 | The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by Kenneth H. Blanchard
Buy new: $9.60 / Used from: $2.50 The "one minute" books that I have read have all been very simple, and very good, but this one is especially striking at all levels of leadership and management.
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 | Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers by Eugene A. Avallone
Buy used from: $90.00 A pretty decent ME text that sits well next to the Machinery's Handbook
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 | Machinery's Handbook, 27th Edition (Toolbox Edition) by Franklin Jones
Buy new: $89.95 / Used from: $65.00 I've had one of these since my first job in a machine shop - excellent resource.
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 | Consumer Behavior, Eighth Edition by Leon Schiffman
Buy new: $149.35 / Used from: $1.21 Marketing and especially consumer behavior are underappreciated in many ID curriculum. Look out for other Leon Schiffman books as well...
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 | Marketing Management (12th Edition) (Marketing Management) by Philip Kotler
Buy used from: $48.00 Another marketing text from my MBA classes that I hold on to and highly recommend.
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 | Marketing to Women: How to Understand, Reach, and Increase Your Share of the Largest Market Segment by Marti Barletta
Buy used from: $0.01 In my field I need all the help I can get!
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 | Dynamics of International Advertising: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives by Barbara Mueller
Buy new: $44.26 / Used from: $34.00 Insight for those global product endeavors...
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 | Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly by Paul A. Tres
Buy used from: $128.13 Very useful for the evolution from prototype to unit cavity to production runs.
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 | Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century by Stephen Fenichell
Buy used from: $6.37 An expansive view and history.
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 | Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: $32.45 / Used from: $21.59 Just one of Tufte's enlightening books - great for all aspects of design
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 | Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture by Mario Salvadori
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.50 This one and Why Buildings Fail are great books! I'm just recommending the "cup half full" version in this list.
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 | Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed by Ben R. Rich
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $1.32 Good to read about the large scale innovation process - basically an extended case study on several projects, and a good read too...
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 | Modern Plastics Handbook by Charles A. Harper
Buy used from: $125.00 Great general plastics reference - heavily highlighted and well worn.
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 | Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding : An Introduction (Spe Books.) by Robert A. Malloy
Buy new: $79.95 / Used from: $53.90 Intro to injection molding, but not as good as a little time with an actual machine...
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 | The Geometry of Wholemovement: folding the circle for information. by Bradford Hansen-Smith
Buy used from: $99.99 The most intriguing geometric origami book I've seen. And believe me, I haven't seen too many origami books...
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 | Marcel Duchamp by Dawn Ades
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $6.37 One of my favorite artists - I like to keep this around to get me out of the same thinking every day...
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 | Tab Electronics Guide to Understanding Electricity and Electronics by G. Randy Slone
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.21 A good guide to basic electronics and tinkering
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 | Minimalism (Themes and Movements) by James Meyer
Buy new: $56.25 / Used from: $27.95 Normally I'm not particularly moved by minimalism, but this book stood out so much that I had to mention it.
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 | Bauhaus (Design)
Buy used from: $31.90 A very comprehensive and enjoyable book on the movement
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 | The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $6.10 To be honest, I couldn't read these other books back to back without a little humor. Highly recommended (survival) guide!
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 | Design for Six Sigma by Subir Chowdhury
Buy used from: $0.40 Good intro to quality and cost efficiency in product design
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 | Rites of Passage at $100,000 to $1 Million+: Your Insider's Lifetime Guide to Executive Job-Changing and Faster Career Progress in the 21st Century by John Lucht
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $4.99 You don't need to be at the 100k+ range to appreciate this book. I read it while in school and it helped my job search and my career perspective tremendously.
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| Humanscale 1-9 by Niels Diffrient
Helped me in school and on the job... I was lucky to find a set used...
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 | By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons by Ralph Caplan
Buy new: $22.50 / Used from: $17.13 A good (and timeless) process oriented book...
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![The Wall Street Journal [1-year subscription]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51456KFP78L._SL75_.jpg) | The Wall Street Journal [1-year subscription]
Buy new: $249.00 I had to list this because it gives you much more essential info on issues critical to marketing, innovation, and global perpsective. It may be pricy, but it's the best bang for the buck
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 | Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design by Chris Lefteri
Buy new: $21.00 / Used from: $18.91 A condensed and very well put together introduction to manufacturing...
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