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Porchlight is a company filled with voracious readers—talented, creative individuals who know books, and who excel at moving them. Whenever we can, we like to do that by telling you about the books we’re reading.
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Jack and Todd in Inc.
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Check out Jack and Todd's recommendations for 2008's "Best Books for Business Owners": (Links to a slideshow on www. inc. com.
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Todd's Favorite Business Books of 2008
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I get paid to read business books. Some would consider this a tortured existence, but I can't think of a better job in the world. The job does have certain requirements.
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Reuters to the Rescue
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Reuters reporter Lisa Von Ahn has some recommended "reading to brighten the holidays. " She starts with three classics being released the day after Christmas by Penguin imprint, Jeremy P. Tarcher.
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Holiday Book Recommendations From Our Staff
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Still doing some last minute shopping, scrambling to find the right gift for that special (or even not-so-special) someone? The staff of 8cr has your back. Here are some recommendations, without the usual business book filter, from the brilliant minds sitting around me here in the nerve center of 800-CEO-READ.
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The Best Business Books 0f 2008 - BusinessWeek Edition
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While we're in the midst of announcing the shortlists for our annual awards, I think it behooves us to look at what others found worthy of the "best" title. Last week, BusinessWeek gave their blessing to what they see as The Best Business Books of 2008 in an article by Hardy Green. The following books made the article: The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R.
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The Oxford Project
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Every holiday season there's at least one big, beautiful book that has everyone buzzing. Two years ago it was the Annie Leibovitz book. Last year it was 100 Young Americans and the illustrated Life of Pi.
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Business Book Reviews in 140 Characters or Less
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Mitch Joel of Six Pixels of Seperation is posting to a twitter account called bizbookreview. He is two days into it and he has 17 updates. I am following to see how it evolves.
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5 Books That Changed My Perspective
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We've been talking about how to help people, how to focus on what's positive and helpful in the current state of our world, rather than grumbling over the things that are both out of our control and truly uncertain. One of the ways we can do that is by starting a conversation that starts at a personal level. .
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Six Pixels' Book Recommendations
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On October 9th, Mitch Joel of The Six Pixels of Separation Blog posted a list of six Books You Need To Read To Succeed In Business . The post generated quite a lot of buzz, suggesting that, contrary to popular opinion, people still read books. The list was: The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual by Rick Levine Christopher Locke, Doc Searls & David Weinberger Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky Life After the 30-Second Spot: Energize Your Brand With a Bold Mix of Alternatives to Traditional Advertising by Joseph Jaffe Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin Re-Imagine!
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Review Roundup
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David Brooks had praise of the highest order for The World is Curved in his op-ed on Tuesday, writing: In his astonishingly prescient book, The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy, David M. Smick argues that we have inherited an impressive global economic system. It, with the U.
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