Remember, if all else fails, playing dead is always a good option!

• The Art of Asset Allocation: Principles and Investment Strategies for Any Market
  This is the second edition of the textbook by Morgan Stanley's David M. Darst. Don't know if there will be anything new.
• Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
  A classic by Gordon Livingston. Should be filed under "reference" rather than "self help".
• Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
  My first copy of Marcella Hazan's best work is sitting in the kitchen in Vienna...
• A Brief History of Economic Genius
  Read most of Paul Strathern's book last summer on the train to Salzburg. Need to finish it.
• A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
  Decided to take a chance on this one by Gregory Clark, chair of the economics deparment and Professor of Economics at UC-Davis.
• Scaredy Squirrel
  These books by Melanie Watt are the only ones my 7-year old boy has ever asked me to buy. They are hilarious.