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Posted Dec. 24, 2008 8:48 a.m. by dylan
In Book Reviews - 800 CEO Read Blog
Reuters reporter Lisa Von Ahn has some recommended "reading to brighten the holidays."
She starts with three classics being released the day after Christmas by Penguin imprint, Jeremy P. Tarcher.
- A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings by Elbert Hubbard, Tarcher
- Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Cornwell, Tarcher
- The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill, Tarcher
She then moves on to some of this year's finest biographies and narratives.
- The First Billion Is the Hardest by T. Boone Pickens, Crown
- The Snowball by Alice Schroeder, Bantam
- The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs by Charles D. Ellis, Gotham
- Good Guys and Bad Guys by Joe Nocera, Portfolio
- Mr. Market Miscalculates: The Bubble Years and Beyond by James Grant, Axios Press
One of the books she recommends is both a company narrative and a classic, having been released in its 20th anniversary edition this year.
- Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by John Helyar & Bryan Burrough, Collins
The authors of Barbarians at the Gatewere recently interviewed by CSPAN's Book TV. You can watch that interview here.
To read the Reuters article in its original from, head here.
Big Boys of Business Have Books This Fall
Posted Aug. 8, 2008 11:23 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In History and Biographies - 800 CEO Read Blog
Hardy Green at BusinessWeek has a quick piece on their website about big names with business books in the fall.
- Call Me Ted by Ted Turner was the splash at BEA in June, which included a party hosted by Larry King.
Richard Branson follows Losing My Virginity and Screw It, Let's Do It with Business Stripped Bare.
There is a new Warren Buffet book called The Snowball written by Alice Schroeder, who got a $7 million advance for the book.
T. Boone Pickens' The First Billion Is The Hardest arrives as he promotes his plan for how the U.S. can become energy independent, an idea reflected in the subtitle: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future.
Historian Steven Watts delivers a Hugh Hefner biography, titled Mr. Playboy.
