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The Keen Thinker Vol 12
By Sally Haldorson
We released our 12th volume of The Keen Thinker. In addition to a list of some of the very best business books, we also compiled a treasure trove of great business book information, including: Chris Guillebeau and Sally Hogshead headline 800-CEO-READ's Author Pow Wow! Making Connections | THE 8CR POW WOW est.
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The Best Business Books of 2010 from strategy + business
By Porchlight
strategy + business's "best of" list is always a special treat—in large part because it's never just a list, but a series of essays. The magazine gathers together a different team of experts each year, and each takes the task of writing on their chosen category and the books in it. I've listed their picks below, linking to the essays at the head of each category.
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Giving Thanks
By Sally Haldorson
Back in March, Jack received a note from a Major Steve Sheridan out of Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He wrote: Reading your 100 B3OAT [Best Business Books of All Time] and loving it – thanks for writing it! I’ve only read 7 on the list of 100, so I’ve got a new reading plan for a few years.
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The Mesh Holiday Gift Guide
By Porchlight
Not sure what to get that special someone for the Holidays this year? I keep telling my friends in business that Lisa Gansky's book, The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing, is one of the most important reads of the year. It does more than document a trend.
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Program or Be Programmed
By Porchlight
Douglas Rushkoff follows his full size, largely distributed Life, Inc. with an indie distributed, smaller book called Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age. The biggest difference though, is not the size or distribution -- but that it may be his most powerful writing yet.
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The Master Switch & Internet Openness
By Porchlight
It seems that every year when the "best of" lists start coming out, there is one title that makes me slap my forehead in a “huh? I never heard of that book" moment. Actually, I love that feeling.
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Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2010
By Porchlight
If you both read and travel regularly, you have most likely purchased a book from Hudson Booksellers. They have 65 bookstores and sell books in over 350 Hudson newsstands in airports and transportation terminals throughout North America. They have been releasing a "best of" list every year since 2007, and announced 2010's list yesterday.
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Where Do You Want to Go?
By Porchlight
Maybe you don't really know. You feel stuck in a rut. Maybe, like I did, you just want to get away.
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A New inBubbleWrap Giveaway: BUY-IN by John Kotter
By Sally Haldorson
John Kotter's work is really the cream of the crop. 800-CEO-READ's business book guru, Jack Covert, chose Kotter's 1996 book, Leading Change, as one of the most essential leadership books for The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. In Jack's review of the book, he wrote: "[C]hange is easy to start, difficult to grow, and really hard to sustain over the long haul.
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800-CEO-READ in Japan????
By Porchlight
Jon Mueller became the GM at 8CR a little over a year ago, and has done a really great job making sure that 8CR continues to move forward in the business book world while preserving our off the wall, quirky culture. Jon is thousands of miles away from the office this week (playing music in Japan), so we wanted to share a little bit of what he's doing while we're in the office doing what we do best (playing the office Wii and listening to tunes—while reading, promoting, and selling books of course! ).
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