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We've seen a large increase in the number of books on sustainability and "greening" this year, including this new one from Yale University Press: Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture by John R. Ehrenfeld. You'll read more about these books in our forthcoming 2008 annual review, In the Books (links to inaugural 2007 edition), but here's a look at this book, which is based on the premise that "sustainability is the possibility that humans and other life will flourish on Earth forever.
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In watching the del. icio. us feed for the business+book this week, there have been a number of webizens that are paying attention to Stephen Baker's The Numerati.
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If the book of the 80's was In Search of Excellence by Peters and Waterman, then book of the 90's was Reengineering the Corporation by Michael Hammer and Jim Champy.
We were saddened to hear Michael Hammer died this week at age 60.
The best way we can think of to acknowledge his impact is by announcing the inclusion of Reengineering The Corporation in our upcoming book.
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I posted last week on the amazing number of blog posts that have been appearing lately with lists of business books. The latest comes from BusinessJournalism. org, a site that is a part of National Center For Business Journalism at Arizona State University.
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It's that time to find out what people were reading from 800CEOREAD in August all around the world!
Canada
Heads Up Kenneth McGee
Great Britain
Strengths Finder 2. 0 Tom Rath
China
The Necessary Revolution Peter M.
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