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Todd's Best of Business Books 2006

December 12, 2006
http://800ceoread.com/blog/archives/006615.html
Todd S, from 800CeoRead.com's Blog, selects the best books for 2006. The first 6 are his favorite; the rest are "honorable mentions"

Please note: some books may be missing from this list, as they may not be available.Our list may include different editions than originally listed


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16 books found
 
Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
Buy Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics from Amazon  By Beinhocker, Eric D. Amazon's customers rating

Over 6.4 billion people participate in a $36.5 trillion global economy, designed and overseen by no one. How did this marvel of self-organized complexity evolve? How is wealth created within this...

Ranking at Amazon 73537
 Harvard Business School Press
 June 2006 - Hardcover
 Economics
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D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself
Buy D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself from Amazon  By Lupton, Ellen Amazon's customers rating

Not satisfied with the new T-shirts on sale at the local mall? Maybe you'd like a wedding invitation that expresses your own vision, not your party planner's? How about some personalized stationery?...

Ranking at Amazon 42785
 Princeton Architectural Press
 January 2006 - Paperback
 Innovation & Creativity
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Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies
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In Purpose, world-renowned thought leader Nikos Mourkogiannis turns the entire idea of leadership on its head and shows that the choice between values and success is no choice at all....

Ranking at Amazon 165311
 Palgrave Macmillan
 October 2006 - Hardcover
 General Management
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The Change Function : Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn
Buy The Change Function : Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn from Amazon  By Coburn, Pip Amazon's customers rating

The ultimate guide to predicting winners and losers in high technology Pip Coburn became famous for writing some of the liveliest reports on Wall Street. He quoted everyone from...

Ranking at Amazon 495010
 Portfolio
 June 2006 - Hardcover
 High Technology Industry
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The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth
Buy The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth from Amazon  By Reichheld, Frederick Amazon's customers rating

One Question Can Determine Your Business’s Future. Do You Know the Answer?

CEOs regularly announce ambitious growth targets, then fail to achieve them. The reason? Their growing addiction to...

Ranking at Amazon 5073

 Harvard Business School Press
 March 2006 - Hardcover
 Business Growth
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The Number : A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life
Buy The Number : A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life from Amazon  By Eisenberg, Lee Amazon's customers rating

Do you know your Number?

What happens if you don't make it to your Number?

Do you have a plan?

The often-avoided, anxiety-riddled discussion about financial planning for a secure and...

Ranking at Amazon 352996

 Free Press
 January 2006 - Hardcover
 Retirement & Estate Planning
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The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!
Buy The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! from Amazon  By Harford, Tim Amazon's customers rating

An economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part field guide to economics and part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily events, explaining everything from...

Ranking at Amazon 36007
 Oxford University Press
 November 2005 - Hardcover
 Economics
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Are You Ready to Succeed? Unconventional Strategies to Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life
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The premise is simple: A person's ideal life, especially their career, can be carefully conceived and crafted. Based on Dr. Rao's popular course "Creativity and Personal Mastery" at Columbia...

Ranking at Amazon 10964
 Hyperion
 January 2006 - Hardcover
 Personal Success
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Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management
Buy Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management from Amazon  By Pfeffer, Jeffrey Amazon's customers rating

The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too...

Ranking at Amazon 6821
 Harvard Business School Press
 March 2006 - Hardcover
 General Management
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More Than You Know : Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
Buy More Than You Know : Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places from Amazon  By Mauboussin, Michael J. Amazon's customers rating

One of Wall Street's most creative and influential minds offers provocative new ways of thinking about the stock market, investing, and how we make decisions.



Ranking at Amazon 367856
 Columbia University Press
 April 2006 - Hardcover
 Investing
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The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation
Buy The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation from Amazon  By Roberts, Kevin Amazon's customers rating

"Toyota is becoming a double threat: the world's finest manufacturer and a truly great innovator . . . that formula, a combination of production prowess and technical innovation, is an unbeatable...

Ranking at Amazon 127627
 Free Press
 October 2006 - Hardcover
 Innovation & Creativity
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The Wal-Mart Effect : How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy
Buy The Wal-Mart Effect : How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy from Amazon  By Fishman, Charles Amazon's customers rating

An award-winning journalist breaks through the wall of secrecy to reveal the many astonishing ways Wal-Mart's power affects our lives and reaches all around the world. The Wal-Mart Effect: The...

Ranking at Amazon 376958
 Penguin Books
 January 2006 - Hardcover
 Retail Industry
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Mavericks at Work : Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
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Meet the innovators and upstarts who are inventing the future of business. Their unconventional ideas and groundbreaking strategies can become your business plan for the twenty-first century a better...

Ranking at Amazon 317344
 William Morrow
 September 2006 - Hardcover
 Innovation & Creativity
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Radical Edge : Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World
Buy Radical Edge : Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World from Amazon  By Farber, Steve Amazon's customers rating

In his bestselling book The Radical Leap, Steve Farber introduced readers to Extreme Leadership, showing them how to renew their passion and excitement and become committed to changing the...

Ranking at Amazon 427613
 Kaplan
 April 2006 - Hardcover
 Personal Success
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Small Is the New Big : and 193 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas
Buy Small Is the New Big : and 193 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas from Amazon  By Godin, Seth Amazon's customers rating

More provocative business thinking from the bestselling author of Purple Cow and All Marketers Are Liars As one of today’s most influential business thinkers, Seth Godin...

Ranking at Amazon 23766
 Portfolio
 August 2006 - Hardcover
 General Management
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Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature
Buy Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature from Amazon  By Badaracco Jr., Joseph Amazon's customers rating

The hardest tests for leaders challenge their character as much as their skills, and a growing body of research shows that the self-knowledge gained from such tests is critical to leaders’ success.

Ranking at Amazon 266675
 Harvard Business School Press
 April 2006 - Hardcover
 Leadership Lessons, Secrets and Fables
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