Today, encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items are being created by teams numbering in the thousands or even millions. While some leaders fear the heaving growth of these massive online communities, Wikinomics proves this fear is folly. Smart firms can harness collective capability and genius to spur innovation, growth, and success.A […]

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Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim, in his new book, The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your […]

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Nominated by: Javier 
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Major General Tony Zinni, known as the “Warrior Diplomat” during his 40 years of service, served in Vietnam, commanded rescue operations in Somalia, and, as commander in chief of CENTCOM, directed strikes against Iraq and Al Qaeda. He served as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s special envoy to the Middle East before disagreements […]

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By Michael J. Mazza 
Because of his inspiring leadership during the United States civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and because he was assassinated while serving in that capacity, Martin Luther King, Jr., has become an iconic figure in popular culture. And I fear that King the “legend” has become so big that people […]

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Birkeland, who is the CEO of his own institute as well as a professor and lecturer (at the Universities of Minnesota and Chicago, respectively), tells the story of franchising by engaging us through dialog. Though he uses pseudonyms for company names, his book is based on extensive research culled from interviews, attendance at seminars, and […]

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Never Eat Alone
By Keith Ferrazzi
 

From Publishers Weekly
The youngest partner in Deloitte Consulting’s history and founder of the consulting company Ferrazzi Greenlight, the author quickly aims in this useful volume to distinguish his networking techniques from generic handshakes and business cards tossed like confetti. At conferences, Ferrazzi practices what he calls the “deep bump” - a […]

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Freakonomics
By Steven D. Levitt
 

Editorial Reviews

Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists […]

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By William M. LeoGrande

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“What began as a relatively bounded project examining the domestic debate over Central America evolved into a comprehensive history of U.S. policy toward the region during its decade of crisis–how policy was made, how it worked, and how the administration tried to sell it to the American people.”
According to William LeoGrande, […]

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By Junot Diaz

From the Publisher

This is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today.
Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of […]

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By Stephen R. Covey
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a […]

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