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Reading as many business books as we do, it can become tiring reading tales of the same old companies over and over again. And, If you read his Jack Covert Selects consistently, you'll notice that Jack tries to highlight the stories of lesser known companies—those that aren't so ubiquitous in the books that flood our desks every day. So, I wasn't surprised when he sent me the following passage from Jeremy Gutsche's forthcoming book Exlploiting Chaos, being released by Gotham Books is September.
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Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson, Hyperion, 288 pages, $26. 99, Hardcover, July 2009, ISBN 9781401322908
In 1954, Lewis Strauss, the head of the Atomic Energy Commission, declared the dawn of a new era. Diseases would cease to exist.
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Five FT Press and Wharton School Publishing authors are being hosted at a week-long author event, starting today, over at Mixergy. You can watch the interview series live via Mixergy. com, iTunes or U-Stream.
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Duck and Recover, The Embattled Business Owner's Guide to Survival and Growth by Steven S. Little, John Wiley & Sons, 224 Pages, $22. 95, Hardcover, June 2009, ISBN 9780470504901
When Todd and I are out talking about our book, The 100 Best Business Books of All Time (yes, I know, a shameless plug) one of the questions we are almost always confronted with is "What books can give us some advice tailored to the current economic crisis?
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How to Live: A Search tor Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth) by Henry Alford, Twelve, 262 pages, $23. 99, Hardcover, January 2009, ISBN 9780446196031
Readers might know Henry Alford's satirical columns from Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. In his latest book, How to Live, Alford audaciously tackles the world of wisdom.
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