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May 2009 Business Bestsellers

1

How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business (and in Life)

Dov Seidman

Products / John Wiley & Sons

2

Promises I Made My Mother

Sam Haskell

Products / Ballantine Books

3

Thank God It's Monday: How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love

Roxanne Emmerich

Products / FT Press

4

No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love

Lisa Nichols

Products / Wellness Central

5

Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Chris Gardner

Products / Amistad Press.

6

Are You a Stock or a Bond?: Create Your Own Pension Plan for a Secure Financial Future

Moshe Arye Milevsky

Products / FT Press

7

Move Into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality

Anat Baniel

Products / Harmony

8

The 100 Best Business Books of All Time: What They Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You (Updated)

Jack Covert, Todd Sattersten

Products / Portfolio

9

Creating Success from the Inside Out

Ephren W. Taylor

Products / Wiley

10

Get Off Your Duff and Make Your Own @#$! Cheese: It's Up to You to Make Things Happen for Yourself

Sean Roach

Products / Morgan James Publishing.

11

The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us about Innovation

Frans Johansson

Products / Harvard Business Review Press

12

Strengthsfinder 2.0

Gallup Gallup

Products / Gallup Press.

13

The Difference: How Anyone Can Prosper in Even the Toughest Times

Jean Chatzky

Products / Crown Business

14

The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business

Tara Hunt

Products / Crown Business

15

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

Leslie R. Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant, J. Gregory Dees

Products / Jossey-Bass

16

Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World

Don Tapscott

Products / McGraw-Hill Companies

17

In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing

Matthew E. May, Guy Kawasaki

Products / Currency

18

Getting to Yes Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in

19

The Adversity Paradox: An Unconventional Guide to Achieving Uncommon Business Success

J Barry Griswell

Products / St. Martin's Press

20

A Sense of Urgency

John P Kotter

Products / Harvard Business Review Press

21

The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

Joseph A Michelli

Products / McGraw-Hill Companies..

22

The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the Next 20 Years

James Canton

Products / Plume Books

23

Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking

Andy Sernovitz

Products / Kaplan Business

24

Who's Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success--And Won't Let You Fail

Keith Ferrazzi

Products / Crown Business

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