From an author who climbed to the top of the corporate ladder before reaching age 40, this book takes the guesswork out of career success and breaks down what it takes to excel at your job. It covers the basics, like the universal requirements of every workplace—working with other people, making stellar presentations, communicating effectively over email. And it also goes into how to get promoted sooner, impress the people high up on the corporate ladder, and do it all while maintaining your personal life and without working crazy hours. With helpful tips and simple advice, this professional guidebook is just right for someone new to the workplace or for a mid-life career changer.
On Doing Nothing
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Author: Roman Muradov
ISBN: 9781452164267
Pub Date: April 2018
In an age of obsessive productivity and stress, this illustrated ode to idleness invites readers to explore the pleasures and possibilities of slowing down. Beloved author and illustrator Roman Muradov weaves together the words and stories of artists, writers, philosophers, and eccentrics who have pursued inspiration by doing less. He reveals that doing nothing is both easily achievable and absolutely essential to leading an enjoyable and creative life. Cultivating idleness can be as simple as taking a long walk without a destination or embracing chance in the creative process. Peppered with playful illustrations, this handsome volume is a refreshing and thought-provoking read.
New Horizons: The Art of Wandering
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Author: Shirin Sahba
ISBN: 9781452160450
Pub Day: May 2018
This vibrant and entrancing book invites readers on a journey around the world. Artist and globetrotter Shirin Sahba celebrates the diversity of people, places, and traditions, and revels in the joy of the journey itself. In exquisitely detailed paintings, she captures fleeting moments and small treasures—a brightly colored sari fluttering in the breeze, a mother and child enjoying gelatos on a hot Italian day, the mesmerizing pattern of an antique Chinese carpet. Along the way, the artist shares reflections, inspirations, and stories, immersing readers in each new landscape. Packaged in a petite square and featuring a shimmering foil-stamped cover, this book makes a special gift for nomads, graduates, retirees, or anyone setting off in search of their own new horizons.
The Color Collector’s Handbook: A Journal for Discovering the Colors in Your Everyday
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Author: Leah Rosenberg
ISBN: 9781452164199
Pub Date: March 2018
Color is all around us, from the joyful red of a hand-pulled wagon to the steely blue of a city skyscraper. This innovative guided journal from artist Leah Rosenberg invites readers to appreciate the world’s myriad hues as they hunt for more than 100 unique shades to name and record. Each spread within features a wash of vibrant color and space to jot down where and when the color was found. Complete with perforated color swatches to use on the go and a translucent envelope in which to store them, The Color Collector’s Handbook takes readers on a polychromatic scavenger hunt as they learn to see the world in all its brilliance. After all, who doesn’t need a little more color in their lives?
What does it mean to be vulnerable and defiant at the same time? In Deeply Grateful and Entirely Unsatisfied, author and artist Amanda Happé poses this question with disarming honesty and humor. Her colorful marker drawings and quirky hand-lettered sentiments offer an idiosyncratic take on life’s challenges, reminding the reader that “you are the sign you’ve been waiting for.” Brimming with compassion, empathy, and a healthy dose of sarcasm, Deeply Grateful and Entirely Unsatisfied is, in Happé’s own words, “so good it’s odd.”
Stephanie Carbajal 