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Deals on the Green: Lessons on Business and Golf from America’s Top Executives by David Rynecki, Portfolio, 170 Pages, $22. 95 Hardcover, April 2007, ISBN 9781591841555
Not every book that becomes a Jack Covert Selects will end up a contender for the Financial Times Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award. Nope, sometimes we all need to lighten up a little and orient toward some of our personal interests.
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Yesterday morning, our del. icio. us links featured The New York Times' review of True North.
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Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers by Amy Stewart, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 280 Pages, $23. 95 Hardcover, February 2007, 9781565124387
I have always liked flowers. I spend a lot of time in my gardens on my infrequent days off and my parents ran a small-town greenhouse/florist operation for a short time.
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Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose by Raj Sisodia, Jag Sheth, and David B. Wolfe, Wharton School Publishing, 272 pages, $27. 95, Hardcover, January 2007, ISBN 0131873725 (ISBN 13: 9780131873728)
I’m not one to jump on the latest fad (though it is true that I did like Hootie and the Blowfish in their heyday—they are actually good!
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True North: Discover your Authentic Leadership by Bill George with Peter Sims, Jossey Bass Publisher, 240 Pages, $27. 95 Hardcover, March 2007, ISBN 0787987514
Bill George is one of the people I would love to sit down with and drink a beer. His previous book, Authentic Leadership, was a strong seller and a strong book on the whole.
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