Becoming the Compass

Author: Ryan Crittenden

Category: Business, Money & Jobs

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Deal starts: June 16, 2025

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Leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about asking better questions—and becoming the kind of person others want to follow.

In Becoming the Compass, Ryan Crittenden, Ph.D., delivers a powerful leadership fable set in Horizon Valley, where trust is fading and top-down control is the norm. Through the story of Alex—a rising leader caught between pressure and possibility—readers are taken on a journey of transformation, courage, and authentic growth.

Mentored by the wise and grounded Casey, Alex begins to challenge toxic leadership models and instead learns to lead from within. Along the way, he uncovers four guiding principles that reshape how leaders show up for their teams:

Relational Strength
Authentic Presence
Purposeful Resilience
Growth Through Challenge

Perfect for emerging leaders, team leads, and those questioning outdated leadership norms, Becoming the Compass blends story with strategy to guide readers toward more meaningful, people-centered leadership.

This is more than a leadership book—it’s a narrative that invites you to become the kind of leader others want to follow.

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Absolute Zero Reasoner: Self-Improving AI Systems

Author: H. Peter Alesso

Category: Business, Money & Jobs

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Deal starts: June 16, 2025

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One day in a San Francisco lab, an AI model trained on every scientific paper ever written may ask its creators, "What theorems exist beyond human knowledge?"

This wouldn't be a glitch. It would be a prophecy.

Our AI systems are consuming human knowledge faster than civilization can produce it. GPT-4 devoured more text than exists in all the world's libraries. Its successors demand exponentially more. By 2026, we'll exhaust the internet. By 2028, we'll run out of words to feed our hungry machines.

Then what?

Then AI must teach itself.

The Absolute Zero Reasoner (AZR) represents a paradigm shift in artificial intelligence—a system that learns through pure self-play, starting with nothing but a trivial function: return x. Like a child learning to walk by falling and trying again, AZR proposes mathematical and coding challenges to itself, attempts solutions, and learns from verifiable outcomes. No textbooks. No training data. No human guidance.

Through this elegant dance of self-improvement, it discovered how to solve complex mathematical theorems and write sophisticated algorithms that would challenge PhD students—all from that single line of code.

This book unveils the revolutionary mechanics of autonomous learning, drawing parallels to AlphaZero's mastery of chess but extending far beyond games. AZR employs three fundamental reasoning modes—deduction (predicting outputs), induction (inferring patterns), and abduction (reverse engineering inputs)—each verified through the unforgiving judge of code execution and mathematical proof.

The results shatter expectations: 83.5% accuracy on advanced coding challenges, solving 20% of problems from the American Invitational Mathematics Examination, all while surpassing systems trained on hundreds of thousands of human examples.

This isn't incremental progress—it's exponential self-improvement. While traditional AI hits a ceiling defined by human knowledge, self-improving systems have no limits except the laws of physics and mathematics themselves.

Through hands-on examples and breakthrough research, you'll discover how to build systems that bootstrap their own intelligence. We reveal why self-improvement isn't just an alternative to human training—it's the inevitable path to artificial general intelligence.
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Box Lunch Lifestyle

Author: Cheryl K. Johnson

Category: Business, Money & Jobs

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Deal starts: May 26, 2025

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“Slow down. Stop multitasking. And savor this remarkable work.”—Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is HumanMISSING OUT ON THE LIFE YOU WANT IS NOT OKAY ANYMORE.How often do you finish the workday wondering “Really? Is this all there is?” Too many days are spent grinding through the to-do list. And even when it all gets done, those days feel more like a slog than a win. Something is missing.Maybe you feel change isn’t possible. Or worse yet, that it doesn’t matter much anymore. (Ouch.) But if you’re ready to finally do something different—to BE something different—the time to start making progress toward “better” is already on your calendar: it’s lunch.With Cheryl Johnson’s playful attitude and discipline from a decade of boxing training, Box Lunch Lifestyle delivers totally doable strategies to fuel your body, reclaim your spark, and build a life that’ll make you proud. You don’t need a gym membership, a new job, or to throw out everything in your pantry to start. You just have to decide to be your own champion.Are you ready to win back the life you deserve? Join the Box Lunch Lifestyle revolution and learn (or relearn) how to look excuses in the eye, show yourself a little mercy, and watch ordinary workdays become something quietly remarkable—one tiny-bit-rebellious lunch break at a time.Featured on BookClubs.com Indie Author Corner and NonfictionBookClub.com

