 | The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by Kenneth H. Blanchard
Buy new: $9.05 / Used from: $0.03 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: $58.42 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 D Jones
Buy used from: $59.99 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 used from: $2.09 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) by Philip Kotler
Buy used from: $28.00 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: $1.97 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: $49.95 / Used from: $30.99 Insight for those global product endeavors...
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 | Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly by Paul A. Tres
Buy used from: $92.38 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: $5.96 An expansive view and history.
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 | Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: $34.56 / Used from: $19.00 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: $12.21 / Used from: $3.34 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: $1.97 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: $198.00 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: $68.78 / Used from: $50.00 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: $31.95 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 used from: $7.35 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: $9.90 A good guide to basic electronics and tinkering
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 | Minimalism (Themes and Movements) by James Meyer
Buy new: $47.25 / Used from: $40.00 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: $13.96 A very comprehensive and enjoyable book on the movement
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 | Atlas of Novel Tectonics by Jesse Reiser
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $19.99 |
 | Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.47 |
 | The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $7.52 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: $0.31 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: $4.38 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. This compilation really needs an update though - without updates, this data is becoming more of an historical glimpse than current useable data...
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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: $30.00 / Used from: $13.38 A good (and timeless) process oriented book...
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 | Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design by Chris Lefteri
Buy new: $18.65 / Used from: $17.30 A condensed and very well put together introduction to manufacturing...
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 | Protoarchitecture: Analogue and Digital Hybrids (Architectural Design)
Buy new: $40.20 / Used from: $26.63 |
 | Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies) by Bill Buxton
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $20.43 |
 | Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics
Buy new: $220.00 / Used from: $219.87 Pricey, but the only human factors book you will need... (until they update with a better, more diverse population sample!)
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