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The Slow Fix: Solve Problems, Work Smarter, and Live Better in a World Addicted to Speed by Carl Honoré, HarperOne, 224 pages, $25. 99, Hardcover, January 2013, ISBN 9780061128820
After reading the first six pages of The Slow Fix at my desk, I turned to a coworker and exclaimed, “This is so good! ” And that’s truly the best way to react to a book, isn’t it?
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APE: How to Publish a Book by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch, self-published via Nononina Press, 323 pages, $9. 99, e-book/POD, December 2012, ISBN 9780988523111
Choosing a self-published ebook for a Jack Covert Selects review is unprecedented. Choosing to recommend a book about self-publishing is also pretty odd, since we make our livelihood selling books with paper pages and highly designed covers and a traditional publisher behind the scenes.
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To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead Books, 272 pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, December 2012, ISBN 9781594487156
Dan Pink dedicates his new book, To Sell is Human, to booksellers.
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The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? by Seth Godin, Portfolio, 256 pages, $24. 95, Hardcover, December 2012, ISBN 9781591846079
Most of us remember the “creative types” in school, the ones who wore odd clothes and listened to strange music.
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Fearless at Work: Timeless Teachings for Awakening Confidence, Resilience, and Creativity in the Face of Life’s Demands by Michael Carroll, Shambhala Publications, 240 pages, $16. 95, Paperback, November 2012, ISBN 9781590309148
I recently told Andrew Hill of The Financial Times that business books, in their core and their soul (if you’ll permit me that anthropomorphism), are self-help books where people go to make their company better, their job better, themselves better. Sometimes that sort of enlightenment comes indirectly, from books on strategy or a compelling biography that deepen your understanding through stories of success.
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