the inner resources to draw upon? What is the source of their powerful effect on people and situations? The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator examines these questions and explores the self-mastery it takes to become a great facilitator. Written by Jon and Maureen Jenkins, two of the long-term members of the International... (more)
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  Sense-Making Methodology Reader: Selected Writings of Brenda Dervin (Communication Alternatives)

  by Brenda Dervin

  This work is used for studying users, audiences, patrons, patients, and clients in a variety of fields such ascommunication, cultural studies, library and information science, environmental studies, arts policy and education, and nursing.
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  Theory U

  Leading from the Future as it Emerges

  by C. Otto Scharmer

  In this ground-breaking book, Otto Scharmer invites us to see the world in new ways. Fundamental problems, as Einstein once noted, cannot be solved at the same level of thought that created them. What we pay attention to, and how we pay attention - both individually and collectively - is key to what we create. What often prevents us from attending is what Scharmer calls our blind spot, the inner place from which... (more)
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  Community: The Structure of Belonging (Bk Business)

  by Peter Block

  Modern society is plagued by fragmentation. The various sectors of our communities--businesses, schools, social service organizations, churches, government--do not work together. They exist in their own worlds. As do so many individual citizens, who long for connection but end up marginalized, their gifts overlooked, their potential contributions lost. This disconnection and detachment makes it hard if not... (more)
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  Designing Gestural Interfaces: Touchscreens and Interactive Devices

  by Dan Saffer

  If you want to get ahead in this new era of interaction design, this is the reference you need. Nintendo's Wii and Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch have made gestural interfaces popular, but until now there's been no complete source of information about the technology. Designing Gestural Interfaces provides you with essential information about kinesiology, sensors, ergonomics, physical computing, touchscreen... (more)
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  Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services

  by Kim Goodwin

  Whether you’re designing consumer electronics, medical devices, enterprise Web apps, or new ways to check out at the supermarket, today’s digitally-enabled products and services provide both great opportunities to deliver compelling user experiences and great risks of driving your customers crazy with complicated, confusing technology. Designing successful products and services in the digital age... (more)
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  37 signals business books: Book 1

  Getting Real

  The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application

  by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

  Getting Real is the business, design, programming, and marketing philosophies of 37signals — a developer of web-based software used by over 1 million people and businesses in 70 countries.
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  The Web of Life : A New Understanding of Living Systems

  by Fritjof Capra

  In his international bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point, Fritjof Capra juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. Now, in The Web of Life, he takes yet another giant step forward, offering a brilliant synthesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, and chaos theory. 25 line drawings.
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  Thoughts on Interaction Design

  by Jon Kolko

  Interaction Designers-whether practicing as Usability Engineers, Visual Interface Designers, or Information Architects-attempt to understand and shape human behavior in order to design products that are at once usable, useful, and desirable. Although the value of design is now recognized as essential to product development, the field is often misunderstood by managers and other team members, who don't understand a... (more)