Ask HN: What are the books you wish your colleagues had read?

Re:Ask HN: What are the books you wish your colleagues had r... by spodek on Sunday February 11, 2018 @07:41AM (#16352442)

"Getting To Yes" https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-Wit...

I've given away more copies of that book than any other. Improves all relationships.

"Elements of Style" aka Strunk and White. https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/...

I'd prefer they not only read Elements of Style, but work on it.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the books you wish your colleagues had r... by xiuyuan on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:34AM (#16384248)

You might find this interesting regarding Elements of Style: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...

The original article it quotes can be found here: www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/LandOfTheFree.pdf

It's quite heavy criticism of Elements of Style from the Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the books you wish your colleagues had r... by Recursing on Sunday February 11, 2018 @10:36AM (#16353078)

If you liked "Getting To Yes" you might also enjoy "Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062407805/ that has a somehow different perspective on negotiation

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