Winning Strategies of Highly Successful Women McMeekin's second "12 secrets" book on creativity and success. From the popular creative coach Gail McMeekin, founder of Creative Success LLC with worldwide clients and author of the bestselling The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women, comes a book with hundreds of examples of how creative women entrepreneurs and business leaders have used proven strategies to succeed. Take positive risks and develop your...

"Brimming with ideas. . . . The Origins of Creativity approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out."—Economist

In a stirring exploration of human nature recalling his foundational work Consilience, Edward O. Wilson offers a "luminous" (Kirkus Reviews) reflection on the humanities and their integral relationship to science. Both endeavors, Wilson argues, have their...

The writer of the New York Times Magazine' s popular Who Made That? column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled ah-a moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone can apply to solve the problems we encounter in everyday life. The writer of the New York Times Magazine's popular Who Made That? column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled aha moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone...

"The Monty Python comic master shares lighthearted advice on how anyone can learn the skill of creativity, drawing on personal experience to explain how to get into the right frame of mind, develop worthwhile ideas, and overcome blocks."--Provided by publisher.

Offering extra help to a newcomer in Miss Bird's dance class, Mia and Ruby are frustrated by Sara's determination to put her own spin on every dance move, a preference that introduces the girls to new ideas about creativity and individuality.

Radical in its implications, this original and important work may change forever the views we hold about the nature of learning. In The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn. In business, sports, laboratories, or at home, our learning is hobbled by certain antiquated and pervasive misconceptions. In this pithy, liberating,...

This program by Jocelyn K. Glei, will help you to improve on building your routine, as well as helping to find your focus, and to sharpen your creative mind.

The dot: Vashti thinks she can't draw, but her journey of self-discovery and expression is an enchanting invitation to everyone to explore his or her own creative spirit. Ish: With a little encouragement from his sister, Ramon discovers that creativity is about a lot more than getting things just right. Sky color: When Marisol sets out to create a sky for the class mural she discovers the blue is missing from her paints. This story celebrates the...

The power of collaboration, from Lennon and McCartney to Wozniak and Jobs: “An inspiring book that also happens to be a great read” (Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive).
 
Throughout history, partners have buoyed each other to better work—though often one member is little known to the general public. (See Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, or Vincent and Theo van Gogh.) Powers...

Twelve-year-old Cove Bernstein yearns for her best friend, Nina, who moved to New York City, but with unlikely new friends, discovers that life on Martha's Vineyard can be pretty good.