Independent & Self Published
Many good project management books are now either self published or published through small independent publishers. Such books are often provided by authors for review; others are found by reviewers at PMI meetings or other events. This section of the library provides an archive of such book reviews published in the PM World Journal. Check out these books; you might find one that could be useful and at low cost.
– Book Reviews
![Elevate Your Leadership Skills: Ten Practices to Lead with Purpose and Passion](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Elevate-Your-Leadership-Skills-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C240&ssl=1)
Elevate Your Leadership Skills: Ten Practices to Lead with Purpose and Passion
By: Elliott Gomez, PhD
Reviewed by: Valentina Rada, Jun 2024
![Crafting Connection: Transform how you communicate with yourself and others](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Crafting-connection-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C232&ssl=1)
Crafting Connection: Transform how you communicate with yourself and others
By: Felicity Dwyer
Reviewed by: Eddrika Russell, PMP, May 2024
![Relationships at Work: How to Authentically Network within Your Company](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Relationships-at-Work-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C224&ssl=1)
Relationships at Work: How to Authentically Network within Your Company
By: Rachel B. Simon
Reviewed by: Christa Ward, May 2024
![Project Management Blunders: Lessons from the Project That Built, Launched, and Sank Titanic](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/project-management-blunders-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C232&ssl=1)
Project Management Blunders: Lessons from the Project That Built, Launched, and Sank Titanic
By: Mark Kozak-Holland
Reviewed by: Richard Bonaparte, Apr 2024
![Advancing Organizational Project Management Maturity](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Advancing-Org-PM-Maturity-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C232&ssl=1)
Advancing Organizational Project Management Maturity
By: Tony Appleby, Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin, J. Kent Crawford, Frances Cruz, James S. Pennypacker, Jimmie L. West, Karen R.J. White
Reviewed by: Bryan McNeill, Feb 2024
![Practically Project Management: A Resource for Everyday Project Managers](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Practically-Project-Management-book-cover-2.jpg?fit=150%2C224&ssl=1)
Practically Project Management: A Resource for Everyday Project Managers
By: Jon Hanley
Reviewed by: Pedro Justiniano, Feb 2024
![The Power of Project Management Leadership: Your Guide on How to Achieve Outstanding Results](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Power-of-Project-Leadership-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
The Power of Project Management Leadership: Your Guide on How to Achieve Outstanding Results
By: Laszlo A. Retfalvi
Reviewed by: Brenda Maria Lopez Cabrera, Jan 2024
![Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Digital-Project-Practice.jpg?fit=150%2C210&ssl=1)
Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change
By: Dr. Tobias Endress, Ed.
Reviewed by: Gopinath Venu, Nov 2023
![The Persuasive Project Manager](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Persuasive-Project-Manager-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C239&ssl=1)
The Persuasive Project Manager
By: Dr. Bill Brantley
Reviewed by: Betsey Katiti, PMP, Oct 2023
![A One-Legged Stool: How Shareholder Primacy Has Broken Business](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/230722-One-Legged-Stool-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
A One-Legged Stool: How Shareholder Primacy Has Broken Business
By: Ed Chambliss
Reviewed by: Angela Thronburg, Sep 2023
![Leadership: Stories, Lessons and Uncommon Sense](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Leadership-stories-taylor-book-cover.jpg?fit=138%2C222&ssl=1)
Leadership: Stories, Lessons and Uncommon Sense
By: Ron Taylor
Reviewed by: Regina Israelian, Jul 2023
![Advanced Project Scheduling Using Microsoft Project](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Advanced-Project-Scheduling-book-cover.jpg?fit=151%2C270&ssl=1)
Advanced Project Scheduling Using Microsoft Project
By: Robert Posener
Reviewed by: Amalia Quintero, May 2023
![Managing Engineering Processes in Large Infrastructure Projects](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/pmwj128-Managing-Engineering-Processes-Mabelo-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C230&ssl=1)
Managing Engineering Processes in Large Infrastructure Projects
By: Pascal Bohulu Mabelo
Reviewed by: A.W. Schultz, Apr 2023
![Polaris Lessons in Risk Management](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/pmwj128-Polaris-Lessons-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C231&ssl=1)
Polaris Lessons in Risk Management
By: Dr. John J. Byrne
Reviewed by: Kristyn Popejoy, Apr 2023
![Agile Project Management: A Mandate for the 21st Century](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/pmwj128-Agile-Project-Management-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C232&ssl=1)
