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Posted Dec. 4, 2008 6:08 a.m. by 800-ceo-read
In Book Awards - 800 CEO Read Blog
The books on our 2008 shortlist for the New Perspectives Category are:
- Creating A World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
by Muhammad Yunus with Karl Weber (PublicAffairs, January 2008)
Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work in creating
the Grameen Bank and evangelizing the use of micro-credit lending to alleviate poverty. He believes the next wave of possibility is social business: organizations
whose purposes shift from generating profits to solving
the problems of those in poverty.
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow (Pantheon, May 2008)The Drunkard's Walk is a wonderful addition to a growing category that Amazon recently called "Why We Act This Way." Mlodinow provides vivid stories to explain how our decision-making becomes hampered by our insistence on finding patterns and causes where randomness is the only phenomenon at work. Read this book to gain thoughtful insights into human psychology and find a new way of looking at the world.
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely (Harper, Feb 2008)
For the most part, we behave rationally, right? Wrong, says Dan Ariely. From overpaying to procrastinating, we not only behave irrationally--but we behave
in predictably irrational ways over and over again. Ariely helps us understand these behaviors and suggests ways to break habits and develop patterns of thought
that will help us make better decisions. He believes that "recognizing where we depart from the ideal is an important part of the quest to truly understand ourselves, and one that promises many practical benefits."
The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream
by John Zogby (Random House, August 2008)Zobgy's reputation as a remarkably accurate political pollster lends strong credibility to release of his first book. In The Way We'll Be, Zogby attempts to makes sense of where the United States is headed as a whole
based on the attitudes of his polling respondents. He reports, "What gives me heart is that we are heading toward all the complications that lie ahead with so many of our best value intact."
Amazon's Best of 2008
Posted Nov. 5, 2008 2:58 a.m. by dylan
In Uncategorized - 800 CEO Read Blog
Amazon has posted its editors' picks for 2008. In the Business & Investing category, they chose:
- The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder, Bantam
- A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter, Harvard Business School Press (Jack Covert Selects)
- The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to Avoid It by John Gerzema, Jossey-Bass
- The Momentum Effect: How to Ignite Exceptional Growth by J.C. Larreche, Wharton School Publishing
- The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam, Portfolio (Jack Covert Selects)
- The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get on With Your Life by Alexander Green, John Wiley & Sons
- The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By by Scott A. Shane, Yale University Press
- Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies by Charlene Li, Harvard Business School Press
- The Contrarian Effect: Why It Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do the Opposite by Michael Port, John wiley & Sons
- Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition by Guy Kawasaki, Portfolio (Jack Covert Selects)
The Snowball was also #5 on the Biographies and Memoirs list, Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat & Crowded was #1 on the Audiobooks list, and The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow was #6 on the Science list.
Amazon did something rather interesting this year, releasing their "customer favorites," otherwise known as their best-sellers, alongside their editors' picks. The Business & Investing list was:
- Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely, HarperCollins (Jack Covert Selects)
- The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder, Bantam
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds, New Riders Publishing
- Nudge; Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein, Yale University Press (Jack Covert Selects)
- The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros, PublicAffairs
- Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell, Basic Books
- Bad Money: The Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips, Viking Press
- The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam, Portfolio (Jack Covert Selects)
- The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash by Charles R. Morris, PublicAffairs
- Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier by Gary Harpst, Six Disciplines Publishing
