Crown Summaries and Reviews

See all summaries and reviews from Crown Publishing Group at a glance.

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How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
Barbara F. Walter
Crown, 2022
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The Light We Carry
Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama
Crown, 2022
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Weapons of Math Destruction
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Cathy O'Neil
Crown, 2016
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Chatter
The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
Ethan Kross
Crown, 2022
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How to Tell a Story
The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
Meg Bowles et al.
Crown, 2022
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Under a White Sky
The Nature of the Future
Elizabeth Kolbert
Crown, 2021
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Entitled
How Male Privilege Hurts Women
Kate Manne
Crown, 2020
9 Book

Our Malady
Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
Timothy Snyder
Crown, 2020
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Paradise
One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire
Lizzie Johnson
Crown, 2021
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The Startup Way
Making Entrepreneurship a Fundamental Discipline of Every Enterprise
Eric Ries
Crown, 2017
8 Book

Hacking Growth
How Today’s Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown
Crown, 2017
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The Physics of Everyday Things
The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day
James Kakalios
Crown, 2017
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Empty Planet
The Shock of Global Population Decline
Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson
Crown, 2019
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Doesn’t Hurt to Ask
Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade
Trey Gowdy
Crown, 2020
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A Promised Land
Barack Obama
Crown, 2020
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The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson
Crown, 2020
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Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Crown, 2014
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Better Than Before
Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
Gretchen Rubin
Crown, 2015
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The Happiness Advantage
The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
Shawn Achor
Crown, 2010
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Scrum
The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
Jeff Sutherland and J.J. Sutherland
Crown, 2014
8 Book

Astroball
The New Way to Win It All
Ben Reiter
Crown, 2018
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads
A Story of War and What Comes After
Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil
Crown, 2018
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Becoming
Michelle Obama
Crown, 2018
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Superforecasting
The Art and Science of Prediction
Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
Crown, 2015
8 Book

Born for This
How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do
Chris Guillebeau
Crown, 2016
8 Book

Innovation
The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want
Curtis R. Carlson and William W. Wilmot
Crown, 2006
8 Book

The Talent Masters
Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers
Bill Conaty and Ram Charan
Crown, 2010
9 Book

American Icon
Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
Bryce G. Hoffman
Crown, 2013
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Creative Confidence
Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
Tom Kelley and David Kelley
Crown, 2013
8 Book

Performing Under Pressure
The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most
Hendrie Weisinger and J. P. Pawliw-Fry
Crown, 2015
9 Book

The Productivity Project
Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
Chris Bailey
Crown, 2016
8 Book

The Thinker’s Toolkit
14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving
Morgan D. Jones
Crown, 1998
8 Book

Leading Up
How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win
Michael Useem
Crown, 2003
8 Book

Better and Faster
The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas
Jeremy Gutsche
Crown, 2015
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Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond
Crown, 2016
8 Book

Brick by Brick
How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
David C. Robertson and Bill Breen
Crown, 2013
9 Book

Before Happiness
The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change
Shawn Achor
Crown, 2013
9 Book

Scaling Up Excellence
Getting to More Without Settling for Less
Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao
Crown, 2014
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Stress Test
Reflections on Financial Crises
Timothy F. Geithner
Crown, 2014
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Essentialism
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown
Crown, 2014
9 Book

Triggers
Creating Behavior That Lasts – Becoming the Person You Want to Be
Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter
Crown, 2015
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The Lean Startup
How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Eric Ries
Crown, 2011
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Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Susan Cain
Crown, 2012
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Timothy Ferriss
Crown, 2007
9 Book

The Innovator's Manifesto
Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth
Michael E. Raynor
Crown, 2011
8 Book

Know-How
The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform From Those Who Don't
Ram Charan
Crown, 2007
8 Book

Confidence
How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Crown, 2004
8 Book

You're in Charge – Now What?
The 8-Point Plan
James M. Citrin and Thomas J. Neff
Crown, 2005
9 Book

Execution
The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Crown, 2002
8 Book

What The CEO Wants You to Know
Using Your Business Acumen to Understand How Your Company Really Works
Ram Charan
Crown, 2001