Book Reviews
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street John Brooks Open Road Integrated Media (2014) Millions will rush to purchase a copy but how many will actually read it and then apply what they learn? Here is…
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The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance Josh Waitzkin Free Press/Simon & Schuster (2007) One man’s “inner journey” to achieve his own optimal performance It is important to keep in mind that the material in this book…
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Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security) Graham Allison and Robert D. Blackwill, with Ali Wyne The MIT Press (2013) Unique and invaluable perspectives on global…
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American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America Edmund S. Morgan W.W. Norton & Company (2009) No one but Edmund Morgan has in our own time “known so well the materials of New England history during the…
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Massively Open: How Massive Open Online Courses Changed the World Jonan Donaldson, Eliane Agra, Mohammed Alshammari, Andrew Bailey, Daniel Bowdoin, Meghan Kendle, Lauren Nixon, and Lisa Wressel CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2013) How and why MOOCs could “completely revolutionize what…
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How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching Susan Ambrose, Michael Bridges, Michelle DiPietro, Marsha Lovell, and Marie Norman Jozsey-Bass/A Wiley Im print (2014) At least in higher education in the United States, how learning can work…and why, sometimes,…
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How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination Sally Hogshead HarperBusiness (2014) How and why this volume can serve both as a mirror and as a window to one’s humanity, for better or worse…
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The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World’s Most Important Company Michael S. Malone HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2014) How a crucible of leadership created Intel, “the world’s most important company” What we…
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The Consummate Leader: A Holistic Guide to Inspiring Growth in Others . . . and in Yourself Patricia Thompson Silver Lining Psychology (2014) A brilliant explanation of how to accelerate your personal growth and professional development, then help others to…
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2013) How to manage consumers’ habits to your advantage Since the bazaars in antiquity, marketing’s objective has remained the same: create or increase demand for…
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