Best Books
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Empire of Silver By Conn Iggulden
Genghis Khan is dead, but his legend and his legacy live on. His son Ogedai has built a white city on a great plain and made a capital for the new nation. Now the armies have gathered to see which of Genghis′ sons has the strength to be khan. The Mongol empire has been at [...]
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MPH July 2010 Highlights
Novels
1. Everything by Kevin Canty
In taut, exquisite prose, Kevin Canty explores the largest themes of life—work, love, death, destruction, rebirth—in the middle of the everyday. On the fifth of July, RL and June go down to the river with a bottle of Johnnie Walker Red to commemorate Taylor’s fiftieth and last birthday. Taylor was RL’s [...]
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Forthcoming Star Titles!
Leading Across Boundaries by Russell M. Linden
Leading Across Boundaries offers a stimulating and highly accessible guide for leaders of nonprofit and governmental organizations who want to develop successful and lasting partnerships. Written by Russell Linden, an expert in the field of organizational change, this important resource shows how to make collaboration work in real-world situations. [...]
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MPH June 2010 Highlights
Novels
1. The Reconstructionist
At a loose end after college, Ellis Barstow drifts back to his home town and a strange profession: reconstructing fatal traffic accidents. He seems to take to the work immediately , and forms a bond with his boss and mentor, John Boggs, an intriguing character of few but telling words.
2. The Passage
First, the [...]
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Star Titles!
The Making of a Market Guru by Aaron Anderson
With The Making of a Market Guru, you’ll gain an insightful look at Fisher’s prolific career over the years and discover the high-profile market calls he’s made so far in these monthly columns. At times engaging and timely, at others revealing and informative, this book is a [...]
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Forthcoming Star Titles!
How to Read a Balance Sheet by Rick Makoujy and Paul Amadeo
Whether you’re a small-business owner, department manager, or individual investor or business student, How to Read a Balance Sheet provides the skills you need to make the wisest financial decisions possible. A critical but rarely used business tool for non-financial professionals, the balance sheet [...]
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The Ten Best History Books
1. Necropolis: London and Its Dead By Catharine Arnold
Necropolis is a luminous, oddly beguiling account of how London has treated its dead, ranging from Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague, from the founding of the great Victorian cemeteries to the more recent trends of collective grief and the cult of mourning, such [...]
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Hot Titles for February 2010!
Worst Case by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Best case: survival
The son of one of New York’s wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. His parents can’t save him, because this kidnapper isn’t demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury. In this exam, [...]
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FastCompany’s Best Business Books of 2009
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Best Books, Feature Articles
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 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) [...]
