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Posted Feb. 5, 2009 4:05 a.m. by dylan
In Uncategorized - 800 CEO Read Blog
While it's slightly gossipy, there was an interesting article from Leslie Wayne in The New York Times recently about Warren Buffet and his biographer, Alice Schroeder. Apparently, the dinner hosted by Ms. Schroeder, a tradition of many years at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, has been canceled this year. The speculation in the article is that this is due to Buffet's "displeasure with some aspects of Ms. Schroeder’s 960-page encyclopedic best seller about his life." The book referred to is The Snowball, and it made many people's Best of 2008 lists.
I would like to take this opportunity to clear something up before the rumors start flying... Jack and Todd will have no such falling-out with the subject of their book. Their relationship with the business books the cover is as strong as ever.
The Snowball Effect
Posted Feb. 5, 2009 3:29 a.m. by dylan
In Uncategorized - 800 CEO Read Blog
While it's slightly gossipy, there was an interesting article from Leslie Wayne in The New York Times recently about Warren Buffet and his biographer, Alice Schroeder. Apparently, the dinner hosted by Ms. Schroeder, a tradition of many years at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, has been canceled this year. The speculation is that this is due to Buffet's "displeasure with some aspects of Ms. Schroeder's 960-page encyclopedic best seller about his life." The book referred to is The Snowball, and it made many people's Best of 2008 lists.
I would like to take this opportunity to clear something up before the rumors start flying... Jack and Todd will have no such falling-out with the subject of their book. Their relationship with the business books the profile is as strong as ever.
On this last day of 2008, here's the best of 2008.
Posted Dec. 31, 2008 4:22 a.m. by kate
In Book Reviews - 800 CEO Read Blog
With the end of the year comes reflection on the highs and lows. This week three more rankings of the best of business books were published. The lists of Gary H. Rawlins from USA Today, Richard Pachter from the Miami Herald, and the readers of ASTD.
From these three lists and the lists of days past (Todd's picks, our awards, Roxanne J. Coady's and Business Pundit's), these are the reigning and often appearing good reads of the business book section from 2008.
- The Game Changer by A. G. Lafley and Ram Charan
- A Sense of Urgency by John Kotter
- The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam
- The Adventures of Johnny Bunko by Dan Pink, the first manga business book. You'll see more manga next year.
- Tribes by Seth Godin
- Art Kleiner's The Age of Heretics, a new edition and a complete history of business thinkers.
- Buying In by Rob Walker.
- Crowdsourcing (I interviewed Jeff earlier this year.)
- The Snowball on Warren Buffett's life.
What's on your list of best of from this year?
Happy New Year. Goodbye 2008. Welcome 2009.
Reuters to the Rescue
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.
An Independent Bookseller Picks Five
Posted Dec. 19, 2008 3:00 a.m. by dylan
In Uncategorized - 800 CEO Read Blog
R.J. Julia Booksellers Founder Roxanne J. Coady has noticed an increase of customers coming into the store looking for business books, most asking for books that explain the economic crisis and put it in context. She has picked four books from the year and one oldie but goody to do just that. They are:
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder, Bantam The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life by Avinash K. Dixit & Barry J. Nalebuff, W.W. Norton Panic!: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity edited By Michael Lewis, Portfolio The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson, Penguin Press The Great Crash: 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith, Mariner Books
If you'd like to see what she has to say for the books, head over to the original post. If you're anywhere near Madison, Connecticut, head over to her store and buy one of these fine books. If you live near us here in Milwaukee, you can get them at the finest independent bookstore in town, our sister-company Harry W. Schwartz.
