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Ask 8cr! is a section of our blog used as a forum to address the kinds of issues and challenges people are having in the workplace. We take these issues and apply a business book we feel offers a viable solution.
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Part II of the 2007 Business Book Awards is now underway as voting for the Author's Choice and Reader's Choice begin today. Any author with a title published in 2007 as well as all readers are eligible to cast a vote for what they feel is the best book of the year.
Voting will last until November 30 and can be done at:
Author's Choice and Reader's Choice Vote
The 8cr staff is currently busy reading entries as nearly 300 books were entered for the awards this year.
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Asian Godfathers >> BusinessWeek | "The Trouble with Asia's Tigers"
"Asia's economic ascendancy by turns awes and terrifies Western executives. Yet it's China and India that fascinate now—not the once-fabled Southeast Asian Tiger economies. "
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The Oil and the Glory >> BusinessWeek | The Oil Rush to the Caspian Sea
"Steve LeVine has gathered the whole Wild East tale in one canny and entertaining book.
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I first want to officially declare my love for Monocle Magazine. It is a wonderful magazine out of the UK that covers "Affairs, Business, Culture, Design, and Edits (ie stuff). " The design is brilliant with great and plentiful photography, the right mix of short and long content, and a global perspective which is all but missing from stateside media.
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800-CEO-READ is doing more and more business internationally. This is not a new trend for us. In fact, we've shipped to places in Australia, Africa and so on since we first delved into the business book world.
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