http://www.blackengineer.com Black Engineer Technology Engineering Entrepreneurs-USBE magazine provides news about black technology, black entrepreneurs, BEYA conference, black engineers and technologists from black community in US, UK, Caribbean and Africa. Publishers Bookshelf en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_759.shtml More than 80,000 black women graduate from U.S. colleges annually. And with hundreds of career-related books being published any given year you’d think they’re spoilt for choice. However those wanting a more culturally aware version may benefit from a new book by Chaz Kyser. Embracing the Real World: The Black Woman’s Guide to Life After College, a 302-page book published by Seshet Press. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_728.shtml The office — a place where a group of otherwise unrelated humans’ toil together in furtherance of a common goal. Also a place rife with acrimony, hates, and occasionally, fist fights. Psychotherapist Katherine Crowley and business consultant Kathi Elster attempt to assuage the office rage with helpful tips and insights in their book Working with You is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work, published by Warner Business Books. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_727.shtml Jodi Moreo recently wrote a book for Stephens Press entitled, You Are More Than Enough: Every Woman’s Guide to Purpose, Passion and Power. She wants about $24.95 for a copy of it. I, like any other self-respecting consumer, first wanted to know what qualifies Ms. Moreo to write such an all-encompassing tome, and, more so, why I should pay $24.95 for this all-encompassing knowledge. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_726.shtml Author and speaker Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., has traversed the debacle of equality in the workplace several times before, which produced her works Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers and Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich: 75 Avoidable Mistakes Women Make with Money. Now she’s brought See Jane Lead: 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work to market. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_731.shtml Released in March 2007, You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself, proclaims itself to be “The Definitive Guide to Career and Personal Success.” The book, written by husband-wife team Harry and Christine Beckwith, provides slightly more than 306 pages of purportedly punchy and inspirational isms to help hone one’s self-promotion skills and business savvy. Reading it was a nightmare. en-us Brian Egeston graduated from Tennessee State University in 1995 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He says he chose the major because he never wanted to be a starving artist. He went on to a successful engineering career, working for both RCA and Motorola. But Egeston couldn’t leave his love of writing, and instead chose to leave his lucrative work in engineering to become a full-time writer. en-us The Covenant with Black America, a collection of essays on education, economics, health, law, and closing the racial digital divide, has debuted in the #6 spot on The New York Times’ nonfiction paperback best-sellers list. The Covenant simultaneously hit the No. 1 spot at online booksellers Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Borders days after millions viewed a discussion of its content broadcast live on C-SPAN on Feb. 25. The Covenant is the first non-fiction book by a Black publisher to reach the best-seller list. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_513.shtml Engineering and novel writing aren’t that different according to Varian Johnson, a licensed professional engineer who has published his first novel, Red Polka Dot in a World Full of Plaid. "In engineering, you solve problems for your client. In writing, you create problems for your characters. In both cases, it takes imagination and ingenuity to come to a successful resolution, whether it be a bridge spanning a creek or a perfect, fairy tale ending." en-us Twenty years of groundbreaking articles and uplifting speeches have inspired the publication of 20 at the Top: A Generation of Black Engineers of the Year. Copies of the beautifully bound anniversary book marking the milestone of the largest gathering of Black technology knowledge workers in the nation will be available at this year's Black Engineer of the Year Awards conference. A limited number of copies with signatures from the BEYA winners will be auctioned off online after the conference. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_494.shtml The Covenant with Black America, published by Third World Press, February 2006, is required reading for parents, educators, community leaders, and policy makers. Leading voices in Black America, including Tyrone D. Taborn, Ph.D. (h.c.), CEO of Career Communications Group Inc., publisher of USBE Online, present their perspectives on education, economics, health, law, and closing the racial digital divide. en-us