On The Job

Author: Stephen Vuskusi
The book consists of various strategies for success at work like -
Attire at work.
Relationship with co-workers.
Work YOU,Self YOU, Friend YOU, Family YOU and how each of them is different.
Tips about email communication.
Tips about everyday work communication.
When to speak and when not to speak.
Relationship with Manager and how to be positive and assertive.
Keeping your balance and sanity in unpredictable and frequently unfair world.
Establishing your identity that reflects your skills and goals.
Communicating in meetings.

Living with 7 habits

Author - Stephen Corvey

Small, small stories and incidences to explain good habits to cultivate and nourish and how it can change your life. Stories like tackling a child whose behavior changed after going to school,story of teenager and her mother and how mother changed, story of priortizing things in life,stories about cultural differences and how to cope up with them, story about everyday lifediscipline. Overall good inspirational book.

O'Reilly Factor

Author - Bill O'Reilly

The Book discusses various factors like - Class factor in America.
Race factor
Drug and alcohol factor
Media factor
Politics factor
Celebrities
Social factor
Spouse factor
Child factor
Parent factor etc etc.
It is good source of information to give an idea about American society in general. The book do have some biased opinions about some of the personalities.

Silicon Valley Edge

Author - Chong Moon Lee, Willium Miller et. all

The enormous success of Silicon Valley comes from supportive govt.regulations for new firm formation, leading research labs, universities that interact with industry and exceptionally talented and mobile workforce and experienced support services in such areas as finance, law, accounting, headhunting and marketing, all specializing in helping new companies form and grow. Not least is a spirit of adventure and a willingness to take risks. Among industries, electronics came into valley first, followed by semiconductor,computers and, software and in the 1990's biotechnology and networking and the internet.At the same time valley must redefine its global role with respect to other rising innovative regions worldwide. Both innovation and entrepreneurship, valley must maintain its edge. The book also covers -
History Of Semiconductor Industry.
Key factors in success of startups.
The Role Of Stanford industry.
Networks of immigrants.
History and revolution in networking industry.