The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage
Roger Martin
Harvard Business Press, $26.95

The Design of Business shows how your organization can gain an unbeatable competitive advantage by wondering “what could be” and making it happen.

Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, expanded third edition
Donning, $70.95

With Charlie himself as your guide via his speeches and writings, you will embark upon an extraordinary journey toward better investing, decision-making and thinking about the world and life in general.

The Volatility Edge in Options Trading: New Technical Strategies for Investing In Unstable Markets
Jeff Augen
FT Press, $43.99

Augen provides new analytical techniques that every experienced options trader can use to study historical price changes, mitigate risk, limit market exposure and structure mathematically sound, high-return options positions.

Options Made Easy: Your Guide To Profitable Trading, second edition
Guy Cohen
FT Press, $35.99

Cohen clearly explains everything you need to know about options in plain English. The second edition is updated for today’s markets with more graphics, intuitive explanations, and valuable information.

The Mindful Investor: How A Calm Mind Can Bring You Inner Peace and Financial Security
Maria Gonzalez & Graham Byron
Wiley, $26.95

Calmness and focus are essential tools for success–particularly in the high-stakes worlds of finance and investing, where sound decision-making is crucial — and The Mindful Investor shows you how to use mindfulness meditation to develop these skills.

Trading Option Greeks: How Time, Volatility and Other Pricing Factors Drive Profit
Dan Passarelli
Bloomberg, $76.95

Passarelli explains a new methodology for option trading and valuation based on the “greeks”–the five factors that influence an option’s price.

Option Trader Handbook: Strategies and Trade Adjustments, second edition
George Jabbour & Philip H. Budwick
Wiley, $102.00

This second edition features new material on implied volatility, delta, and theta, and how these measures can be used to make better trading decisions.

Starting a Hedge Fund– a Canadian Perspective
ISI Publications, $109.95

In this revised edition, seasoned practitioners provide valuable insight on the issues involved in starting and managing a hedge fund business.

The Future of Hedge Fund Investing: A Regulatory and Structural Solution for a Fallen Industry
Monty Agarwal
Wiley, $78.00

Agarwal spells out in stark terms exactly how the industry let down its clients and the changes needed to restore their confidence.

The Million Dollar Financial Services Practice: A Proven System for Becoming a Top Producer
David J. Mullen Jr.
$36.00

This book provides a clear vision for how you can build up your practice from the ground floor, or dramatically increase the productivity of your already-established business.