Archives for December 2009
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Stephen R. Covey’s Biography
Stephen R. Covey
Stephen R. Covey (born October 24, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah) wrote the best-selling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Other books he has written include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families. In 2004, Covey released, The 8th Habit. In 2008, Covey released [...]
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A Sense of Urgency
A SENSE OF URGENCY BY JOHN KOTTER
Author and international business consultant Kotter (Leading Change, Our Iceberg is Melting) returns with an engaging look at companies that need to overcome a lack of urgency-or a surfeit of complacency-with a proactive agenda. Kotter dissects well his seemingly simple premise, using his professional experiences to examine the [...]
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MPH Best-Sellers List for Week Ending Dec 27, 2009
Non-fiction
1. Guinness World Record 2010 by Guinness World Records Limited
2. Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson
3. The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo
4. Men in White: The [...]
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Three Recent books on Peter Drucker
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Book Reviews, Feature Articles
Drucker on Leadership
A fresh look at vital lessons from “The Father of Modern Management”–exploring Peter Drucker’s teachings on leadership. As we approach what would have been his 100th birthday, the late Peter Drucker’s management principles continue to be studied and applied by managers all over the world. Though many seek his lessons on the central [...]
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FastCompany’s Best Business Books of 2009
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The best books of the year have two stories to tell: How we got into this economic crisis (and how we can prevent it from happening again) and how there’s a class of companies wreaking their own brand of havoc on their industries. Both offer fascinating tales of innovation, and you’ll learn everything from the [...]
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The Edge’s Top Business Books 2009
The Edge
The Myth of the Rational Market
Chronicling the rise and fall of the efficient market theory and the century-long making of the modern financial industry, Justin Fox’s The Myth of the Rational Market is as much an intellectual whodunit as a cultural history of the perils and possibilities of risk. The book brings to life [...]
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2009 Best Business Books for Business Owners
Inc: The Best Business Book 2009
Getting a Plan B
One of the most accessible books on strategy to come along in some time, Getting to Plan B shatters the myth that great businesses emerge from their creators’ brains full-formed and explains the sometimes messy, almost always ingenious methods by which entrepreneurs arrive at workable models. The [...]
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67th Golden Globes Nominations Announced
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I love watching award shows – though most of the time, being Astro-less, I’ll have to wait till the re-runs are on other channels. Or yes, I could just keep up with the news on the internet. So, it was with excitement that I found out that the nominations for the 67th Golden Globe Awards [...]
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Uncover How China’s Leaders Think and the Inside Story of China’s Reform
Who are China’s Leaders? How do they think? What does it mean for the future? These are the questions of the moment as New China celebrates its 60th anniversary, because China impacts everyone—an economic superpower competing in every arena of human endeavor. But China’s astonishing transformation comes with challenges and contradictions. Is there a looming [...]
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The Book Addicts Top 60 Favourite Reads of 2009
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Novels
1. The Anthologist (Simon & Schuster, 2009) / Nicholson Baker
2. Strangers (Fig Tree, 2009) / Anita Brookner
3. The Children’s Book (Knopf/Doubleday, 2009) / A.S. Byatt
4. Await Your Reply (Ballantine/Random House, 2009) / Dan Chaon
5. Galore (Doubleday Canada, 2009) / Michael Crummey
6. The Bradshaw Variations (Faber & Faber, 2009) / Rachel Cusk
7. Solo (Fourth Estate, 2009) [...]
