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October 2011 Business Bestsellers

1

Debunkery: Learn It, Do It, and Profit from It -- Seeing Through Wall Street's Money-Killing Myths

Kenneth L Fisher

Products / Wiley

2

What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential

Robert S Kaplan

Products / Harvard Business Review Press

3

The Power of Leo: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results

Subir Chowdhury

Products / McGraw-Hill Companies

4

The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and Wow

Joseph A Michelli

Products / McGraw-Hill Companies

5

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6

The Zigzag Principle: The Goal Setting Strategy That Will Revolutionize Your Business and Your Life

Rich Christiansen

Products / McGraw-Hill Companies

7

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

Daniel Yergin

Products / Penguin Books

8

Drinking from the Fire Hose: Making Smarter Decisions Without Drowning in Information

Christopher J Frank, Paul Magnone

Products / Portfolio

9

Eyeballs Out: How to Step Into Another World, Discover New Ideas, and Make Your Business Thrive

Donna Sturgess

Products / I & D Publishing

10

Y-Size Your Business: How Gen Y Employees Can Save You Money and Grow Your Business

Jason Ryan Dorsey

Products / Wiley

11

Practical Genius: The Real Smarts You Need to Get Your Talents and Passions Working for You

Gina Amaro Rudan

Products / Touchstone Books

12

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

Frans Johansson

Products / Harvard Business Review Press

13

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (Revised)

Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter

Products / Hachette Books

14

The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea (Go-Giver, Book 1 (Expanded)

Bob Burg, John David Mann

Products / Portfolio

15

From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership

Harry M Jansen Kraemer

Products / Jossey-Bass

16

How to Market to People Not Like You

Kelly McDonald

Products / Wiley

17

Never Fly Solo: Lead with Courage, Build Trusting Partnerships, and Reach New Heights in Business

Robert Waldo Waldman

Products / McGraw-Hill Companies

18

It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose

Roy M Spence

Products / Portfolio

19

Look at More

Andy Stefanovich

Products / Jossey-Bass

20

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries

Products / Crown Currency

21

Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Master Business and Life: A Fable of Self-Discovery

Stefan Swanepoel

Products / Wiley

22

Green Recovery: Get Lean, Get Smart, and Emerge from the Downturn on Top

Andrew S Winston

Products / Harvard Business Review Press

23

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

Guy Kawasaki

Products / Portfolio

24

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

Jim Collins, Morten T Hansen

Products / Harper Business

25

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (Revised, Updated)

Liz Wiseman

Products / Harper Business

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