This career guide lays a blueprint for career success in the often frustrating corporate workplace climate. It seeks to show readers how to leverage the corporate infrastructure and culture to their advantage and presents strategies for surviving in the workforce to be successful. Topics include the value of a mentor (and what to do if he/she is fired), the advantages of studying your company and its history, and the downside of lying, scheming and backstabbing to keep your job. The author also identifies seven types of corporate survivors who have mastered corporate culture, so that readers...

"What will Johnny do?" That was the question on the lips of Boston Red Sox fans - otherwise known as Red Sox Nation - during the 2004 season. That year, Johnny Damon and his band of self-proclaimed "Idiots" stunned the baseball world by staging a historic comeback against longtime rivals, the New York Yankees, in the American League Championship Series. Shortly after, they routed the St. Louis Cardinals for Boston's first title in 86 years. Damon was a chief architect of that championship before leaving the Red Sox and signing with their bitter rivals in New York. Johnny Damon explores the...

As an Atlanta Brave, Andruw Jones proved himself a dependable and tenacious player, appearing in at least 150 games per season. Born in the Caribbean, Jones was encouraged by his baseball-playing father and showed prodigious talent at an early age, signing with the Braves when he was only 16. Since making the majors, he has been awarded the Rawlings Gold Glove for center fielders every year since 1998, and is a five-time All-Star. With his almost-perfect glove in the outfield and aiming-for-the-wall bat, this center fielder has drawn comparisons to past greats such as Willie Mays. Andruw...