Titles of interest.

Jean Chatzky, a columnist for Time and Money magazines, observes that the weakening stock market, the decline in employment, and the impact of terrorism and war, has caused U.S. citizens to be more concerned with their finances. The book You Don't Have To Be Rich (Portfolio) examines the relationship between money and happiness and offers suggestions to solve urgent problems, such as debt. Based on 1,505 interviews, Chatzky determines among other surprising findings that unless you are extremely poor, money does not have a direct relationship with general contentment.

Following three years of analyzing changes of authority in large and small companies, Michael Watkins, a specialist in managerial transitions, explains how to make yourself, as the new boss, indispensable. In The First 90 Days (Harvard Business School Publishing), Watkins discusses a series of proven strategies to quickly reach the point where the company needs the executive as much as the executive needs his position within the company. This book can be very helpful for recently appointed bosses in both the private and public sector and even in the military.