The Recruitment Book

Author: Barbara Stampf

Category: Business, Money & Jobs

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Deal starts: May 25, 2025

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Learn how to attract the best people!Do you want to be successful at hiring top talent? Do you want to make recruiting a rewarding experience by helping others achieve happy, fulfilling careers? Or do you simply want to deepen your knowledge of recruitment best practices?The Recruitment Book is a must-read for anyone involved in the hiring process-from leaders, recruiters, and HR professionals to the candidates themselves. Whether you’re new to recruiting or looking to enhance your skills, this book will help you attract talent and tackle recruiting challenges with fresh insights.Recognize that recruiting goes beyond processes: it's about building relationships, coaching, motivating, and providing genuine support.Craft and share your authentic business story to attract talented people and other stakeholders who align with your values and vision.Learn to effectively use essential recruiting tools.Explore innovative recruitment strategies beyond traditional hiring.Gain practical, best-practice insights.Enjoy the recruitment process, understand what truly attracts top talent, and discover fresh ideas for overcoming your unique recruitment challenges!Praise for "The Recruitment Book"“Experience shows and research confirms that attracting the right talent is the most critical talent decision. This thoughtful and thorough book offers specific ideas and actions to make sure that the right people are recruited. The mindset, story, process, and technology for exceptional recruiting will help your organization become the employer of choice of employees your customers would chose.”—Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Partner, The RBL Group“A must-read for anyone deeply engaged in sourcing the most valuable asset of any company: its people. This goes far beyond HR or People & Culture teams—it’s essential reading for leaders at all levels, from managers and executives to business owners and entrepreneurs.”—Kurt Sievers, Executive Director, President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors“Hiring is the single most impactful leadership skill, yet so many get it wrong. In my 20+ years in big tech, I’ve seen how great hires can make or break teams, products, and even entire companies. The Recruitment Book is the essential guidefor anyone looking to elevate their hiring game—whether you’re a seasoned executive or just starting out. Barbara offers a fresh, insightful, and practical take on what truly makes recruitment successful."—Mahir Sahin, Senior Advisor, Alphabet Inc.“The Recruitment Book is a must-read for anyone embarking on the recruitment journey, experienced or otherwise. With over 25 years’ experience as client, supplier and coach, I still found invaluable insights and practical guidance, along with an engaging, curious, and playful approach that will resonate with many.”—Rona Posselt, Founder & CEO, Firefly Partners, UK (human capital consultancy for private equity and owner-managed businesses)

Spiraling Up

Author: Steven Medland

Category: Business, Money & Jobs

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Deal starts: May 23, 2025

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Why do some people effortlessly achieve financial success, yet others never do?You’ve worked hard to become financially successful, but you still feel frustrated. Unfortunately, rising inflation, rampant consumerism, and the growing length of retirement make this scenario all too common. A million dollars just isn’t what it used to be. How can you finally stop worrying and begin enjoying the fruits of your success?In Spiraling Up, financial planner Steven Medland lays out a deceptively simple plan to confidently grow and protect your wealth. Through clear and compelling real-life stories, he illustrates the proven principles that lead to financial serenity, making work optional, and living happily in retirement.So, how do you create the virtuous cycle that leads to spiraling up financially? This book gives you the secrets that informed investors use to achieve financial freedom and retire with confidence. They will work for you, too.

Working with Humans

Author: Laura Crandall

Category: Business, Money & Jobs

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Deal starts: May 20, 2025

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“Since we all work with humans it’s important to humanize our workplaces, and this book shows you how.”—RICHARD SCHWARTZ, PhD, bestselling author of No Bad Parts and developer of the Internal Family Systems ModelWorking With Humans explores and illuminates the essential—but generally ignored—management and communication tools needed to end the daily annoyances that make work harder than it needs to be.Drawing from her three decades of workplace expertise, Laura Crandall guides you through:• Building confidence in how you manage a team and manage yourself.• Navigating tricky conversations and improving your organizational culture.• Learning to communicate well and lead with the quality that most workplaces are lacking: humanity.With clarity, practicality, and humor, Working With Humans inspires you to change patterns that cause frustration in the workplace and have a great time in the process.