Agile Project Management: A Mandate for the 21st Century
By: Karen R.J. White
Reviewed by: Low Daniels, Jr., Apr 2023
![Agile Beyond IT: How to develop agility in project management in any sector](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/230302-Agile-beyond-IT-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
Agile Beyond IT: How to develop agility in project management in any sector
By: Adrian Payne
Reviewed by: Brenda Kwateng, Mar 2023
![Agile Leadership and the Management of Change: Project Lessons from Winston Churchill and the Battle of Britain](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PMWJ125-Agile-Leadership-and-Change-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C230&ssl=1)
By: Mark Kozak-Holland
Reviewed by: Michael Fellers, Jan 2023
![Successful System Deployment through Operational Readiness](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pmwj125-Successful-System-Deployment-book-cover.jpg?fit=180%2C236&ssl=1)
Successful System Deployment through Operational Readiness
By: Pascal Bohulu Mabelo
Reviewed by: Sherrie Dotson, Jan 2023
![Pursuing Enterprise Outcomes: Maximizing Business Value and Improving Strategy for Organizations and Teams](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pursuing-Enterprise-Outcomes-book-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
By: Alex Yakyma
Reviewed by: Ramadevi Lanka, Nov 2021
![Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Digital-Project-Practice.jpg?fit=150%2C210&ssl=1)
Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change
By: Dr. Tobias Endress, editor
Reviewed by: Jay Pulanco, Mar 2021
![Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Digital-Project-Practice.jpg?fit=150%2C210&ssl=1)
Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change
By: Dr. Tobias Endress (Editor)
Reviewed by: Lakshmi Subramanian, Jan 2021
![Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Digital-Project-Practice.jpg?fit=150%2C210&ssl=1)
Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change
By: Dr. Tobias Endress (Editor) + co-authors
Reviewed by: Marta Soncodi, MBA, PMP, Nov 2020
![Pursuing Enterprise Outcomes: Maximizing Business Value and Improving Strategy for Organizations and Teams](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pursuing-Enterprise-Outcomes.jpg?fit=149%2C226&ssl=1)
By: Alex Yakyma
Reviewed by: Rodger Martin, Nov 2020
![The Perspective of Women Project Management Professionals](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Perspective-book.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
The Perspective of Women Project Management Professionals
By: Ipek Sahra Ozguler
Reviewed by: Jason Loman, Oct 2020
![Project Management PRAXIS](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/PM-PRAXIS-book-cover1.jpg?fit=150%2C194&ssl=1)
By: Kenneth Smith, PhD
Reviewed by: Swati Shah, Jun 2020
![Mommy is a Project Manager](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Mommy-is-a-Project-Manager-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C215&ssl=1)
By: Mei Y. Lin
Reviewed by: Lawrence Reid, Apr 2020
![The Persuasive Project Manager: Communicating for Understanding](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Persuasive-Project-Manager-book-cover.png?fit=150%2C224&ssl=1)
The Persuasive Project Manager: Communicating for Understanding
By: Dr. Bill Brantley
Reviewed by: Edward Raibick, Jan 2020
![The Persuasive Project Manager: Communicating for Understanding](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Persuasive-Project-Manager-book-cover.png?fit=150%2C224&ssl=1)
The Persuasive Project Manager: Communicating for Understanding
By: Dr. Bill Brantley, PMP
Reviewed by: Mary Jane Quandt, Nov 2019
![Mommy is a Project Manager](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Mommy-is-a-Project-Manager-cover.jpg?fit=150%2C215&ssl=1)
By: Mei Lin, MBA, PMP
Reviewed by: Susan Kennedy, PMP, Nov 2019
![How to get every Network Diagram Question right on the PMP Exam](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Martin-How-to-Get-Every-Network-cover-1.jpg?fit=150%2C194&ssl=1)
How to get every Network Diagram Question right on the PMP Exam
By: Aileen Ellis, PgMP, PMP
Reviewed by: Rodger Martin, Oct 2019
![Body Language Silent Influencing: Employing Powerful Techniques for Influence and Leadership](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Body-Language.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
Body Language Silent Influencing: Employing Powerful Techniques for Influence and Leadership
By: Michael Nir
Reviewed by: Bettina T. McGriggler, Oct 2019
![The Persuasive Project Manager: Communicating for understanding](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Persuasive-Project-Manager-book-cover.png?fit=150%2C224&ssl=1)
The Persuasive Project Manager: Communicating for understanding
By: Dr. Bill Brantley
Reviewed by: Valentina Rada, Oct 2019
![Successful System Deployment through Operational Readiness](https://i0.wp.com/pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Successful-System-Deployment.png?fit=150%2C196&ssl=1)
Successful System Deployment through Operational Readiness
By: Pascal Bohulu Mabelo
Reviewed by: Ivan Kotcher, PMP, Sep 2019