Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (Paperback)
by Daniel Goleman

This runaway bestseller is a classic on emotional intelligence and a must-read for personal and professional development.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (Paperback)
by Steven Pressfield

Short, powerful and life-transforming, this book will jump-start you that you can achieve a lot more if you choose to overcome your inner resistance.

An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (Paperback)
by Al Gore

The truth that the global warming is devastating our planet is inconvenient yet shocking. Like it or not, this book is worth a read. The book is a good companion to the movie.

The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth (Paperback)
by Tim Flannery

A wonderful discourse on global warming. Better read with An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore.

Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Paperback)
by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

The best on Enron, this is a well researched and well written narrative of corporate greed and hubris that rocked the Wall Street.

Leaves of Grass (Paperback)
by Walt Whitman, Justin Kaplan

The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed, Whitman's best poems have that permanent quality that not being dulled by the varnish of the years.

Autobiography and Other Writings (Paperback)
by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is the story of one man's efforts to integrate certain principles and habits - integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty - into his life and to embed them deep within his nature.

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by Thomas L. Friedman

A thought-provoking read on globalization and the future of our world.

Globalization and Its Discontents (Paperback)
by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Development and economics are not about statistics. Rather, they are about lives and jobs – 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics winner Stiglitz offers a heartfelt but rigorous analysis of globalization.

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Sachs

The End of Poverty is a top-notch publication and likely the best and most straightforward tome of development economics ever written.